Chapter 184: Shadows in the Jungle
Abstract: The sixth sense sometimes loses its proper function............ Because right now, behind a thick tree, there was a pair of hungry and fierce eyes staring at the two of them. The long mouth was covered with bright red blood, and the half-open mouth showed sharp teeth, and a low growl came out of the throat. The carcass of a hare, which had been gnawed to pieces, lay quietly at its feet, apparently dead, with a crossbow bolt with a sharp metal shaft ...............stuck in its body.
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Chapter 184: A Shadow in the Jungle
The sand of this beach is a rare white-yellow, the sand rots very fine, and it shimmers faintly in the sun, and the water is exceptionally clear, even the sand and gravel standing on the shore to a depth of several meters can be seen clearly.
Against the backdrop of the sand, the sea also has a greenish blue color.
To the east and west of the beach are countless reefs of various sizes, all of which are oddly shaped.
On the west side, there were several ordinary green tents, in which lived the eight rescued foreign women, eight people in three tents, Paul and Jones were stationed behind Xu Dong, a few meters away from their tents.
The big man Lao Hu was arranged to live with Wang and Tong, two company commanders, Yang Jun, Dong Jianlin, Deng Yi and two special forces.
There are eight double tents and one large military tent on the entire beach, which from a distance looks like regular troops marching and fighting.
The sky was still bright, and Company Commander Wang, Company Commander Tong, and the big man Lao Hu took their fishing rods and self-defense weapons and went fishing on the reef on the west side.
Several foreign women took out a lot of clothes and other things to the west reef to wash up, they seemed to get along very well, maybe it was a friendship after a common tribulation, they never interacted or talked with people other than them, but sometimes said hello to Xinyu and Xiaoting.
As soon as the weather was good, the spirit of the people was relatively better, the captain Cheng Yuan and several sailors took off their clothes, only kept the last cover, and swam happily in the warm sea water with their bare and sturdy bodies.
For a moment, the blue and green sea shimmered with white waves.
Under their influence, the thin man also hurriedly stripped off his clothes and pants, wearing only a pair of red shorts, and ran into the water on the waves.
Xinyu pulled Xiaoting and Xu Wei, and the three girls picked up shells at the reef by the beach in the west.
After many days of tension, it was rare to have such an opportunity and mood to relax, and the three of them couldn't help but feel happy, and even hummed pop songs softly.
Yang Jun took out the bow and crossbow for hunting, walked in front of Xu Jiandong, sat on a stone, and the two of them each brought hunting equipment, preparing to go to the dense forest on the south side to hunt some wild things and come back to satisfy their hunger, they thought that there would definitely be some prey in that forest.
Xu Jiandong glanced at the powerful bow and crossbow equipped with an optical sight and a tactical spotlight in Yang Jun's hand, and praised: "Ah Jun, is this crossbow good?" Where did you buy it, and the price must not be cheap, right? ”
"Ah......... This crossbow was taken by Dong Jianlin and Company Commander Wang from a foreigner when they were buying weapons, I heard that it was a gift, and I really don't know the price......... Hehe. Yang Jun looked at the bow and crossbow in his hand and said with a smile.
"By the way, Brother Xu........., what weapons do you use to hunt? Why didn't I see your hunting tools? Yang Jun asked blankly when he saw Xu Jiandong empty-handed.
Xu Jiandong smiled when he heard this, and unhurriedly took off his special secret weapon from his waist, and then said to him: "My hunting weapon is ......... here!" ”
Yang Jun looked at the things in Xu Jiandong's hand and asked curiously, "I said brother........., what kind of secret weapon are you?" Why does it look a bit like the slingshot gun you used to play with when you were a kid? ”
Xu Jiandong smiled when he heard this, and said: "What you said is pretty much the same, you can also call it that, after all, it must also be an improved weapon that uses a powerful rubber band as a power source to launch arrows or steel balls to deal with small prey......... It's still very effective. ”
Yang Jun let Xu Jiandong hold the powerful crossbow in his hand, and then took the specially-shaped slingshot gun from his hand to ponder.
"Your secret weapon......... Where did you get it? Yang Jun looked at the slingshot gun and asked curiously.
Xu Jiandong smiled slightly when he heard his words and said, "I think, at least at present, there will be no second such thing in the world, right?" ……… I'm sorry, but this secret weapon is the ......... I make myself when I'm idle. ”
Yang Jun looked at him with admiration on his face and said, "What .........?" Brother, did you really make this slingshot gun yourself? …… Seriously, at the beginning, I thought you bought it in a military store, but now I know that you still have this kind of talent and creativity, which is really not simple, why didn't I know that you still have this kind of super craftsmanship............ before. Alas.........! What a human being who is unseemly! ”
"Hehe...... there are still many things you kid don't know, go back and learn about it slowly in the future. Okay, let's not talk about it yet, it's not too late to talk when we return from hunting, we're at the edge of the forest, the hunting mission is about to begin, are you ready? Xu Jiandong said, took his slingshot gun and returned his crossbow to him.
Yang Jun nodded with a smile and said, "The little brother is already in a state where he can fight at any time, don't worry." ”
The area of the forest is indeed not small, the two of them walked forward for a while, the leaves of Gedi grass shook violently, and a gray shadow jumped out of it, Yang Jun saw this and whispered to Xu Jiandong excitedly: "It's a hare, do you see Brother Xu?" ”
Of course, Xu Jiandong saw it, nodded, and glanced at him, and the two of them chased one after the other in the direction where the hare in the forest had fled.
Soon the two men chased a hare into the depths of the woods.
The sky light was barely visible under the dense foliage and branches, and the light appeared a little dark. The long grass that was not knee-deep grew haphazardly, and all the vacant land was filled with green, and if there were any wild beasts hidden inside, it was impossible to see at all.
"Brother Xu......... Watch out for the rat hole under your feet, don't sprain your feet! Yang Jun suddenly reminded Xu Jiandong softly at this time.
Nodding, Xu Jiandong whispered, "Ah Jun...... In which direction did the rabbit run just now, did you see clearly? ”
Yang Jun took a step forward, shook his head, and said to him in a low voice: "I didn't see it clearly, this guy ran too fast, and in a flash, he let it slip away from .........." But as soon as he said this, he put his index finger to his lips, made a silent gesture to him, and then quietly hung the powerful crossbow in his hand on the bowstring, and placed a steel-headed hunting arrow with a metal rod in the arrow groove of the crossbow, which obviously found some prey that could be shot.
Following the direction pointed by his bow and crossbow, Xu Jiandong didn't see anything at all, maybe his observation angle was wrong.
The crossbow arrow was ejected by the powerful elastic steel plate, and a sharp whistle sound, and the hunting arrow with this whistle burst into the air, and a scream was heard in the distance.
Yang Jun turned his head and said excitedly to Xu Jiandong: "I hit the ........., let's hurry over and have a look.........." ”
Hearing this, Xu Jiandong nodded, followed him and ran in the direction of the prey arrow.
In less than two minutes, the two of them rushed over, but to Yang Jun's surprise, there was no shadow of prey found in the grass, only some splashed dark red blood and a faint fishy smell diffused in the air were found on the grass blades, which only hunters could smell.
"Ah Jun...... What the hell did you just hit? Is it the rabbit that ran away? Xu Jiandong looked at him with some suspicion and asked.
Yang Jun nodded, lowered his voice and said: "It's the rabbit I saw just now, it's really weird, I obviously shot it just now, it's impossible to run away in such a short time, Brother Xu......... We searched in the surrounding grass, and the wounded prey would not have been able to run far. ”
"Let's scramble around to see if it's hiding somewhere, and I don't think it's possible to run away from ............." Xu Jiandong added.
After the words fell, Xu Jiandong took out a seven-hole machete from his waist and held it in his hand, using the tip of the knife to flick the surrounding long grass to find the target.
When the two of them searched the surrounding radius of dozens of square meters, they did not find its shadow, and they couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"Alas! ........., really, seeing that the prey in my hand will actually fly away, the arrow I just shot 100% of it, according to common sense, it is absolutely impossible to escape from the ......... within this ten meters. Yang Jun looked at the grass in front of him and said puzzled.
Xu Jiandong was about to say something, when he suddenly saw the long grass not far in front of him swaying, as if there was something alive hidden in it, Xu Dong made a silent gesture to Yang Jun, and then pointed to the long grass behind him with his hand, indicating that something was moving there.
Yang Jun turned his head to look, nodded, stepped on the pedals in front of the crossbow with his foot, pulled the crossbow string up, and put a hunting arrow in the launch slot to be fired, and only after the preparation was completed did he quietly lean towards the long grass.
When he was less than a few meters away from the long grass, suddenly the long grass shook violently, and made a rattling sound, and a gray-black shadow suddenly jumped away from it, and quickly ran away, disappearing into the forest in front of him.
The speed was so fast that before Yang Jun could aim and shoot, the target had already disappeared into the weeds.
The two of them were shocked at the same time, and Xu Jiandong asked in a low voice, "Ah Jun......... Did you just see what that thing was? ”
Yang Jun glanced in the direction where the thing was gone, and then said, "I think that thing just now is a bit like a wolf." ”
"What do you say? Wolf? ……… You said it was a wolf that ran away from under our noses? Xu Jiandong asked in shock.
"I'm not sure that this guy fled so fast that he disappeared before he could see what it was, I just instinctively thought it was a wolf............ Yang Jun said.
Wolves, which are similar to dogs, are more ferocious and cunning animals than dogs, and it is difficult to deal with, looking at the wolf just now, if it is a lone wolf, it is more dangerous, and it is likely to take the initiative to attack people, so it has to be guarded against.
"Ah Jun........., if it is really a wolf, we will never be able to deal with it with these two cold weapons in our hands alone, so for the sake of safety, we should go back as soon as possible and inform everyone to pay attention to the ............." Xu Jiandong said worriedly.
"It doesn't matter Brother Xu, it's just a wolf, for me, it won't be much trouble to kill it, wolves are also afraid of people, and they generally won't take the initiative to attack humans, unless they are in danger or hungry." Yang Jun smiled when he heard this, and comforted Xu Jiandong.
Of course, Xu Jiandong knew that the person in front of him who used to be his father's bodyguard was different from ordinary people in kung fu and resourcefulness, but he was still a little uneasy, after all, this must be in the forest, a person in the forest, danger exists from any possible angle, and it will come from any direction in all directions.
The sixth sense of the human being sometimes loses its proper function.
Because right now, behind a thick tree, there was a pair of hungry and fierce eyes staring at the two of them. The long mouth was covered with bright red blood, the half-open mouth showed sharp teeth, and a low roar came out of the throat.
The corpse of a hare, torn to pieces, lay quietly at its feet, apparently dead, with a sharp metal shaft of a crossbow bolt stuck in its body, and the hunting arrow had pierced its body.
The huge wolf gave up the food in his mouth, targeted the two moving humans, and quietly followed the two people, waiting for the opportunity to attack.
At this moment, everyone had already started to cook, and the big man Lao Hu, the thin man, the company commander Wang, the company commander Tong and others had their own harvests, and even the foreign women and the Thai man had picked up a lot of shellfish on the beach in the west.
Xinyu and Xiaoting and Xu Wei were also busy preparing to cook.
"Yo......... Hehe! The harvest of the two glorious hunters is really not small, right? I actually came back with two big roast chickens! The thin man said with a wicked smile to Xu Jiandong and Yang Jun.
"Go, go, don't talk nonsense, the two of us just met a wolf in the woods, and we caught a hare, and we didn't want to be taken away and eaten by it......... From now on, everyone should be very careful, and try not to stay ten steps away from the tent if you have nothing to do. Xu Jiandong said and sat on top of the stone, panting.
When Company Commander Wang and the others heard this, they all came up and asked, "Mr. Xu, what did you just say?" There's a wolf in the forest ahead? Is it true? ”
Without waiting for Xu Jiandong to speak, Yang Jun nodded and said: "That's right, it's in the forest in front, everyone should be careful, don't go out alone at night, wolves don't dare to attack groups of people." ”