Chapter 44: Stolen
Xiao Wu went all the way forward, with no intention of stopping, and Liu Qing did not dare to slack off, while vigilantly looking around, for fear of encountering other aggressive animals, and also made marks all the way to prevent him from getting lost. The most dangerous thing in the jungle is to lose your way, there are trees with similar looks everywhere, once there is no clear marking, it is easy to get lost, and even fall into a strange circle of spinning in place, so Liu Qing's mark is done very carefully, almost every three or five meters with a dagger to carve two lines on the tree, forming an arrow shape, the arrow points to the way, and the tail of the gap is the direction when it comes.
After walking all the way for fear of a kilometer away, Liu Qing even doubted whether Xiao Wu's nose could work? Because if those animals were poisoned by his trap, they would have a seizure in a few minutes, and in just a few minutes, even if they were running, how could they run so far on this rugged mountain road and in the dense forest? But after all, Xiao Wu's nose had successfully found the location of more than ten traps! Unless Xiao Wu came with him yesterday to set up traps, and his memory was super good.
After all, even Liu Qing couldn't remember all the locations of all the traps, and they were all looking for them according to the good marks. And it's also interesting to mark the traps, each mark will point out the direction of the next trap, and as long as he remembers the location of the first trap, he can find all the traps along the mark. But Xiao Wu was in the cave yesterday, and since he can find all the marks with his nose, it means that his nose must be very sensitive, and there is no doubt about it.
Therefore, Liu Qing gave up his doubts and firmly believed in Xiao Wu.
After walking dozens of meters away in the jungle, Liu Qing made a mark on a small tree next to him, turned his head, and found that the situation was not quite right. The jungle in front of him had disappeared and turned into the tall grass on the coastline! He actually found the coastline with his nose! Liu Qing smiled, could Xiao Wu's nose be found by smelling the sea breeze?
But soon, the situation in front of him made him no longer doubt it. Right in front of the two of them, under the giant grass with its huge leaves, seven or eight weevil-trunked pigs lying horizontally. These elephant-trunked pigs looked very peculiar, their body was somewhat similar to the wild boars he had seen, but they had a miniature version of the elephant's head, and the two fangs were about twenty centimeters long, and they were abnormally sharp, Liu Qing had no doubt that these fangs could poke into his thighs at once, and the bristles on his body looked hard, and there were many dirt and rotten leaves on them.
The long elephant's trunk kept rolling on the ground, sweeping up pieces of fallen leaves and dirt, and sleeping soundly!
Liu Qing couldn't help but be a little funny, these wild boars are all poisoned and unconscious, and they are still so cute, but it's a pity that your appearance doesn't match your cuteness. Liu Qing This is the first time to see a real elephant trunk pig, the wild boars that the coyotes gnawed on last time have long been unrecognizable, and now it looks very cute in addition to being dirty.
Liu Qing pondered whether to catch these wild boars back, keep two of them, and kill them again when he was sick or when he was not able to pick them up. But just think about it, his cave is too small, he doesn't have much space to live in, how can he have a spare place to raise this thing, or just slaughter it all, it is more cost-effective to make jerky, and later, if there is a bigger place, it is not too late to make this plan.
Stretched out his hand and patted Xiao Wu's head, and said very excitedly: "Well done, Xiao Wu! I really didn't expect your nose to be so smart!" Xiao Wu was also a little excited, seeing the prey, the primitive instinct of the carnivore boiled in its body, and even showed a look of eagerness.
Liu Qing hurriedly pressed its body, "Xiao Wu, don't go on it, so much, I don't know how many times I have to move it all back." He was telling the truth, each of these elephant-trunked pigs weighed a hundred pounds, even if he could carry one head back at a time, there were still two or three miles of mountain roads to go, and it would be great enough to move back three or four heads a day.
Xiao Wu didn't listen to him, quietly bent down, and made a lurking approach. Liu Qing saw that it was interesting to play, so he stopped stopping it. At the same time, he strode towards the lying weevil-trunked pigs. At this time, what kind of low-key play is already poisoned and unconscious, and it is not for him to take it, even if he slaughters one directly, the other weevil-nosed pigs will not react.
The distance between the two was about twenty meters away, and Liu Qing had just walked ten or so steps when things suddenly changed! The elephant-trunked pig closest to Liu Qing suddenly jumped up violently and looked at Liu Qing very vigilantly. Liu Qing's weevil-nosed pigs are herbivores, and although they sometimes eat small insects, they are still herbivores. In addition, they had never seen a creature like Liu Qing before.
Seeing that this unknown animal was approaching them, the weevil-trunked pig that jumped up suddenly made a "oh oh" sound. When the other weevil-nosed pigs heard this, they all stood up, and all looked at Liu Qing as if they were facing a great enemy.
Liu Qing, who was striding towards the elephant-nosed pig, suddenly saw one stand up, and was stunned for a moment, and his footsteps stopped there. But when he thought about it, maybe this one didn't eat those ginger beans! He was really too careless, he didn't think of this problem, it was better than Xiao Wu!
But then he saw the weevil-nosed pigs all stand up......! Liu Qing's expression was distorted, what the hell is going on? Isn't this group the one who fell into the trap? It's not that there is no such possibility! But now is not the time to think about this question at all, what should I do? It seems that I have already walked into the warning range of this group of weevil-nosed pigs, will they attack me? Is it too late to withdraw now?
These thoughts flashed through his mind, and the next moment, he slowly took two steps back. There was no room for negligence on his part in the current situation, even if he had an infinite bullet pistol now, it would be impossible for him to kill these eight weevil-nosed pigs at such a close distance! Not to mention that he only had a dagger in his hand now, unless his bullets also had the venom of poison ivy on them.
As he stepped back, his eyes kept staring at the weevil-trunked pig at the head, and suddenly he felt that something was familiar, the piece of the weevil-trunked pig's tusks...... Liu Qing had eaten ginger beans, and this thing was slightly viscous after cooking, and it tasted very good when chewed, and the small piece of thing stuck to the tusks of this elephant-trunked pig was indeed ginger beans, and it was the kind of ginger beans that had been cooked! If it weren't for the distance being so close now, Liu Qing was afraid that he wouldn't be able to see it, and he would mistakenly think that it was the part that other plants had stuck to, but at a distance of less than ten meters, Liu Qing could see it clearly, it was ginger beans! In other words, those traps that he put must have been eaten by these weevil-trunked pigs, but the question is, why were they not poisoned? Why didn't they fall into a coma? Liu Qing couldn't figure it out!
At this time, the weevil-nosed pigs didn't seem to feel hostility from Liu Qing, they just stood there and watched Liu Qing step back. And Xiao Wu still remained lying on the ground, silent, and seemed to be very patient. But it was precisely its appearance that made those elephant trunk pigs not notice it for a while, otherwise, I am afraid that Liu Qing would think that they were aggressive.
One person, a group of pigs, looked at each other like this, the distance became farther and farther, and finally, Liu Qing retreated to Xiao Wu's side, and had withdrawn from the vigilance range of the elephant trunk pigs. The huge leaves were blocking the weevil-trunked pig, blocking the sunlight, and Liu Qing retreated into the dense forest. The line of sight between the two is obstructed by various plants, and the light is not very good, so it is not clear to see.
After a while, the weevil-nosed pigs seemed to find it boring, so they all turned around leisurely, ready to walk away. From time to time, some of the weevil-nosed pigs rolled up their trunks, arched the grass beside them with their two tusks, turned over a piece of soil, and cut off several of the roots of the grass, and then disappeared into the grass, never to be seen again.
Liu Qing slowly breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't figure it out, what was wrong? Such a powerful ginger bean, these wild boars didn't react at all after eating it? Could it be that they have antibodies to this toxin? Maybe that's it! It seems that he still has to get some ginger beans, set up some more traps, and try to see if other animals will be poisoned.
In this way, Liu Qing ran away in vain, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Wu followed the mark, all the way back to the cave. For Liu Qing, this is really a trap of failure!
However, Liu Qing was not discouraged, he himself had personally tested that kind of poison, less than a quarter of the amount, it can actually make an adult sleep for a day, this effect is absolutely a bargain, as for this group of weevil-nosed pigs, maybe it is a special exception! Animals have their own abilities, it is not surprising at all. For example, snake venom, which is very deadly to ordinary people, is ineffective for a guy called Honey Badger (commonly known as Pingtou Brother), at most he sleeps and the poison is cured, so this guy often eats poisonous snakes as "spicy strips".
In the afternoon, Liu Qing went to the beach again, brought eight freshly made water storage pipes, all of which were filled with salty seawater, went to the sandy area, dug up five large ginger beans, and prepared to go back to continue the experiment! Although he was constantly practicing archery, how could he give up such a good thing as ginger beans? At most, he would only do a few more experiments.
In the evening, Liu Qing roasted the newly dug ginger beans, Xiao Wu was still hungry, but Liu Qing just didn't give it food, and the little tiger was in a hurry, but there was nothing he could do. The hot roasted ginger beans were cut by Liu Qing one by one, each ginger bean was cut in half with a knife in the middle, with previous experience, Liu Qing doubted that the amount of ginger beans cut into four petals was too small, so this time it was directly bigger, and saw if it could work!
Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not completely dark, Liu Qing ran outside the cave again, one trip to the left and one trip to the right, and set up the traps of the roasted ginger beans. The reason why I didn't say that I put several traps in the same area like last time was because I was afraid that I would be served by this group of wild boars.
When night fell, Liu Qing stood at the entrance of the cave again, looked at the "first line of sky" at the entrance of the cave, sighed, pressed the fire, walked to the bed, and lay down in his clothes.