Chapter 43 Tracking
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The big black bear didn't reach out to take the spirit rice that She Ning gave it. Its massive body slowly turned around in place, then lay heavily on the ground, whimpering softly at the blood-stained sacks.
Her round little eyes shone like black pearls as she looked at She Ning, filled with pleading and expectation.
"Save them."
Seeing She Ning's gaze fall upon it, the big black bear gently nudged the front of the sack with its nose, its movements extremely cautious, not daring to even touch the sack, for fear of harming the life inside.
With the help of the crow's vision, and under the moonlight and the beam of a flashlight, She Ning clearly saw every subtle movement of the big black bear, and her heart softened.
It asked her to help untie the bag, and in return, she would use the spirit rice to save the animals.
"Don't worry, I'm coming right away."
Sensing the anxiety and helplessness in the big black bear's eyes, She Ning immediately took action, having Ya Ya control her body to move in front of the sack.
The sacks were tied with rough hemp ropes, some tightly, some only wrapped a few times. The latter were obviously because when they arrived, the poachers didn't have time to tie the knots properly before being swatted away by the big black bear.
Using the system's power, She Ning opened the sacks. Inside the small sacks were a bunch of injured small animals, including birds and rabbits, all of which were wounded. There were also quite a few pangolins, with large patches of scales missing from their backs. The most seriously injured was a bear cub with a broken leg, the white bone piercing through the muscle and skin and exposed to the air.
They huddled together in fear, their eyes filled with terror and unease.
Out of affection for the cubs, the big black bear, seeing this, let out a soft hum, as if to comfort them, and touched the unconscious cub with its nose with pity.
She Ning stuffed a handful of spirit rice into each of them to keep them alive. At the same time, she immediately took out some medicine and bandages that she usually kept in the system's storage compartment and began to carefully treat the wounds of these small animals.
Since the crows' bodies couldn't be treated, She Ning decisively spent 30 points to redeem a mechanical android from the system's convenience store.
Possessing herself in the android, she applied medicine and bandaged it as gently as possible to minimize their pain.
"Don't be afraid, it will be alright soon." The androids in the mechanical world are just like real people, and even have more acute senses. She Ning could clearly feel the little animal in her hand trembling slightly.
She applied the medicine gently again, softly soothing them while communicating with the big black bear through her eyes.
Crouching to one side, keeping a close eye on its surroundings, the black bear was immediately on guard when the android suddenly appeared. However, when it saw the black raven that had come with it earlier perched obediently on its right shoulder, its wariness eased slightly.
However, the black bear silently stared at her for a while until it saw that she could take things out of thin air just like the black crow. Only then did it lower its guard and shift its gaze back to the small animal.
The black bear was very alert. When She Ning looked at it, it immediately noticed and understood what she meant. It nodded and then gently touched the small animals with its nose to soothe them.
At the scene, the most seriously injured bear cub had already fainted. Even when Lingmi was put in its mouth, it wouldn't eat. With no other option, She Ning had to stuff the Lingmi directly into its mouth.
Hearing its faint heartbeat gain a little strength, She Ning felt somewhat relieved. However, when her gaze fell on its injured leg with its flesh turned outwards, her eyes darkened slightly.
Such a severe injury, if not treated promptly, will be of no use even with a large amount of spiritual rice.
She browsed through the items available for redemption in the system's convenience store but couldn't find anything suitable. It seemed she would have to try that one.
After gazing quietly at the teddy bear lying in her arms for a while, She Ning took out the Eye of Truth from the system's storage compartment. The black pearl-like bead glowed in her hand.
Eye of Truth, uses: 2.
Without hesitation, she equipped the Eye of Truth into the slot on the system interface. The fluorescence spread from the Eye of Truth until it covered the entire panel, and then a line of text appeared on the panel.
The targets of the Eye of Truth are: A. Little Black Bear; B. She Ning.
Without a second thought, She Ning selected option A and, following the instructions on the system panel, placed the teddy bear on an open space half a meter away from everyone.
"Target locked, Vision of Truth activated."
As far as She Ning could see, countless rays of light simultaneously shone on the bear cub lying on the ground. The white bones disappeared with the naked eye, and the outward-turned flesh was gone as well. A hole the size of a baby's fist appeared on its injured leg.
The system then issued another instruction.
"The wound has been punctured. Initiating repair function." The fluorescent light enveloped the entire bear. A few seconds later, its breathing became noticeably stronger after being illuminated by the light. The punctured area on its leg had recovered to an uninjured state, except that the area was now bald, with a bare ring.
She Ning checked the interface and found that the number of uses of the Eye of Truth had changed to 1, and the number of objects displayed on the interface had changed from one to two. In addition to the original peach tree, there was now a little bear cub.
Injured juvenile black bear
Wound healing rate: 90%
Current situation: Good
Next stage: Recovery in three days
After reading the introduction on the system interface, She Ning finally felt relieved. She had indeed made the right bet. She had guessed it when she saved the peach tree. The Eye of Truth has two functions: destruction and healing. Its purpose is to destroy first and then repair.
It seems that this is indeed the case now.
The most seriously injured cubs had recovered, and She Ning finally had time to do other things. Turning around and looking at the unconscious poachers around her, she asked the big black bear to help carry them to the ground and lay them in a row.
She Ning tied the sacks filled with stones, wood blocks and other miscellaneous items back together with hemp rope, and then used the transformative power of the ever-changing gloves to transform the sacks on a large scale before taking all the small animals to a safe place to recuperate.
They gave the remaining spirit rice and medicine to the big black bear and used an animal communication potion, and now they can communicate freely and normally.
She instructed it on how to change the medicine for the small animals, and told it to go to Xiaosong at the Taoist temple to bring her a message if anything happened. She stroked the big black bear's fur and told it to be careful.
After leaving the giant black bear, She Ning put away the android and resumed sharing her vision with Ya Ya. A black shadow swept across the sky above the forest as it returned to the hunter's location.
Standing on a tree branch, hidden among the leaves, She Ning watched as those people slowly awoke.
"Xiao Si, A Cai..." Lying in the middle of the five, the tall man was the first to wake up. He opened his eyes abruptly. When he encountered the bear, he thought he was going to die for sure. He didn't expect to wake up. Clutching his chest in excruciating pain, he shook the people on either side of him forcefully. "A Wang, A San."
"Cough cough cough..." As he shook them, the other four people woke up one after another.
Looking at their intact limbs, they helped themselves to their feet, surveyed their surroundings, and discovered that even the contents of the sack were still there. They looked at each other and laughed with relief, "We're really lucky this time. That bear must have just finished eating."
Bears are animals with a strong sense of territory. The gunshot may have frightened it, which is why it came over to assert its territorial sovereignty.
The tall man thought to himself that he had already investigated and found that the big black bear on this hill was a single, newly grown adult, while the bear cub was caught on another hill.
His gaze shifted to the burlap sack on the ground. They always hunted alive, as the price of a live animal was several times higher than that of a dead one. The animals in the sack had been moving before, but now they were motionless, so they were probably close to death.
"Hurry up and pack your things, get ready to go down the mountain." Although he had survived the ordeal, the big black bear's slap had at least caused him internal injuries; his chest hurt terribly, and it was painful to even speak.
The tall man leaned against the tree trunk to rest, his voice not as loud as before.
The people below were also in pain, but they dared not complain. They could only endure the pain and pick up the things. With each bend, their expressions darkened.
The tall man carried them on his back, so he couldn't see their expressions.
She Ning followed them down the mountain. Their bicycles were parked at the foot of the mountain, buried in a haystack. She pulled the bicycles out of the haystack, put burlap sacks on the back seat, tied them up, and then each of them rode their bicycles towards the town.
Black crows circled in the air, following them at a distance until they entered a restaurant hidden in a corner of the town.
The restaurant's sign appeared somewhat dim in the night, but the interior shone with dazzling light.
Standing on the rooftop, She Ning's view, filtered through the leaves, clearly fell upon the hotel's courtyard.
The tall man unloaded the sacks and placed them in a corner of the restaurant's backyard, where there were many iron cages containing all sorts of animals.
He dusted off his hands, looked up, and said respectfully to a fat man, "Boss, here are the goods you ordered. Please check them."
The man was wearing a greasy apron and had an impatient expression on his face. He was clearly of higher status, and the tall man seemed somewhat timid in his presence.
The man walked up to the sacks, bent down, and opened one of them. The animals that the ever-changing gloves had conjured were all half-dead.
"Why are they all dead?" the man frowned, saying with disdain, "Are you trying to ruin my reputation?"
He kicked the sack hard, but the animals inside didn't budge. He glanced at the tall man and sneered, "Everyone in the underworld knows that my restaurant specializes in fresh wild game. How dare you put these things in front of me and make a fool of yourself!"
The tall man quickly smiled obsequiously and said, "Master Hong, he's not dead. Look, he's still breathing."
He pulled a pangolin out of the sack, gently patted its body, and tried to make it move.
The pangolin seemed to move slightly at his gesture, and the tall man breathed a sigh of relief, continuing, "We weren't very lucky this time; we encountered a big black bear and almost didn't make it back alive. These animals were a bit frightened, but they definitely didn't die."
Master Hong snorted coldly, clearly not believing the tall man's explanation.
He took the pangolin from the tall man, examined it closely, and found that it seemed to still have a faint breath. He frowned and said, "I'll let it go this time, but if you send me this kind of thing again, you'll be sorry!"
He tossed the pangolin back into the sack, his attitude changing swiftly. He was clearly adept at the manipulative tactic of giving a slap followed by a sweet treat. The man patted the tall man's shoulder and said with a smile, "You've worked hard. Wash your hands, let's go inside and have a couple of drinks."
Upon hearing this, the tall man nodded quickly and beckoned his other men to go inside together.
She Ning quietly observed all of this from the rooftop.
The enhanced Ever-Changing Gloves skill has been upgraded, and the items that can be transformed are 100% accurate in both touch and appearance, but the effect can only last for 12 hours.
There will be a good show to watch in 12 hours.
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