Chapter 84: Traces
"It's unusual, what's wrong with this bloody hula, why didn't I see it. Zhang Fang said with some doubts.
"Something is wrong. Zhang Zhenbao didn't care about getting dirty, so he reached out and picked up the oxtail and looked at it, and then continued to say to Zhang Fang: "Look, where is the place where this oxtail is broken?"
"This, this is?" This time Zhang Fang finally saw clearly what Hu Yufeng said about the unusual place, only to see that the fracture of this oxtail happened to be the place where the butt was twisted and the oxtail was connected, which is commonly known as the root of the middle tail, this is not the most abnormal place, the most unusual place is that this oxtail is not cut with a knife or other sharp blade but bitten with teeth, and in the middle of the fracture there is a trace of deep teeth that runs through the fracture.
"From looking at the broken oxtail, it can be concluded that the oxtail was torn alive by the beast, and most likely with the canine teeth. Ma Xingbang said all the words that Zhang Fang didn't say, and when he said this, he reached out and measured the place where the tooth marks were located, and continued: "According to the estimate, it can be concluded that the diameter of the canine teeth of this beast is about three centimeters, and the length is at least ten centimeters, so it can be inferred that the length of this beast will not be less than five meters. ”
"Damn, it's not bigger than a tiger, I don't remember how old the biggest tiger was, I don't remember it very well. Zhang Fang exclaimed after listening to Ma Xingbang's words.
"The largest tiger is the Siberian tiger, with a maximum weight of more than 400 kilograms and a maximum length of more than three meters. It is about 1 meter tall. Zhang Zhenguo took over and said heavily.
"In other words, the beast we are looking for is bigger than the tiger, good boy, this is fun. Zhou Qiang gestured with his hand and said exaggeratedly.
"Otherwise, what are we going to do? Shan Liang glanced at him and said to everyone: "Everyone pay attention, according to what we have found now, the target must be at least larger than the size of the tiger, so you must pay attention to the surrounding situation, the ability is ready to prepare his ability at any time, not to seek much killing effect, but must use the fastest speed to exert his ability, the student from now on the long sword unsheath to stay vigilant, do you hear?"
"Roger!" shouted in unison, which boosted morale a bit, followed by the sound of everyone drawing their swords and unsheathing.
"Xingbang, continue to explore the way, Yufeng and Xingbang will have a good time together. Seeing that everyone was ready, Shan Liang said to Ma Xingbang and then to Hu Yufeng.
"Good. Hu Yufeng glanced at Ma Xingbang, and then the two walked forward quickly. Shan Liang led everyone to answer in the back.
After about an hour, Ma Xingbang's voice came again, "Ah Liang, I have found the special police officer who was killed." ”
Hearing Ma Xingbang's call, Shan Liang hurriedly rushed over with everyone, and when Shan Liang saw the body of the special police officer who was killed, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils, the scene was too tragic, the two corpses that basically didn't have much left were covered with traces of bites, and the combat uniforms were also torn and tattered, and the blood stains were all over the grass.
Hu Yufeng walked over with two black instruments similar to surveillance and said: "This is the wireless monitoring that sends back the video, but it is out of power, so it has no value." ”
Shan Liang took the instrument and looked at it, as Hu Yufeng said, there was no electricity and could not be turned on, he looked at the instrument in his hand and then looked at the corpse on the ground, and ordered: "Go and collect their remains, pay attention to separate them and don't mix them together." As Shan Liang's words fell, two students walked over with bags to collect the corpses and began to collect the corpses.
"Ah Liang, come and see. Zhou Qiang, who was searching for clues around, suddenly shouted loudly, and there was a slight sense of surprise in his voice.
Shan Liang immediately went over after hearing Zhou Qiang's shout, and when he saw the place Zhou Qiang was pointing to, his pupils contracted again, this time it was even more powerful than just now, because there was a huge foot print with a deep depression on the ground pointed by Zhou Qiang, maybe the soil in this place was relatively soft a few days ago, so this foot print was completely imprinted here, and this foot print had been shaped and dried in the past few days.
Hu Yufeng, who also heard the voice, also walked over quickly, and when they saw this foot print, their expressions were similar to or even more intense than Shan Liang.
"Damn, this can't be the beast's paw prints. Seeing this paw print, even Zhang Zhenbao, who has always been calm, couldn't help but spit out the fragrance, and after being surprised, he bent down and gestured with his hand to this paw print, and after a long time he stood up and said: "According to estimates, this paw print is about 30 centimeters long, about 20 centimeters wide, about 167 centimeters deep, and the area of the sole of the foot is more than 600 square centimeters, according to this paw print, it can be concluded that the body length of this beast is definitely not less than six or seven meters." ”
Hu Yufeng looked at the direction of the soles of his feet, then looked back at the direction of the corpse of the special police and said: "The direction of the sole of this foot is facing the side of the special police, that is to say, this beast should have been left by the sole of his foot when he pounced on the two special police, and the distance from the body here is a full fifteen or sixteen meters, which means that the jump length of this beast will not be less than sixteen meters." ”
"Another point is that the claws of this beast can be seen from this paw print, so if you face it, you must pay attention to its claws. Zhang Zhenbao added, pointing to the paw prints on the ground.
Shan Liang heard them say that these traces were very clear and did not add anything, but said loudly: "According to the existing indications, we have entered the range of activities of this beast, this beast's jumping ability is extremely high, everyone must be vigilant and pay attention to the movements around you." ”
As soon as Shan Liang finished speaking, he heard Yu Jianhua's voice coming, "Director Shan, the footprints of the beast have also been found here. ”
Shan Liang hurriedly went over to check, and sure enough, it was very similar to the footprint they had just discovered, but the direction of the footprint was to the depths of the mountain. Seeing this footprint, the single beam immediately decided: "Everyone spread out in this direction, each spacing should not exceed one and a half meters, and the pace should not be radical when slowing down." After Shan Liang finished speaking, he let the seven brothers scatter, and he was alone in the center, so that he could rescue all directions at the first time.
Since more than 30 years ago began to pay attention to the protection of the environment, after more than 30 years of governance, the environment has been greatly improved, Fengcheng Mountain Range is the focus of the governance object at that time, after a series of bans on logging and farming, the current Fengcheng Mountain Range is densely vegetated, and the bushes in the forest have brought great difficulty to the search of Shan Liang and others, everyone is careful not to let go of any clues, and the same search speed is slowed down.
Suddenly, a call rang out from about a dozen meters to the left of the single beam, "Chief instructor, a policeman's uniform hat has been found here." ”
When he heard the voice, Shan Liang rushed to the place where the sound came from, and by the time the voice finished speaking, Shan Liang had already stood in front of him and saw the uniform and hat he said. There are traces of scratching on the hat, and there are dark red blood stains, seeing this, Shan Liang hurriedly picked up Yu Bu and quickly swept over within ten meters around this hat, and no blood stains or remains were found.
Although he didn't find anything, Shan Liang knew that the direction he was searching for was right, so he shouted loudly again: "The direction we are looking for is right, everyone must be more careful, if there is anything you find, shout loudly to me and the rest of the people don't move easily, I will go over and deal with it." ”
"Roger!" the crowd responded in a loud voice, and the response startled the many birds, making the scene a little chaotic.
In this way, after determining the direction, everyone cautiously searched ahead, only to hear the sound of a sigh of soo, which seemed to be a little quiet and harmonious. By noon, the search was only about ten miles.
"Ah Liang, the efficiency of this search is too slow, this mountain range is so large, I don't know when I want to search. Ma Xingbang, who was closest to Shan Liang, came to Shan Liang's side and complained in a low voice.
"Then what can be done, this beast is quite dangerous, for the safety of these people, it can't be dispersed too much, so it can only be searched slowly like this. Shan Liang's tone was a little helpless, although he came for this man-eating beast, but the main purpose of this trip was to train the troops, and ensuring safety was the first thing.
"I still know this, but with such low efficiency, we have to search for the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon, not to mention anything else, even the supplies we bring may not be able to survive. Ma Xingbang said with some concern.
Shan Liang wiped the leaves on his sleeve and whispered: "I'm not worried about not finding this beast now, but I'm worried that this beast is mutated or atavistic, and now this kind of beast is easy to appear in the mutated environment, you also heard it when you estimated the body length of this beast just now, have you ever heard of such a big man-eating beast before?"
"You mean?" Ma Xingbang guessed with some surprise after hearing Shan Liang's words.
Looking at Ma Xingbang's appearance, Shan Liang nodded and said: "Yes, I am now basically sure that this beast is definitely not the original species, if it is just a change in the body, it is better to say, just turn on the kind of beast that turns on the spirit and becomes smart." ”
"I can't. Ma Xingbang was a little unconvinced.
"No, people in the city can awaken their blood, how can creatures in the natural environment be impossible. Shan Liang looked at the strangers in the team and said: "And you have to remember that the beast that has eaten people is the most terrifying, even if it has not been mutated, as long as it has eaten people, it will lose its awe, and this beast must not let him stay in the world." ”
"What do you mean......
"Don't speak, silence yet. Just as Ma Xingbang was about to say something more, Shan Liang suddenly interrupted him seriously, "Don't you think this forest is a little too quiet now." ”
Ma Xingbang didn't speak but looked at Shan Liang in shock, only to see Shan Liang shouting in a low voice: "Everyone stop moving and move closer behind me, be careful not to make any sound." ”
After hearing Shan Liang's words, everyone knew that Shan Liang might have discovered something, so they all tried to keep quiet and gather behind Shan Liang.
After less than a quarter of an hour, they heard the sound of a snort coming from the woods opposite them, and then before they saw a colossal creature stepping on a bush from behind the tree.
After Shan Liang carefully observed this behemoth for a moment, he seemed to have recognized what the creature that appeared in front of everyone was, so he said with an affirmative tone: "I guessed that it was this thing!"