Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn back to Yan Fan, and the two dogs were so excited that they let out low roars around the half-meter-wide ice cave.

This is a warning of discovering a target or prey. Generally, when the two dogs make this sound, it means that there is a high possibility of unknown creatures or dangers hidden under the lake.

Gu Tongwan immediately shouted: "Yan Fan!"

Yan Fan already knew what she was going to say, so he nodded in her direction and took a few steps back: "Everyone, step back a little, there's something underneath!"

Perhaps it was Yan Fan's solemn expression that made everyone's heart skip a beat, and they gradually realized that there might be danger, so they immediately retreated to a position about seven or eight meters away.

Liao Yunyun opened her arms to protect Lan Cen to one side, but her eyes were fixed on the lake.

"Crack...knock..."

All they heard was a series of clear cracking sounds in the air, and then everyone saw a crack about three or four meters long appearing on the surface of the lake.

"Honey, is there something in the lake? It feels wrong." Cai Min discovered that just now a huge black object passed by her feet in an instant and headed towards the ice cave. It was at an extremely fast speed, and she could clearly feel that the "thing" was huge, at least three or four meters in size.

"Let's step back a little. I think something is wrong." Xu Xuesong pulled Cai Min a little further away. He subconsciously felt that it was not safe there.

Cai Min suddenly thought of something and whispered to Xu Xuesong, "Do you remember what our father said before that there was something in the lake? It seems that when we first moved to the camp, someone saw something in the lake with their own eyes?"

"This is just a legend after all. Maybe it's just a big fish." Xu Xuesong pursed his lips and looked at the ice, but at this time the black thing had completely disappeared.

"The sizes of the black carp and silver carp in this lake are abnormal. I'm afraid there are some fish in this lake that have mutated and grown rapidly in size." Liao Yunyun shouted loudly towards Gu Tongwan who was walking in the opposite direction of her.

"Everyone, move back a little. That thing is huge." Although Gu Tongwan was surprised to see such a huge creature under the lake, he was very calm at the moment. He knew very well that the giant creature not only smelled the blood produced by other fish, but more importantly, it was very likely that it smelled the scent of people on the lake, so it could not help but popped its head out.

"The creatures under the lake are probably mutated fish with intelligence, and they are probably of a high level."

If they were not high-level mutant creatures, the two dogs would not have made such a defensive growl in an instant.

Gu Tongwan raised his head and looked at Chen Yanxi, whose pressure suddenly cooled down. He knew that Chen Yanxi was probably ready to attack at any time.

"Yan Fan, be careful." Seeing Yan Fan moving forward, Gu Tongwan immediately reminded him.

Just when everyone's attention was focused on the bottom of the lake, the lake fell into deathly silence. Even the school of fish that had just been tumbling in the ice cave disappeared.

After about seven or eight minutes, Xiaoli finally spoke: "Is everything okay? Why don't I see anything?"

Lan Qin shook her head. "Let's listen to Sister Wanwan and not get too close to that place. Those cracks look scary. What if the ice suddenly collapses?"

At the moment when everyone relaxed, Aoaotutu suddenly barked non-stop towards the bottom of the lake, and countless bubbles appeared under the ice hole that had been chiseled, and the bubbles kept surging upwards.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, the ice was seen being smashed into pieces by something from underneath. An object about the size of a motorcycle jumped out from it, and the huge figure even cast a shadow on the lake.

"What, what is this?" Cai Min turned pale with fear, because she suddenly saw that the moment the creature opened its mouth, there were at least three or four layers of densely packed teeth in the entire mouth.

Considering that several people would inexplicably disappear in the lake every year in the camp, and even their bodies were never salvaged, everyone initially thought that they were eaten by the fish at the bottom of the lake. Therefore, for a period of time no one dared to approach the lake or go fishing. But as time passed, everyone gradually discovered that there seemed to be no more fish in the lake, as if these fish had suddenly disappeared in a short period of time.

Aoao and Tutu lowered their bodies, obviously planning to take action immediately. Gu Tongwangang quickly glanced at the crowd that had rushed over because of the movement on the lake, and shouted, "Aoao, Tutu!"

The two dogs had long been accustomed to guessing her emotions from her tone, and now they clearly understood that Gu Tongwan was trying to stop them from taking action.

"A mutant black fish. However, this black fish is too big. And judging by its level, it should be above a B-level mutant beast, or even higher."

Gu Tongwan tightly grasped the saber in her hand, but she knew very well that a knife alone could not solve the mutant black fish in front of her. When she was wandering outside before, she had the help of blood vines and two dogs, so it was almost certain that she could hunt mutant beasts below level A. Even if she encountered a high-level mutant creature, she was confident that she could escape. But now there were other people around her, and even if she trusted them, it was not the time to reveal these secrets about herself.

Moreover, seeing that more and more villagers who had heard the noise were rushing over from the opposite shore of the lake, it would be better for them not to make too much noise at this time.

He whistled with his fingertips, and the two dogs, who were ready to attack at any time, immediately ran back to Gu Tongwan's side.

After Cai Min and Xu Xuesong came to their senses, they immediately ran to the shore. "Xuesong, go and sound the alarm." Then they turned around and shouted in the direction of Liao Yunyun and others, "Everyone, try to get ashore and don't stay in the lake."

Yan Fan pursed his lips. Although he wanted to try to kill the mutated black fish unilaterally to verify his current strength, he saw that Chen Yanxi and Gu Tongwan had no intention of taking action, so he ran back very consciously.

At this time, at least dozens of villagers from the camp had gathered on the shore, and everyone was discussing the origin of this mutated black fish.

The sounds of “Dang…Dang…Dang” instantly resounded throughout the entire camp.

Xu Xuesong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but he only held a rope several meters long in his hand. The other end of the rope was connected to a huge bell. Xu Xuesong shook the rope violently, and the bell made a deafening sound every time he shook it.

In addition to loudspeakers, there are also many large bells like this one installed in the camp. Once an emergency occurs, villagers can use the sound of the bells to alert others in the first time.

Furthermore, once the bell rings, the Civilian Self-Defense Force patrolling nearby will immediately receive the message and rush to the scene.

There were many wild animals in the mountains behind the camp two or three years ago. Recently, due to the weather, very few people have gone up the mountain. Moreover, there are fewer and fewer mutant animals like F and D levels in the mountains. The only ones left are C and B level mutant animals, and these animals are dormant in the deep mountains.

Although the mountain at the back is not as wide as the big forest in the north, it is made up of several hills connected together. The atmosphere becomes more eerie the deeper you go. In addition, the altitudes of several mountains are not low. The higher the altitude, the more uncomfortable you feel. At one point, you even had severe altitude sickness. Even professional hunting teams rarely enter the forest.

The forest is often accompanied by risks and opportunities. Right now, a team of civilian hunters has gone deep into the back mountain, and they have already reached the second hill.

The so-called civilian hunter team is actually a group of free hunters who are not registered with the Hunter Association and do not belong to any Hunter Guild. Generally speaking, they are people who do not like to be bound by the rules and regulations of the guild or are rejected by various guilds because of their low ability level. However, there are also non-superpower people among them. These non-superpower people generally have engaged in similar occupations or have high skills and adaptability, so they are very suitable to join such a team.

Li Mou is a non-supernatural person in this hunter team. He was just an ordinary forest ranger before the end of the world, but because he is very familiar with everything in the mountains and forests, as long as the team has Li Mou, there is no need to worry about the direction problem, because Li Mou is a human compass and direction identifier, and he also knows various plants and wild animals, allowing the team to avoid many risks.

This civilian team consists of seven people in total, three of them are D-level hunters, and the remaining two are F-level hunters. Li Mou and another carpenter are non-superpower users. Although the overall strength of the team is not high, the team is very united and the team members cooperate very well. In the past few years, they have experienced life-threatening missions, but every time they escaped unscathed under Li Mou's command. It can be said that Li Mou is the backbone of this team.

Li Mou patted the snow on his shoulders that was swept by the branches, then frowned and said to the other team members behind him: "Let's rest here for the time being, and continue our journey in half an hour."

After the team put down all the luggage and cleaned up a clean area, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the still gloomy sky above their heads.

"Brother Li, it's not going to snow in this weather, is it?"

"It shouldn't happen. If we wanted to go down, we would have done it long ago. But I'm worried that the temperature inside is too low and our bodies can't stand it." Li Mou took out a cigarette from his pocket and took a slow puff. In fact, it took less than half a day to climb the first mountain. The real difficulty was actually the second mountain. The second mountain was rugged and difficult to climb. It would take at least a day to reach the deepest part.

Li Mou took two puffs of his cigarette before saying to the team leader, Su Luo, "Xiao Su, after we have a good rest, we will continue on our journey. We must reach the second target point before sunset. If we cannot reach it, we will turn back immediately."

"Brother Li, is there something going on?" This was not the first time the team had entered the mountains, but it was rare to see such concerns before they even started going deep into the mountains.

A team member nearby couldn't help but interrupt: "Yeah, Brother Li, didn't we get into the mountains smoothly? Why are you so worried? I checked the recent weather forecast before coming here. It looks like it won't snow within a week. And we didn't encounter any mutant animals on the way. I guess since the extreme cold, all the mutant animals have either been eliminated by nature or have found a place to hibernate."

"I don't think so. If that were the case, there would be no traces of animals. It feels like these mutated animals are obviously hiding." Li Mou had an unspeakable fear in his heart, but the entire team had been working on this mission for at least a day, and everyone had high expectations for this mission. After all, if they could find this special medicinal herb, "mutated ice grass," they could sell it for a high price in the market.

"Mutated Ice Grass" can be used as a kind of nutrient solution for upgrading superpowers. Although the effect is slightly worse than the nutrient solution made directly from crystal cores, it is cheaper, so it is also called a substitute for a certain nutrient solution.

Previously, "mutated ice grass" had always been monopolized by the base and the black market, because the growth area of ​​"mutated ice grass" has always been concentrated in the northern forest and a mountain forest near the black market, and the Wanderer Base rarely involves these two places, mainly due to the influence of the environment and terrain. High-level mutant beasts and mutant plants live in the northern forest, and the location of the ice grass happens to be in a dangerous area. Only hunters of level A or a hunter team with strong abilities at least at level B dare to set foot easily, and weaker hunter teams have no way to go there at all. The other place has always been under the jurisdiction of the black market, and external forces cannot intervene at all.

Fortunately, Li Mou was very familiar with the nearby mountains, so when he was entrusted with this task, he immediately thought of the ice meadow that once existed in the mountains near the camp.

If it weren't for the fact that the client of the medicinal materials paid a large sum of money, at least enough to cover the team's expenses for a few months, Li Mou would never have chosen to go deep into the mountains in such extremely cold weather.

Half an hour later, the team regrouped and set out again. Less than an hour after walking, everyone saw a small waterfall in front of them. What was strange was that the stream around the waterfall had not yet frozen, and the pool of water was still sparkling.

"Oh my god, I didn't expect there was a place here. I was thinking about how to thaw the water in my kettle later. Now it's easy. I'll take a sip first." A man in the team said and wanted to move forward.

But at this moment, a black shadow swam quickly across the river, which was only a few hundred square meters in size.

Li Mou's eyes widened instantly, and he yelled at the top of his voice: "Everyone run!"

Although the others didn't understand what was happening, the tacit understanding they had developed over the years made everyone naturally follow Li Mou's command and run back quickly.

Li Mou's mind was filled with that black shadow. He finally knew what was wrong. The reason why there were no mutant animals in the forest was because the magnetic field was completely messed up. There must be some terrible existence in the mountains!