Chapter 812: Old Wolf
That's a few strands of camouflage cloth that have been completely weathered! It seems that he must have been scraped off his clothes by the thorns of the bushes in a hurry.
Raise your hand and pinch the cloth strip, it is already very fragile, and it will be powdered with a slight force, and it can make the fabric weathered like this, at least it will take two months to wind and sun, right?
Looking at the surrounding environment, Lin Xiao found that there were not only a few strands of cloth in front of him, the ground was covered by weeds, but on a crooked-necked tree not far away, there was a piece of black soil with faint shoe prints.
"Looks like someone is on this tree, rubbing off the mud on the soles of their shoes?" Lin Xiao stepped closer and looked at the trunk of the tree to come to this conclusion.
"Shuttle ......"
A slight sound sounded, and Lin Xiao suddenly turned his head to look at the source of the sound, which was a dense bush, and the central area of the bush was shaking strangely.
What animal made this sound? Lin Xiao was a little dazed, and there was no trace of this voice in his memory.
Nervously holding the shotgun in his hand, Lin Xiao slowly walked towards the bushes, and every step forward seemed cautious, for fear that some beast would suddenly emerge from the bushes, and then bite off his neck.
In fact, the beast did not come out, and behind the curtain with the barrel of the gun, Lin Xiao saw an old wolf who was so thin that he was about to die in the bushes.
The old wolf was blind in one eye, and the fur around his socket still had deep scratches that could be seen from the bone, and a large piece of his nose was missing, and there were undried spots of blood on his abdomen and hind legs.
At this time, the old wolf was struggling, gnawing on the corpse of a fox that had been cut off by the beast.
The fox corpse had already begun to decompose, and after picking up the bushes, the stinking smell instantly diffused, making Lin Xiao almost vomit.
"Uh......h Whew......"
The old wolf saw Lin Xiao, it raised its head proudly, and let out a warning howl in its throat.
But it was so weak, so weak that it could not even howl, and its head was raised high, trembling weakly, and finally it could not hold its posture, and fell crookedly.
Cautiously taking half a step forward, Lin Xiao pulled the old wolf lying on the ground with the barrel of a gun, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The old wolf's legs shook slightly, proving that he still had a breath that he hadn't swallowed.
"Alas, it's strange to be a poor ......" Lin Xiao didn't know what was going on, if it was in his previous life, or in his previous life, he would definitely not care if he saw this thing, wasn't it just a wolf who was dying? The survival of the fittest in nature is no wonder.
But now? Maybe it was too lonely, Lin Xiao actually sighed, and put on gloves and picked up the half-dead old wolf out of the bushes.
He took out the kettle from his bosom, stepped into a small pit on the ground with his foot, poured clean water into it, and put the old wolf beside him.
It was so weak that it could barely stick out its tongue, but it couldn't reach the clean water in the little pit.
"Alas, forget it, a rare mercy, if you really die, you will be so sorry for me!" Lin Xiao sighed again, ignoring the smell of the old wolf, he held it in his arms with his backhand, poured the purified water into his palm, and then put it to his mouth.
I don't know if I felt the warmth in Lin Xiao's arms or what, the old wolf also pressed his head closer to Lin Xiao's body, and then licked the pure water in Lin Xiao's palm with his tongue with difficulty.
After drinking some water, Lin Xiao carefully broke the bacon in his arms into small pieces, but did not feed it directly to the old wolf, but used *** to clean up a vacant lot, and then got some dry branches to ignite, put it in his lunch box and cook it rotten, and then used the lid of the lunch box to send it to the old wolf's mouth.
Attracted by the aroma of bacon for a long time, the old wolf was extremely difficult, but he devoured half a box of meat porridge, and then fell asleep.
Sniffing the rancid stench mixed with the scent of bacon in his nose, Lin Xiao looked at the beast clip in the bushes and the fox that was sandwiched in half, and fell into deep thought.
The beast clip will definitely not be put by the forest guard, then there is only one possibility, in this forest area, someone is poaching!
But the problem is, it looks like the trap has been laid down for a week, and the fox has rotted, but no one has come to check on it? What kind of poacher, would be so careless? Or are the poachers being eaten by wild wolves or, rarely, blind bears?
After thinking about it, Lin Xiao endured the nausea and took out the beast clip to check, the quality of the beast clip was very strong, about more than ten catties, and there was an iron chain connected to the thumb-thick steel bar, which fixed the beast clip on the ground.
Dig a pit with the *** he carried with him, kick the two halves of the fox into the pit, and bury them together with the beast clip, Lin Xiao didn't want this thing to be taken away by anyone again, and it was this forest area that was finally harmed.
After finishing this, Lin Xiao simply held the old wolf in his arms, felt that it was still a steady heartbeat, and then walked step by step towards the forest guard's station in this forest area.
Because of the delay, by the time Lin Xiao came to the station, the sun had completely set.
In the dark night, Lin Xiao's flashlight looked very dim, but what made him feel uneasy was that there was no light in the station!
"Is there anyone in there? I'm from the forest next door, so I'm here to ask you about the situation! Lin Xiao shouted in a low voice, the primeval forest at night is the world of all kinds of fierce beasts, he doesn't dare to shout loudly, in case it attracts wolves or bears blind, but he is unlucky.
After repeated shouting, the station was still quiet, and no one responded loudly, and no one came out to check.
The courtyard of the black hole, the window of the black hole, this moment gave Lin Xiao infinite blind thoughts.
"Is this going on patrol? Or hung up? Lin Xiao muttered in a low voice, but he quickly eliminated the forest guards to go out on patrol, he came all the way, judging from the deserted path, the forest guards here have not gone out to patrol for at least half a month!
Even if you are lazy, you can be assigned to work in this kind of place, and you are willing to obey the assigned master, how can you say that you can't go out for more than half a month without patrolling around, right?
Lin Xiao closed his eyes and carefully discerned the smell in the air around him.
He found that the smell around here was very strange, the smell of plants and trees mixed with water vapor, faintly, as if there were some other smells?
However, these other smells made him feel somewhat familiar, and very familiar......
Thinking about it, Lin Xiao couldn't remember where he had smelled this smell, let alone what it represented.
"Forget it, won't you just go in and have a look?" Lin Xiao muttered in a low voice, and simply pushed open the chai door in front of him.
"Squeak...... The wood rubbed against it and made a tooth-sore sound, Lin Xiao put the old wolf outside the firewood door and tiptoed in.
This station is not much different from the station in the forest area that Lin Xiao is in charge of, it is also a two-story red brick building, a low kitchen, and a courtyard that is not too large.
Lin Xiao went to the kitchen first, the kitchen door was intact, and there was a slightly rusty copper lock, under the blue mottling, the copper lock gave people an inexplicable sense of age.
I tried it with the copper lock, and it was very strong without any signs of damage.
didn't break the copper lock, Lin Xiao simply took off the wooden door and slowed down and walked into the kitchen.
There are wires in the kitchen, but without the roar of the generator, the wires naturally become the ears of the deaf - the ornament.
The flashlight was around, Lin Xiao didn't find any valuable information, this kitchen was very clean, and clean mice could cry out when they saw it.
Lifting the lid of the pot, there is a thin layer of rust attached to the bottom of the black pot, it should be that no one has used this pot to cook for a long time.
"Looks like this place hasn't been inhabited for at least half a month?" Lin Xiao scratched his head, he couldn't help but think of another possibility, could it be the owner of this place, like Lao Gang, who was going to contact the outside world to take a look?
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao hurriedly came to the two-story building, and there was also a copper lock hanging in front of the door, but this copper lock was not locked, but it was just hung on the deadbolt to make a appearance.
After entering the room, Lin Xiao saw the semiconductor radio on the square table at first glance.
The dry battery compartment behind the radio was opened, and there were still four No. 1 dry batteries on the table, which must have been removed from the radio.
Walking around the second floor, Lin Xiao only found a notebook and half a bottle of ink on the side of the notebook.
Illuminated with a flashlight, Lin Xiao opened the title page of the notebook.
"February 12, fine.
It's strange today, the radio and portable radio are fine in the morning, and it is broken in the evening, and Xiao Wang checked that the machine was not broken, but it was not able to receive the signal, is it the collective renovation of the signal tower in the outside world? ”
This notebook should have just started to be used, Lin Xiao just turned three or five pages, and found useful information, February 12, that is, twenty-eight days ago from today!
If I remember correctly, when I first discovered the problem, it was also February 12, and it seems that I can basically rule out the possibility of the failure of my resident semiconductor and radio station!
Lin Xiao lit a cigarette for himself, and then continued to scroll down the diary.
"On the 14th of February, it was cloudy.
The weather has become worse, the atmosphere around has become strange, there are more wild wolves, and even I have seen traces of blind bears, could it be that someone is poaching on the edge of the forest, and the wild beasts have been driven deep into the forest? I'm going out on patrol tomorrow early, and I'll have to take that old cannon with me, and hopefully I'll be able to fire it again! ”
"On the 15th of February, it was cloudy and rainy.
It's really unlucky, my leg injury is committed again, Xiao Wang asked me to stay at the station, he went out on patrol alone, or young, I think when I was like his age, how could I have these messy problems on my body? ”
"On 16 February, it rained heavily.
It's weird, I actually heard the distress signal on the radio, but, but I'm not sure if it's true, a few short words, and then, there was no sound...... damn the weather, maybe I was wrong? Perhaps, what kind of sound effect is in the show? Xiao Wang didn't come back, maybe he was going to go farther? I'm so worried about him! ”