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Chapter 248 The Underground Threat

When Shao Xuan and his friends passed to the grassland, on the grassland, the Feng tribe, Lao He went to a low mountain on the border of the Feng tribe every day to wait.☆→,

According to his agreement with others, the people on the grassland should leave here at that time, but one day passed, two days passed... and five days passed, and Lao He didn't see the shadow of those people.

On the tenth day, Lao He didn't let his wife and grandson wait here with him. He notified them when he saw the person. The old lady was old and was not a tourist from the Yanjiao tribe, and her health was not as good as the old man. Ten-year-old Anai was called to help people watch the flock, so that they could get some food rewards. After all, no one knew how many days it would take to leave.

Lao He knew that the grassland was very big and it took time to come, so he was waiting at first. However, on the fifteenth day, Lao He was really anxious. He was worried that the team would forget him. After all, there were only three people here, two of them were old and one of them were young. Could it be that he was disgusted with trouble?

Lao Hu couldn't help but start to think randomly.

The tourists on the grassland were divided into several groups, so it was naturally impossible for them to all walk the same way. The person Lao He contacted did decide to go here, but fifteen days passed and he didn't even see a personal figure. Was it intentional or was it in trouble?

If it were the former, Lao He would take his family away. He knew that he was only three of them, the journey was long and the misfortune was rare, but he was willing to take risks. However, Lao He still believed in the latter situation more. Those who he knew would not abandon his tribe easily, but if he encountered trouble... He heard that there was a war in the mountains and tourists who encountered it, he might be implicated. Thinking of this, Lao He was even more worried. He would rather others forget their family of three than others be implicated by war. Once war was involved, they would be killed.

It is rare that I have become impatient over the years. Lao He still insists on bringing food to the mountain early in the morning, waiting until sunset.

When Lao He went up the mountain, Lao He's grandson Anai, who was ten years old this year, was helping Guaru'er family to guard the flock. There were five people guarding the flock, including him. There were only three of them before, and sometimes they could keep an eye on them. However, recently the tribe has always lost sheep, sometimes there are cows or horses, and livestock, and most of the lost ones are young.

The patrol team patrolls day and night every day, and there are still livestock thrown. Sometimes it is this one and sometimes it is that one, and it has been more than ten days.

Some people say that they saw the wolves moving around, and perhaps some cunning and fast-moving wolves. There were wars between tribes on the other side of the mountain range, so the nearby beasts also moved around in order to take refuge, and some crossed the mountains and came here. Therefore, the patrol team sent additional personnel these days to pay attention to the traces of the wolves.

Guaer has been depressed recently. The calf he liked most disappeared. He thought he would raise a bullfight with his friends next door, but he didn't want to come together the morning before yesterday and go to the bullpen to see it. The cow was gone. He didn't want to stay with his friends these two days. He finally took a fancy to a newborn calf. Even the best grass was ready, but it was gone.

"Ana, you said, when did the wolf come in and take the calf away?" Guaer asked boredly.

"I don't know," paused. Anai said again: "I think it's not a wolf."

In the past two years, because Guaer promised Shao Xuan to take care of Lao He's family, his attitude towards Anai was a little better. Even if Anai was not allowed to join their small group, he was not sad. Sometimes Anai was bullied by others, and Guaer went to rescue him, so Anai and Guaer also said a lot more.

"I don't think so either. It may be foxes, eagles, etc. There are many animals stole livestock on the grassland, and they all like to steal cubs." Guaer said, looking fierce, and took out a bone knife and slashed it in the void. "If I know who stole it, I'll cut it!"

After saying a few harsh words, Guaro turned his head and found that Anai didn't listen to him at all, and was looking around.

"Hey, have you heard what I said just now?" Guaer said dissatisfied.

But Anai didn't answer this, but asked, "Did you hear any sound just now?"

"What's the sound?" Guaer thought Anai was making excuses.

"Just..." Anai thought about it, but couldn't describe it. She didn't intend to pay attention to Guarie's complaints, stood up and looked at the flock of sheep not far away.

However, Anai didn't want to pay attention, but Guaer couldn't stop talking and continued.

"Hey, I heard you are leaving. When will you go? Where can I go? Can I see Shao Xuan again? If you see him again, you ask him to carve another wolf wood carving for me, and I will exchange it for cattle and sheep. The wood carving used to be taken away by my father, and I didn't even let me touch it." Guaer said to herself.

"Guaer!" Anai said suddenly.

"What?"

"A sheep lost one!" Anai said anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Guaer quickly got up, stood on the wooden stool next to him and looked at the flock of sheep, counting. His family has not many sheep now, and the livestock that have been lost recently are all cubs, so Guaer directly counted the number of young sheep.

"Not lost, you counted wrongly, and not even a single lamb was lost." Guaer said with peace of mind.

When Guaro was about to laugh at Anai for not counting, he heard Anai say, "It's not a lamb, it's a big one! I counted four times and it's really lost! I'm still here in the morning!"

"Impossible!" Guaer counted in disbelief. Although he liked to play, he also remembered clearly the number of livestock he raised at home. He knew how many were consumed and how many were born every day.

After counting, one was missing.

There were four people staring at the other places. Although they did not stare at the flock, but other places, they just need to ensure that the flock was not lost. Guaer ran over and asked the four people, but none of them saw the sheep leaving the flock.

Everyone is here, but they have never seen wolves, foxes, etc. appear. Could it be an eagle?

I looked up at the sky and didn't see a bird. Even if the eagle came down to catch the sheep, I would definitely make some noise, but Guaer didn't hear it.

"Hey, Guaer, what are you looking for?" A little girl from Guaer's neighbor's house, who was about the same age as him, came over.

"What's your business?" Guaer was anxious now and her tone was not good.

Knowing Guaro's temper, Duoya didn't plan to ask him, but instead asked Anai next to her.

Anai had a good impression of Duoya, so he told me what happened just now.

Knowing the whole story, Duoya was completely out of her mind to find Guaer to compete in the horse. Her family lost a sheep yesterday. It was not too small or big.

"What are you going to do?" Duoya asked.

"Guaer, go and talk to your father. If your mother is at home, it's okay to tell her." Anai advised.

"No need. I'll look for it first!" Guaer didn't want to go to the patrol father now, nor did she want to wake up her sleeping mother. Her mother still had a younger brother or younger sister in her belly and needed rest. Moreover, he hoped to find some clues and talk to the adults.

"I'll go too!" Duoya shook the whip, rolled up her sleeves and followed.

Anai looked around and spoke to the person who was watching the sheep nearest, chasing Duoya and Anai over.

The people who looked at the flock didn't care. The children of the tribe ran around all day and saw nothing. There were patrol people watching at the border, and they were not worried.

While Anai and Guaro were looking for the missing sheep, Lao He, who was standing on the low mountain, finally met a team. The person who led the lead contacted him.

The joyful old man hurried over, but found that the people in the team were extremely tired and had many injuries. There were two seriously injured people in the team, and I don’t know how many days it would last.

They encountered wars over the mountains. However, it was a blessing to be here alive.

The original team of thirty-two people was unable to follow the melee between tribes in the mountains. As for the two seriously injured people in the team, if they could not survive, then there would be five.

Because this team of tourists has always been walking at the junction of tribes, even if the patrolman sees it, as long as it is not the kind of bloodthirsty person, it will generally be fine. Lao Hao wants to bring people to his house. But now it is in a sensitive period, and the people of the Feng tribe will not allow suspicious people to enter the tribe, so Lao Hao ran back and took some herbs for the injured to use.

"I also brought some food, you guys will put it first." Lao He handed over half of the lamb leg in his hand. It was only so small that it was definitely not enough for these people to eat, but at least there was food, so it would be better for everyone to grill it after it was roasted.

As we were talking about the situation in the team, a patrol team of Feng tribes ran over quickly on horseback. The one running in front was Guarer's father.

"Old, have you seen Guaer and the others?" The other party was so anxious that he was sweating.

"No, what happened?" Lao He had a bad premonition and trembled when he spoke.

"A sheep was lost at home. The boy Guaer didn't even tell us and took Anai and Duoya to find him! However, I haven't seen their people yet!"

When Lao Hu's legs became weak, only Anai was left with his family. If something happened...

"Look, look... look, I'll go find it too!" Lao He said, shaking his lips.

The patrolman looked at the nearly thirty tourists in front of him, and asked, "Did you come from the mountains? Have you ever noticed any abnormal situations, such as wolves and other wild beasts?"

"There are indeed wolves, foxes, and...ah!" The person who spoke was shocked when he thought of something, "There are also big bugs. I heard that they were sleeping around the mountains, but were awakened by the war over there, and they came out to eat a lot of people. One of our team was dragged into the ground by them. I wonder if they had come."

"Word? Stoneworm?" the other party asked.

"It's not stone insects. They have sharp teeth and are a little flat. They have many feet on their bodies. There are no holes left in the places they drilled. They will block them with soil. We dug for a long time..." The speaker cried. They thought they saw their companions being dragged into the ground and digged them over, but their speed was not as fast as the insects drilled into the ground. All they dug out was soil.

Bugs that are moving into the ground? No holes left?!

The patrol team was shocked and looked at each other and saw the suspicion in the other's eyes.
Chapter completed!
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