"Falcons?" Lü Xiuning's interest was piqued the moment he heard the word "bird."
"Yeah. There aren't many trees over there, so it doesn't look like a place they'd roost, but they attacked us anyway. It's so unfair!" Zhao Jingjing said, an indignant expression on her face as she talked about the flock of falcons.
"Some creatures consider the area around their habitat to be their territory. It's normal for them to attack any being that wanders into it. Let's go take a look." Lü Xiuning waved his hand, signaling for everyone to pick up the pace.
Two kilometers later, the forest began to thin.
Ahead, a stretch of bare, grayish-white mountainside came into view.
The sound of birds chirping gradually filled the air.
The ground underfoot had also turned to grayish-white rock.
