Chapter 392: The National Treasure on the Mountain Road
The wind in the mountains was originally very wild.
These wild mountain winds swept through the grass tips wantonly.
After passing through the dense woods, the vines were torn into wisps of breeze.
When it blew onto Luo Xuan's face, it had become gentle on the fingertips.
These evening breezes are as silky as Takumi's skin, and are not only carrying a gentle mist.
and.
There is also a trace of wild animal scent mixed in, and there is still a trace of blood in it...
"This should be a semi-large beast that seriously lacks hunting experience."
As for the smell of blood?
I'm afraid it's that beast that has captured its prey and is busy eating there...
Luo Xuan's nose twitched slightly.
Putting the lantern in his hand on the ground, he carefully identified the source of the fishy smell.
While taking the rifle off his shoulder, he slowly pulled the bolt.
Tuo Shizhan, who was standing behind Luo Xuan, flipped his wrist and three gleaming flying knives quietly fell from his cuffs...
Takumi Rei pulled out a machete from her back as a close-defense weapon.
A petite little girl held a machete about one meter long in her hand.
No matter how you look at the picture, it feels a little out of place...
actually,
This is a tacit understanding that Takumi Rei and his grandson, who have been bullied by others for many years, have already developed: Takumi's throwing knife is a light weapon used for long-range attacks.
The machete in Takumi's hand and even the dagger tied to her calf are sharp weapons for close combat.
"boom--"
Luo Xuan roughly determined the place where the unknown beast lurked, which should be a place 20 meters away on the right front, surrounded by arrow bamboo and weeds.
Then without thinking, he raised his hand and shot there!
It's dark everywhere, and the mountain is full of dangers.
Luo Xuan was not interested. He went up and slowly checked whether it was a blind bear or a cheetah.
No matter what it is, jujube or not, let’s hit him first!
At least this sudden gunshot shook the mountains and reverberated.
Countless pheasants were frightened by this and immediately lost their feet and fell to the ground from the branches of the trees.
I cursed for a while, then slowly climbed up the low tree branches in the dark...
At this time, there was light and smoke everywhere outside the mountain.
Many birds and beasts were frightened and fled into the deep mountains and forests one after another.
The strong pungent smell created by diesel and sulfur is unbearable even to the most adaptable humans.
What about those wild animals?
Therefore, around Da Laojun and Xiao Laojun Mountains, which still maintain an original ecology, during this period, more and more birds and beasts came from all directions.
What golden pheasant, pheasant, partridge, owl, eagle...
The more prey there is for prey, naturally, there are more and more ferocious beasts of all kinds...
So much so that some time ago, the guys in the hunting team were no longer interested in hunting hares.
I have no interest in even looking at a pheasant weighing less than 2 pounds...
Therefore, as there are more and more wild beasts in the mountains, the composition of the wild beasts is becoming more and more complex.
For safety reasons.
Luo Xuan would rather just fire a few shots blindly to scare the beast away.
It's good for everyone to be at peace with each other.
"boom--"
When the shot was fired, there was no loud noise near the cluster of arrow bamboos, and there was no violent shaking of the thatch.
This shows that the beast lurking there has no intention of escaping!
Damn it!
Is your head pretty strong?
then,
Luo Xuan moved the muzzle of his gun and fired another shot in that direction!
"Ouch——"
This time, the beast finally responded enthusiastically to the 7.62mm bullet.
"Oh, uh uh--"
A howl, followed closely by waves of deep roars!
"What kind of beast is this?"
Standing behind Luo Xuan, Tuo Shizhan, who was on guard, tilted his head.
Listen carefully for every little sound the beast makes.
"How does this feel? It's a bit like the sound of an iron-eating beast?"
Listen for a moment,
Tuo Shizhan frowned and murmured to himself, "I haven't heard the sound of an iron-eating beast for many years. I never thought that I would encounter this vicious creature here tonight!"
The name "Iron-eating Beast" comes from the time when the Yellow Emperor fought against Chi You in ancient times.
According to legend, Chi You's mount was an iron-eating beast.
In fact, it is the national treasure of later generations: the giant panda.
Although Tuo Shizhan said that he has been living in the city and making a living by practicing medicine.
But in the past, doctors wanted to ensure that the medicines they prescribed had real, effective and controllable effects.
At the same time, it is also to reduce the cost of medicinal materials,
therefore,
Most doctors of that period, when they had free time, would go into the wilderness to look for various Chinese medicinal materials they needed.
Therefore, although Tuo Shizhan was a doctor in the city, he was no stranger to various wild beasts in the wild.
Even more familiar than Luo Xuan...
"Giant panda?"
Luo Xuan raised his gun and stared over there, asking Tuo Shizhan, "Are you sure that beast is this thing?"
"Sure! Yes, now I heard that this thing has been renamed a giant panda."
Tuo Shizhan answered affirmatively: "I remember it was four or five years ago. At that time, I would often take my son to visit the mountains of Mingchuan, specifically to explore various deep mountains and old forests.
I just want to find some rare medicinal materials or visit a famous teacher to improve my son's medical skills."
"I remember once, when I was walking towards Ya'an with my family, I encountered an iron-eating beast."
Tuo Shizhan said: "We had never seen this thing at that time. We only saw some pictures of iron-eating beasts in some ancient books.
But you also know how good those painters are, they can make a cockroach look like a worm."
"The reason why I remember this murderous creature so deeply."
Tuo Shizhan said: "That year, my son and I met one in the woods.
At that time, my son saw that this thing was furry and distinct in black and white, and he fell in love with it.
I want to go up and tease him.
Unexpectedly, I was slapped by that guy and broke two ribs! If my son and I hadn't fought hard with him, we finally drove him away.
I'm afraid that my place was already buried in the belly of the beast by the time we were four or five years old...
Tuo Shizhan sighed: "Although the iron-eating beast was driven away by us, it's a pity that my son was bitten on the face while fighting it.
So much so that his originally intact lips eventually turned into cleft lips."
As soon as he heard that it was the cry of a giant panda, Luo Xuan felt inexplicably calm.
After all, that guy is also a national treasure.
Although no one has the consciousness to protect it now, Luo Xuan, as a descendant, knows how precious it is.
I would never dare to fire again.
It would be bad if the national treasure was hurt.
"Give me the flashlight."
Luo Xuan stretched out his hand.
Tuo Haili took a few steps forward and handed the bright flashlight to Luo Xuan.
"I think it's best for you not to go."
Tuo Shizhan cannot see, but his senses are sharp.
Listening to Luo Xuan's soft footsteps, Tuo Shizhan's face turned solemn, "If this vicious creature attacks, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it with your skills..."
Luo Xuan handed the rifle to Tuo Haili, intending to let her aim the gun at his left and right, so as to prevent unexpected events at any time.
But after thinking about it,
Tohali just weighs 90 kilograms?
It seems a bit unreliable!
But besides her, who else at the scene could hold a gun to cover herself?
You can't just leave it to Tuo Shizhan, who can't see anything, and let him do the blind shooting, right?
Takumi, who has never fired a gun, may not be able to withstand the huge recoil of an old-fashioned rifle.
If her body sways and the muzzle of the gun trembles, then if she doesn't fix it properly, there will be another hole in her butt.
That would be very bad!
This is the thought.
Luo Xuan unloaded the rifle, then bent down and placed it on the roadside.
Then he pulled out a short blunderbuss from his back with his backhand, opened the firing pin and took it in his hand.
This little cannon,
In fact, it is impossible to penetrate the giant panda's thick layer of down and its slippery skin.
The skin of giant pandas is a bit like a flat-headed brother: there is a layer of buffering fat between their skin and muscles.
If a wild animal bites them, it will only be able to bite through their thick skin, but will not be able to damage the muscles and bones under the skin.
At this point, the skins of giant pandas, wild wolves, and leopards are completely different.
Therefore, according to Mr. Luo's plan, if the giant panda gets angry, the fire blunderbuss in his hand will not pose a fatal threat to it.
But the loud noise and light from the firecracker should be enough to scare it away...
Pulling away the obstructive thorns and thatch along the way, Luo Xuan held up a flashlight and a firecracker and carefully groped forward.
As for Tuo Shizhan, he had already put away his throwing knife. He didn't know where he took out a bayonet and held it in his hand.
Following Luo Xuan, he followed closely, nervously listening to any disturbance around him, while guarding Luo Xuan's rear wings.
When the two of them walked to the thatch pile, Luo Xuan picked up a long dead branch, stretched it over, and pulled away the weeds.
But I saw a guy with yellow, yellow and black fur on his body.
good,
On wild giant pandas, the originally black and white fluff will turn into this yellow-brown color due to a long-term lack of cleaning.
Rather than the black and white combination in my impression.
I only saw this giant panda.
He was sitting paralyzed on the arrow bamboo at the intersection with the thatch pile, blinking a pair of small eyes, staring at him fiercely!
This panda is not too big.
Luo Xuan looked at it with a flashlight and estimated that it weighed about 4 to 50 pounds.
Wild giant pandas can weigh up to 110 kilograms when they reach adulthood.
And artificially bred giant pandas can even weigh up to 180 kilograms.
Judging from the size of the round giant panda in front of us: this is a very young panda, probably not yet an adult.
Because of the strong flashlight, the beam of light emitted is really too dazzling.
The giant panda's eyes were irritated by Luo Xuan's flashlight, and it was so angry that it slapped its paws randomly!
Once a wild giant panda loses its temper, it can be quite scary.
The cluster of white jade arrow bamboo in front of it suddenly made a "crackling" sound as the bear's claws and paws flew around.
Seeing that it turned around to run away, but its body was shaking violently, Luo Xuan estimated that this giant panda must have been seriously injured...
He stretched out his bamboo pole and poked the panda.
"Oh, uh uh uh..."
The giant panda let out a roar from its mouth! Then bursts of roaring sounds came from its throat...
This cry fully expresses its dissatisfaction and anger.
"Hey, you have a bad temper, don't you?"
The giant panda has thick skin. Even if the dead branch in your hand is broken, it will not hurt it.
This kind of beast has its own territorial awareness.
Apparently he was too close and had aroused its resistance.
But he looked at the giant panda turning its head and making an attacking gesture toward him, with the two fangs in its mouth exposed.
But after roaring in a low voice for a while, the giant panda finally lowered its head and was busy licking the wounds on its feet...
Seeing this situation, Luo Xuan did not dare to be careless.
Although giant pandas may seem naive, in fact, if this guy gets angry, it can be quite terrifying.
after all,
It is still a bear, not a cat for petting.
After using dead branches to pull open the thatch and exposing the giant panda's entire body, Luo Xuan could see clearly: It turned out that there was a huge pair of animal traps clamped on its feet!
This is a kind of animal trap that you personally go to the craftsmen of the iron service company to make.
Luo Xuan couldn't be more familiar.
Originally called the Hunting Team, it will soon be renamed the "Nature Reserve Rangers".
Or the guys from the "Nature Reserve Patrol Team" are in the deep mountains and old forests of the entire Xiao Laojun and Da Laojun areas.
Especially that kind of
There are often places where wild animals must pass, and the hunting team has placed hundreds of large animal traps like this before and after.
Originally these animal traps,
It is tied to a nearby tree with an iron chain, or fixed in the ground with a thin steel drill.
But I don’t know why,
The hind legs of the giant panda in front of me were firmly clamped in a trap.
But the iron chain used to secure it was missing.
This is how this giant panda was able to escape here with injuries...
