Chapter 69 Encounter with a Hunter

The next morning, Zhang Xingwang set out into the mountains early. He told his family that he might not be able to come back today because he had something to discuss with his "hunting partner".

When the family members heard this, they just said a few words to be careful, and the old man said solemnly:

"I told you before, if something happens, just say you know nothing and leave it all to me, remember."

Zhang Xingwang felt both amused and touched when he saw such a grand scene.

We walked and stopped all the way to the valley, and suddenly found traces of human activities. There were abandoned campfires and messy signs of activities near the rocks in the stream.

Judging from the traces, at least two people have spent the night here.

After a careful inspection along the creek, I saw traces of blood left over from hunting animals, which had seeped into the soil on the bank.

We even found a bullet shell. It seems that other villagers or hunters came to hunt.

But this is normal. In a year or so, I'm afraid the soldiers will have to go out hunting and clear the mountains.

It seems that they have more people and are more professional than him. If he continues to stay in this place during the day, he probably won't gain anything.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xingwang headed in the direction of the mountain where the stream flowed into.

We didn't see any signs of human activity on the road. There were many animals in the mountains, but few of them could be tracked.

Animals have their own ways of hiding, and they are very sensitive to danger. I bought a book in the bookstore, but it turned out to be of little help to me.

There is a lot of useful information in the book, but for Zhang Xingwang, hunting is not difficult, but the difficult part is how to find the prey, so it is basically useless.

He searched all the way along the direction where the stream led into the mountain, but found nothing when the sun was setting. There were only two birds singing in the trees, and it felt like they were mocking him.

I walked a little further, but still couldn't find any signs of animal activity or a suitable place to hide. After thinking it over, I decided to return the way I came.

I didn't plan to go back today, so I waited until night to try my luck by the creek. This time I prepared a flashlight and a large piece of cloth. The weather was not too cold, and it didn't look like it would rain, so it should be fine if I stayed overnight.

Among the pile of rocks, we found a location with our back to the stream and used space to transport the rocks back and forth, clearing out an open space of about 3 square meters.

I found a dozen thick dead branches and built a simple shed about half a meter high. The shed was surrounded by large stones and was relatively hidden.

Using the shed as a temporary resting place, it takes some time for ordinary animals to destroy it, so it feels relatively safe.

But it's really convenient to use space to do this. When it gets dark, it's already formed.

I ate something in the shed, then found a position with a relatively wide view, hid myself there, and began to test my luck to see if there would be any prey coming.

The weather is very good today. The silver moon hangs in the sky, reflecting the rippling surface of the stream. The forest next to it is also very quiet, and the only sound of the stream flowing slowly can be heard.

It was late at night and no prey appeared. After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Xingwang began to feel sleepy and prepared to light a fire with the collected firewood to keep warm and go to sleep.

Just as he was about to get up, the sound of an animal running attracted Zhang Xingwang's attention. Looking in the moonlight, he vaguely saw a few blurry black shadows running towards the stream from the edge of the woods.

When the distance got closer, one could barely make out that this was a group of wild boars. There seemed to be seven or eight of them, a group of sub-adult offspring led by two big wild boars.

Moreover, the direction they were heading was right at the edge of the rocks, which was only more than 20 meters away from Zhang Xingwang. Seeing this scene, Zhang Xingwang was so nervous that his palms were sweating, not to mention the slightly cool night.

When he was carefully adjusting his position and preparing to shoot, the leading wild boar suddenly ran towards his habitat. It must have discovered him.

Zhang Xingwang immediately stood up, dodged behind a large rock, and fired five bullets, two of which hit the running wild boar. He was lucky as one of them hit the boar directly in the head.

The wild boar seemed to have the pause button pressed, and fell to the ground, letting out a shrill scream.

After hearing the screams, the remaining wild boars, who were sub-adult, began to flee towards the woods from which they came.

The remaining adult wild boar lowered its head and ran towards Zhang Xingwang.

Seeing this, Zhang Xingwang immediately fired a series of bullets, but only two hit the running wild boar, and none of them hit the vital parts.

The wild boar just paused for a moment, then continued to rush towards him regardless.

When the distance got closer, Zhang Xingwang could even see the wild boar's eyes emitting a fierce look due to pain.

In a panic, he quickly dodged behind a big rock and fired more than a dozen bullets at the wild boar's lower limbs. Without caring whether he hit the boar or not, he climbed to the top of the big rock in a panic.

When I looked down at the wild boar, I saw that it had fallen about three meters away from a big rock due to a bullet wound in its lower limbs. It was struggling to get up and was letting out a shrill roar.

He raised his hand and shot a bullet at its head, killing it instantly.

There are only a few wild boars left now. The woods are even more dangerous at night. If you encounter one, you might get hurt. It's really not worth it.

At this moment, Zhang Xingwang's heartbeat was as fast as the dense drumbeats, and he was sitting on a big rock, gasping for breath.

The wild boar has too strong vitality, and the force of its charge is very great. If you meet it head-on, it will be very difficult to kill it as long as you don't hit its vital parts.

It will still continue to charge forward regardless of anything. Not to mention being hit, it can't even withstand a scratch, which is still very dangerous.

After resting for a while, Zhang Xingwang put the two wild boars into the space. Not giving up, he prepared to go to the woods where the wild boars came out to take another look.

Before we even got close to the woods, we saw two or three dark shadows moving back and forth restlessly.

This time Zhang Xingwang did not attack immediately, but slowly climbed up a crooked tree next to him.

He adjusted the direction on the tree and fired more than twenty bullets continuously at the location of the shadow. After hearing a few wailing sounds.

Knowing that he had hit the target, several black shadows also ran towards the depths of the forest in panic and disappeared from his sight.

He quickly climbed down the tree, turned on the flashlight and groped his way over. He saw a little wild boar that had been shot by four bullets and died on the spot.

There was another one that must have been injured, screaming not far away. I followed the direction of the sound and saw a wild boar lying on the ground screaming.

The sound became smaller and smaller. There were two bullet holes on his body, one of which hit his lung.

Neither of these two are big, weighing only about 200 pounds together. After tidying up the space, it now has 3.2 cubic meters.

After loading the four wild boars, there was still some space left. I thought I wouldn't have to carry them back in embarrassment this time.

Then I went straight back to the shed and lit a fire. However, I was no longer sleepy, so I just sat in front of the fire in a daze until sunrise.

He stood up, washed his face, cleaned up the traces of hunting wild boars, and rested for a while.

The shed was not dismantled, and it could be used next time. Seeing that the sun was about to set at around 9:00, I prepared to go back. But before I had walked far, I suddenly heard a voice from the side:

"Stop, don't move."