Solving the case: Combining the police dog's olfactory genes at the beginning

"I'm going to freeze for another eight or nine hours? I'll die!"

"Shut up!"

Chen Yifan shouted sternly.

"Come back to me!"

The team members reluctantly returned to Chen Yifan's side, but their eyes kept glancing towards the fire.

Chen Yifan was so angry that he trembled all over, grabbed the fire drill and started spinning it frantically again.

The stick and the plank made a screeching sound as they rubbed together, but nothing happened except for a wisp of smoke.

"Both of us have been single for over twenty years."

Luo Fei said coolly from the side.

"How can the difference be so big?"

Chen Yifan suddenly looked up, his eyes almost spitting fire.

He suddenly thought of something, looked down at his own hands, and then at Luo Fei's calloused fingers.

Could it be because...?

Chen Yifan muttered to himself.

"Don't you practice enough?"

He secretly resolved that once he got back, he would definitely order a batch of tissues online, determined to master the technique himself.

"Quack."

The croaking of toads was like a dull knife, sawing at everyone's nerves in the silent night.

Chen Yifan huddled in a corner of the cave, and by the dim firelight, one could see the frozen despair on his face.

That expression was like a heavy stone, pressing down on everyone's heart.

"Damn it, that thing screamed all night!"

Zhou Xiaobei cursed through gritted teeth, but his eyes were fixed on the dying fire next to Luo Fei.

He had planned to steal the fire seed after Luo Fei fell asleep three times, but that guy seemed to be made of iron, his eyes wide open like copper bells.

Yuan Bingyan wrapped her thin coat tighter around herself, her teeth chattering uncontrollably.

At two or three in the morning, the temperature inside the cave was as low as an ice cellar, and the white breath exhaled condensed and dissipated in front of you.

She secretly glanced at Luo Fei, who was humming a song in a very low voice, but it was enough to make the starving crowd suffer even more.

Braised lion's head meatballs, steamed sea bass, and Dongpo pork.

Luo Fei suddenly raised his voice and rattled off a series of dish names.

"Shut up!"

Zhou Xiaobei sat up abruptly, his voice hoarse.

Are you fucking sick?

Luo Fei grinned, his teeth dazzlingly white in the firelight.

"Sorry, sorry, I just suddenly remembered the meal I had at the Michelin three-star restaurant last time."

"Please."

Wang Feifei groaned weakly.

"do not talk"

Chen Yifan sighed heavily, his voice sounding as if it came from underground.

"Save your energy."

It's finally dawn.

The sunlight, like coins given away by a miser, sparsely spilled into the cave.

Luo Fei was the first to stand up and easily extinguished the bonfire that everyone envied.

Chen Yifan was the last to get up, his movements as slow as an old man's.

After a grueling night of not eating or sleeping, he felt his physical strength had decreased by at least 30%.

"There's a river ahead."

Chen Yifan's voice was hoarse.

"There might be food."

These words were like a shot in the arm, and the team managed to perk up.

Luo Fei walked at the back, his steps light as if he were on a picnic.

Wang Feifei kept turning around, and finally couldn't help but ask.

"How come you're not tired at all?"

"I ate rabbit meat last night."

Luo Fei blinked.

"Full of energy."

Chen Yifan frowned.

"Don't talk, save your energy."

The sound of the river came from afar, like a call from heaven.

At noon, when the team finally stood on the riverbank, everyone's hopes were instantly extinguished. The river was bottomless, and fish occasionally flashed by in the rushing water, but they were so fast that it made people despair.

"I'll try spearfishing."

Chen Yifan gritted his teeth, broke off a tree branch, and painstakingly sharpened it with his pocket knife.

His hands were trembling, and he almost cut himself several times.

Luo Fei watched from the side with his hands in his pockets, a playful expression on his face.

"It's a technical job."

Chen Yifan tried three times, but the branches either broke or failed to pierce the fish at all.

He slumped to the ground, sweat dripping from his chin.

There might be wild vegetables nearby.

Chen Yifan struggled to his feet.

"I'll go look for it."

Once Chen Yifan had gone some distance, Wang Feifei and Zhou Xiaobei immediately surrounded Luo Fei.

"How did you catch that rabbit? Teach us!"

Luo Fei smiled mysteriously.

"Let's try a different cuisine today, so you can see something new."

He walked straight to Yuan Bingyan, who was standing by the river in a daze, and patted her on the shoulder.

"Turn around."

"what?"

Yuan Bingyan looked bewildered.

"The following scene is not suitable for children."

Luo Fei laughed like a mischievous child.

Yuan Bingyan turned around, puzzled, and heard rustling sounds of clothes being undressed behind her.

Curiosity ultimately triumphed over reason, and she quietly turned around.
"what!"

Screams pierced the sky.

Luo Fei was pulling his underwear down to his knees when she yelled at him, startling him so much that he stumbled.

He plunged into the river with a "plop".

Amidst the splashing water, he popped his head out, his wet hair plastered to his forehead, yet he was still smiling.

"Miss Yuan, you have to take responsibility for me!"

After saying that, he plunged into the water, his white buttocks flashing across the surface.

The people on the shore were all dumbfounded.

"Is he going to take a bath or catch fish?"

Zhou Xiaobei asked, stammering.

The temperature in the mountains is at most ten degrees Celsius, and the river water is icy cold.

But Luo Fei was as agile as a fish in the water, and his muscles gleamed with a healthy sheen in the sunlight.

Yuan Bingyan was stunned. This was the first time in her life she had ever seen a naked adult man, let alone a man with a powerful and beautiful physique like Luo Fei.

"Don't look."

Yuan Bingyan covered her eyes, but couldn't help peeking through her fingers.

A certain part of her body that she shouldn't have seen flashed by, and her face instantly turned red to the roots of her ears.

The water surface quickly returned to calm, leaving only a few ripples spreading outwards.

One minute passed, then two minutes passed, and the river remained as calm as a mirror.

"Nothing will happen to him, right?"

Wang Feifei gripped Zhou Xiaobei's arm nervously, her voice trembling.

Zhou Xiaobei swallowed.

"It's been three minutes already. How can a normal person hold their breath for that long?"

Wu Peixiong had already started unbuttoning his shirt.

"Damn it, I'm going down to check!"

His voice was clearly filled with panic.

Just as Wu Peixiong took off his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body, and prepared to go into the water, a loud "splash" suddenly came from the middle of the river, splashing water everywhere.

Everyone held their breath in unison.

Luo Fei's head emerged from the water. He shook his wet hair, and water droplets traced graceful arcs in the air.

Even more shockingly, he was tightly embracing a large silver fish that was at least half a meter long, its tail still thrashing about, splashing countless droplets of water.

"Fuck!"

Wang Feifei immediately swore, her eyes wide like saucers.

Zhou Xiaobei's jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"This...this is a fish demon, isn't it?"

Even the usually composed Su Muchen widened his eyes in surprise, his pupils behind his glasses slightly contracting.

Yuan Bingyan let out a soft cry and quickly turned around, her cheeks flushed, but she couldn't help but glance at Luo Fei out of the corner of her eye.

Luo Fei swam to the shore and easily tossed the still-struggling big fish ashore.

The fish landed on the grass and remained motionless, as if it had been frozen in place.

"How...how did you do that?" Chen Yifan had just returned carrying a bunch of wild vegetables and almost spilled them all over the ground when he saw this scene.

His gaze darted back and forth between the fish and Luo Fei, his face filled with disbelief.

Luo Fei shook the water droplets off his hair, which sparkled in the sunlight.

"Just luck."

He said it casually and started getting dressed.

Chen Yifan stared at Luo Fei's smooth muscle lines, his Adam's apple bobbing involuntarily.

You should know that even if you catch such a big fish with a fishing rod, it would be difficult to get it ashore without a tug-of-war that lasts for more than ten minutes, let alone catch it with your bare hands in the water.

After Luo Fei put on his clothes, he seemed to feel no cold at all.

His perfect inverted triangle physique was faintly visible under his soaked T-shirt, making Zhou Xiaobei and Wang Feifei stare wide-eyed.

Although Yuan Bingyan had her back to them, the tips of her ears were so red they looked like they could bleed, and the image of Luo Fei emerging from the water lingered in her mind.

"Is this guy a monster?"

Wu Peixiong muttered to himself.

"In such cold weather, he was soaked in the water for so long and he's still perfectly fine."

Luo Fei picked up a knife and walked to an open space to begin processing the fish.

His hands moved even faster; his fingertips flew, fish scales fell like snowflakes, and the internal organs were precisely removed—the whole process took no more than thirty seconds.

Zhou Xiaobei was dumbfounded.

"Holy crap, your hand speed is incredible."

“Practice makes perfect.”

Luo Fei skewered the fish on a tree branch and placed it over the fire. The oil dripped and sizzled, and the aroma quickly filled the air.

Not far away, five members of Chen Yifan's team were squatting on the ground digging for wild vegetables.

Wang Feifei swallowed hard, his stomach rumbling loudly.

"Damn it, where did they get the fish?"

Wu Peixiong stared longingly in that direction.

"I've almost forgotten what meat tastes like."

Su Muchen glanced at it coldly.

"Focus on digging your wild vegetables."

Zhou Xiaobei noticed their gazes and deliberately raised his voice.

"Brother Luo, this fish is grilled so tenderly! Crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside, every bite is bursting with flavor!"

Luo Fei understood and cooperated by tearing off a piece of snow-white fish meat.

"For survival in the wild, protein is the most important thing. You can't survive more than three days on just wild vegetables."

These words pierced the hearts of everyone in Chen Yifan's team like a knife.

Wang Feifei squeezed the juice out of the wild vegetable roots in his hand.

Hey, you over there!

Zhou Xiaobei suddenly shouted at them.

"Are the wild vegetables tasty? How about some fish? We still have half a fish left!"

Chen Yifan suddenly stood up.

"Zhou Xiaobei, don't go too far!"

"Why did I go too far?"

Zhou Xiaobei looked completely innocent.

Isn't sharing food a virtue?

He waved the leftover fish bones in his hand.

"Oh dear, I'm sorry, there's only bone left."

Wang Feifei and Wu Peixiong exchanged a glance, both of their eyes showing a hint of hesitation.

As darkness fell, the two groups moved one after the other toward the cave at Eagle's Beak Cliff.

Zhou Xiaobei led the way, occasionally glancing back at Chen Yifan provocatively.

"Follow the 'walking compass,' and you're guaranteed not to get lost!"

He said it loudly on purpose.

"Are some people now regretting kicking me out of the team?"

Chen Yifan's face was ashen, but he had to admit that after losing Zhou Xiaobei, they had indeed taken many unnecessary detours in the mountains.

Inside the cave, Luo Fei caught another plump wild rabbit from somewhere.

Zhou Xiaobei skillfully took it, pulled out a knife, and began to process it.

"Watch closely, this is how you peel it."

He deliberately slowed down his movements to make sure everyone on the other side could see him clearly.

"Following the muscle fibers, the entire skin came off, so intact it could be used to make a hat!"

Wang Feifei stared, her eyes wide and her Adam's apple bobbing.

On the other side, Chen Yifan returned carrying a wriggling cauliflower snake.

"We've also had our first taste of meat."

"Snake meat?"

Yuan Bingyan's face turned pale.

I'd rather eat wild vegetables.

"It's good enough to have something to eat."

Chen Yifan said irritably, and took out his Swiss Army knife to start processing.

But his movements were clearly clumsy, and snake blood splattered all over him.

The bigger problem is that they don't have fire.

"Let's try making fire by rubbing sticks together."

Chen Yifan looked around at the team members.

Su Muchen took the two wooden sticks and rubbed them vigorously for half an hour, until his hands were blistered, but he didn't even see a spark.

"Oh shit!"

Wu Peixiong angrily kicked a stone away.

"The fire over there is burning so brightly, but we..."

Luo Fei tore off a piece of golden-brown, juicy rabbit leg at the perfect moment, and its aroma wafted in the wind.

Wang Feifei suddenly stood up and strode towards Luo Fei's team.

"I've had enough!"

He threw down his backpack.

"Chen Yifan, I'm sorry."

Chen Yifan's expression changed drastically.

"Wang Feifei! You..."

"Welcome!"

Zhou Xiaobei put his arm around Wang Feifei's shoulder.

"You should have come sooner!"

He deliberately raised his voice.

"Don't worry, the others will figure it out sooner or later!"

Wang Feifei took the rabbit meat from Zhou Xiaobei and wolfed it down, not even bothering to wipe the grease dripping from the corners of her mouth.

"Slow down, there's plenty more."

Luo Fei smiled and tore off another piece of meat for him, but his eyes were fixed on the remaining three people opposite him.

As night fell completely, the temperature inside the cave plummeted.

Chen Yifan's team of four huddled together, shivering, while Luo Fei's group chatted and laughed around the fire.

"How does raw snake meat taste?"

Zhou Xiaobei asked with a mischievous grin.

"I heard it's full of parasites, and they'll grow inside your stomach if you eat it."

"Shut up!"

Su Muchen shouted sharply, but he couldn't help but gag. The raw snake meat he had just forced down was churning in his stomach.

Outside the cave, a cold wind howled, but inside, the bonfire made it warm as spring.

Wu Peixiong stared at the rabbit leg that Luo Fei handed him, his throat bobbing involuntarily.

The golden-brown, crispy crust was still dripping with oil, and the aroma wafted straight into his nose.

"Eat up, brother."

Luo Fei grinned, revealing a set of white teeth.

"We're all on the same side."

Wu Peixiong's stomach promptly issued a protest.

He turned to look at Chen Yifan, who was sitting in the corner with a gloomy face.

The moment their eyes met, Wu Peixiong forced an apologetic smile, then grabbed the rabbit leg and took a big bite.

"Mmm, it smells so good!"

Grease dripped down the corner of his mouth as he mumbled a praise.

Luo Fei laughed heartily and patted Wu Peixiong on the shoulder.

"This is right!"

He stood up and cleared his throat.

"Come on, brothers, let's sing!"

"In your glorious moment, let me sing you a song."

Luo Fei's deep voice echoed in the cave, and Zhou Xiaobei immediately followed the rhythm, clapping his hands and keeping time.

With his mouth full of rabbit meat, Wu Peixiong hummed along indistinctly.

Soon, Su Muchen reluctantly joined the chorus.

The four of them sat around the campfire, turning the cave into a karaoke room, their laughter and chatter contrasting sharply with the cold wind outside.

Chen Yifan sat alone in the shade, his fingers unconsciously digging into the hard soil. (End of Chapter)