Chapter 433 Investigation
Several dogs showed a hint of excitement and seemed to be having a lot of fun in the woods.
When Xiaohua came out, she was still holding a warm rabbit in her mouth. She wagged her tail and put it in front of Zhao Yeqing, sticking out her tongue for praise.
Among the dogs, Dahuang is the smartest and has the strongest comprehensive qualities, Xiaohei has the strongest fighting ability, Xiaohuang runs the fastest, and Xiaohua is the most agile. Zhao Yeqing guessed that it was because it was the greediest that it had developed such good hunting skills.
After patting its head as it wished, the two men went into the woods with their weapons.
The pine forest was still the same pine forest, only it was more lush and there were more mushrooms hidden in the pine needles on the ground, but they were different from the varieties they had often picked before.
Perhaps due to weather and climate changes, the number of common edible fungi has decreased, and instead many brightly colored and unprecedented mushrooms have grown, which are obviously inedible.
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Not far inside, they came to the place where the two men first encountered the herd of wild boars when they first came to the meadow. Traces of dried yellow soil could be seen on many of the pine trees here.
"The bark of pine trees is rough, and wild boars love to roll in muddy puddles. They may come out after rolling around and scratch themselves on the rough bark."
Zhao Yeqing followed the traces and saw a small pool of water that was very muddy due to the sleep of wild boars. Next to the pool was a rotten and maggot-infested wild boar corpse.
Mu Xi looked at the obvious bite marks of the clouded leopard on the wild boar's body and said, "The water is still yellow. It's probably not long since we left. It may also have smelled our scent. As for the body, I'm afraid it was injured by the clouded leopard that came here to hunt."
Could it be that the wild boar went crazy because the clouded leopard came to fight for territory?
Before the two of them could think about it, a few dogs seemed to smell the familiar scent and walked in one direction with their noses turned up.
After entering the woods, Mu Xi never took his guard hand off the gun. He took half a step forward to protect Zhao Yeqing behind him, while Zhao Yeqing also turned around, pressed his back against Mu Xi's, observing the situation behind him.
The dogs suddenly started barking wildly. The two men ran forward quickly and saw that Xiao Hei had already ridden on the wild boar's back. He opened his mouth wide and bit the wild boar's back hard. Xiao Huang and Xiao Hua pounced on the wild boar and bit the wild boar's thighs.
The wild boar was in so much pain that it kicked backwards desperately. Zhao Yeqing watched the powerful pig's hooves kicking at the dogs again and again. He became anxious and pulled out the spear behind him and stabbed at them.
It was difficult for Mu Xi to shoot because there were three dogs hanging on the wild boar, which was still struggling desperately. It would be very easy to hurt someone by mistake if he shot.
Later, she replaced her spear with a newly cast iron spear head, which was polished to an extremely sharp point. The wild boar was a big target, so she chose the right moment and stabbed it directly. The sharp spear pierced through the wild boar's thick bristle skin in one go.
The stabbing position was a little off, and the bones of the wild boar's body wrapped the internal organs well. When the spear was stabbed down, it was blocked by the sharp bones just as it pierced the flesh.
The dogs bit the wild boar deeply and fiercely, holding it tightly. Xiaohua looked for the right moment to grab it and give it a claw, drawing the wild boar's attention to the dogs. It had no time to pay attention to Zhao Yeqing's attack that pierced its skin and flesh.
Zhao Yeqing pulled out the spear, and when Xiaohua pulled away, he stabbed again. This time, the spear went directly into the gap between the ribs in the chest. Under the gap were the heart and lungs. Now the wild boar could no longer ignore Zhao Yeqing.
He twisted his body and struggled, but the spear that was deeply inserted into his body was stuck on his ribs. Zhao Yeqing couldn't pull it out, nor could he hold the spear again, otherwise he would be thrown away by the wild boar. He could only let go and watch the wild boar desperately trying to shake off the thing stuck in its chest but was powerless.
Perhaps he knew that he would die if he continued like this, so he burst out with his dying strength and shook off all the dogs. After breaking free from his restraints, he rushed into the woods.
Zhao Yeqing's expression turned stern, and he started to chase after him.
But the more the wild boar moved, the deeper the spear pierced, and before it ran a hundred meters, Zhao Yeqing saw the huge body in front of him staggering and finally falling to the ground.
The man and four dogs cooperated so well that Mu Xi didn't even have to take any action, and a wild boar weighing several hundred kilograms was solved.
"Where is this place?"
They followed the dogs to look for wild boars. They didn't know how long they had walked, fighting and moving at the same time. Finally, they ran for a distance. Mu Xi looked up at the vegetation in front of him, then looked down at the compass on his watch.
"We should be at the junction of the broad-leaved forest and the pine forest..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a rustling sound was heard among the treetops above his head. The two of them huddled together and looked up at the trees.
Two clouded leopards jumped down from above, looking alert.
This is not mush and snow cake.
Zhao Yeqing recognized them at a glance. These were the two clouded leopards that followed Huhu Xuebing to his home to eat wild boar meat last time. They might be Xuebing’s cubs, or they might be Huhu’s mate.
The two could only recognize the appearance of Huhu and Xuebing. As the number of clouded leopards increased, even Xiaomu was almost unrecognizable.
The two clouded leopards had seen them, and the four dogs had also seen the two clouded leopards. Neither side took action, but the atmosphere was not relaxed at all.
They were almost reaching the clouded leopard's territory. Zhao Yeqing called out "Da Huang" and then pulled Mu Xi slowly back. They didn't want the wild boar anyway, so it was just right to use it as reserve food for the clouded leopards.
When Da Huang heard Zhao Yeqing's voice, he took his three children and followed them. The two clouded leopards did not catch up with them. Only when they saw them go farther away did they lower their heads and take two bites of wild boar meat.
When they were completely out of the clouded leopard's sight, Zhao Yeqing turned around, somewhat puzzled: "You said, it is obvious that the clouded leopards did not come to fight for the territory, but have been guarding the broad-leaved forest. But what else could it be?"
Along the way, we saw that the situation near the pine forest was normal. There were no signs of other animals passing by, and there were no abnormalities in the environment.
But the wild boar just ran towards the house like crazy, what other reason could there be...
The two men couldn't find the reason and slowly walked to the edge of the pine forest. This was where they had encountered the tiger before, and later the territory was occupied by elephants. Now the elephants were gone and the wild boars were almost dead.
Mu Xi did not move forward, but stopped and looked down the mountain. "We have not been here for a long time. Does it look a little different?"
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