Chapter 29: The Wolf Howls
In the middle of the night, when everyone was asleep, King Zhuge Locksmith came to talk to me and wanted to see the jade pendant with the map, but I didn't take it with me.
From this, I learned that the purpose of the locksmith king's journey north was not to seek a cave and fight, but to run for the jade pendant, which made me wonder if the other people in my team had the same purpose.
The fat brother of life and death who grew up with me wearing a pair of pants, naturally needless to say, the purpose of going north this time is exactly the same as mine, but to be precise: it is different!
The fat man just wanted to find a fighting weapon, and I had another purpose, which was to find clues related to the mystery of my life from the three tombs painted on the jade pendant. I didn't tell the fat man about this purpose, first, I was afraid that he would worry, and I was afraid that he would leak his mouth; The second is that he doesn't want to be involved in a huge conspiracy and be harmed.
Yan Nan and his brothers, needless to say, they came to Yishiju to help because of the order of their master, they didn't know about the jade pendant before, all of them didn't have any purpose, they weren't even very interested in the toucher, they just wanted to help me and the fat man, and the Yishiju was the first time to start the beam, and it ended successfully. The guide is a halfway hired guide, and he doesn't know much about the purpose of our entry into the mountain, and of course he doesn't know about the jade pendant.
And among the rest of the people, the monkey had the same purpose as the fat man, just for the sake of the tomb utensils. The uncle and nephew of the Cha family said that it was to repay the favor of Yishiju when he went to Kunlun Mountain before, but his real thoughts and purposes are worth discussing. Because the fifth master of Zha is involved in the matter of Yu Pei, the old man also knows about Yu Pei. Therefore, the rest of the Cha family may also know about the jade pendant.
Zhuge Locksmith King's sudden night interview and purpose. It made my heart flood with layers of doubts.
After thinking about it, the true purpose of a few people in the team is debatable. Maybe it's not simple.
But I know very well that you must not spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Therefore, I tried to dilute the doubts in my heart as much as possible, and said in my heart: No matter what the purpose of everyone is, as long as they do not have the intention of harming others, there is no need to delve into it.
After thinking about it repeatedly, it was already on the willow tops of the moon, and sleepiness was coming, and I thought it was time to wake up the seventh master to keep vigil.
Suddenly. I faintly heard the howl of an animal, like a dog barking, and said in my heart: In the deep mountains and old forests, where did the hunting dogs come from, is it not that there are hunters who come into the mountains to hunt here, or they are going to encounter poachers again. But I soon realized that what I had just heard was not a dog barking, but a wolf howling.
I couldn't help but be startled, and immediately stood up from the ground and looked out into the woods. But the wolf howl that seemed to be absent just now only sounded once, and then it did not sound again, and I couldn't help but think: Could it be because of my extreme fatigue. And there were auditory hallucinations.
However, when I saw the smoke man coming to me with a murderous look, I knew that I was not having auditory hallucinations.
I looked at the cigarette man suspiciously. Then he asked, "Is it the howl of a wolf?" ”
The cigarette man nodded, and my heart suddenly hung high. The palms of his hands were also mercilessly soaked with sweat.
When I was a child, I grew up in the Northeast, and I learned that there were wolves in the mountains of the Little Khing'an Mountains. I completely forgot about it. Therefore, there is no thermal weapon at all, and if it is attacked by wolves, the team without guns will inevitably fall behind, and even have a danger to their lives.
The northeastern wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, has long and thick body hair. Today, wolves are endangered and very rare. Nowadays, there are only a few thousand wild wolves in China, and we didn't expect to encounter wolves here.
From the howl just now, it was obvious that it was just a lone wolf, and if it was an outlier lone wolf, it would not pose any threat to us. But if it's a pack of wolves, we're in big trouble.
Wolves are usually very social species, and the normal wolf pack is only about seven, which is the so-called "seven wolves". But there are also some special wolf packs, the number is relatively large, and it can even reach about thirty or forty at most.
Wolves have a highly developed IQ, can communicate effectively with each other even over long distances, and have a very sensitive sense of smell and hearing. Wolf howls are generally used to gather their packs or to convey warnings, especially when an enemy is present near a wolf's den.
So although it was the howl of a lone wolf just now, it may have been notifying the wolves in the distance. That means we may have been targeted by the vicious wolves.
I remember when I was a child, the old Oroqen hunter in the village said: "Wolves are the most cunning and ferocious animals in the mountains and forests, and when dealing with them, thirty-six tricks must be used except for beauty tricks." ”
I am very sorry that I didn't bring a gun at the beginning, and now with the cold weapons in everyone's hands, it is really difficult to deal with the fierce and cunning wolves. I calculated the combat strength slightly in my heart, just a group of five wolves could kill us without a piece of armor.
The smoke man and I stood outside the woods, looking into the distance in the darkness, only the bare hills, and there was no sign of the wolf. I thought to myself: if I hear another wolf howl, I must call You Gui immediately, after all, he is an Orion, and he should know how to deal with wolves.
As a result, the wolf howl did not appear again in the following time, and the two of us, the smoke man, waited until the sky was white before lying down and resting with peace of mind.
I got up late the next day, because last night's nerves in my whole body were highly alert and tense, and when I got up in the morning, I would be sore, and I could barely get up after a long day, and I was overworked, and I was always the biggest enemy of physical and mental health.
As soon as I got up in agony, I pulled him to a place where there was no one and asked him what to do with the wolves.
When Guide You heard what I said, he immediately opened his mouth wide in horror and looked at me speechless for a long time. Then he took me by the way, and began to look around the perimeter of the woods, and then said to me, "It's over, we're being targeted by wolves." ”
Hearing You Gui's abrupt remarks, saying that we were being targeted by wolves, my heart rose to my throat, and my heart said: I am really afraid of anything. Originally, I just wanted to prevent it in advance, and I still had the idea of luck in my heart. Now that wolves are indeed eyeing us, this makes my already very anxious heart even more uneasy.
I couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Brother You, how do you see that we are being targeted by wolves?" ”
The guide pulled me to a large tree, pointed to the moss growing under the tree, and said, "Smell it." ”
I thought to myself: what's the smell of mosses. But Guide You will not make unreasonable requests for no reason, so I leaned over and smelled the smell of wood fungus, but suddenly noticed that there was a smell of urine, and I couldn't help but immediately look at Guide You in confusion.
The guide pulled me to a place not far from the woods, squatted down, pointed to half of the animal footprints on the grass that looked like cat's paw prints, and said to me, "These are wolf footprints, which means that wolves have indeed wandered around the woods." The smell of urine emitted by the wood fungus under the tree is a wolf leaving a mark under the tree, which indicates that we may be targeted. Since you ask me, did you hear or see something last night? ”
I told Guide You about what I heard the wolf howl last night, and Guide You immediately frowned, "The wolf howl is supposed to be used to gather the wolves, it seems that we need to get out of this ominous forest quickly." ”
The ominous word for this grove could not be more apt, we were attacked by a pack of crows and targeted by wolves, so to speak, not a good thing happened here.
I returned to the camp in the grove with You, and when everyone learned about the wolves, they couldn't help but be very worried, and the team left the grove in a hurry without breakfast.
Outside the grove is a rolling bald hill, and we have to reach a large forest before dark.
As we walked at a fast pace, I asked You, "Is there any effective way to deal with the wolves?" ”
He said: Wolves are very territorial, but they are very cunning, and after staying in one place for a few weeks, they will change places to live, in order to escape the pursuit of hunters and enemies, which shows that they are very intelligent. In a wolf pack, the ferocity of the head wolf and the level of IQ determine the fighting ability of this wolf pack. Only the strongest wolves can enjoy the well-fed territory, while the rest of the wolves must leave the area. However, there will be other new wolves coming to the well-fed area to fight for territory, and the winner will be able to sit back and enjoy a qiē. Therefore, the wolf clan is a ferocious militant, and the more they fight, the more courageous they become, and they have to be very fierce and cunning.
Apart from humans and tigers, there are hardly any animals in the deep forest that can pose a threat to wolves.
He said that the best way for humans to deal with wolves was torches and shotguns, but we didn't have guns, so we had to take shelter in the woods. However, if you hide in the dense woods, you cannot use torches to avoid starting a fire, so you can only flee and cannot effectively defeat the enemy.
After listening to Guide You, the wolves are undoubtedly the strongest fighting group, but we can only flee for our lives, and we can't help but have a dark face.
Fortunately, my teammates were lucky enough to arrive in a very dense wooded area before dark, so they decided to rest here tonight.
After dinner, I took out my map to check the directions and found that we were not far from our next destination. The people who had been troubled by the problem of the wolf pack finally showed joyful expressions when they heard the good news. (To be continued......)