Wild 1979: From Fishing and Hunting to Becoming a Literary Master

Chapter 84 Letting the Tiger Return to the Mountain

"Damn! Uncle Wu, I almost got mauled by a wolf just now, you have to give me a break..."

Although he was terrified and his hands and feet were shaking, Chen Tuo was extremely excited.

He also particularly enjoyed the excitement of being instantly drained.

According to some people, this should be the euphoria after an adrenaline surge.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took a big gulp, and a line of white smoke shot through his throat.

Chen Tuo took a few deep breaths before he felt his body back under his control.

As soon as I sat down, I felt dizzy and lightheaded, much like when I smoked my first Antelope cigar. The dizziness was so pleasant that I didn't want to leave.

"Hurry up, now is not the time to be afraid. If we don't get rid of the wolf king, those weeds will keep sneaking around and robbing us."

At this moment, Wu Laowai also became ruthless. Whenever a dark shadow flashed across the snow, after firing one shot, he would inevitably fire two more shots from the front and back.

From the wolf pack surrounding the hunters' reindeer herd, to their scattered breakouts, and then to their feint attack and ambush of Chen Tuo, three unexpected events have already occurred.

I thought that the newly formed wolf pack wouldn't produce any powerful wolf kings.

Looking back now, this wolf king might not have grown up back then, but rather was an old wolf king who came from the Russians.

Animals, like people, learn by imitation.

The male mountain dog that Chen Tuo killed could hunt elk, so the two freeloading female mountain dogs must also be able to hunt elk.

The current wolf king is cunning, and the future wolf king will certainly not be an easy target either.

With such a pack of wolves lurking in the mountains, how will he ever be able to run around in the mountains again?

"Uncle Wu, let me clear the chamber first. If there's any left, so be it. If it attracts another pack of wolves, we can always get more bullets, right?"

The lingering fear was replaced by the thrill of trying again, and Chen Tuo no longer wanted to wipe out the entire wolf pack in Beishan.

Now, he can neither hunt nor is he a good shot.

Such a good opponent, gone just like that, it's such a pity!

Wu Laowai glanced at Chen Tuo, who was about to start throwing a tantrum again, and wanted to tell him about the ferocity of wolves.

However, no suitable cases could be found at the moment.

Compared to people with guns, let alone wolves, even Siberian tigers are definitely a vulnerable group.

"Then hurry up, the wolf king is cunning, he's probably up to no good. If we don't kill him, neither of us can go hunting in the mountains again..."

If we take into account the wolf packs in the Hetao region, their feints and diversions against Chen Tuo and Songling, then...

The wolf pack before us has already surprised us for the fourth time.

After the first four times, there will be a fifth and a sixth.

Although he had the advantage of terrain and had surrounded the wolf pack, Wu Laowai already had a premonition that he would not be able to wipe out the entire wolf pack.

As daylight broke and visibility improved again, the wolf pack in the ditches and ponds began to make new moves.

Standing on the promontory, watching the wolf pack begin to circle within the encirclement, Wu Laowai hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Kid, you'd better go down and keep watch. I reckon the wolf king will most likely try to break out from our side!"

It was estimated that the wolf king would definitely break through from the rear, so Wu Laowai didn't sound very confident when he spoke.

Let alone the novice Chen Tuo, even this veteran mountain runner wasn't entirely confident he could stop the wolf king, who was determined to escape.

"Okay! I'll go down right now. Uncle Wu, be careful not to hit me..."

Before descending the mountain, Chen Tuo casually gave Wu Laowai a heads-up.

Add a few small trees to the almost extinguished campfire.

As Chen Tuo watched the increasingly clear visibility of the ditches and ponds, he wondered if the wolf king would break out from there.

"Hey kid, you're here, watch out!"

The wolf pack suddenly moved, and Wu Laowai on the promontory only had time to utter six words before he was stunned by the wolf pack's actions.

The dozen or so wolves didn't choose the gap between the campfires, but instead rushed straight into the fire that Chen Tuo had just added firewood to.

The acrid smell of burning wolf fur immediately startled the herd of reindeer that had been enclosed by the hunters.

Amidst the cries of deer and the mournful howls of wolves, Chen Tuo, standing at the foot of the mountain, was also staring at a giant wolf whose body was charred black and which was blind in one eye.

A giant wolf the size of a calf, with one intact eye that was cold and ferocious.

The other eye was covered by frozen blood clots, making it look even more ferocious.

They exchanged a glance, and Chen Tuo felt that this was the cunning wolf king.

No matter how big the wolf is, it still looks like a dog. Even if it sniffs and bares its teeth, it can't scare Chen Tuo who has a gun.

Although he wanted to let the wolf king go, the gun in his hand was not a fire poker, and he could not return empty-handed.

Chen Tuo swerved his gun to avoid the wolf king, then pulled the trigger, firing a deer bullet that scattered the dozen or so wolves following behind the wolf king.

A dozen wolves rushed through the campfire, their bodies billowing black smoke as they fled into the snow, leaving Wu Laowai on the promontory stunned.

Chen Tuo deliberately let him win, and Wu Laowai forgot to fire his gun.

The wolf king, with one eye missing, disappeared into the snow with his three-headed wolves.

Wu Laowai, who was standing on the promontory, finally reacted.

"Kid, don't chase them. Those wolves that ran away are either the wolf king or the alpha wolf. They're not easy to deal with."

If the white-haired whirlwind in the ditch had stopped sooner, Wu Laowai wouldn't have let the wolf king go.

Even the Evenki hunters on horseback would not let the wolf king escape.

But even now, white blizzards still blow through the ditches and ponds.

Even though he was worried, Wu Laowai didn't dare let Chen Tuo go alone to chase after the fleeing wolf king and the head wolf.

To put it simply, the alpha wolf following behind the wolf king should be the wolf king of the previous small pack.

The four wolves that escaped fought a night-long battle to annihilate them, but even if many more wolves died, it wouldn't solve the wolf problem and disaster that Songling was about to face.

Wolves can form packs. The four alpha wolves have escaped, but it won't be long before they return with their pack...

"Uncle Wu, what's the next step? Should we push forward, or check out that sheltered spot over there?"

Seeing the wolf king, billowing black smoke, escape, Chen Tuo, who had scattered the fire-drilling wolf pack, unloaded his ammunition, reloaded it, and switched to a single-bullet used for hunting bears.

"Go to the sheltered spot first to finish them off, then push upwards!"

With the M1 rifle on his back and two water cannons in his hands, he descended from the promontory to the ditch, used his feet to turn over the wolf carcass that was still emitting black smoke, and put out the fire.

Wu Laowai took a deep look in the direction the wolf king had fled before pointing to the sheltered spot where the wolf pack had taken refuge the previous night.

The four wolf kings, big and small, have already escaped, and now another wolf that was shot has also fled. The rest of the wolf pack is going to be tough...

The two moved to a sheltered spot below the cape, but there was no chance to finish them off.

In the sheltered area, there were only a dozen or so wolf carcasses that had been hit by deer slingshots and were beyond dead.

"Kid, I told you to hold the line, push forward. We can't have come all this way for nothing. Once things calm down, how do we divide the wolves? You just listen to me..."

They went up the mountain overnight, braving the white winds and the old smoke bubbles, and surrounded the wolf pack and blocked the wolf king despite the wind and snow.

Although their efforts ultimately came to nothing, the wolf carcasses scattered on the ground were a reward for their hunt.

If there are still thirty wolves in the ditch, they can at least have some food to eat this winter even if they don't go into the mountains.

Whether the purpose of mountain runners is to hunt wolves or save reindeer herds, the final decision for them is to hunt and verify whether it is worthwhile.

Putting everything else aside, the dozen or so wolf carcasses in the shelter alone are enough to make Wu Laowai make a trip.

"No problem! Uncle Wu, I'll do whatever you say from now on. Wait for me a moment, snow's gotten into my boots, I need to change my shoes."

Just as he was being pounced on by the wolf and struggling, snow filled the top of Chen Tuo's high-top boots.

Although his body wasn't cold, Chen Tuo felt the icy chill of the snow water on his feet.

"It'll get wet again even if we change it, as long as we don't leave the house unattended, it'll be fine. Keep pushing it up..."