After confirming that Xiong Zhen was asleep, the four of them slowly moved back until they were some distance away from the giant tree, then they got up and returned to their nest.
"How about it, do it today or tomorrow?"
Zhu Dachun rubbed his face, took a breath into his hands, and said excitedly.
Zhou Paotou said with a "hehe" smile: "That beast just returned to the warehouse and hasn't slept well yet. It's too hasty to start now."
"Besides, it's getting dark soon, why not tomorrow? What do you think?"
"You are the cannon head, I listen to you." Liang Song agreed.
"Then tomorrow."
Zhao Lin was not an Orion, so he couldn't say more, but he also felt that Zhou Paotou's words made sense, so he expressed his agreement.
Each of them brought three days' rations. Since the warehouse was to be sold tomorrow, there was no need to save any more food, so they simply had a meal.
With nothing to do after dinner, the four of them took turns recounting tomorrow's action steps in order to keep them in mind.
After talking about it, everyone yawned and fell asleep one after another.
The next day, the four of them woke up almost at the same time, ate something briefly, packed up their equipment, and walked out of the cave.
"The mountain god always has his head on top, please protect us from the siege and the smooth slaughter of the bear..."
Before going out, Zhou Paotou, Zhu Dachun and Liang Song bowed to the statue and murmured something.
Zhao Lin followed the local customs and recited a few words.
Before killing the position, they still have some preparation work to do.
The first step is to place trip wires along the escape route.
The trip wire was tied to an iron awl, inserted into the frozen soil and fixed on both sides.
A total of five trip wires were deployed.
Then they placed eight large animal traps around the giant tree.
Both methods were intended to slow down Xiong Zhen's pursuit and buy time for his escape.
After getting ready, the four of them quietly came to the giant tree where Xiong Zhen was squatting.
In the early morning, the forest is extremely quiet, and the rhythmic snoring of bears can be heard from the tree holes.
Zhou Paotou took out a long rope with a small hammer tied to the end of the rope.
He threw the hammer head high into the air, wrapped it around a thick branch below the tree hole, and pulled it twice. After feeling that the rope was firm, he climbed up on the rope.
Climbing up the tree branch, Zhou Paotou waved to Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin grabbed the rope and climbed up.
Zhou Paotou pointed to the tree hole, approached the trunk, grabbed the rough and raised part of the bark and climbed up.
Zhao Lin held his thigh and lifted it up, and his nose smelled a pungent fishy smell.
The smell comes from the tree hole, and the closer you get, the stronger the smell becomes.
"Isn't this guy trapped inside?" Zhao Lin couldn't help but think.
Zhou Paotou held the edge of the hole with both hands and stuck his head in...
This was done to see clearly the bear's position and posture in the tree hole so that he could decide where to draw the gun.
After a while, Zhou Paotou retracted his head and was a little unsteady when he landed on the ground. It seemed that he was badly smoked.
Zhou Paotou took out a gypsum pen and drew a white circle on the side of the tree trunk. He smiled at Zhao Lin and pointed at his abdomen.
Zhao Lin understood that what he meant was that behind the circle was Xiong Yan's lower abdomen—the most vulnerable and fatal part of Xiong Yan's body.
Ready to take action, but the iron gun was still down, Zhao Lin waved to Zhu Dachun and Liang Song under the tree.
When the two saw this, one picked up the iron gun and the other tied the iron gun with a rope.
Zhao Lin pulled up the rope, untied the knot, and wielded the iron gun.
Zhou Paotou took out a sheepskin bag from his backpack.
The sheepskin bag contained poisonous insects caught a few days ago. In order to prevent them from falling into hibernation again when the weather was too cold, Zhou Paotou kept them close to him and used his body temperature to maintain the temperature.
Success or failure depended on this, Zhao Lin and Zhou Paotou silently clapped their hands.
Zhao Lin held the iron gun and stood firmly on the branch of the tree.
He didn't feel fear, but instead had a feeling of blood boiling, and he kept replaying the actions he had practiced thousands of times in his mind...
Zhou Paotou untied the sheepskin bag, stood on tiptoes and dumped the scorpions and centipedes inside into the tree hole, then jumped down, grabbed the rope and slid to the bottom.
Zhao Lin shook his arms and summoned all his strength to stab out with a spear.
There is almost no deviation in the muscle memory formed by many days of hard training. The tip of the gun is pushed with huge force, breaking the outer layer of the tree trunk from the circle, and inserting it straight into the inside.
After the gun tip penetrated deep into the tree, Zhao Lin felt a sluggish feeling in his hand.
He knew he had hit the bear, so he continued to exert force on his hand. The obstacle disappeared instantly, and he stabbed the iron gun to the end.
When his strength was exhausted, Zhao Lin threw his hands away without hesitation, dived down, grabbed the rope in mid-air and swung away.
"Ouch..."
An earth-shattering roar sounded from the tree hole, and then with a bang, the tree trunk exploded directly from the middle and both sides, and a huge body fell on the snow.
Zhao Lin and Zhou Paotou ran as fast as they could. When they heard the sound, they looked back and saw Xiong Yan with an iron gun stuck in his belly and more than a dozen poisonous insects hanging on his head and body. They were chasing after him in large strides.
Xiong Zhen pulled out his iron gun and threw it aside. As he ran, he slapped his body randomly, beating the biting poisonous insects to pieces.
"Snapped!"
Xiong Zhen didn't pay attention to his steps and stepped on a beast trap.
Although the sharp teeth of the animal trap could not penetrate the thick skin, they could still hold it back.
Whizzing……
At the sound of the bowstring, two long arrows shot by Liang Song and Zhu Dachun hit Xiong Yan one after another.
One arrow hit Xiong Zong's forehead, and the other hit him next to his nose, close to his eyes.
The arrow was filled with venom and had a barb at the tip. The bear whined in pain. He squatted down and broke the trap in half. He ignored Zhao Lin and Zhou Paotou and turned around and ran towards Liang Song and Zhu Dachun.
For a long time, this bear has been the overlord in the mountain forest and has never suffered such a loss.
It couldn't help but become mad. Although it was severely injured and was dragging an injured leg, it could run as fast as a galloping horse.
When Zhu Dachun and Liang Song saw Xiong Zhu chasing after them, they each threw a beast trap, turned around and ran away.
Xiong Zhen was hit once. When he saw something flying towards him, he knew how to avoid it. Both traps failed.
Only two of the five trip ropes worked. Xiong Zhen's feet were hung on the ropes and he only stumbled. The effect was very limited.
Zhao Lin was secretly surprised. Everything was as planned, even more perfect than planned, but Xiong Zhen's ferociousness was unexpected.
"Run around the tree!"
Seeing that the two of them were about to be caught up, Zhou Paotou shouted loudly.
Liang Song and Zhu Dachun also knew not to run in a straight line, so they walked around the big trees in the forest. Xiong Zhi roared and slapped the big trees in front of them.
Big trees fell down one after another, and Zhu Dachun couldn't avoid it. He was hit in the back by the tree trunk and fell forward.
"Cousin!"
Seeing Zhu Dachun fall, Liang Song turned around and grabbed his arm and dragged him hard, but found that he was pressed hard by the tree trunk and could not drag him at all.
"Go quickly..."
As soon as Zhu Dachun said two words, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, dyeing the snow in front of him red.
Liang Song didn't even blink, he picked up the tree trunk and tried to move it aside, but he couldn't move it at all.
Hearing the sound of heavy footsteps, Liang Song looked up and saw Xiong Zhen running towards him with red eyes. Knowing that it was too late to run now, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the hunting knife from his waist.
"You bitch, come on!"
call……
At this moment, an ax flew over Liang Song's head, followed by another...
The first stick failed, the second and third sticks also failed, and the fourth stick hit Xiong Zhen's nose impartially.
Xiong Zhen staggered and fell down, his body smashing into the snow.
"What are you doing standing there? Run!" Zhou Paotou shouted.
Liang Song turned around and saw Zhao Lin coming to him, lifting the thick tree trunk with one hand and dragging Zhu Dachun out with the other hand.
It was Zhao Lin who threw the axe. Seeing that the two were in danger, he took out the throwing ax and threw the bear scorpion.
His throws were not accurate, and he failed to hit any of them the first three times. The fourth time he was lucky enough to hit Xiong Zhen on the nose.
The bear's nose is full of nerves and is the most sensitive. If it is hit hard, it will fall to the ground in pain or even faint.
Seeing Xiong Yan struggling to get up, Liang Song knew that time was urgent and wanted to reach out to help Zhao Lin, but saw him grab Zhu Dachun and run away more than ten feet like flying.
Liang Song hurriedly followed and ran for more than two miles in one breath. When he looked back, he saw that Xiong Zhen had not chased him, and he was relieved.
