Chapter 173 Encirclement
Since the tiger's feces was found, Gao Mingcheng decided to follow the information left by the feces and go find the tiger.
Tigers are also nocturnal animals. In the middle of the night, they will roar in the mountains and forests, looking for prey to eat. During the day, they spend most of their time sleeping.
But like black bears, this habit only occurs most of the time, not absolutely.
There are tigers roaming around outside during the day.
Gao Mingcheng's eyesight and sense of smell have improved a lot now compared to before. He followed the feces left by the tiger and walked towards the forest ahead.
The further we walked, the more lush the trees became. This area was pretty good, with plenty of water, grasslands, shrubs, wild berries, and some caves of various sizes, which were suitable for tigers to live in.
For tigers, this is a good place for Feng Shui.
As Gao Mingcheng walked, he looked around and kept it in mind.
Feeling a little hungry, he picked some berries and stuffed them into his mouth. When he bit the berries, they tasted sour and sweet, neither good nor bad.
Suddenly, his attention was drawn to a cliff, where a huge natural beehive had formed. Gao Mingcheng had been wandering in the mountains for a long time and had dug out many wild beehives, but this was the first time he had encountered such a large beehive.
"There must be at least 50 kilograms of honey..." Gao Mingcheng exclaimed, but he had no intention of taking the beehive.
Because the beehive was in a dangerous place, although he might be able to get it if he tried hard, there was no rope equipment to protect it, so there was a certain risk.
He now raises bees himself, so there is no need for him to take the huge risk of digging out the beehive.
A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!
Gao Mingcheng easily convinced himself and continued to move forward.
At this moment, he seemed to hear a cry for help faintly, he stopped and listened carefully.
"Help... Is there anyone there? Help us!"
This time, he clearly heard the cry for help.
A thought popped into his mind: Could it be that Mr. Luo didn't come down the mountain, but met with an accident?
He decided to go and see.
He followed the sound, but what he didn't expect was that before he saw the person calling for help, he saw the tiger first!
The South China tiger is a tiger unique to our country. In later generations, the South China tiger has become extinct in the wild. In fact, its population in the wild is also beginning to decrease in large numbers now. Gao Mingcheng has been running in the mountains for so long, but only now did he know that there is a tiger deep in the mountains.
The South China tiger has a round head, short ears, strong limbs, a long tail, a chest and abdomen with a lot of milky white, and an orange-yellow body with black horizontal stripes. However, it is a smaller subspecies of tiger, so even if this tiger is a male, it does not look particularly powerful.
And it looks a bit miserable.
Its right ear was shot, the bullet penetrated the ear and left a bloody hole. In addition to the wound on the ear, its body was also covered with fine wounds, which were caused by the hunting rifle, but because the steel balls in it did not hit the target, only the scattered iron sand left shallow wounds on the tiger's body.
It was perched under a locust tree, its eyes fixed on a cave not far away.
The entrance to the cave was blocked by rocks, leaving only a ventilation hole the size of a human head.
And the cry for help came from the cave.
Gao Mingcheng was very surprised to see this scene. He didn’t know what happened to the tiger and the people in the cave, but he knew that if he could save the tiger, he would do so.
Although it will still become extinct in the wild later, at least it will not die in his hands.
But how could he let the tiger go and release the people hiding in the cave at the same time?
If there was a tranquilizer gun, he could shoot the tiger to tranquilize it, then he could go over to treat its wounds and move it to another safe place.
But there is no way Gao Mingcheng would have such a thing as a tranquilizer gun in his hands!
After thinking hard for a long time, Gao Mingcheng saw that the tiger crouching under the locust tree actually stood up. It walked to the edge of the cave and did not appear in front of the reserved small entrance. This was the experience it had gained. If it stood there, the people inside would be able to hurt it.
It stood at the very edge, hiding in the blind spot of the people in the cave, and let out a low growl towards the cave!
The beast's roar was extremely intimidating, and the cave instantly became silent, with no one daring to make the slightest sound.
At this time, the tiger left quickly after making the threat!
It was hungry, so it wanted to find prey to eat.
But it also has some tricks. It does not leave directly, but first uses a low growl to intimidate, and then quietly leaves. Then the people hiding in the cave do not know that the tiger has actually left, and therefore dare not come out rashly.
Gao Mingcheng watched the tiger leave and felt relieved.
If the tiger didn't leave, he really wouldn't be able to save people without killing the tiger.
But Gao Mingcheng had no intention of showing up. He picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it into the reserved opening in the cave.
With a bang, the stone fell to the ground, scaring the people inside and making a horrified sound.
But soon, the people inside learned that there was someone outside!
Someone came to rescue them!
"Who is outside? Has the tiger run away?" someone in the cave shouted loudly.
Gao Mingcheng pinched his voice and said, "The tiger is gone, you guys come out quickly."
His voice was different from yesterday. Yesterday it was rough and eerie, but now it sounded somewhat androgynous, as if he was imitating a eunuch's voice.
Soon, someone stuck his head out to look, but he neither saw the tiger nor who was talking to them.
"What are you standing there for! Move the stones quickly!" Mr. Luo's voice was heard, and then the stones blocking the entrance of the cave were taken down bit by bit.
Soon, Mr. Luo, holding a revolver, was the first to come out. But as soon as he came out, the Ma brothers immediately followed him and protected him at all times. In addition to these three people, two more people came out of the cave. One of them was seriously injured and was carried by another person.
Mr. Luo glared at them with disdain and said, "Since the tiger has left, let's go separately. You two don't follow us!"
If it weren't for these two disasters, he wouldn't have suffered so much!
"That tiger has been chasing us since last night. It's leaving now, probably because it's hungry. Let's leave quickly while it's hunting and eating!" said the eldest brother of the Ma family.
"Well, let's go!" After being blocked by the tiger for most of the night and most of the day, Mr. Luo also wanted to leave this damn place as soon as possible, and immediately agreed with the words of the head of the Ma family.
As for the second son of the Ma family, he held the injured hunting dog in his arms and comforted it not to make any sound. The group walked quickly down the mountain.
A hunting dog has four legs. If one leg is injured, it can still walk by relying on the other three legs, but it will be a little lame and slower.
In order to prevent the hunting dog from being a burden, the second son of the Ma family kept holding the hunting dog.
(End of this chapter)
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