Action in the woods at night is undoubtedly full of danger and uncertainty.

In the darkness, the eyes of the wild beasts flashed green light, and they shuttled between the trees, looking for prey. In such an environment, people were easily attacked by wild beasts.

Fortunately, they were well prepared. And with so many people, they formed a tight group, which reduced the risk of being attacked by wild animals.

More importantly, they also carried a strong light, which was extremely bright in the dark, enough to dispel the shadows around them.

Some wild animals are afraid of such lights and will choose to avoid them rather than attack them rashly.

But this does not mean that they can completely let down their guard in the woods.

In addition to wild animals, poisonous insects and snakes in the forest are also potential threats. In the Changbai Mountain area, there are not many types of poisonous snakes, but each one is highly venomous. These poisonous snakes hide in dense grass or climb on tree branches, and may attack passers-by at any time.

Despite the illumination of the strong lights and the advantage in numbers, they still need to remain highly alert.

Every step must be taken carefully to avoid stepping on or touching the poisonous insects and snakes hidden in the dark. Only in this way can they ensure their safety in this forest full of unknowns and dangers.

"Report, unusual movement has been detected ahead."

At this time, a forest ranger suddenly said to Su Ran.

At the first moment, Su Ran also used his ability, but the next second, he almost laughed out loud.

"It turned out to be a porcupine."

"porcupine?"

The police officers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard it was a porcupine.

They originally thought there was something unusual going on, but they didn't expect it was just a porcupine.

"If that's the case, let's just go over there."

The police officers had obviously begun to relax, but Su Ran hurriedly said, "You can't go over there. You must be careful of this porcupine."

"Don't be fooled by its appearance."

"Why, this porcupine doesn't seem to be a threat to us?"

Although the police officers knew that porcupines were dangerous, they did not know whether this porcupine had very few quills on its body due to its old age.

But this is obviously a misunderstanding.

Su Ran emphasized: "Don't underestimate these few quills. Porcupine quills are not only numerous, but also have a very unique structure."

"In terms of quantity, an adult porcupine can grow more than 3 quills on its back. These densely packed quills prevent many predators from getting close, and each quill is very hard, but very easy to fall off."

"Once a predator attacks it, dozens of hard spines will fall off and easily pierce the predator's skin, making it difficult to remove."

Although porcupine quills fall off easily, they are made of keratin, so after they fall off, they will grow back like human hair, it just takes some time.

In addition, someone has previously used a microscope to discover that there are many forks at the end of porcupine quills. These forks are similar to barbs, and there are at least 800 of them.

The purpose of these barbs is to ensure that the thorns are difficult to be pulled out after entering the enemy's body. In addition, this structure can also reduce the porcupine's energy consumption to a certain extent, such as when defending or attacking.

In particular, even a lion may not be a match for a porcupine.

There have been statistics in the past that there are about 50 records of lions being injured or killed by porcupines. At the same time, studies have also found that lions living in arid areas are more keen to prey on porcupines.

If the attack is unsuccessful, the lion will not only have an empty stomach, but also have its face covered with thorns. Especially if the thorns happen to get stuck in the lion's jaw, teeth or nose, in addition to the pain, it will also affect future hunting. Porcupines are not "indestructible". Carnivores represented by lions are not as stupid as imagined. After suffering a few losses, they will calm down and start to observe and look for the flaws of porcupines, especially old lions.

They will never impulsively use their mouths to bite forcefully. They aim at the porcupine's head. As long as the porcupine's head is exposed, they will step on the porcupine with one foot to prevent it from escaping.

Next, carefully use your teeth to bite off the densely packed quills on the porcupine's body one handful at a time. When the "quill removal" work is almost completed, the porcupine is not far from death.

It can be seen from this that the best weapon in the animal kingdom is still the "brain". Take the porcupine, an animal covered with thorns, for example. It cannot avoid being calculated by other animals and thus becoming food in the mouths of other animals.

But the problem is that these people are not necessarily smarter than lions.

After all, when it comes to hunting ability, lions are definitely better.

"Anyway, I suggest we take a detour. Even though it's farther, at least we won't disturb the porcupine."

Su Ran suggested.

After all, he was the expert in the group, so everyone quickly chose to do as Su Ran said.

However, this detour also gave Zhou Hu an extra opportunity to leave.

Zhou Hu had already left the cave and was groping in the dark.

Unfortunately, in order not to alert the enemy, he couldn't even turn on the flashlight, so every step he took was very risky.

So Zhou Hu didn't plan to leave directly.

Instead, he chose to run. In his opinion, as long as he ran fast, the danger would not be able to catch up with him.

However, the faster you run, the higher the chance of encountering danger.

Feel the whistling of the wind and the ground beneath your feet.

He quickened his pace, trying to exceed his speed limit.

However, he failed to notice some hidden obstacles on the hillside.

Suddenly, Zhou Hu lost his balance, his foot stepped on a protruding stone, his body tilted forward, and he rolled down the hillside uncontrollably.

He tried to grab the surrounding trees or rocks to steady himself, but it was too late.

Zhou Hu felt his body constantly rolling and crashing, and pain filled his whole body.

He tried to stay calm and find a way to slow his fall, but the slope was so steep and precipitous that he couldn't find anything to hold on to.

In the end, Zhou Hu fell heavily to the ground at the foot of the mountain.

He felt a sharp pain and realized that he was seriously injured.

He stood up with difficulty and found that his leg was broken.

Zhou Hu's face was filled with despair. If he wasn't worried about being discovered, he would even want to howl to the sky.

"God damn it, is this how you bully me?"

"What the hell did I do wrong to deserve this?" (End of this chapter)