At five in the morning, the search team set off again.
The forest was still sleeping in a hazy dark blue, and there was no light in the sky. The thick dark clouds pressed over the treetops, covering the moon and the pale whiteness of the coming day.
It was the same group as yesterday, Lin Wu and Ge Liang, followed by the eldest of the three fellows. But this time the route changed direction, and the three groups of people all headed for a new area that had not been searched yesterday.
The early morning wind whistled, flapping and flapping among the branches of the fir trees, stacking up layers of surging waves in the bushes.
"It's going to rain today..." The older fellow, Wang Ye's T-shirt, which he had been holding in his hand, once again smelled the wolf dog who had been searching for nothing.
Ge Liang and Lin Wu stopped.
"I can't," Ge Liang looked at the gloomy trees around him, not knowing where he was going, "I read the weather forecast, but it didn't say it was raining."
"God in the mountains has a quasi-er." said the fellow.
Lin Wu has been quiet.
Like a real wolf, he was always sniffing and looking for Wang Ye's breath.
It will rain.
The wild genes in the body have sensed the moist water droplets in the air.
Lin Wu was terrified like never before.
He was afraid of the rain, so he couldn't continue his search, because the rain would wash away the smell of Wang Ye left in the forest.
The wolf dog seemed to finally smell some eyebrows and began to walk forward to the left.
The three quickly followed, stepped on the thorns, passed through the thorny needles of the fir trees, and penetrated deeper into the jungle.
Day is gradually coming.
But the sky was still dark, thick clouds covered all the sunlight, and the forest was a deep dark green.
Time loses its clarity in such an environment.
After searching blindly for an unknown period of time, the wolf dog suddenly stopped, its wet nose was close to the ground, and a low "woooo" howl came out of its throat.
Immediately afterwards, it burst into a fierce cry, and its strong body suddenly jumped up and ran in one direction at high speed.
"Have it!" The fellow shouted, his dark face lit up.
The sturdy middle-aged man was extremely agile, chasing after him with a big stride.
Lin Wu's heart was beating wildly, the activation of his body completely preceded his brain, and he almost rushed over with the fellow.
Ge Liang: "Hey, wait for me—"
"Boom-"
Thunder pierced the dull sky, black clouds flowed in the strong wind, and everything in the forest seemed to be activated by the sudden change of wind and clouds. The tip of the grass danced wildly, the bushes climbed and folded, and the birds were startled and flew to the ink-splashed sky.
Finally, the wolf dog stopped and kept spinning in one place, barking rapidly.
The three came forward panting.
It was a damaged bush, the weeds were trampled to the ground, there were indistinguishable marks left on the ground, and a torn coat lay quietly in the mess, stained with blood.
Wang Ye's coat.
Lin Wu and Ge Liang both recognized it.
The air froze instantly.
The wolf dog stopped barking when the fellow drank it, but it was still a little nervous and restless.
The fellow squatted down to check.
"Is it your classmates?" Although the dog clearly smelled Wang Ye's breath, the fellow asked Lin Wu and Ge Liang again.
Lin Wu opened his mouth, but couldn't make any sound.
"Yes, yes..." Ge Liang replied hurriedly, his voice completely panicked.
The fellow's face sank, and while continuing to check other traces around, he took out the walkie-talkie: "I found a piece of clothing on Xiongxiaozipo, with blood..."
Zhao Li's reply quickly came from the walkie-talkie: "Wang Ye's clothes? Confirmed?"
The fellow said, "I came here just because of the smell, and both children recognized it."
Zhao Li was silent for a moment: "It depends on you..."
"It's probably a little bit injured, but there's not much blood, so it shouldn't be a big problem," the fellow said a little to reassure the employer, but it's not that there is no objective basis at all, "Don't look at this place called Xiongxiaozipo, early two There has been no bear blind in ten years, wolves are rare, wild boars at most, don't you mean that the boy is physically fit, can thieves fight, if you really encounter lynx beasts or something, as long as they don't come in groups, they should be able to run away... "
"And I saw the traces around, there aren't too many..." The fellow stopped reporting without warning, his hands fiddling with the grass also froze, his face changed and changed, his pupils were first shocked, and then slowly turned into fear.
Lin Wu was the closest and could see clearly. His breathing even gradually stopped following the changes in the expressions of his fellow villagers.
"What's wrong?" he asked with difficulty.
"Impossible..." The fellow muttered in disbelief.
Not only Zhao Li had been listening on the walkie-talkie, but there were also two other fellow villagers, who were immediately alert and asked.
"Old pimple, what's wrong?"
"What's the situation..."
The fellow called Lao Pimple didn't answer right away, but after carefully checking the traces on the ground, he got up and looked at the nearby trees, as if he was looking for something.
After a while, he stopped in front of a red pine tree, and his rough palms touched a few fresh claw marks on the trunk.
Then, Lin Wu heard his solemn voice: "It's the blind bear."
"What's the matter?" The fellow on the walkie-talkie didn't believe it at all, "Don't mess with me, what's the matter?"
As soon as the fellow's voice broke, Zhao Li's voice sounded in the noisy electric current: "Don't speak first, let him explain clearly."
"There are footprints on the ground, the shape and size are the same as bears, and there are also traces on the tree," Old Knot looked up, "It's a big thing that can climb trees, what else could it be if it wasn't a bear?"
Zhao Li asked, "Are you sure?"
The old knot said: "I just saved my life in front of the blind bear. At that time, I was only a teenager, and the faces of the children who were with me were licked off. What does the blind bear look like? I'll remember it forever."
Without waiting for Zhao Li to answer, the old man said again: "There are bears in the woods, and none of us can deal with them, so hurry up..."
Before the word "withdraw" was spoken, an abnormal noise suddenly came from behind the three of them.
Lin Wu had the sharpest hearing. The first to turn around, he didn't see anything clearly, and was hit head-on by a black shadow.
Lin Wu dodged to the side with a very fast reaction speed, but his arm was hit, and the huge impact force made him stagger suddenly.
The black shadow rushed over and did not stop, but continued to collide with Ge Liang and the old knot.
"Bear ah-" Ge Liang howled out the husky's movement.
The old knot quickly grabbed him and pulled him to the side, dodging the impact of the shadow: "I think you look like a bear!"
The shadow was completely thrown into the air, almost hitting the tree in front of him.
It was only then that Lin Wu could see clearly that the one who attacked them was a dark brown wild boar with stubby limbs, sparse needle hair on its back, its long nose arched out, and its small eyes squeezed. .
The wild boar parked under the tree turned around quickly, not intending to stop the troops.
The protector eagerly rushed towards the wolf dog, biting the neck of the wild boar, not letting go.
The old knot took out the agricultural knife he carried with him and shouted at Lin Wu and Ge Liang, "You two go up the tree!"
Ge Liang's mind immediately flashed the common sentence "how do you want, sows can climb a tree", and instantly understood the scientific way that pigs can't climb trees. Start to climb up.
Kaka.
Click again.
Ge Liang lowered his head and tossed for a long time, his feet were at most ten centimeters off the ground.
Pigs don't climb trees.
Neither do Huskies.
Lin Wu, who is also a canine, can climb trees by virtue of the human half of the motor genes, but before he can find a suitable tree trunk, he is alert to hear more chaotic running sounds, and it is getting closer.
Subconsciously follow the sound.
In the hidden shade of the trees, a large group of dark shadows were approaching at high speed, gradually showing their clear outlines.
"Wild boars—" Lin Wu exclaimed.
Before the sound fell, the herd of wild boars roared, at least seven or eight, they seemed to be startled by something, and they rushed forward regardless.
The old lump has not seen this battle in the mountains for many years. He can handle a pig, and he can only save his life for a group of pigs: "Run—"
Lin Wu's brain was blank, only his survival instinct was left. Hearing the old pimple shout, he ran away.
The wind was howling, the dark clouds were lower, and the gloomy mountains and forests could not tell the difference between east, west, north and west.
Lin Wu panicked and ran wild with all his strength, mobilizing almost all of the coyote's sports genes.
I don't know how long I ran, Lin Wu's sprinting power reached the limit, his lungs were about to explode, and he had to slow down. After this slow, I realized that there seemed to be no sound behind me.
He stopped a little bit and looked back breathlessly.
In the dense cedar forest, there are no wild boars, and it is impossible to see the way.
The brain began to cool down, Lin Wu slowly calmed down, and then he knew that it was bad.
He took out the walkie-talkie for the first time—to save power, he used to communicate through Laogou’s walkie-talkie before, and he hadn’t used his own—as soon as he turned it on, Zhao Li, Ge Liang, and the other two came out alternately from the walkie-talkie. group voice.
Zhao Li: "Speak slowly, what's wrong with Lin Wu?"
Ge Liang: "We met a herd of wild boars, and he ran away!"
Ren Feiyu: "Lin Wu, Lin Wu, can you hear me?"
Xia Yang: "Lin Wu—"
Lin Wu breathed a long sigh of relief, thanking modern technology.
Although lost, but communication is in hand, the heart does not panic.
Pressing the intercom button, Lin Wu immediately reported safety: "I'm fine, I'm now..."
The sound stopped abruptly.
Lin Wu, who felt some kind of breath, released the hand of the button and slowly turned around.
An adult black bear, right behind him.
Following his movements, the black bear suddenly stood upright, his huge body like a mountain, completely shrouding the forest fog in shadows.
Perhaps it was because of the previous rush to escape, and the brain's stress response increased in a short period of time. At this moment, what Lin Wu thought of was the knowledge point of bears in the class related to the family.
2.1.3 What should I do if I encounter a bear in the wild
First, don't pretend to be dead, because a hungry bear will bite you no matter how dead or alive, while a full bear, driven by his playful nature, will probably slap you over and over with his paws, or lick you with a tongue full of barbs. You, or sit on top of you.
Second, don't run. Running away will fully stimulate the bear's hunting instinct. Even if you run faster than the bear after awakening, you should also consider the human body's incompatibility in the wild, and the bear will not be tripped in the wild. But you will.
Correct posture for encountering a bear: Don't yell, face the bear, and step back slowly.
Back slowly...
Lin Wu meditated in his heart, raised one foot gently, and put it back slowly, slowly.
The black bear didn't move.
Lin Wu quietly moved his other foot.
The body moved back a little bit along with the retreating footsteps.
step.
two steps.
Three steps...
With a slow but effective gesture, Lin Wu successfully pulled the distance between himself and the black bear to five or six meters.
Persistence is victory.
Lin Wu held his breath and took another step back, but he didn't even see a slope behind him.
Only the toes of the retreating feet touched the ground a little, and the rest were all empty.
The defenseless Lin Wu, the center of gravity of his body has already moved backwards, the point of force on the toes is not enough, and the feet slide down all of a sudden.
He even lost his balance and fell forward heavily, facing the mountain, sliding down the sloping soil slope.
[This area is called Xiongxiaozi Slope, because there is a steep and large slope in front of it, and the thief is hidden. In the early years, when there were many blind bears, the dead bears could be found every few months at the bottom of the slope, so... ]
Not long ago, when I first entered the Xiongxiaozipo area, the old knot said it.
But now, let's talk about lack of vigilance, it's too late to regret it.
During the extreme speed slide, Lin Wu desperately tried to grab something, but there were only some thorny vines and shrubs left on the slope, and they were torn apart when they were caught, unable to support the momentum of the slide.
Lin Wu's hand was torn, and his fingernails were pulled apart from the flesh, but he couldn't pick up the hard soil and gravel on the slope at all.
In just a short moment, the bloody fingers were already dead, and there was no pain, only the dull friction with the clods of sand and gravel.
The body seems to begin to lighten during the fall.
Or, when people are on the verge of death, they will have such a floating feeling, it may be that the consciousness is in a trance, or the soul may be out of the body.
But why... the bones replaced the fingers, and began to feel sharp pains.
Lin Wu woke up in pain from the shaking.
He felt the moist air entering his nostrils, it was the forest, the mountains, the wilderness, the unrestrained taste of all freedom, so warm and fresh, spreading from his sense of smell to the limbs, surging The jumping chest cavity activates new vitality and strength in the body.
Lin Wu's hand began to deform.
Knuckles atrophy, hair and nails regrow, and in a fraction of the time scarred hands turn into grey dewclaws.
The new and sharp claws deeply hooked the mountain, which greatly slowed down the speed of the fall.
At the same time, his body began to deform.
The bone was in severe pain like a broken bone. Lin Wu gritted his teeth and endured it, but in the end he couldn't help it, and let out a pained cry: "Ouch—"
With a "bang" sound, the body finally fell to the bottom of the slope at a speed that was not fatal.
Lin Wu rolled a few times before struggling to get up.
In the horizontal line of sight, there are shrubs.
The rain is about to come, it is now a real coyote.