Chapter 22: Suspicious Bloodstains
The rain on the day of Halloween drenched Liu Zixuan with an illness, and when he got home, he fell on the bed, his face was yellow and his appetite was lost, Gu Nanyan was busy serving for three whole days, only to see that his face improved slightly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info got out of bed three days later, Liu Zixuan was thinner than three days ago, and he was also lightheaded when he walked, and he couldn't keep up his energy for several days.
Afraid that Gu Nanyan would be cranky, Liu Zixuan didn't mention to her about the lame wolf digging the grave, but during the three days he was lying on the hospital bed, his mind was on the lame wolf all the time. Although he hated this wolf digging graves, the thought of the signs he saw on the side of the mountain tomb made him even more afraid of this wolf. What puzzled him the most was that a wolf with a crippled hind leg could catch a hare that was very good at running.
In a forest where the jungle is predatory, it is impossible for any life to survive and thrive without one or two skilled survival skills: although Polygonum multiflorum is only a vine plant with no thick branches, Polygonum multiflori's survival skill is to compete for sunlight by clinging to tall shrubs or trees; Although spiders do not have wings, spiders can catch flying insects by drawing silk webs; Although geckos do not draw silk, geckos use their long tongues to prey on spiders that are good at webs; Although the weasel does not have thorns on its body, it releases a stench to stun the hedgehog, so that it can avoid its thorns and enjoy a good meal...... In the forest, the evolution of the organs and skills of all plants and animals revolves around the same theme from beginning to end, that is, food, that is, survival.
In the course of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, wolves naturally have organs and skills that they rely on to survive, and their sharp fangs and strong limbs are the two most important links - with sharp teeth, wolves can not only tear apart other beasts, but also enjoy delicious meals; With strong limbs, you can chase your prey when you enter, and you can escape danger when you retreat. Without either of these two, any wolf will face a serious survival challenge, and if not killed by other beasts, it may starve to death because it cannot fill its stomach.
Liu Zixuan knew that if a well-limbed wolf wanted to chase a hare, no matter how fast the hare was, it would be difficult to escape from the hands of a wolf with super endurance...... Therefore, it can be said that high-speed and long-lasting running, which relies on strong limbs, is a vital survival method for every wolf. But what puzzled Liu Zixuan was, how did the wolf with a broken hind leg catch the rabbit? That day alone in the mountains and forests, he had seen the running speed of the lame wolf, its hind limbs disabled had obviously lost the ability to rely on running speed to defeat the enemy, its speed was far below the hare, even if it could keep an eye on a hare, it would not take a few seconds for the hare to run out of its field of vision, in that case, no matter how long the lame wolf has, no matter how sharp its fangs are, once it loses its speed advantage, it can only watch the prey disappear from front of its eyes.
If it weren't for speed and stamina, how would the lame wolf be able to catch the hare? In addition, Liu Zixuan does not believe that it uses the method of digging the burrow to catch the hare alive, the so-called cunning rabbit three holes, among all burrowing animals, the hare's hole is probably the most complex one, each hare's hole has multiple exits, the distance between adjacent holes can reach dozens of steps, the lame wolf can not control all the exits of the hare cave at the same time, once the hare escapes from the hole that is not controlled, it has no chance to catch it.
Excluding the two means of pursuit and burrowing, there is only one last possibility, and that is an ambush. Only by using a secret ambush and a surprise attack can the lame wolf be able to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, and to put the hare to death before it can run wild. After thinking about it, Liu Zixuan still thought that this was the most likely, as expected, this lame wolf who had been living in the forest for seven years was undoubtedly an excellent ambush master.
Ambush, the method of hunting in which an opponent is unsuspecting and suddenly attacks and kills with one blow, is the most vicious and terrible trick for the prey, and the most direct and effective means for the predator - the she-wolf killed the hound and the hunter killed the she-wolf many years ago. The cost of this method of hunting is only time and patience, and with sufficient preparation, once the prey is in the control area, it is like putting yourself in a place of death.
However, no matter what kind of hunting method, there will be more or less shortcomings, although direct, although effective, ambush warfare has its own shortcomings, its disadvantages are that it lasts too long, invests too much energy, and cannot guarantee that prey will be baited every time. It took nine full days for Zixuan's father to kill the she-wolf, and it was not difficult to imagine that the she-wolf must have gone through careful arrangements and a long wait before killing the hound. It can be seen that even if the lame wolf uses the method of ambushing the hare to fill his belly, it is by no means an easy task. Witnessing the body of the lame wolf from two distances, Liu Zixuan saw with his own eyes that in addition to emaciation, its fur also looked dull, which is enough to show that it is undoubtedly hungry and full in the forest, and now it is just barely sustaining life, Liu Zixuan knows that if it is a wolf with enough food, its fur should be shiny and shiny, and it will never be so messy and dull.
However, Liu Zixuan knows that a wolf in hunger and cold is precisely the most terrible, fierce and vicious wolf...... Although many days have passed, Liu Zixuan is still afraid of the act of entering the mountains and forests alone that day, if he was ambushed by a lame wolf in the forest at that time, the consequences would be unpredictable......
Worried that the lame wolf would come again to disturb the peace of the two old men, after getting out of the hospital bed, Liu Zixuan went to the grave to see it several times, but he didn't see the lame wolf again, and carefully checked the surroundings of the tomb, and found no traces of accidents.
(To be continued)