Senior Owl

Xiang Kun had originally thought that the owl's mutation was based on animal instincts and habits, unlike his deliberate training and guidance.

However, not far from the nest of the owl, there was a rock beside a stream in the forest. Xiang Kun realized that the owl had undergone targeted training.

In the owl's memory, Xiang Kun did not see it sharpening its claws. Instead, he determined that the claw marks were left by the gigantic owl based on the distance between the claws.

Judging from the marks on the rock, it was not just sharpening its claws on the rock. Instead, it was attacking with a lot of claws, thorns, and dates. Initially, the "chiseling" marks on its claws were very shallow, but later on, they became deeper. It was obvious that it was attacking the rock as if it was an imaginary prey. Xiang Kun could also imagine that its claws were scarred and often broken. However, it had the ability to recover and had no effect on survival. After the blood drinking mutation, the sharpness and hardness of its claws would definitely increase greatly.

The giant owl's huge and sharp claws grew stronger time again.

After discovering the owl's training method, Xiang Kun had a thought. Could he imitate the owl and sharpen his nails too? If he had sharp claws before, he would not have needed any weapons. He would have been able to deal a lot of damage with the Black Tiger Steals Heart…

However, he dismissed the idea almost instantly. After all, the claws of birds were different from the hands of humans. The main function of human hands was still to use tools. It would be fine if he could mutate ten 'iron claws' that could extend and shrink freely, but if he directly transformed his nails into beast-like sharp claws, or if they were hard and long, not only would it be easy to attract attention, but it would also be inconvenient for him to do things normally. It would be easy for him to get stuck at the keyboard.

Xiang Kun also found a pile of pebbles in the owl's cave. At first, he did not understand what the owl wanted to do with the pebbles. It did not seem like it was laying a nest. Could it be that the owl wanted to "view" his nest?

However, after searching through the owl's memories and discovering a scene where it hunted and swallowed stones after drinking blood, Xiang Kun had a guess.

Could this be the owl's way of suppressing its sleepiness after drinking blood?

One had to know that the wilderness was not like a city. There were all kinds of dangers in the deep mountains and dense forests.

Xiang Kun had bought the rabbit at the market and kept it at home. When he needed it, he could just kill it and drink its blood. After drinking it, he would fall asleep immediately. Unless his family and friends were in a hurry and couldn't contact him, or they might come looking for him, no one would disturb him or put him in danger.

However, if the owl wanted to drink blood, it had to hunt by itself. This was because if the blood left its body for too long, or if its prey died too long, there would be no effect. Therefore, it would basically drink blood on the spot or move nearby to drink blood. It would not specially capture its prey back to its nest. After all, many of the prey it caught after mutating were not small in size.

That way, if the owl was like Xiang Kun, who would feel extremely sleepy after drinking blood and would not be easily woken up, it would be dangerous to sleep anywhere in the wilderness.

Thus, it swallowed the stone into its stomach to suppress its sleepiness. It only slept peacefully after it flew back to its nest and spat out the stone.

Otherwise, it was impossible to explain why it would swallow rocks and spit them out from the nest on the cliff. After all, it could only drink blood after mutating and could not eat other food. It did not need to swallow rocks to aid digestion.

As for why it was pebbles and not meat or other plants that were more suitable for "eating", Xiang Kun guessed that it was because rocks were more singular and denser. When he felt like vomiting, it was easier for him to suppress it and when he wanted to vomit, it was easier for him to vomit all at once.

Of course, these were only Xiang Kun's deductions and guesses. He was prepared to verify it himself when he returned.

If it worked, this was also an occasional emergency solution.

Just like after the battle with the owl that day, if he could use this method to stay awake for the time being, he might be able to see the process of the owl's corpse disappearing. This would help him understand the mutation in himself and the owl.

Of course, more importantly, they could avoid sleeping in unsafe places for a long time.

Although he could not find the reason for the owl's mutation this time, the traces of the owl's habitat and the comparison of the images in his memory helped Xiang Kun understand himself.

After all, according to the fact that it would fall into a deep sleep and mutate after drinking blood, the owl had mutated many times more than Xiang Kun.

Regardless of the number of times it had mutated, it was Xiang Kun's "great senior".

Moreover, the four and a half days of living in the mountains had allowed Xiang Kun to better experience the improvement and changes in his bodily functions after the mutation. He had further familiarized himself with it and trained.

Apart from obtaining night vision from the owl's blood, his dynamic vision, hearing, and sense of smell were all significantly enhanced. Furthermore, this enhancement was not only limited to his sensitivity.

In the forest, he had a strong ability to distinguish sounds and smells from other creatures. This was something that Xiang Kun, who had been living in the city, did not have. It was equivalent to having an owl's sense of hearing and smell "database".

This made it very easy for him to survive in the forest. He even often felt as if the world was under his control.

Sometimes, he even thought that it would be great if he could fly like an owl.

Of course, this was just a thought. If he really transformed into a pair of large wings now, he would really have to live in seclusion in the forest.

…

Xiang Kun, who was sprinting along the mountain road, suddenly stopped and looked up.

Naturally, this place could no longer be considered a "deep mountain". It was already very far away from the area where he had been for the past few days. Although the development was still not high and there were not many people, at least they had already built a mountain road. There were villages and monasteries on the mountain. Occasionally, there were villagers driving up and down the mountain. There were also devotees who went to the temple to offer incense.

Xiang Kun stopped because he heard the sound of a car. Ten seconds later, a SUV appeared at the corner.

He raised his right hand and made a gesture asking for a ride.

To be honest, he did not have much hope. Four cars had already passed by him, but they did not react to his "Like hand" at all.

Of course, he had nothing to complain about. Even if he was driving, he wouldn't stop when he saw such a tall, well-built, bald man with bare feet blocking the way.

In any case, he had been running all the way down and would occasionally "take a shortcut". It would not be much slower than taking a ride. There were too many bends on this mountain road and it was too rushed. Even if he went down the mountain, no one dared to drive fast.

He had checked the map when there was a signal on his phone. There was a rather large village at the foot of the mountain. He should be able to hire a car and send him to the nearest county or town to buy a ticket home.

However, he was lucky this time. The SUV slowly stopped beside him.