Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

The professor put on gloves and took out the things in the box according to categories. Orlan and others then discovered that there were many glass bottles at the bottom of the box, which contained some glowing insects.

Muti picked up a glass bottle and shook it gently. Suddenly, a bright light flashed inside the bottle. "Are these, light bugs?"

Orlan looked at Muti strangely. For some reason, a terrifying scene suddenly emerged in his mind: Muti opening the glass bottle cap and pouring the light insects inside into his mouth.

After completing the classification and counting the materials, the professor nodded with satisfaction, "Giant bees don't have the ability to metabolize toxins. Once poisoned, they will quickly lose their ability to move and die.

The relatively enclosed environment of the cave can also effectively enhance the effectiveness of the poisonous smoke balls. Even if we are besieged by a swarm of bees, a few poisonous smoke balls will surely solve most of the problems."

"Won't we be poisoned too?" Muti looked a little worried.

The professor gave her a look that looked like she was stupid. "Wouldn't you bring a few more bottles of antidote?"

"Ooh!"

"Are the light bugs used to mix flash bombs?" Orlan looked at the glittering bottles. "Are giant bees afraid of bright light?"

Eric answered this question, "Insects have compound eyes, no eyelids, and can see light over a wide range. As long as it's a sighted beetle, a flashbang will generally be effective."

"Well, flashbangs are very effective against giant bees. We're not going anywhere today. Let's mix the poison smoke balls and flashbangs first. With these, we can continue to go deeper into the cave, and even if we encounter a swarm of bees, we won't be in a panic.

Oran, Eric, go and grind these dried poisonous mushrooms into powder. Remember to wear a mask to avoid getting poisoned.

Muti, go make the sticky grass into material for the bullets, and I'll deal with these light bugs."

It goes without saying that the skill of blending is taught. As one lives longer, he will naturally be good at many things. Olangmuti is also good at it. After all, blending is also a compulsory course for hunters.

Only Eric was a little clumsy. When handling poisonous mushrooms, he didn't wear his mask tightly and inhaled some toxic powder. He was poisoned and fell over, wasting a bottle of antidote.

I was busy until the evening, and the sight of the prepared poison smoke balls and flash bombs neatly arranged on the table was pleasing to the eye.

They are all even numbers, how great it is, Olang sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Oh, by the way, I also brought three flash grenades with me, let's distribute them together." Muti, remembering something, took out three flash grenades from the prop bag and put them on the table together.

Ao Lang's face darkened. "Hurry up and take one back."

Muti: “?”

The next day, the group entered the cave again, carrying a large number of poison smoke balls and flash bombs. They were very confident with their preparation and went straight to the darkest and deepest part of the cave.

They wandered around in the depths of the cave for several days, searching all the caves, big and small. They had killed more than fifty giant bees, but still could not find the nest.

The queen bee was nowhere to be seen, and even the giant bees wandering around disappeared.

The townspeople cheered. If the hunters had come on this expedition on their own, they would have completed the mission by now and would be preparing to return.

But now that the professor and his team have confirmed the existence of the queen bee, how can they just leave so easily? If the queen bee is not dealt with, the swarm will return in a few months.

Besides, the elders, knowing that there was a large monster hiding near the town, would not let them go just like that.

After another day of searching without any results, the few people returned to their residence to discuss countermeasures.

Muti's suggestion was to search again. Where else could a six- or seven-meter-long giant insect hide? She didn't believe it!

Orlan suggested splitting up to search, perhaps the swarm of bees had realized their danger and had been hiding from them?

The professor was silent for a while, then he held his forehead and took off his glasses. "I am old after all, and I was led astray by you two."

Muti and Ao Lang, who were arguing, looked at him in confusion.

"To reduce the number of bee colonies, hunting giant bees is one thing, and finding the queen's nest is another. These two things, which should have been done separately, were mixed together, which is why everything is so confusing."

The two hunters were a little confused, but Eric couldn't help but mutter, "I told you before, kill the giant bees when you see them, kill them when you see them. If you kill them until you run out of clues, how are you going to find their nest?

You guys said it was okay, but there are so many giant bees, just kill them first."

Orlan and Muti looked at each other with dry smiles. They had indeed said such words.

I originally thought that while killing, I would be able to find the nest, and then get rid of the queen, and the mission would be successfully completed.

Who would have thought that the giant bees buzzing everywhere would "disappear" before their nest was found.

The professor put on his glasses again and took out the map provided by the elder. "Let's not worry about those giant bees for now. Let's think about it from another angle.

Whether it is a bee colony or an ant colony, the nesting location is particular, and the queen bee should be the same. However, we know too little about this creature and can only rely on guesswork.

The place for building a nest must be chosen in a location that is beneficial to both oneself and the tribe.

What are the favorable factors for giant bees? Abundant food resources? A humid and hot environment?

"It could also be due to the heat. There are also many giant bees in the volcano." Eric added.

"Yes." The professor nodded his chin. "This gives us some direction. From the perspective of food resources, giant bees are omnivorous insects and also eat meat, so there have been incidents of humans and animals being attacked.

The townspeople are very cautious. When attacked by giant bees, they will help each other and hide in houses. However, the herds are not so smart, and it is said that the herds of animals are often lost.

In that case, the animal pen at the foot of the bedrock mountain might be a clue?"

Chapter 95 High Temperature

"It's damp, is it possible that this is a cave where the townspeople get their water?" Muti said.

But then she denied her guess, "No, that water cave is only that small, and it's sealed, with no access. We drove out the giant bees inside a long time ago, so there's no way there's a beehive there."

"That might be a clue," the professor shook his head. "There's no beehive in the cave, but the water might be seeping down through the cracks in the rocks."

"You mean, the giant beehive is located below the water-drawing cave?" Orlan asked.

"It's only possible. After all, the water in the cave is condensed from water vapor that evaporates from the bottom of the bedrock.

Giant bees don't need much water to survive; a few drops of water, or even just moist vapor, are enough."

"What about hot environments?" Eric pondered this, "There's a scholarly view that high temperatures encourage the reproduction of giant bees, which is why there are so many giant bees in volcanic areas.

Perhaps the Queen's mutation is also related to the high temperature?"

"Could it be the Solar Furnace?" Muti muttered, "Would the temperature there be high enough?"

Orlan then shook his head, "The temperature in that place is too high, and it definitely can't be inside the Solar Furnace, otherwise it would have been discovered long ago.

But is it possible near the solar furnace? The heat transferred by radiation would be sufficient."

"Very good, let's summarize. Considering the food factor, the beehive is probably located near the animal pen at the foot of the mountain.

Considering the water source, the beehive may be below the cave, that is, between the mountainside and the bottom of the bedrock.

Given the temperature, the hive is probably on top of the bedrock, near the Solar Forge."

Eric's eyes widened like dead fish, "To sum up, the beehive may be on the top of the mountain, on the mountainside, or at the foot of the mountain.

So what exactly did we analyze?

"."Olang and Muti were speechless for a moment.

The professor reached out and tapped his disciple on the head. "What are you yelling about? If you're going to do a screening, you should first list as many possibilities as possible and then slowly eliminate them. If you don't even have this much patience, how can you even conduct an investigation?"

We split up and focused our investigations on three locations: the stables, the cave, and the solar forge.

This time, don't just focus on searching for traces of giant bees. Ask the nearby townspeople and craftsmen; they might know something."

Orlan took the elevator alone and arrived at the Solar Furnace on top of the bedrock.

In fact, according to his original idea, he wanted to investigate the animal pen at the bottom of the bedrock. The reason was very simple. He missed the two long-haired camels and wanted to take a look at them.

Unfortunately, the professor ruthlessly rejected his request.

The old scholar felt that the clue of food was more important than moisture and temperature, so he took his student Eric to investigate in person.

The remaining solar furnace and water cave were hot and dazzling, and cool and refreshing respectively. Out of respect for his manliness, he took the initiative to take over the difficult task of investigating the solar furnace and gave the investigation of the cave to Muti.

But the moment he left the elevator, he regretted it. He should have flipped a coin with that guy.

It was afternoon, the time of the day when the sun was at its strongest. Not to mention the solar furnace, even walking directly in the sun could be considered a torture.

When I arrived at the solar furnace, it was starting up. The crucible hanging in the core of the furnace emitted astonishing light and high temperature. The radiated heat waves burned my body. I could even smell the burnt smell of hair in my nose. The exposed skin felt like it was being pricked by countless needles. This was a symptom of impending burns from high temperature.

Olang shielded his eyes with his hands and took a few steps back. He began to realize that something was wrong.

What's going on? The last time I came here with the elders, the temperature outside the furnace wasn't this extreme!

"Hey!"

A panicked cry echoed in my ears as a figure in a dark red cloak came running towards me. "You're not wearing any protective armor or heat-resistant clothing, not even goggles! You're running right next to the Solar Forge like that! You're killing yourself!"

The man draped the other dark red cloak in his hand over Orlan, wrapped him tightly, and pulled down the hood to cover his eyes and face.

Orlan immediately felt much better. The dark red cloak blocked most of the radiant heat for him, and for a moment he even felt cool.

"follow me!"

The man pulled Orlan and ran all the way into a small house built with insulating metal and refractory bricks.

He didn't lift his hood until the door was closed. He was a middle-aged man with strong muscles. From his pointed ears, it could be seen that he was a dragon man.

The man was staring at Aolang with an angry face, "Who are you? A tourist? Do you know how dangerous it was just now?

Luckily, the furnace had just been activated. The temperature at that location could even exceed 70 degrees Celsius when the solar furnace was running at full power. Even if you were wearing armor, you wouldn't be seriously burned in a short period of time, but you would be blinded, understand?!"

Although the other party had a bad attitude, after hearing his words, Ao Lang only felt scared and didn't care about issues like tone.

"Feel sorry……"

"So who are you and what are you doing here?" the man interrupted him. After calming down a little, he realized that the man wearing full body armor and carrying a huge sword was not an ordinary tourist.

Aolan didn't know how to explain for a moment, so he took out the token given to them by the elder and said, "I am a hunter who was ordered to solve the problem of the giant bee infestation.

The man stared at the token in surprise, "Ah, are they the ones from the guild headquarters?"

"Yes." Orlan didn't bother to explain too much, and decisively raised the guild's banner, "We've almost cleared out the roaming giant bees, but there are still some hidden hives that haven't been dealt with.

Considering that high temperatures are attractive to giant bees, the professor sent me here to investigate the Solar Furnace."

Hearing this, the anger on the man's face gradually dissipated. It was not just because the elder had greeted him, but anyone who was a resident of the town knew that a group of people from the guild had recently come to help them deal with the giant bees flying everywhere.

We were discussing how to thank them before.

"You can't just barge into the solar furnace without any protection. Aren't the heat-resistant clothing and goggles hanging on the rack outside the elevator?" The man was no longer angry, but his tone still contained complaints and fear.

Orlan pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly. When he just walked out of the elevator, all he could think about was the long-haired camel and the coin toss with Muti.

In addition, the last time he came with the elder, although it was hot next to the solar furnace, it was not to this extent, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

After listening to Aolan's explanation, the man sighed heavily, "Alas! You also know that you came here in the morning last time. Can the sunlight in the morning and afternoon be the same?

The smelting process is also different. The final refining is underway now. At full power, the furnace core temperature exceeds 3,000 degrees Celsius, melting even heat-resistant metals. Even the craftsmen in protective armor dare not stay inside the furnace. How dare you get close?

Orlan looked at a loss for words. The elder had indeed warned them of the dangers of the Solar Furnace before, and he had even made a note of it in his memo.

Turns out I forgot to read the memo, so I need to reflect on this.

After thanking and apologizing to the man again and saying that he would pay more attention next time, the two began to communicate.

From the other party's words, Orlan learned that this man was also one of the supervisors in charge of supervising the Solar Furnace, so he consciously turned the topic to the giant bees.

"Will the giant bees come to the Solar Furnace?" After hearing Orlan's question, the dragon supervisor stared at him and said, "What are you talking about?"

Indeed, with temperatures exceeding a thousand or even tens of thousands of degrees, what creature would dare to come here? As Orlan was thinking this, he heard the supervisor gnashing his teeth and saying:

"Those damn vermin love coming here!"

Chapter 96 Taking Out the Trash

Does the high temperature of the solar furnace really attract giant bees?

Just as Ao Lang was about to catch the supervisor and ask him about the details, he heard the sound of "ding-ding-dang-dang" from outside, the sound of metal alarm bells shaking.

"Damn it, here we go again!"

Without having time to explain anything to Orlando, the supervisor put on the dark red cloak called "heat-resistant clothing" again, covered himself tightly with the hood and mask, and finally put on the goggles that covered most of his face and rushed out the door.

At this time, Olang naturally would not stand stupidly in the safe house in a daze. He quickly followed the supervisor's example, put on heat-resistant clothes, took a pair of goggles from the wall inside the house and put them on his face, then quickly chased out.

Many figures ran out from the side of the originally empty solar furnace. Some of them were wearing work protective armor made of heat-resistant metal, and some, like him, were wearing heat-resistant clothing.

A group of people were shouting and some of them were holding copper basins or wooden sticks in their hands, and they were banging on them with a "ding-dong" sound, making a harsh noise. There was chaos all around.

At first, Ao Lang was a little confused about what these craftsmen were doing, until he followed the crowd's gaze.

A giant bee was approaching from high in the sky, diving straight into the interior of the Solar Furnace.

Ignoring the noise made by the craftsmen, its target was very clear, which was the smelting crucible hanging in the core of the furnace, emitting astonishingly high temperature.

Before it could get close, the high temperature of the radiation ignited its wings. The next second, its entire body turned into a ball of fire and fell down helplessly.