"But it's only early spring, and the temperature in the mountains isn't high yet. Shouldn't these guys still be hibernating?"
Liao Bin also expressed his doubts about the temperature.
"Who knows? There are so many things in Shennongjia. The military has come here to investigate before and experienced even more amazing things."
Zhou Cong replied with a faint smile.
Xu Jiaming nodded and said, "Didn't Lao Zhang say yesterday that in 1975, when scientists were investigating here, they discovered a giant snake that was ten thousand years old?"
"Let's tidy this up first."
Another special forces soldier named Wu Kai said, "Throw the dead snakes as far away as possible, and keep some to stew with monkey head mushrooms. It tastes pretty good."
"Hey, python meat, monkey head mushroom and snake soup, I've never tried this before, today is the perfect time to give it a try."
When the topic of food came up, Xu Jiaming became interested again, and then the group worked together to start cleaning up the snake meat on the ground.
Wu Kai and Zhou Cong carried most of the snake's body and threw it several hundred meters away.
These creatures still have a strong smell of blood on them, and placing them too close to the camp risks attracting other wild animals.
While cleaning the snake bodies, Zhou Cong skillfully removed three snake gallbladders the size of eggs, placed them in a large bowl, poured in a bowl of warm wine, and disinfected them.
Snake gallbladders can improve eyesight and have many other medicinal effects. Wild python gallbladders are especially rare and precious.
Although they knew the benefits of this thing, this group of wealthy young men still didn't dare to try it. It was simply too big; could they really swallow it whole?
After hesitating for a long time, Xu Jiaming finally mustered up his courage, made full preparations, and swallowed one. Then Chen Chongshan also swallowed one.
Wenfei and Liao Bin, however, dared not try it, and in the end, the dog trainer Lao Fu ate the dog.
After discarding the snake body and eating the snake gall, the monkey head mushroom and snake soup in the pot began to emit a delicious aroma.
The roasted wild boar meat had turned a golden color, and its rich aroma whetted the appetites of the group.
Even the hunting dogs were drawn by the aroma, following their owners and hoping to get a few bites of the roasted meat.
Chen Chongshan and his men naturally had no intention of refusing the hunting dogs' requests.
Being in these mountains, we have all kinds of ingredients, more than we can eat, so what is there to be reluctant to part with?
After dinner, the group chatted around the fire for a while before going to sleep one by one.
The hunting dogs gathered around the tent, resting while also serving as guards.
Wu Kai and Zhou Cong didn't go to sleep either. They had to take turns guarding the area. Although there were so many hunting dogs around the tent, anything could happen in the mountains and forests. In case of any unforeseen circumstances, they had to be on guard.
As night deepened, the mountain wind howled through the forest, its sounds as eerie as ghostly wails.
The occasional cries of owls, crows, and other birds, as well as the cries of giant salamanders in the stream, made everything seem even more eerie.
Fortunately, the group was exhausted from their long journey during the day and had already fallen into a deep sleep.
Even Zhou Cong and Wu Kai, who had been keeping watch all night, gradually became sleepy in the latter half of the night and eventually fell asleep.
The people gradually fell asleep in their tents, but the hunting dogs, having rested through the night, gradually became more energetic.
The darkness does not interfere with their vision, and the air is filled with the stench of python blood. Such an environment is not safe in the mountains and forests.
The vigilant Ah Huang and the Demon King never let their guard down. Although Sengge lay lazily by the fire with its eyes half-closed, its alertness was higher than that of all the hunting dogs.
On the grasslands, territorial dogs take on the responsibility of keeping watch at night, protecting the sheep from wolves in the dead of night.
Sengge's long-standing guarding habits had given him extremely deep experience in keeping watch, and the beagle dogs were all asleep by the fire.
During the first half of the night, although various sounds could be heard from the forest, the sources of these sounds were all very far from the tent camp.
After their initial alertness, the hunting dogs ignored it. However, in the latter half of the night, Ah Huang, who had been on alert around the camp, suddenly sensed movement not far away.
Ah Huang suddenly stood up and looked into the distance. Soon, along with that commotion, an even stronger smell of blood blew in with the mountain wind.
The Demon King soon noticed the commotion and came to Ah Huang's side, his gaze turning cold and deep.
The mastiff king Sengge seemed to sense the unusual movement, but instead of standing up, it raised its head to look a few times before lying down again.
The little hunting dogs were also startled, and they all came running back and forth behind Ah Huang and the Demon King.
The smell of blood in the air made the little hunting dogs feel extremely threatened, and low growls began to come from their throats again.
Even the Dugo Asura was getting impatient. It roared in a low voice and took steps forward, as if it wanted to rush forward to find out what was going on.
However, the moment it stepped into the stream, the Mastiff King Sengge, who had seemed to be asleep, suddenly woke up and let out a low, angry roar at Ashura.
This was Sengge stopping Ashura's steps; the direction from which the commotion came was clearly where they had discarded the python's carcass.
Such fresh flesh and blood were bound to attract a large number of carnivores at night. Although Seng was also full of curiosity about such a wild challenge, the experienced animal knew very well that protecting the camp was more important than anything else.
These guys only want the fresh python flesh and blood; they can't attack unless the camp is threatened.
Ashura, who had been stopped by Sengge, turned around and looked back. It found that Ah Huang and the Demon King had not moved either. It hesitated for a moment, then finally turned back and went back to the tent.
Ashura was a restless hunter. It could sense that a large number of powerful prey were waiting for it ahead. It had no fear of these unknown creatures, but Seng's reminder reminded it of its duty.
Protecting their owners is the first and foremost thing all hunting dogs should do.
The commotion in the woods across the stream grew louder, and the faint roars of wild beasts could be heard, which put the pack of hunting dogs on high alert.
Ah Huang and the Demon King stood by the stream, quietly watching ahead. Their shoulder hair was standing on end, but they showed no intention of making a move.
Even though Ah Huang's heart was filled with longing for this unknown world and unknown opponents, its sleeping master was here, and it was more aware than ever of what it should do.
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