"They don't run on the ground chasing other magical beasts. They use weapons to hunt magical beasts like humans. Moreover, they are very intelligent and like to set traps. There are many traps near that deep pool."
Lu Heng...
Damn it, he was considered lucky then. He didn't fall into a trap when he landed. He never thought magical beasts could have such high intelligence.
Were those magical beasts confirmed not to be domesticated? Were they professionally trained?
"Mmm, and the riverbank you mentioned, did they not set traps there?"
"Yes, they go there too. After all, the magical beasts by the riverbank are more concentrated."
Lu Heng modified the saddle on the antelope's back into a seat. Since he didn't need to run at high speed, it was more comfortable this way.
With one hand propping up his jaw, Lu Heng pondered how to proceed.
According to the magic wolf, he felt he should recall some of his pets. If there was danger, even if they were momentarily held back outside, releasing pets from his space would cause less trouble.
"Black Bear, Little Six, Black Panther, Leopard, you guys go back first." As he spoke, Lu Heng put them into his space.
"Master... the Director... said to open the space's external viewing permission. It said it could be quiet and stop talking." As soon as Little Six returned to the space, he stammered to Lu Heng.
"If you are being coerced, you must say so. I still have time to go back."
Why did Little Six start speaking up for the Director so eagerly as soon as they returned?
And he was stammering, speaking incoherently.
"No, Master, I actually want to see outside too."
Once the external viewing permission of the space was closed, except for Lu Heng himself, who could still use it normally, other contracted animals could not see the outside.
This reason was quite reasonable. It was good for them to constantly pay attention to the outside situation. If there was a sudden situation later, the pets coming out of the space wouldn't be bewildered.
When opening the space permission, Lu Heng also reopened the permission for the Director to communicate with him.
"Wow, I can finally see outside again, Master..." The Director's voice sounded in his mind again.
Lu Heng rubbed his temples. Forget it, he should just block the Director's voice. He shouldn't have believed the Director would be quiet.
However, it was fortunate that the Director could now see the outside scenery. Regardless of whether Lu Heng could hear him, he was observing the outside from within the space, constantly discussing with Little Six and the others.
After walking for a while, Lu Heng hadn't encountered any other magical beasts along the way, which made him a bit puzzled. He looked up at the magic wolf in front of him, "You must have perfectly avoided the territories of other magical beasts, which is why we haven't met a single magical beast along the way."
"Yes, some magical beasts' territories are densely populated with magical beasts. I avoided them and specifically chose to walk along the boundaries between their territories."
Fine!
"You don't need to specifically avoid them. I was planning to find magical beasts to contract."
Did this magic wolf have no pack, so it became afraid of other magical beasts? Didn't it realize that its level had already increased to eleven after being contracted?
"We are getting close to the riverbank."
Indeed, after walking for a short while longer, Lu Heng could clearly hear the sound of flowing water ahead.
Lu Bai's ears twitched. Animals' five senses were more sensitive than humans', so it was these magical beasts that first sensed the presence of water.
Lu Bai and the others had already started to be on guard, constantly paying attention to any unusual movements around them.
As they got closer and closer to the river, Lu Heng could clearly feel the humidity in the air increasing significantly.
Lu Heng signaled to his contracted animals with his thoughts, telling them to stop. He was also afraid that there might be traps set by the snake-dragon beasts, and it would be bad if they all fell into them.
He wondered what kind of traps those snake-dragon beasts were setting.
He took out the thermal imaging helmet again, put it on his head, and activated the thermal imaging scanning device.
By this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and the surrounding area was covered in waist-high grass, making visibility not very good.
Fortunately, like the animals, Lu Heng could also see clearly at night. However, even if he couldn't see clearly at night, Lu Heng had high-tech night vision equipment, so seeing objects in the wild was not a problem.
Wearing the helmet, he scanned the surrounding environment and indeed saw several groups of animals.
Those animals were gathered by the riverbank, and there were also two groups on the opposite bank, seemingly coming to drink water.
"The magical beasts here are quite harmonious. So many are drinking water by the bank, and no fights have broken out."
"They all have territorial divisions. If they get too close to each other, they will still fight. But this is limited to situations where the surrounding magical beasts are all herbivores. If there are carnivores like us, it's another matter."
Indeed, it was likely that the magic wolf came not just to drink water, but to hunt.
"Then find a place, preferably without alarming the nearby groups of magical beasts, and I'll see what kinds of magical beasts they are."
Lu Heng needed to see the magical beasts to choose which one to contract.
After the magic wolf agreed, it first scouted the riverbank itself, chose a location, and then beckoned Lu Heng and the others to come over.
Lu Heng and the others walked out from the waist-high grass. The riverbank had a wide stretch without tall plants, and tall trees were even rarer, so the visibility here was excellent. Lu Heng could clearly see the surrounding situation.
As Lu Heng and his group appeared by the river, the magical beasts, already on guard, all stopped their actions in fright and looked up towards Lu Heng and his group.
Lu Heng's current team included two wolves and a fox. They were all magical beasts from another world and were not unfamiliar with the magical beasts drinking by the river. However, they were wary because these were all carnivores.
The antelope was an animal from the apocalypse. The mutated antelope had grown to the size of a medium-sized horse, and with its unique appearance, it stood out by the river, making them very curious about what kind of magical beast the antelope was.
Lu Heng, as a human, appearing in a team full of magical beasts made this combination even more peculiar.
Some magical beasts had seen humans before. Although humans rarely came to this forest, it didn't mean that no cultivators came here for training.
"Master, there are two snake-dragon beasts over there."
Lu Heng took off his thermal imaging helmet. Just as he was carefully identifying and observing a group of magical beasts, the magic wolf's slightly frightened voice sounded in his mind.
"Snake-dragon beasts? What a coincidence?"
Lu Heng looked up in the direction the magic wolf had indicated. Two snake-dragon beasts had just emerged from the river and were also looking at Lu Heng's peculiar combination.