An hour later, the large force was ready to go.

The mercenaries were loaded with guns one by one, and even the two scholars, He Zihong and Yang Tuo, all had a preliminary mastery of gun skills under the guidance of Liu Qing, and each was equipped with a pistol pinned to his waist.

More than a dozen people were standing in the courtyard, waiting for Lin Shuo to come down.

A few minutes ago, Lin Shuo asked Anne for the names of all the personnel this time, and went back to his room.

Wei Xingshan stared at the door of the hotel, his face becoming more and more impatient.

Just as he was about to have a seizure, Lin Shuo slowly walked out of the door of the hotel with the ebony box on his shoulder.

"Wait for me for a moment. Lin Shuo confessed to the beautiful Anne, and then turned around and stood the huge ebony box behind him.

He pressed his head against the ebony box and stood with his eyes closed for a moment.

Then he opened his jacket pocket, pulled out a pack of shriveled paper cigarettes, took out all three cigarettes that were left, lit them, and stuck them in the mud in front of the ebony box.

After doing this, Lin Shuo took half a step back slightly, and said in a low voice:

"When I entered the mountain today, I had to borrow the help of chasing my master. Disciple Lin Shuo offered incense and prayed. ”

While speaking, Lin Shuo took out a folded piece of letter paper from the pocket of his tunic and slowly spread it out, with handwritten fonts on it.

Anne's eyes sharpened, and she found that what was written on it was the names she had just told Lin Shuo.

"Chasing the master, this is the list of people who enter the mountain. Chase the blessing of the master, nineteen people enter the mountain, nineteen people go out of the mountain, one more person, no less one. After everything is done, the disciple will repay his vows. ”

Lin Shuo muttered in his mouth, struck a match to light the letterhead, drew a few circles on his chest, and waited for the letterhead to burn out, then let it go.

Yang Tuo, a doctor of biology, looked at Lin Shuo's actions, with a slight disdain on his face, as if he wanted to say something.

He Zihong hurriedly tugged at the corner of his student's clothes, and Yang Tuo shut up and turned his face aside slightly.

"Pretending to be a ghost. Wei Xingshan said softly.

The surrounding movements did not escape Lin Shuo's ears and eyes, but he didn't care about these, but stepped forward and slowly put down the ebony box.

"Chase Ye, offended!" Lin Shuo looked at the ebony box lying horizontally, sighed softly in his mouth, reached out and patted it, and the lid silently scratched to the side, revealing the things inside.

"What is this?"

Everyone craned their necks and looked at the contents of the box, and they were shocked for a while.

It was a crescent-shaped artifact, pitch black, more than two meters long, and it was impossible to tell what material it was. The trunk starts in the middle and takes a graceful recurve on each side, with a bayonet at each end and a finger-thick translucent tendon.

"Look at the shape, it's a recurve bow, right?" said one of the mercenaries, as if he was a little unsure.

"You're stupid. Have you ever seen a recurve bow this big?" said another mercenary, "it's not more than two meters long, look at the bow again, it's as thick as your thighs!

"But what if he's the one who draws the bow?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent for a few seconds.

Lin Shuo's power, everyone has seen it for the first time.

"That's impossible, right? It has nothing to do with the strength, you see the bow body is so thick, it's almost the same to hold it with two hands, and you can't hold it with one hand at all, let alone pull it. ”

"But it's always useful for him to bring this thing out, right?"

"Who knows?"

In the midst of the discussion, Lin Shuo half-knelt on the ground, took out the giant recurve bow with both hands, and leaned back on his body. Then he took out a quiver the size of a school bag from the box, which contained only three arrows the thickness of his arm.

Seeing that Lin Shuo finally invited out the chaser, the beautiful Anne looked around at the people who were talking about it and said:

"That's right, it's indeed a recurve bow, and it's the ancestral heirloom of the Lin family. In the hunter's business, they all call it a chaser. Chasing Ye is not very good-tempered, I advise you to talk less about it. ”

After Anne finished speaking, the surroundings were quiet, but Lin Shuo narrowed his eyes, and the eyes that looked at her were not so friendly.

Anne quickly covered her mouth with her hand, and threw an apologetic look at Lin Shuo, signaling that she was talking too much.

Lin Shuo ignored Anne and put his finger to his mouth and whistled loudly, and the starling bird fluttered its wings and flew back from the forest and landed on his shoulder.

The bird's belly was round, but it didn't seem to be in good spirits, and it drooped its head.

"Let's go. Lin Shuo said lightly and took the lead in the mountains and forests.

......

The Khing'an Mountains, the largest primeval forest in East Asia, are composed of the Lesser Khing'an Mountains, the Greater Khing'an Mountains and the Outer Khing'an Mountains.

Among them, the large and small Khing'an Mountains are both in China, and to the north of the Heilongjiang River, there is the Outer Khing'an Mountains, which are known as the Stanov Mountains in the Russian population.

It is sparsely populated and is one of the forbidden areas of life in the human world.

The destination of Lin Shuo and his entourage was a small mountain village in the depths of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, which was more than 20 kilometers away from the starting point.

That small mountain village was the place where 182 people were found missing. The specific situation can only be known at the scene.

The Russian police presence in the Far East is very limited, and the only police officer in the area, a drunkard in his 50s, said he could not provide any support. This is actually no harm to Lin Shuo and his party, but they can be tossed casually.

Lin Shuo's hunter team began to trek through mountains and rivers in the deep mountains and old forests.

When they first began to enter the mountains and forests, everyone's expressions were still very solemn, but they didn't go far, and the beautiful natural scenery around them and the sophisticated weapons and equipment in their hands made everyone's tense heartstrings slowly relax.

In summer, the scenery of Outer Xing'an Mountains is very pleasant, especially in the morning, when the temperature has not yet risen.

Lin Shuo took the lead in opening the way, which Wei Xingshan did not object.

Wei Xingshan even wanted to see Lin Shuo make jokes.

Wei Xingshan held the map provided by Russia in his hand, as well as a compass, and the route of travel was clear at a glance, so he didn't have to worry about getting lost.

But Lin Shuo didn't have these things in his hands.

This kind of deep mountain old forest Wei Xingshan is no stranger. At first, the scenery was beautiful and it looked quite fresh. But in less than an hour, you will find that everything is almost the same, and there are no signs to identify the way.

With a dense canopy on his head and a thick layer of humus at his feet, and almost identical trunks in front of him, the man quickly became numb. There is only constant uphill and downhill, endlessly pumping physical strength.

If you don't live here for ten or eight years, you won't be able to recognize the way.

As a result, two hours passed, and Wei Xingshan looked at Lin Shuo's back, a little more confused.

The route led by Lin Shuo actually used a compass and a map to judge the best route, and the score was exactly right.

This kid just glanced at the map in the morning during the meeting!

He used to live in Guangxi, right? It's almost half a world away from here.

How could he not get lost in this completely unfamiliar forest?

"Wait a minute!" Just when Wei Xingshan was confused, Yang Tuo stopped everyone.

"My teacher is tired. Yang Tuo met everyone's eyes and said lightly.

Only then did everyone begin to look at He Zihong, and sure enough, the old man's face turned blue and he was a little out of breath.

"Heh, I've been exercising for a while before I came, but I still can't compare to you young people. He Zihong leaned on his trekking poles, leaned on a tree slowly, and said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry, I want to rest for a while." ”

"It's me who should say I'm sorry, it's me who was negligent. Anne said apologetically and said to Lin Shuo, "Mr. Lin, can we take a break?" ”

"Not here. Lin Shuo stopped and said without looking back.

"Why?" Yang Tuo lifted his glasses, revealing dissatisfaction in his tone.

Lin Shuo glanced back at him and pointed to a pine tree five meters away: "You are also an expert, see for yourself." ”

Pointing in the direction of Lin Shuo's finger, Yang Tuo fixed his eyes, his expression immediately became solemn, and he walked towards the pine tree.

Wei Xingshan immediately waved his hand, and the two mercenaries protected Yang Tuo in the middle.

After observing for a while, Yang Tuo came back, glanced at Lin Shuo, and said to He Zihong: "Teacher, this is the habitat of the Siberian tiger, and I found footprints under the tree, there are more than two. ”

"Isn't it a tiger? Wei Xingshan said disdainfully, "With our group of people here, the tiger will also give us food when he comes." ”

"Let's go. He Zihong changed his mind, "Let's go a little further, I can still persevere." ”

Seeing He Zihong's persistence, everyone continued to walk uphill.

When crossing a mountain stream, Lin Shuo suddenly raised his hand and stopped everyone's pace of moving forward.

He stretched out his hand and broke off a branch, and with it he picked out something from the mountain stream and threw it in front of everyone.

Seeing the thing in front of them, everyone took a few steps back in horror.

It was half a huge tiger's head, the wound was very irregular, apparently eaten by something, and it was very fresh, dripping with blood.

What is there in this deep mountain forest that can kill a tiger and gnaw at only half of its head?

The faces of several mercenaries began to turn pale.

If any monster really rushed to this group of mercenaries, this group of men would definitely not say a word, just take up the guys in their hands.

But the unknown produces fear. Everything can't stand up to pondering, and the more you ponder, the more scared you are.

However, Yang Tuo, a powerless scholar, looked as usual, not only did not retreat, but took two steps forward.

He took out a pair of latex gloves from his travel bag, put them on his hands, and then picked up the half of the tiger's head and looked at it carefully.

"Sub-adult individuals. Yang Tuo said, and then seemed to be afraid that others would not understand, and added, "Although this tiger is not small, judging from its teeth, it is actually not an adult. ”

"But even if it is an underage tiger, since the head is so big, its combat effectiveness should be very strong, and it is invincible here. One of the mercenaries said, "This ...... Could this be the guy who did it?"

"No way. Yang Tuo shook his head, "According to our research......"

"Okay, Xiao Yang. At this time, He Zihong spoke, "It's useless to say more." Tigers are harmless, and people have the heart to hunt tigers. One has already died. It's better to get out of this place of right and wrong quickly. ”

"Okay, teacher. Yang Tuo nodded, wrapped the small half of the tiger's head in a plastic bag, put it in his backpack, and stood up.

Everyone was about to continue walking, but Lin Shuo raised his hand again:

"Don't move, everyone!"

I saw Lin Shuo twitch his nose and look in the northwest direction.

"There's a big guy right around there. ”