"Team One, follow me. Ningning, we'll keep our distance from the target red fox and follow it to take a look."
As soon as the order was given, the main force moved with lightning speed, silently breaking into smaller units and disappearing into the wind, snow, and rocks.
Xia Zhining and Ji Shuyun stood about ten meters apart, neither too close nor too far behind the strangely behaving red fox.
High above, the gyrfalcon spread its broad wings like a silent gray cloud, providing the brother and sister with an irreplaceable God's-eye view.
The wind and snow howled, and time crawled slowly on taut nerves.
Suddenly, a sharp, short eagle cry rang out from high above:
[Below! In the valley to the southeast! There's the sound of hooves, many of them! It's chaotic! It's a herd of wild boars! Charging in your direction!]
Xia Zhining felt her hair stand on end, and almost simultaneously with Ji Xiang's warning, she shouted sharply into her earpiece:
"Attention everyone! A herd of wild boars is rapidly approaching from the valley to the southeast! Number unknown!"
"Repeated, a herd of wild boars is approaching!"
The warning had barely been issued when a faint, unsettling thud came from the ground.
That wasn't the sound of the wind.
It was a death march that came from afar, with countless heavy hooves trampling through ice and snow and crashing through bushes.
The wind and snow on Mobei Cliff suddenly became violent.
No sooner had Ji Shuyun given the order than a nearly simultaneous roar came from the walkie-talkie from scouts in different directions: "Wild boar herd spotted to the northeast!"
"They're also in the due east! And they're fast!"
"Southeast, Southeast is coming up too!"
The wild boar herd was attacking from three directions!
The heavy hooves rolled like muffled thunder, making the snow underfoot tremble.
The dark, swarming herd of beasts crashed through the low bushes, whipping up waves of snow. Their gleaming white fangs flashed coldly in the dim light as they charged straight at the flanks of the column.
The intentions of those behind the scenes are crystal clear: to scatter them, divide and destroy them!
Just as the group was about to be cut off by the beast horde, a rapid sound of hooves tore through the chaos.
Xia Tang spurred his horse forward like an arrow from the side and rear, and in the instant he passed Xia Zhi Ning, he steadily tossed a sealed silver metal box into her arms.
"Ningning, catch!"
Xia Tang's voice was very low, "A high-concentration biological sedative aerosol, carried by birds and sprayed at low altitudes, can temporarily neutralize the aggression of wild boars!"
Xia Zhining opened the box without hesitation, revealing dozens of thumb-sized atomizing bullets neatly arranged inside.
She quickly grabbed a few, but the crow had already nimbly and intelligently swooped down, letting out a sharp cry that summoned several agile tits and crows.
The birds, carrying the atomizing grenades, swooped down like a miniature air force formation towards the nearest herd of wild boars, then triggered the switches with their claws or beaks—
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
Large swaths of pale blue mist exploded in front of the herd of beasts, spreading rapidly.
The leading wild boars inhaled the mist, and their momentum noticeably slowed.
The ferocity in their eyes was replaced by confusion, and they began to spin in place and collide with each other, effectively slowing down their attack on the front line.
Almost at the same moment, Ji Shuyun stared intently at the red fox trying to slip into a crevice in the snowstorm, and shouted sharply into the air, "Jixiang! Keep an eye on the red fox! Ignore what's below!"
A sharp eagle's cry came from high above in response.
Taking advantage of the fact that the wild boar herd was disturbed by the mist, the team was forced to retreat while fighting in the northwest direction, the only direction where no herd of animals was attacking at the moment.
But before he could retreat a hundred meters, Boss Crow's piercing warning rang out:
[Ningning! Stop! You can't back down anymore! The snow behind is flat, but underneath it's hollow!]
"It's an ice hole in the swamp! If you fall in, you won't be able to get out!"
Xia Zhining suddenly reined in her horse, a chill running from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head.
She instantly understood: using red foxes as bait, driving wild boars away from three sides, leaving only this path open.
This is not a way out, but a dead end carefully laid out by Professor Lin!
Take a step back, and you'll find yourself in a swallowing abyss disguised as ice and snow.
"Stop retreating! There's a swamp behind us! Everyone on alert!"
She screamed into her earpiece, her voice trembling slightly with lingering fear.
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