The guide is an old man and a daughter, and they are a pair of grandchildren. The old man is sixty-five years old and has lived in the wild since he was a child, and is a standard old hunter in the wilderness. The granddaughter is a 22-year-old graduate of the University of Newtang majoring in Natural Agriculture and Forestry.

The grandfather's name is Pique, and the granddaughter's name is Mina. Mina has lived with her grandfather since she was a child, and when she was in high school, she would return to her grandfather's house every vacation to hunt with him. They had totemic tattoos on their faces, and they learned that Peake was a mixed-race father who had inherited the community's tattoo tradition. Since Mina could not hunt large animals in this era, there were only entry-level tattoos.

Wilderness chase is part of the job of bounty hunters. Fortunately, some states in the southwest have large wilderness areas. There are Gobi, there are deserts, there are mountains, and there are canyons. Hundreds of square kilometers of uninhabited land are common. Hunters often have to chase criminals into these terrains. There are many kinds of transportation, including cars, helicopters, horses, and even on foot. Even more extreme are the Alaskan winter hunters, pulling sleds and drinking liquor in pursuit of fugitives in the snow and ice.

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Pique and his granddaughter looked at the map and whispered. The map was strategically planned, and the football was sliced into ten districts. Peake greeted the two and said, "These three circles are the places with the most resources, unlimited fresh water, and abundant fish resources. If I were a fugitive, I would definitely choose these three areas, because I can live well for a long time. ”

Pique explains why one of the most difficult food sources to survive in the wild is fat, with rabbits and deer having little to no fat, and fish being the most important source of fat.

Yuan Forget asked, "Which circle is most likely?" The three circles are in the second, fifth, and eighth areas. Although helicopters were hired, the guides were not in favor of transporting people directly to the target point in order to avoid alarm.

Pique looks at Mina, who looks very energetic with strips of cloth wrapped around her hair. She pointed to the fifth zone: "Here." There is an abundance of yellow bamboo, which is an excellent building material. Easy to process and versatile. Zone 5 is densely forested and easy to get lost, which can effectively avoid the pursuit of a few people. In addition, there is a ranger hut in Sector 5 that is stockpiled with resources for the victims. There were distress calls, sleeping bags, biscuits, canned food and fresh water, etc. If I were a fugitive, I wouldn't let go of this resource, and if I couldn't make ends meet, or had a hard time living, I could take some supplies from the ranger's hut. ”

Mina said, "Whether it's a hunter or a survival expert, they all know the location of the ranger hut. Because the location of the ranger hut is specially assigned by the town hall, every field worker needs to know the location. "There are clear markings on the map for the victims.

Yuan Forget agreed: "Then we will take the goal of the ranger hut." We will have a maximum of five days for this arrest, and we must return to the camp within five days. ”

"You can only search one area in five days. Mina pointed to the river in the sixth district: "We can take a helicopter here, walk ten kilometers to the ranger's hut." ”

"......" Yuan Forget and Chopin glanced at each other. A mountain walk through the forest for 10 kilometers is much more difficult than climbing 10 kilometers.

Mina pointed to the vicinity of the Fifth Sector Ranger Lodge: "The Ranger Lodge is set up in the middle of a prominent meadow, and the Ranger Lodge can be used as a location for us to evacuate. ”

Yuan Wangxin asked, "Is there a landing site closer?"

Mina shook her head: "There may be, but there may be an alarming prey." Walking from the sixth area, also considering the wind direction, we are downwind, and the prey can't smell us. ”

Yuan Forget reminded: "What we want to capture are people, not animals. ”

Mina replied, "For someone like Turk, who has more than a decade of experience in the wild, he has the sense of smell of an animal. This is the best landing spot I have considered. ”

Chopin: "Is Mr. Peak physical?"

Peake's wrinkled face smiled, "You'll know." ”

Mina said, "The luggage is equipped by me, and I can't bring anything other than the necessary items." ”

Yuan Wang: "Mina, you have the momentum of an expert. ”

Mina responded: "In this land, I am indeed an expert. ”

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Carrying a large hiking bag on their backs and checking their weapons and equipment, the four of them arrived in the sixth area by helicopter. It was agreed with the helicopters that they would wait near the ranger hut in five days to evacuate, assuming no new information was received, and that they would be guided by the use of colored smoke grenades.

Mina brought a modified rifle with an effective range of 30 meters. It's actually a special gun that fires tranquilizer missiles. What opened the eyes of Yuan and Chopin was a gun that Pique had left for him by his father. It's a three-eight cover and a quadruple scope.

On the way to the ranger's lodge, Peake tells Yuan and Chopin where the gun came from.

One of the first battles that Pique's father, who fought as a recruit, was the Battle of Iwo Jima. They were trapped in one position by the Japanese for a whole day. The Japanese completely dominated the battle by virtue of their superiority in height. During the battle, Picker's father found that the M1 Garand rifle could not pose a threat to the enemy at all, so he found this 38 cover from the pile of corpses in the position. The gun killed three machine gunners in this battle, giving everyone some respite.

According to Pique's father's description, the accuracy of the U.S. military M1903 at that time was not as good as this three-eight cover. The disadvantage of the 38 big cover is that the lethality is low. At that time, as long as they were not hit by the vital point, the soldiers who received timely treatment could survive. The advantages are high stability, low recoil, and quick pick-up for recruits.

In the ensuing battle, Peake's father became a company sniper, using this three-eight cover.

Pique: "This gun has its most glorious moments. At that time, Japanese mortar positions were often set up behind the hillside, and the commander reconnoitred at the top of the hillside, adjusting the angle to shoot according to the commander's observation. This mode made the U.S. military suffer a lot at that time, and they could not hit the other side, so they could either storm the opponent's hilltop fortifications from the bottom up, or they could only rely on air superiority to bomb their positions. ”

At a distance of more than 500 meters, Peake's father used this gun to shoot two Japanese artillery commanders in succession, making it impossible for the Japanese to fire from the curve. Relying on this gun, Peake's father company captured the Japanese mortar position with a small number of casualties.

Listen to the story and walk the mountain road. Mina leads the way in front, and Pique chats with Yuan and Chopin. The journey was easier and more interesting than the two imagined.

After entering the forest, Mina said very little, and asked Pique to whisper several times. After stopping to no avail, Minara traveled a long distance to fifty meters.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the four reached the edge of the forest. Yuan forgot to take the binoculars and saw the ranger hut. Yuan Wang emphasized for the third time: "We do not have the right to shoot Tek, unless he has a lethal weapon and has a tendency to attack, we can use the weapon." ”

It's still more than 300 meters away from the ranger hut, and even if you see Teck, you can't catch anyone.

Mina spun around: "Set up camp." ”

Camping is simple for people who carry modern equipment. Find a relatively flat piece of land and open your tent. The tent is simpler, like opening an umbrella, and it is done when the tent is fixed open.

Mina led Yuan Forget to the edge of the forest, a cliff dozens of meters high exponentially kilometers away, and under the cliff was a dense forest. Mina said: "This cliff is called Liaido Cliff, and more than 400 years ago, Indians lived under this cliff. This cliff has water, is flanked by swamps, and is rich in food. The forest provides timber, as well as a large amount of yellow bamboo. It can be said that it is a very perfect gathering place. ”

Yuan Forget: "What's the plan?"

Mina said, "We passed through this open field at one o'clock in the morning. The first job is to check the ranger hut for signs of human use. The second job was to enter the forest across the street before five o'clock in the morning. ”

Yuan Wangdao: "Isn't it? After walking the mountain road for a day, you still have to walk at night?"

Mina looked at Yuan Wang: "You guys are in good physical condition, you should be fine." ”

Yuan Forget: "This M4 is also of good quality, but I won't use him to smash the door." "Do you have to toss if you are in good health? Isn't this bad money driving out good money?

Mina paused for a few seconds and asked, "Do you mean analogies?"

Yuan forgot to spread his hands and didn't know how to answer.

Mina explains her reasons for doing this: "The forest we are in is very barren and has few edible natural resources. It is very likely that Turk will live under the cliffs. Although Turk is not a hunter, he is a survival expert. Therefore, we need to approach each other more discreetly and slowly. Therefore, our search will be very slow, and we will have to reach the opposite side by the early hours of tomorrow morning. Once we arrived, we were able to actually set up camp and begin the team search. ”

Yuan forgot not to understand: "What do you mean?"

Mina said, "The difference between winning and losing is whether I find out about his whereabouts first, or whether he finds out about our whereabouts first. You told me that Turk would flee as soon as he spotted us. I knew the terrain around me, and I couldn't tell how he would escape. Therefore, the only way to catch Tek is to discover his whereabouts first. As a wilderness survival expert, he would center on his camp and search out for resources and terrain. Once traces of him are found, it can be determined that he is not far from us. ”

Mina: "That's how hunting works, you're hunters, and we're hunters. When you hunt down the bad guys, you don't want to alarm them, you get to know them from the side, and then slowly approach them. We are the same, we know the whereabouts of our prey through details such as the environment and feces. From the perspective of prey, whether it is a human or an animal, if they find themselves targeted, they will inevitably flee in a panic. ”

Yuan Forget took out the map: "How far is it from Yuanzhen?"

Mina: "On the other side of the cliff is the far town. The town is about seven kilometers away from the cliff. In the early years, the town was a gathering place for hunters. However, because of indiscriminate killing, the animals in this area became extinct. On the bright side, it makes this land a Class A resource, and on the bad side, it naturally destroys the ecology. ”

Mina has a very unique opinion, and now people say that to protect nature, animals, and plants, you should not interfere with the laws of nature. Mina believes that humans should be a balancing weight. She believes that nature is not balanced, and that tigers and other animals have poor reproductive ability and are aggressive within the herd, so they cannot form a scale. Mina gave the example of crocodiles, which were infested with crocodiles and had no natural predators, and the aquatic resources were completely destroyed. Florida, for example, has at least one million crocodiles and needs countless amounts of food every day. The group continues to expand because it has no natural predators. And because of the lack of food, they began to migrate along the river. Fatal damage to the ecology.

This is the hunter's point of view, and the hunter's concept is not to kill indiscriminately, but to control the number of a certain animal as an act of protecting nature. Of course, hunters cannot be self-disciplined, so they must be regulated by law. Kangaroos, for example, which are listed as national symbols, are not protected by law, and people are even encouraged to hunt and eat kangaroos. The reason is that they have been overflowing, causing damage to the ecology and even to the normal life of human beings.

Yuan forgot that he did not know about this and did not have the right to express his opinion. Compared to Mina's opinion, Yuan Wang felt that his thinking was very selfish and narrow-minded. But I feel that Mina's tone and mainstream are not right. But there are also advantages to being narrow-minded, whether it's right or not, it's right that Mina is an acquaintance. There are people who are more familiar, and those who are more familiar are right. For this kind of unprincipled thing, Yuan Forget is very good at talking.

For fear of alarming the possible Turk, there was no fire for dinner, and after eating some rations, they each returned to their tents to rest. Because of fatigue, Yuan and Chopin even snored.

In the wee hours of the morning, Mina woke up the two of them, packed up their things, and began to march. Wild survivors usually don't leave their camp at night because they can't predict possible animal threats, which is why they prefer to call their camp a shelter. During the day, Turks may cruise the edge of the forest in search of food or observe the terrain. After all, the resources inside the ranger lodge are very abundant.

Similar rescue equipment for victims is plentiful, such as standard boat lifeboats, which are stocked with plenty of fresh water and food. There are even ropes, flare guns and other all-round supplies.

Yuan and Chopin had no experience in walking at night and stumbled. In view of this situation, Pique took Chopin away, and Yuan forgot to take advantage of it, and was shaken by Mina.

Along the way, the four of them discuss the commonalities between bounty hunters and hunters, and Mina makes a lot of sense, and the two have something in common. Yuan Forget asked tentatively, "Mina, are you interested in becoming a city hunter?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Mina replied, "No." In just over two months, I will be a full-fledged forest ranger at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and I am doing my own research and preparing for my graduate thesis. ”

Chopin asked curiously, "What paper?"

Mina: "Ecological protection. I believe that ecological protection is not only about protection, but also about human beings, as primates, should be more actively involved in the natural ecology. The law of the jungle must be changed when appropriate. Ramapo is the main subject of my research, and we are in an area that was once indiscriminately killed by hunters and mammals were almost extinct. However, if you look at the ecology 40 years later, you will find that the natural ecology of this area is far better than that of other regions. ”

Mina said: "I think that under objective conditions, animals have a great destructive power to ecology and nature. ”

Chopin clearly disagreed with Mina, believing that humans should not meddle in the natural world and should be left to its own devices. The two sides debated all the way, and Yuan Wang, who was shaken hands, had the feeling of a light bulb. I can't speak, and the two of them don't exist. What's even more excessive is that an excited Mina threw away Yuan Forget and came to Chopin's side to theorize. coincided with Chopin's cunning slippery feet, and the two held hands like this.

The most excessive is that Mina took off her left glove, took off Chopin's glove, shook hands together, and said: Do you personally feel whether I am a cold-blooded animal?

Forget it, young man, love what's the matter.