Chapter 16 Finding a Needle
The only way Xu Lai can think of to find a needle in the pond is to take a powerful magnet and sweep it along the pond little by little.
As long as you don’t miss any corner, you will be able to find this needle again one day.
Now, the magnet Xu Lai needs has appeared. The witch's transformation into an eagle has not improved her attributes much, but the difference between a human and an eagle is absolutely different.
The eyesight of an eagle that can soar in the sky cannot be improved, but this data does not directly affect the battle, so it is not mentioned.
The only trouble now is that the witch is not a real person and cannot go on her own. She must be led by someone.
Xu Lai can set the investigation path for her, but he currently has no relevant skills and does not know spells, so he cannot set the investigation path to a place outside his field of vision.
Therefore, Xu Lai still cannot sit back and enjoy the success, and must cooperate with the witch.
It is impossible for him to go out alone. Even if there is a witch who can transform into an eagle, Xu Lai is not sure and must take Su Ya with him.
So they stayed in the camp for a while. Xu Lai checked in person and confirmed that there were no encounters in either the camp or the logging team. He took Su Ya, the witch and his four shooting guards. Set off.
Xu Lai divided the area around Gram into 36 large super sectors with Gram Village as the center and 10 degrees as the angle.
When he entered the village in the morning, Xu Lai observed carefully. The traces of battle and blood stains basically appeared at the gate of the village, which was the diagonal lower corner of Xu Lai's camp.
Gram Village does not have just one entrance and exit. In fact, Gram Village has a total of 4 entrances and exits, with the largest entrance at the front and rear.
There are a large number of people going out at the main entrance and the back entrance. Outside the main entrance is the farmland of Gram Village, and behind it is the pasture of Gram Village. There are also small doors on both sides. Outside the door are many Every family’s vegetable field.
Therefore, if the wolves want to attack the village, they do not have to attack from the main entrance.
Moreover, Xu came and got a message from chatting with the village chief before coming. Although the village was attacked by a pack of wolves last night, the cattle, sheep and horses they raised could not go hungry, so they were still taken out to graze early in the morning.
This shows that at least most of the village chiefs and herdsmen in Lazi believe that the rear of the village is safe enough.
In addition, the head of Laqi Village himself said that this was not the first time that their village was attacked by wolves, so Xu Lai had reason to believe that this was not a trap set by the Wolf King Laoshizi, otherwise it would not have happened Wait until he comes to trigger it.
At the same time, Village Chief Laqi must have led the villagers to search many times during the day, so the wolves would not be too close to the village, otherwise there would be no need for the Village Chief to ask Xu Lai.
Taken together, Xu Lai believed that the wolves should hide on the other side of the river. Lacy and the others thought that the wolves would not cross the river to attack, so they ignored it, or the other side of the river was too far away, and Lacy and the others did not dare. Far away from the village so no way to search.
You know, Gram Village is different from Xu Lai's camp. His camp is near the water, but Gram Village is far away from the river.
The problem is still the same. The grasslands are too lush. There are many carnivorous groups like prairie wolves. Living near the water, you never know when they will be targeted by carnivores.
Also, there are a large number of cattle, sheep and horses in Gram Village. It is very troublesome to feed these guys water. If you fence the river, it will take half a day for these animals to drink water.
It is better to stay a little further away from the river and make enough space for the cattle and horses to drink water freely.
On the other hand, the only river in the nearby grassland is this river. If Gram Village, which is located in the upper reaches, is directly adjacent to the river, then wouldn’t all the other villages downstream use the foot-washing water of Gram Village? How could he agree? Besides, there is abundant groundwater near the river. A few wells in Gram Village will be enough to provide water, so there is absolutely no need to cause this public outrage.
Based on these considerations, Xu Lai set the main direction of investigation on the other side of the river, so that most of the large circle was directly excluded, greatly reducing the workload.
Limited by Xu Lai's own field of vision, the distance the witch can fly at one time will not be too far, about two to three kilometers.
Xu Lai is not in a hurry. If he can't find it within two or three kilometers, he will look for it after crossing the river. If he can't find it within 5 or 6 kilometers, he will doubt his own conclusion and search again. Excluded areas.
The river cuts the circle like a diagonal line. The original 36 sectors became 18, and the search became easier instantly.
Xu Lai also started picking up stones by the river, built a small bonfire, killed the fat fish in his backpack one by one, strung them up and put on seasonings.
It is said to be seasoning, but in fact it is just salt, but salt is the king of flavors. Even if it is just a layer of salt, the taste will be more delicious than yesterday's fish soup.
Xu Lai, who has long been accustomed to being a low-level person, has never regarded himself as some big shot or some bullshit hero. Master, he doesn't care at all.
He took matters into his own hands, asked Su Ya to sit down, and barbecued for them personally, even though those behind him were just so-called monsters with no independent personality at all.
It doesn’t take long for a witch to patrol a sector back and forth. After transforming into an eagle, she can easily fly hundreds of meters with a few flaps of her wings.
It only takes a few minutes to look at each sector bit by bit.
In order to allow the witch to detect clearly, Xu Lai asked her to fly relatively low. While grilling the fish, she stared at the sky intently, for fear that other large predators would appear.
Before lunch was finished, a huge gray eagle roared down from the sky, and when it was about to land, it slowly slowed down and landed next to Xu Lai.
What is incredible is that this gray eagle can still speak:
“Master, I found three wolf packs on the other side of the river. The group due west has a size of 20. Around the same time, I found 12 adult wolves and 6 young wolves
The northwest area is smaller and the total number should be less than 20. 8 adult wolves and 6 young wolves were found.
The number of wolves in the southwest exceeds 20. I found 15 active adult wolves, two advanced wolf kings, and ten prairie wolves lying together to rest. There is no way to tell whether they are adults. The wolf is still a young wolf. "
The witch's report was extremely clear. Even Xu Lai didn't expect that she could distinguish between the young wolves and the adult wolves in the wolf pack.
Of course, she should judge based on their body size. Yes, but her indifferent tone seemed extraordinarily calm, which convinced Xu Lai.
Originally, Xu Lai was a little worried about whether his approach would be useful, but he didn't expect it after just one meal. In the meantime, the witch has found three wolves.
"Thank you for your hard work. Let's rest and eat first." Xu Lai did not let the witch change back to human form. After all, transforming into an eagle consumes 100 mana points. If the real target cannot be found this time, the witch's mana will be used Transformed.
(End of this chapter)