Chapter 46: First Update: A Match Made in Heaven

There is a reason why Ye Yu described the forest ranger as an otherworldly master. She found that the old forest ranger's five senses were extremely sharp, almost reaching the upper limit of what ordinary people can achieve.

Especially the sixth sense.

There is no clear definition of the sixth sense, but it probably refers to a super sense other than the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

Many people describe the sixth sense as something very metaphysical, while others explain it scientifically. The sixth sense is an organic intuition that is transmitted to the brain through the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin, and then analyzed by the brain. It also includes decades of forest protection experience of forest rangers.

On the first night in Nanshan, Ye Yu bypassed the forest ranger's house just like she bypassed the villagers' houses. She was sure that she would move very quietly and there was no time for a barbecue in the wild.

But the forest ranger still got up in the middle of the night and patrolled the Nanshan forest.

Both parties discovered each other.

Ye Yu relies on his five senses that exceed the limits of the human body, while the forest ranger relies on his familiarity with the mountains and forests. He can also find evidence of someone entering the mountains by relying on trees, grass and mountain animals.

This is such a pleasant surprise!

If the sparrow on Ye Yu's shoulder made her realize that the end of the world is the future of the present peaceful world, then the forest ranger made her see that there are masters among the people.

There is a feeling of meeting a worthy opponent.

Believing that the ranger felt the same way, the two had their first duel in the dark night.

Ye Yu did not use his spatial abilities, but his sharp facial features still exceeded the limits of the human body, while the ranger's body intuition was always within the limits of the human body.

Therefore, the former has a slight advantage.

However, because Ye Yu was unfamiliar with Nanshan, he had to rely on amazing speed to brush past him several times, escaping from the jaws of death. It was really thrilling and exciting.

Little did they know that the forest ranger was also shocked.

He is sixty-eight years old this year, almost seventy years old. When he was young, his grandfather learned some ways to strengthen his body from a Taoist priest, and later taught it to his father, who then taught him. He has been practicing this since he was a child, and he is better at it than his grandfather and his father.

Therefore, he has always been very proud of his body, which is no worse than those young people in the village. People of the same age in the village have all been buried, but he is still alive and well.

With more than 60 years of experience in surviving in the mountains, the forest ranger once believed that no one knew these rolling green mountains better than he did. However, he was slapped in the face tonight in Nanshan.

There are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people. It’s incredible!

Although the forest ranger could not catch Ye Yu, he was able to find all the traps left by Ye Yu. In stark contrast to the man's agility in the forest, the traps looked unfamiliar and crude, and were worse than those left by ordinary villagers.

This is a bit contradictory.

The forest ranger really couldn't imagine who in Wangjiagou had such ability. He even thought about whether it was a spy who escaped to their mountain. This was really a wild idea. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, they had been searched inside and out by those little devils many times. Their village had even joined forces with the army to fight guerrilla warfare!

The next day, the forest ranger, who had gone down the mountain less than two times in the whole year, went down the mountain for the first time. Instead of going anywhere else, he went to the captain's house.

He asked about the secret service.

The captain was silent for a while before answering: "...not a spy."

"No?" The forest ranger wondered, "When did such a talented person appear in our village? Which family did he come from?"

"He is indeed a young man, an educated youth, only seventeen years old."

"Educated youth? What kind of educated youth?" The forest ranger didn't quite understand these new words. He seldom dealt with the villagers and he was too lazy to pay attention to them. The initiative was in his hands.

If Wang Zhiming had not visited the mountain after becoming the team leader, and if the two of them had not been related, they might not have even known that the team leader had been changed.

"Educated youth." The team leader helplessly explained the whole story of the educated youth going to the countryside.

"There are four educated youths coming to the village, right? How do you know it was her and not other educated youths who went up the mountain in the middle of the night? She is a woman, right?" It's not that the forest rangers discriminate against women. Due to physiological limitations, women are generally not as strong or fast as men.

The captain didn't even want to reply:

"She's the only one who can do this."

The forest ranger listened to some more stories about Ye Zhiqing and basically ruled out the possibility that she was a spy. Firstly, who would be such a high-profile and eye-catching spy? Secondly, who would be a spy digging in a mountain ravine?

But he became more and more curious about this educated youth, and told the team leader that he wanted to go and take a look, saying: "This is the first time in my life that I am curious about a person."

The captain and the others ignored him, but he still paid attention to the forest ranger, because he knew that the forest ranger was a real talent. It was because of Uncle Wang that he was able to become a soldier. So he took the forest ranger to the field to check on him.

When they reached the soybean field, the team leader pointed and said, "That one, the tallest and most iconic one."

At first the forest ranger was indeed surprised by the deceptive appearance of this female educated youth, but he put aside his doubts in just a moment. An expert can see the ins and outs of things, and he could see that her strength was obviously greater than that of an ordinary person, and her steps were brisk and powerful.

Ye Yu's sixth sense was also not activated. He noticed that two pairs of gazes stayed on him for too long. He looked up and met the ranger's gaze.

The confrontation lasted half a second.

Ye Yu also guessed the identity of the man in his fifties in front of her. Having been in the village for so long, this was the first time she had seen an old man whose appearance was so much older than his actual age.

He curled his lips, smiled politely, and greeted the captain from a distance.

"Indeed, he is quite good," the ranger said with a sigh. "He is much more capable than when he was young. He is also very calm and has the potential to accomplish great things. He has a bright future."

The situation was chaotic, and the captain could not answer what the future of Ye Zhiqing would be like. He only added: "Comrade Ye Yu is still Uncle Gousheng's granddaughter."

"Wang Gousheng's family? I can't believe a golden phoenix flew out of the chicken coop."

The captain pretended not to hear this, but he was very happy that Ye Yu had managed to lure out the forest ranger.

Another day passed. Because he got off work early, Ye Yu did not wait until nightfall and went to explore the Nanshan map during the day.

The forest ranger was well aware of her coming, but did not stop her.

Especially after knowing that Ye Yu abided by the hunting rules, such as marking the pits, not killing cubs or those with cubs, and not making fires randomly, etc. After all, his family used to be a hunting family, and he quite admired such a young hunter.

With the training of the forest ranger, Ye Yu's ability to control his breath has improved greatly. Now, he can go into the forest in the middle of the night without waking up the forest ranger.

After the Nanshan map was lit up, Ye Yu successfully crossed the top of the mountain and entered the restricted area of ​​Wangjiagou that was mostly off-limits to people.

After climbing over the top of the mountain, the forest on the sunny side of Nanshan is many times denser than that on the shady side.

The road is more difficult to walk on, or there is no road.

No matter how good Ye Yu's skills are, he has nowhere to stand in the half-man-high weeds, which are full of thorns and vines. There may be hibernating snakes or pythons hiding in them, which will bite you suddenly if you are frightened.

If you can't stand still, then climb a tree.

Jump directly from one tree to another. Thick branches are fine as fulcrums, and thinner branches are elastic and can serve as ropes.

In the moonlight, Ye Yu jumped around in the forest like a nimble monkey.

After a while, my jumping ability has been significantly improved, and jumping is really stress-relieving.

Of course, the number of prey that crossed the Nanshan Mountains increased significantly.

However, Ye Yu’s recent target is no longer hares, wild boars, wild deer and roe deer, but larger animals to shut up the people in Wangjiagou Village.

The wild boar in the saying "There are wild boars beyond the South Mountain" is very suitable.

Ye Yu came to the legendary Yezhuao, where there really was a large group of wild boars living in the nearby forest.

I estimate there are several hundred of them.

There are so many!

Does Ye Yu now believe in the ability of forest rangers?

When the ranger is alive, it is unlikely that these wild boars will cross the Nanshan Mountain and cause trouble in Wangjiagou. However, if the ranger dies, these wild boars are likely to cause trouble, and they will probably face mass extermination, with only a few wild boars escaping deep into the mountains.

This is also because there has never been any report of wild boars injuring anyone near Pingquan Town. It is possible that the forest ranger had already made arrangements before his death.

"Chirp." The sparrow chirped twice. Although it was usually very brave, it didn't dare to go among the wild boars. It just circled over Ye Yu's head.

Seems to be refueling.

Ye Yuchao:

"Coward."

In fact, it’s not the sparrow’s fault. Although both wild boars and domestic pigs have the word “pig” in their names, their fighting power is completely different.

Wild boars have very little fat on their bodies, and are mostly covered in muscle, with thin skin and thick meat. Not only are they large in size—it is not uncommon for wild boars to weigh over 200 kilograms—they can also burst out at speeds of 40 kilometers per hour in a short period of time.

Wild boars have two strong and sharp tusks and like to live in groups. They will not show mercy to tigers or blind bears and will even kill them in the fight back. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "one pig, two bears and three tigers".

Ye Yu was not afraid, because 40 kilometers per hour was too slow for her.

It flew to the edge of the wild boar group on a branch. When its feet touched a wild boar, it instantly took it into the space. It repeated the same method and captured three wild boars in a row.

Hunting in the wild is often filled with blood, but Ye Yu uses space to kill pigs, without a drop of blood outside the space, and animals have little intelligence, so it is difficult for them to react when their companions disappear. Many pigs still eat their own food or collapse to rest.

Until the wild boar leader smelled the enemy invading the territory and let out a howl.

Ye Yu had already run away.

The hunt tonight was peaceful.

I returned along the same route and found that the oil lamp in the forest ranger's house was on. Well, it would be strange if this movement did not alarm him.

Ye Yu wiped his nose and, with great reluctance, threw a rat snake into the forest ranger's yard, both as a payment for protection and as a way of letting him know that he was safe.

When the ranger heard the noise and went out, he couldn't find anyone. He looked at the five-pound rat snake in the yard and said with a smile, "Girl, do you think I want your little snake meat?"

The night wind brought these words to Ye Yu's ears, and she wanted to reply:

"If you don't want it, you can give it back to me!"