ebookland Chapter 125 Hunting in the Mountains
Chapter 125 Hunting in the Mountains
The group chatted for a while longer, finished their tea, and then got up and went out.
At this time, the vast Xin'anling Mountains are covered with snow, a silver-clad expanse of forest.
Although the scenery is very beautiful, the temperature is minus ten or twenty degrees Celsius, and the biting wind is howling, so most people don't dare to go out.
Although everyone's clothes maintain a constant temperature, that doesn't mean they generate heat; they simply prevent the loss of body heat.
So, apart from Ji Haobo, everyone else was wearing the same yellow leather hats and scarves they had worn last time.
Even the clothes in the versatile outfits are made of yellow fur.
"Hey... those beasts have pretty nice fur. I'm only wearing three layers in this cold weather and I don't feel cold at all."
"Of course! Back in the day, we were all wrapped up like dumplings before we dared to go out, and the villagers are the same now."
The group's footsteps crunched on the snow. Ji Haobo led the three women in front, followed by Lao Hu and Wang Pangzi, while Hu Zi and the other two wandered around on either side.
As for Biaozi, due to its large size and its conspicuous gray-black color in the snow, it remained in the contract space and did not come out.
"Bo, what kind of prey are we going to hunt?"
Laura has never been a peaceful person and gets very excited about hunting.
As soon as it entered the forest, it looked around anxiously, as if it wanted some kind of prey to jump out at any moment.
"Anything will do, but a larger one is best; otherwise, pheasants or rabbits are too much trouble to butcher."
As Ji Haobo was speaking, he suddenly threw two throwing knives in a certain direction. Hu Zi and the others immediately ran over and brought back two pheasants.
"Wow... Brother Bo, you're open for business already? The pheasant doesn't have much meat, but the soup is pretty good."
When the others saw that he had caught his prey, they became very excited and looked around to search for it.
But this is only the outermost edge of the forest; there aren't that many prey there.
However, as the group ventured deeper into the forest, Yang Xueli suddenly fired a shot into the woods with lightning speed. As a result, when Hu Zi and the others went over, they returned with half a rabbit.
"puff"
"Hahaha…"
Upon seeing this, the group couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment, and then burst into laughter.
"It seems the Desert Eagle is too powerful; you guys can't handle this little thing, so leave it to me!"
Yingzi smiled and brandished the sniper rifle in her hand; she had always envied the Desert Eagles of others.
However, due to insufficient wrist strength, he was unable to control it and could only sigh inwardly.
For the rest of the journey, the others could only watch Yingzi and Ji Haobo perform.
While sniper rifles are powerful, their strength lies primarily in their penetrating power.
As soon as she fired her gun, the pheasants and rabbits in the forest scattered in fright, and Ji Haobo threw a series of throwing knives.
"Yingzi, when will we catch a big prey?"
Yang Xueli and the others were getting impatient. After all, watching others perform was nothing compared to the fun of doing it themselves!
"It could happen at any time. With the heavy snow blocking the mountains, wild boars will come to the vicinity of the village to find food, and some predators will hunt them and follow them."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Bo waved his hand to signal everyone not to be quiet.
"I heard noises coming from ahead; it sounds like wild boars, and probably a whole group of them."
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the people nearby lit up, and they all followed behind him. After walking more than a hundred meters, they indeed found seven or eight large creatures, accompanied by more than ten others.
The wild boars were foraging on the hillside ahead, completely unaware of the approaching danger.
"Alright! Yingzi and I won't lift a finger; you can have these wild boars."
"No problem, Mr. Bo, just keep an eye on them, I guarantee not a single one will escape."
Wang Pangzi was all talk and no action, but when he and the others were carefully making their way forward, they tripped over something.
"boom"
"Ouch…!"
His commotion immediately alerted the group of wild boars, who all turned to look in his direction.
However, these guys didn't run away. Instead, relying on their numbers, they charged forward aggressively.
"Damn it, get up right now, or you won't get any!"
Old Hu cursed in annoyance and quickly raised his gun to fire, otherwise Yang Xueli and the others would steal his pig's head if he was too late.
The eight large animals were all brought down halfway through the distance of just a few dozen meters.
With the power of the Desert Eagle and the poor marksmanship of the men, these wild boars couldn't cause any trouble at all.
Once Fatty Wang got up, he snatched two piglets, while the rest were taken by the three people next to him.
"Hahaha... Haobo, I killed seven wild boars, three large and four small!"
"Bo, I also took down six of them – three big and three small."
Yang Xueli and Laura shouted excitedly, and the moment Wang Pangzi fell, they took the initiative to attack the wild boars.
"Not bad! Not bad! Once your physiques improve a bit, you'll be able to wield dual pistols."
Ji Haobo walked over with a smile. Among the group, Yang Xueli was the best marksman, Lao Hu and Laura were about the same, but Lao Hu had more experience.
"Fatty, you took the fewest hits this time, hurry up and come with me to deal with those wild boars."
It's freezing cold here. If we don't prepare the meat quickly, the wild boar will freeze and become a problem.
The group spent more than half an hour and estimated that they had obtained about 2,000 catties of meat. Most of the internal organs were fed to Biaozi and Huzi.
"We've only been out for a short time and we've already made such a discovery. Let's hurry up and check it out."
Fatty Wang grabbed a handful of snow, rubbed the blood off his hands, and couldn't wait to find some more prey to "bless" his gun.
"No rush, there's another fearless guy here who's come to watch the show; I need to deal with him."
Ji Bo laughed and threw a throwing knife. The people next to him heard a whoosh, and then there was a commotion from the bushes more than 30 meters away.
Tiger immediately rushed out and retrieved something slightly smaller than itself.
Yingzi recognized it at a glance; it looked like a cat and a little tiger at the same time.
"Brother Bo, this is a lynx, which is considered a ferocious beast."
"Hmm! This guy was probably attracted here by the strong smell of blood."
Ji Haobo laughed as he picked up the lynx and casually dealt with it along with Lao Hu.
The group continued to trek through the mountains and forests, and by the afternoon they had hunted quite a few more animals, the largest of which were several reindeer.
"Brother Bo, Tuanzi Mountain is just ahead. There are bears there. We encountered one before, and Fatty almost had his head licked by it."
"That's right! I heard that thing likes to suck people's brains. Luckily, Fatty was blessed with good fortune and was saved, otherwise he'd probably be two meters tall with weeds on his grave by now."
Both of them still feel lingering fear when they recall what happened back then.
"Brother Hu, what does that man-bear look like? I've been hunting for so many years, and I've only ever heard of it, but I've never actually seen one."
Yingzi had heard about the ferocity and terror of the man-bear since she was a child, but no one in the village could describe what it looked like, because everyone who encountered it died.