He skillfully loaded the bullet.
He didn't hand the gun to Shi Yangyang, but instead shoved the sharp wood-chopping knife into her cold hand.
“Yangyang, listen,” Zhang Cheng said with a very serious expression, gripping her wrist tightly so she could feel the solidity of the knife hilt. “There’s danger outside, there are bad things. You just hide under the covers, stay hidden, and don’t come out or make a sound.”
"If... if anything tries to break down the door or climb through the window, use this to chop it down hard! Understand?"
Shi Yangyang seemed to understand, but looking at Zhang Cheng's serious face, she nodded vigorously, hugged the wood-chopping knife to her chest, and shrank back into the quilt.
Zhang Cheng took a deep breath, turned around, and picked up two hunting rifles.
As I walked into the front yard, the main house was still brightly lit, and I could faintly hear my mother crying and cursing, as well as my elder brother complaining.
He paused, then finally, across the courtyard, coldly tossed out a sentence: "A wolf has entered the village. Be careful."
After saying that, he didn't hesitate for a moment, turned around and strode out of the courtyard gate, disappearing into the wind and snow.
Zhangjia Village is small, with houses built against the mountain and scattered in a staggered pattern.
Every household has a yard, but because the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, the livestock have already been slaughtered or moved, and many woodsheds, pigsties, and cowsheds are empty.
These places are undoubtedly the best hiding places for cunning wolf packs.
Zhang Cheng's eyes were sharp as an eagle's, and he quickly constructed a three-dimensional map of the entire village in his mind.
Hammer's house is on the west side of the village... In which direction might the wolf pack spread?
Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he reached into his robes and pulled out the wolf king's fur face mask.
Are snow wolves known for their keen sense of smell? Or do they hold grudges?
good!
He drew his machete and quickly cut the wolf king's pelt into thumb-sized pieces.
"Then I'll let the scent of the former wolf king fill the entire village!"
As he moved quickly, he discreetly discarded pieces of fur, which carried the strong scent of the wolf king, in key corners, intersections, and near empty houses where he might be hiding.
Meanwhile, his eyes were pressed against the ground, carefully observing the snow-covered surface, searching for any suspicious traces.
At this moment, the entire Zhangjia Village sprang into action.
Upon learning that a pack of wolves might be lurking in the village, the villagers' anger was replaced by fear, which quickly transformed into a shared determination to fight against the wolf.
The men, carrying homemade guns and hunting rifles, and holding harpoons and spears, searched every corner cautiously in groups of three or five.
"Found it!"
Suddenly!
Zhang Cheng's gaze was fixed on a shadowy corner of the wall!
There, several clear, fresh plum blossom-shaped footprints were clearly visible!
They are wolf paw prints!
And it's not just one direction!
He felt a chill run down his spine and immediately determined the possible directions in which the wolf pack might disperse.
We must not disturb them! Otherwise, once they scatter and flee, hunting them one by one will become much more difficult and dangerous!
Zhang Cheng lowered his body and moved lightly, like a ghost, following the clearest set of footprints, quickly and silently tracking them.
The footprints eventually disappeared at the east end of the village, outside Li Yaohui's abandoned cowshed.
The cowshed was built outside the courtyard wall, in a relatively secluded area, and large enough to hide a few wolves.
Zhang Cheng held his breath, gripping the loaded shotgun tightly with both hands, the muzzle slightly lowered, his cold gaze scanning the dark interior of the cowshed like radar.
The cowshed was quiet, without a sound. Zhang Cheng gripped his hunting rifle tightly, squinted, and stared intently.
He scanned the huge cowshed in front of him.
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