Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 398 says: Thank you, Insect Daddy
Ye Zi hurriedly took out Life Dust and Recovery Potion G. The two healing potions were used in turn. While remaining still, the activated self-healing ability quickly took effect. Before long, the wound on Tiao Tiao's leg stopped bleeding and instead coagulated into a scar.

However, for a monster, such a wound should not have much of an impact. Jumpy has been injured before, so the reason for this abnormal reaction is probably related to the toxins attached to the attack.

Yoko didn't understand the nature of this poison. In her opinion, large monsters should have much stronger resistance to toxins than humans, and Jump should be able to recover quickly once the wound was healed.

After a long wait, Tiaotiao finally shook its head, got up from the ground, and gently nudged Yezi's arm.

"It's finally recovered..."

Ye Zi breathed a sigh of relief and gently stroked the scales on Jump Jump's head twice:

"Let's get out of here quickly. This place is too dangerous. That guy has probably made the core area of ​​the Unknown Tree Sea his territory. He could reappear at any time."

After Ye Zi finished speaking, he flipped over and straddled Tiao Tiao's back, preparing to ride the dragon as always.

However, as Tiaotiao took her first steps forward, Yezi immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Why is Tiaotiao running so slowly now, and her steps seem unsteady and weak? Has the toxin not been metabolized yet?

After carefully assessing the healing progress of the wound on her leg and confirming that it would no longer affect her mobility, Yezi rolled over and jumped off Tiaotiao's back, preparing to walk on her own to lighten Tiaotiao's burden.

However, the weight of Yoko and her equipment was negligible compared to Jump Jump's own weight. Without her support, Jump Jump did not improve much. On the contrary, as time went by, her steps became weaker and weaker.

Yoko was already suffering greatly from the burning pain that kept spreading through her body, and now Jump seemed to be in a weakened state due to the toxin. Among this group exploring the unknown forest, the one in the best condition was actually the smallest of the insects, Little Beetle.

The two, one human and one dragon, struggled to move forward through the unknown sea of ​​trees. Tormented by pain, Yoko's perception of time became quite blurred, and her legs moved forward mechanically, purely by instinct.

It wasn't until a ray of golden light fell on Yoko's forehead, which was covered in sweat and had her hair damp, that the warm feeling slightly brought Yoko's blurred consciousness back to its senses.

"Is it already daytime...?"

Ye Zi gritted her teeth and glanced back in the direction she had come from. The environment in the Unknown Forest was always the same, and the only way to determine her location was to calculate the distance she had traveled.

However, she had been in a semi-comatose state for almost the entire night, struggling to maintain even a conscious mind, let alone calculate her own location.

Yoko could only rely on her instincts to make a judgment: this place should be outside the range of the Reverse Scale Flying Dragon that was emitting black smoke.

The brief moment of clarity felt like a final burst of energy before death. Feeling the dizziness surging in her mind, Yoko felt the world spinning before her eyes, and she could no longer control her balance. She fell heavily forward. If it weren't for the swarming beetle hooking its claws around Yoko's collar and slowing her fall, she probably would have been knocked unconscious.

Xiao Jia circled Ye Zi twice in a hurry, looking extremely anxious. It tried to wake Ye Zi, but under the influence of the virus, its efforts were of little use. Ye Zi murmured a "lin" almost instinctively before her consciousness completely fell into darkness.

As Yezi's eyelids gradually closed, the buzzing of Xiaojia's wings grew more and more rapid. After realizing that it could not wake Yezi, it turned around and flew towards Tiaotiao, who was standing to the side.

However, Jump was clearly in very poor condition at this moment. His breathing was rapid and heavy, with wisps of dark purple smoke swirling around his mouth and nose. His eyes were completely closed, yet he continued to walk forward mechanically. Just as Xiao Jia flew above Jump's head, before it could make any move, Jump tripped over an exposed tree root and tumbled to the ground.

Even so, Tiao Tiao did not react at all. He just lay there motionless, and apart from still breathing, the blackish-purple smoke emanating from his mouth and nose grew increasingly thick.

Seeing that Jumping was no longer an option, Xiao Jia returned to Ye Zi's head and circled twice. Then, as if it had suddenly discovered something, it rushed straight to Ye Zi's waist, pried open the prop bag with its paws, and took out a cylindrical object.

Having accompanied Yoko since she began her hunter training, and having witnessed the use of this device many times, Xiaojia knew clearly that this might be their only hope now.

This is a simple signal flare; simply pull the pin at the tail to send a distress signal into the sky.

For humans, such a shot is quite simple, but for a rhinoceros beetle, launching this thing is quite difficult.

Its six legs gripped the flare's barrel firmly, and it flew to the insect club behind Yoko, hooking the pull ring onto the tip of its blade before suddenly flying upwards.

"Shoot..."

"call out!"

Xiao Jia held onto the flare's tube, struggling to maintain flight stability. Two seconds later, a beam of bright red light shot straight into the sky, exploded, and turned into a crimson firework.

……

"Boss, look! It's a distress signal, meow!"

Yezao pointed to the distant crimson fireworks and shouted loudly for Lin Lin.

Upon seeing the firework, Lin Lin didn't hesitate at all. He uttered only one word and rushed towards it.

"go!"

Could it be Yoko?
Lin Lin's feelings were conflicted and complicated. He hoped that it was Ye Zi who sent the signal so that he could find her in the vast sea of ​​trees, but he also didn't want it to be a signal from Ye Zi, because that would mean that Ye Zi was really in danger.

"Wait, meow!"

Nia was carefully examining a tiny mark on a clump of plants. It felt that the fine black scales covering the plant looked familiar, but before it could examine it closely and recall, Lin Lin, who had spotted the distress signal, had already run far ahead. This forced Nia to abandon the plant and run at full speed on all fours to avoid being left behind by the person and cat in front of her.

"Boss, look! There's someone over there! Wearing a Thunder Wolf Dragon suit, it really is Yoko!"

(End of this chapter)