CHAPTER 659: CHAPTER 270: TRACKING THE AVIAN MUTANT BEAST

The sky was still drizzling heavily.

Raindrops fell like strings of pearls, making a splashing sound.

The sky was still filled with dark clouds, blocking the distant vision of what might be behind those thick layers.

Using spirit telekinesis, Liang Yuan formed a shield around him to ward off the wind and rain.

He raised his head, gazing at the cloud-covered sky.

In the past six months, the storm never ceased, and the clouds in the sky never dispersed.

In Liang Yuan’s mind, inexplicably, he recalled the military transport plane he saw at Meidu Garden.

He still remembered clearly that the plane didn’t ascend into the cloud layers but flew at a low altitude.

Yet from within the clouds, a gigantic mutant bird lunged out, tearing the transport plane apart, and then re-entered the clouds, vanishing without a trace.

"During the last sea tide, mutant birds also appeared at Yangshan, but I’ve never found any trace of such birds in Yangshan."

"Where are their nests? I have never found them."

"Could they come from the sky?"

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Liang Yuan, and he entertained such a thought.

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain how these mutant birds could come and go without leaving any trace.

But... there’s no place to rest in the sky, so how could they dwell above the cloud layers for long?

Doubt filled Liang Yuan’s heart, making it hard to conjecture.

After a moment of silence, he turned his head and said, "Monsoon, have people bring back these spider webs. Perhaps we can use them to weave a giant net to deal with sea monsters in the future."

"Yes, Mr. Liang."

Monsoon quickly gathered the people and rolled up the spider webs, carrying them away together.

Liang Yuan stared at the sky, quietly pondering.

The sky was filled with dark clouds, blocking the view of what might be up there.

Liang Yuan searched around for a while, suddenly noticing a green stone plate underneath a slab.

Its color starkly differed from the nearby building materials.

Liang Yuan stepped forward, intending to pull the plate out.

As soon as he touched it, his face showed a surprised expression.

"No, it’s not plastic!"

Although the green plate felt hard, it wasn’t a solid piece. It was made of a material that looked like iron wires.

It appeared layer by layer, stacked together like a whole banana leaf fan.

Liang Yuan exerted force and pulled it out entirely.

Only then did he realize it wasn’t some kind of construction material but a gigantic feather!

The deep green feather was over three meters long, entirely green, hard as steel.

When Liang Yuan waved it casually, it emitted a buzzing sound as it sliced through the air!

With a casual insertion into the ground, the bricks on the ruins were easily sliced open like tofu!

Liang Yuan’s face showed shock: "It’s so sharp and hard, and it’s just a feather!"

He couldn’t imagine what kind of mutant bird could grow such terrifying wings.

"Could the bone spear giant spider be captured by the owner of this feather?"

"With just one feather over three meters long, how gigantic must this mutant bird be?"

Liang Yuan furrowed his brows, uncertain how his current strength compared to this mutant bird.

He stored the feather in his item bar, temporarily suppressing this matter in his heart.

"These mutant birds come and go without a trace, but during the sea tide, large groups of them come near the riverbanks to hunt. This sea tide might provide a chance to investigate."

Liang Yuan quickly came up with a plan. Last time, he discovered some giant bird mutants during the sea tide.

These mutant bird flocks came to the riverbanks during the sea tide to feed on mutant fish swept ashore by the waves.

He believed that staying by the shore this time would surely lead to another encounter with these mutant birds. Then, perhaps he could follow them and find their nests.

Right away, Liang Yuan decided not to dwell on it and returned to the shelter.

In the following days, he maintained a regular routine, going to the slaughterhouse each morning to hunt mutant creatures and collect points.

Then he would inspect the various tasks at the shelter, and return for lunch at noon.

In the afternoon, he practiced tapping into his superpower potential, using waterfall torrents to strike his body, forcing his evolution superpower to automatically enhance his defense and recovery power.

When exhausted, he would return to craft talisman stones. By now, he had created many kinds of talisman stones.

Many talisman stones in the shop Old Yang opened for Yang Mei were made by his hand.

Time flew by and four days passed.

That day, the entire shelter was bustling, everyone hiding behind high walls, sending children to homes with cave defenses.

Today was the sea tide day.

Unlike previous years, patrols and superpower users were not hiding this time. Everyone walked out of their homes and stood on the shelter wall.

Following Liang Yuan’s request, during the sea tide, they needed to guard the Fire Bamboo Forest to prevent mutant beasts from attacking the farms and Yangshan Shopping Center.

That mountain valley had long been completely sealed off, with superpower users patrolling in teams of five.

It was the first time they faced the sea tide directly, coming out on sea tide day.

"Brother Liang, everything is arranged. If we defend successfully this time, we won’t need to fear the sea tide anymore," Zhao Kai reported excitedly beside Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan nodded slightly: "The sea tide will bring a beast tide. But after this past month, we hunted many mutant beasts in Yangshan, making it hard for them to form a large-scale beast tide now."