The container truck drove on the road and out of the town.
Feeling the shaking of the car and the occasional sound of the wind outside, Wang Ping knew that the car should have gone far away from the city, but he didn't know which direction it was going or what its destination was.
Recalling the situation at that time, Wang Ping probably had an occupational disease and jumped into the car in a rush of enthusiasm. Now he begins to regret it.
The situation inside the cargo box was clear at a glance, and there was no place to hide. Wang Ping didn't want to escape from the tiger's mouth and fall into the wolf's den. With his small body now, a tranquilizer dart could easily take care of him.
You can only find a solution halfway.
Wang Ping thought about it for a long time, and it was a dead end no matter how he thought about it, unless...
Wang Ping stared at the iron cage under the tarpaulin and blinked twice. Although the closed compartment was dark, it did not affect Wang Ping's vision.
Logically speaking, large carnivores like leopards must be given anesthesia during transportation, but the dosage is usually not too much. After all, if the anesthesia time is too long, it is easy to cause accidents.
Especially for the poachers who are looking for money, they would rather suffer a little trouble in the middle of the journey to ensure the value of the "goods". Therefore, they usually give an injection before loading and another injection before unloading.
Wang Ping didn't know why the other party was smuggling the leopard, but since the one in front of him was alive, he would definitely not let it die easily.
Thinking of this, Wang Ping ran to the cage and scratched it with his claws, tearing the tarpaulin on one side into pieces, revealing the iron cage behind it.
The cage door was locked on Wang Ping's side. Wang Ping breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not facing the other side of the carriage, otherwise Wang Ping would have to crawl into the cage to unlock it.
Through the railing, Wang Ping looked at the guy who was curled up and sleeping soundly.
Judging from its size and color, the leopard in the cage is a typical Indian cheetah.
Wang Ping also glanced maliciously at the hind legs. Well... there was no "ball", it was a female.
Although the word "India" is in its name, the leopard has nothing to do with India. It is mainly distributed in Namibia in southwest Africa and is a world-class endangered species. Its fur and cubs are in short supply on the black market. It is not difficult to understand why some people would take the risk of smuggling them.
The claws tapped the railing lightly, but the creature inside showed no sign of waking up. Wang Ping estimated the time. Although he didn't have a watch and might have to say goodbye to watches in the future, he could still estimate the approximate time. At least two hours had passed from leaving the back door of the zoo to getting on the car to leave.
In about an hour, it should be daybreak, and the effect of the tranquilizer gun should have worn off by then.
When the leopard wakes up, the two white men driving the car have two choices: either stop the car and shoot again, or ignore it and continue driving, because the leopard is trapped in a cage and cannot fly into the sky.
However, Wang Ping thought that the possibility of the other party stopping to shoot again was the greatest. After all, if the other party was really smuggling wild animals as Wang Ping guessed, they would definitely let the leopard calm down to avoid being discovered by the checkpoints along the way. Unless there was no checkpoint on the road they were taking.
Wang Ping could only pray that he would not be so unlucky, so that when the opponent shot him again, it would be Wang Ping's chance. The premise was how to get the leopard to cooperate.
Wang Ping leaned on the railing and thought. Time passed slowly. He could vaguely hear an unknown song playing in the cab, and two white men shouting. The sky in the distance began to turn pale, and daybreak was about to begin.
Wang Ping, who was lost in thought, suddenly felt a fishy smell blowing on his face. He looked up and met a pair of emerald green eyes.
"Ah..."
Wang Ping cursed subconsciously and quickly stepped back, but a strange roar came out of his mouth.
The leopard obviously didn't expect the voice of the guy opposite to be so powerful, and was obviously frightened and jumped up. The cage was shaken by the impact.
"Roar..."
Being frightened by an animal much smaller than itself was obviously very embarrassing. The leopard quickly adjusted its stance, looked at Wang Ping fiercely, and growled.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but Wang Ping always feels that the other party's roar has a hint of ferocity and a bit of emotion. Little did he know that this leopard also knows its own suffering.
If given a choice, the leopard would rather face a lion or an elephant than the guy with white hair on his head.
The image of the honey badger in Africa is simply a character that everyone hates. You can't kill it, you can't drive it away, it holds grudges, and it's also petty. Even if you just look at it on the street, it may rush up to you and fight you. The degree of stupidity is proportional to the degree of cruelty.
It takes nearly three hours for an adult leopard to defeat a honey badger. Remember, it is to defeat, not to kill. And the energy consumed in these three hours will take a long time for the leopard to replenish. So unless you are crazy, no one wants to fight a honey badger.
However, the reality is that we don't want to confront each other, but we have to confront each other. If the leopard could speak, it might have a thousand MMPs to say to God at this moment.
A leopard and a badger, the big eyes look at the small eyes.
"Let's talk?" Wang Ping waved his claws and made sign language gestures that he didn't even recognize.
The leopard tilted its head with a funny expression.
What a pain in the balls! Wang Ping sighed, then pointed at the cab, then at the rear door, and then opened his mouth with a ferocious expression.
"There are bad guys over there, let's kill them together! OK?"
Leopard: “…”
Where did this stupid thing come from? Could it be that the honey badger I met was stupid
Wang Ping cursed in his heart, could it be that this leopard is mentally retarded? It can't even understand such a simple movement.
No matter! As long as this leopard is not hostile to me for the time being, I don't believe it will be so calm when someone comes to shoot it later.
Wang Ping looked at the door of the cage and found it was unlocked. He didn't know what these people were thinking. They thought the animals were stupid and just locked the cage door with a bolt and wire.
Cautiously approaching the iron cage, the leopard narrowed its eyes, let out a low growl in its throat, and began to warn Wang Ping.
"Fuck, cats are so stubborn! I'm saving you!"
Wang Ping complained in his heart, ignoring the leopard's threatening eyes, and began to untie the wire on the door pin. The palms of the honey badger have thick pads and sharp claws like most mammals, but their flexibility is much worse. After untying it for a long time, Wang Ping tore the wire apart in anger.
With a "crack", the wire broke and the pin on the door was pulled away by Wang Ping. The leopard in the cage shuddered again and almost pounced over.
The cage door opened and Wang Ping slowly backed away, preparing for a sudden pounce from the other party.
The leopard was more cautious and had no intention of coming out. It just stared at Wang Ping's movements.
"Fuck, it's so obvious, and you still think I want to hurt you! I really can't help you!"
Wang Ping was furious. It seemed that he could not rely on this guy and he had to act the role himself.
Thinking of this, Wang Ping turned around and rushed towards the driver's cab, hitting the iron plate in front of the car with a "bang", making a muffled sound.
In the car, a bearded white man was driving, humming some random music, and his partner in the passenger seat was fiddling with a tranquilizer gun.
"Hey, what's that noise..."
Suddenly, the guy in the co-pilot seat raised his head and listened behind him. Amid the loud music, he could hear muffled sounds and the sound of claws scratching on an iron plate.
The bearded man turned off the music. The two men listened for a while, looked at each other, and the bearded man stepped on the brakes.
"Shit!"
The young man opened the passenger door and got out of the car holding the anesthetic gun.
The car stopped, and Wang Ping also stopped hitting it. Shaking his dizzy head, Wang Ping hurried to the back of the car and hid by the door.
The leopard, who was watching Wang Ping's performance with a ridiculous look, also heard the noise outside. His eyes narrowed, he lowered his body, and slowly walked out of the cage.
The young man was holding the handle at the back of the car angrily, secretly complaining that the zoo didn't give the leopard enough anesthetic, causing him to have to risk stopping the car to get more shots in the wilderness.
The carriage opened and the young man looked up. A pair of emerald green eyes were looking down at him.
"Watzer... Fuck!"