Kapitel 40: Prey
When he saw the claw, Xiang Kun realized that what he saw was the perspective of the gigantic owl, and it was not real-time.
In other words, what he had just seen was the image in the owl's memory?
According to Xiang Kun's understanding, the memories of ordinary animals should be stored in the various neurons in the brain. However, he had only swallowed a small amount of blood and not the owl's brain. What was the principle behind this?
Putting aside his theory for the time being, this short one second scene contained a lot of information.
The rabbit in the torn garbage bag seemed to have been killed when he drank blood.
Xiang Kun could not help but think of the legends in vampire literature. People who were bitten by vampires would also be turned into vampires. It was as if there was a virus in a vampire's saliva that would transform anyone who came into contact with it. Perhaps this owl had mutated because it had eaten a rabbit that was stained with his saliva?
However, Xiang Kun immediately rejected the idea.
1. When he was retrieving the rabbit's blood, he would put the blood in the container before drinking it. He did not let his saliva touch the rabbit.
2. In the image he saw, 'his' claws were already very large. It was obviously a mutated giant owl.
Xiang Kun recalled the scenery he saw in the 1-second image and concluded that it was probably at the junkyard.
Could it be that the gigantic owl was interested in him after finding the rabbit?
But if that was the case, the owl should have attacked him directly. Why did it catch rats and dogs?
It couldn't be that she had deliberately lured him to this remote place to make a move, could it? He had met the dead rat and was interested in the special scent left by the owl on the dead rat, but it was completely an accident. If she wanted to deliberately attract his attention, the dead rat should have thrown him onto his balcony. Besides, if she really wanted to find a remote place to make a move on him, it would be a better opportunity for him to spend the past few nights in the small mountain.
This owl should be a mutated creature like him?
As for why they attacked him, Xiang Kun understood that they treated him as food after tasting the blood of the gigantic owl.
He also suddenly realized why the dead rat had died a miserable death but hadn't been eaten. This owl was probably like him. Its entire digestive system had mutated. It only drank blood and not flesh.
Such a huge body should also be the result of mutation.
The owl had thrown the rat's body into the mountains and the husky's body into the lake. Perhaps… it was destroying the corpse?
Xiang Kun looked at himself under the moonlight. He was covered in mud and blood. His T-shirt had been taken off and he was naked. If someone saw him walking on the road, would they call the police? Or take a video of him trembling?
Although it was already past midnight, not everyone was on the road.
Furthermore, when he returned to the district, he would definitely attract the attention of the security guards. This was something he did not wish to see.
After thinking for a while, Xiang Kun walked towards the lake and jumped into the water. His body sank into the mud and reached his waist.
He used the lake water to wash away the bloodstains on his body and then climbed out of the lake. His pants were also covered in mud, and the bloodstains on them could no longer be seen.
When they returned to the neighborhood they lived in, their sorry state naturally attracted the attention of the security guards at the entrance.
Xiang Kun smiled bitterly. "I ran and accidentally fell into the lake."
The security guard was dumbfounded. Then he looked at Xiang Kun with sympathy and concern.
He returned home half-naked and drenched in mud. Xiang Kun quickly threw his wet pants and shoes into the trash can, took a quick shower, and sat in front of his laptop.
From the search engine, Xiang Kun learned that the largest owl in the world was a hairy-legged fish. It was 70-77cm in length and weighed 1.5-5.5kg. As a bird, it was already considered a big lump. However, it was still much smaller than the gigantic owl Xiang Kun had encountered that night.
There were birds that were 1.5 to 1.6 meters long and weighed dozens of kilograms. For example, ostrich, emu, or crane ostrich. These birds might run very fast on the ground, but they could not fly because they were too heavy.
Xiang Kun searched for pictures of various owls and felt that the giant owl looked more like Ulin. Its head was big and round, and its face plate was very obvious. There were no feathers on its ears. However, compared to the pictures of Ulin, the giant owl he saw had a deeper color of feathers. Moreover, there were no white spots. It was very difficult to find it in the dark.
If such a huge owl appeared near the city, it would definitely attract a lot of attention!
There were so many surveillance cameras on the streets and almost everyone had a cell phone. The cell phones could take photos and record videos. As long as they were seen, they would be easily captured.
Therefore, Xiang Kun searched for keywords such as giant birds, gigantic owls, strange birds, and so on online. After failing to find the desired result, he expanded the search keywords further and used the crawler's script to search and capture information on local forums in the surrounding cities.
However, no one noticed the giant owl.
The only thing that Xiang Kun thought might be related was a post on a Tieba in a neighboring county. Someone said that he had seen a person standing on a tree at the entrance of their village. He was shocked and wanted to take out his phone to take a look. However, that person had disappeared.
From the description, it was very likely that it was the gigantic owl. Previously, Xiang Kun had almost mistaken it for someone wearing a coat standing on a tree.
Unfortunately, that person's reaction was a little slow and didn't manage to take any photos.
From the situation of tracking the gigantic owl and the one-second scene that he had seen, Xiang Kun felt that the gigantic owl should have intelligence that far exceeded that of its kind. Furthermore, it was deliberately avoiding humans. It might only appear in the vicinity of the city late at night and hide in some hidden places during the day.
This gigantic owl had either just mutated and turned into such a giant not long ago, or it must have lived in the mountains and forests before. It was understandable that it had not been discovered while deliberately avoiding humans.
Otherwise, if they stayed in the vicinity of the city for a long time, no matter how careful they were, it would be very difficult for such a huge bird to completely escape the sight of humans.
If it had come out of the forest, why did it come out? Did the owl find the rabbit corpse that Xiang Kun had thrown away, or was it just a coincidence?
There was no answer to these questions at the moment.
Previously, the gigantic owl had treated Xiang Kun as its prey. Now, Xiang Kun was also interested in the gigantic owl.
He felt that perhaps he could find the reason for the series of changes in his body from this owl.
Of course, the owl's blood was also what he needed. He was certain that the owl's blood was much more potent than rabbit blood, chicken blood, duck blood, or any other blood he had tasted before.
According to the original pattern, he would feel hungry today and drink blood. His family had already bought three rabbits. This time, he would increase the amount of blood he drank and take the blood of two rabbits.
He could bring forward the time he drank the blood. He could start now and wait for him to wake up. If it was still 25 hours, it should be early tomorrow morning. He could go out at night to look for the giant owl.
The more blood he drank, the more mutations he would undergo. Regardless of his strength, recovery ability, or sensory abilities, they would all be enhanced. It would be of great help to him against the owl.
However, Xiang Kun was a little worried. If the owl was scared after the battle, or if it felt that its prey was too hard to deal with, it would give up and leave. What should he do?
Xiang Kun was not confident that he could track it if it was hundreds of kilometers away.
Wöchentlicher Energiestatus
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