Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

119: Chapter 108: Long-tailed Rodent [3-in-1 Mega Chapter]_2 119: Chapter 108: Long-tailed Rodent [3-in-1 Mega Chapter]_2 “Damn it!”

On the other side, Luo Yuan was more direct; after speaking, he just dashed out.

Watching Luo Yuan rush out and then seeing Xia Chuan beside him, obviously annoyed for being a step slower than Luo Yuan, Xia Hong knew the two didn’t want their leader to risk himself, and he was somewhat moved.

To deal with the rodent swarm, one must understand their strength.

That large group on the North Slope, even if given a hundred guts, the three of us wouldn’t dare to touch them.

But by chance, we came across two trying to leave the group; such a heaven-sent opportunity shouldn’t be missed.

According to previous hunting experience, lighting a torch a short distance should be no problem.

But this Long-tailed Rodent, after all, being the first encounter with this Cold Beast, who knows if there will be any unexpected occurrences.

“Get a bit closer, be ready to help at any time!”

Although Luo Yuan has been hunting with us for so long, and Xia Hong trusted his adaptability, he still wasn’t familiar with these new Cold Beasts like the rodent, fearing any accidents, he brought Xia Chuan closer.

Meanwhile, Luo Yuan went north for a while, roughly estimated, the distance between himself and the two rodents was about a hundred meters, then he took out a torch.

“During previous hunts, the leader always lit the torch when about fifty or sixty meters away from a Cold Beast.

Not familiar with these rodents, let’s try a bit over a hundred meters first; if it can’t attract them, I’ll slowly get closer.”

Technically, Snow Mane, Frost Wolf, and Demon Sheep have different torch perception abilities, with Frost Wolf being the strongest, able to perceive beyond fifty or sixty meters; Demon Sheep was next, with Snow Mane being the worst, needing the torch about thirty meters away to perceive it.

After half a year with Xia Hong, Luo Yuan became exceedingly cautious, lighting the torch from over a hundred meters to test how far the rodents could sense the torch.

Fizz…

Bang…

In the dark forest, a small torch suddenly lit up, Luo Yuan swiftly plunged it into the snow, then quickly ran towards a pre-selected tree.

Not far off, seeing Luo Yuan’s cautious approach, Xia Hong’s eyes revealed a hint of satisfaction.

“Brother, look at those two rodents, what are they doing?”

Hearing this, Xia Hong quickly turned to look.

What he saw suddenly made his expression turn horrified.

The two rodents were actually crouching, stretching out their sharp incisors, gnawing hard at the ground.

The problem was, the ground was actually being dug open by them, with soil and rocks piling up behind them, and almost instantly, their one-meter-long bodies burrowed completely underground, disappearing, and in just a few breaths, even their two to three-meter tails fully burrowed underground.

“Do these rodents have Earth-digging Realm strength?”

Xia Chuan, upon seeing this, couldn’t help but ask in a low voice with a horrified expression.

Xia Hong didn’t immediately answer; he pondered with a grave expression for a moment, then shook his head quickly, saying, “Not necessarily.

If they truly have Earth-digging Realm strength, they would’ve used all their limbs to dig.

Just now, they only used their incisors, which should mean those teeth are very hard and their biting force is also terrifying…”

Despite denying that the rodents had Earth-digging Realm strength, just their incisors alone were enough to make Xia Hong’s heart pound with fear.

Such a hard ground, and yet two rodents could dig through it so quickly and burrow inside; if those hundreds on the mountainside North Slope came together, how terrifying would it be?

“Where did those two rodents burrow to?”

The confusion not only troubled Xia Chuan but also Xia Hong.

The rodents were burrowing not into the snow, but hard into the ground beneath.

In the somewhat loose snow, Cold Beasts burrowing around could still be detected;

The ground in the Ice Abyss World was incomparably hard; once rodents burrowed in, they completely vanished without a trace, impossible to detect any movement.

“They burrowed as soon as the torch lit up, just keep an eye on the torch.

As long as there’s no movement from the rodent group on the mountainside, we’ll guard the torch.

Those two beasts will show up eventually!”