While the others were immersed in the "Green Thief" and the "night vision" ability, Shao Xuan carefully observed the trap he set yesterday.
In fact, there was a lot of gum on that tree, but not much of it was enough to make the trap stick. Shao Xuan found that the gum flowing out from different parts of the same tree had different adhesion. He only got a little bit of gum when he cut the bark, and smeared it around the noose, but only made two nooses.
The ground was covered with a layer of moss and grass when they were cleaning up the insects yesterday, so the area around the big tree they were resting on was "clean". There was still a little smell of insects, so many animals would avoid it.
But now, Shao Xuan found some traces of gum on the ground. The tree he cut yesterday had a lot of gum flowing out, but it was not sticky enough. There were some traces of being dragged on the gum beside the tree. Apparently, something had stepped on it.
The warriors in the hunting group did not touch it, or there would be obvious footprints.
After thinking for a while, Shao Xuan looked around, and fixed his eyes on a plant nearby. The tall tree was full of big flowers, and when the wind blew, he could see some pollen sprinkling on it.
"Team leader, I want to pick a flower." Shao Xuan asked. Tower had told him to ask for permission before doing anything, and he was not allowed to act on his own.
Tower looked at Shao Xuan, and said, "Okay."
In the past, Tower would not allow Shao Xuan to pick flowers, because it was too boring in his eyes. But now, he felt that Shao Xuan might have found something.
Shao Xuan climbed up the tree, and tried to break the flower, but failed. He had to cut it with his stone knife, and then held the receptacle, asking Tuo to catch it.
After cutting two flowers in a row, Shao Xuan got down from the tree.
Tuo, who caught the flower, had a lot of pollen on him. He had no choice, because there was too much pollen.
"Xuan, what do you want to do with it?" Tuo asked.
"I want to see if there are any traces on the ground." Shao Xuan said.
"Traces?"
The people surrounding the Green Thief also looked at Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan held the flower receptacle and tilted the flower towards the ground. With a shake of his hand, the orange-red pollen sprinkled down.
Everyone watched as Shao Xuan hugged the flowers and walked around the tree that was dripping with gum. He patted here and there, and soon, the ground beneath his feet was covered in a layer of orange pollen.
After sprinkling the pollen, Shao Xuan found a suitable leaf and fanned it like a fan.
A layer of pollen on the ground was blown away, but some remained.
The footprints made of orange-red pollen could be vaguely seen, just like the "feet" of the Green Thief who was tied there.
Looking at the footprints on the ground, Tower raised his head and said to everyone, "Do as I say, especially where there is resin."
The tree that Shao Xuan touched was not the only tree with gum. Yesterday, when Tower was investigating the surrounding area, he saw several trees, and the gum around each tree was flowing to the ground. The area was quite wide.
At Tower's order, the people plucked the flowers that bloomed early in the morning and shook off the pollen.
For a moment, the pollen and leaves were flying in the forest.
Fortunately, there was no danger nearby.
After a while, when the pollen was all shaken off and blown off, everyone fell silent.
On the ground, where there was resin, there were many footprints. Because they were in the forest, the footprints were not obvious. Even the outline of the three toes could not be seen. But everyone knew that they were the same footprints as before, and they were all heading in the same direction.
There were a lot of orange-red "footprints", not to mention the places where there was no resin or where there were too many fallen leaves and weeds. Therefore, the footprints could not be shown by the pollen.
Obviously, a huge night marching army had passed by the tree where they were resting last night, but the night watchers did not hear their footsteps, except for the one trapped by Shao Xuan's trap.
Tower had been hunting in the advance group for many years, but he had never seen a night marching army made of plants like this.
The Green Thief, silent at night.
The reason why the Green Thief was not listed on the animal skin roll was that it was too difficult to find and could be very dangerous. The ancestors knew that it was difficult to hunt at night, and many people had died because of it. Therefore, they had no choice but to give up this tempting target. Therefore, the Green Thief and other plants that were extremely difficult to find were removed from the animal skin rolls that were later drawn.
For nearly a hundred years, none of the advance group had ever seen the Green Thief. If Ta hadn't heard about it from his grandfather and some senior warriors in the tribe, he wouldn't have been able to connect it to the Green Thief. For him, the Green Thief had always been a legend, and he had always envied the ancestors who had found the Green Thief.
However, he did not expect that he would be able to catch one today!!
Although he was caught by Shao Xuan's trap, and Tower knew that he had been slapped in the face, he felt that it was worth it to see the Green Thief.
Tower said with difficulty, "The Green Thief, silent at night … The Green Thief, silent at night! It's really the Green Thief!! "
"Boss, let's untie the noose and put it away, in case something else takes it away."
"Yes, yes, yes! I'll go to the tree hole to get the wooden box! "
"Is the wooden box okay? Should we use the stone box? "
"How about we take them all?"
"How can we store one? Cut it? "
"I don't know if the Green Thief can be taken away. What if it withers and disappears as soon as we leave?" Keke muttered.
"Shut up, Keke!!" The others shouted in unison.
"However, this noose is too tight. Xuan, how do you untie it?" Tuo looked at Shao Xuan, who was standing not far away.
However, Shao Xuan did not pay attention to Tuo and the others at the moment. He was now "seeing" something. It was a little blurry, and the surrounding sounds seemed to fade away. It was quiet all around.
One, two … ten, a hundred …
Thousands? Tens of thousands? Maybe even more.
Those green figures were walking in a group towards one direction. Compared to the Green Thief he caught, this group of Green Thieves had a "head", which was like an upside-down mop. When the Green Thieves stood up, they were actually about the same height as Shao Xuan. They were all as thin as bamboo, quietly walking through the woods.
"Xuan?"
"Hey, Xuan, what's wrong with you?"
The people over there wanted to continue shouting, but were stopped by Ta.
"Did he see something?" Ah-Suo said.
What did he see?
There was nothing but trees around.
Could it be that the ancestors had shown up?
Thinking of this, the people all trembled at the same time, but they did not dare to shout anymore.
"Hey, he moved!" Keke said in a low voice.
On the other side, Shao Xuan was walking in the same direction as the Green Thieves. But after a few steps, he looked towards the trap again.
"Hey, he's looking at us!!" Keke said.
"Keke, shut up!!" Ta shouted in a low voice.
Shao Xuan had been watching the Green Thieves walk past him, and some of them even went through his body, as if he did not exist. Shao Xuan unconsciously followed them, walking in the same direction. But the Green Thieves were too fast for him to keep up.
Shao Xuan felt like he was being assimilated, but he quickly broke away from the feeling of being assimilated. He looked towards the trap as if he sensed something.
The others thought that Shao Xuan was looking at them, but in fact, Shao Xuan was looking at the Green Thief that was tied up by the lasso.
After being tied up, the Green Thief found that it could not escape with its whole body, and its "head" was separated from its body. It was not dead, but like a gecko that lost its tail, it left a part of its body and escaped. When the time was right, it would grow back into a complete body.
Shao Xuan moved his eyes away from the trap and looked towards the direction where the Green Thieves were marching.
He saw a Green Thief walking perpendicularly to the trunk of a tree, with its "toes" touching the trunk as if it were walking on flat ground.
When it was about fifteen meters above the ground, it reached out its "hand" and poked it into the trunk. Then it quickly pulled it out, and just like before, it walked down the tree and continued walking with the army.
What was there?
Shao Xuan walked over, looked at the tree, and climbed up.
Ta, who had been watching Shao Xuan, signaled the others to protect him in case of any accidents. He wanted to find something with Shao Xuan's help, but he also promised the Shaman that he would bring him back safely.
On the other side, Shao Xuan climbed to the spot where the Green Thief poked the tree. He saw a small hole, and a green bean sprout-like thing stuck out from it.
Looking at the bean sprout, Shao Xuan pinched it with his fingers and pulled it out. Although the bean sprout was not big, it still took some effort to pull it out.
Seeing the thing that Shao Xuan pulled out was the same color as the Green Thief, Ta's eyes flashed. "The seedling of the Green Thief?"
The Green Thief, with a green body, walked in the night, stealing the life of the tree for its own reproduction.
It was said that the Night Marching Army formed by the Green Thieves would only appear once a year.
Was it really the blessing of the ancestors? I didn't have time on Sunday, so I'd like to thank the readers who voted for this book last week. This book seemed to be the first place in the last issue. I didn't see the display of Sanjiang Hanlin Academy, but it was said to be the first place. In this regard, Chen Ci bowed to thank the readers who voted for this book! It was a pity that the popular book Return of the Cat didn't get the first place. He didn't expect this book to get the first place. So, thank you!
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