"Humans are more terrifying than beasts!"
Batur said in unfluent Mandarin: "Poachers, kill animals, kill people!"
"Are there still poachers now?"
Su Xiaofan felt a little incredible. He had seen a documentary before, which talked about poachers.
Watching the contents of the documentary on TV, Su Xiaofan felt very far away from himself. He never thought that he might actually deal with these people.
"A lot of money!" Batur explained in one sentence the reason for the existence of poachers, which is naturally profit.
In DJI Province, poaching is the most common and rampant crime. The reason for repeated prohibitions is the astonishing profit chain behind poaching.
"Money moves people's hearts." Su Xiaofan nodded. The huge profits made by poachers are indeed irresistible to many people. He has seen it in documentaries.
If an eagle living in DJI is sold to a prince in the Middle East, the price can be as high as one million US dollars. Therefore, the profits from poaching can be said to be incomparable to any criminal activity.
"Batur, are we still going there?" Su Xiaofan looked at Batur, he didn't really want to deal with these people.
"Go over and ignore them." Batur used to be a herdsman living in the Ajin Mountains and was very familiar with poachers.
Batur knew that although these people were very cruel, they would not do anything harmful to others as long as their interests were not touched.
On the contrary, if you camp in the wild, you will run into big trouble.
Even though the temperature at night in this place close to no man's land can be as low as ten degrees below zero, there are still wild animals coming out to hunt.
The most common one is the wolf pack. The wolf pack has become extinct in many places, but it still exists in the uninhabited land, because there are many natural prey such as wild donkeys and goats.
Someone once drove through no man's land and camped in the wild, only to be gnawed by wolves and all that was left was a piece of white bones.
Wolves are very cunning animals. They will bite through car tires and trap people in the car. In this no-man's land with no signal at all, they can only sit and wait for death.
"Park one car here and only drive one over." Su Xiaofan thought for a while and made a decision. If something happened and the car was damaged over there, one car could be left behind.
They have now entered uninhabited land for more than 200 kilometers, and their mobile phones have no signal. Without their car, they cannot get out on two legs alone.
"Okay, drive your car there!" Batur nodded. The supplies in his car were more important and could not be lost.
Su Xiaofan and the others were currently at a connecting point between the Gobi Desert and the mountains. The terrain was undulating. They parked their car behind a mound without being discovered.
At this time, the sky was completely dark. The modified car lights shone at the abandoned military station from a distance. Su Xiaofan could clearly see two figures walking out of the house.
"They have guns!" Batur grabbed the gun placed next to him and looked a little nervous.
"It's okay, let's go over there first." Su Xiaofan narrowed his eyes and saw that one of the two people who came out had a long gun on his back.
The roar of birds of prey broke the silence of the night, and several flashlights shone from the front, and someone waved to the car.
After parking the Raptor in the open space in front of the military station, Su Xiaofan turned off the car and jumped out.
"What do you do?" A voice came from more than ten meters away.
"We are meteorite hunters." Su Xiaofan replied, then asked: "What about you? What do you do?"
"We...are mountaineers." The other person was slightly sluggish and said, "We are here to challenge the Ajin Mountains, and we are camping here temporarily."
Perhaps seeing Su Xiaofan's empty hands, the man standing at the front waved his hand back, and the man with the gun turned around and entered the room.
"Can I borrow a seat?"
Su Xiaofan spread his hands, indicating that he had no weapons, "Brothers, you also know that there is only this camping spot nearby, and there is no other place for us to go."
"Of course. There's a bonfire inside. It's very warm. Come in." The man nodded, turned sideways, and motioned for Su Xiaofan to come over.
"Batur, come down, Duobao, you come down too." Su Xiaofan waved to the car, and from the open window on Batur's side, a black figure jumped out and jumped onto Su Xiaofan's shoulder.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
Seeing Duobao, the man standing in front of Su Xiaofan couldn't help but squint his eyes. Although he couldn't see clearly in the night, the impression of Duobao at this time was definitely not that of an ordinary cat.
"My only pet."
Su Xiaofan smiled, didn't say anything, and walked straight to the man and said: "There is a way in the wilderness, there is no road, brother, thank you."
Walking closer, Su Xiaofan saw clearly the appearance of the person opposite.
The leader was in his thirties, with a shallow scar on his face from the corner of his mouth to his left eye. He was about 1.7 meters tall and very strong. In this low temperature of minus seven to eight degrees, he was only wearing a leather jacket. , looks very tough.
"Shi Kai, what do you call me, brother?" The leader extended his hand to Su Xiaofan.
"Su Xiaofan, hello, Brother Shi!"
As soon as Su Xiaofan held the opponent's hand, he felt a strong force tightening his right hand. Su Xiaofan did not fight back, but just looked at the opponent with a smile.
"Brother Su, please come inside, it's too cold outside."
Shi Kai's expression changed a little. Although he had only exerted a little force on his hand just now, if he were an ordinary person, he would definitely cry out in pain. However, Su Xiaofan in front of him seemed to have no feeling at all, which made it difficult to understand the depth.
"good."
Su Xiaofan nodded without saying anything and followed Shi Kai into the military station. Batur also followed in, carrying the shotgun he brought on his back.
This abandoned military station doesn't look very impressive from the outside, but the area inside is quite large.
Shi Kai and others burned a bonfire in the open space in the middle of the military station. At this time, three people were having a barbecue around the bonfire. One of them was the one who had just come in with a gun.
"Have you two eaten? Do you want to eat some together?" Shi Kai kicked a person by the bonfire with his foot, "Whisker, make room."
Shi Kai should be the leader of the group. The person who was kicked moved aside to make room for the two of them.
"Okay, then I'm welcome."
Su Xiaofan pulled Batur and sat down beside the fire. Looking at the two roasted and fragrant thighs on the bonfire, he couldn't help but ask: "What kind of meat is this? It smells so fragrant?"
"Wild donkey meat, I picked one up today. Brother Su, it's better to come early than to come by chance."
Shi Kai took out a dagger, cut off a piece of meat from the roasted thigh, and handed it to Su Xiaofan along with the dagger, his eyes flashing as he observed Su Xiaofan's expression.
"Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground, this is a good thing." Su Xiaofan smiled, took the dagger, bit into the donkey meat, and immediately felt a strange meaty aroma spread into his mouth.
"Not bad, good food. This is the first time I've tasted such delicious meat."
Su Xiaofan nodded, motioned to Batur, and said: "Brother Batur, take out the wine in my backpack and let the brothers taste it too."
After hearing Su Xiaofan's words, Batur brought his backpack, took out two bottles of wine, and placed them next to the bonfire. Without Shi Kai, he pulled out a knife from his waist and cut a piece of donkey meat. Start eating.
Batur used to be a herdsman. In addition to grazing, he hunted. He had no concept of protecting animals. Two bears died at the hands of him and his father.
Of course, all the animals Batur kills end up in his own stomach, and he will not sell them, so he is still somewhat different from these poachers.
"Brothers, please drink some." Shi Kaikai opened the wine and poured half of the enamel jars for the people sitting by the campfire, including Su Xiaofan. However, few of them didn't drink, but looked at the enamel jars. With Su Xiaofan.
"I'll do it first as a courtesy!"
Su Xiaofan knew what they were thinking, so he raised his head and drank the wine in the jar. More than three ounces of wine was simmered down in one gulp, and a touch of red suddenly appeared on Su Xiaofan's face.
"Good man, feel good!" Seeing Su Xiaofan drink the wine, those people no longer had any doubts and started drinking one after another.
With wine and meat, the coldness was dissipated a lot. The atmosphere around the campfire became lively for a while, and those who were originally a little scrupulous spoke a lot louder.
"Brother Su, you are also a cultured person. You won't look down on us brothers, right?"
Shi Kai poured more wine into Su Xiaofan's enamel jar and said, "To be honest with you two, we come here to make some hard money, but we won't drive away those animals, and we haven't touched people."
Shi Kai knew what people like him did and couldn't hide it from the other party, so he simply said it straight to the point.
"I can see that."
Su Xiaofan laughed when he heard this, cut a piece of donkey meat with a dagger, handed it to Duobao who was lying next to his legs, and said, "Brother Shi also recognizes what my pet is, right?"
"Ocelot?"
Shi Kai looked at Duobao carefully, shook his head and said, "It should be a tiger cat. Oh, this thing is difficult to tame. Where did you get it from?"
Being in the poaching business, Shi Kai naturally knew those rare animals very well. He knew that there were no tiger cats in the country, and pure tiger cats needed to be smuggled in from abroad, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Moreover, tiger cats are not domesticated abroad. They are wild animals and are wild and difficult to tame. He had seen them at the home of a prince in Emirate abroad, but the tiger cat was very wary of people and was not very close even to its owner.
"I was raised since I was young, so I am very close to people."
Su Xiaofan continued to feed Duobao, picked up the wine glass and touched it with Shi Kai, and said, "Brother Shi, it's not worthwhile to do this business these days."
When Su Xiaofan chatted with Batur on the way here, he heard him talk about poaching. Now the country is cracking down on this area extremely severely, and there are far fewer poaching teams in no-man's land.
"I don't have any other skills, I can only rely on this industry to make a living."
Shi Kai gave a bitter smile and said: "I don't hunt ordinary animals. This wild donkey was also killed by a leopard. We only catch sea greens. That thing can be sold at a high price."
Shi Kai had worked as a mercenary abroad for several years and had many options. Later, he learned that the price of falcons in the UAE was extremely high, so he took the idea and brought a few comrades back to China to start this business.
Not to mention, Shi Kai was very lucky. In his first year in the industry, he caught two Triton bluebirds. Since there was no broker to increase the price, he directly sent the two baby birds abroad and earned US$800,000.
After making this deal, Shi Kai and his brothers divided the money and lived separately for a few years. Now that they have come out again, they have almost spent all their previous money. They want to catch a few more falcons and maybe they can retire.
"Brother, what do you do?" Shi Kai looked at Su Xiaofan and asked.
Shi Kai has been living abroad for several years and has met many important people, but now he is a little confused about this young man, so he is very polite in his words.
"I opened an antique shop and resold antiques."
Su Xiaofan said: "I have recently become obsessed with collecting meteorites. Not many people in our country do this, so I thought I would search for them myself and try my luck."
Su Xiaofan didn't have much prejudice against people in this field, and was willing to chat with them to gain some experience.
The main body of society has a sunny side, and naturally also has a dark corner.
As long as it was not a crime of murder and robbery, Su Xiaofan would classify it as engaging in a sideline business, and there were not a few people of this type hanging out in the antique market.
What's more, coming to this no-man's land to look for falcons, Shi Kai and others are risking their lives, because in such a cold area, if they are not careful, their lives will be handed over to this place.
Su Xiaofan himself raised a first-level protected animal from abroad, so he was naturally not qualified to blame these people.
"Are you really here to find the meteorite?"
Shi Kai didn't really believe what Su Xiaofan said before. How could someone who could drive such a good car be a meteorite hunter?
Shi Kai had seen some people who came to the Gobi to look for meteorites before, but those were all locally rented cars. It looked like they were not doing well, and they did not dare to go deep into the no-man's land, but just wandered around the periphery.
"Brother Shi, if you have seen these meteorites, you can trade them with me." Su Xiaofan took out a meteorite he had picked up before from his backpack and handed it to Shi Kai.
Since it was in the name of collecting meteorites, Su Xiaofan really wanted to enrich his meteorite collection.
Of course, Su Xiaofan will absorb the rare meteorites that can replenish the repair value immediately, but other ordinary meteorites can be collected as well.
"This thing is almost like a stone. I can't tell the difference." Shi Kai looked at the meteorite for a while and returned it to Su Xiaofan with a wry smile.
But when he saw the meteorite that Su Xiaofan took out, Shi Kai believed Su Xiaofan's words. If he didn't come here to find the meteorite, who would put a heavy stone in his backpack?
"Brother Su, do you want to sell this tiger cat?" Shi Kai stared at the treasure on Su Xiaofan's shoulder and asked tentatively.
"What? Are you attracted to my little tiger cat?"
Su Xiaofan looked at Shi Kai with a half-smile. With his six senses fully open, he could detect that the other party did not seem to have any ill intentions.
"No, hey, that's right."
For some reason, Shi Kai suddenly felt his heart beat a little faster when being stared at by Su Xiaofan.
This feeling is like when the adult Hai Dongqing was lying on the car window and staring at the car when he stole the baby falcon and drove away, and the cold air came out all over his body.
Shi Kai didn't think that the other party was a fool if he dared to go into no man's land with two people, so he must have something to rely on and was not afraid of the large number of people on his side.
"Brother Su, to tell you the truth, if you get this tiger cat in the United Arab Emirates, you can sell it for at least 50,000 US dollars."
Shi Kai told the truth: "If you meet someone you like, it is possible to sell it for one or two hundred thousand dollars. This tiger cat is yours. I can set up a line for you to trade directly with them, and I will take the money." Just a little commission.”
Shi Kai worked as a mercenary abroad for five or six years, and later worked as a bodyguard in the United Arab Emirates for several years. He gained a lot of experience with his employer.
In the UAE, the most valuable thing is probably money.
Each of those little princes has a net worth of hundreds of millions, and they are all the kind who have good reincarnation skills and can win easily after birth.
There is no pressure to survive, and there is no need to take over the business, so a large group of boring people have been bred. They are a bit like those Eight Banners disciples in China a hundred years ago. All they want to do is play new things every day.
Raising wild beasts is a major hobby of this group of people. Lions and tigers are the normal way to play. The rarer ones will raise white tigers and black panthers. Highly aggressive tiger cats like Duobao are also the favorite species of these people.
Of course, the favorite thing of that group of people is the falcon. Anyone who goes hunting without a falcon will be embarrassed to call friends. Even the worst breed of falcon starts with a hundred thousand dollars.
That's why Shi Kai took such a huge risk to come to the Ajin Mountains again. This is the only no-man's land where wild falcons can survive.
"Brother Shi, let's forget it. I don't need that little money."
Hearing Shi Kai's words, Su Xiaofan shook his head and said: "And my tiger cat is too aggressive. I'm afraid ordinary leopards can't bite it. It's too easy to hurt people when it goes out. If it bites the buyer to death, what's the point?" Aren’t you causing trouble for yourself?”
Su Xiaofan has been training Duobao recently, but the effect is limited to the fact that it will not actively attack humans when it does not feel threatened.
Like Su Xiaofan, Duobao also has an intuition, even more sensitive than Su Xiaofan, and can distinguish whether others are kind or malicious toward him.
When Shi Kai was looking at Duobao just now, Duobao was also looking at him. If Su Xiaofan hadn't been feeding the little guy and comforting him, he might have pounced on Shi Kai's throat.
"That's really troublesome, let's forget it, come on, drink!"
Shi Kai couldn't help but shudder when he thought that the tiger cat would bite those princes and rich men to death. If that really happened, he might be unlucky as well.
After giving up his thoughts about the tiger cat, Shi Kai started to pick up an enamel vat and touched it with Su Xiaofan. They also brought wine with them on this trip, but it was not as exciting as the wine.
It was a tiring day today. Su Xiaofan didn't drink much wine, but he ate a lot of meat.
The two donkey legs weighed seventy or eighty kilograms in total. Shi Kai, Batur and others ate more than ten kilograms at most, and the remaining fifty or sixty kilograms went into the stomachs of Su Xiaofan and Hu Mao.
Recently, Duobao's appetite has increased again. He can eat two to three kilograms of python meat in one meal, and ordinary meat is not enough. Half of the seventy or eighty kilograms of donkey meat went into Duobao's stomach.
However, it grows faster as it eats. Now Duobao is almost one meter in length, and its smooth body lines are full of strength. People with a discerning eye can immediately tell the difference between Duobao and domestic cats.
After drinking until after ten o'clock at night, almost everyone was staggering. Shi Kai added two more pieces of fixed fuel to the bonfire to ensure that the bonfire would burn until the next day.
Batur took out the tent from the car unsteadily and propped it up in an abandoned house. There was also a sleeping bag in the tent. It was very comfortable to sleep even at the low temperature of minus seven to eight degrees Celsius.
The howls of wolves came one after another from not far away. Perhaps they were afraid of the firelight of the military station and kept away from them.
"Brother Shi, can that tiger cat really be sold for so much money?" A low voice sounded in the house opposite Su Xiaofan.
"Yes, but this one probably won't work. It's difficult to feed an adult tiger cat. If something happens, we will all be unlucky." Shi Kai's voice was sober, not at all the drunken state he had just finished drinking.
After hearing Shi Kai's words, the man fell silent. For them, many things are not impossible to do, but it depends on whether they are valuable.
"These days, fools may not live long, and the only ones who can come out are smart people."
Looking at Batur, who was holding a shotgun with his eyes open in the sleeping bag in the tent next to him, Su Xiaofan suddenly laughed. It was better to go out and gain experience. The acting skills of the drunk brothers who just performed were good.
"Brother Batur, you can sleep, I'll watch."
Su Xiaofan told Batur that he could just meditate instead of sleeping. After getting through the Great Zhou Heavenly Empress, practicing would no longer consume so much mental energy.
"At three o'clock, I'll take your place!"
Batur didn't talk nonsense. In this extremely cold environment of the plateau, if you don't get enough rest, you won't be able to do anything the next day. Altitude sickness alone will make people unbearable.
While Su Xiaofan was meditating and Batur was sleeping, the tiger cat slipped out quietly.
After a while, the howling of wolves outside suddenly disappeared. Su Xiaofan opened his eyes, smiled, and started practicing again.
Batur was also very tired and didn't wake up at three o'clock. Su Xiaofan didn't call him and let him sleep until dawn.
When Batur woke up in the morning, his face was full of self-blame. He had become so unvigilant in the wild that something could easily happen.
However, a burst of shouting from outside diverted Batur's attention.
"Six wild wolves, all dead."
Next to the bonfire that had been burning all night, there were a row of six wolf carcasses.
The fur on these wolves is gray, and they should weigh about 70 to 80 pounds. This month is when there are the most prey, and every wolf is fat and fat.
There was a scar on their throats that looked like they had been cut by a dagger. This scar was so deep that it almost cut open all the blood vessels in the wolf's neck. It was definitely a fatal blow.
"What animal killed this?"
Shi Kai and the others who gathered the wild wolf's corpse together didn't look very good.
As the saying goes, three wolves subdue a tiger and five wolves subdue a bear. As long as there are more than three wolves gathered in a pack, they dare to snatch food from the mouths of tigers and bears, which shows the ferocity of wolves.
But the six wild wolves in their prime died quietly.
Shi Kai and others didn't even hear the howls of wild wolves fighting last night. In other words, the animals that killed them were completed in a very short period of time, and this small wolf pack had no chance of fighting back. force.
"Brother Su, you should be careful when you go out. There are some powerful animals around here."
Seeing Su Xiaofan and Batur coming out, Shi Kai kindly reminded them.
Under the cover of night, even if they have guns on them, it will be difficult to deal with the elusive wolves. This shows that the creature that killed the wolves is not something they can compete with.
At this moment, Shi Kai had the idea of exiting from no man's land. Money is certainly a good thing, but you must have a life to enjoy it.
His eyes accidentally glanced behind Su Xiaofan, and Shi Kai's body suddenly froze.
Because Shi Kai saw that the paws of the tiger cat lying at the door of the house were stained with solidified blood.
(End of chapter)
