Zhang Zhuxun answered this question for the fat man, "The creatures on the snowy mountains all have an instinctive way of coexistence inherited from their ancestors. The wolves need food to survive the winter, so they must hunt herbivores, and the young deer and young deer that have not yet grown up are Doe is definitely their first choice."
"But if a group wants to thrive, it cannot do without new life. If wolves are allowed to hunt, the deer herd with only prime male deer left will soon perish."
"In order to survive for a long time, the deer herd must make sacrifices, so whenever the severe cold comes, there will be more than a dozen strong deer who have been injured or sick in the herd, leading the old and weak deer to attract wolves This will buy the pack's attention and buy time for the entire group to migrate. With enough prey to fill their stomachs, the wolves will naturally not chase after next year's food."
"This canyon is the default buffer zone between carnivores and herbivores."
Animals also have their own laws of survival balance, which are the laws formed by the natural evolution of the biological chain.
Wu Xie was still a little puzzled, "But in this way, wouldn't it be easy for the wolves to obtain food? If things continue like this, more and more wolves will survive in this snowfield, and the number of herbivores that will be sacrificed in the coming year will It will also increase, and it will not end in destruction in the end.”
"In order to survive and reproduce, competition among the same species becomes more intense."
Zhang Zhuxun held up a fog light and led the way. His voice sounded erratic and eerie in the cold wind.
"How is it possible that there is only one wolf group that wants to occupy such a geomantic treasure land? The only one who is qualified to distribute food is the wolf king who breaks out of the siege and kills. The more people die, the more food will be available. .”
A chill arose in Wu Xie's heart. The ants were still trying to survive, but in the face of a catastrophe, humans could kill each other in order to survive, not to mention the ferocious wolves.
Once food is scarce and under the threat of death, they will not hesitate to attack the same kind that is alone. Natural selection will only allow those who adapt to the environment to survive better.
"It's right in front."
Zhang Zhuoxun pointed out to them a sunken place on the steep cliff ahead. This was a temporary shelter that Dan had specifically mentioned to him when he followed Dan and the others out for hunting.
A few people took the time to walk over and found that there was a crude, artificially carved groove underneath. The groove was as high as three stories above the ground. It was just big enough for people to climb up with the help of the rough stone walls on the side.
"This..." Wu Xie looked at Zhang Zhuxun, "Is this specially built by Kangbalo people?"
Zhang Zhuoxun nodded, "Walking in the vast snowfield, no matter how experienced a hunter is, it is inevitable that he will go astray sometimes. This canyon is an iconic landform. If it were not for this time in winter, this place would be dedicated to health. A resting place for the Balor.”
"You and Fatty come up quickly, I have to arrange some things down there." Zhang Shuxun urged.
"Are we going to lay mines?" The fat man volunteered, "Fat man is very professional in laying detonators. Seeing that it is getting dark, we can move faster together."
Zhang Zhuoxun waved his hand to Zhang Haixing, "Okay, you take them two up first and get some food to replenish their strength. We have to keep two of them to keep watch tonight."
Zhang Haixing is professional in rock climbing. She put down her backpack, changed into special rock climbing gloves, tied a rope around her waist, then moved her hands and feet, and climbed up very easily, as nimble as a monkey.
She also deliberately slowed down her movements so that Wu Xie and Feng below could clearly see where was a suitable place to climb with their hands.
After Zhang Haixing climbed up, he saw that this cave also had many traces of man-made knocks. It may be that there was originally a concave gap here, and later people expanded it into a stone cave to facilitate entry.
The hole is five or six meters deep, like a vase with a small mouth and a large belly, like a bell lying flat.
She turned on the light and looked inside, and found that there was something else inside.
There is a small stone platform at the bottom of the cave. On it is a stone statue of a group of black crows. It is an unknown strange god. It looks like a quail that has been scorched by lightning. It stands there stiffly, with small horns on the left and right sides. I don’t know if it’s the wings, but they are pretty ugly.
There is also a copper bowl as big as a child's fist placed in front of the stone statue. It contains a gray-black paste at the bottom of the bowl. It exudes a strange fishy smell and has dried up and stuck to the bottom of the bowl. I don't know what it is. thing.
Zhang Haixing picked up a small stone, put it into the bowl and scraped some powder. He looked at it carefully under the light, then put it under his nose and sniffed. He didn't know what he found, but his face suddenly changed.
She looked back and saw that Wu Xie and the others had not come up yet, so she immediately wrapped the copper bowl tightly in the gauze she carried with her and hid it on her body.
Then she looked around and found nothing else, then turned around and left the cave. She hung the rope she had just brought up and shook it, signaling Wu Xie and the others to tie their backpack to it and pull her up.
On the other side, Zhang Zhuxun and Fatty laid traps at both ends of the canyon, a hundred meters away from where they rested.
Fatty originally proposed to split up, but Zhang Zhuxun didn't agree. He knew that the wolves had appeared at both ends of the canyon, and if he ran alone, he might run into the pioneers who came to explore the road.
The two dug out the carcasses of more than a dozen animals from the snow, buried the detonators in front of the carcasses, then reburied the carcasses, placed a whistle bomb on top, and lightly sprinkled a thin layer of snow to hide them.
The two of them had a detonator and a sentry bomb, and they buried fifteen meters of minefields in a staggered manner. They didn't even miss the height that the wolf could jump on the stone walls on both sides. They also tied transparent trigger fuses.
The whistle bomb is not very powerful, but its sound is sharp and harsh. It can directly blow through a person's eardrum at close range, and it is sensitive to triggering. It will explode if the weight above it changes slightly.
When the whistle bomb explodes, the lead connected to the detonator below will be pulled. Regardless of whether the wolf claws press the position where the mine is buried, the detonator will explode.
The fat man grinned and said with a sly smile: "Not to mention anything else, those Zhang family members are really happy in getting equipment. They have two backpacks of detonators. It's a big deal. This is really a job for the fat man. This is the best time I’ve had since I joined this industry.”
Zhang Zhuxun took out an incendiary bomb from his backpack, installed it about five meters behind the minefield, pulled out a few transparent trigger wires and gently buried it in the snow, and softly asked the fat man to get out of the way.
The wolves were currently entrenched at the mouth of the canyon. Even if they wanted to make a sneak attack, they would have to wait until late at night when they were sleeping deeply.
Wolves have a very keen sense of smell. Even if there are dead animal carcasses as cover, they can still smell the scent of Zhang Zhuxun and Fatty wandering in this area.
It would be fine if they smell danger and choose to give up. If they are stubborn, don't blame them for being rude in order to protect themselves.
Zhang Zhuxun and Fatty used the same method to lay out a minefield about sixty meters away.
At this time, it was completely dark, and the two returned to the bottom of the cliff.
Zhang Shuxun put his finger to his mouth and whistled upward, and fog lights immediately shone down from above.
"You two, come up quickly!" Wu Xie stuck his head out and greeted, hanging down a rope.
"You go on first, leave your backpack, and I'll carry it with you later." Zhang Zhuoxun said to the fat man.
"Thank you." The fat man didn't refuse. With his size and heavy clothes, it was indeed difficult to climb such a steep cliff.
The fat man tied the rope around his waist, put his feet into the groove on the stone wall and pedaled firmly. He grabbed the protruding mountain wall with both hands, and Wu Xie and Feng pulled up together.
Seeing that the fat man had climbed up five or six meters, Zhang Zhuxun balled up the fat man's backpack together with the remaining detonators and stuffed them into his own backpack, threw it on his back and put it on his back, and then stepped into the pit. , as light as a swallow, he caught up with the fat man in front of him with almost no effort.
When the fat man heard the noise, he turned around and looked down, and was happy, "Hey, you crawled pretty fast. You can smell the fragrance of the rice above."
As he spoke, he raised his head and asked Wu Xie, "Zhenzhen, what delicious food did you make? Fatty already smells of meat. He has been in a hurry these past two days and ate biscuits every day. Fatty almost turned into sandwich biscuits." .”
Wu Xie laughed and scolded angrily: "You have the best nose. Shut up and climb up. The wind is so strong here, be careful to fill your stomach with cold air."
The fat man hummed and sped up, and quickly climbed to the mouth of the pit, where Wu Xie and the others pulled him up.
Zhang Zhuxun followed him up and looked into the distance with a telescope. When he heard Wu Xie calling him, he turned around and entered the cave.
"Here." Wu Xie handed him an aluminum lunch box, which contained large pieces of ribs. "My craftsmanship is average. I just made some. Let's eat it. After eating, drink some ginger soup to warm yourself up."
The fat man came over with a smile, took a sip of the broth from the lunch box, and smacked his lips, "Well, it tastes good. Our innocent child has really grown up and can cook by himself. He deserves praise and encouragement."
Wu Xie threw him two pieces of roasted glutinous rice and glared at him, "Damn fat man, don't tarnish my image outside. You talk about me as if I'm very good at eating and lazy to cook. When you were cooking in the past, I was always there. How about joining hands?"
The fat man teased him, "Hey, I don't know who it is. I cut a carrot and ended up eating all the carrots on the chopping board. Who is it? The fat man can't remember it. He seems to be named Wu." Little Rabbit is here, right?"
Feng, who was joining in the fun on the side, couldn't hold back his laughter, and immediately turned around, covering his mouth and shaking his shoulders.
Zhang Haixing took a bite of the loquat and smiled with a puffy face, as if he was happy to see Wu Xie deflated.
Wu Xie became angry with shame and yelled angrily, "You damn fat man, you exposed my shortcomings again. Believe it or not, I will go to Yuncai to file a complaint against you when I get back and ask her to punish you by serving a Manchu banquet."
"Whatever my sister wants to eat, Fatty will be happy to cook it for her." The fat man shook his head and smiled with his eyes narrowed.
Wu Xie was so angry that he blurted out, "Believe it or not, I will let Mu...ahem Panzi take care of you!"
"Old Pan, his own city gate is on fire, how can he care about the children playing house." The fat man disagreed.
If the place in the cave wasn't really spacious, Wu Xie could jump up and give the fat man a kick.
The two of them were bickering like elementary school, Zhang Zhuxun shook his head and sighed silently, and no one noticed the flash of smile in his eyes.
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At midnight, a long and loud wolf howl was suddenly heard in the quiet canyon.
Several monotonous howls came in response, one after another, from far to near, like sadness and resentment. This was the signal for the wolves to start taking action.
Zhang Shuxun opened his eyes suddenly, picked up the M16 placed by his legs, lay down behind the backpack that was used as a cover on the right side of the cave entrance, staggered his elbows forward and backward, and looked through the scope at the bottom of the canyon on the left.
From the bottom of the cliff to the fifty meters in the distance is his sniper range, just in case any wolves that have not been killed slip through the net and sneak in.
Zhang Haixing lay on his left side in the same posture, aiming at the area on the right side of the canyon. This could avoid blind spots and cross fire.
In the cave, the fat man was snoring loudly, which made people feel extremely comfortable.
Wu Xie was pretending to have something going on in his mind and was sleeping soundly. He was awakened by the howling of wolves and came out with a gun. He saw that Zhang Zhuxun and his two men were ready.
"How's it going?" he asked softly.
Only Zhang Zhuxun and Zhang Haixing's guns were equipped with infrared night vision devices, and Wu Xie had to wait until the signal gun was lit to illuminate the nearby canyon before he could see clearly.
Zhang Zhuxun kept track of time in his mind and whispered back to him, "We must have arrived at the first minefields. The vanguard of the wolf pack has discovered the trap and is waiting for the Wolf King's order."
The moon tonight is not round, as if a large piece of the round jade plate has been broken, but the cold moonlight still avoids the clouds and shines on the snow, illuminating the entire canyon shrouded in clouds and mist.
There is a clear boundary between the white snow and the gray-blue shadows, and there are more than a dozen gray-black shadows entangled on the rocks at the bottom of the valley.
This is the vanguard of the wolf pack. They occupy a mid-level position in the wolf pack and are responsible for the most dangerous hunting work.
There is actually a difference between the vanguard and the backing. The forward is slightly higher than the backing. It faces danger directly and is the primary force for hunting.
They are strong and fast, and are responsible for initially frightening the prey and driving the prey into the range where the backing surrounds and kills, thereby assisting in completing the hunt.
The backing includes the substitute members of the forward and the nannies of the wolf pups. Once a wolf in the forward is injured or dies, members will immediately fill in. The nanny is the middle-level female wolf, responsible for protecting the pups in the group.
There is a very strict and cruel hierarchy in the wolf pack. The highest position is the male and female leader of the wolf pack.
They are the spiritual wisdom and the strongest combat power of the entire wolf pack. They are also the defenders and decision-makers of the wolf pack. They dominate the mating and food distribution of the wolf pack and are the greatest reliance on the survival of the entire wolf pack.
The second level is the deputy leader of the wolf pack, also one female and one male.
They are the most loyal subordinates of the Wolf King, responsible for conveying the Wolf King's orders to the members of the pack, similar to the existence of the great eunuchs and palace maids around the emperor.
However, they are the kind of personal and powerful bodyguards who can sometimes bypass the Wolf King and directly punish erring members. (End of chapter)
