The straight-line distance from Moshi Village to Sanglin County is not far, but there is a hill across it, and the detour is too far. For the sake of convenience, villagers from several nearby villages forcibly cut a road through the hill. It is a mountainous road, but as there are more people walking on it, the road becomes smoother and it is not difficult to walk.
Unexpectedly, a few years ago, there was news that there was a big insect infestation on the mountain road. At first, some people did not believe in the evil and were unwilling to take a long way to save time. However, after a few people disappeared inexplicably, the villagers believed it. From then on, No one walks on this mountain road.
As early as when the rumor spread, Wei Feng used his rain sense to investigate and found that tigers were indeed out and about. For ordinary villagers, encountering such a top predator in the mountain forest would basically mean death.
Wei Feng stood at the fork in the road. In front of him was a long road that the villagers often took in recent years, and the other was a mountain road that occasionally people would venture through. He stood tightly on the spot, closing his eyes slightly, feeling silently.
Closing his eyes was to help him better focus on the perception of rain. He was currently unable to accurately perceive it when distracted. For the sake of his own life, it was better to be more cautious.
"Let's go, we can take a shortcut today."
"Woo~"
Wei Feng called Cang Gou and walked towards the mountain road.
Within his perception, there were no larger predators, let alone tigers. This situation was not common, which meant that he was lucky today.
After a detailed exploration, Wei Feng was able to activate his senses at intervals and conduct a rough scan.
There is no wind today, and there is less sound of rustling leaves in the wind, making it very peaceful.
After walking for a while, the strange feeling in Wei Feng's heart became stronger and stronger. He always felt that something was wrong. The mountain forest seemed particularly quiet today.
After enduring the strange feeling and walking forward for a while, Wei Feng's brows gradually knitted together, and he had a bad feeling about something.
"Cang Gou, please help me keep an eye on the surrounding area." He said in a deep voice.
"Woo"
Cang Gou came close to Wei Feng and responded softly. It didn't know what happened, but there must be a reason for Wei Feng to be alert.
The mountain road was too quiet today, Wei Feng thought to himself. He could not rule out that it aroused his subconscious alert, so he decided to investigate again carefully.
Suddenly, a drizzle began to fall on this small hill. At first, the area of the rain was within a two-mile radius of Wei Feng. Then it gradually spread outward and farther and farther, until it expanded to the limit distance that he could now perceive. , with a radius of fifteen miles.
"Um?"
The result of the exploration was that nothing was found. No, it could not be regarded as nothing. It was obvious that there were very few signs of animal activity nearby. Except for some small animals such as mountain rats and hares, there was not even a slightly larger prey. Moreover, even the foxes and lynxes that often appear in the mountains and forests are nowhere to be seen.
Usually when overlord animals like tigers and bears appear, other predators will stay away, but strangely, Wei Feng didn't notice them either.
Wei Feng, who did not believe in evil, sat directly with his back against the big tree, found a position that allowed him to relax, closed his eyes again, and scanned again. This time he would concentrate on it.
The hard work paid off, and this time he finally discovered an anomaly. There was a small area three miles west of here that he couldn't sense. The rain did not feed back any information about that area.
Since this situation had never happened before, he had no experience, so he didn't notice anything abnormal here when he scanned it for the first time.
This is the first time that the rain does not feedback information. It is like soldiers standing together in a phalanx. As long as they don't report their numbers, it will be difficult to find out if there are any missing people.
He slowly opened his eyes, thought about it, and saw that the gray dog was also looking at him. He made up his mind and was ready to explore there.
"Let's go to the west and have a look. It might be dangerous, so we have to be careful." He stroked Cang Gou's head and whispered in its ear.
"Woo~" Cang Gou also responded in a low voice.
Wei Feng took out a short knife from his bag. This is a tool used to open roads when walking in the mountains and forests. The villagers in the mountains usually have it.
After his attributes were strengthened, Wei Feng was no longer the same as before. It took him less than two quarters of an hour to reach the Four Mile Mountain Road, but the sight in front of him made Wei Feng a little surprised.
What he saw was an energy vortex floating in mid-air. The pattern of the vortex was gray-white and it was flowing slowly. It was two to three meters in size and floated about ten centimeters above the ground.
"Is this... a passage to another world? Or is it a portal?" Wei Feng muttered. This shape made him think of things that only appeared in literary and artistic works in his previous life.
"Woo?"
Cang Gou curiously circled the whirlpool several times, and it looked like this no matter which direction it looked from.
"You step back first."
After telling Cang Gou to stay away, Wei Feng picked up a stone from the ground and threw it in with all his strength.
The stone was thrown by Wei Feng with great force, and the moment it touched the vortex, it disappeared directly into it without causing any waves or making any sound.
He threw in a few more stones as usual and waited quietly. Five seconds, ten seconds, and twenty seconds passed, but there was still no reaction.
Just when Wei Feng was hesitant to reach out and test, an ugly human figure suddenly emerged from the center of the vortex, and at the same time there was a roar. Then, a man with black energy visible to the naked eye rushed out of the vortex. He came out, waving his palms and preparing to catch Wei Feng.
Wei Feng reacted very quickly. He flicked the short knife casually, and a bow and arrow made of yew wood about one and a half meters long suddenly appeared in his free hands. At the same time, a leather quiver appeared on his back.
A familiar feeling from his soul made him pull out an arrow from the quiver almost out of instinct, quickly put it on the bow string, holding the feather with three fingers, and then suddenly let go after pulling the string for one foot.
The arrow flew off the bow string with a roar and shot towards the man who suddenly rushed out.
"laugh"
The sharp arrow shot directly into the man's right eye, and the huge force knocked him to the ground. Then his limbs twitched twice and stopped moving.
[Player "Wei Feng" has killed the "crazy villager" and gained 30 experience points]
A reminder poured into Wei Feng's mind, but he had no time to savor it because two more roars came from the whirlpool.
Without any time to think, Wei Feng unfurled his bow and nocked an arrow, and fired two consecutive close-range shots, knocking down the two men who were rushing towards him and Cang Gou respectively. Then the same two prompts came.
But Wei Feng's first reaction was not to try to analyze the situation at hand, but to shout loudly to Cang Gou: "Cang Gou, come here, you have to calm down, I can handle it, you must not be impulsive."
"Woo~"
When Cang Gou heard Wei Feng's call, he immediately stopped grinning and ran towards him with his calves moving quickly.
When Wei Feng saw that it was still the same size, he breathed a sigh of relief and returned his attention to the whirlpool, guarding against anything else rushing out.
When Cang Gou ran to his feet, Wei Feng waited for more than a minute and did not see any movement on the side of the whirlpool. Then he exhaled and lowered the long bow that had been held flat.
After touching the well-behaved Cang Gou, he still had lingering fears. It would be bad if Cang Gou had overreacted just like that night.
