Chapter 21: First Acquaintance with Tiger Might
Seeing the second brother standing between the two pillars in a daze, Baoyue's little face turned from hope to a thick sense of loss, and she lay on the ground with her ears and her small mouth and looked at Dekang pitifully. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's strange to say that in such a large space, there is not even a small pebble or feather to be seen, and there is really no gadget that can distract Baoyue.
Dekang felt that the longer the days and nights were, the more bored and aggrieved the little cub became, and he still had to speed up his actions.
"Baoyue. The ghosts here can't be dragged away, so let's go and see elsewhere. ”
"You said you would find a small round ball for Baoyue to play with, but it's empty everywhere, where is it?" Bao Yue curled her mouth.
"The second brother doesn't know where it is. The second brother thought that it was strange that humans also had cubs, and they also needed fun toys to play with, although they moved the large space cleanly, maybe a few small toys were lost in one corner; Unexpectedly, from the time I entered the space to the present, I didn't even see a pebble. ”
"They're definitely never coming back, not even a little toy left, these bad guys." Baoyue spread her paws again and gestured in the air.
"That's fine. If we run into strange humans coming back, we won't have time to escape. If there is really no one here, there will be a chance for the second brother to go to the herdsman's broken felt bag and give you a few fun things. ”
"Baoyue, don't."
"Why?"
"Grandma said that those humans are worse than the other, and one is more cunning than the other, Baoyue wants the second brother to accompany her, don't go."
Dekang sneered a few times: "Grandma is asking you to be careful when you grow up with humans." The second brother is amazing, so he is not afraid of those guys, as long as he leads away or kills the tracking dog first, those humans can only stare at the two of us. ”
"Didn't you also say don't go near humans?"
"What the second brother means is that if you have to do it as a last resort, don't go to the herdsmen's cattle and sheep, and take a few of their gadgets, the herdsmen won't mind."
Baoyue looked at Dekang with a small mouth: "Every time I say it, the second brother is the most reasonable, and it's not fun at all." ”
"But the second brother thinks that Baoyue is becoming more and more sensible." Dekang said with a grin.
Although the doors on both sides were open, Dekang still felt uncomfortable in the birdcage, and half-coaxed and half-deceived Baoyue and ran out quickly.
When he ran into the corridor, he glanced at the gate opposite, which was also lined up with neatly arranged bird cages, and he turned around and ran.
At the entrance of the promenade, pick up the rock sheepskin and run towards the ramp.
From the flowers and plants to the weeds and trees, from the shells to the cows, sheep, and flying cranes, it is strange that human beings are really in order. Isn't the sky above the bird, so isn't it the exit you are looking for on the next floor? It feels like a long time when the long chain comes down, and it hasn't run a few floors here, so it shouldn't be so fast, and there will be something waiting for you on it? Running all the way up, Dekang's mind was a little cranky.
Since taking a nap on the long chain for a while, Baoyue has not rested, this time she began to doze off on her back, her little head touched Dekang's neck from time to time, and she was only halfway through the ramp, and her whole body was lying on her back and fell asleep with her head tilted.
Dekang slowed down his pace, tried to stabilize his body and walked up step by step. Approaching the exit of the ramp, I got up slightly and glanced at it, feeling that it was a space with a similar layout below, and my mind was a little stable, but at the same time I was a little disappointed.
Out of the crossing, unhurriedly walked towards the gate diagonally opposite, walking, walking, somehow, Dekang had a feeling of being stared at.
He paused and glanced around, finding nothing empty, and continued on, the feeling of being stared at was even stronger, but he couldn't tell where the danger was coming from.
Dekang stopped again and looked around, but still didn't find anything.
The one who can make himself feel this way is definitely a very dangerous character.
Dekang straightened his ears and closed his eyes and took a deep breath, there was no movement in the four places, and there was no other smell in the air.
After a stalemate, it was still impossible to determine where the threat came from, and Dekang decided to retreat.
His eyes scanned to the sides, his ears paid attention to the steps behind him, and after a few dozen steps, the feeling lessened slightly, and he concluded that the danger was coming from somewhere ahead, but the exact location was still uncertain.
There are two paths ahead: one is to abandon the search for this space and run straight up to the other side, and the other is to venture forward to find out.
The question is what to do if you feel danger again when you go up, this is not a wilderness, you can run and hide everywhere.
In such a space, the character who can peep at himself in the dark and threaten himself so much must be much more familiar with this space than himself, and where to hide, he should know much better than himself.
There wasn't any smell nearby, so the threat was probably some kind of trap laid by that character, but it might not be so easy to get you into the urn in this empty ghost place.
Since the opponent did not dare to directly face to face with him, it meant that he was not sure that he could easily handle it, and Dekang decided to step forward to find out.
Dekang looked at the walls on both sides, and although he was close to the two escape routes near the inner wall, his vision was greatly obstructed, which was not conducive to reacting in advance, and he was quite passive.
Although it is far away from the outside wall, an open line of sight can help you make timely and accurate judgments.
Dekang searched a little bit forward about 40 paces away from the outer wall, a place that only a fool would really walk against the wall at this moment.
The moment he saw the entrance of the corridor, all his hair stood on end, and his tail was cut horizontally, and the threat did not come from inside the gate, but from the mark on the wall on the right side of the gate.
Although the distance was a little far, Dekang felt that the mark was twice as large as the one seen earlier, and there was a very dangerous character staring at him coldly.
Although he was too far away to see the character's appearance, Dekang instinctively knew that it was not something he could afford to provoke.
While stopping, he naturally twisted slightly, quietly ready to flee for his life at any time, his eyes were firmly fixed on the mark on the wall, and after a confrontation like this, the other party did not react at all, such a calm and calm character made Dekang shudder.
He stared at the marker, his limbs began to step back a little, slowly moving away from the other's sight with almost imperceptible movements, and then his ass listened intently against the wall, and there was still no movement in front of him.
'If a super powerful character is willing to let himself go so easily, could it be a strange human who can't move?' Thinking of this possibility, Dekang decided to step forward and test it.
First run back to the ramp and put down the rock sheepskin, and picked up Baoyue and lay on the sheepskin, the little cub slept soundly with drooling, not disturbed by the tense aura at all.
Putting down his baggage, Dekang listened to the other side for a while, and found no movement, so he ran along the road towards the gate of the corridor.
Returning to the position just now, I immediately felt the character's cold staring.
Dekang stopped and looked around again, to make sure that there was no other danger nearby, took a sharp breath and ran forward with his fangs on his fangs, ran more than twenty steps and ran backwards with a sharp turn, and glanced at the mark from the corner of his eye when he turned, it seemed that the character did not move, and there was no movement in front of him, Dekang easily ran back to the starting point and turned to stop.
In order not to wake up Baoyue's sweet dream, Dekang did not stimulate the other party with a scream.
A predator like himself suddenly launched a sudden attack towards the target, no matter who the other party was, he would retaliate, but the character just now was still motionless and staring at him coldly, Dekang didn't think he could calm down to such an extent, this must be wrong.
Dekang lifted his spirit and pretended to look around and walked forward step by step, walked to the place where he turned and lowered his head to pretend to smell the smell, and inadvertently turned around twice, at this time the vigilance mentioned the highest point, the sense of touch all over the body, the tip of the tail can sense the movement around him, as long as he feels any wind and grass nearby, he immediately runs away.
But even when the ass was facing the mark, the guy remained unmoved.
With the experience of encountering strange humans, Dekang's courage was raised little by little.
Straight eyes look at the threatening eyes of the marker, walk forward unhurriedly, and as the distance gets closer, I finally figure out the general situation.
The threat that gave him the impression of being stared at came from the two black dots in the middle of the mark, a pair of eyes, a pair of sharp eyes, to be exact.
It's just that the distance is far away, and Dekang can't tell which character's eyes are these, how did the opponent hide behind the mark, how can he show his eyes?
After a few more steps and looked at each other for a moment, Dekang noticed that when he stared at the guy, he was also staring at himself without blinking, and when he moved his footsteps, his eyes seemed to move as well, as if this was because Dekang was not sure if he was just staring at himself.
Dekang had a strange feeling that the character seemed to be staring at the entire space, and anyone who came into his line of sight would involuntarily be shrouded in threats.
And the opponent, but did not put which one in his eyes.
There is only one character who can have this kind of momentum, and Ah Da once told himself that ------ Tiger.
Neither Ah Da, Ah Ma nor Tokumu had ever seen a tiger, and there were no tigers in the Altyn area.
In the far east and north, where the grasslands and forests meet, tigers begin to appear, and they are characters that make everyone shudder and creepy.
Legend has it that he is the overlord of the earth, but Dekang thinks that humans are the real overlords of the earth, and the tiger will probably only have to flee for his life when he encounters a human with a gun.
Ah Da said that the tiger is the top master of jungle ambushes, no one is their opponent, and few of the prey they target escape; Until our strength is strong enough, in case we encounter a tiger, we must not confront him, and fleeing is the only option, even if there is a loss.
I remember that when I asked Ah Da what strength was strong enough, Ah Da got up and stared at Dongfang word by word and said, "You can ignore the casualties." ”
Even if the brute brown bear encounters our Dekang family, it can only turn around and flee, and it really can't imagine that he has to turn around and flee when he encounters a tiger, so Dekang is a little disapproving.
However, Ah Da solemnly admonished Dekang: 'Tigers seldom wander everywhere, generally do not appear in the open prairie, mixed forests are their favorite, each tiger has its own territory, they know every grass, tree, stone and water in their territory well; The tiger knows what kind of passage different prey will take, where is the best place to look down, where is the best place to ambush, where is the retreat route, and where is suitable for hiding. Our wolf clan rashly met the tiger, generally speaking, it broke into his territory, because of the ignorance of the surrounding geographical environment, although we were not afraid of the tiger to launch a surprise attack, but we would only be led by the tiger by the nose to run, tired of running, and could not catch him at all, the best result was nothing; If they are scattered for a combined attack, due to the lack of understanding of the geographical environment, they are likely to be broken by the tigers, and the worst outcome is the annihilation of the entire army. ’
I remember that I was unconvinced at the time: even if I encounter a brown bear and a snow leopard alone, I can maneuver; Since it's a combined attack, as long as you hold on for a few rounds, everyone can come together, so you don't have to be so afraid.
Ah Da slapped Dekang's scalp, stared at him fiercely and said, "The most terrible thing about the tiger is not his fangs, but the tiger pounces." The adult tiger's body is huge, and the forelimbs can slap out, which can knock an ordinary wolf out of the way, and even break the neck. Even if you become the wolf king in the future, don't be reckless to face the power of the tiger alone, the wolf clan must rely on team and discipline to defeat the tiger. ’
Although he made the desired statement to Ah Da's admonition, the noble blood of the Dekang family made Dekang unable to accept this fact, and there was still a trace of unconvincing in his heart, I don't know if he had too little experience, maybe those proud wolf cubs would have similar thoughts.
The tiger's eyes in front of him told him that he was probably on casual alert, not in a terrible predatory operation.
As long as he is not too provocative, he should make a voice to drive away after he enters a certain range, Dekang has enough time to evacuate, and a well-fed predator will not fight to the death with a knowledgeable guy.
Continuing to move forward step by step, with the goal in mind, Dekang consciously leaned towards the inner wall, trying to keep a distance from the tiger.
Finally, the image on the marker is clearly visible.
The character on the mark has his forelimbs stretched forward to the ground, his hind limbs bent and his buttocks slightly retracted, and his abdomen and shoulders slightly shrugged in a squatting position, a look that seems to be moving.
Dekang knew that if it weren't for the strength of his hind limbs, he wouldn't be able to put on this pose, and he could jump up and jump out when he found movement.
With a big head and a thick neck, he looks like a powerful and intimidating character.
His mouth was wide, and the bulging flesh on either side of his upper lip showed the development of the bite muscles inside, and Dekang must have had the sharp, thick fangs that could bite off the neck of his prey with a single bite if he opened his mouth. His chin was slightly tilted, and his eyes were cold, staring blankly.
Dekang suddenly found that since he saw the mark, no matter where he was standing, he felt that he was staring at him, staring all the time, but from the analysis of the outline and size of the mark, he should only mark the portrait on it.
The eyes, those eyes, were alive, like the real thing.
After walking forward for a while, the subtle lines of the tiger came into view, and the long and short hairs on both sides of the upper lip made Dekang sure that what he saw in front of him was indeed a tiger.
I don't know what it's like for a real tiger to appear around and stare at you, maybe... It should be more uncomfortable and terrifying than the mark.
What puzzled Dekang was that the short ears on both sides of the tiger's head were inconspicuous and featureless, and they were by no means commensurate with the tiger's huge body.
His eyes are indeed sharp, but his hearing should not be comparable to that of us wolves, a formidable opponent who does not rely on hearing to act.
Compared with the scene seen by the eyes and the movement heard by the ears, Dekang believes more in the warning issued by the body without warning, which is the key to saving life in the moment of danger and life and death.
More than half of the unlucky guys on the earth who were eliminated by their opponents missed the best chance to escape because they were suspicious of their initial warnings and did not take quick and decisive measures.
'It is said that people with poor hearing or eyesight will feel very well in their bodies. Can the tiger feel the danger from the downwind from a distance if it stays upwind? ’
Dekang became interested in this somewhat absurd idea for a while.
No wonder Ah Da said that the tiger knows everything in the territory well, and the hearing is average, so the requirements for other aspects are much higher, presumably the tiger's own warning sensitivity is extraordinary, it seems that trying to gather a crowd to ambush the tiger is not an easy task.
It was determined that the sense of threat generated came from the tiger on the marker, and the vigilance that Dekang had been holding relaxed relaxed, no wonder he couldn't smell anything, it turned out that this character was at work.
Standing dozens of steps away from the mark, he looked at the tiger in front of him for a long time, in addition to the average hearing just now, Dekang also had to try to find out the tiger's other weaknesses.
Although the tiger on the mark could not see his full picture when he was lying on the ground, Dekang knew that the tiger must be well-proportioned when standing, with thick and powerful limbs, and should be a master of short sprints and pounces. However, the relatively short and thick forelimbs are certainly not suitable for long-distance running, and the large body will also exhaust physical strength in long-distance running.
Hey, hey, hey...
If you can keep harassing and driving away the tiger from sunrise to sunset, from moonrise to moonlight, without giving him a chance to breathe, exhausting his physical strength as much as possible, and launching a siege when he is exhausted, I will not believe that I will not be able to defeat him.
It's just that who has the courage to harass the tiger, and who is qualified enough to drive the tiger?
If you have the courage and qualification, you will die.
Indeed, before reaching a position and strength that can be disregarded by casualties, it is best to escape from the tiger.
Dekang sensed something was wrong.
It was only when I saw this portrayal that I generally knew how powerful the tiger was, and before that, not only myself and Baoyue, but also Tokumu and Tengge knew nothing about the specific image and attack characteristics of the tiger.
Ah Da and Ah Da were both born in Altyn, as far as they know, they have not been far away, it is impossible to reach the distant area where the prairie and the forest meet, that is to say, they have never seen a tiger, nor have they had the opportunity to see the tiger on the mark in front of them, Ah Da understands the characteristics of the tiger so thoroughly, it is impossible to understand it without direct contact.
How did he come into contact with the tiger?
If it is said that the words passed down by Ah Da in the past, even if they are spoken one after another in person, it is like listening to Ah Da's admonition about the tiger for the first time, although he agrees on the surface, he is still unconvinced in his heart. Besides, after all, it has been countless summers and autumns since our Dekang family moved to Altyn, and the glory and memories of the past have long been in the past.
Ah Da and Ah Ma must have something to hide from everyone.
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