Since the tiger's excrement was found, Gao Mingcheng decided to follow the information left by the excrement and go look for the tiger.
Tigers are also nocturnal animals. In the middle of the night, they will roar in the mountains and forests in search of prey to eat. However, during the day, they spend most of their time sleeping.
But like black bears, this habit is only true most of the time, not absolutely.
There are tigers wandering around outside during the day.
Gao Mingcheng's eyesight and sense of smell were now much improved compared to before. He followed the excrement left by the tiger and walked towards the forest ahead.
The further we walked, the more lush the trees were. This site was quite good, with plenty of water, grass, shrubs, wild berries, and some large and small caves, suitable for tigers to live in.
For tigers, this is a geomantic treasure.
As Gao Mingcheng walked, he looked at the surrounding environment and kept it in mind.
Feeling a little hungry, he picked some berries and stuffed them into his mouth. After the berries were bitten, they tasted sweet and sour, with a good taste.
Suddenly, his attention fell on a cliff, where a huge natural beehive was actually formed. Gao Mingcheng had been wandering around the mountains for so long and had found many wild beehives, but this was the first time he encountered such a large beehive. hive.
"There must be at least fifty kilograms of honey..." Gao Mingcheng exclaimed, but he had no idea about this hive.
Because the hive was in a dangerous situation, although he might be able to get it if he tried hard, there was a certain risk without the protection of hanging rope equipment.
Now that he keeps bees himself, he doesn't have to take the huge risk to dig out the hive.
A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!
Gao Mingcheng convinced himself easily and continued walking forward.
At this time, he seemed to hear a cry for help faintly. He stopped and listened carefully.
"Help...Is anyone here? Help us!"
This time, he clearly heard the cry for help.
A thought came to his mind. Could it be that Mr. Naluo was in distress instead of not going down the mountain?
He decided to check it out.
He followed the sound, but what he didn't expect was that before he saw the person asking for help, he saw the tiger first!
The South China tiger is a tiger unique to our country. In later generations, the South China tiger has become extinct in the wild. In fact, it has begun to decrease significantly in the wild at this time. Gao Mingcheng has been running in the mountains for so long, and only now does he know the depth of this mountain range. There is also a tiger.
The South China tiger has a round head, short ears, thick and powerful limbs, a long tail, a lot of milky white color on the chest and abdomen, and an orange-yellow body covered with black horizontal stripes. However, it is the smaller of the subspecies of tiger, so even if this tiger is male, it does not look particularly powerful.
And it looks a little miserable.
Its right ear was shot, and the bullet penetrated the ear, leaving a bloody hole directly in the ear. In addition to the wounds on its ears, its body was also covered with fine wounds. These were caused by the shotgun, but because the steel balls in it missed, only the scattered iron sand left shallow wounds on the tiger's body.
It was entrenched under a locust tree, staring at a cave not far away.
The entrance to the cave was blocked with stones, leaving only a vent the size of a human head.
And the cry for help came from the cave.
Seeing this scene, Gao Mingcheng was surprised. He didn't know what happened to the tiger and the people in the cave, but he knew that if he could save the tiger, he might as well keep it.
Although it will still become extinct in the wild later, at least it will not die in his hands.
But, how can he let go of the tiger, but also release the people hiding in the cave?
If he had a tranquilizer gun, he could shoot the tiger to anesthetize it, then go over to treat its wounds and move it to another safe place.
But there is no such thing as a tranquilizer gun in Gao Mingcheng's hands!
After thinking hard for a long time, Gao Mingcheng saw that the tiger entrenched under the locust tree stood up. It walked to the edge of the cave and did not appear in front of the reserved small cave entrance. This was the experience it gained. If it stood There, the people inside would have the means to harm it.
It stood at the very edge, hiding in the blind spot of the eyes of those inside the cave, and let out a low roar toward the cave!
The beast's roar was extremely intimidating, and the cave became silent for a moment, not daring to make the slightest sound.
At this time, the tiger left quickly after threatening him!
It was hungry, so it wanted to find prey to eat.
But it was also a bit cunning. Instead of leaving directly, it first threatened with a low growl, and then left quietly. Then the people hiding in the cave did not know that the tiger had actually left, so they did not dare to come out rashly.
Gao Mingcheng watched the tiger leave and felt relieved.
If the tiger didn't leave, he really wouldn't be able to save people without killing the tiger.
But Gao Mingcheng didn't intend to show up. He picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it into the opening of the cave.
With a bang, the stone fell to the ground, causing the people inside to make horrified sounds.
But soon, the people inside learned that someone was outside!
Someone is coming to save them!
"Who is that person outside? Has the tiger gone away?" Someone in the cave shouted loudly.
Gao Mingcheng pinched his voice and said, "The tiger is gone. Come out quickly."
His voice was different from yesterday. Yesterday it was rough and sinister, but now it sounded a bit unfeminine, as if he was imitating a eunuch's speech.
Soon, someone poked his head out to look around. He neither saw the tiger nor who was talking to them.
"Why are you standing there! Move the rocks quickly!" Mr. Luo's voice sounded, and then the rocks blocking the entrance of the cave were taken down bit by bit.
Soon, Mr. Luo, who was holding a revolver, was the first to come out. But as soon as he came out, the Ma brothers immediately followed him, protecting him at all times. In addition to these three people, two more people walked out of the cave. , one of them was seriously injured and was being carried by another person.
Mr. Luo glared at them with disgust and said, "Now that the tiger is gone, let's go separately. You two, don't follow us!"
If it weren't for these two disaster stars, he wouldn't have suffered so much!
"That tiger has been chasing us since last night. If we leave at this time, it may be hungry. Let's take advantage of it to hunt and eat. Let's leave quickly!" said the boss of the Ma family.
"Well, leave quickly!" After being blocked by the tiger for most of the night and most of the day, Mr. Luo also wanted to leave this ghost place as soon as possible, and immediately agreed with the Ma family's boss.
As for the second son of the Ma family, he was holding the injured hunting dog, soothing the hunting dog not to make any noise, and the group of people walked quickly down the mountain.
A hunting dog has four legs. If one leg is injured, it can still walk with the other three legs, but it will be lame and slow.
In order not to be dragged down by the hunting dog, the second child of the Ma family kept holding the hunting dog.
(End of chapter)
