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

"Boss! What do we do?" Xiao Shan glanced outside while holding his gun and asked Lei Laohu, the gang leader.

Lei Laohu also released the safety on his shotgun: "Take Da Tou out for a walk and see if there's any trace of him!"

"You two better be quick-witted! If anything happens, just shoot!"

Hearing this, Xiao Shui said with some worry, "Could it be that someone from Yue Feng's hunting team sneaked over? What if it's a person? Is it okay to just shoot them?"

Lei Laohu remained calm: "If the people who come to raid the camp are human, we can't be polite! We should just collapse the camp. What are you afraid of in this desolate wilderness? We can just dig a hole and bury them!"

Lei Laohu has his own style of doing things. Objectively speaking, he is not a kind person. Although he is not as bloodthirsty as some people say, he is a hunter who operates in the old forest and walks on the edge of right and wrong. He has little respect for the law.

To put it even more bluntly, the reason their hunting team was able to get the information was precisely because Lei Laohu was ruthless and had done things that skirted the law, giving him the ability to pose a certain threat to Yue Feng.

Their hunting team's existence was part of Qiao Muzhou's scheme, though they themselves were unaware of it.

The three men, guns with the safety off, led Big Head out of the camp and then gave chase in the direction Big Head had just determined.

They chased each other for two or three hundred meters, and the warmth they had just felt was completely dissipated, but the three of them still did not stop and continued to walk forward.

After walking another two hundred meters, the footprints left by the mutated tiger that had been crouching and peeking earlier appeared in front of the three people.

With the help of the moonlight, Lei Laohu glanced at the footprints on the ground, his brows furrowing in undisguised a smile.

“I knew it! The mountain god has to be on our side this time! Look at the footprints on the ground! That thing was observing our camp from the outside just now!” Lei Laohu said happily.

"What is it? These paw prints are quite big! Is it a tiger cub?" Xiaoshan asked.

Lei Laohu shook his head: "It's not a tiger cub. Look at the depth of these footprints. Tiger cubs are light. The biggest ones can only weigh a hundred or so pounds at most! A hundred or so pounds of weight can't leave such deep footprints!"
Judging from the size of the footprints and the depth of the snow, this animal must weigh at least two or three hundred pounds!

If I'm not mistaken, it should be that mutated animal that injured someone!

"Huh? We couldn't find it, and now it's targeting us! What do we do next? Should we follow the footprints for a while?"

Anyway, it's already out! The moon is so bright today, you can see it clearly from a hundred meters away!

When Xiaoshan heard that it was the target he had been searching for without success, he immediately became interested.

Lei Laohu hesitated for a moment: "Okay, let's chase it for a while and see which direction it came from and which direction it ran away from!"
It's definitely impossible to catch it by following its trail now, but we can still find some useful information!

"Big Head, after him!"

At a shout, Big Head immediately followed the fresh scent and went out. The three of them stood ready and followed the dog.

They chased for nearly a mile, but when they turned around, they could no longer see the camping tents at all. The three of them did not get much useful information.

They chased after the footprints across another mountain ridge. The previous footprint was still very clear, but the next footprint suddenly disappeared, leaving the snow-white ground completely empty.

"Holy crap! Where did the wild animals go?! Their footprints suddenly disappeared!"

Lei Laohu rubbed his eyes and scanned the surrounding area within his field of vision, but he couldn't find the next footprint anywhere.

"Big Head, where is he? Keep chasing!" Lei Laohu tried to remain calm as he gave the lead dog a bite.

Upon hearing the command, Big Head tilted his head back, sniffed around, and started spinning in circles, thus ending the commotion!
Hmph!

Having lost its scent information, Da Tou made helpless whimpering noises while standing still, trembling.

When Lei Laohu saw the state of his dog, he frowned and shouted, "Damn it, which unjustly dead ghost dares to mess with your Grandpa Lei on the mountain!"

After going into the mountains many times, you will inevitably encounter some situations that cannot be explained by science, such as getting lost, hallucinations, or things that mountain spirits or ghosts make up.

The current situation is quite bizarre for Lei Laohu and his two companions.

The footprints were gone, the alpha dog had stopped snorting, and there were only a few large trees around. Looking around, there were no new prey footprints within a radius of thirty to fifty meters. This seemed to defy the laws of physics.

After shouting, Lei Laohu gripped his gun and scanned the surroundings. He then turned back to look at the footprints he had left behind. Thankfully, the footprints from when he came were still there.

"Boss! Should we keep chasing?" Xiao Shui asked in a low voice.

The footprints are gone, the scent is gone, what's the point of chasing after them?

Lei Laohu took a deep breath, inhaling the dry, cold air into his nostrils and lungs to stimulate his mind and make it clearer.

"Go back! Come back first thing tomorrow morning to see what's going on! Even ghosts and gods are afraid of evil people! Don't be afraid!"

Lei Laohu offered a word of comfort, then turned and walked back with his two companions.

On the other side, after Lei Laohu led Xiaoshan and Xiaoshui and their dog away from the camp, only Lao Si and Lao Wu, who did the hard work, were left in the tent.

These two brothers didn't manage to get hunting rifles, and being young, they had the lowest status in the hunting team, serving as laborers who did the dirty and hard work. Now that all three rifles had left the tent, the only weapons they had left were a dagger and a spear.

The fourth brother added a few more pieces of firewood to the fire, then said, "Fifth brother, I wonder when the boss will be back! Are you sleepy?"

When Lao Wu went into the mountains, he was dragging the heaviest sled, and he was already exhausted. At this moment, he was sleepy and dozing off.

"Ah? What did you say?"

"It's alright, you go get some sleep, I'll watch the fire!"

The fourth brother reassured his companion, stretched his legs, and reached for the water bottle hanging nearby.

Lei Laohu and his fellow veteran hunters would always bring some white sugar when they went into the mountains. After starting a fire, they would melt the sugar with snow water to make sugar water. Drinking this water helped restore their strength and tasted good too.

The fourth and fifth brothers had low status in the hunting team and rarely had the chance to drink the leader's sugar water. Now that only the two brothers were guarding the tent, the fourth brother picked up the water bottle, unscrewed the cap, and took a big, satisfying gulp.

When snow water is mixed with white sugar, it tastes sweet. After taking a sip of the sugar water, the fourth brother immediately felt his mouth water.

Reluctantly, I screwed the cap back on the water bottle and hung it back in its place when a soft thud suddenly came from outside the tent.

It appears that the sled, which was leaning against a tree trunk outside the tent, was knocked over.

Hmph!

Several sounds, similar to the whimpering of a hunting dog, came from outside, and the fourth brother was instantly stunned.

"It seems like Big Head is back; he's whining outside!"

The fourth brother had a good relationship with the big dog, and liked to play with the dog whenever he had free time. Hearing the noise, he didn't suspect anything was amiss. He put on his coat, casually opened the tent door, and came out.

As soon as he stepped outside, he felt a gust of wind coming from the side. Lao Si instinctively raised his arm and was immediately knocked to the ground by an animal that was taller than an adult when standing upright.

The mutated tiger attacked, aiming for the neck, but its arm reflexively blocked the attack, causing it to miss its first bite and instead bite through the fourth brother's arm. "Holy crap! What the hell is that! Fifth brother, help!!" The fourth brother felt a powerful force knock him to the ground, pressing against his neck.

He pushed his arm outwards with all his might, shoving it into the tiger's mouth. The mutated tiger, obstructed, tilted its head back and pulled out the other's arm. It then slapped the blocking arm with its left palm, snapping it off and bending it into a twisted angle.

The fourth brother didn't care about anything else and rolled around on the ground desperately, trying to break free of control.

At that moment, the fifth brother inside the house heard the cries for help, grabbed his spear, and crawled out of the tent.

While the two brothers weren't skilled at shooting and hunting, they were experienced in close combat.

With the help of several people, they had killed over 300 pounds of eggs by stabbing them to death. They often skinned and bled the eggs, so they were not exactly fearless.

After scratching at its fourth brother a few times and then biting him on the collarbone, the mutated tiger realized that someone else had come out of the tent. It immediately pushed off with its hind legs and leaped into the air with remarkable agility, landing on its backside.

The fifth brother came out and met the eyes of the mutated tiger with its large, spotted face. Instantly, he felt his hair stand on end and froze on the spot.

The mutated tiger reacted quickly upon seeing the gleaming spear in Lao Wu's hand. Instead of lunging forward, it leaped three steps away and ran away.

Even after the tiger had escaped for seven or eight seconds, Lao Wu remained frozen in place, his heart pounding like a drum, his legs weak.

"Fifth brother, fifth brother! Help me..." The fourth brother cried out in pain, which brought the fifth brother back to his senses.

"Fourth brother, how are you? Are you hurt?" Fifth brother rushed to his companion and looked down to check on him.

With just a glance, Lao Wu was startled again.

The fourth brother's hair and face were covered in sticky bloodstains. A scratch had pierced half of his left cheek, leaving the wound gaping open like a gaping, bloody mouth.

"Fire the cannons! Fire the cannons to call the foreman and the others back!"

The fourth brother escaped death and desperately tried to control his limbs, but he couldn't move his arms and legs and his whole body was limp like a puddle of mud.

The fifth brother didn't care about the bloodstains. He dragged his companion into the tent, then pulled out a firecracker and lit it with the glowing firewood.

boom! boom!
In the silent mountain forest, two consecutive firecrackers suddenly exploded. The loud noise carried far and wide.

Lei Laohu and his two companions, who were on their way back, heard the sound of firecrackers coming from the direction of the tent and their hearts sank.

"Damn it, something's happened at the camp! Let's go!"

Lei Laohu didn't even bother holding the gun anymore. He disengaged the safety on the double-barreled shotgun, slung it over his shoulder, and sprinted towards the camp.

When the three brothers returned to the camp, the area in front of the tent had completely changed.

The pungent smell of blood could be smelled from a distance. In addition to the footprints left by people coming and going, there were many more traces of people fighting with wild animals, as well as a lot of frozen blood in the snow.

"Fourth brother, fifth brother! Where are they?" Lei Laohu shouted, panting heavily.

"Boss, we're in the tent! Fourth Brother was attacked and bitten by that mutated tiger!" Fifth Brother hurriedly lifted the curtain and shouted.

At this moment, Lao Wu also began to feel scared. His familiar teammates had returned, but he was gripping the handle of the spear tightly with his right hand. In his extreme tension, he couldn't let go even if he wanted to.

When Lei Laohu heard that Lao Si had been attacked and bitten, his heart sank instantly.

Damn it, they're using a diversionary tactic!

The three rushed into the tent and then turned on the spare flashlight to carefully check on the fourth brother's condition.

After all that work, Lei Laohu's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

The fourth brother's right arm was bitten through by the canines, which also tore open a wound more than ten centimeters long.

His left arm and collarbone were fractured, he had two scratches on his chest that were more than ten centimeters long, and his face was also disfigured, with a large gash at least seven or eight centimeters long.

Although such injuries are not fatal in the short term, they still require professional treatment. If the bleeding cannot be stopped, or if the wound is not adequately disinfected after the bleeding is stopped, leading to infection, the person's life is still in danger.

"Boss, what do we do?" Xiao Shan asked after tearing off Lao Si's blood-stained clothes.

Lei Laohu took a deep breath: "What else can we do? Boil some water, then take out all the bandages and wound medicines we carry with us. Use whatever you can on Lao Si first! Stop the bleeding!"

The two brothers, Xiaoshan and Xiaoshui, immediately took out the spare medicine, bandages, disinfectant cotton, and other supplies, and busied themselves with the task.

The fracture site is definitely beyond immediate treatment; the only thing that can be treated is the bleeding from the external injury.

Apply the wound medicine, then press it with a bandage and sterile cotton. The bleeding from the external injury will stop in a short while.

Lei Laohu breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, no major blood vessels were damaged! We'll carry Lao Si down the mountain first thing tomorrow morning! Such a serious injury requires hospitalization and surgery!"

Fifth brother, what just happened?

After this period of time, the fifth brother also came to his senses and said, "You guys go out and check the situation. The fourth brother and I will stay in the tent and guard the campfire."

I was a little tired from pulling the sled, so I took a short nap. When Lao Si heard something fall over outside, along with a humming sound like Da Tou's, he lifted the curtain and went out to see what was going on!
Then, he was ambushed!
I heard the call and went out with my spear, only to find that a huge animal, as tall as my chest, had knocked Lao Si down!

Those two big eyes are like lanterns!

It made eye contact with me, and then, for some reason, it took off running!

After listening, Lei Laohu nudged the fourth brother, who was lying on the leather rug: "Fourth brother, is that what happened?"

The fourth brother nodded weakly: "Pretty much! I had just stepped out of the tent when a gust of wind blew up from behind and a big thing pounced on me!"
I tried to block it with my arm, and then it pounced on me! I struggled a lot, and it scratched and bit me, and I don't know what happened after that!

"Boss, I'm a little sleepy!"

Upon hearing the fourth brother say he was sleepy, the others were immediately terrified.

"Don't sleep! No matter how sleepy you are, you're not allowed to sleep! If you fall asleep, you won't wake up!" Lei Laohu hurriedly shouted, afraid that the fourth brother would turn his head and fall asleep.

"Fourth brother, hang in there, we'll come down the mountain when it's light!" Upon hearing this, the fifth brother grabbed his brother's hand and shook it vigorously.

Stimulated like this, the fourth brother dared not sleep. He tried desperately to keep his eyes open, but his head became increasingly dizzy.

"Boss, the fourth brother is a bit weak. Do you have any other ideas?" Xiao Shan asked.

Lei Laohu looked around, his gaze finally settling on the water bottle: "Give him some sugar water! We don't have anything else on hand!"

Fifth brother, keep an eye on him, don't let him sleep! (End of chapter)