Chapter 157 Night Spirit
The owl suddenly spread its wings and flew up, roaring again!
The air flow rolled up by the wings caused the snow on the trees to flutter down, and the threat from the whistling was even stronger than before! And accompanied by powerful mental intimidation!
The branch only pricked a few feathers, and then froze motionless in the air, as if it was originally like this.
This makes people wonder if their eyes have an illusion. Maybe it is just a branch?
The frightened owl was extremely angry and vindictive. After releasing the threat, it angrily pounced on the "branch" and tore off the "branch" with its powerful claws!
Unexpectedly, it got longer and longer, reaching a full two meters. Then the two-meter-long "branch" was thrown down by the cat eagle unceremoniously!
Everyone subconsciously stepped back.
The "branches" fell into the snow with a snap, and there was no movement for a long time.
After a while, the branch began to move——
It stretched out its six slender legs at the front and back, slowly supported its long stick-like body, raised its dead branch-like forelimbs, and tried to climb up the tree again.
Because the movement was very slow, comparable to that of a sloth, everyone observed carefully and did not act rashly.
In Feng Ling's view, the creature in front of him is like an oversized stick insect. There is no part of it that is not like a branch. It has brought the mimicry effect to the extreme. As long as it stays on the tree, it will not move. , no different from real tree branches.
Feng Ling lowered his head and asked Huangfu Miaomiao: "What's the name of this thing?"
"It says it's called Ye Ling," Huangfu Miaomiao said with a frown, staring at the slow-moving big insect. "The color of the name is orange-red, indicating that it is an aggressive pollutant."
"You look like this, and your name is quite beautiful." Feng Ling complained.
At this time, the stick insect finally moved under the tree, raising its two slender forelimbs high, funny as if it were lifting two clothes drying poles, and they were also bifurcated clothes drying poles.
Just when everyone thought it would slowly climb up the tree, the stick insect hooked its forelimbs onto the tree trunk, and its body was low, very, very low, almost close to the ground, and then suddenly bounced upward——
It jumped to a height of more than ten meters in an instant!
Then the six legs firmly clasped the trunk, and soon merged with the branches and leaves of the tree, making it impossible to tell which part was the tree and which part was the pollutant.
Everyone was shocked.
Xu Yiming was surprised and said: "It was so slow when it was on the ground, but how come it went so fast when it touched a tree?"
Su Yuqing said: "The front ends of its six legs all have Small hook, this structure is convenient for climbing trees, but it will be difficult to walk on the ground."
Feng Ling also looked up. Fang frowned and said: "These slender legs look like they don't have much meat. I didn't expect their jumping ability to be so strong... The attack method may also rely on the ejection ability of this body structure."
Su Yuqing discussed with Feng Ling : "They are above and we are below. This situation is very unfavorable to us. We have to find a way."
Soon a hunter suggested: "How about burning it with fire?"
Someone immediately objected: "Forest fires are no joke. If you just burn them in the maze, forget it. If the fire Spreading outside the maze... a little further north is the national border. Will it cause international disputes? "
Feng Ling looked at Li Qing.
"It is indeed possible." Li Qing nodded slightly, "The damaged maze is like without a layer of cover, the pollution inside will leak out, and the fire may also burn out."
"Can we only go up the tree to kill them?" Xu Yiming looked at the tall tree worriedly. He could no longer find where the pollutant was.
If you look straight ahead at a distance of more than ten meters, it is very easy to identify the target at this distance. However, from another angle, if you look up at the tree trunks and branches more than ten meters away, you will feel that the shadows of the trees are heavy and very difficult. Su Yuqing knew that there were some hunters who were good at climbing, so he frowned and said, "It's too dangerous to go up the tree, which is equivalent to actively entering their attack range, and it's impossible to tell how many such pollutants are in the tree now. Maybe when we are in When the tree took action, it was already surrounded."
Feng Ling agreed with Su Yuqing. Her cat hawk was almost hit just now.
At a glance from the corner of my eye, I saw an owl squatting in the snow not far away.
Although her expression was as cold and arrogant as ever, Feng Ling could still sense that the cat eagle was constantly conveying resentment to her.
——Even the owl, which likes squatting in trees the most, has come down from the tree. This shows how unwise it is to go up the tree!
Mental coercion can only shock for a moment, and the continuous release of coercion is too heavy a burden for Cat Eagle.
What if she is allowed to release the mental pressure?
Feng Ling felt that it was unreliable. The area covered by her mental coercion was much larger than that of Cat Eagle, but no matter how big it was, could it still be as big as this forest? Don't tire her out.
And her mental power does not distinguish between friends and foes. In addition to the lives bred by the mother nest itself, other life forms will be affected by the mental power, which will naturally affect the hunter.
While Feng Ling was thinking, others were also discussing countermeasures, and they all felt embarrassed.
Some people came up with ideas one after another, but there were always objections of one kind or another, but none of them were sound enough.
Feng Ling said: "We can't go up, so we can only find a way to get them down. Think about it, what can we use to lure them down?"
"...Food?" Xu Yiming looked at it To the cat hawk, "It attacks your pet, isn't it?" Is it because you are hungry?”
Su Yuqing nodded when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: “We have not found any animal footprints, probably because all the animals in this area have been eaten by them. There are not even any animals here. There are no birds.”
"All the creatures in the maze are in a biological chain. They should have their own prey and corresponding natural enemies. After the master of the maze is killed, this biological chain will be broken," Feng Ling couldn't help but guess, " Maybe there weren't many of them at first, but there was an imbalance after the maze was destroyed."
She turned to Xu Yiming and said, "Didn't we kill a lot of wolves just now? Drag a dead wolf over and try to lure these big bugs under the tree."
Xu Yiming said: "This is easy to do, but do you have any ideas about what to do after luring them down?"
Feng Ling answered happily and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will deal with it after you lure him down."
Xu Yiming's heart skipped a beat after hearing this, and he was a little excited for some reason.
I thought: Is she finally going to show off her skills?
Those contaminants lacked a challenge before, so they were too lazy to take action. Is it time to show off her card abilities now?
The smile on Xu Yiming's face became more genuine and he said: "Leave it to me, I am fast."
He greeted two speed hunters and left quickly , but a few minutes later, he came back with a few dead wolves.
It’s just that the temperature here is too low. Although the wolf died not long ago, the body is already a little hard with the cold.
Feng Ling picked a dead wolf and dragged it to the tree alone. In order to prevent the stick insect from dragging it away, she tied the dead wolf tightly to the trunk.
The next step is to wait.
Everyone looked up at the tree——