Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

When it was completely light, Yue Feng and others finally witnessed the brutality of last night's battle.

On this side of the camp, the Russians who were beaten to death had obvious blood holes on their torsos, and you could see their backs directly from their chests.

Where the battle took place, the ground was covered with splattered blood and minced meat. Although it had now frozen into ice lumps, the pungent smell of blood could still be smelled.

All five Russians were examined. Their bodies were no longer of any value, so Wu Keji asked Yue Feng and others to collect some firewood and cremate them on the spot.

It must be said that the smell of burnt meat was very peculiar. It was the first time for Yue Feng to smell it, and the other people also seemed a little uncomfortable with it.

In comparison, Wu Keji remained calm throughout the whole process, and the old man didn't even blink.

After carefully dealing with all suspicious traces, Wu Keji called Yue Feng and others together.

"Uncle, what should we do next?" Yue Feng asked with concern.

At this point, the nature of the situation has changed since the poacher was killed.

Yue Feng knew the limit of his ability, so he was asked to train the falcons, but he was not good at taking charge of the subsequent matters.

In this situation, it is the experienced Mr. Wu who has to make the decision.

Wu Keji said calmly: "Don't feel any psychological pressure. We just killed a few foreign poachers in self-defense on our own territory.

Even if the man in the hat was here, he would just praise you for your good fighting skills!"

Yue Feng did have some concerns about this. Hunting is hunting, killing is killing. After all, it was five lives. Yue Feng was a little nervous. But after the old man said that, Yue Feng thought it made sense.

Yue Feng nodded and took the lead in expressing his opinion: "Kill them if you want. If we don't deal with them, they will deal with us! We have already done it, there is no need to be afraid!"

Xiao Tao also agreed: "My brother is right! Kill him, he deserves it!"

Xiaowen glanced at Wu Keji and said, "Uncle, what should we do next? We brothers can accept this, let's talk business!"

Seeing that Brother Yue Feng and the others were in a good mood, Wu Keji continued, "The poaching team from Black Fang usually comes to us for a mission for at least half a month, or even longer than a month.

The group of Russians we wiped out last night have lost contact, and the other side shouldn’t be able to find out in a short time!
We have almost cleaned up all the traces. Even if they send the next group of people, it will be a long time later, and it will be too late!
Given this situation, there is no need to be overly nervous. We are absolutely safe at the moment, so let’s just continue to do our own things!
During the interrogation last night, the Russian also confessed that they found a mountain stream with abnormal water level. We will go to the scene to take a look later!
The matter of the mutant animals has even alarmed the zoologists from Russia and they have come here in person. The situation may be more serious than we imagined, so everyone should be prepared!"

Yue Feng nodded: "Okay, then let's go to the mountain stream near their base and see what kind of abnormal method it is!"

Wu Keji continued, "Later, everyone should stop running around, and Gouzi, Meiqiu, and Ying should not move freely!

This involves unknown risks that may cause animal mutations, so let's take care of our own safety first! There's nothing else to worry about for now, so everyone be smart!"

"OK!"

……

After the brief meeting, the hunting team quickly began to move towards the temporary base of the Russians last night.

After returning to the area where the Russians were camping, Wu Keji took Yue Feng for a walk around the area.

There was nothing interesting to see in other areas, everything was normal. At the bottom of a ditch less than 500 meters away from the base, Wu Keji and Yue Feng discovered a mountain stream with a large flow of water.

Calling it a mountain stream is actually a bit inaccurate. The area under the ditch is more like a small river.

The water didn't freeze even in the middle of winter. Early in the morning, you could see a layer of white mist floating on the water surface from a long distance away.

Wu Keji brought Yue Feng to the bank of the mountain stream and looked around: "Xiao Feng, did you find anything unusual?"

Yue Feng did not answer immediately, but observed carefully, then shook his head and said, "I don't see anything unusual!
In the mountains behind us, there are also mountain springs that do not freeze in winter, and most of them are warm springs upstream!

But I don’t smell any sulfur here, and the water looks clean too!”

Wu Keji nodded: "Looking normal is the biggest abnormality! Don't you think there is something missing by this mountain stream?"

This sudden question really confused Yue Feng.

"I haven't figured it out yet, sir, please remind me!"

Wu Keji smiled and did not let Yue Feng continue to guess, but said: "From the underground cellar where we stayed yesterday to the edge of the mountain stream, except for the footprints left by people, there are no traces of any animals!

Do you think this is normal?"

After Wu Keji's reminder, Yue Feng instantly realized what was wrong.

In the deep mountains and old forests, the actual density of wild animals is much greater than what can be seen with the naked eye.

This will result in large and small, bright or dark footprints being left in the snow.

But along the way along the way, even at the edge of the unfrozen mountain stream, we didn't see any footprints of animals, which is a bit scary.

"Could it be that the animals around here have been driven away by something? Or is this mountain stream poisonous?"

Yue Feng immediately drew inferences from what he had learned and made reasonable inferences.

"I'm not sure if the mountain stream is poisonous. Let's go upstream along the stream and look for it!" Wu Keji suggested.

"Let's go! Do you want me to release the eagle to look for prey? The big black eagle must have a wider search range than us, and it won't eat random things!"

"Okay, let it out and try!"

When Yue Feng saw Uncle Wu nod, he immediately took off the hats of Big Black Eagle and Little White Spear. The two eagles shook their feathers and quickly flew into the air, circling above his head.

In this way, the group walked upstream along the mountain stream, and the eagle kept following them overhead.

Yue Feng focused most of his attention on the shore. He walked for nearly two miles but didn't find anything. It was as if this area was a complete forbidden zone for life.

Just when the group was wondering what was going on, a scream was heard from the big black eagle in the sky.

Yue Feng put his hands on the pergola and looked up.

I saw a big black eagle and a small white eagle, one in front and one behind, chasing a bird of prey whose wingspan was obviously several sizes larger than theirs.

When Yue Feng saw the birds of prey being chased away by the big black eagle, his heart skipped a beat and he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The raptor being chased has a wingspan of more than two and a half meters and has a resounding name.

Mountain eagle.

The mountain eagle, also known as the vulture, is not a good thing. Its appearance means death.

This statement does not mean that vultures are dangerous to humans or falcons and hunting dogs, but it is directly related to their natural habits.

Vultures are carrion eaters and have a highly developed sense of smell. It is said that they can detect the stench of a rotting corpse from several kilometers away.

"Look, there's a mountain eagle in the sky!" Yue Feng pointed to the sky and blew a whistle. Upon hearing the whistle, the big black eagle and the little white spear immediately gave up chasing the mountain eagle and turned back.

Wu Keji frowned and said, "The mountain eagle is not a good thing. It must have found something like a rotten corpse, so it attracted this thing!"

Yue Feng pointed to the approximate direction where the falcon had chased the mountain eagle away and said, “It just flew up from the area in front! Let’s chase it and see what happens!”

"go!"

Everyone hurried on their way again.

As the people moved forward, after walking about less than a mile, the direction of the mountain stream changed from northwest to due south and north.

At the same time, there was a faint stench in the air.

Yue Feng immediately took out a towel from his pocket and covered his mouth and nose with it: "It stinks! Everyone, be careful!"

Everyone immediately covered their noses and continued walking forward.

After another two hundred meters, the environment in front of me suddenly became clear.

The mountainous terrain suddenly turned into a plain. Looking around, there was at least a few kilometers around, but for some unknown reason, there was not a single thick tree.

Wu Keji did not cover his mouth and nose. He walked around and waved to Yue Feng and others.

Everyone followed over immediately and saw a hair-raising scene at the bottom of the ditch in the direction Grandpa Wu pointed.

Just at the small bend at the bottom of the ditch not far away, there was a large number of floating animal corpses.

From small yellow squirrels and hares to large wild boars, roe deer and wild deer, Yue Feng even saw several huge corpses of Andahan that had been floated not far from the shore.

The water temperature in this mountain stream is relatively high, so the piled-up animal carcasses were not preserved fresh by the cold climate, but instead they began to decay severely like in summer.

Yue Feng is not a professional, but judging from what he has seen so far, it feels like these animals have been dead for at least ten days.

"Fuck, what's going on? Why are there so many dead bodies floating in the slow water area!" Xiao Tao immediately shouted.

Wu Keji looked around carefully and said, "Wow, no wonder I didn't see any animals in other places. They are all lying here, piled up together, it's quite warm!"

Uncle Wu’s joke was not funny at all. At this moment, Yue Feng just felt it was a bit creepy.

"Uncle, what's going on? How come so many mountain animals were drowned in the water?" Yue Feng asked in a helpful tone.

Wu Keji shook his head: "I can't really say, but from the feeling, it should be some special existence that attracted so many animals to gather nearby, and then they all died!"

After listening to this, Yue Feng realized that what he had said for so long was almost the same as not saying anything. He calmed down and observed and thought carefully.

As Yue Feng continued to observe carefully, more and more details were discovered, and Yue Feng slowly came up with some ideas.

"No! No, no! This is not the first scene!!"

"What do you mean?" Wu Keji looked at Yue Feng curiously and asked.

Yue Feng had played fishing in his previous life after middle age, so he had a basic understanding of the hydrological environment. At this time, his experience as a fisherman gave him some inspiration.

"You see, this is not the source of the warm spring water, but just a relatively flat area. This is called a bend, which is the area where the water flows through after slowing down from a high-speed flow!
These animals were not drowned here. They must have died upstream and washed over here because the water flow slowed down, so they accumulated here!"

Wu Keji nodded: "What you said makes sense!"

Yue Feng continued, "Look at the treetop above the water! This treetop should be a small larch. Larch cannot survive in water, which means that there was no water where it grew!

In other words, the water level suddenly rose and submerged the original tree! This also matches the abnormal water level we got from the intelligence!"

Wu Keji nodded: "Go on, what else do you see?"

Yue Feng continued to frown and ponder: "These animals are all terrestrial animals. Except for the mountain eagle not long ago, no birds were seen!

What kind of thing, or substance, would have a certain attraction to the animals on the mountain?"

Yue Feng and Wu Keji looked at each other, then turned to look at the other friends beside them.

No one, including Wu Keji, followed Yue Feng's ideas.

Yue Feng took a deep breath.

"Salt!"

Almost all animals have a need for salt, which is not easy to obtain in nature. Once natural salt mines or substances containing edible salt are discovered, animals of all sizes will go to eat them to replenish their bodies' salt and regulate the balance of electrolytes.

Hearing this answer, Wu Keji's eyes lit up: "That makes sense! There is no shortage of water in the forest in winter. The only thing that can make so many animals gather is probably salt!"

Yue Feng continued, "I guess if we want to find the answer, we need to continue to check upstream!

Animals are not stupid, the salt is definitely not poisonous, otherwise they would not eat it in large quantities if they thought it tasted wrong!
Salt may have this aggregation effect, but we still lack critical information on what causes mutations and animal deaths!"

Wu Keji nodded: "Keep going upstream! I guess when we find the location, the answer will be revealed!
The problem of mutated animals has probably been going on for more than a year. These dead animals definitely did not become like this because they have been soaking in the water for more than a year.

That should just be a coincidence, or there should be an internal connection that we don’t know about!”

Yue Feng: “Yes, keep going!

I still don't believe it. A mountain stream like this must have a source. How far can it be?"

We have achieved some interim results, which has greatly motivated the team members to explore the unknown.

We continued to walk upstream along the mountain stream, and this walk took nearly half a day.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the hunting team, who had not had a proper meal in the morning, were all growling with hunger and finally arrived near the source of the mountain stream.

This is an area of ​​mountain plains, which gives people a very unreal feeling. Looking around, it seems like looking down at the Henan plains from an airplane. The vast area is flat.

If the mountain stream had not impacted the ground and created a groove, Yue Feng would have believed that it was an airport.

"Uncle, how do you feel about your surroundings? I feel so uncomfortable!"

Yue Feng's mind was in a mess. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

Wu Keji's deep eyes were also full of suspicion: "I feel that there shouldn't be such a flat place in Changbai Mountain!"

Xiao Tao scratched his head and said casually: "Such a large flat area is bigger than the air force base we visited last time!"

Just one sentence reminded Yue Feng.

Yue Feng slapped his head and said, "Everyone, look around to see if there are any traces of human intervention! Something is definitely wrong here!" (End of this chapter)