When Wu Xiaohe and Ji Haoyang left, Lin Li said to Wang Dazhuang, who was preparing to collect some wood nearby for a fire, "Brother Wang, I'll go collect wood with you!"
Wang Dazhuang smiled and shook his head. "Stay here and keep an eye on the luggage. I'll collect the wood myself."
Lin Li glanced at the several backpacks on the ground and smiled as he nodded.
Then Wang Dazhuang left the stream and hurried toward some dead trees fallen beside the bushes ahead.
"Hm?" After Wang Dazhuang left, Lin Li looked toward the setting sun on the horizon again. This time, he noticed a smear of black not far from where the sun was about to disappear.
"That... looks like dark clouds."
"It might rain in the latter half of the night."
Lin Li gazed at the dark clouds appearing on the horizon and muttered to himself.
Then he withdrew his gaze and scanned the surroundings, thinking he should find a place to shelter from the rain in advance, just in case.
"Cheep, cheep, cheep..."
A burst of chicken cries came from a small patch of grass to his right, immediately drawing Lin Li's attention.
He turned his head and looked over. While observing the grass ahead, he spread out his Spiritual Energy to sense whether there were any fluctuations of Spiritual Energy within it.
"It's not far anyway. I'll go take a look..."
Having made up his mind, Lin Li set off toward the grass.
"Cheep, cheep, cheep..."
As Lin Li approached, the unknown creature hiding in the grass began calling more and more urgently.
"The creature in the grass probably isn't an exotic beast. If it were, it would have leaped out and attacked me from this distance..."
Lin Li was only fifteen or sixteen meters