Ye An

Bone fish gathered more and more, crisscrossing and cruising in the river.

As the school of fish gathers, a large vortex forms on the water surface, and the ring spreads out, enveloping the mutated octopus.

Sensing danger, the mutated octopus quickly retracted its tentacles, preparing to retreat into the bottom of the river.

The bone fish refused to let go of the prey that came to their mouths, and did not need Ye An to lead them. Before the octopus escaped, the group swarmed up, biting the tentacles of the octopus, and using the bone spurs on its body to cut the tentacles into pieces until they were cut off.

The scales on the bony fish are strong enough to withstand the spikes inside the octopus' suckers.Even if the feet are bound, it doesn't matter, the companions will quickly support, bite the octopus tentacles tightly, tear the whole tentacles, and swallow them on the spot.

In less than a moment, the mutated octopus had lost three tentacles.The remaining few were also injured to varying degrees, and it was difficult to resist the attack of the fish school.

The body fluid that the mutated octopus relies on has no effect on the fish school. It splashes in the water and is quickly diluted by the flowing river water. The smell comes with the wind. Ye An quickly pulls Xiao Yun back, not wanting to take unnecessary risks.

"Back off!"

Xiao Yun ordered the hunters to retreat, avoiding the downwind direction.

According to Ye An's instructions, Mu Mian and others covered their nose and mouth with a cloak to prevent being affected.

The night wind was bitter, blowing on people's faces like sharp knives.

This kind of wind helped everyone, no matter how badly the mutated octopus was injured, no matter how much blood it bleed, it would not cause the smell to gather.Occasionally, a little floats into the nose, and the dilemma that Ye An encountered in the sinking ship will not appear.

The battle in the river escalated as the bonefish rounded up its prey and tore off two more octopus tentacles.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the mutated octopus gave up and tried to fight head-to-head with the bony fish school to fight a way out of the fish school.

Some smaller bony fish were unable to dodge, and were torn into two pieces by the octopus tentacles. The internal organs and scales floated in the river water, mixed with the blood and meat of the octopus.

Seeing this scene, Ye An's expression changed slightly.

This mutated octopus was strong in combat, even stronger than the few he encountered in the wreck.

Xiao Yun pressed Ye An's shoulder and motioned him to look up the river.

In the dark night, the herd of deer went back and forth. The leading stag rushed to the river, threw the stones and broken logs hanging above his head into the water, and splashed a large amount of water, which alarmed both sides in the battle.

Ye An was puzzled and didn't understand what kind of operation this was.

Batch after batch of deer, in addition to stones and blocks, frozen bones and dry hides were also thrown into the water.

"Do you know what's going on?" Xiao Yun approached Ye An, and the cold breath brushed against his ears.

Ye An unconsciously shivered and pinched his ears.Even if he was already familiar with the coldness around Xiao Yun, he still felt unaccustomed to being so close all of a sudden.

"let me try."

Ye An focused and tried to communicate with the deer.

The leading buck raised its head, stomped its front hooves, and shook its neck in his direction, expressing anger and revenge, all aimed at the mutated octopus in the river.

Only then did Ye An know that the sudden appearance of the mutated octopus caught the deer herd off guard and lost many members, most of them pregnant does and fawns.

Mutant beasts fight each other, and the roles of prey and hunter are often switched, but in the hunting process, certain rules will also be followed.For example, wolves on the island hunted and killed deer, and rarely killed pregnant deer, mostly targeting the elderly and infirm.

The snow season is coming to an end, and the rainy season is coming.

After entering the rainy season, pregnant female deer will give birth to calves one after another, which will further expand the deer herd and enable the population to continue better.At this critical juncture, the loss of nearly ten pregnant does is not a small loss for the deer herd.

The stags trapped in the river before all rushed into the water driven by anger, and were almost captured by the mutant octopus if they failed to get revenge.

"So that's how it is." Ye An whispered, and continued to assimilate the deer, knowing the reason why they went back and threw debris into the water, with a look of surprise on his face.

"What's the situation?" Xiao Yun asked Ye An.

"There are leeches in there." Ye An said.

Recalling the little things he encountered in the cave, Ye An couldn't help rubbing his arms.He can drive the swarm, but the leeches still make his scalp tingle.

As soon as Ye An finished speaking, the situation in the river changed again.

Stimulated by the smell of blood, the leeches hiding in stones, broken logs, bones and animal skins gradually became active in the water.

The bone fish knew how powerful these little things were, and they swam out of the area where the blood and flesh were dense.The mutated octopus lived in the sunken ship. It had never encountered this kind of creature. It didn't know the opponent's habits. When the bone fish let go of the encirclement, it waved its tentacles and slapped it hard on the water surface, trying to sweep the insects away with the waves.

The leech swayed and swayed in the river, flew into the air with the waves of the water, and then fell one after another.

The flesh and blood on the mutated octopus attracted them abnormally. After falling into the water, they quickly gathered, and soon covered the whole body of the mutated octopus, firmly attached to the broken tentacles.

As the blood poured in, the leech's body swelled rapidly, and quickly turned into spheres.Even if it is full, it is still firmly attached to the wound of the octopus, injecting venom into the octopus, slowing down the movement of the octopus, and making it easier for members of the group to eat later.

With more and more leeches, the mutated octopus finally knew what was going on, but it was too late.

Once entangled by leeches, unless there is a special way, it is impossible to get rid of it.

Some leeches were not satisfied with sucking blood, and even began to tear the flesh of the octopus.The huge mutated octopus shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a deflated ball, and soon became shriveled due to the loss of body fluids and part of the skin.

What is frightening is that the mutated octopus did not die because of the venom injected by the leech.It wasn't until the last drop of blood was sucked dry that the fire of life was completely extinguished.

Seeing the terrifying scene in the river, everyone couldn't help feeling chills down their spines.

Death is not terrible, but this way of death is too terrible.The mutated octopus was completely drained of its blood by being alive, tortured to death by a large group of leeches.

The leech was full, its body curled up, and large pieces floated on the water, like black spheres.

Schools of bony fish dare not approach easily. The scales on their bodies can resist the tentacles of octopuses, but they cannot prevent the bites of leeches.If leeches get under the scales, they will be in big trouble.

The herd of deer got their revenge, excitedly shook their antlers and let out a cry.

Ye An looked serious.Leeches cannot be allowed to gather in the river, otherwise they will pose a threat to people living in the camp.Mu Mian is also aware of this, but she has no good solution, she can only pin her hopes on Ye An.

Ye An jumped out of the modified car and closed the door with a bang.

The herd of deer on the bank of the river stopped their croaking, and all of them turned their heads to look over.

Ye An ignored them and released his will to search for the mutant snails at the bottom of the river.

He was unable to communicate effectively with leeches. There were exceptions when he was in the cave.

The communication leeches were unsuccessful, unable to get them out of the water by themselves, so Ye An could only search for shells and crustaceans at the bottom of the water, and use them to push the full leeches ashore.

Soon, a large wave of ripples was set off in the water, expanding outward in a ring shape, and a string of bubbles appeared in the water waves.

A large number of mutated snails, river shells, and crabs came up from the bottom of the river and found leeches. Instead of clearing them out of the river as Ye An thought, they rushed up to fight for predation with joy.

In order to compete for the big leech, several mutated snails and river shells also fought, refusing to give in to each other, tearing the leech into pieces in the water.

Such a development was unexpected.

When the mutated octopus appears, the mutated snails, river shells, and crabs are no opponents, and they may be torn apart when they appear.The mutated octopus was killed by leeches, which instead became the rations of these river dwellers.

It can only be said that the food chain is indeed miraculous. No matter how the creatures mutate and evolve, they will always return to a fixed cycle.

With the increasing number of mutated snails and shellfish, most of the leeches in the river were cleaned up, and the rest did not need to be pushed. They would twist their bodies in order to escape, and climbed ashore one by one.

The leeches that came ashore burrowed into the icy snow and wet mud, quickly turned to stone, and fell back into suspended animation.

Without food, the residents in the river returned to the water one after another, and the bony fish swarmed for weeks, dragging away the broken octopus tentacles and shriveled octopus heads, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Ye An was about to return to the modified car, when Mu Mian suddenly walked up to him in three steps at a time, pointed to the river where the battle had just happened, and said to Ye An: "My lord, the river section where the ore was found is very close to here, just a few days away. near a snowdrift."

Ye An looked in the direction of Kapok's finger, and several snowdrifts came into view.

The river channel behind the snowdrifts is quite wide, and the current is not turbulent.Due to the emergence of mutated snails and river shells, the sediment at the bottom of the water was turned up, and in the shimmering light, there seemed to be golden light jumping and flickering under the moonlight.