Chapter 70: A poisonous poacher?
Xu Ge was confused by what Thor said.
"Cousin, what did you mean? Did you mean the crutch should be placed on the left leg?"
"What else?"
Thor continued to ask, "Do you think the woman's right leg injury is serious?"
Xu Ge: "I've put on a cast, but it doesn't look too serious. At least I can get out of bed."
"In this situation, it's easier to use the crutch on the left leg, so that woman is pretending to have an injured leg," Thor said firmly. "Because she hasn't been truly injured, she naturally thinks she should use the right leg."
Xu Ge was silent. If Thor hadn't reminded him, he would never have discovered this problem.
Not to mention himself, Xu Ge feels that most people would subconsciously think that crutches should be used on the side of the bad leg. This should be considered as little-known knowledge.
But even so, Xu Ge was still very impressed that Thor discovered the clue with just a casual glance.
Is this the insight of a top observer?
"Cousin, even if that woman is suspicious, we can't be sure that they are a poaching gang, right?"
Xu Ge asked, "Aren't we here to take Lao Lian and the others back?"
Lei Shen led Xu Ge on to continue walking in another direction across the grass, saying, "Old Face's signal finally disappeared in this area. It's not such a coincidence. We'll know if they have any connection with the poachers when we go over and try."
The two of them walked around a hillside, and Xu Ge finally smelled a hint of decay in the air.
On the meadow ahead lay the corpse of a Tibetan antelope, its body and head cut apart by a sharp weapon, and its two hind legs missing.
"Cousin, those poachers turned out to be here to steal Tibetan antelopes?" Xu Ge asked.
Lei Shen walked over and carefully examined the corpse, then shook his head, "It shouldn't be. Tibetan antelope fur is the most valuable, but this one only had its legs taken away. They must have been eating it.
Also, if their target was really the Tibetan antelope, there wouldn’t be just one carcass here.”
"Why?"
"Because Tibetan antelopes have a characteristic, they are social animals. When they see a companion being killed, the other sheep will not run away, but will stand there stupidly."
Xu Ge began to complain in his heart: Are Tibetan antelopes so stupid?
Thor squatted on the ground and looked at the wounds on the corpse's neck and hind legs, frowning: "The cuts don't look like they were made by a knife?"
Xu Ge also walked over and observed for a while, and found that the fracture at the neck of the corpse was very smooth and at a fixed angle, but the angles of the cuts on the legs were different.
"Cousin, I learned how to use close-quarters force from our platoon leader, and I feel..."
Thor turned his head: "What do you feel?"
"I feel like the wound on the hind leg was cut by someone holding a weapon in his hand, but the cut on the neck is different. It's a bit like the force of the weapon itself passed through it. There is no trace of human force. It's so strange!" Xu Ge said uncertainly.
Lei Shen's eyes lit up: "Well done, cousin, you really are suited to being an observer! I know where this group of poachers came from!"
Xu Ge quickly asked, "Where did you come from?"
"Judging from the cuts on the neck and hind legs, they were caused by the same sharp weapon. But considering your statement, someone first threw the weapon to cut off the sheep's head, and then cut off the legs!"
Thor made a chopping motion with his palm. "As far as I know, the only weapon that can be thrown and held, and still be so sharp, is the Chariot Blade."
Xu Ge didn't expect that the Thunder God could think of so many things in an instant, and asked curiously: "Cousin, what is a wheel blade?"
"A kind of ring-shaped sharp blade that can be thrown from a distance or used in close combat. I've seen it before at Tiandu's place."
"Are you saying those poachers are poisonous?"
"At least it's not irrelevant."
Thor stood up and began to walk around the corpse to see if he could find anything else, but it was obvious that it had rained here and there were no traces left.
"Come on, cousin, let's go meet those guys by the lake."
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By the lake, as Xu Ge drove slowly closer, three men and one woman not far away looked over at the same time.
The three men were all around thirty years old, and the woman looked a few years younger. All four were dressed like tourists.
"See that man in the purple cotton T-shirt? He's the driver," Thor whispered. "If we need to take action later, keep an eye on him and don't let him get in the car."
"Um!"
At this time, the car had arrived at the lake, only a few meters away from the four people. Although Xu Ge was curious about how Lei Shen knew who the driver was, he also knew that now was not the time to chat, so he nodded in agreement. At the same time, he was thinking in his heart how he would control the driver if a real fight broke out?
Should I just pull out my gun? Or should I just go up and punch him?
The opponent is quite big, and I don’t know if I can beat him...
squeak!
The car stopped and Thor got out immediately, greeting the four people enthusiastically.
Xu Ge followed behind Thor without saying a word, with most of his attention focused on the driver.
"Hello!"
Lei Shen smiled and waved. "The scenery here is quite beautiful. I saw it from afar and wanted to come over to take some photos. I didn't expect there were other people here. Are you guys here for sightseeing as well?"
The four of them looked at Lei Shen and Xu Ge, then glanced at the car behind them. The woman on crutches spoke up, "Yeah, we were also attracted by the scenery here to take pictures. Are there just two of you?"
"Well, my cousin and I happened to come over and play when we had some time."
Thor took two steps forward curiously and pointed at the woman's right leg. "Beautiful lady, what's wrong with your leg?"
"I accidentally fell a few days ago and had a minor fracture." The woman smiled.
Thor gave a thumbs up: "You still come here even though you have a broken bone. I admire you!"
Next, Thor started chatting with the four people, and Xu Ge listened without saying a word, always paying attention to the actions of Thor and the driver, for fear of missing the signal.
"You look quite shy, little brother." The woman looked at Xu Ge and teased, "You can tell you don't have a girlfriend yet."
"My cousin has some social anxiety and is a freshman in college. I brought him out this time just to help him develop his social skills."
Lei Shen said as he looked at Xu Ge, "Don't you see the beauty is talking to you? Call me sister."
Xu Ge remained silent, remembering his socially anxious personality.
"This kid, really..."
Seeing that the woman was a little embarrassed by being ignored by Xu Ge, Lei Shen changed the subject, "Beautiful lady, where are you going next? Let me see if we are going the same way."
"Oh, we plan to camp here tonight and get up early tomorrow morning to watch the sunrise over the golden mountain." The woman replied.
"Camping here? It's over 5,000 meters above sea level!"
Thor was surprised at first, then seemed to be interested. "Interesting! I've never camped outside before, so I'd like to try it. Cousin, how about we sleep here tonight?"
Xu Ge still didn't say anything, but the other four people's expressions changed slightly when they heard what Lei Shen said.
"If you don't have experience, it's best not to sleep outside. Altitude sickness is very dangerous. The temperature difference between day and night is huge here. I see you don't have camping equipment or warm clothes..."
As the woman was speaking, Xu Ge noticed that the driver suddenly moved closer to Thor, while extending his right hand behind him.
The other two also came over at the same time.
Xu Ge had a bad feeling in his heart. When he was hesitating whether to remind the seemingly defenseless Thor, he suddenly saw the reflection of the driver in the lake out of the corner of his eye. The other person's right hand lifted the clothes behind his waist, revealing the handle of a black pistol!
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