Bai Zhe approached the jackal's body and swallowed it piece by piece. This jackal could provide him with 350 Evolution Points, which was a considerable amount.
The jackal was about the size of a wild dog. As he swallowed it, his belly immediately swelled.
After digesting the jackal, he successfully gained 350 Evolution Points, bringing his total to 2,870 Evolution Points.
He was getting closer and closer to evolving.
Feeling excited, Bai Zhe continued to explore the surroundings while trying to catch prey.
After more than half a day, he caught five field mice and earned 75 Evolution Points.
At this time, he had also reached the end of this mountainous area.
Along the way, nothing unexpected happened; he didn't encounter the four jackals again.
"I finally finished exploring this mountainous area."
Bai Zhe breathed a sigh of relief. During his journey, he saw two more herds of sheep. Originally, he wanted to catch a lamb to complete the evolution requirement directly.
But those big sheep protected their lambs well, and he never found an opportunity.
Collecting his thoughts, Bai Zhe's gaze turned to the opposite side of the forest. Compared to the other side, this forest looked sparser.
This forest didn't seem special—maybe some prey existed, but probably not many. Compared with the two, he preferred to stay in the previous forest.
Just as he prepared to leave, his pupils suddenly contracted sharply.
His eyes fixed on a spot on the ground ahead.
The ground was smooth, but at one spot, Bai Zhe noticed a small pit. In that pit, faint wheel marks were visible.
With a "whoosh,"
Bai Zhe moved his body close to the pit to examine it carefully.
The more he looked, the more certain he became that the marks were made by vehicle wheels.
It seemed that some time ago, a vehicle had passed here?
Bai Zhe was stunned.
Vehicles in this deep mountain forest?
He looked up at the opposite forest. The ground there looked very flat. If a rconnected the mountain's foot and the slope wasn't steep, off-rvehicles could indeed come up.
Thinking this, Bai Zhe felt relieved.
But he was also alert. Since a vehicle had come here, more might come. He needed to prepare for possible human encounters again.
After taking one last look, Bai Zhe began to return toward the cave.
Though it was late, he was confident that if he ran hard, he could reach the cave within three hours, and it wouldn't be too late.
Thinking this, his tail twisted rapidly on the ground as his body dashed forward. As he had guessed, after about three hours, he returned to the cave.
By then, night had fully fallen.
He arrived at a pool at the foot of the cave, preparing to enter and sleep.
But at that moment, he was slightly startled.
The pool was splashing noisily, with water ripples visible. Fast-swimming fish left trails in the water, and behind these trails, a shadow was chasing something.
"Is… an animal fishing here?"
A surge of anger shot through Bai Zhe's heart.
After taking over the cave, he regarded this pool as his private territory. The fish here were entirely his.
Now an animal dared to come fish here.
A fish thief!
Bai Zhe looked at the dark shape in the pool and immediately tagged it in his mind. Meanwhile, he crawled and dove into the water.
He wouldn't just watch an animal steal fish from his pool. Since this animal dared to hunt in his territory, it had to pay the price.
Bai Zhe quietly slipped into the water and quickly swam toward the shadow. Soon, he caught up.
Now he could roughly see the animal's outline—slender body, short limbs paddling, head slightly downward, ears short but round.
As Bai Zhe stared, the system's voice rang in his mind:
[Target locked: Sable! Devouring yields 180 Evolution Points.]
Hearing this, Bai Zhe was surprised.
This animal was a sable.
In his previous life's country, sables were also extremely rare animals, famous for their fur.
He knew about this animal because of its famed fur, deer antlers, and ginseng—collectively called the Three Treasures of the Northeast.
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