Chapter 265 New Discovery, Underground Cave
This guy was chubby and had a round face. After he noticed Lin Heng and the other two, he tilted his head and looked at them, seeming a little confused.
It seems like it's saying, "What are you looking at?"
Snap! ! As if he thought Lin Heng and the other man were not a threat, this guy slapped a plum fish in the water, caught it, and went to the river bank to eat it by leaning against a big tree.
"You said this guy also eats fish? Didn't he say he only eats bamboo?"
Lin Yue was a little confused. It was really unacceptable that after searching for two days, the result was a giant panda.
"This creature is an omnivore, so it's normal for it to eat fish occasionally."
Lin Heng shook his head and looked helplessly at another river channel. Each bear has its own territory. With the giant pandas here, there are probably no black bears nearby.
No wonder the Liu family father and son didn’t come here. Maybe they already knew that there were no black bears here.
The two quietly retreated a little, away from the giant panda's territory. Although its name has the word "cat" in it, it is actually a bear, and we should not take it lightly just because it eats bamboo.
After retreating far enough with Xiong Ba, Lin Yue looked at Lin Heng and asked, "Brother, what should we do now?"
Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the tributary on the other side of the river and take a look, and then make a decision."
"Okay then."
Lin Yue nodded, and continued walking forward until he came to a narrower part of the river. He then took off his pants and crossed the river to the other side.
Go up a little and continue looking for traces of black bear.
Soon they came to the intersection of the two rivers. They were now on the left bank. If they continued walking along the right bank, they would reach the location where they had just discovered the giant panda.
The water surface where the two rivers intersect is very wide, about ten meters wide from left to right. A bottomless pit is formed in the middle by the impact of the water flow, which looks green.
There are quite a few smelt fish in this place. You can clearly see schools of fish swimming here in the water and sprinting towards the upper positions.
"This fish is really amazing. It can even rush up the stone skin."
Lin Yue pointed to the stone skin not far away and said.
The river flowing out from the left bank flows down a rock surface with a slope of more than 30 degrees. The water is very turbulent, but the fish below can still swim upstream against the current.
"really."
Lin Heng was also somewhat amazed. The fish were desperately rushing upwards. This was a scene that could only be seen in documentaries.
Some fish were able to rush up, but others were knocked down by the water halfway through.
“Woof woof~”
Suddenly, Xiongba, who was running in front, called out and turned to look at Lin Heng.
"What is it?"
Lin Heng walked over to check and found a half-eaten fat plum fish, estimated to be two or three pounds.
But when he saw the footprints next to it, he was shocked. It was also a huge bear footprint.
"There are bears here too?" Lin Heng opened his mouth wide, a little unbelievable.
Lin Yue was shocked and a little confused: "Brother, don't you think this is also the footprint of the panda? I heard that bears have their own territories and usually live alone."
Lin Heng shook his head and pointed at the bear's footprints on the ground. "Obviously not. This footprint is smaller. Although bears are solitary animals, they may get close to each other when having a big meal like this."
In his previous life, he watched documentaries and saw that many bears would run to the river to eat fish in April and May, and they had no intention of fighting.
Moreover, there is a river between them, and it is not realistic for the panda to come over since it is so fat.
"Does that mean there are black bears here?" Lin Yue asked curiously.
Lin Heng shook his head: "The preliminary judgment should be, let's look for other clues and make sure it's confirmed this time."
I didn’t pay attention to finding the panda’s feces last time, otherwise I should have been able to distinguish them.
"Woof~"
Soon Xiongba made a new discovery. Lin Heng walked over and saw that it was a pile of black bear feces, long black strips with almost no fibers.
"This is definitely a black bear."
Lin Heng rubbed Xiongba's head and grinned.
Pandas eat the most bamboo, so their feces are yellow and contain a lot of bamboo fiber. Black bears eat a more diverse diet, so their feces do not have as much fiber.
"Brother, come and take a look. It seems someone has been here before."
At this time, Lin Yue discovered something new not far away.
Lin Heng came over, and Lin Yue pointed at the footprints on the ground and said, "It feels like these footprints appeared recently. Could it be that the black bears here are gone?"
Lin Heng looked at the footprints on the ground, checked around, and shook his head uncertainly: "It's hard to say, let's go up and see, if the black bear is gone, there should be other traces."
"But this is indeed bad news. Regardless of whether the black bear is shot or not, it will most likely not come back if it is shot." Lin Heng sighed again.
"That's fine." Lin Yue said.
The two men followed the bear's footprints upwards with the dog. The higher they went, the more footprints they saw along the river, indicating that there was indeed a black bear active in this area a few days ago.
They also saw human footprints, which made the two men feel discouraged. The hope that someone had come and discovered the bear was slim.
After walking one kilometer up, the footprints gradually became scarce, leading to the forest. The black bear should have entered the mountain from here.
"It seems there is still hope. We didn't find any bloodstains." Lin Yue said with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded: "There is indeed hope, let's go up the mountain and look for it."
After reaching the top of the mountain, the two separated slightly and searched along the hillside.
Before he knew it, the sun was already shining overhead and it was already noon. Since entering the forest, it was difficult to determine the bear's whereabouts, and Xiongba could only find the approximate direction.
"Hey, are there gorals or antelopes here?"
As he walked, Lin Heng suddenly discovered that the bushes nearby had signs of being eaten. Judging from the signs, it was definitely done by a herbivore, but he didn't know what kind of animal it was.
After searching for a long time, no trace was found. Xiongba also didn't find it. It was obvious that they didn't come out in broad daylight. Lin Heng also knew that these animals usually came out to eat grass in the early morning and evening.
Before we knew it, it was already noon. The traces of the brown bear were difficult to track, and no other prey were found. It was extremely difficult.
Lin Heng was not in a hurry to take out the rope from his backpack to set up the noose traps. He set up some along the animal trails and checked the situation every day. It was easier than tracking them by himself and could increase the probability of capturing them.
After walking another two kilometers, Lin Heng gave up. The black bear's range of activity was too large, and there was probably little hope of tracking it.
He set some traps on the way and then found a direction to go down to the river.
The river valley here is narrower and there are many tall trees. From the mountain you can't see the water flow and can only hear the sound.
“Woof woof~”
On the way down the river, Xiongba made another new discovery. Lin Heng walked over and saw a pile of black bean-like feces. This was an animal path going down the mountain to drink water.
This kind of feces can rule out musk deer. As for what specific animal it is, Lin Heng can only make a rough judgment and cannot make a detailed distinction.
Lin Heng set up a noose trap on the animal trail and went down into the river. The water here became turbulent, and the pebbles in the river were piled up. The water washed over the stones, creating waves of white foam.
A lot of plum fish can be seen in the turbulent river water. They like this kind of turbulent, oxygen-rich river water. I guess this place should be their destination.
Lin Heng saw a lot of big plum fish, took off his shoes and went to the waterside with a wooden stick to knock the fish. He looked at the fish behind him and hit them with the stick. After a while, the fish flipped over.
Xiongba could obviously catch it himself, but he just waited to eat the ready-made one. Lin Heng knocked it out and picked it up downstream and put it on the shore.
We caught six or seven carps, each weighing about two or three pounds. The small carps didn't have the strength to come to such a place.
"It's a pity that I can't bring my family here."
Lin Heng built a fire under a huge hickory tree and began to grill fish. The scenery in the deep mountains was so beautiful, like a paradise. It was a pity that he couldn't bring his family to enjoy it.
The sun is very hot today, but it is cool by the river. The clean and beautiful blue and black stones, the rushing river, the green grass, flowers and the soft sand, it all is so beautiful.
Lin Heng sat under a tree grilling fish and enjoying the beautiful scenery.
He had already grilled the fish, but his elder brother hadn't come down yet. It should be about the agreed time, and Lin Heng didn't know what was going on.
After he had filled his stomach, it was almost two o'clock when he finally saw a young man coming down from upstream, holding a bag of white rice in his hand.
"Damn it, brother, why did he go upstream and catch a white rice?"
Lin Heng was a little surprised. Bai Mi Zi is not easy to beat. Brother, you have the aura of a novice.
Lin Yue chuckled: "I went down to the river first and then walked up along the river bank. Suddenly, I met Bai Mizi drinking water by the pond. It was so scared when it saw me that it climbed up a tree. I raised my gun and shot it dead."
"sharp!"
Lin Heng picked it up and took a look. The white rice weighed about ten kilograms, not particularly large. But for his elder brother, it was indeed a considerable harvest.
"I made another discovery upstream. There's a big cave over there. Do you want to explore it?"
Lin Yue smiled and asked again.
"Okay, we'll go after you finish your meal." Lin Heng nodded, lit the dying fire, and grilled two fish for his eldest brother.
While feeding his elder brother, Lin Heng went to get some rosin. He had seen a lot of it when he came down just now.
Split the tip of a wooden stick into four pieces, add some freshly cut pine wood, and then add some pine resin to make a torch.
Lin Heng made four torches, two each for him and his elder brother.
After Lin Yue finished his meal, the two of them and the dog set out together. After walking two kilometers along the river, they went up the mountain on the right bank.
After walking five or six hundred meters, a huge cave entrance sloping downward appeared on a mountain about a hundred meters above the river.
The entrance is more than three meters high and looks pitch black. It is impossible to see what is inside, which gives people an inexplicable sense of fear.
Lin Yue pointed at the cave and said, "This is it. I didn't dare to go in alone at that time."
"Then let us light a torch and have a look."
Lin Heng opened his backpack and took out a rope to tie Xiongba up first, to prevent him from running around and causing danger. Then he poured a little gasoline on the torch and lit it easily.
After the two torches were lit, the two men put the things at the edge of the cave and his eldest brother took a shotgun, while he led Xiongba and walked in front with a flashlight.
A flashlight alone is unsafe, but a torch can detect the oxygen situation inside and avoid danger.
This cave leads downwards, and as soon as you walk in, you'll feel a chill. The temperature is obviously much colder than outside.
There were no creatures like bats in the cave. As we walked in about ten meters, water began to drip from above. When we shone the flashlight, we saw grayish-white conical stalactites all over, which were obviously formed by dripping water.
“This stone is really strange.”
Lin Yue was shocked as he looked at the clusters of stone flowers, stone hairs and stone waterfalls on the cave wall.
"Let's go inside and take a look." Lin Heng smiled. He was a little disappointed with this cave. There were no valuable things and he didn't see any good ornaments.
Although I didn't see anything good, the size of the cave was somewhat beyond my expectations. I walked for about twenty meters but still hadn't reached the end, and the torches were still burning.
After walking five meters forward, the cave turned a corner, and a bunch of yellow round stones appeared on the ground, which were much more beautiful than the grayish white ones.
"Oh my god, this isn't the end yet, it has to be this deep."
After walking for another two minutes, Lin Yue exclaimed in amazement, this cave is too big.
"Look here, this is citrine."
Lin Heng suddenly saw a brown-yellow crystal lump. This thing grew on the stone wall. There were many crystal pillars the size of little fingers on it, shining with an attractive luster.
"There are some here too. The color of the cave is starting to turn red. It's so strange."
Lin Yue was a little surprised and a little scared. The environment looked a bit scary.
"Don't be afraid, this is normal." Lin Heng shook his head. Knowing the principle behind it, he was not panicked at all.
"Brother, let me hold the torch. I'll try to break it off."
Lin Heng handed the flashlight over, tried it with both hands but found it didn't move at all, then looked around and found a stone and hit it twice.
With a click, the cluster of yellow crystals fell down. Lin Heng grinned and said, "This thing is very good whether you want to play with it or sell it for money. Brother, which one do you like? I'll smash it for you."
"good."
Lin Yue looked around and found a thick yellow crystal pillar which was also very beautiful.
Lin Heng took off his coat and put it on the stone, and it broke immediately.
Putting the crystal on the ground temporarily, the two continued to move forward.
There is already a lot of sand and gravel underground here, and the dripping water is getting more and more serious. However, there is not much water accumulation on the ground because the cave is slanted downward.
Lin Heng found a few small yellow jade-like stones in the sandstone. As he was looking for them, Lin Yue suddenly said, "Brother, is this the chicken blood stone you mentioned?"
Lin Yue came over with an egg-shaped light red stone and showed it to Lin Heng.
"Yes, it is indeed bloodstone, but the quality is average."
Lin Heng was shocked. There were so many good things in this cave.
"Then let's look for it carefully." Lin Yue said happily.
Lin Heng looked around and found two small light red bloodstones, only the size of a thumb.
Unable to find the two people, we continued walking forward. After going down the slope, the slope became very gentle. There was some water on the ground, and it was icy cold.
Lin Heng searched for a while and suddenly saw a long blood-red stone. He was immediately ecstatic because this level of bloodstone was rare.
His bloodstone is thirty centimeters long and only about five centimeters thick, and looks a bit like a rounded rectangle.
"Brother, I found a good stone, too."
Lin Yue was also delighted. He held a large duck egg-shaped chicken blood stone in his hand, half of which was blood red and half was reddish yellow.
This large goose egg is about 15 centimeters long and 6 or 7 centimeters wide at the widest point in the middle. It looks like a large goose egg.
"Your shape is better. You can take it home and put it there to protect your house. You can also sell it later."
Lin Heng smiled and said that it was worth coming down the cave. After overcoming the instinctive fear, he really gained a lot.
"Let's go ahead and see if there are others."
Lin Yue also became happy and full of interest in exploration.
Lin Heng nodded, and the two of them relit a torch and continued moving forward.
After a while, a completely new scene appeared in front of the two people, and they were shocked by the scenery in front of them.
(End of this chapter)
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