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- Evergreen mountains are not evergreen!
It is September, and the cool autumn wind has turned the evergreen mountains stretching for thousands of miles into a golden world.
Autumn is high and the air is crisp. Fruits are hanging on the branches of plants and trees, and countless birds and animals are raised to be fat and meaty.
This is the best hunting season!
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Deep in the vast evergreen mountains, there is a valley surrounded by mountains. The gurgling clear stream slowly flows through the silent valley, forming a quiet pool with a radius of more than ten feet at the lowest point of the valley.
A young man who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing half-worn blue coarse cloth clothes, with a strong figure and slightly dark skin, squatted alone next to a plum blossom-shaped footprint by the pool, stretched out his hand and slightly measured the size of the footprint. , and observed carefully for a moment.
"This footprint should be that of an adult leopard, left two days ago!" Zhou Hao shook his head in disappointment.
Straightening up, Zhou Hao frowned and looked at the open space by the pond full of prey footprints, and continued: "What's going on? Where have all these prey gone?"
Zhou Hao, who has just turned sixteen, has gone hunting alone in the mountains for the first time. Unfortunately, he has very bad luck! We have been in the mountains for a long time, and not to mention catching any prey, we haven't found even a single trace of fresh prey.
Logically speaking, this pool is the place where wild beasts most often hang out. But after Zhou Hao had been busy here for a few minutes, he discovered that all the prey tracks were not only messy, but also were left two days ago! It was as if all the prey suddenly evaporated out of thin air,
"I still don't believe it. In such a big evergreen mountain, can all the prey have wings and fly!"
Zhou Hao thought of this and looked up at the sunset scenery. He found that it was already evening before he knew it, and he quickly continued to look at the footprints of his prey.
Zhou Hao just buried his head, and suddenly something happened in his heart. He felt something was wrong. He hurriedly raised his head again, stared at the sunset in the sky and said, "Weird! Why is the sky so weird today? It's really so damn bright red." Some more!"
Staring at the too bright red sunset on the horizon, Zhou Hao was slightly lost in thought for a moment, then shook his head in confusion and continued to look at the footprints of his prey.
After a while, Zhou Hao came to a relatively clear set of footprints. He suddenly raised his eyebrows and said with a hint of joy on his face: "These are the footprints of a big-horned deer. They should have been left this morning!"
The footprints of the big-antlered deer in front of me are very strange. Three of the hooves have very deep footprints, but only the footprints of the left hind leg are very shallow.
Zhou Hao looked at the strange hoof prints and whispered: "Three hoof prints are deep and one hoof print is shallow. This must be a big-antlered deer with an injured left hind leg. It belongs to his grandmother. I have been busy working for a long time, but Only one injured prey was found!"
An injured big-antlered deer was far from being a suitable prey in Zhou Hao's mind. Because this is not only Zhou Hao's first time hunting alone, but also his coming-of-age ceremony!
According to the rules of the hunters in Evergreen Mountain, if a boy over the age of sixteen wants to obtain the status of an official hunter and be eligible to share a portion of the hunting fruits, he must hold an adult ceremony.
The coming-of-age ceremony for Orion children is to go hunting alone in the mountains. The prey hunted alone at the coming-of-age ceremony is the name that will accompany the hunter throughout his life, and it will also determine his future status among the hunters!
If you hunt a deer alone during the coming-of-age ceremony, the hunter will be called a "deer hunter"; if you hunt a wolf, you will be called a "wolf hunter" for the rest of your life.
The more ferocious and rare the prey is, the higher the status of the hunter will be, the more famous the hunter will be, and the more prey he can get in the future.
Although Zhou Hao is young, he has extremely good hunting skills. Especially in terms of archery skills, he is one of the best archers in the eight villages within ten miles, and has long been famous.
If you only hunted an injured big-antlered deer, it might be a good result for others. But for Zhou Hao, that was simply embarrassing!
But having said that, although this big-antlered deer is not the best prey for the coming-of-age ceremony, it can at least fill the stomach! After wandering around for a long time, Zhou Hao still found nothing. He only ate a few sour wild fruits at noon, and his stomach was already growling with hunger.
"Hunt this deer first and fill up your stomach first." Zhou Hao straightened the horn compound bow on his back, tightened the short knife on his waist, and prepared to chase the big horned deer in the direction it left.
Just after taking a few steps, a sudden change occurred!
In the northern sky, masses of dark clouds suddenly rose, heading in the direction of Zhou Hao.??, floated over quickly.
Only when the dark clouds floated a little closer did Zhou Hao realize what kind of dark clouds they were! These were clearly countless flying birds, densely packed into a group, swooping over here with an aura that covered the sky and the sun.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Hao was shocked, wondering if there was a fire in the forest and drove these birds over?
Before Zhou Hao could figure it out, the water pool next to him suddenly felt like a pot was boiling, with large streams of bubbles rising from the bottom of the water.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of green-skinned frogs and yellow-skinned toads crawled out of the pool, one after another, jumping and trying their best to escape to the nearby hillside.
Countless snakes, insects, rats, and ants emerged from the holes and cracks in the rocks where they were hiding, and fled high up the hillside desperately.
Seeing the horrifying scene around him, Zhou Hao suddenly understood something in his heart, and quickly took steps to run to the open space in the valley.
But before Zhou Hao could take the first step, a shocking disaster suddenly struck!
Just twenty miles north of Zhou Hao, the always peaceful Evergreen Mountain suddenly seemed to be torn apart by an invisible giant hand!
With a series of thunder-like loud noises, the ground suddenly opened a huge crack that was several feet wide, dozens of miles long, and bottomless.
And the huge stratum to the north of the fissure suddenly broke apart and collapsed for more than ten feet.
With the collapsed strata as the center, a huge evergreen mountain suddenly rolled up a series of huge shock waves, spreading in all directions at lightning speed.
Wherever the huge shock wave reaches, it is like the end of the world is coming! The earth rose and fell suddenly, dancing an extremely crazy dance; the trees all over the mountains and plains seemed to be going mad, swaying violently from side to side; and on the top of the mountains, there were even large blocks of boulders, which were "rumbling" With a loud "rumbling" sound, it flew down the hillside.
The shock wave was transmitted to his feet in an instant, and Zhou Hao suddenly felt as if he was in a stormy sea, stumbling and unable to stand firmly.
Zhou Hao, who looked horrified, felt that he might fall to the ground at any time, so he quickly used the force of his feet to pin himself firmly to the ground.
As soon as I stabilized my body, before I could breathe a sigh of relief, I suddenly felt a strong wind coming from behind me.
Zhou Hao quickly looked back and saw a boulder the size of the Table of Eight Immortals, rolling down the steep hillside quickly, roaring and hitting his back with huge force!
The boulder was less than two feet away from his back, and Zhou Hao was about to be smashed into a pulp by the boulder.
At the critical moment, Zhou Hao's pupils shrank suddenly, and he had no time to think. Like a conditioned reflex, his feet and waist and abdomen suddenly exerted force, and he performed a clean backflip, and his body suddenly jumped more than ten feet into the air!
As soon as Zhou Hao's figure reached its peak, the boulder instantly rolled to two or three feet below him.
Zhou Hao, who had exhausted his upward momentum, immediately rushed down and hit the rapidly rolling boulder. His brain was about to burst!
I saw Zhou Hao in mid-air, suddenly stretched out his hands and slapped the rapidly rolling boulder!
Zhou Hao, whose life was hanging by a thread, clapped his hands with all his strength, with a force of hundreds of kilograms! The whole person suddenly felt like a dragonfly dripping water. Zhou Hao rose several feet again. In mid-air, his waist and abdomen exerted force again and he turned around.
The rolling boulder rubbed the soles of Zhou Hao's feet, roaring past with a "rumbling!"
After dodging the deadly boulder, Zhou Hao fell to the ground with lingering fear. Rubbing his arm that was sore from the shock of the boulder, Zhou Hao grinned and said, "Grandma, we actually encountered an earthquake!"
Growing up, Zhou Hao had never heard of an earthquake in the Evergreen Mountains. This was the first time he experienced something like this. Even though Zhou Hao had a strong mind, he was shocked into a cold sweat.
But this earthquake came suddenly and went away very quickly! Within a dozen breaths, the earth gradually calmed down.
But in just ten breaths of time, the appearance of Evergreen Mountain has been greatly changed!
There are cracks, large and small, everywhere on the surrounding hills. Large tracts of rock and soil were directly shaken down, exposing the dark brown earth inside, like huge ugly scars.
Countless trees on the hillside were knocked down by the earthquake, and many trees were broken by rolling boulders.
And in the valley, there are piles of large and small gravels, soil and broken wood that have rolled down. The small stream that runs through the valley has been completely blocked.
Looking at the unrecognizable surroundings, Zhou Hao's mind turned slightly, and he immediately thought of those large prey that disappeared without a trace.
The senses of those large prey are far sharper than those of birds, snakes, insects, rats, and ants. They probably sensed the precursors of a major earthquake early and fled far away two days ago. The large area of ????mountain forest around them is probably gone. Suitable prey.
If you want to hunt prey that is ferocious and rare enough on your coming-of-age ceremony, you can only go further into the mountains.
Therefore, it is even more urgent to hunt down the injured big-antlered deer for food.
"No matter what, I must hunt down a rare prey that is ferocious enough and become the best hunter!"
Thinking of this, Zhou Hao's eyes flashed with determination, and he turned around and rushed into the dense forest where the big horned deer disappeared.
It was almost dusk at this time, and the light in the dense forest was very dim.
????????????????????? But this didn¡¯t cause any obstacles. Zhou Hao was seen running through the dense forest like a swift cheetah. Those light footsteps stepped on the thick dead branches and leaves, but they made no sound! From time to time, he would jump onto a tree branch that was blocking the road. With the rebounding force of the tree branch, his legs would fly two feet away!
In order to track down the injured big-horned deer, Zhou Hao, who was running at high speed, also needed to stop from time to time, or check the direction of the tracks, or check the branches hung by the big-horned deer's huge antlers, so as to judge the time when the big-horned deer passed by. and routes.
But tracking a prey that has been gone for most of the day is by no means an easy task.
No, Zhou Hao tracked in the dense forest for half an hour, until he climbed over a mountain and passed through the entire forest, but still could not catch up with the big horned deer. What appeared in front of Zhou Hao's eyes now was a vast meadow that could not be seen to the edge. The meadow was covered with weeds that were as tall as half a man. Judging from the direction and time of the tracks, the big-antlered deer was probably hiding among the dense grass.
Looking at the vast meadow, Zhou Hao grinned, then turned around and walked to the foot of a towering tree. He sprinted on the ground for a few steps, then jumped up high and grabbed the lowest one with one arm. A branch! Swinging one arm vigorously, the whole person flew into the air and stood firmly on a higher branch.
At this time, Zhou Hao was like an elf jumping among the branches. But in an instant, he stood on the top of a giant tree that was more than twenty feet high. With the tender branches and leaves, his whole body was gently swaying left and right in the breeze, and he began to Looking far into the distance, I searched for the figure of the big-antlered deer.
At this time, the sun has completely set, and the moon has just emerged, and the light is extremely poor. Even though Zhou Hao's eyesight is amazing, it is not easy to find prey hiding in the long grass!
Half a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Hao still had not found the big-antlered deer.
At this time, the full moon had completely risen.
But the strange thing is that tonight¡¯s moon is actually a blood moon that is as scarlet as blood!
"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Hao suddenly saw the blood-red full moon, with unconcealable surprise in his eyes.
Under the reflection of this blood moon, the mountains and rivers that had just experienced a major earthquake seemed to be covered with a layer of scarlet blood in Zhou Hao's eyes, and it was indescribably weird and oozing!
"When the moon shows a strange phenomenon, there must be demons and ferocious beasts appearing in the world!" Zhou Hao remembered this sentence occasionally mentioned by the old people in the village, and then murmured: "This blood moon should be regarded as a strange phenomenon, right? Then what appears in the world is Are they monsters or beasts? Could these monsters and beasts be shaken out by the earthquake? Hey, it¡¯s the first time that I went out hunting alone, and I encountered many strange things, which is quite interesting!¡±
Zhou Hao thought for a while, suddenly pursed his lips, raised his head and let out a long roar of "Oh!"
This long roar echoed repeatedly among the mountains and spread far away.
After the roar was over, Zhou Hao got off the tree, found a boulder on the meadow, lay down on his back, looked at the blood moon in the sky, and waited quietly.
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Fully half an hour later, a rustling sound suddenly came from the long grass nearby!
A white figure suddenly jumped up from the long grass and pounced towards Zhou Hao!
This white figure pounced on Zhou Hao, and actually stuck out its tongue, rubbing it on Zhou Hao's face with great enthusiasm.
Zhou Hao also hugged the white figure's neck, rubbed it hard, and said with a grin: "Shanhu, why did it take you so long to arrive? The earthquake didn't do anything to you, did it?"
"Woof woof, woof woof!" The white shadow shook its big fluffy tail, looking very excited.
"You guys are so excited. Could it be that you have caught prey?"
Bai Ying did not respond to Zhou Hao's question. Instead, he bit Zhou Hao's trousers and dragged Zhou Hao away.
Zhou Hao, who was dragged off the boulder, asked in surprise: "Mountain??, what do you want to do in such a hurry? "
The white shadow ignored him and dragged Zhou Hao into the forest, disappearing deep into the forest in a moment. ;
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