0p0 Chapter 177 Cang Nian's Vigilance
Chapter 177 Cang Nian's Vigilance
By evening, the tiger parents had returned.
Similarly, they each brought back prey, all of which were second-order evolved creatures.
The tiger mother's prey was a black bear that weighed around 800 kilograms.
The strangest thing about Tiger Dad's prey was that it was a cow!
There are no wild cattle species in the snowy mountains of Northeast China, and therefore no wild native cattle.
This is a farmed cow, probably escaped from a farm somewhere. Judging from the situation, it weighs nearly two tons. Tiger Dad managed to drag it back.
In addition, even the little sable hunted a second-tier evolved creature, but it was a badger, not very big, only about 80 kilograms.
After years of special training, the little sable now possesses considerable combat power.
With one hand, it imprisons space, and then it cuts through space with a spatial gate. If no creature is prepared, it is difficult for any evolved being to escape its inexplicable combo.
The only problem is that the spatial confinement doesn't deploy fast enough. Highly alert second-tier evolved creatures can usually dodge it if they immediately dodge instead of being stunned.
Clearly, it wasn't just Tiger Brother who went looking for such prey after learning about the existence of naturally evolved second-order creatures; Tiger Father and the others had the same idea.
“Strange, there have been very few invasive species appearing in our territory this week.”
Why are there so many invasive species these days? There are quite a few carnivores too…”
Seeing everyone's harvest, Cang Nian was naturally happy.
However, he sensed something unusual about it.
Cangnian was very familiar with this territory. After the battle to mature the pine cones, he thoroughly explored the area within a radius of nearly 100 kilometers.
Cang Nian knew exactly how many herds of deer were in the territory, what breeds they were, and where they usually roamed.
This territory is like your own buffet restaurant; how could you not be familiar with your own home?
Previously, in order to protect his food supply, Cangnian had deliberately eliminated all the large carnivores in this area.
Now, in just two days, so many previously unseen creatures have appeared and trespassed into our territory...
This is not normal.
It's important to know that, in addition to the tiger himself, the tiger father, tiger mother, and tiger brother would patrol the territory every day, urinating and rubbing against tree bark to leave their scent and announce that the territory had been claimed.
Such territorial markings can be detected by other carnivores. They can smell that it is a tiger, and a very powerful one at that. Knowing that they are no match for it, they will leave on their own.
But ironically, yesterday's wolf pack, today the fox hunted by Tiger Brother, the Siberian Leopard hunted by Black King Snake, and the Black Bear hunted by Tiger Mother have all wandered into their own territory.
Furthermore, the cow that Tiger Dad hunted was even more outrageous.
Where did this cow come from?
It definitely didn't come from Kangcheng.
Putting aside Kangcheng, the spiritual energy has been recovering for almost a month, and this cow didn't come from Kangcheng, but it has now come here.
Even the geographical location doesn't seem quite right!
You should know that your own territory is further west than Kangcheng, and this cow came from an even further west.
Unless, this cow got lost for a long time, accidentally wandered further west first, and then turned back to its own territory.
Otherwise, it just wouldn't make sense.
Therefore, Cangnian is more inclined to believe that the cow came from a nearby farm in a city further west.
But why did this cow, after escaping from the farm after the earthquake, migrate so far?
Cows are herbivores and can survive as long as there are plants. Even if they want to escape from humans, they don't need to go this far, right?
The straight-line distance between their own territory and Kangcheng is more than 100 kilometers.
Thinking of all the carnivores that had invaded his territory, Cang Nian had a bad feeling.
"Ow~!"
The more I think about it, the more terrifying it becomes.
So Cangnian immediately informed Tiger Dad and the others that he would be back in a while, and then ran wildly downstream!
Downstream of the river, to the west of our own territory, something terrible may have happened!
In just over half an hour, Cangnian arrived at his usual training and return point.
This is the very spot where we hunted the giant wolf yesterday.
This place is a full 100 kilometers away from their own territory.
But upon reaching this point, Cangnian did not turn back, but continued running downstream along the riverbank.
This run covered over a hundred kilometers.
Just as Cangnian was wondering if he was being too sensitive because he hadn't noticed anything unusual, he suddenly heard a lot of footsteps in the nearby jungle.
Judging from the sounds, it must be a large herd of deer migrating upstream.
This gave Cang Nian a jolt of energy!
Indeed, this migration was neither accidental nor a baseless guess!
So he continued running downstream, observing his surroundings as he went.
During this process, he discovered that the migration of large creatures in the surrounding dense forest was becoming more and more common and more and more frequent!
About fifty kilometers further on, he felt the ground shaking!
This almost made him think it was an earthquake.
But when you stop and listen carefully, you realize it's the sound of a large number of ungulates running wildly!
So Cangnian quickly climbed up a tall tree by the river and looked down into the distance.
dong dong dong...
After a moment, he saw a truly spectacular scene.
Ahead, all sorts of creatures formed a line, densely packed together, rushing eastward up the river!
Among them are various kinds of deer, as well as brown bears, black bears, Siberian tigers, Amur leopards...
In short, there are all kinds of animals, with deer being the most numerous. The total number is impossible to estimate over the years, but it is definitely more than all the prey in their own territory combined!
These animals, which should have been hunting each other, showed no intention of killing one another. They all moved upstream in unison, as if something terrible was chasing them.
This made Cang Nian's brows furrow even more.
By the time the creatures had rushed past, the ground was a mess, and Cang Nian finally came down from the tree.
Then he continued downstream.
He needed to see what exactly was causing such a large herd of beasts to flee in such a panic.
This time, he went less than five kilometers further before he felt the ground tremble again.
But this tremor was completely different from the chaotic escape before.
The tremor was like the beat of a drum, striking the heart of the aged.
Then he witnessed a scene he would never forget.
Ahead, trees collapsed with a crash, then were carried away by the dark, surging waves.
During this process, the branches and leaves of the trees were rapidly swallowed up by the black waves. In less than half a minute, a tall tree disappeared completely, as if it had been put into a shredder.
The animals, unaware of the situation, remained there in terror, trying to escape, but were overwhelmed by the creatures clad in black armor, resembling cold killing machines, until not even their bones remained.