Spring always comes later in the north than in the south. Therefore, in the Huailai Basin in the hinterland of Yanshan Mountain, within the Huairong County of Guizhou on Yanbei Road, there are carpets of grass all over the mountains and plains, interspersed with large and small patches of lush and blooming wildflowers, like colorful clouds falling on the earth.
The distant mountains are dyed with layers of ink, dark green, and blue, and then follow the endless, lush green forest sea, extending all the way to the high cliffs, cliffs, slopes, and hills in front of you; walking among such spring flowers The splendid mountains and valleys are pleasing to the eye and particularly refreshing;
However, this good mood, like an outing, did not last long; it was quickly broken by intense movements from far to near. Along with vague roars, collisions and fierce movements of chasing; large trees in the distance were suddenly overturned and destroyed, and there was smoke rising.
The perfect mountain scenery, which was originally dyed with layers of forest, suddenly seemed to be torn open with an ugly scar; and this newly formed scar was still approaching rapidly. Immediately afterwards, as the deep sound of conch horns resounded, a group of sergeants fled and retreated from the sparse forest.
What followed closely behind were the ancient trees that fell down in succession; rows of big trees that needed to be hugged by one person were easily knocked over and pushed down, with large pieces of soil and their roots upturned. Finally, a dark and huge figure was revealed, which was a one-horned giant bear several feet tall.
Compared with the dark red horn on the head of the giant bear, there is no mane or fur on its body. It is stuck with large moss-like earth, rocks and vegetation; there are also many knives, spears, spears, and even hook spears with chains inserted into it. such as. But it obviously didn't cause any real harm to it, but instead angered it.
But this was also one of the initial goals and plans; as the one-horned giant bear rampaged overturned and toppled all the way, it reached the sparse forest zone at the bottom of the mountain valley. Immediately after the giant bear roared out, there were various grotesque and deformed beasts accompanying it at its feet.
Although these beasts have various shapes such as cow, deer, wild boar, wolf, etc., they all seem to be under invisible restraint; even if they are trampled to death, they are not far away. Suddenly the conch horn sounded again, and from the surrounding slopes, the turf curtains were lifted one after another, revealing many artillery forts.
Suddenly, these preset artillery positions quickly emitted a deafening roar, and fire clouds burst into billowing gray smoke; most of the hot special ball bombs hit the giant bear with an obvious target; Its heavy body was tilted back and swayed by the bombardment.
Not only did a large amount of body attachments fall off from this one-horned giant bear, but also during the continuous retreat, many monsters that could not dodge were trampled on half of the city's meat pie. In addition, they were arrayed on the hillside in advance. The volley of fire cannons and powerful crossbows also knocked over the monsters one after another.
At this time, the sergeants who were previously responsible for luring the enemy also returned. Wearing special insect shell armor, holding broadswords, long axes, clubs, hammers and halberds, they leaped forward to meet the various monstrous beasts that were scattered in all directions. Just like chopping melons and vegetables, these wings and accomplices are cut off from the outside.
However, this one-horned giant bear seemed to have considerable intelligence. After being repulsed repeatedly, it did not try to rush forward. Instead, it dug up a big tree with its claws and waved it in front of it. At the same time, it let out a burst of energy. Like roaring ripples and air waves, those monsters became violent.
As for it itself, it was retreating towards the mountain forest again while slowly waving the tree to block it. However, the officers and soldiers who entered the army had great difficulty in leading this big monster, which had caused trouble for hundreds of miles of mountains, to the bottom of the mountain valley suitable for siege, but how could they let it escape so easily.
The next moment, a huge boulder appeared in the air and suddenly hit the one-horned giant bear head-on. The hit also caused its body to deflect, and it fell to the ground with billows of smoke and dust. It let out a painful groan. In the blink of an eye, the boulder suddenly cracked and stretched, turning into a stone man that was much taller than the giant bear.
The stone man, who was almost close at hand, stretched out its limbs and tightly locked the giant bear, which was about to roll and break free; and was driven by the continuous burst of huge force, and kept climbing up and tripping among the broken trees on the ground. . At this time, more expert team members had also brought special equipment and caught up.
They almost took turns using their stubby hand cannons and large revolving guns to bombard the giant bear's head and face, which was strangled and unable to dodge, in short and intensive bursts. They almost exploded the heavy growth plates and attachments on the giant bear's head and face. It collapsed to the ground, revealing the relatively flexible and flammable inner fur.
The giant bear couldn't help but struggle more and more fiercely, but even though it used its thick claws and saw-like teeth to bite and scratch the stone man's limbs, large pieces of gravel cracked and splashed; but under the faint green light, In the blink of an eye, it continued to gather and repair itself, but it was locked tighter and tighter.
At this time, several team members holding thick hooked spiral steel spears had quietly touched the giant bear's side in the blind spot of the bear's perspective; they all thrust hard into the ears, nose, and eyes of the giant bear's head; and kept turning. Holding the handle at the back, it drilled through the bone membrane inside in an instant.
The giant bear instantly screamed and whined like a mountain collapsing and the earth was cracking, and it suddenly jumped up almost on top of the stone man; it almost shook off the stone man's grasp. But at this point, a one-horned giant bear that has lost its vision, hearing and other senses is nothing more than a dying beast waiting to be slaughtered.
A moment later, blood gushed out from all the orifices on his head, but the giant bear was still rushing forward. He was once again chased by the stone man with heavy steps, and was forcibly dragged down and thrown to the ground. Then he was hit with punches one after another. The giant bear instinctively protects its head with its claws and arms, smashing it into pieces and scattering it in all directions.
Immediately afterwards, the stone man pushed aside its limp and deformed arm claws, and bombarded the giant bear's blood-spurting head without stopping; with almost every blow, a large amount of dirty blood and juice was stimulated from the penetrated orifice. Splashing out; for a moment, the clamor of the battlefield seemed to have stopped, leaving only the sound of hammering and whining.
Until finally the giant bear whined and its protruding horn was pulled off; its whole body twitched and could no longer move. However, as the stone man slowly retreated, another expert team member held a huge ignited explosive bomb and threw it into the drooping mouth of the giant bear that had become beyond recognition.
A moment later, there was a sudden dull sound, and the head and neck of the giant bear suddenly expanded; and then it turned into a large mass of flesh, flesh and organ fragments suddenly splashed out from the abyss-like bloody mouth. It wasn't until this moment that it was confirmed that this big monster that had been roaming the mountains and forests for a long time was dead.
The local Qingsai troops from Guizhou and the right-guard soldiers who were on guard outside could not help but cheer continuously. Then, under the sound of gongs and drums, they swarmed up and cut up and decomposed the giant bear on the spot. At the same time, they stepped up their efforts to drive away and strangle the surrounded beasts.
Jiang Tian, who witnessed all this, began to study the horn that was pulled out by "Shi Potian". It was said to be the horn of a giant bear, but it was more like an irregular sharp insert; it was about several feet long. One end is pointed and the other is flat, covered with coagulated blood and bone honeycomb holes.
It also exudes a manic sweetness; and it is reflected in Jiang Tian's vision panel: "a trace amount of pheromone." In fact, at the moment when the horn was pulled out, those gathered on the giant The deformed beasts around the bear scattered as if they had lost their traction and control.
Obviously, this is the source of the giant bear's mutation, and also the source that causes the surrounding creatures to be deformed and driven to a limited extent. Soon after, Jiang Tian received reports from spies and hunters who went deep into the mountains and forests. Following the traces and damage caused by the giant bear, he found its lair in the mountains.
It was a hill-like accumulation in a hidden mountain col. Apart from a thick layer of bones, carrion and excrement, no bear cubs were seen; instead, dozens of bear cubs of various sizes were found. flesh cocoon; and most of them are still slightly squirming living creatures.
After being punctured and cut one by one, an incompletely deformed beast wrapped in thick mucus fell out; it was obviously the result of some degree of biological pollution and bloodline corruption. In other words, this giant bear has been severely distorted and alienated in terms of its life form and reproduction method.
So much so that, in addition to catching prey, it has also managed to contaminate and transform it; and judging from the types of bones and excrement in its lair, this giant bear obviously formed the mountain forest after the celestial changes. It stands out among them and becomes the top of the newly constructed food chain.
But in any case, after eliminating this giant bear and the abnormal beasts it affected, the mountains and forests within hundreds of miles are relatively safe; because this greedy giant bear almost uses the beasts within its range as food. Devoured, or transformed into a driven beast.
Although there may be other alien species and mutants in the future that will re-establish a new food chain in the wild; but it will be at least several years or more than ten years later. Prior to this, Jiang Tian had also wiped out several batches of mutated beasts or individuals that were harming the local area.
What is more noteworthy among them is a newly discovered mutant named "Yihu"; it is the same as the "human-skinned wolf" found in Jinghu and Jiangxi, which can walk upright and make sounds to deceive pedestrians and business travelers. ; This is a creature with considerable intelligence and cunning.
It looks like a large tiger that is 10 feet long, but it can lurk and temporarily create the illusion of a human form, especially a woman; it attracts hunters, mountain people, and passing travelers who follow them out of curiosity and become prey; The more types of illusions you create, the more complicated it becomes.
Therefore, according to the ancient legend of being a tiger's assistant, it was specially named "the tiger's assistant". For this reason, Jiang Tian rarely took action personally, leading a team deep into the deep caves of uninhabited mountains and forests; he hunted down all these "tiger tigers" that had bred in the hundreds, leaving only the cubs that had not opened their eyes for study.
However, after successfully wiping out the mutants and mountain spirits along the way, Jiang Tian could not find many clues and information about the two missing people; in other words, with the upper limits of these aliens' abilities, they were all threatened. There is no organized army, not even that giant bear.
At the same time, in the Yanbo Building on the west side of Xingyuan in the north of Youzhou City, a secret prison area supervised by the Right Guards and the Shenwu Army took turns guarding; a visitor was also welcomed; but it was under the name of a young man Your arranged fiancée, the female head of the Hai family, a wealthy family in the capital, came to visit you for the last time. (End of chapter)
