Chapter 46 - Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Entering the Mountain (1/2)

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Entering the Mountain

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“Chapter 46: Entering the Mountain

By the time Xiang Kun arrived at the village, it was already past eight in the evening.

Originally, Xiang Kun planned to investigate the tree mentioned in the post that evening, to confirm if it was the Giant Owl he saw. He intended to ask the driver who brought him here to wait, and then find a hotel in the nearby town to rest for the night before heading into the mountain to search the next day.

But after it grew dark, Xiang Kun changed his mind.

He had suddenly discovered that his visual ability had drastically improved, or rather, had mutated at night.

Under dim light, he could actively switch his eyes to a new visual mode which is like adding an extra “lens” to his retina. The darkness surrounding him became crystal clear in an instant. Even clearer than the images he saw from night vision devices in movies or on TV.

But the views he saw with this mode were different from normal, since they were colorless. The world was composed of black and white, or to be exact, varying degrees of light and darkness. This mode, however, let him better judge moving objects and distances.

This enhancement was not merely an improved visual ability but a completely new mode.

He knew clearly that this was not a result of his training or mutation direction. Most likely, it was because he had consumed the blood of the Giant Owl.

He once read that owls possess strong night vision ability.

Now that he had this ability, Xiang Kun could move around in the mountains at night. Many things no longer needed to be done during daylight.

Hence, once he arrived at the place, Xiang Kun let the car that brought him there to return.

Most of the young people in the village had gone to cities for work or study, leaving mostly the elderly behind. There were no street lights in the village. Unless there was a festivity, everyone would rest early, and there wouldn’t be many people on the streets.

So Xiang Kun remained undisturbed and quietly found the biggest tree at the entrance of the village as mentioned in the post.

Though Xiang Kun had never climbed trees before, it wasn’t a problem given his physical prowess now.

As soon as he got onto the tree, Xiang Kun switched to normal vision mode, turned on the flashlight, and carefully examined the spot where the “humanoid figure” mentioned in the post was likely at.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t see clearly using the night vision mode, but some traces required color differentiation, which could be detected better under bright light.

After rustling around in the tree for about twenty minutes, Xiang Kun found the claw marks.

He knew that if the shadow on the tree that the poster saw a month ago was indeed the Giant Owl, its weight, along with its enlarged and sharp claws, would definitely leave deep claw marks, mostly on thicker branches.

After a month, the smell of the owl had disappeared, but the claw marks still remained.

Once he found the claw marks, Xiang Kun felt invigorated. His analysis and first intuition were correct. His journey was not in vain.

After descending from the tree, Xiang Kun took out his mobile phone, opened the map app, and started observing the surroundings of the village.

In fact, on the way here, Xiang Kun had already done some research. The village, though located in the mountains, couldn’t be classified as deep in the mountains. The nearest town was only a forty-minute drive away. The road conditions were not bad, and there was considerable traffic. This village was at most a resting place for the Owl on its journey away from its original habitat.

With or without the owl’s scent, Xiang Kun couldn’t start tracking just from this village.