"The little fox said that Captain Xie's side will encounter a brown horse, which will also be used as bait."
Xia Zhining quickly turned to the map, her fingertip pointing to the marker representing the direction of Officer Xie's team's movement.
Then he focused his attention on the dark green area marked "Black Water Pool".
"Professor Lin's real target is here. He wants to use the swampy terrain to shake us off, or... there's a backup there."
"Wind from the southwest, wind speed level 6, communication signal completely cut off," a technician reported urgently. "We can't contact Team Leader Xie by radio!"
Everyone's heart sank.
The inability to communicate means that Officer Xie will continue chasing the horse used as bait in the wrong direction, while Professor Lin will calmly disappear into the mist of the Blackwater Pool.
“Use Jixiang.” Xia Zhining turned around without hesitation and looked at Hai Dongqing. “Jixiang, you know Officer Xie, right?”
Jixiang proudly raised its head and let out a short, sharp cry.
"Now, only you can find them in the wind and snow."
Xia Zhining quickly tore off a small piece of the waterproof map, marked the location of the Blackwater Pool and a huge arrow on it with a special fluorescent pen, and wrote a short instruction: [Barefoot, quickly turn to the Blackwater Pool and surround it].
She rolled the note into a thin roll and carefully tied it to the base of Jixiang's strong leg with a very light elastic strap.
"Deliver this to Officer Xie. Fly at top speed along the leeward side of the mountain range, avoiding the strongest air currents."
She stroked the auspicious, cold feathers. "You can do it."
Jixiang nodded without hesitation.
The next moment, it spread its powerful wings, which were nearly two meters long, and headed towards Officer Xie.
Ji Shuyun paused for a moment and said, "Let's go to Blackwater Pool and block Professor Lin's path."
"Team Leader Xie received the information and will definitely flank us from the side. Brothers of Oroqen,"
He looked at the chieftain and said, “Please lead us along the fastest and most secretive route, straight to the edge of the swamp.”
The Oroqen chief nodded emphatically, mounted his horse, and with a whistle, several hunters scattered as if guided by their own arms, their hooves kicking up waves of snow.
“Stay close to us,” he roared. “There’s a trail worn by an old hunter that will save us half the time!”
The engine roared, and the horses' hooves pounded the ground.
Xia Zhining's snowmobile took the lead, closely following the path carved out by the Oroqen hunters in the dense forest and snow slopes.
Ji Shuyun followed closely on horseback, An Le on his arm scanning the distance with sharp, piercing eyes.
They are racing against time, against the wind and snow, and against a cunning enemy.
After receiving the secret message from Ji Xiang, Officer Xie's team did not hesitate at all and immediately changed direction.
The Oroqen hunters took the lead, knowing every fold of this mountain forest intimately.
The hunters led Officer Xie's team, abandoning the wide but circuitous snowfield, and plunged into a secluded mountain pass half-hidden by snow and accessible only to wild animals.
Horse hooves and snowmobiles sped along the narrow path, their speed increasing rather than decreasing, like a sharp dagger plunging viciously into the side of the Blackwater Pool.
At the same time, Xia Zhining's main force, like a sharp knife, pierced straight into the heart of Blackwater Pool.
When Xia Zhi Ning's team broke through the last patch of withered reeds, a bright and clear view suddenly appeared before them.
On the murky, black-tinged surface of the swamp, a makeshift bamboo raft was frantically paddling toward the opposite bank.
Besides Professor Lin, there were indeed three other unidentified people on the bamboo raft, all wearing the same style of dark-colored windbreakers.
However, just as the bamboo raft was about to reach the shore, a figure flashed in the dense forest on the opposite bank.
Officer Xie's team appeared like divine soldiers descending from the heavens, arriving precisely at the designated encirclement position!
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