Old Master Lu, holding the gun, crouched low and shuffled forward step by step.

His decades of experience told him that Qingwei's reaction meant there was definitely something big ahead of him.

"Qingshan, stay close, get ready to finish off the enemy."

Old Master Lu's voice was extremely low, and his whole body was taut like a fully drawn bow.

Lu Qingshan didn't move. It was too strange; large wild animals shouldn't appear in this place normally, and the dog's reaction didn't seem right either. He waved his hand, signaling his grandfather to stop.

"Master, don't move."

Grandpa Lu paused, turned around and looked at him with a puzzled expression. He knew he had to be vigilant and have a sharp reaction when going up the mountain. Seeing his grandson hesitate, the old man suppressed his anger and asked.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Qingshan didn't answer, but squatted down, his gaze like a knife, scraping across the snowfield in front of him inch by inch.

The blue-tailed creature continued to whimper softly, but it didn't go forward; instead, it anxiously scratched at the snow with its paws.

This doesn't look like they're about to fight to the death.

Strange, Aoki's actions suggest that it's not prey and shouldn't fight desperately, but it's also anxious. What could it be?

Lu Qingshan's gaze lingered on the snow-covered ground where the dog had moved, his mind filled with puzzlement.

Lu Qingshan's gaze finally settled on one spot.

The snow there was slightly smoother than the surrounding area, with an extremely fine, almost invisible, misalignment around the edge.

It looked as if someone had carefully covered a piece of snow back with something.

In a flash of insight, he understood: Qingwei meant that someone had left something behind!

"What are you looking at? If you have something to do, then do it. If you don't, then hurry up and leave. What are you dawdling for!" Old Master Lu said impatiently.

He followed Lu Qingshan's gaze and saw nothing but white snow. He was about to step on it.

"Don't move!"

Lu Qingshan gave a low shout.

"It's a condom."

Old Master Lu was taken aback, then chuckled.

"Bullshit!"

Without a second thought, Old Master Lu retorted, "Who the hell set a trap on this road? This is a path for people, not a den for wild animals! You've misjudged me, kid."

Lu Qingshan did not argue.

He took out the thick cotton gloves that Lin Xiulan had given him the night before and slowly put them on.

Then, he lay down on the snow and, with his gloved hands, slowly swept the surface snow to the side.

His movements were very light, as light as a feather falling.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Five minutes passed.

Beneath the snow was nothing but more snow.

Grandpa Lu completely lost his patience and shook his head.

"Qingshan, it's good to be vigilant, but we can't be paranoid. Hurry..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Qingshan's fingers, which were sweeping snow, suddenly stopped.

A cold, metallic glint flashed across the snow beneath his fingertips.

It was a crescent-shaped iron tooth, polished to a gleaming shine, with a layer of cold, eerie light gleaming on it.

It's a wolf fang sheath!

Moreover, these are large-sized animal traps specifically designed to deal with big animals like bears and wild boars!

The rest of what Old Master Lu wanted to say stuck in his throat.

He stared intently at the metal object that was partially exposed, and cold sweat broke out on his back in an instant.

If you step on this thing, not only will your legs be ruined, but half of your body will be destroyed!

In this old forest where the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, having a broken leg is practically the same as being dead.

"Which bastard is that?!"

Old Master Lu's anger surged instantly, his face flushed red, and he raised his gun butt, ready to rush forward and smash the trap to pieces.

"Master!"

Lu Qingshan stopped him.

The old man was taken aback, then turned around and angrily said, "Why are you stopping me! Why keep this harmful thing around for the New Year if you don't smash it?"

Lu Qingshan shook his head, his voice flat.

"Why would we tear it down?"

Lu Qingshan crouched down and pointed to the bushes around him, which were completely covered by snow:

"Sir, look around here. There isn't a single hoofprint left by wild animals. This is a familiar path that hunters and herb gatherers have trodden into the mountains."

Upon hearing this, the old man paused, his brow furrowing into a knot.

"Wild animals don't walk this way; only humans do."

Lu Qingshan raised his head. "Setting a trap here, even if it's not aimed at us, it's also meant to harm other innocent people. With such a vicious heart, smash it. At most, the bastard who set the trap will realize that he's been exposed, pat his butt, and set another trap somewhere else. He won't lose a piece of his flesh."

The old man nodded: "What you said makes sense. So how should we handle it? Tell me."

"Since we're already here, we should at least let the host experience our cooking skills."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Lu was completely stunned.

Under the old man's surprised and uncertain gaze, Lu Qingshan drew the hunting knife from his waist.

Instead of touching the mechanism, he carefully used the tip of his knife to clear away the surrounding snow, completely exposing the structure of the wolf fang sheath.

Then, he used the blade of his knife to press against one side of the animal trap and slowly pushed it forward.

The heavy animal trap was forcibly moved forward by about half a meter in the snow.

After doing all this, he squatted down and quickly scraped and adjusted the spring clip of the trap and the inconspicuous foot sensor point with the tip of his knife.

His movements were quick and precise, without a single unnecessary action.

Old Master Lu was a seasoned hunter with decades of experience, and he understood what Lu Qingshan was doing with just one glance.

He modified the mechanism that originally activated with a single step!

It has been changed to a reverse mechanism that requires greater weight and a deeper, more tricky footing to trigger.

What does this mean?

Ordinary wild animals, or even people unfamiliar with the area, would not be heavy enough to trigger the trap.

But if the person who set the trap comes back to check, the situation will be different.

He would assume the trap didn't go off because it was in the wrong location or because it was covered by too much snow.

He would carefully approach and deliberately and fiercely step on that sensory point that he knew best!

By then...

Looking at the readjusted mechanism, Old Master Lu felt a chill run up from the soles of his feet.

That kid is so ruthless!

Lu Qingshan carefully brushed the snow back over the trap, completely concealing the deadly intent once again.

"Since they want to cripple someone in this snowy mountain," Lu Qingshan stood up and sneered.

"Then let him stay, let that bastard taste the bitterness of a broken leg himself."

He patted the snow off his hands as if he had only done a trivial thing.

"Let's go, sir."

"There's something good waiting for us ahead."

After saying that, he turned his head without looking back, and with the two dogs, he bypassed the treacherous snowfield and continued walking into the deep mountains.

He didn't even look back once more.

It was as if I could already foresee the miserable end of that scoundrel hiding in the shadows, his leg bitten by the trap he had set, howling in agony as he awaited his death in the snow.

Meanwhile, Ma Li and Zhao Erhu, who were down the mountain, were completely unaware that the script for their deaths had been rewritten for them.

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