"Kacha, kacha …"
The pistol made a series of clanking sounds.
A black shadow dashed out like lightning. When it got close, it suddenly jumped up and bit Captain Chen's neck with its mouth wide open.
Captain Chen's face changed. He was scared stiff as he looked at the wild cat jumping towards him.
Suddenly, Luo Yuan sped up and dashed towards it. He lowered his shoulder and hit the wild cat hard. The wild cat's body was in the air, so it was thrown three to four meters away. It rolled a few times before it stood up and shook its head. It was still dizzy.
Luo Yuan did not give it any time to react. He approached it with his machete. He was three to four meters away in the blink of an eye. He raised his machete and slashed at the wild cat's waist.
The machete was heavy and easy to chop. Although it was not very sharp, its lethality was not weak at all. With a kacha sound, his spine was cut off. The machete followed the momentum and chopped his entire body into two halves.
"Wah!"
The wild cat, which had been cut in half, screamed again and again. It struggled to stand up. Its two forelimbs kept crawling forward, and its internal organs and intestines flowed out along the half of its body, dragging on the ground. The air was filled with a thick smell of blood.
"Bang! Bang! "Zhao Qiang reacted and fired several shots.
"Damn bastard!"
The wild cat's head was shot twice. It trembled and finally stopped struggling.
"Blargh!"
Huang Jiahui looked at the bloody scene. Her face turned green and white. Suddenly, her stomach started to churn. She could not hold it in anymore. She walked to the bushes and started to vomit violently.
Luo Yuan did not feel good either. He had rushed forward impulsively and had not had time to think. Only now did he feel scared.
His hands were shaking, and his body was shaking too. If he had not been holding the machete tightly, it would have slipped from his hand.
Since when had he become so brave?
Wang Fei covered his right cheek and slowly crawled out of the bushes. He said in fear, "Captain, it's too dangerous here. We don't have enough manpower. If a wild cat can make us so nervous, what else will we encounter if we go forward? I think it's almost time to get here. We can't find the missing people anymore. "
As soon as he said that, everyone showed signs of retreating.
Luo Yuan's expression changed. The worst thing had happened. He immediately said, "I don't believe brother-in-law is dead without seeing his body. We should at least go up to the top of the mountain to have a look!"
"You have no right to speak here. If you want to die, go ahead. Don't drag us down with you!" Wang Fei suddenly shouted when he saw Luo Yuan speaking.
Luo Yuan looked at Wang Fei in a daze. He had no idea why Wang Fei was suddenly angry at him. He had not offended him, had he?
A wave of anger rose in his heart, and his words were naturally not pleasant to hear. "If you're afraid, you can leave first. Anyway, you won't be of much use along the way."
Luo Yuan's words triggered Wang Fei's sensitive heart. His face turned red as he took out his gun and pointed it at Luo Yuan. "I dare you to say that again!"
"No!" Huang Jiahui exclaimed. She had never thought that the usually shy Wang Fei would be such a person. Pulling out a gun at the slightest disagreement was too impulsive.
"Wang Fei, stop it right now!" Captain Chen's face darkened as he shouted.
Hearing Captain Chen's words, Wang Fei was a little afraid and hesitant. However, his fragile pride allowed him to hold on. His face was red as he shouted, "Captain, it's not that I don't want to listen to you. I want him to apologize to me!"
Countless thoughts flashed through Luo Yuan's mind. It would be a lie to say that he was not afraid when he was being pointed at with a gun. Luo Yuan felt his heart beating faster as he looked at the black muzzle. Guns were much more intimidating to modern people than cold weapons. For a moment, he felt like his mind had stopped working.
Death was so close, as if it was right in front of him.
He almost wanted to beg for mercy and apologize!
However, the anger in his heart was still supporting him. He could bow down, but he would never do so under the muzzle of a gun. It was a humiliation to him.
All the thoughts flashed through his mind, and he gradually calmed down. He realized that things were not as scary as he had imagined. He did not believe that Wang Fei, who had not lost his mind, would dare to shoot in front of so many people.
Besides, there was only a meter between him and Wang Fei. As long as he was fast and decisive enough, he could cut off Wang Fei's arm or even kill him before he could react. Of course, this was not a rational decision, and it would only make things worse.
He calmed down when he thought about his ability to fight back.
He thought for a moment and said, "If you want me to apologize, put down the gun first. If Captain Chen hadn't saved you just now, you would have been dead. It's useless to be afraid now. I'll listen to Captain Chen. If Captain Chen says we should leave, I won't say anything! "
His words were clever. He was isolating Wang Fei, but also hinting at the fact that he had just saved Captain Chen's life, so that the police officers would not be on the same side.
Captain Chen's face immediately turned gloomy. He thought about how he had almost died. If Luo Yuan had not saved his life, he would have been lying on the ground. One was his savior, while the other was a hindrance and had almost been killed by him. Captain Chen naturally sided with Luo Yuan, but at the same time, he hated Wang Fei.
"Wang Fei, I order you to put down the gun. Do you hear me?" he said sternly.
"Captain … Captain … I …" Wang Fei stammered.
"Xiao Wang, put down the gun." Zhao Qiang also tried to persuade him. He did not like Wang Fei either.
It was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Wang Fei looked at Luo Yuan with a gloomy expression and put down his gun.
Luo Yuan did not even look at him. He walked up to Captain Chen and said sincerely, "Captain Chen, I was too impulsive just now. I want to apologize to you!"
Captain Chen's expression softened a little, and he said sincerely, "I understand how you feel. Anyone would feel the same way if something like this happened to their loved ones. But it's really dangerous here. If we can't find them at the top of the mountain, we'll go back. What do you think? "
That was why he had risked his life to save Wang Fei. Otherwise, he would not have been so easy to talk to. As for apologizing to Wang Fei, it was naturally left unsettled.
"Alright!" Luo Yuan said seriously, "I know there's not much hope, but at least there's still a little hope. If we don't look for them, there'll be no hope at all."
Huang Jiahui also came over to comfort him. "Are you alright? Wang Fei has just entered the police station, so he's a little impatient. He lacks training. Don't take it to heart!"
"I'm fine, Sister Hui! I'm not a petty person! "
"How does it feel to have a gun pointed at you?" Zhao Qiang walked over slowly, grinning.
"My legs are still a little weak," Luo Yuan said with a bitter smile.
Zhao Qiang gave him a thumbs up, impressed. He had seen a lot of people who were usually very arrogant, but when someone pointed a gun at their head, they would behave like a clown. Kowtowing and begging for mercy were considered relatively calm, but it was not uncommon to see people being scared to the point of wetting their pants. He had never seen anyone as bold as Luo Yuan.
Compared to the excitement on Luo Yuan's side, no one paid attention to Wang Fei. He stood alone not far away, feeling a mixture of anger, hatred, regret, fear, and jealousy.
After a while, there was a lot of rustling sounds around them. A big rat was the first to come out of the bushes. It looked at the crowd cautiously, and then looked at the pile of dead bodies. It seemed to be hesitating.
Captain Chen stood up vigilantly. "Let's go, we can't rest here. The smell of blood will attract other beasts."
"Captain Chen, I think we're already halfway up the hill. Why don't we shout? If someone hears us, they might respond!" Huang Jiahui suggested.
"Let's shout after we're past here. I don't want to alert the beasts nearby," Captain Chen said.
Although Luo Yuan had not fully recovered, he was no longer tired after resting for a while. He kept moving forward with his machete. Due to the smell of blood, there were more animals around them, but most of them ran away. None of them attacked.
After walking for about ten meters, they shouted at the top of their lungs, but there was no response.
Luo Yuan started to get anxious. Could Chen Weiqiang really be dead?
"Hey, do you see clothes over there?" Huang Jiahui suddenly pointed at a thin ribbon-like object dozens of meters away to the left and said.
Luo Yuan immediately looked in the direction Huang Jiahui was pointing at. "I think so. There's a trail over there. It looks like they entered the hill from there. Captain, why don't we go there and take a look? "
"Sure, let's go and take a look!" Captain Chen said.
Luo Yuan immediately changed direction. About ten minutes later, they arrived at the place Huang Jiahui had pointed at.
It was a narrow path, and the trees along the path were all over the place, as if they had been ravaged by something. A shirt sleeve was hanging on a branch by the side of the path, stained with blood. The owner of the sleeve must not have been in a good situation.
"Looking at the freshness of the blood, it shouldn't be more than two days old. It could have been left behind by Mayor Xia and his men, "Captain Chen said. Captain Chen said as he squatted down to examine the surroundings. "There are bloodstains on the ground. They might have been attacked by wild beasts. In their panic, they must have fled down the mountain. Should we follow the path down the mountain and search for them?"
Luo Yuan nodded. Since there was a path, they sped up a lot. However, after walking for about 10 meters, the blood stains suddenly disappeared. Instead, there was an additional path that was about a foot wide. The path was winding, but strangely, each curve was very regular, as if it had been measured accurately.
Looking at the regular fork, Luo Yuan suddenly thought of something. Suddenly, a chill rose from his spine and spread throughout his body.
"Damn, could this be a snake path?" Zhao Qiang also remembered. He quickly raised his pistol and said with a vigilant face, "Such a big snake tunnel. I wonder how big the snake is."
Luo Yuan saw Wang Fei take a few steps back and stand behind the others. He believed that if he had not been worried that it would be too dangerous to go down the hill alone, he would have run away.
"Xiao Luo, you decide. Do you want to go and take a look or just go down the hill?" Captain Chen let Luo Yuan make the decision.
"Let's just go down the hill. Your brother-in-law can't be saved," Huang Jiahui said.
Luo Yuan thought for a while and finally said, "Captain Chen, I can go down the hill. I'll leave immediately. Just pretend that my brother-in-law is dead."
He paused for a while and then said, "I can go, but you guys can't. This snake is already so big. If the climate doesn't return to normal, it'll definitely grow bigger. When the animals on the hill can't satisfy it anymore, it'll come down and eat people. You guys are policemen from Gaotang Town Police Station. Since you've chosen this profession, you can't escape. When the time comes, you guys will be the ones to go.
Do you think it's easier to deal with a snake that's already full and can't even move right now, or a bigger, fiercer, and hungry snake that's easier to deal with? "
"How do you know he can't move?" Wang Fei seized the opportunity to ask.
Luo Yuan glanced at him as if he was looking at an idiot. He said, "A snake, even if it's as thick as a bucket, would need a few days or even a week to digest after swallowing four to five people. During that time, its movement would be greatly restricted. It might even be hard for it to move. It's actually not as dangerous as you think."
Then he looked at Captain Chen, waiting for his decision.
If Wang Fei gave up, he would have no choice but to fail the mission.
He wasn't prepared this time, so he couldn't fight a giant snake alone. Plus, he had a phobia of snakes, so he might not even be able to use 50% of his strength.
Captain Chen's expression kept changing. After a while, he stared at Luo Yuan and said, "I hope you're right. For the sake of the villagers, let's go and take a look."
He still had a sense of justice in his heart. Wang Fei was right. If they didn't kill such a giant snake as soon as possible, the village would be in great danger. More people would die in the snake's mouth.
In the face of justice, even Wang Fei, who was filled with fear, kept his mouth shut.
As they walked on the snake's path, the atmosphere became a little tense. Looking at the fallen branches around them, they could roughly estimate the strength of the snake. A light brush from it could kill, or at least cripple a person.
Huang Jiahui followed Luo Yuan closely, almost sticking close to his body. Apparently, she felt safer around him.
Luo Yuan smiled bitterly in his heart. His palms were sweaty, and the handle of his knife was wet, making it look slippery. What would she think if she knew that he was scared to death?
Everyone was very careful and nervous. In just a few minutes, they were all sweating profusely. Their clothes looked like they had been soaked in water.
Half an hour later, they finally reached the end of the snake's path. In front of them was a barren hillside. From below, they could see the dead trees scattered all over the place. It was hard to imagine that there was an open space in such a dense forest.
They immediately crouched on the ground, not daring to breathe loudly. Without a doubt, that was where the giant snake lived.
"Xiao Wang, go and take a look. Be careful not to disturb it!" Captain Chen said in a low voice. He wanted to ask Luo Yuan to help, but then he realized that it was Luo Yuan, a civilian, who had been helping them along the way. The police, on the other hand, had not done anything at all.
Wang Fei's face turned pale. He looked at the others and then at Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan seemed to have sensed it and turned around to look at him mockingly.
That gaze made Wang Fei feel an indescribable sense of discomfort. Feeling stifled in his chest, he blurted out, "Alright!"
He regretted it as soon as he said it, but he could not swallow what he had said.
He took out his gun slowly and moved forward step by step, as if he was on his way to the execution ground. It was only a few dozen meters, but it took him more than 10 minutes to walk. His legs gave out at the last 10 meters, and he lay on the ground like a worm, not daring to move forward anymore.
Captain Chen's face turned gloomy.
"What a disgrace to the police!" Zhao Qiang grinned. "Let me go!"
Luo Yuan sneered in his heart. Wang Fei had dared to draw his gun at him when he was mocking him, but he could not even stand up in the face of true fear. There was nothing to be afraid of, even if Luo Yuan had a gun in his hand.
Captain Chen nodded. He was completely disappointed in Wang Fei. How could such a person be a police officer? He was not even as good as a civilian.
Zhao Qiang had obviously been a soldier before. He crawled forward on the ground, but his speed was not slow at all. Within a few minutes, he had reached Wang Fei's side. He picked up Wang Fei's gun, stuffed it into his pocket, and continued to crawl forward, ignoring him.
Not long after, Zhao Qiang returned. He had always been carefree, but now his face was as pale as a sheet.
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