Chapter Seventy-Three: The Trap
"Opportunity, Lao Chang, what do you mean?" Qin Wei glanced at Lao Chang suspiciously, and the latter smiled and continued:
"Hehe, if I'm not mistaken, Gu Xiaole's hunting plan is nothing more than to set a trap for the crocodile.
We're hunting tomorrow, and if we get a little darker when it's at the tightest of times,
Hehe, even if he Gu Xiaole is a rural baby who grew up in the mountains, no matter how strong his ability to survive in the wild is,
I don't believe this kid can really fight a big crocodile over six meters with his bare hands!"
"Hiss......" Several people in the camp couldn't help but take a breath,
The heart said that Lao Chang, this old yin is too ruthless, right?
Probably to see the meaning in other people's eyes,
Lao Chang smiled faintly:
"Captain Qin, there is a way that you are not ruthless, not vicious, not husband, I don't believe that you don't covet the three big beauties in Gu Xiaole's kid's camp,
If you really kill that kid by crocodile's hand. When the time comes, his camp is like a five-star hotel compared to us,
and the abundant survival resources next to it, plus the three little goblins wearing such attractive clothes,
But it's all in your hands?
Chang Chang said seductively, and Qin Wei's eyes on the other side were getting brighter and brighter.
......
The next morning, according to the time and place they had agreed on in advance, Gu Xiaole and Qin Wei, as well as Lao Ma and Lao Chang, a total of four men, converged at the entrance of the jungle.
Although Lin Rui and the other girls repeatedly emphasized that they wanted to follow, they were still persuaded by Gu Xiaole.
At this time, Gu Xiaole was still dressed in the original jungle equipment, with his trouser legs tightened, a machete in his hand, and a simple spear on his back.
The only thing he had on his back was to carry a few metal strips that he had managed to salvage from the lifeboat yesterday, and several pickled salted fish.
"What is this thing?" Qin Wei asked with a puzzled look.
"You'll understand in a moment! Let's go first!" Gu Xiaole didn't talk nonsense, and directly waved his hand and led the three of them into the jungle.
The temperature and humidity in the jungle in the morning have obviously dropped a lot compared to yesterday afternoon, but even so, the four of them walked very slowly in the jungle.
It has also been attacked and troubled by various poisonous insects from time to time.
After a few people had advanced about four or five kilometers, they could already hear the sound of the small river in the distance.
Because it had just rained overnight the day before yesterday, the flow of water in the small river was still quite considerable.
"Okay, let's find out where that reptile is now, right?" Gu Xiaole motioned for a few people to squat down first and slowly approach Xiaohe.
The river was still as it had been seen yesterday, and there was no movement of any wild animals except the sound of rushing water.
Quietly, it even makes people feel a burst of inexplicable fear.
Several people didn't speak, looking at the quiet river, intending to see where the bay crocodile that devoured Lao Wei was now?
But after searching all the corners of the river, I found no rock or other object that resembled the crocodile's disguise.
"Lao Chang, are you mistaken, is the place where Lao Wei was eaten by crocodiles yesterday here?"
Qin Wei glared at the old man next to him and asked.
"Don't ask him, I know very well, I saw that crocodile yesterday,
It's supposed to be around here! It's just that it doesn't seem to be disguised as a stone on the edge of the creek today. ”
Gu Xiaole waved his hand and said with great certainty.
"That'...... This small river is also quite long, why don't we take a walk along the upstream and downstream of the river and look for it?"
"No, I have a hunch that this guy must be around here!"
Gu Xiaole was carrying a machete in his hand, and his eyes scanned every corner sternly,
Suddenly, a yellow piece of wood on the surface of the river caught his attention.
"Could it be that reptile in disguise?"
Gu Xiaole reached out and picked up a small stone on the ground, aimed at the piece of wood and threw it fiercely.
With a "snap", the stone hit the wood accurately,
The piece of wood that seemed to be just over a meter long suddenly moved, and a pair of yellow eyes opened on it!
As expected, the piece of wood was a crocodile's disguise!
"Damn, this guy is too fucking deep!" Qin Wei burst into a foul mouth in fright.
If Gu Xiaole hadn't thrown this stone, any of them would have treated that thing as dead wood floating on the river.
"Okay, now that you've found it, it's easy to do!" Gu Xiaole said as he handed out a few metal strips on his back to a few people.
"This is, what is this for?" Qin Wei still didn't quite understand.
"Let's go to the river a little further away from the crocodile, and dig a few holes, the pits are not too deep, as long as the metal strip for you can stand firmly on the ground.
Remember that the edge of the metal strip should not stick out of the ground too high or too low, about 10 centimeters or so is about the same, but it must stand firm, and it must not fall down when touched, otherwise we will lose all our efforts.
Of course, in the end you dig a deeper hole, and I fear that if the crocodile does not die through the trap, it will come after me in a rage, and the last trap is where it will be buried!"
"So you want the crocodile to kill itself?" Lao Chang probably understood Gu Xiaole's thoughts.
"That's right, I also listened to my second uncle, who used to be a hunter, say this method. It is said that the people in their mountains used this method to kill the big snake before, but he never saw it himself.
As for whether it's good or not, it's hard to say!"
Gu Xiaole said very seriously.
"I know how you hunt,
But why would that crocodile crash into your trap on its own initiative? If it's not fast, it's hard to kill it with a strip of metal?"
Lao Chang continued to ask.
"Of course, crocodiles don't actively bump into traps,
Unless there's a bait!"
Gu Xiaole looked at the three of them as he spoke.
As soon as Qin Wei heard this, the three of them were sweating,
My heart says damn my grandma,
Who's going to be the bait? It's not a good job? If you run fast, the crocodile may not get into the trap, but if you run slowly, then ...... Directly for the crocodile!
Looking at the faces of the three of them, Gu Xiaole smiled slightly:
"Don't worry, you don't need to be the bait, and I don't worry about you either!
That's okay, I'll be the bait in a while, and you guys just have to give me those few metal strips to stand firm, just stand up!
How?"
After hearing this, Qin Wei and Lao Chang saw a hint of a smile in each other's eyes.
Soon the three of them dug several deep pits less than 200 meters from the river.
Inserted those strips of metal deep into them,
At this time, Gu Xiaole had already begun to slowly approach the crocodile disguised as wood.
Stopped less than 10 meters from it.
A man and a crocodile are confronting each other like this,
The crocodile obviously found Gu Xiaole as well, but Gu Xiaole, this guy didn't move when he was still a few meters away from the river.
Far from reaching its effective attack range, it can only stare at the surface of the water and remain motionless.
The corners of Gu Xiaole's mouth rose slightly, and he said in his heart that this old crocodile's patience is not bad.
But he took out his killer weapon, took one of the salted fish he was carrying, and threw it on the edge of the river.
The peculiar fishy smell of salted fish stimulates the crocodiles in the river.
Although it wondered why the creature was throwing it food, its instinct to eat prompted it to quickly emerge from the water and open its bloody mouth to catch the big fish.
Lifted into the air, the big fish weighing 3 catties fell directly into the crocodile's mouth.
Delicious, this is probably the most delicious fish this old crocodile has ever eaten in his life, this salty taste is just right to hook out the umami,
The big fish disappeared in an instant from the crocodile's mouth.
The crocodile stared at Gu Xiaole in front of him with wide eyes,
Apparently eating the worms.
Gu Xiaole smiled slightly, and casually threw out another salted fish,
It's just that this time he threw it closer to him than the last time.
The crocodile hesitated, but crawled out of the water according to his instinct and ate the salted fish into his stomach again.
As soon as Gu Xiaole saw that it had taken the bait, he slowly retreated, while occasionally throwing out a salted fish to lure the crocodile to move on.
In this way, one person and one crocodile walked for nearly ten meters in a row, and at this time, it was less than 30 meters away from the location where Qin Wei and the others had set up a metal bar trap.
Of course, those guys had already hid in the bushes next to them, watching Gu Xiaole's every move with bated breath.
At this moment, Gu Xiaole had already thrown out the last salted fish on his body!
The crocodile, who had eaten the sweetness continuously, had already been unguarded, and swallowed the salted fish into his stomach in one bite.
But this time, the salted fish was stuffed into several slender and sharp metal strips by Gu Xiaole in advance.
Despite the wide throat of the crocodile, the sharp tips of these metal strips pierced into the skin of the crocodile's esophagus.
All of a sudden, that big salted fish was stuck in the crocodile's throat!