alien island

"How are we going to follow now?" Xiang Chen asked gloatingly at Zhang Yao who was staring at the speechless Zhang Yao who was looking like he was in deep thought.

A wide river appeared in front of them. The color of the water was muddy red, very turbid, and the condition and depth of the bottom could not be seen clearly.In the water near the shore of the river, there are many blue flat peach-shaped leaves, which are closely connected and float on the water. The leaves are as big as water lily leaves. Among these leaves, there are many The white flowers, with layer upon layer of petals, are complicated but extremely elegant, and exude a strong floral fragrance.

Just a few days ago, Zhang Yao and the others began to follow the three orcs, carefully following them downwind, for fear that if the wind was in the opposite direction, their scent would be blown over, and those orcs with sensitive noses would notice them. tracking.After exhaustingly following for a day, Zhang Yao suddenly realized that they didn't need to work so hard at all, and kept following the orcs closely with their eyes.There is another way to track and find their traces, so you don't have to worry about being discovered by the orcs.

Because he followed along this way, Zhang Yao could often see the remains of animals killed and tortured to death by those orcs on the ground, and where they passed, the trees and vegetation were also torn and twisted.In fact, as long as you follow these clues, and rely on Pei Yan's sensitive nose that is not lost to the orcs, wherever there is blood, it will prove that there are traces of orcs.So in the next few days, they no longer followed the Chika orcs so closely. Originally, that method was very dangerous. Safety.

This suggested method is indeed effective. In the next few days, they followed the obvious traces left by the Chika orcs all the way, until the river blocking the way appeared in front of them...

The distance between this river and the opposite bank is tens of meters at least.The river completely cut off the whereabouts of the Chika orcs. Zhang Yao wondered if those orcs also crossed the river and went to the other bank, or just left along the river bank?The stretch of the river bank is endless. If you continue to search like this, you don't know how long it will take, but if you imagine that those orcs really crossed the river, you can't guarantee it.After all, the color of the river is so turbid, who knows if there is any danger in it, if they risk crossing the river hastily and cross the river with difficulty, only to find that the orcs didn't go there, it would be a waste of effort.

"Pei Yan, can you smell something?"

After a night of sleep, he set off slowly. He really was too reassured and careless. He didn't expect such a river to appear. Zhang Yao asked Pei Yan next to him without any hope, what was the smell like after being so far away? Can't even smell it now.

Shaking his head, although Pei Yan carefully sniffed the scents around him, looking for the smell of blood or those orcs, his nose was filled with the scent of white flowers on the river bank. All the other smells were covered, and with the steam from the river, he couldn't even smell the smell he was looking for.

"Sure enough..." Sighing, Zhang Yao glanced at the river in front of him, wondering if they should take the risk.

"Hmph, I don't use my brain when doing things. Now it's better, and we don't know where we are going to follow." Despising Zhang Yao's impulsive follow-up decision, which made everyone don't know where they are now, Xiang Chen looked around. , Looking at the completely unfamiliar ecological environment nearby, which is even weirder than the place they passed before, they feel that their situation is even more dangerous. God knows if they will get lost and die here.

"Don't say that, brother Zhang Yao never thought that such an accident would happen, you are talking too much." Seeing Xiang Chen's sarcastic tone, Ke Yiqiao couldn't help defending.

"What's none of your business? I want you to talk so much nonsense." Rolling his eyes at Ke Yiqiao, Xiang Chen's attitude was still as bad as ever.

Zhang Yao didn't have time to deal with the two quarreling brats behind him. He was just recalling the pattern indication he saw on the map in the cave. He remembered that there seemed to be a mark of a wavy line of a river.Could it mean the river in front of you?If that was the case, they should not be far from where the orcs lived, and not far from the floating wood they were looking for.Thinking of these, Zhang Yao's emotions rose.

Turning around and stretching out his palms, he patted the heads of the two brats who were still bickering. Zhang Yao grinned wildly and said, "Stop arguing, we didn't follow the wrong place. This road is right, after this A river, we are almost approaching our destination."

"Don't touch me!" Blocking Zhang Yao's hand from pulling his head, Xiang Chen had an uncomfortable expression on his face.

"Tsk, you kid." Zhang Yao stretched out his fist and shook it. Fortunately, he is in a good mood now and doesn't care about this brat.Turning around, Zhang Yao asked Pei Yan: "Have you encountered this river before?" Always ask before going down the river, safety first.

When Pei Yan saw Zhang Yao asking him, he shook his head first, then approached the river alone, knelt down and dipped his fingers into the river water, then smelled the smell of the water and observed the condition of the river before raising his head to answer Said: "There may be leopard fish in this river."

"Leopard fish? What's that?" Zhang Yao felt that it should be a bad thing when he heard the name of the fish that Pei Yan specially emphasized.

"The one in the stream last time." As long as there is a river on the island where fresh water and sea water merge and exchange, you can find traces of that kind of fish, just like this river with a turbid color and a high temperature in front of you, it is definitely that fish. Breeding fish like to gather and reproduce.Although Pei Yan is not very familiar with the environment here, as long as the difference is not too great, the species that exist on the other side of the island should also exist here.

"Uh... that kind of fish?" Zhang Yao began to recall the night when he first met Pei Yan, he found the corpse of an ugly fish with a human arm in his mouth in horror. Could it be that kind of fish that Pei Yan was referring to?Thinking about it now, the scales and markings on the fish's skin really resemble the patterns that only leopards and other animals have. No wonder it is called a leopard fish.

Based on that strange fish whose mouth would not let go of a person's arm even if it was dead, Zhang Yao was sure that this kind of fish would definitely eat meat and attack people...

"What kind of fish? Brother Zhang Yao?" Having never witnessed the fish that Zhang Yao and Pei Yan were talking about, Ke Yiqiao asked strangely from the side.

"It's the kind of strange fish that is ten times bigger and ten times uglier than the piranhas we saw on TV." Zhang Yao described the fish's virtues to Ke Yiqiao very aptly.

"There will be this kind of fish in this river? Then I don't want to swim there!" Afraid that I would be cruel like last time, and Zhang Yao would drag them into the water after explaining a word.Xiang Chen took a few steps back resolutely, and kept a proper distance from Zhang Yao and the others before protesting.

"Don't say you don't want to, and I don't want to..." Zhang Yao looked at the river that gave him a headache again. The color of the water flow was muddy enough, and he didn't know the exact depth of the water. The distance from the opposite bank could not be measured in minutes. swim to.Moreover, in just these few minutes, Zhang Yao was sure that if those fish appeared, they would definitely be able to deal with them in the water in an instant.There is no need to fight the idea of ​​making a raft, because the trees on the island, except for the floating wood, will immediately sink to the bottom when they encounter water...

What to do now?Obviously not far away from the target, but can no longer approach.How did those orcs get there?Do they have another way?Zhang Yao carefully observed the situation of the river and the bank, trying to find a way.

"Zhang Yao." Calling Zhang Yao's name, Pei Yan beckoned for Zhang Yao to come quickly and observe with him what he just discovered.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yao strode over, squatted beside Pei Yan and asked.

"The river has dropped." Pei Yan replied, pointing to the water level of the river.

Hearing this, Zhang Yao immediately lowered his head to observe the edge of the river bank carefully, and found that the water level of the river had really dropped, and the soil layer that had been wet and soaked by the river was gradually revealed.

Pei Yan estimated that the water level of this river would drop within a fixed period of time, just like the rising and falling of sea water.It may be for this reason that those orcs were able to catch the timing and cross the river safely.The problem now is that I don't know how low the river will drop, whether there is a place for people to pass through, and how fast the water will rise again.

After telling Zhang Yao about his deduction, Zhang Yao's eyes immediately flashed with joy. This is all right, and he can cross the river safely without taking risks. Then he must take advantage of this opportunity to check and find out if the water level has dropped. shortcut across the river.

After another half an hour passed, the water level dropped again, and Zhang Yao, who was searching hard, finally found out how those orcs crossed the river...