Chapter 2 Big Lizard

Author: Arion's Dolphins

Chapter 2 Big Lizard

He held his breath and watched and calculated not far away from the hunter. Fortunately, his lizard body was small enough and would not alert anyone.

These hunters were probably worried about predators that might be attracted by the smell of blood, so they did not choose to camp on the spot. Instead, they walked along the stream for some distance and then stopped in a slightly open place.

Although it is said that they are setting up camp, the layout of these hunters is actually very simple.

Find firewood, light it with the fire you prepared in advance, and then spread a few animal skins on the ground nearby, and you're basically done.

He was very greedy for the large piece of fresh deer leg roasted on the fire, but Tang Zhao still did not forget about business.

It seems that the blood core is not a precious treasure in the eyes of the hunters. The middle-aged man just piled the animal skin bag with other leather materials without taking strict care of it.

This made Tang Zhao secretly happy. At present, it seemed that the chance of stealing the blood core was still very high.

However, at this moment, the sound of swaying bushes came from his ears again, causing Tang Zhao to turn his head in alarm.

A pair of faint green eyes flashed through the bushes and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Tang Zhao, who was still a little relaxed at first, immediately perked up and stared nervously at the bushes that had returned to calm.

Tang Zhao was very familiar with this forest, and he knew that the wolves here were very evil and would occasionally behave in ways that were completely inconsistent with their status as wild beasts.

【Speed ​​up the progress, if you delay it any longer, it may be too late.】

Patiently hiding among the tree canopy, Tang Zhao waited until nightfall and saw that the two hunters had fallen asleep, leaving only one hunter keeping vigil, and he seemed to be drowsy.

After finally observing the surroundings and not hearing any strange noises or finding any traces of wild beasts moving around, Tang Zhao quietly climbed down the tree.

Tang Zhao, who was small in size and had a soft voice, did not attract anyone's attention. He shuttled back and forth between the shadows that were difficult to reach by the firelight, and quickly came to the pile of animal skins.

After a short pause, Tang Zhao bit the animal skin bag with his mouth and dragged the bag into the pile of leather.

In the darkness, he forced his claws and claws to open the mouth of the bag. Tang Zhao couldn't wait to put his head into the bag, and his snake-like forked tongue poked out of his mouth, groping around.

After licking several cold objects that were somewhat shaped like teeth, Tang Zhao finally licked an irregularly shaped object that felt a little warm.

The sharp teeth gently bit the object. Before Tang Zhao could think about how to swallow the object, it naturally turned into a warm current and flowed down Tang Zhao's throat into his stomach.

{Evolution standard: two hundred grams of low-grade meat (two hundred grams), one inferior blood core (one)}

He finally breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave the place quickly when he suddenly heard the sound of clothes being torn and claws embedded in flesh and blood not far from his ears.

Then there was a burst of heart-rending screams.

The angry roars of the other two hunters had just started, but soon turned into screams of terror.

Tang Zhao's heart tightened - the worst had happened, and these hunters had now become the prey of the wolves.

Hearing the high-pitched howling and deep and heavy breathing of the wolves, Tang Zhao realized that he had been surrounded by the wolves.

The risk of escaping now is very high, because he doesn't know how to dig a hole, and it takes some time to climb a tree. This is a specially selected open space for camping, and the nearest tree around him must be five or six meters away from him.

I don't know how many wolves are surrounding me right now, but I can tell by the sound of their breathing that there must be quite a few.

Now that Tang Zhao got out, he was not sure whether a wolf would grab him and use it as a teething toy.

After weighing the pros and cons, he still chose to be patient, hoping that the wolves would leave quickly after eating.

Just as he thought, the wolves seemed to have no interest in the clean skin.

From time to time, the sound of clothes and limbs being torn could be heard, but no wolf came to disturb the small pile of leather where Tang Zhao was.

After waiting uneasily for who knows how long, the gnawing sounds of the wolves gradually subsided, but they still did not leave.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Zhao heard a sound coming from above his head.

It is not the roar of wolves, but a language containing multiple syllables, and the language contains emotions of satisfaction and joy.

"It's enough for three people to eat, and then take away the useful things."

Before Tang Zhao could figure it out, he felt that the pile of leather he was hiding in was being moved and dragged by some creature.

Tang Zhao quickly dug his claws into the fur underneath him and held on as tightly as possible to prevent himself from being thrown out like this.

[No wonder the behavior pattern is different from that of ordinary beasts. Having language means wisdom, which means there should be some special beings among this group of wolves. 】

Time was running out, so he didn't dare to think too much, and then he started thinking about how to escape.

There were footsteps in both directions, so the possibility of him taking advantage of the transportation time to get out was not high.

In other words, he might have to follow the group of wolves to their settlement, and then think about things related to escape.

Since there is an intelligent individual among this group of wolves, he should be placed in a special snow storage area along with Leather.

As long as no one is watching at all times, it shouldn't be a big problem if he wants to run away. After all, he is still a very inconspicuous little guy.

After thinking about this clearly, Tang Zhao felt more relieved and finally had the intention to pay attention to the dark green emblem on his left paw.

{Looking for a suitable place to evolve, it takes one hour (two random items)}

I took some risks, but I finally met the basic requirements of the system and can find time for the next evolution.

This time it took three times longer than before, but the randomly obtained enhanced abilities also changed from one to two. Tang Zhao couldn't wait for this.

After being dragged along with the fur for a while, Tang Zhao heard the sound of branches and leaves stirring, and then the gasping sounds from around him became much less intense, with some echoes.

After waiting for another two minutes, Tang Zhao and his fur were lifted up and seemed to be placed on a certain platform.

The voices of voices could be heard in the distance, and the sounds of footsteps gradually became farther and farther away, until they finally disappeared without a trace.

Tang Zhao carefully poked his head out and saw darkness.

He has the ability of night vision given by the emblem, and can easily see the surrounding situation clearly with the dim light of a candle in the distance.

This seemed to be a storage room, with many lockers and crates, and he was on a row of containers.

There was also an old wooden table at the door with a parchment scroll on it.

Tang Zhao quickly climbed down from the container and looked for a way out.

Looking out from the door of the storage room, the place where Tang Zhao was located should be a cave. The entrance of the cave was blocked by many vines, and a little light was faintly revealed.

The cave is not big, only about five or six meters deep.

Wolves don't live in it, but they certainly aren't too far away.

It is feasible to climb out directly along the wall, but Tang Zhao has other ideas now.

He climbed onto the table, opened the parchment scroll with his head with some curiosity, and then examined the picture on the picture.

This is a map. The unknown characters are written crookedly and the pictures are rough, but I can barely understand it.

A forest occupies most of the entire parchment, with lines similar to streams and pools, and many intertwined circles.

There is a big question mark on the space deep in the forest, and it is obvious that the author of the map does not know much about its interior.

He knew that this map would be very useful to him, but he couldn't take it away directly yet, so he chose to memorize its contents.

The map didn't cover much, and Tang Zhao only chose to memorize some of the images. It took him five or six minutes to memorize everything.

After making sure that nothing was missing, he climbed up the uneven rock wall of the cave and climbed along the rock wall to the vines that were responsible for covering the entrance of the cave.

Teng Man directly connected to a tall tree. Tang Zhao climbed to the canopy in one breath. After making sure that he was temporarily safe, he turned to look at the situation under him.

A tent was set up in the deliberately cut clearing. There was no campfire in the middle, but instead there were five or six wild wolves sleeping soundly.

Not interested in disturbing their sleep, Tang Zhao quickly accelerated the movement of his four claws and climbed towards the branch of another tree.

Perhaps because of his guilty conscience, Tang Zhao was worried that the smell of the sausage he just ate would still linger on his body, so he simply climbed out a short distance and jumped into the stream again, using water to block his smell.

After drifting for a while, he finally landed and found a tree to hide in to evolve.

He found a fairly spacious tree hole, and Tang Zhao lay down in it, curling up.

{Do you want to start?}

【start】

A feeling of drowsiness, as if he had been given anesthesia, hit him. Tang Zhao did not resist and fell into a deep sleep.

——

Opening his eyes, Tang Zhao found that he was surrounded by a vast sea of ​​sand, stretching as far as the eye could see.

{Find and select core 0/2}

With this information coming to his mind, Tang Zhao, who had experienced this before, immediately looked around and found several half-buried dark plaques in the sand.

Using his front paws to dig out part of the sand, Tang Zhao bit the edge of one end of the decorative panel and pulled the entire decorative panel out with one force.

This is a hexagonal plaque with a simple five-pointed star pattern carved on it.

Tang Zhao followed suit and dug out several more decorative panels and stacked them together.

I had already explored it when I came here last time, and you can see such plaques everywhere in the entire sand sea, which is what the dark green emblem calls the "core".

The appearance of these plaques is exactly the same, but the interior cannot be analyzed for the time being based on the current conditions of the Tang Dynasty.

This is a bit like drawing a blind box. Tang Zhao didn't know which ability he had chosen before confirming it with the emblem.

Once confirmed, it cannot be changed.

Tang Zhao didn't want to waste time on this stage, so he simply chose the first and last plaques he dug out.

【Selection completed】

{Are you sure?}

【Sure】

{Selected: Scales/Smell}

A feeling of weightlessness came over him, and when Tang Zhao came to his senses again and opened his eyes, what he saw was neither a vast desert nor a narrow tree hole.

He was lying on the top of a tree trunk that was broken into two parts. This tree was a bit like the one Tang Zhao got into before, but it was much smaller.

[No, it’s not that it’s smaller, it’s that I’ve gotten a lot bigger]

When he thought of this, his head was still a little groggy, and he immediately became energetic.

The claws, which were several sizes larger than before, easily embedded themselves into the bark of the tree. Tang Zhao controlled his strength and jumped directly from the trunk.

He came to a nearby stream and looked at his current appearance through the not too fast water.

Tang Zhao's appearance looked like a gecko before, but now it's closer to a monitor lizard.

The head is thicker than before; the claws are sharper than before; and the tail is thicker than before.

It does not simply enlarge the body, but makes the body suitable for hunting more powerful prey.

Dark Green Emblem said that he selected "Scale Armor" and "Smell", so he also paid extra attention.

The most conspicuous thing is of course the scales, whose color changes from emerald green to dark green, and the body color is closer to the forest floor than the canopy.

He now doesn't need body color to protect himself, but needs body color to capture prey.

The original fine scales have become larger and stronger, and there are a few more bony protrusions on the back and limbs, just like crocodile skin.

It seemed to give Tang Zhao a sense of security, which was considered an excellent defense by animal standards.

The improvement in the sense of smell may not sound obvious, but it is still very useful.

His tongue was originally like a monitor lizard, forked like a snake, which is relatively rare among lizards.

The tongue can assist in sensing the smell in the air, which gives him a strong sense of smell, and now it is even better.

By calming down and feeling it quietly, Tang Zhao could smell the smell of plants nearby, animals in the distance, and even the smell of insects in the soil.

He used to be considered a bottom-level predator in the ecological environment of the forest. Now, if not the top-level, he can at least be said to be a middle-level opportunistic predator.
Chapter completed!