"Yes." Feng nodded, "These are the tooth marks of two predators."
Zhang Zhuxun thought silently. A piece of meat had been eaten by two animals. It would not be strange if the corpse was randomly discarded in the wild, but this place was obviously the nest of some kind of carnivorous beast.
All carnivores are extremely territorial and will become extremely aggressive once another creature enters the carnivore's territory.
Not to mention that it is now the cold season, and it is difficult for carnivores to find food. Whatever intrudes into the territory is likely to be hunted, so this kind of symbiotic behavior is basically impossible.
"Look here again." Feng pulled out a femur and half of the incomplete pelvis from the pile of bones.
Putting the two things on the ground and putting them together, Feng pointed to the femoral neck and said, "The joint between the femoral head and the pelvis was bitten off. It was very simple. Such a large pelvis was bitten off directly." A quarter, which shows that the bite force of this beast is very strong, I speculate that it should be a bear or snow leopard-like short-snouted and wide-fronted beast."
Feng sniffed the air again and affirmed: "It's fishy and smelly. Although the smell is strong, it's not new. This should be an abandoned bear cave. It's been a while. Although it's inaccessible, there will be quite a few people there." Risky hunters will come to this area to hunt. Snow leopards have a keen sense of smell and are highly vigilant. They will not live in any place that is popular."
"Besides, bears don't eat so carefully and cleanly. This second thing has a high IQ. I think this kind of tooth mark is probably from a wolf."
Zhang Zhuoxun frowned slightly and raised his hand to cover his nose, "You mean, the wolf picked up the bear's leftovers? But even if the bear abandoned the hole, the smell here is so strong that the wolf cannot take risks."
Feng shrugged and said he was helpless, "I don't know about that. It's possible that the owner here died outside, or there might be a lone hungry wolf who took the risk."
The walkie-talkie hanging in the jacket pocket rang again, and Zhang Haixing's urging voice came, "You two, stop dawdling outside, there are new discoveries inside."
The walkie-talkie was on when Zhang Zhuxun and the others were talking just now, so Zhang Haixing and the others could also hear Feng's analysis.
Zhang Zhuoxun and the two walked quickly inside. There was a large space inside the cave, with all kinds of strange-shaped stones piled up randomly. Feng found many traces of bears rubbing on them, as well as dry excrement left at the bottom.
The further in, the stronger the fishy stench, which is made from fermented cadaverine and putrescine, made people's eyes dazzled, and Zhang Chuxun regretted following him.
But Feng's expression became more and more excited. He looked left and right like a hound stalking prey. He squatted in a corner to observe feces, and pointed to several places where there were new marks made by wolves' urine.
"Will the wolves use the smell of the bears to treat this place as their new den?" Zhang Zhu knocked on the intercom and asked Zhang Haixing, "Have you found any wolf cubs in there?"
Just after asking, the cave turned around and the bottom of the cave was seen. Zhang Haixing was squatting under a huge stone, her hands busy with something. She held the flashlight with two long bones tied together and leaning against the stone. .
Hearing the footsteps, Zhang Haixing looked back and replied: "There are no cubs, only feces, but they are from adult wolves."
Zhang Zhuoxun and the two approached and saw Zhang Haixing trying to piece together the scattered bones on the ground. She dropped a large bone at Feng's feet and said, "Look at this."
Feng took a look under the light and found that it was a left shoulder blade with many fine gnawing marks on it. "It's similar to the tooth marks on the bones outside, but this one has only been eaten by wolves."
Then he let out a sigh and said a little surprised: "Why are there still bullets stuck in it?"
There were two bullets stuck in the upper corner of the shoulder blade and in the hollow. They were not shotgun shells used by ordinary hunters, but single-shot rifle bullets.
Zhang Haixing wiped off the dirt on his hands, stood up, pointed at the basically assembled skeleton on the ground, and said, "I haven't found the skull, but look at the skeleton with such a large outline. I suspect that it may have been in the original cave." The bear's, it may have been injured while being hunted and escaped back here, and finally died due to excessive blood loss and was picked up by wolves and eaten."
"It's possible, but who will hunt this bear?" Zhang Zhuoxun wondered, "Ordinary hunters don't have guns that can shoot such bullets."
He used his antler hunting knife to fiddle with the mess in the crevices of the cave. He picked it out with the blade and threw it next to the bones. "This is the remaining bear skin, it's too rotten to look at."
Zhang Haixing looked at him suspiciously, "Didn't you guys from Kangbalo hit you?"
Zhang Zhuxun curled his lips in disdain at her suspicion and retorted, "Dan and his team's marksmanship is much more accurate than this. The heart of a bear is so easy to find. They will definitely choose to kill it with a heart shot when hunting. You can tell by looking at this bullet." Many people fired their guns in the confusion, and they happened to hit the bear in the shoulder."
Since it is hunting, there is no reason to leave a dying bear without chasing it. Even if the black bear is afraid of the injured black bear going crazy, you can still follow the blood stains left on the snow. There will always be times when the bear runs as hard as possible.
Then he added: "But then I suddenly figured out that those people were not hunters at all, nor were they hunting for anything. They probably did something that alarmed them when they were walking in the snowy mountains nearby. This bear was discovered by them when the bear came out to check the situation, so in panic, they shot randomly to scare the bear away."
Hearing this, Zhang Haixing's eyes suddenly became sharp, "That is to say, a group of people also entered the snow-capped mountains half a month ago!"
She immediately turned around and stared at Feng coldly, "Does this matter have something to do with you?"
Zhang Zhuxun also looked at Feng with interest and said quietly: "Please be lenient if you confess."
Feng's face changed greatly and he hurriedly explained, "How is this possible? My men would never have done this. All the people I brought were killed by you in the back mountain that day. If they were really sent by me, why should I follow you?" I’ll analyze and analyze it here, and I’ll just tell you if it’s not right.”
"It's precisely because you don't know what happened after they entered the mountain that you need to analyze it." Zhang Zhuoxun raised his eyebrows and brought the lamp closer to his face.
On the other side, Zhang Haixing pulled out the dagger, put it on Feng's neck, and said coldly: "Besides us, the only people who know the route and can walk to this place are the only people from your Anjing company. Even if it wasn't sent by you, it certainly has something to do with you."
Seeing the questioning attitude of the two of them, Feng's eyes flashed, and then he lowered his head and refused to argue with them anymore, "I definitely won't admit it if I didn't do it. Since you won't believe anything I say, then I won't believe it." There’s nothing more to say.”
Zhang Zhuoxun felt that his stubborn attitude was a bit strange, so he simply ignored him and asked Zhang Haixing: "If these people are really Germans, what do you think their purpose of entering the snow-capped mountains will be?"
"What else could it be? It must be something deep in the snow-capped mountains." The knife in Zhang Haixing's hand came closer and he looked at Feng Dao with murderous intent, "I don't mind killing you directly here, even if I don't Star map, we can also find the place through other methods, but it is just a little troublesome."
Feng subconsciously hid back, "Even if they are really Germans, they will not be my team members. You have to know that the team sent by our headquarters is likely to be more than just mine. Our tasks are different. In order to To avoid leaking secrets, there will be basically no contact with each other.”
Hearing this, Zhang Zhuoxun suddenly turned his head and stared at Feng, staring at him until the hair on his back stood up, and stammered: "How...how..."
"I suddenly felt a little strange, why didn't they kill the bear?"
Zhang Zhuxun's voice was tight and his eyes were cold, "They may have accidentally alarmed the bear, but with Jingjing Company's weapons and equipment capabilities, the teams dispatched were basically more than ten people and well-equipped. Weapons, even random fire, could have easily taken out the bear, but they didn't do that."
"Why?" Zhang Haixing also realized something was wrong and frowned, "Did they let the bear run away on purpose?!"
A member who can be assigned such a near-death mission must be very capable. At least he is of Nick's level of force. How could he not kill a mere bear?
"Unless they have a very urgent task, and the time is so tight that they don't even have time to finish the finishing work." The chill in Zhang Zhuxun's eyes gradually leaked out, "This task cannot be about the Bronze Gate. Half a month ago, it was Wu When Xie first came to Medog, it was also the time when all the forces gathered in the Lama Temple."
"That team is going to deal with the Kangbalo people hiding deep in the snowy mountains!"
Zhang Haixing's eyes widened in disbelief, "How is this possible? Are they crazy?"
Feng's expression suddenly changed, and he subconsciously pushed Zhang Haixing away and ran out of the cave.
Zhang Zhuxun, who was caught up in two steps, was kicked and hit hard against the stone wall. He almost fainted and woke up from the pain.
Zhang Zhuoxun grabbed his collar and asked fiercely: "Tell me honestly, are their targets the Kangbalo people? What do they want to do?"
Feng struggled to swallow the fishy sweetness in his throat. He felt an extremely strong murderous intention from Zhang Shuxun, and his hands and feet became weak uncontrollably. "No... I don't know. I don't know anything. They are not the same as me." From a department, I didn’t lie, their tasks were directly issued by the head of the headquarters, and I have no qualifications to contact them at all.”
Zhang Zhuxun's hand slowly moved to his neck, his fingertips tightened and he kept exerting force.
Feng saw the distorted reflection of his own face in his eyes. The cold hand was like a life-threatening Rakshasa's ghost pincer, and the blood all over his body seemed to be frozen at this moment. (End of chapter)
