Lin Chaosheng snapped out of his daze. "It's alright, it's alright, let's go."
He then suppressed a smile and walked into the woods.
The mountains grew steeper and the trees denser. Lin Chaosheng carefully examined the various footprints on the ground and listened intently to every faint sound in the distance.
The system's enhancement made his senses even more acute.
Suddenly, he reached out and blocked Lin Shansheng, his eyes fixed on a clump of grass.
There was a large, fat, gray buttock wriggling in the grass, trying to burrow into the hole.
Lin Chaosheng gave Lin Shansheng a gesture to stop, and quietly approached the small animal.
It turned out to be a giant mole, as big as a cat, with shiny, smooth fur that looked like it had been well-nourished.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Lin Chaosheng's mind.
If we form an alliance with the mole, wouldn't that help him find many valuable things in the mountains and forests?
[A contractable creature has been discovered: the mole]
Contract success rate: 90%
Is there a contract?
Lin Chaosheng chose yes without hesitation and named the mole "Feifei".
Suddenly, the mole turned its head, its large eyes staring at him with a hint of humanity.
[Contract successful!]
Luck value -10
Current luck level: 10
The system's voice flashed in Lin Chaosheng's ears again. He heard his luck value suddenly halved, and he felt a little regretful before cheering himself up again.
Looking at the mole with its black eyes dangling from its feet, Lin Chaosheng began to make a plan.
"Holy crap, a mole!" Lin Shansheng rubbed his eyes, looking at the gray creature nestled next to Lin Chaosheng, afraid that he was hallucinating.
Lin Shansheng stared in disbelief, his mouth agape, stammering, unable to utter a complete sentence, "This...this..."
He had never seen such a well-nourished mole so docilely approach a person.
Lin Chaosheng squatted down and patted the mole's head. "Its name is Feifei."
With the curiosity and ingratiating emotions of having just formed an alliance with someone, Feifei rubbed against Lin Chaosheng's hand, then suddenly ran away, forcefully digging at the ground and making urgent "squeak" sounds.
"What is it doing?" Lin Shansheng looked at the mole with even greater surprise, wondering if there was something wrong with it.
Lin Chaosheng looked in the direction Feifei was digging, and his eyes lit up immediately. "It's telling us there's prey over there!"
Lin Chaosheng patted Feifei's head, "Let's go, take us to find prey!"
As if it understood the command, Fatty immediately twisted its heavy body and climbed up the hillside at an unexpectedly fast speed.
The two brothers quickly grabbed their weapons and ran after Fatty.
They walked through a dense forest and came to a secluded little hill.
Suddenly, Feifei stopped in a clump of grass and excitedly rubbed against Lin Chaosheng's shoes.
Lin Chaosheng leaned closer for a closer look and found a few detached rabbit hairs, a few droppings, and some hidden footprints.
“This is it,” Lin Chaosheng stood up. “Shansheng, come and take a look. This should be a rabbit burrow.”
Lin Shansheng squatted down beside the bushes with some skepticism, observing carefully, then suddenly stood up and looked at Lin Chaosheng in shock.
"Brother, you...you're amazing! This is a rabbit burrow, and these footprints look like they belong to an adult rabbit!" Lin Shansheng looked at Lin Chaosheng with admiration.
Lin Chaosheng smiled and couldn't help but admire Fei Fei in his heart.
Soon, Lin Chaosheng and Lin Shansheng devised a tactic.
Lin Chaosheng dug two small holes next to the rabbit hole, while Lin Shansheng went to find some branches and dry grass.
After Lin Chaosheng finished digging two small pits and set up several hunting traps around them, Lin Shansheng returned.
Then Lin Shansheng laid dry grass and thin branches on the small hole that Lin Chaosheng had dug.
Lin Chaosheng watched as his younger brother grasped things so quickly, worked so efficiently, and kept everything so clean, and couldn't help but praise him.
Then Lin Chaosheng placed hunting traps wrapped with vines in the two caves.
With everything ready, Lin Shansheng and Lin Chaosheng each stood at a suspicious cave entrance, preparing to light a fire.
Don't light too much smoke, or the rabbits will all choke and die in their burrows, and the rabbit meat won't taste any worse.
Just as Lin Chaosheng was about to light a cigarette, the system's mechanical voice sounded in his ear again.
After hearing this, Lin Chaosheng quickly instructed Lin Shansheng, "Don't light the cigarette too high."
Lin Shansheng nodded solemnly, carefully lit the dry grass with a flint, and then covered it with some wet twigs.
Smoke immediately rose and flowed into the cave through the "smoke channel" that Lin Chaosheng had made of leaves.
Fatty obediently squatted to the side, carefully monitoring the movements on the ground.
Soon, a commotion came from the entrance of the hole, and a plump, gray-black rabbit jumped out, looking to weigh about thirteen or fourteen pounds.
Then the big fat rabbit fell into the trap that Lin Chaosheng had set up in advance.
Then, the second, the third, the fourth... all jumped out.
"Get the net!" Lin Chaosheng shouted.
The two quickly set up a hunting net, trapping two fat rabbits that were trying to escape.
The two brothers worked together seamlessly, one blocking the fleeing rabbit while the other caught it.
Soon, seven or eight rabbits were caught.
"There's more over there!" Lin Chaosheng shouted, pointing to a hidden little hole.
The two large rabbits were about to escape when they were startled by Fatty guarding the entrance to the burrow, and they bumped into each other.
Lin Chaosheng rushed forward and picked up the stone he had just searched, smashing it against the rabbit's leg.
The rabbit was kicked hard in the leg and instantly became unable to move, twitching on the ground.
Suddenly, Feifei rushed out and used its huge body to press down on the last rabbit. Seeing this, Lin Chaosheng quickly picked up a rope and lassoed the rabbit.
Lin Shansheng stood there, looking at the large rabbits scattered all over the ground. He counted them, and there were a total of ten!
Each rabbit was quite plump, thrashing about in the traps and nets.
This is more and bigger than the rabbits he catches in a year!
"Brother... so many, so many rabbits!" Lin Shansheng exclaimed with delight, his eyes gradually welling up with tears. "Our family will finally not have to go hungry or cold this year!"
Lin Chaosheng stepped forward and patted Lin Shansheng on the shoulder, his face beaming with undisguised excitement and joy.
In his past life, he had almost gambled away his entire fortune at this time. That winter, his younger brother desperately searched for herbs on the mountain to exchange for money, and his hands were frostbitten and ulcerated.
Now, they not only have so much food, but they can also exchange it for extra money to buy other necessities.
The two brothers slaughtered all the rabbits and put them in their pockets.
Then, each of them carried a large bag on their back and prepared to go home.
"Hey bro, wait a minute," Lin Shansheng pointed at the mole squatting to the side, "what about it?"
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