The previous tracking was blind, but now it's just based on the map.
The black bear ran rampant. Although it was much faster, it left many traces behind. Zhao Yanxun and his party only had to follow behind.
In fact, their tracking speed is not slow and they can steadily follow the black bear within a hundred meters.
But the further he went, Zhao Yanxun noticed something was wrong.
Through several enhancements of the system, his perception ability is extremely strong, and his vision and hearing have been greatly improved.
During the chase, he could vaguely hear the roar of bears from time to time in front of him.
The roar itself is not unusual. The crux of the problem is that there is more than one roaring bear in front.
The further he chased, the closer he got, and the clearer Zhao Yanxun could distinguish the sound.
According to his judgment, there was a large den of bears ahead, a conservative estimate of five or six bears, and the distance was roughly three or four miles away.
"Everyone, be careful, there are seven or eight bears ahead!" Zhao Yanxun reminded.
Everyone was shocked, this was not good news.
Along the path of the black bear, Zhao Yanxun and his party followed closely.
When the distance was only two miles away, Zhao Yanxun finally stopped, then looked at the people behind him and said, "The others are waiting here, Zhang Meng, follow me!"
Upon hearing this order, Zhang Meng couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, please bring more people, how can we put you in danger!"
He was loyal to Zhao Yanxun, so he naturally put Zhao Yanxun's safety first.
Zhao Yanxun asked: "Bring more people, do you want me to protect you?"
Zhang Meng had nothing to say at this time. Everyone present knew Zhao Yanxun's strength. It was not certain who would protect whom if he was really in danger.
"You all must be careful when you go up the tree!"
After saying this, Zhao Yanxun also asked Zhang Meng to bring three bows and more than a hundred arrows, completely treating him as a logistics soldier.
The sky was already dark at this moment, and it was not an exaggeration to say it was dark night, but it was nothing to Zhao Yanxun, and his sight was not greatly affected.
Taking Zhang Meng with him, Zhao Yanxun slowed down.
There were seven or eight bears on the opposite side, and even Zhao Yanxun didn't dare to mess around, so they had to be careful.
The two of them lowered their speed, and it took them more than ten minutes to complete the last two miles.
It is not accurate to say that they have finished walking. What appeared in front of them now was a valley, and the bear was in a cave under the valley.
Strictly speaking, it is not accurate to call it a cave. In fact, the rock wall protrudes, forming a shelter from wind and rain below.
"My dear...why are there so many beasts!" Zhang Meng exclaimed.
At this moment, he realized that it really didn't matter if there were too many people, and it was a complete burden when fighting.
The valley is about fifteen or six meters deep. Zhao Yanxun is on the east side of the valley at the moment, but the "cave" is on the west side of the valley.
To get to the cave, the shortest way is to go straight down to the bottom of the valley, but going this way is almost like courting death.
There is a big "cage" below. If you go down directly, you will be discovered by the bears. Even escaping will be a problem if they fight.
"There are eight big bears and five little bears... Why are there so many bears in this mountain!"
Of course, what surprised Zhao Yanxun was that there were several big black stones placed in the cave. Unsurprisingly, they were meteorites.
The meteorites are arranged in a disorderly manner, and the bears are staying around the meteorites. It is not clear how many there are at the moment.
"Take a detour and get closer!" Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice.
Immediately afterwards, he took Zhang Meng on a detour along the edge of the valley. After twenty minutes of walking, he came from the east to the west.
The farther back they go, the more they have to reduce their movements so as not to alarm the bears.
Arriving at the top of the "cave", they were only about ten meters away from the bears in a straight line.
When the system's perception ability is turned on, the situation of the cave is fully revealed. There are a total of seven meteorites inside.
The radiation from the meteorite continued to emit outwards. Fortunately, they stayed in the valley and the black radiation did not go in their direction.
Although the meteorite was found, a new question arose in Zhao Yanxun's mind: why were there seven meteorites here?
The possibility of a natural fall is extremely small. Combined with what Yang Qing said about the black bear carrying the meteorites and escaping into the mountains, Zhao Yanxun has reason to believe that the black bears found these meteorites from outside.
So the next question is, where did the black bear find the meteorites? Are they all "stolen" like this time?
Why did they "steal"? The most important thing is, how could they find these meteorites?
The reason for this cannot be figured out by relying on fantasy, but unfortunately, it is impossible to ask the black bear directly.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Zhao Yanxun stopped wasting time. The most important thing was to absorb the radiation from the meteorite first.
"Zhang Meng, bring the rope!"
At this moment, they were above the cave. As long as they were within five meters, Zhao Yanxun could absorb the radiation from the meteorite.
In order not to disturb Black Brown, he planned to rappel down from the top of the mountain to avoid the threat of black bears and absorb radiation.
Zhang Meng immediately took out the rope. He had brought these things with him when he left just now, and they came in handy at this moment.
Seeing Zhao Yanxun tie the rope to his body, Zhang Meng immediately panicked and asked: "My lord, are you going...to go down?"
"That's right!" Zhao Yanxun said calmly.
"Your Majesty, this is too dangerous, I'd better go down!" Zhang Meng looked a little anxious.
Although Zhao Yanxun's force value is high, there are seven or eight black bears down there. Going down there is tantamount to seeking death.
If he was really going to die, Zhang Meng was willing to sacrifice his life to repay Zhao Yanxun's kindness.
"It's useless for you to go down, just hold the rope for me!" Zhao Yanxun stood up and said.
Seeing Zhao Yanxun's serious expression, Zhang Meng stopped talking. Next, he only needed to do the things assigned to him.
"Tie the rope to the tree, and you'll guard it from the top!"
Zhang Meng did as he was told, and soon the rope was fixed. Zhao Yanxun pulled the rope and slowly descended into the valley.
Step by step, Zhao Yanxun walked very steadily, and his movements were extremely slight, so as not to be noticed by the black bear below.
Ten meters...
Seven meters...
Five meters...
"Ding, the meteorite shell has been detected, which can be used to activate the third-order system. Do you want to absorb it?"
When it finally came, Zhao Yanxun was overjoyed, and then he shouted the word "absorb" in his heart.
"Ding, the radiation from the meteorite has been absorbed. The activation progress is 11%. You will be rewarded with a meteorite bow. You can claim it!"
"Activation progress is 13%..."
"Ding, the activation progress is 17%, and the reward is a Wanjun bow string, you can claim it!"
The bow body and bow string made of meteorite iron can be said to have greatly enhanced Zhao Yanxun's long-range strike ability, which made him feel very happy.
"Ding, the activation progress is 21%, and you will be rewarded with a meteorite helmet!"
"Ding, the activation progress is 26%, and the meteorite iron breastplate will be rewarded. You can claim it!"
"Ding, the activation progress is 31%, and the reward is meteorite skirt armor, you can claim it!"
The system kept making beeps and absorbed six meteorites in a row. When it was about to start absorbing the seventh meteorite, Zhao Yanxun took the initiative to shut down the system.
Whether or not to absorb the last piece is a very serious question.
Although Zhao Yanxun also wanted to collect a complete set of armors and activate the third-level system as soon as possible, Zhao Yanxun still resisted the urge to absorb the last meteorite because he had a bigger plan.