Chapter 1538: An unfamiliar smell

Zhang Zian hadn’t slept for almost 36 hours. He was so sleepy that he couldn’t even open his eyes. He just wanted to quickly set up his tent and go to sleep. If it weren’t for the Elfins ‘need to eat, he wouldn’t even want to eat dinner.

However, when he heard that famous had found something unusual, he still forced himself to be alert and followed it to check. After all, it was better to be more cautious when walking in the forest.

The deers all gathered by the stream to drink water. The young ones played with the female deers, while the adult deers took turns to drink water. The ones that were already full looked around vigilantly.

The stream flowed rapidly, and the water was turbid. It carried a lot of sand, which was different from the other streams they had encountered. Zhang Zian guessed that this stream might have been formed by the thunderstorm last night, or it might have been a branch of another stream because of the thunderstorm.

The water had to settle down before being filtered and sterilized, otherwise it might affect the water purification efficiency of the filter.

The deer herd was obviously not satisfied with the water quality, but it was not far from dark, and it might be too late to find other water sources, so they could only make do with it.

The strong deer’s injury had greatly improved. It was no longer as difficult to walk as it had been in the past two days. The wound no longer oozed blood, and there were no signs of infection. In addition to Zhang Zian helping it disinfect, another reason should be attributed to the cool weather in the forest.

The deer looked at the woods upstream uneasily. When it heard Zhang Zian’s footsteps, it only looked at him sideways, and then continued to look at him. It didn’t even react when he walked to its side.

Zhang Zian followed its line of sight. The dense forest was overgrown with branches. There was no sun, and it was very dark. His line of sight was swallowed by the branches and darkness more than ten meters away. He could see nothing.

Black bear again?

The deer’s reaction was similar to when they encountered the bear’s nest, but the bear had been left behind. Could they have entered the territory of another black bear? If that was the case, it was probably a female bear. After all, it was too close to the territory of the male bear from before.

However, looking at the other deer in the herd, it didn’t seem like it. It seemed that only one deer in this small herd had sensed the potential danger, and the other deer were just on guard.

Unfortunately, deers could not speak. Even if they could, Zhang Zian would not understand.

Famous, you don’t smell anything unusual?” He bent over to check the ground, but did not see any suspicious footprints.

Famous said apologetically,”there are many smells. The smells in the forest are very complicated. There are many smells left by animals, especially near water sources, but I can only distinguish a few of them, such as coyotes, black bears, owls, golden rats, plum deers, red deers, and so on. I have never seen animals before. Even if I smell them, I don’t know what animals left them.”

This was a problem. Like most animals, famous recognized people and objects by smell. It had to see an animal with its own eyes and remember its smell. It could only know what animal left it when it smelled a similar smell in the future. Otherwise, it would only know what animal left it if it smelled a strange smell.

Many animals needed to drink water, and the scents near the water source were more complex.

“In other words, we can rule out the possibility of coyotes and black bears?” He asked.

Famous hesitated for a moment.”I don’t smell it, at least not any fresh smell.”

“Is there a human scent?”

“No, I don ‘t.”

If it wasn’t a coyote, a black bear, or a human, then the beast in the forest that could threaten the Red Deer, was it a cougar?

When it came to one-on-one combat in the animal world, weight was King. The felines that people loved to talk about were invincible in one-on-one combat because their weight and size were similar. Therefore, the threat of a cougar to humans was far less than that of a black bear. If it was really a cougar, there was no need to be too nervous.

Zhang Zian thought for a moment.”Forget it, I don’t care. Maybe this deer is just too sensitive after being injured. We should eat and sleep. We can’t be suspicious all day.”

Having said that, the deer’s reaction was like there was some kind of danger nearby that it was worried about. It was better to sleep with the bear-proof spray tonight.

Dinner was still a combination of instant canned wild vegetables and rice. Although there were different kinds of canned food, he was a little tired of eating this for three meals a day. At this moment, he missed those junk food, such as hamburgers, french fries, and happy drinks. He didn’t even bother to eat them back in China, but now he couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.

Not long after night fell, he added some branches to the bonfire, then went into the tent and fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.

Perhaps it was because she was too tired, she didn’t even have a dream.

He didn’t know how long he had slept, but in his daze, he felt a furry paw patting him.

“Zian! Zian! Wake up!”

Zhang Zian was in a deep sleep. After he opened his eyes, he didn’t know where he was for a long time. He even wondered why the ceiling of the bedroom was deformed.

After a few seconds, he turned his head and was shocked. He saw a huge shadow reflected by the faint fire outside the tent. It was wriggling outside the tent, and he could hear the rustling sound of claws rubbing against the waterproof cloth.

“I …”

He sat up and was about to shout, but he suddenly realized that the figure outside was very familiar. It was famous, but its figure was projected on the tent by the fire, making it look very big.

It was old time tea who woke him up. Famous slept outside the tent and kept watch.

“What’s wrong?” He rubbed his eyes and asked.

Old time tea saw that he was awake and whispered,””There seems to be a situation outside. I only woke up when I heard the sound of famous rubbing the tent.”

The other elves in the tent also woke up.

“What a tragedy!” Richard sighed. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since I entered the forest. I’m about to have a nervous breakdown!”

This was nonsense with its eyes closed. It fell asleep faster than anyone else, and it began to snore as soon as its legs kicked.

Zhang Zian ignored it, quickly put on his clothes, and then quietly unzipped the tent. From famous’s reaction, the situation this time was not as urgent as the black bear ‘s. Otherwise, it would have barked loudly to warn him and to deter the enemy.

It was foggy outside again, and the bonfire was almost extinguished, leaving only a little dark red Ash. The cool air gushed into the tent like water. The temperature was probably only four or five degrees Celsius, and it neutralized the little bit of heat that had been accumulated in the tent with great difficulty.

Famous saw him come out and stopped scratching the tent. Instead, it stared in the direction of the deer.

“What’s wrong?” He asked in a low voice.

Famous also replied in a low voice,”there are coyotes approaching. There is more than one. In addition, there seems to be the smell of some other animal. I can’t tell what animal it is.”