Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

But judging from the animal's shallow breathing, it was not completely dead yet. It was estimated that Yan Fan deliberately kept the animal alive.

"What is this? It doesn't look like a rabbit, the dog doesn't look like a dog, and it's not a cat either. I can't guess." Gu Tongwan had indeed never seen such an animal before, not even during the more than a year he had been wandering in the empty city.

"Sister Wanwan, come with me to a place in a while. You will know what this creature is later."

After collecting the remaining soil with Yan Fan, we got a total of fifteen bags of soil this time. Together with the soil in the yard, it should be enough for about 70 to 80 square meters of land for the time being.

Yan Fan tied the creature under a big tree at the spot. In addition, he used his supernatural powers to nail ice cones around the creature in a circle. These ice cones were very strong and cold. Even after the mutant beast woke up, it was seriously injured and unable to escape from these supernatural ice cones.

"Yan Fan, I just found some excrement of mutant animals here. You have been in the forest for more time and have more experience than me. Maybe you can see something."

Taking Yan Fan and the two dogs to the place where they had just discovered something strange, Yan Fan found that there was indeed a very strange smell nearby, and the smell gradually became pungent. The later he got, the more he felt that the smell was like rotten fruit.

"This should be the excrement of a tapir, but in addition to this, it seems to be mixed with feces of other animals. At present, I can only recognize this one, and I can't tell the other one." Yan Fan squatted, holding a branch in his hand and flipping it over, with confusion and helplessness in his eyes. Although he had entered the northern forest many times to look for low-level mutant beasts in order to survive, in order to sell more money after hunting mutant beasts, so that he could continue to live in the base, but at that time his superpowers were low, and even if he entered the forest, he could only move around near the safe zone and the dangerous zone. At that time, if he was lucky, he could use a slingshot or a bow and arrow he made and traps designed in advance to hunt mutant pheasants and mutant rabbits, but in fact, returning empty-handed was the most common state. In order to survive, he must be familiar with everything in the forest, including all the dangerous, safe, and unknown things. So for two whole years he would go back and forth between the forest and the base, even though he knew that he might be buried in the mouth of a mutant beast by accident one day, but he didn't want to live a life worse than death in the base.

"Yan Fan, Yan Fan?" Perhaps seeing Yan Fan distracted, Gu Tongwan couldn't help but ask.

Yan Fan came back to his senses and said softly, "Sister Wanwan, I don't think it's safe here. Let's leave here in a while."

"Well, but I still want to know, what is the tapir you just mentioned?" Although it was not the first time that Gu Tongwan heard of the creature called tapir, he still became curious.

"This is the tapir. Didn't you just ask me that?" Yan Fan smiled and pointed at the dying white creature that had been placed on the open space next to him.

"This is the first time I've seen the real thing. I didn't expect it to look like this." Gu Tongwan's eyes fell on the tiny mutant beast and he couldn't help but murmured.

"This is a tapir, or perhaps it should be said that it is a mutant of a rabbit and a tapir. It is a mutant beast that only lives in dangerous areas but is good at hiding. Although it is only C-level, it can easily move in dangerous areas filled with high-level mutant beasts, and even live in restricted areas." Yan Fan is very familiar with the mutant beasts in these forests, and even mentioned the habits and some characteristics of tapirs.

"This creature likes places with water and hates dry and hot weather. It is not threatening to other creatures or humans, but the crystal core in its body is the most effective nutrient solution for healing. Therefore, both the base and other forces have been trying to hunt this mutant beast. However, because it is too smart and cunning, not many people can really hunt it. It can even be said that there are very few tapirs sold in the market in recent years. Therefore, one can be sold for tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. The crystal core in its body can even be exchanged for an A-level crystal core body."

"Tapir, in mythology, isn't this creature able to enter people's dreams and make them fall asleep? Is the reason why it is named like this related to its special abilities?" Gu Tongwan asked curiously.

"Yes, there is indeed a connection. This cunning creature can release a strange gas that smells like the fragrance of flowers. Once an animal or human accidentally inhales this gas, they will quickly fall asleep. Once they fall asleep and cannot wake up, they will be eaten by other large mutant beasts as bait. Therefore, this creature is accustomed to using its own fragrance to deal with its prey or humans. This is why it is difficult for people to catch it."

"Yan Fan, this animal... is it intelligent?"

It can design traps to fool and capture other advanced mutant beasts or humans who want to hunt it, and it is also good at camouflage and hiding. The IQ of this creature must be very high, and it may even be an intelligent mutant beast.

I have read some related content in the base encyclopedia. It is said that once a mutant beast has become intelligent, it is possible for it to continue to mutate and upgrade in the later stages, and it may even develop into a mutant beast with powerful superpowers.

"Yes, this creature is very strange. Although it is a mammal, it has the characteristics of amphibians. It can move in water for up to a few hours and can also survive on land. It is familiar with water and lively by nature. Its food source is mainly a kind of wild fruit near streams and lakes. When it is just born, the IQ of this animal is about that of a two-year-old child. It already has simple thoughts. When it reaches infancy, it gradually learns to think. When it reaches adulthood, its IQ is about 80. Moreover, it only takes one year for its ability level to go from the lowest level F to level C." Yan Fan continued to explain.

Gu Tongwan couldn't help but gently tap the animal's head with his finger, and the animal's eyelids actually moved.

Gu Tongwan raised his head in surprise, pointed at the animal, and then looked suspicious: "Yan Fan, why do I feel... that this animal seems to be pretending to be dead?"

It’s not that Gu Tongwan wanted to think so, but the tapir’s reaction was too strange, especially as if it knew it had fallen into the hands of humans and had to temporarily show weakness and pretend to be dead.

Yan Fan also withdrew his gaze from the tapir at this time, shook his head and smiled, saying: "You are right, this creature is so cunning. Sister Wanwan, let's take this tapir back later. Although it is very cunning, if we use it well, it may be helpful to us in the future."

"You don't want me to keep it, do you?" Is it really possible to keep such an intelligent creature as a pet?

Seeing the confusion on her face, Yan Fan explained his thoughts, "Although the tapir is very smart, it is also very timid. Most importantly, it is very greedy. Although it has always been eating wild fruits in the forest, it actually likes sweet and juicy fruits. The only thing that can get this taste in the forest is wild fruits."

"How did you know that?" This was the first time she had heard of this, but she had never seen a tapir, so she didn't know much about this creature.

"When I went to the forest before, the fruit I was carrying dropped by accident and was taken away by a tapir. I then discovered that it likes to eat fruit, and it almost fell into my hands in order to eat it. Today, I also caught this one by designing a trap using the apples you left at home."

"So that's how it is. No wonder you can easily catch the tapir that others can't, because you have already mastered its weaknesses." Gu Tongwan smiled and nodded, but then asked, "Then you let me keep it for future use in dangerous times? If I can tame it successfully, if I really encounter a difficult enemy in the future, maybe I can use the gas released by the tapir to make the opponent fall asleep and hallucinate."

Yan Fan nodded and said with a smile: "That's exactly what I planned."

Just when Gu Tongwan wanted to tease Yan Fan for his clever plan, a sharp sound pierced the entire forest, accompanied by a trembling sound of the ground, and Yan Fan immediately pulled Gu Tongwan to the side.

Just when Gu Tongwan was about to ask what was going on, he heard Yan Fan tense up beside him, so he asked her to bend down with him.

"Don't make any noise, it's the Mutant Rat King."