Scavenging
The wind, at minus forty degrees Celsius, whipped against my face; there was no exaggerated howling, just a real, visceral chill.
The cool, dry air felt against the skin; after a while, it made one's eyebrows and eyes stiff, and the white breath exhaled was torn apart and frozen away by the wind as soon as it rose into the air. The entire forest was eerily quiet, without the movement of any living creature, only the low, muffled sound of the wind and snow, covering the wolf carcasses scattered on the ground, exuding a desolate and deathly chill.
Standing amidst the chaos, Lu Heng scanned his surroundings, feeling no shock, only the most straightforward pragmatic thoughts.
The Giant Plume Eagle finished its fight and left.
After the top-tier ferocious beasts finished their battle, they didn't bother to clean up these low-level remains, and the entire battlefield was completely abandoned. To them, these broken corpses were useless, but to Lu Heng now, they were real, usable resources.
He stopped looking at the gruesome signs of the fight and bent down to get closer to the nearest feather.
The Giant Plume Eagle feathers scattered on the snow are broad and solid, with a hard and tough feel. The surface is dense and smooth, and although they are freezing cold, there is no sign of them cracking. The feather bones are straight and hard, and the overall toughness is extremely strong. Even after being frozen in the wind and snow for a whole night, the structure of the feathers remains intact, without deformation or damage.
Lu Heng casually brushed away the snowflakes and thin ice embedded in the surface.
He knew the true value of these feathers; they had no superfluous mystical enhancements, only the most essential practical value needed in dire circumstances.
With its extremely high density, strong wind resistance, and tear resistance, the feathers are an excellent material for cold-weather filling. Used to sew and thicken cold-weather clothing, they can effectively block extreme cold winds and snow, enhancing survival ability in low-temperature environments. At the same time, the feather bones are sturdy and regular, with strong plasticity, making them an excellent raw material for making arrow tail feathers. Their stability and durability far exceed those of ordinary animal feathers, making them a rare and high-quality material in this forest.
He patiently paced and searched slowly across the entire battlefield.
Scattered among the snow in the gaps between broken branches, in the hollows of snow pits, and beside the remains of wolf carcasses were numerous feathers of the Giant Plume Eagle. He picked them up one by one, his fingertips touching the hard, icy feathers, collecting all that was intact or partially intact, not wasting a single resource. On the vast, desolate snowfield, only his slow, deliberate movements and the simple act of brushing away snow to collect the feathers could be heard. The wind and snow continued to sweep past him, the world was barren, but beneath his feet lay opportunities unseen by others.
After collecting all the feathers, Lu Heng turned to look at the lifeless wolf corpses scattered on the ground.
At the center of the field of vision, the most glaring sight was the mangled body of the Bronze Tier Silver Moon Wolf Leader. Most of his body was torn apart, his bones broken, the wounds clean and sharp, and his flesh completely frozen into dark red hard lumps, a mangled mess beyond recognition. Lying around him were more than a dozen Black Iron Tier Silver Moon Wolf corpses, each bearing fatal wounds, limbs mutilated, and flesh torn open, giving an idea of how brutal and thorough the slaughter last night had been.
The extreme cold became a natural freezer, completely freezing all the corpses. There was no decay, no odor, just hard clumps of frozen meat, bones, and thick skin.
Even with a broken body, wolf skin, bones, and meat are all real resources for survival, and in the resource-scarce Frost Forest, there is no room for waste.
Lu Heng raised his hand to activate the Survival Bracelet, directly starting the Body Decomposition function.
A pale blue light quietly spread out, softly enveloping the first wolf carcass. Without exaggerated special effects or violent movements, the frozen remains gradually disintegrated in the light and shadow, dirt and impurities were automatically removed, and clean wolf meat, bones, hides, and tendons were extracted one by one and steadily placed into the backpack's storage space.
He stood in the wind and snow, dismembering one body after another.
The blue light rose and fell repeatedly, and the gruesome corpses scattered on the ground were slowly cleared away. The originally messy and glaring snow gradually became clean, with only the pits and ice marks left by the fight remaining in place.
With his eyes glued to the constantly increasing amount of supplies on his backpack screen, Lu Heng felt a genuine sense of satisfaction.
Zero consumption, zero injuries, zero combat—purely looting the remaining resources from top-tier ferocious beast team battles.
During the batch disassembly process, a new prompt suddenly popped up on the Wristband interface.
A pure white, solid beast core was stored separately in the backpack.
Silver Moon Wolf Core.
Lu Heng paused, then instantly understood the cause and effect.
After defeating the Mirror Image and slaughtering the Wolf Pack last night, the Giant Plume Eagle must have devoured the vast majority of high-quality, intact high-level beast cores to repair its own damage and restore its combat power. The core resources of this Wolf Pack pack should have been completely consumed by it.
However, the battlefield was too large and the corpses too scattered. Some of the low-level beast cores hidden in the broken bodies and deformed parts were overlooked by the Giant Plume Eagle and survived by chance.
Those who escaped the net all became his spoils.
Lu Heng looked around at the desolate snowfield. The wind and snow were still raging, and the landscape was barren and cold.
Outsiders, seeing the mountain of corpses and the horrific scene, would avoid it at all costs.
But in his eyes, this was the most profitable, risk-free gain he had made since entering the Frost Forest.
The backpack was completely filled with high-quality Giant Plume Eagle feathers, a large quantity of basic survival supplies from Silver Moon Wolf, and the missing beast cores.
Amidst the oppressive, frigid snow, a relaxed smile finally appeared in Lu Heng's heart.
This is a huge windfall.