Chapter 25
The tiger and the hunter lived a peaceful life in the mountains, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and this peace was not long broken.
One day, the tiger ran out to hunt as usual, and the hunter was home alone. A cacophony alerted him. He picked up his crossbow and walked outside the house, where he found a man covered in blood lying on the ground. Orion took a closer look, and it was a small and skinny Polar Island Nation who was unconscious. Orion examined his injuries and found several deep wounds in his chest and legs, apparently scratched by the claws of the beast.
Orion thought that the tiger had injured someone in the wild, so he carried the man into the house for treatment.
The next day, the people of the Polar Island people woke up, although their bodies were still very weak, but they were still in good spirits. He told Orion in stiff Chinese that he was a native of the Polar Island on the other side of Yunchi Mountain, named Jin Zhe, and that he often went to Yunchi Mountain to collect medicine, and also traded with the border people of Longhua in exchange for some living materials.
A few days ago, Kim Chol went into the mountains to collect medicine, but accidentally fell off the cliff, was slightly injured, and couldn't find his way back. While wandering around the mountains, he encountered a Siberian tiger and was seriously injured by its attack. I escaped here by chance.
Orion was originally a kind-hearted person, and he didn't think much about it, so he told Jin Zhe about his adoption of the tiger, and apologized to him guiltily.
This was the abrupt end of Orion's note. Only on the last page is written a name of Kim Chol, and a big question mark is also marked.
Qi Yuancheng looked through his notes back and forth in confusion, and found that he had not missed anything else. He got two important pieces of information from the notes, one is that the tiger has lived with humans for many years, so it understands human nature, and after the meteorite crash, he has obtained the source field force; The second is that there was once a person from the polar island country named Jin Zhe.
Qi Yuancheng closed the note and asked the tiger: "Tiger boss, did you bring me here just to see this note?" ”
The tiger nodded.
Qi Yuancheng thought, since Orion rescued Jin Zhe, why did he mysteriously disappear?
"Where the hell did this Orion and Kim Chol go?" He muttered to himself.
The tiger whimpered suddenly, and lay down beside the pile of black ash beside the table, and put his nose to the side, and there were big tears in his eyes.
Qi Yuancheng's heart moved, and he took out his searchlight to carefully observe the black ashes on the ground. The pile of ashes looked like they had been left behind after burning, and Qi Yuancheng found some small pieces of charred cloth from the periphery of the ashes. He flicked through the ash heap again, and found traces of melted metal.
Qi Yuancheng thought for a while, and his heart sank. He deduced a terrifying possibility.
"Tiger Boss, do you know what this is?" Qi Yuancheng asked the tiger in a low voice.
The tiger's whimper was louder.
Qi Yuancheng squatted down, gently stroked the tiger's head, and said, "I'm afraid this is your old master." He walked over and asked, "Did you meet a human in the mountains during that time and hurt him again?" ”
The tiger seemed to be lost in thought, and nodded for a few moments.
Qi Yuancheng thought about it and felt that there was always something wrong. Tigers that already have a deep affection for humans are not indiscriminately harmful, which can be confirmed by their own experience with tigers. So why did Tiger clash with Kim Chol? He asked the tiger, "Is that the man trying to hurt you?" You just fought back? ”
The tiger nodded again.
Qi Yuancheng squatted down and told the tiger his guess.
"Tiger Boss, you know what? The man you were wounded in the mountains happened to come here and was saved by your old master. ”
The tiger nodded.
"However, this guy should also be a source field force, and he may have killed your old master." Qi Yuancheng uttered a cruel speculation.
The tiger slammed to his feet, roared out of the house, and went to the hill to vent at the bushes.
Qi Yuancheng quietly watched the tiger go crazy for a long time before it calmed down. He walked up to the tiger again and said, "I guess when you met that Polar Island native in the mountains, he probably planned to use the source field power to subdue you, but I didn't expect your ability. Ordinary beasts may not be his opponent, but you are the king of the mountain with the power of the source field. ”
"You hurt this guy, but you didn't intend to kill him. And so he came here by mistake. Qi Yuancheng continued. Your old master was warm-hearted and inadvertently saved him. But I didn't expect him to covet and conquer you. Judging from what your old master wrote on the last page, he probably guessed that this Pole Island native was not a good person, so he became wary. But how can ordinary people be the opponents of the source field power? Qi Yuancheng was resentful of using the source field force to hurt people.
"I guess this guy named Kim Chol has the ability to make things burn. And from your old master's ...... Judging from the remains, this is not a simple fever burning, but an extremely terrifying high heat. Qi Yuancheng inferred from the melted metal. No wonder you were so afraid of fire along the way, maybe you suffered a loss when you fought him. ”
The tiger was still in sadness, but he also listened to Qi Yuancheng's words quietly.
Qi Yuancheng patted the tiger's huge head, stood up and said, "Tiger boss, I don't know what your old master calls you. I'm still used to calling you Tiger Boss. The two of us don't know each other, and we see the truth in adversity. Don't worry, I'm definitely not a person who relies on the source field power to bully people, and I also hate this guy who uses the source field power to hurt the heavens and reason. I decided not to go out of the mountain for now. He looked at the tiger's big eyes and said firmly: "I plan to find this guy with you and take revenge on your old master!" ”
The tiger listened to Qi Yuancheng's words quietly, and may not understand all of them, but it understood that Qi Yuancheng would fight side by side with it.
There was an extra grave on the hill. One man and one tiger stood in front of the grave for a long time before leaving.
Three days later, Qi Yuancheng and the tiger had already appeared in the jungle at the foot of the eastern part of Yunchi Mountain.
"Tiger Boss, since he is from the Polar Island Country, he must be on this side of Yunchi Mountain. But in this vast mountain, it is too difficult to find someone. Qi Yuancheng said to the tiger with some embarrassment.
The tiger just walked forward on its own.
Qi Yuancheng caught up with the tiger's footsteps and said, "But the road you led is not bad, it is basically gentle, but these trees are too dense." By the way, I'm completely out of supplies, so we'd better find a populated place to rest, or I'll be overwhelmed. ”
What Qi Yuancheng said is true. Although there are tigers here, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, but Qi Yuancheng's clothes are already in tatters. In autumn, the Yunchi Mountains are getting colder and colder, and he urgently needs to buy some clothes to keep out the cold. He considered making his own clothes out of animal skins, but after several attempts failed, he gave up.
The tiger looked back at Qi Yuancheng, indicating that he understood what he meant.
Suddenly, the tiger stopped, let out a low roar, and fell to a tense body.
Qi Yuancheng understood that the tiger was feeling the danger. His expression also became solemn, and he instantly released a mist to spread around him, quickly leaning his back against a big tree, and looking around vigilantly.
Along the way, the tiger has never shown such a state of being in the face of a great enemy. There were once reckless wild boars that appeared in front of them, but were also frightened off by the tiger, to put it mildly. Qi Yuancheng felt a little strange, he thought to himself, could it be that there is a creature that can threaten the tiger approaching?