sjar Chapter 451 Black Bear Scouts the Spot
Chapter 451 Black Bear Scouts the Spot
Looking at the five wild boars lying on the ground, Lu Zhiqiang laughed and said, "We really are the undefeated generals when it comes to wild boars. We didn't see a single shrew, but we took down several groups of wild boars."
Jiang Pao, Lao Chen, and several other hunters arrived, and their bullets, even from a distance, accurately struck the sow's heart and lungs. This demonstrates just how accurate the hunting rifles issued to the forest farm were; they were all imported from Russia.
Old Chen and Jiang Pao, holding their hunting rifles, laughed heartily and said, "This hunting trip was really easy."
"I've never felt so good before! We haven't even reached the destination yet, and we've already hunted so many animals. Come on, let's have a pork hot pot tonight! And some strong liquor with it!"
"Drink to your heart's content! It's hot and refreshing, I have to drink my fill."
"Come on, let's start a fire and warm ourselves by the fire. Forget about those bastards, they're just a bunch of reckless scoundrels. Who knows which team will be lucky enough to run into them."
"If you ask me, Green Skin is a player who picks on people. Our team has such a strong presence that even if Wolf Eyes were standing right next to us, he wouldn't dare to come near us."
Old Jiang and a dozen other hunters chuckled as they gathered firewood, found the duty room of the hydroelectric power station, lit a bonfire at the entrance, and sat around it to warm themselves.
Besides roasting the pork hind leg meat from the yellow-haired pig with a razor blade, the most popular dish was the small roe deer hunted by Li Ju'an's falcon.
The meat of the roe deer is delicate and tender. After being gutted and processed, it is roasted over a fire. With just a pinch of salt, the oil sizzles and drips down, and the aroma of meat wafts through the air, making your mouth water.
Lu Zhiqiang swallowed hard, reaching out to tear off a piece of roasted roe deer meat, but Old Jiang sternly slapped his hand, scolding, "It's not even cooked yet, there's still blood coming out, what's the rush, nephew?"
Lu Zhiqiang chuckled and said, "I just found it smelled so good. If I had wolf eyes, I would have followed the smell here long ago. But there's nothing to eat, so I can only stare at it and get really anxious."
Lu Zhiqiang was joking around when he suddenly looked up and realized that Li Ju'an was gone, and Da Hu was gone too.
He was puzzled. He had just seen Li Ju'an sitting beside him, gutting the red fox and the yellow-haired dog, feeding the entrails to the falcon and the hunting dogs. How come the white mastiff, the flower girl, and the white egg-like hunting dogs were still gnawing on the entrails, baring their teeth, howling, and scrambling to eat, while Li Ju'an had vanished?
He asked Old Chen, "Uncle Chen, where did Li Ju'an go?"
"I don't know, you should ask his bird."
Lu Zhiqiang actually asked the three falcons that were fighting over the bloody entrails, and asked the largest golden eagle, "Beautiful bird, do you know where your lover is?"
The golden eagle raised its sharp eyes and pecked his thumb, making him cry out in pain, while the people around him burst into laughter.
Old Jiang then said, "Xiao Li just stood up and went to the hydroelectric power station with Xiao Xu, saying they went to check the surveillance footage."
Monitoring technology was introduced in 87, and monitoring cameras were also installed at the hydropower station.
Li Ju'an led the hunter Xiao Xu, and he and Xu Da walked around the hydroelectric power station and found Qingpizi's footprints. But judging from their freshness, the footprints in the snowdrift were from last week.
The two men were acquainted with Old Wang, who was on duty at the hydroelectric power station. The three of them had met when they hunted Gobi bears three years ago. When Old Wang first heard the two men say they wanted to retrieve the surveillance footage, he waved them away, shouting, "It requires approval from higher authorities. Did you bring a letter of introduction? Without a letter of introduction from the forest farm, we cannot submit it for approval from higher authorities."
Li Ju'an wondered to himself, "When did Old Wang start putting on airs?" He called him over to look at the two men. Old Wang glanced at them, then at the hunting rifles, and suddenly realized that the wolf hunters had arrived. He quickly said, "Little Li, you've finally come! Jiang is here too, that's great! It's just surveillance footage, a matter of a word. We can't take it away. If we can access it, we can access it. Come and see for yourself."
Old Wang sighed several times, telling the two men about the recent harassment the hydroelectric power station had suffered from wolf attacks, causing him immense distress. He had originally planned to retire early and enjoy his retirement. However, in the past three years, waves of young people had come and gone from the power station's duty room. Several had even gone missing.
The young man on duty who was about to arrive was so frightened by what he heard that he waved his hand and left to be transferred. He couldn't stand the harassment from the wolves. So his superiors had to call him back.
Old Wang said, "The young people are panicking, but we can't panic. In this desolate wilderness, there are either wild wolves or wild bears. Which one is easy to deal with? These days, young people can't handle this kind of situation. They're not as hardworking and resilient as our generation."
Li Ju'an watched the surveillance footage, pulling up the footage from a week ago, and began meticulously comparing it, starting with the scenes of the wolves appearing. He muttered to himself: "Can this really be a difference between the younger generation and you older folks? Can it be a difference in hard work and endurance? This is a matter of life and death!"
Xu Da suddenly pointed to the surveillance screen and said, "Li Pao, look at this, a bear has appeared."
Li Ju'an also noticed the two bears. At first glance, they looked much like Gobi bears. It was as if the male and female Gobi bears he had shot down three years ago had returned. But upon closer inspection, they were actually two male bears, and not Gobi bears at all, but black bears.
The two tufts of white fur on the bear's chest, shaped like crescent moons, are indeed the white fur on the chest of the black bear.
Old Wang squinted and looked closely, saying, "Why doesn't this thing stay in its barn? It wanders around everywhere in the dead of winter, even following wolves."
In the surveillance footage, night had fallen, and the gates of the hydroelectric power station stood silently in the dim light. Then, a deep, dark shadow lingered along the edge of the gate frame, seemingly weighing something. Finally, it deftly squeezed through the crack in the gate into this territory vital to humanity. Soon after, another similar figure silently followed, joining the fray without a sound.
Inside the hydroelectric power station, the sparse yet resolute lights illuminated the busy figures of the staff. A sharp-eyed staff member spotted this unusual scene on the monitor screen. He quickly adjusted the camera angle, taking in the uninvited guest's every move.
In the footage, two black bears stroll leisurely through the working area of the hydroelectric power station. Their figures appear particularly mysterious and solemn under the dim light. They walk one after the other, their steps carrying a touch of wild casualness. To them, this place is just another jungle to explore.
The bears would occasionally lower their heads and sniff the ground, each breath seemingly asking the air for signs of food. They were driven by some kind of instinct, leaving their little nests hidden deep in the dense forest and coming to this unfamiliar place to scout out their next hunt.
Li Ju'an took a deep breath, stood up, and said, "We've found Wolf Eyes' territory."