The escort queue started to squirm again.

However, after the incident at Jinghu Lake, no one could smile anymore.

Everyone was busy working, not daring to speak loudly, and the atmosphere was depressing.

In addition, Song Jincheng's reputation was completely ruined, and everyone tried to avoid him as far away as possible, like the god of plague.

Song Jincheng knew what everyone was thinking, but he didn't seem to care at all and just did what he had to do.

But in a different place, under the circumstances at that time, who would dare to say no to the Banshee of Mirror Lake.

"Everyone, be careful. We are going deep into the dense forest and may be attacked by strange beasts."

Old Man Zheng reminded loudly from the front.

Dian Wei also noticed that after the route deviated from Jinghu Lake, it turned into an ancient forest, with towering trees everywhere, unusually lush vegetation, a deep scene, and dim light.

Cuckoo!

Cuckoo!

Weird animal sounds came from deep in the forest. I couldn't tell whether they were birds or other animals.

"Everyone, work harder, walk faster, and try to get out of this dense forest within two days."

The experienced old escorts were constantly shouting and urging. They looked left and right from time to time, very vigilant.

Seeing this, Dian Wei also cheered up, holding the eight-foot xuanhua board ax in his hand, and always paid attention to both sides of the road.

About two hours later, in the second half of the long escort queue, someone suddenly screamed.

Dian Wei turned his horse's head and ran over.

I saw three huge one-horned wolves appearing in the dense forest on the left side of the road, more than ten meters away, staring at each of the escorts, wandering back and forth.

"Everyone, walk faster."

Dian Wei shouted in a deep voice, stood on the edge of the road, looked directly at the three-headed wolf with bared teeth, and blocked the long escort queue behind him.

The horse he sat on was already blindfolded, but when he heard the low growl of the lone wolf, it still stamped its hooves in fear and became irritable and uneasy.

Fortunately, the three lone wolves finally gave up, turned around and left, running deep into the jungle and disappearing.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. There was no need to rush them, and they all drove as fast as they could.

At night.

Everyone had to sleep in the dense forest.

The light in the dense forest is already dark, but after dark, everything becomes dark and winter-like.

It was definitely not possible to set up an ordinary camp, so the escort workers went to great lengths to build a protective net, and sprinkled the feces and urine of some powerful alien animals around it.

Afterwards, they chopped a large amount of firewood, piled tall bonfires, and kept them burning all night long.

On Dianwei's side, the patrol manpower must also be strengthened. Two-thirds of the manpower must be on duty all night. The rest are experts. Instead, they must rest more to ensure that their physical strength and spirit are at their peak.

"Elder brother, there is a situation."

In the middle of the night, someone suddenly came to call Dian Wei.

Without saying anything, Dian Wei picked up the eight-foot xuanhua board ax and came to the protective net.

"Look there..." Several people raised their hands at the same time and pointed into the dark dense forest.

Dian Wei narrowed his eyes slightly and couldn't help but feel tense all over!

Then they saw two bright vertical eyes floating in the darkness, blood red, staring at them.

Dian Wei took a deep breath and asked everyone: "What kind of strange beast is this?"

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.

With just two red eyes, it is indeed difficult to tell what kind of strange beast it is.

A young man brought a bow and arrow, lit fire on the arrowhead, and asked, "Elder brother, do you want me to shoot an arrow?"

Dian Wei pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer, don't try to scare the snake. If this strange beast comes close to us, it won't be too late to fire an arrow."

Everyone thought about it, and they were all on guard.

Time passed little by little.

The two red eyes never left or moved forward.

Later, Old Man Zheng and Song Jincheng also came over to take a look, but they could not recognize what kind of strange beast it was.

"Don't act rashly for the time being. Most strange beasts are afraid of fire and will not attack rashly." Song Jincheng said.

Old Man Zheng had no objection.

Until dawn!

"Big brother, it's coming!"

One person shouted in vain.

Dian Wei, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly stood up and stared, only to see two red eyes getting closer and closer, faster and faster.

"Fire the arrow!"

He gave the order decisively.

The young man immediately lit the arrowhead, opened the bow and released the arrow, whoosh!

Arrows pierce the air!

It turned into a stream of light and passed through the forest, illuminating the big trees and flowers, and then stuck diagonally on the ground!

Landing right in front of two red eyes!

Under the light of the fire, Dian Wei and others all focused their sights and saw the strange beast clearly.

The body is not very huge, about the same height as a human being. The fur all over the body is as black as ink, and the outline is like a chimpanzee. It is squatting on the ground, with a pair of wide fleshy wings on its back, like the wings of a bat.

An old escort saw this monster and was startled. He exclaimed: "No, this is a 'drill'!"

Dian Wei: "What is a mandrill?"

Old escort: "It's a kind of blood-sucking monster. This kind of strange beast is only active at night, especially at dawn..."

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something, changed his color in horror, looked around, and shouted: "The night mandrill is a strange animal that lives in groups. There is not just one, but they usually hunt in groups."

Dian Wei's expression changed and he said to the young man: "Shoot an arrow in each direction."

The young man immediately did so.

Four rays of fire flew across the sky, dispelling the darkness.

Dian Wei and others followed the fire, but they did not see any other mandrills.

At this moment, behind a big tree, a pair of fleshy wings suddenly flapped.

It was obviously a nocturnal mandrill, and it was startled by the fire!

Dian Wei's heart trembled: "No, the mandrills are all hiding behind the big trees and we can't see them."

The words just fell.

"Gah!"

The red-eyed mandrill let out a strange cry, fluttered its wings and flew over at a very fast speed.

"Go!"

Suddenly there was an explosion at Dian Wei's feet, and he stood up from the ground, rushing towards the mandrill, and the Xuanhua board ax fell down.

puff!

The mandrill, which was charging forward, suddenly split into two parts from the midline, flew past Dian Wei on the left and right, and rolled to the ground.

Blood spilled all over the ground.

But the next moment, quack quack…

The dense forest was boiling, and piercing screams came one after another, coming from all directions.

Pairs of red eyes peeked out from behind the big tree, and the sound of flapping wings was overwhelming.

"kill!"

Old Man Zheng and Song Jincheng both had their eyes dimly shining as they rushed into the darkness.

Dian Wei and others stayed at the base camp.

Whoosh!

A dark shadow quickly rushed over, grabbed a screaming escort, picked him up off the ground, and flew into the darkness.

Everyone is terrified!

Seeing this, the old escort quickly ran to the bonfire, grabbed a torch, and shouted: "The mandrills are afraid of fire, so everyone is waving torches."

The other escorts hurriedly grabbed torches and waved them around randomly.

This really worked, the mandrills flying overhead did not fall down.

"Are you afraid of fire?" Dian Wei's eyes flashed, and he turned the xuanhua ax and made more than a hundred chops in succession.

With a whirring sound, the ax suddenly burst into flames!

Dian Wei stamped his feet, rose to the sky, swung his ax at the mandrill above, and disembowelled one.
Chapter completed!