monster he just wants to be a good guy

Maybe this boy is not as simple as he thought.

They reached the southern forest by noon the next day.It is completely different from the poisonous miasma forest that Lu Man was attacked by strange eagles before. The forest in front of him is full of vitality. Being in it, the light sunlight shines through the treetops and casts a spot of light, and the chirping of birds and insects echo each other .

Stepping into this vibrant forest, everyone's tense nerves slowly eased down.

The hunting team also discovered this unpolluted pure land in recent years.After several years of hunting, they knew this place well, and they were no longer as cautious as before. Only Lu Man, who had just arrived, was still wary of everything around him.

"Brother Qingmiao, why are there no monsters here?"

"I've also had this doubt. We've been hunting here for five years, and we haven't encountered any monsters... Maybe it's because this place is closer to the edge?"

"edge?"

"The monster virus spreads from the center of the city. The farther away from the core city, the fewer monsters." Zhang Qingyan also followed behind them at some point, and walked two more steps forward to walk side by side with them.Lu Man heard that the sentries from other teams also returned to the team.

"Did you notice anything unusual?" Zhang Qingyan keenly saw what Lu Man was implying.

"It feels a little... I can't tell. It's okay, I should be too sensitive."

Whether it was hearing or smell feedback to Lu Man, the result was: this forest is the same, and there is really no smell or movement of monsters.

But Lu Man always had a subtle feeling in his heart, like when he was about to fall asleep, he heard mosquitoes buzzing around his ears, but he couldn't catch them no matter what.Maybe it's just an illusion.

Zhang Qingyan and Zheng Qingmiao looked at each other, and did not take Lu Man's words seriously.Zheng Qingmiao turned her head to remind the members of the hunting team to pay more attention to this hunting.Zhang Qingyan also left the team again and continued to perform the duty of sentinel.

The road under their feet gradually turned upward, and they climbed a low hill.On the gentle mountainside, the dark hole looks like a half-open mouth.

Seeing the entrance of the cave, Zheng Qingmiao's eyes lit up, and Lu Man quickened his pace to follow.They were the first to arrive at the hunting station.

The cave smelled dry and clean, and the ground still had signs of the fires that had gone out from their last hunt.Lu Man stood at the entrance of the cave and looked in. The cave looked bottomless, and the depth was thick and dark, and he could vaguely feel the trajectory of the wind.

Zheng Qingmiao threw the heavy bag on her back on the flat ground in front of the cave entrance, picked some velvet grass and dead branches from near the cave, and took out two flints from the bag.

He came into the cave, twiddled the flint with his index finger and thumb, and rubbed it against the ground, the grass and dead branches ignited, accompanied by bright sparks and a lot of smoke, which drifted out of the cave.Ventilation is still fine.

Zheng Qingmiao suddenly felt itchy on her neck, stretched out her hand to slap it, and her hand was covered with blood.Looking up, many flying mosquitoes were circling around his head eagerly, and many small insects crawled on the rock wall.

He turned his head to look at Lu Man again, Xiao Man's side was very clean, and the mosquitoes would detour when they saw him.Lu Man felt that Zheng Qingmiao was looking at him, and tilted his head to look at him in confusion.

Zheng Qingmiao couldn't help cursing these stinky mosquitoes secretly in her heart, bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

"Come on, Xiao Man, let's find some grass nearby."

Before the big troops arrived, Zheng Qingmiao asked Lu Man to put down his bag as well, and took him to the nearby woods to find repellent grass.

"No, it's this kind, with jagged edges and white fluff growing on the body." Zheng Qingmiao handed over a piece, Lu Man took it, sniffed it lightly, a faint fragrance wafted over, and he marked it almost instantly. Remember this taste.

The two buried their heads in the grass to search for it.

"Brother Qingmiao, I'll go over there and have a look."

"Okay, don't run too far."

Zheng Qingmiao's eyes were blurred before she found half a bunch.They had almost snatched up all the insect repellent plants near here before, so they had to look a little farther away.He was about to call Lu Man to change places, when he looked up and saw a huge haystack coming out of the nearby bushes, Zheng Qingmiao's nerves tightened, and he subconsciously touched the knife on his belt.

It wasn't until Zheng Qingmiao found two human feet under the haystack that he realized that it was Lu Man.

He holds a chest full of insect repellent grass like a hill.

"Is this enough?" Lu Man poked his head out from behind the haystack.

"Enough is enough!" That's too much!Zheng Qingmiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and helped Lu Man share half of it.

They put insect repellent grass all over the cave and lit them one by one.

The blades of grass gradually curled up in the flames, the juice evaporated, and the smoke filled the air.Zheng Qingmiao watched with some pleasure as the mosquitoes either escaped or died.After burning, the mosquito repellent exudes a bitter fragrance, which Lu Man likes.

The few remaining teams rushed to the cave, and when they arrived, they were so smoked that they almost burst into tears. With tears in their eyes, they saw two people standing outside the cave, admiring the billowing smoke.

"Zheng Qingmiao, what are you doing..."

"The whole cave is going to be marinated, are you doing barbecue?"

When all the teams arrived and settled down, the sun had already begun to move westward, and each team did not delay for a moment. Before it was dark, they scattered around to set up traps for hunting.

Zhang Qingyan went a little farther to investigate the situation, and Zheng Qingmiao took Lu Man with her and taught him how to make a trap.

They found traces of small animals walking in the grass. Zheng Qingmiao began to explain to Lu Man the details of setting up traps during hunting: to find the animal's travel path and range of activities, infer the animal's size, and then make a corresponding response trap.

Zheng Qingmiao tied a beautiful knot, with a branch of a corresponding length propped up from the bottom, and the end of the rope was fixed on a solid tree stump.

"The one I'm making now is the most primitive hunting trap, and I hunted the first prey in my life with this!" Zheng Qingmiao recalled with a look of pride, "It's very good for a newcomer to hunt a rabbit for the first time, slowly Come!"

Seeing that Lu Man had perfectly reproduced a trap next to it, Zheng Qingmiao couldn't help but applaud him.He still remembered that when he was learning how to make traps, all the traps he made were crooked, so ugly that little animals would not take the bait.

Zheng Qingmiao taught Lu Man several commonly used traps and trigger traps, and he learned them all.In just one afternoon, Xiaoman was able to become a teacher when it came to making traps.Zheng Qingmiao felt proud.

They quickly discovered the skill of cooperation - Lu Man took the lead in identifying the tracks of animals passing by among the bushes.

But after all, he lacks hunting experience and cannot match the taste with the shape and appearance of the animal.At this time, it is up to Zheng Qingmiao to identify the footprints and set traps of appropriate size.

A rookie with a keen sense of smell paired with an experienced old man is simply a killing god on the hunting ground.Following their footprints, they found traces of horned deer, wild boar, and small hare voles, and laid various traps along the way.

As they walked, they ran into people from other teams.

"Hey, Qing Miao, how about teaching Xiaoman to set up traps?" Uncle Liu smiled and waved to them.

"Yes, the lesson is over." Zheng Qingmiao wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Bringing new people must be very hard, right? You are really patient, and I would definitely not be willing to waste time like this."

After Liu Kuangye, who was following him, was taught a lesson by Uncle Liu, he restrained his speech a lot, but his tone was still yin and yang, which made people feel uncomfortable.Zheng Qingmiao turned her head and glanced at Lu Man out of the corner of her eye. He didn't respond, probably because he couldn't hear Liu Kuangye beating around the bush and calling him stupid.

But Lu Man didn't know it didn't mean he could be bullied like this, Zheng Qingmiao grinned silly:

"How could it be? Xiao Man is smart. He has mastered several methods of making traps in one afternoon, and can use them proficiently. How is it like someone..." After studying for a year, he barely mastered it.

He didn't continue talking, but Liu Kuangye's face on the opposite side was obviously darkened.

Uncle Liu obviously didn't notice the undercurrent between them. Hearing that Lu Man was already good at making traps, he was a little curious and wanted to take a look.Zheng Qingmiao is a role model at a glance.

"Xiaoman can do so well after only one day of learning, much better than my kid." Uncle Liu gave a thumbs up.

Lu Man scratched his head in embarrassment to thank him, and said modestly: "Where, brother Liu is so powerful, I still need to learn more from him."

Liu Kuangye's face darkened again.

"So what if the trap is well done? If you can't catch the prey, it's nothing..."

"No rush, see you tomorrow."

Liu Kuangye's face was as black as if it had just been scorched. He snorted, and pulled Uncle Liu, who was about to continue chatting, away in the opposite direction.

When they walked away, Zheng Qingmiao burst out laughing.Lu Man looked at him in bewilderment, not knowing what happened.

"It's okay, I'm just looking forward to tomorrow's arrival."

Zheng Qingmiao patted Lu Man on the back vigorously, hooked his shoulders and walked towards the camp.

The cave is big enough to fill a full fifty or so people.They set up a bonfire at the entrance of the cave, and the blazing fire was reflected on the cold rock wall, and the whole camp soon became warm.

After eating and drinking, the hunting team soon took a rest.After two full days of running around on the road from dawn to dusk, I finally rested in a safe corner to replenish my energy.Tomorrow's hunt is the real start.

It was still Li Nan's turn to watch the night.Today, Zhang Qingyan was on duty at the same time as him, and they were sitting on both sides of the cave entrance.

The night was dark, and he couldn't help but think of what he saw last night.

He seemed to see a pair of black furry ears standing up on the top of Lu Man's head, but the next second Lu Man blinked, woke up, and asked him a little confused: "What's wrong?"

In a blink of an eye, the ear disappeared without a trace, as if it was just his hallucination.

He shook his head, took a sip of his wine, and put this absurd fantasy out of his mind.How can a person have long ears? He must be too tired and misread.I didn't sleep well yesterday, so I have to catch up on sleep when I change shifts.

He yawned, and suddenly found that a figure appeared beside him without anyone noticing, he was so frightened that he almost jumped up.Taking a closer look, it turned out to be Lu Man.

How did this guy walk so quietly?Li Nan prided himself on being very observant, but he didn't even notice when he came.

Lu Man made a booing gesture.He went straight to communicate with Zhang Qingyan in a low voice for a while, but Li Nan couldn't hear what they were saying.After a while, Zhang Qingyan walked towards him: "There is a situation outside, we need to go out, please stay here and watch."

"You?" Li Nan raised his eyebrows.

It's understandable for Zhang Qingyan to go out to investigate, but what's going on with Lu Man, who has no power to restrain the chicken?

"Yes." She didn't explain any more, and turned her head to leave.The two disappeared into the night like nocturnal ghosts.

From a distance, it seemed that Lu Man was following behind Zhang Qingyan, with a big tail swaying behind him, the moonlight was soft, and everything seemed like a dream.

A sudden gust of cold wind blew, and Li Nan shivered, protecting the flames with his body so as not to be blown out.

Maybe this boy is not as simple as he thought.

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Zheng Qingmiao: The cub is so upbeat!