A gust of north wind blew, and the indescribable smell gradually faded, causing a badger who was about to go back to hunt deer to stop.
It was obvious that the smell was coming from the south and was much dissipated by the wind. It was not emitted by a reindeer who had just done a deer cleaning not long ago.
"I almost blamed the good deer~"
His eyes swept across a reindeer calmly eating grass and stopped at the little fox petting the cat. Wang Ping thought of something and looked down at the tracker in his paw.
He also knew some of the common tactics used by poachers.
For example, in order to eliminate the body odor, they sometimes smear animal feces as camouflage.
Team Three had done this before when conditions were poor.
However, there is a reason for this method. If you go to the lion's territory and lurk but smear hyena feces on your body, it will not eliminate the lion's vigilance, but will be a provocation.
There was no need to distinguish the smell that was wafting from the woods right now. Just by looking at the calm behavior of a certain reindeer and the cat lying obediently in the arms of the little fox, one could tell that it was not the smell of some ferocious beast.
But this is no longer important. In Wang Ping's perception, there seem to be several giant piles of shit in the woods to the south, approaching here quickly against the wind.
The sensation was strange, nay, disgusting to the badger.
She ran to the tree and patted the little fox who was immersed in the pleasure of petting the cat. Amid the latter's puzzled inquiries, she led her to climb onto the back of a reindeer.
"You go back first, I have something to do!"
Pointing in the direction of the small town in the north, without caring whether the little fox understood it or not, Wang Ping kicked the reindeer and jumped off and ran south.
"Hey? Where are you going, Boss?"
The little fox hugged the lynx with one hand and used the other hand to pull the antlers in front of him, trying to make the reindeer turn around.
Wang Ping stopped on the ground again, shook his head at her, and pointed his little black claws firmly to the north.
"Oh, then you should come to us earlier~"
The little fox nodded as if he understood, and then rode the reindeer sideways like Afanti and strolled slowly into the woods.
Watching her disappear into the forest, Wang Ping stuffed the tracker into his pocket, turned around and ran in the direction of the smell.
On the other side, in the river valley on the east side of the woods, two cars were driving along the river beach.
Old Zhou and his companions were in a dilemma. On the one hand, they had to go as deep into the jungle as possible to find the little fox, and on the other hand, they had to avoid falling into the river. Ding Peng and Zhang Hao drove very carefully, and their feet were shaking when they stepped on the accelerator.
At this moment, Xiao Li's exclamation suddenly came from the headset: "Got it! Got the picture!"
“Stop the car!”
The two cars immediately turned off their engines by the river, and everyone ran to the equipment vehicle and leaned over to look at a display screen in front of Xiao Li.
The picture shows a dark primeval forest, with branches flashing in front of the camera. But to everyone's disappointment, there is no sign of the little fox.
After a while, the screen went black and was out of signal range again.
"Fuck, keep chasing!"
Lao Zhou made a prompt decision, pointed at Zhang Hao and Ding Peng and said, "Drive faster, let's get in front of it and block it!"
At the same time, in the woods to the southwest, the bearded man who was running fast suddenly raised his arm. The five figures behind him stopped one by one and quickly moved towards him.
The footsteps in the woods disappeared, and the roar of cars could be heard faintly in the wind.
"There's a car nearby!"
"Could it be the police?"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Several people discussed it at once, and when a black man took out a tablet to check the route, he let out a low cry.
"Look! It's coming back!"
The bearded man in the lead snorted coldly and suddenly said, "Damn police! I think it's likely that our colleagues are here to steal our business! Patrick, Tony, you two go to the east to keep watch. Kill anyone who comes close! Everyone else, help me set up a trap!"
"Ok!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the tall Patrick patted a blond guy beside him, picked up his gun, turned around and ran in the direction of the motor sound.
The remaining four people, led by the bearded man and the black man, Old Man Mo, spread out in groups of two and began to set up the arrangements.
To the north, Wang Ping stopped 200 meters away from the others, listening to the noise coming from the woods to the east, his eyebrows furrowed. At the same time, the two cars by the river stopped again.
Ding Peng and Zhang Hao both got out of the car, put on protective gear like gloves, and took two walking sticks, intending to go into the woods to intercept Hu Li. However, just as they reached the edge of the woods, Xiao Li's exclamation came through the headphones.
"Wait a minute, you two come back first!"
The two looked at each other. Ding Peng pinched his collar and frowned, "What's wrong? Did it move again?"
"Oh, I can't explain it clearly. Anyway, you two should come back soon!"
Little Li spoke in a hurried tone, the back door of the equipment truck was pushed open, and Lao Zhou simply greeted the two of them at the door.
Zhang Hao pulled Ding Peng, and the two of them put their walking sticks where they were and walked back to the equipment car.
After they got in the car, Lao Zhou looked around like a thief and quickly closed the back door. Zhang Hao and Ding Peng also became nervous. When they were about to ask, they saw Xiao Li pointing at the screen in front of them.
The two of them came closer to watch, then gasped.
On the screen, there was a dirty figure holding a gun and hiding behind a tree. The light from the car lights could be faintly seen in the direction of the gun.
"Xiao Zhang,"
Lao Zhou patted Zhang Hao's shoulder, causing him to shudder, and said, "Go to the front seat and flash your headlights twice. Remember, just flash twice!"
Nodding silently, Zhang Hao turned around and was about to get out of the car from the back door. Suddenly he paused, turned to the right, pulled open the curtain, and half-stuck into the cab.
After a while, the three people behind him saw the light on the screen flash twice, and they all fell silent.
"We can't go in here, we have to go back!"
Lao Zhou pushed Ding Peng and said, "You drive the SUV, Xiao Zhang drives this car, and we'll go back to the hotel and call the police!"
Ding Peng did not move, and Zhang Hao, who turned around, was also silent. Everyone now knew that there was a gunman lurking outside the car, and it would take great courage to go out again.
Little Li, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up: "But what about Hu Li?"
"She was the one who insisted on running around!"
Old Zhou suddenly became excited, waving his arms and saying, "We have tried to stop her, but she didn't listen! And, and! That Lin Wei, it's all her fault! If she hadn't acted on her own, we would have left here long ago!"
"Brother Zhou, don't get excited, I just..."
"Who's excited! Isn't what I said the truth?"
Xiao Li turned around to explain something, but was interrupted by Lao Zhou. The latter pulled Ding Peng and was about to urge him to get out and drive, but was pushed away by the other party.
"I'm not your subordinate, yelling at this and saying that, why the hell don't you get off?"
Zhang Hao behind him also spoke up at this time: "Damn, that's right, you've been ordering us around all the time, what's the matter, you're bullying others by relying on your status, right?"
"I bullied you two? Xiao Li, tell me, when did I…"
Seeing that both of them were targeting him, Lao Zhou suddenly felt embarrassed and wanted to ask Xiao Li to help him speak. But when he turned his head, he accidentally glanced at the screen and paused.
The car fell silent, and the others followed his gaze and saw a small black-haired paw suddenly appear in front of the camera, holding a stone it had gotten from somewhere, and aiming at the figure with a gun in front of it.
"Damn it, what does that badger want to do? Stop it, hey!"
Everyone in the car suddenly became nervous, holding their breath subconsciously, their hearts pounding.