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There was still some time before nightfall. In order to find the missing people as soon as possible, the team leader immediately led Shao Xuan out to have a look.
"I want to know, after they left the cave, did they go directly to the place where they fetched water?" Cheng said to Shao Xuan.
Although he knew that the missing people went to fetch water, Cheng still wanted to ask Caesar for help to make sure.
"Okay." Shao Xuan answered.
When they were in the cave, Shao Xuan asked someone to bring the items used by the missing people, and let Caesar smell them. Therefore, Caesar remembered the scents of the three missing people.
Cheng and Mai led about ten people each, and went out with Shao Xuan.
"We tried to follow those things, hoping to find their nest. However, after following them for a few times, we found that their caves were all different." Said Cheng.
Cha went to ask Mai for help. Firstly, he wanted to borrow Caesar to try to find the missing people. It would be best if he could find out which cave the missing people were taken to. Secondly, no matter whether he could find the missing people or not, they had lost three people all of a sudden. The current situation was still a bit strange, so they had to ask for help in advance. And the people they asked for help were naturally Mai's team, which was the closest to the hunting route.
Cheng sighed, and looked at Wolf who was walking in the front.
Caesar walked in front of the team, walking and sniffing.
After leaving the cave, they were indeed on the way to the place where they fetched water. However, on the way, Caesar stopped.
After observing Caesar's reaction, Shao Xuan said, "One of them went that way."
Cheng looked at the direction Shao Xuan pointed, and shook his head, "There is no cave, no forest, and no water there. We don't usually go there."
"We didn't look carefully over there." Said Cha.
Cheng stayed silent for a few seconds, and said, "Let's go to the place where they fetched water first." There was only one person who left halfway, but all three of them were missing. What happened to the other two who went to the water point?
The place where Cheng and his hunting group got water was a natural pond, which was near the mountainside, not too far away from their first stronghold, the cave.
"We usually come here to fetch water, at least three people at a time. There are no dangerous beasts on the mountain. Even if we encounter one, we can escape smoothly. I've come here to fetch water several times. But, it's different this time. "Cha pointed at the grass under his feet.
There were some marks on the grass, probably from when the missing person fell to the ground. A lot of the grass was crooked. There were knife and claw marks on a stone beside it.
The knife marks belonged to the missing warrior. The claw marks were similar to the claws of the bats, and they were even bigger than the bats he had seen before.
If the missing warrior was taken from the air, then it was no wonder that the hunting group couldn't find him, because there were no other useful clues on the ground.
However, after being taken away from the sky, even Caesar, who had a much more sensitive sense of smell than humans, found it difficult to continue searching.
"Let's go take a look at that," Cheng said with some disappointment.
"Hmm." That was the only way.
The group turned back, and returned to the place where the three warriors separated. Here, one warrior had left. Caesar carefully identified the smell, and led the group to walk.
At first, they were only at the mountainside, but then they walked up the mountain.
"I remember that there are a lot of rocks in that area, and it's not easy to walk. We only came here once a long time ago," said Cha.
Cheng looked around, and said, "Sometimes, there are some mountain antelopes here."
"There's the smell of blood." Cha suddenly said.
Not only Cha, but Mai and the others also smelled it.
However, the wind was a bit messy here, so it was hard for them to identify it accurately.
The group continued to follow Caesar, until they reached the side of the rock, where there was a dead body of a mountain antelope.
There were many bite wounds on the body of the mountain antelope. Judging from the marks, they were caused by those giant bats. There were blood stains on the ground, but not much. Most of the blood was sucked up by those bats.
If they hadn't followed Caesar here, it would have been very difficult for the hunting group to find this place. After all, they rarely came here before, and they would never have thought that the person who went to fetch water would come here.
"He must have heard the noise, so he followed us here," said Cha.
The one who followed them here was the strongest one among the three who went to fetch water. Maybe he didn't expect that he would run into those bats who were chasing after their prey in a place like this on the mountain, and that he himself was killed, and disappeared without a trace.
"The food that has been eaten won't be taken away. The food that has been taken away hasn't been eaten yet," said Mai.
It was better to disappear than to find a dead body. At least there was a chance that the person was still alive.
The group turned their eyes to Caesar, and saw that Caesar was sniffing the ground nearby. Then, he walked towards one direction for a while, and sniffed the ground again. After that, he looked at Shao Xuan.
"It seems that Caesar has found something," said Shao Xuan.
"Is there something on the ground?"
Cha walked over quickly, and dipped his finger in some dirt in front of Caesar. He put it under his nose and sniffed carefully. He frowned, because there was indeed a smell. "What is this smell?"
"Probably, it's those things' … urine." Shao Xuan gave his guess.
"Their urine?"
"Yes. Those things ate too much, so they excrete more water to make their bodies lighter, and easier to fly." Shao Xuan said.
Hearing Shao Xuan's words, Mai and Cheng all nodded. They felt that it made sense.
With such a clue, the group was refreshed, and they continued to follow Caesar.
After walking out of this rocky area, there weren't many trees around. After walking for a while, they approached the place where they fetched water, but they didn't go there. Instead, they kept moving forward.
"Those things urinated all the way?" asked Cha.
"Probably all along the way, but … there is also the smell of people here." Shao Xuan said according to Caesar's reaction.
"What do you mean?" Cheng looked at Shao Xuan.
"In other words, the people who were caught might have been urinated all over." Shao Xuan said.
They were soaked in urine, and the warriors who fetched the water were all wearing furry animal skins that could absorb some water and drip it down along the road.
That warrior was really unlucky. He went out of the cave to fetch water, but not only was he caught by the bats, he was also urinated all over. But, because of that, there were continuous clues left behind.
The group followed Caesar and walked on the mountain. Sometimes, the smell was interrupted, so they had to expand the search area.
Looking at the sky, Mai was a bit worried, "If we keep searching, we might not be able to get back before dark. We don't know if there are any caves around. "
"We rarely came here before, but those things have quite a lot of caves. We followed them and found a lot of caves on this mountain." said Cheng.
"Where are their caves?" asked Shao Xuan.
Cheng raised his hand and pointed in a few directions, "Those places are not on our hunting route, so we are not familiar with many places."
Caesar had already stopped. The smell was interrupted again. This time, they might not be able to continue.
"What should we do?" Cha looked around. They were on a mountain that was not very high. There were no trees around, only a patch of grass on the ground.
They could see everything around them, and could not see anything unusual.
Shao Xuan stood there. He felt that the totem in his mind was active. He looked at the others and found that they did not seem to be in the same situation.
Shao Xuan carefully observed the direction where the flame on the totem was floating. He looked in that direction, and found that it was the top of the mountain. Because it was not high, there was no snow, only a patch of grass.
Shao Xuan walked towards that direction. Mai and the others thought that Shao Xuan had determined the direction according to Caesar's behavior, so they followed him.
As they got closer to the top of the mountain, the totem in Shao Xuan's mind became more active. In addition, Shao Xuan also heard some sounds, like the sound of air flowing rapidly, similar to the sound of magnified breathing.
"Uncle Mai, what did you hear?" Shao Xuan asked.
"No … No, I think I heard it. It was the cry of those things, but it was not clear. It should be too far away." Said Mai.
"I heard it too." Cheng quickened his steps and ran towards the top of the mountain.
The cry of bats? Shao Xuan frowned. No, it could not be. What he heard was not the cry of bats.
Cheng, who had run to the top of the mountain ahead of the others, suddenly stood there, motionless, as if he had seen something incredible.
"What did you find?" Mai and the others also quickened their steps, and stood on the top of the mountain after a few jumps.
Just like Cheng, the others were also stunned.
In front of them, there was a huge pit with a diameter of more than a hundred meters and a depth of more than eighty meters.
The inner wall of the pit was not as barren as the other parts of the mountain. It was like another world inside.
A few thigh-thick vines were intertwined and extended downwards, with huge umbrella-like leaves spreading out. The inner wall of the pit was also filled with all kinds of plants, some of which were even blooming and bearing fruit.
"This place is …"
Cheng had never come here before, so he did not know there was such a huge pit here. When they were chasing those things, they had never walked to the top of the mountain.
Shao Xuan stood on the edge and looked down. It was still bright, and there was enough light to see the bottom of the pit. However, compared to the inner wall of the pit, there were fewer plants at the bottom of the pit. There were only some unknown kinds of grasses, which were monotonously distributed there.
The totem in his mind was unusually active, and the flames around the horns were dancing.
Something was attracting him down there.
"There are quite a few precious herbs down there, some of which I have only seen on the animal skin rolls in the Shaman's place." Shao Xuan said.
Mai and Cheng looked at each other and said, "Let's go down and have a look first. You guys wait and see."
Mai, Zha, Cheng and the others went down along the vines to see if there was any danger in the pit. Shao Xuan, Lang Ga and the others were waiting on the top, and they would act according to the situation.
Just like what Shao Xuan had said, there were many herbs growing well in the pit. Some of them were the ones they used to resist the bat's poison. There were quite a lot of them, which was a pleasant surprise for the hunting team.
After looking around, Cheng made a gesture to the people above, indicating that they could come down, but they had to be careful, because there were still unknown dangers.
There were some thorns on the vines, so they were not slippery. It was a good thing for everyone, because it made it easier for them to move.
Shao Xuan went down with the others, leaving only Caesar above.
There were many medicinal plants around the inner wall of the pit, so they cut down the ones they knew that could be used in emergencies first.
Shao Xuan did not pay attention to the rare plants around first. After landing at the bottom of the pit, he felt that the flames on his totem seemed to be excited.
He looked down at his feet.
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