Doubt! Hunter? Prey?
As long as they didn't provoke him, Tang Zheng didn't bother to care.
Having gained a lot of experience, he was in a good mood today. In addition, there should be a Goblin settlement in this area.
Tang Zheng planned to search carefully tomorrow.
He didn't know why.
Tang Zheng felt like he was overlooking something, but upon closer inspection, he couldn't find anything he had missed.
The only thing that bothered him was the Ogre ambush he had encountered some time ago, but since getting rid of those Ogres, nothing similar had happened.
The night wind blew.
The cool breeze caused the lush, numerous leaves in the jungle to sway slightly.
Tang Zheng's nose twitched, and a faintly familiar scent wafted in with the breeze.
At first, Tang Zheng didn't pay much attention, but just as he was about to go back to sleep, he suddenly opened his eyes.
This smell—
Goblins! That's right, it was the smell of Goblins, that rotten stench like socks that hadn't been washed for decades.
Tang Zheng's previously somewhat dazed eyes instantly cleared up.
He had been feeling like he was overlooking something, and it was only when he smelled this scent in the air that he suddenly realized what it was.
It was the smell emanating from the Goblins!
In the past half month of friendly interactions with the Goblins, Tang Zheng had long grown accustomed to the smell, so he had subconsciously ignored it all along! And these past few days, the place where he had been camping had faintly had this smell every night!
In the darkness of the night.
Tang Zheng didn't know what kind of expression he had on his face at the moment, but it probably wasn't a good one.
The things that had been passing under his tree frequently during this time weren't wild beasts at all, but Goblins! Although the Goblin race possessed Night Vision, they were actually diurnal creatures like humans.
If it wasn't necessary, even Goblins wouldn't hunt at night in an environment like the jungle.
He was being targeted! Damn it!
He only realized it now.
Tang Zheng couldn't help but curse inwardly, the vague feeling of unease he had been experiencing all this time becoming completely clear at this moment.
After leveling up the Sword Saint to max level, perhaps because there were no monsters in this outer area that posed any threat to Tang Zheng.
Even Ogres, unless they reached a certain number, couldn't pose any danger to Tang Zheng.
This made Tang Zheng lose his initial caution, and he hadn't noticed the Goblins secretly watching him throughout the entire process.
No!
Under the Black Cloak, Tang Zheng's eyes flashed.
With the intelligence of ordinary Goblins, they couldn't do such detailed stalking.
"Could it be that I'm really lucky and encountered some kind of Goblin mutation?" Tang Zheng thought, licking his lips involuntarily.
Even if he lowered his guard,
he shouldn't have failed to notice an ordinary Goblin secretly following him.
Guerrilla? Forest Priest? Druid? Thief? Tracker? These classes were all good at tracking, especially in complex environments like forests. Without detection magic, they wouldn't be easily noticed.
Tang Zheng regained his composure. The Goblin that was targeting him most likely had such a class.
So, what was their purpose?
Tang Zheng frowned.
That Goblin wasn't just following him; it was also confirming his location every night, which clearly indicated some kind of purpose.
The reason why he was quite certain that it was likely a Goblin mutation, rather than an Ogre,
was naturally because Ogres were too large, and their movements would create quite a commotion, making them unsuitable for tracking.
"Is it a trap?"
Tang Zheng recalled the events of the past few days, and a guess had already formed in his mind.
The number of Goblins he encountered during this period was pitifully small. Only today did the number of Goblins suddenly increase.
If he hadn't suddenly discovered a suspected mutated Goblin individual hidden in the dark, he would have really suspected that his luck had turned bad. Now that he thought about it, it was obvious that the other party was playing tricks! Having figured this out.
Tang Zheng continued to pretend as if he hadn't noticed anything, and leaned against the big tree to sleep as usual.
Now that he had discovered the other party, the roles of "hunter" and "prey" between the two sides were about to change! The moonlight and stars gradually faded away.
The chirping of birds in the early morning, accompanied by sunlight shining through the gaps in the leaves, echoed in the jungle.
Tang Zheng stretched and jumped down from the tree, looking full of energy.
Not only did he not sleep restlessly last night, but his sleep had suddenly become much better.
Since that suspected mutated Goblin individual had not attacked him, it meant that the other party's strength was far inferior to his. Otherwise, it would not have just been tracking and monitoring him until now.
Tang Zheng continued as usual, taking out Black Rye Bread and Cooked Pork, eating it in large bites while carrying the Iron Sword forward.
At the same time, he used the corner of his eye to observe the surrounding movements, and as expected, he didn't find anything.
Seeing this.
Tang Zheng was at least certain of one thing: the other party's distance from him was definitely not too close.
This also made Tang Zheng give up the idea of finding the other party immediately. If the other party really had any of the professions he had guessed before, it would be really difficult to find him in the jungle.
"Then let me see the trap specially set up for me, and I'll just drag you out." Tang Zheng's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself.
...
About ten minutes after leaving this place.
A figure with green pointed ears, looking similar to a Goblin, but twice the size of a normal Goblin, appeared at the place where Tang Zheng had just stood.
It wasn't just the difference in size, even the eyes were obviously different.
The Goblin's eyes were narrow and long, like those of a beast, while this figure's eyes were about the same size as a human's eye sockets, with a large area of pure white and only small black pupils in the center.
A look of caution and care was revealed in his eyes.
This figure sniffed the air with its slightly collapsed green nose, and looked at the crushed branches and broken twigs in front of it.
Those were the traces left by Tang Zheng after walking.
After a brief pause.
This figure followed the traces again.
What was unbelievable was that wherever this figure passed, the grass, bushes, and even densely intertwined branches in front of it automatically separated to make way for it.
And the whole process didn't make a sound! Unconsciously.
...
The time had already reached noon.
Tang Zheng took out a water bag and took a few sips of water, his eyes slightly narrowed through the vertical columns of sunlight that fell through the gaps in the leaves.
He didn't just have one water bag on him. In preparing his supplies, he bought more than 60 water bags with a capacity of about 5 kilograms.
An average of two bags a day, enough for a month! If he was just drinking water, he wouldn't need to worry about water at all.
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