After an afternoon of rapid marching in the mountain forest, Jiang Cheng and the others finally arrived at the basin on the satellite map. Standing at the mountain pass, Jiang Cheng looked at the basin below, sighed, and said, "Well, we're here!"
When the group of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences heard this, they immediately cheered. The tiredness of the journey almost made them, who lived in the city, break their legs from walking. Today, they were in the mountains, and they had to walk at least 80 to 100 kilometers in a day. Just thinking about it, one could imagine the intensity of the journey.
A group of girls carried their bags excitedly and wanted to go into the basin, but before they stepped out, they were stopped by Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng said, "Don't rush down. This basin is dark all year round. I suspect that there is a swamp below. If you rush down so rashly, what if you step into a big smoke bubble?"
When the girls heard Jiang Cheng's words, they were shocked. A cheerful girl asked Jiang Cheng, "What is a big smoke bubble?"
A male colleague next to her replied, "It's the swamp we often talk about!"
The girl was from Shanghai. She didn't know that a big smoke bubble in the north referred to a swamp in general, so she just said "oh" and continued to ask Jiang Cheng, "How do you know that there is a swamp below?"
"I once encountered it when I was carrying out a mission outside. At that time, we successfully completed the mission, but the retreat process was not smooth. Our means of transportation were destroyed by the enemy, and we were chased by the enemy. In desperation, we had to escape to the nearby virgin forest. Last time, we also encountered a big smoke bubble in a basin like this. As a result, a comrade accidentally stepped into it, and he never came out again!"
Sad stories could always arouse people's sympathy. After Jiang Cheng finished talking about what had happened to him, Lei Meng, who was next to him, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Everything has passed. We'd better find a way to live in the present!"
Jiang Cheng nodded. This incident happened when he led a team for the first time. After that incident, every time Jiang Cheng led a team on a mission, he would definitely think of a way out. Otherwise, he would definitely feel very uneasy.
However, this time they came prepared. This was the Jiangnan area. Although it was also in a virgin forest, the forests here were far worse than those in the north. They believed that there would be no swamp.
Jiang Cheng picked up a branch from the ground and used it as a crutch. He used it to test whether the road in front of him was solid.
After going down the basin, Jiang Cheng walked around a few steps, then returned to the crowd and said, "Well, don't worry. This is solid ground. There is no danger. Everyone will camp here tonight. We will look for the Fourth Prince at dawn tomorrow. According to Fifth Uncle, Great Grandfather should have brought the Fourth Prince to this area before he went back. I think the Fourth Prince should be on a nearby mountain. We will look for him tomorrow."
Everyone looked around the basin and found that there were three mountains nearby. The basin was surrounded by these three mountains. A young man couldn't help asking, "Are we going to look for him one by one tomorrow?"
Jiang Cheng replied, "Of course. How can we find him if we don't look for him one by one? But we can do this. Special police brothers will be in groups of five, and you will be responsible for taking care of five scholars. We will be divided into three groups and go to the three mountains respectively. Once we find traces of the tiger, we will immediately inform everyone with the walkie-talkie. Do you understand? "
After listening to this proposal, the special police soldiers did not think so. After all, they still had guns in their hands. With guns in their hands, they could control the world. Even if they encountered wild beasts in the mountains, they would not be afraid. However, if they encountered the tiger named The Fourth Prince, they could take the opportunity to shoot a tranquilizer gun. In this way, they could control the Fourth Prince in one fell swoop and successfully complete the task.
However, the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences did not think so. The tiger was a wild, cold-blooded animal. It could eat people. If they were unlucky and encountered the The Fourth Prince, they would be doomed. Therefore, they were still a little afraid.
In the blink of an eye, the sun had slowly set. Jiang Cheng hurriedly asked everyone to take out their camping equipment. The whole mountain was full of vitality. The academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences were setting up tents together, while Jiang Cheng, Mu Ping, and Lei Meng walked into the mountains with Big Gray.
Since they had come to the mountains, they naturally could not make a wasted trip. There were many wild animals in the primeval forest. If they were in the city, they might not be able to eat even if they had money. Therefore, since they had the opportunity to come here today, it would be a waste if they did not get some wild animals to eat.
Three people and a wolf ran directly to the mountain closest to the basin.
This was a typical subtropical rainforest. The leaves were very dense, and the sun was still hanging on the horizon. In this mountain, the sun could no longer be seen. It was gloomy and made people feel abnormally cramped.
Jiang Cheng held a Type 79 submachine gun in one hand and a saber in the other. He took the lead and opened up a path.
Mu Ping and Lei Meng followed behind. Big Gray scurried around in the vicinity, looking for small animals. When it saw something moving on the ground, it rushed over and fiercely bit it.
After half an hour, Jiang Cheng and the others did not have any harvest. On the contrary, Big Gray, who had been playing around, had a good harvest. Along the way, it picked up two wild rabbits. Each of them weighed about four to five kilograms. It seemed that they were quite fat rabbits.
After strolling halfway up the mountain, Jiang Cheng and the others still did not find any good wild animals. They only saw some squirrels and weasels, which Jiang Cheng did not like to eat.
However, just these two rabbits were obviously not enough for the thirty people below. Even if each person ate a leg, they would have to catch fifteen rabbits. Fortunately, they had only caught two after a long time. The remaining thirteen would take a long time to catch.
Therefore, Lei Meng suggested, "Why don't we just use guns? Anyway, this is also deep in the forest. There are no people from the forestry department to control us. It's not illegal for us to shoot a few wild animals. What do you think?"
Originally, Jiang Cheng did not plan to use guns. This was because in this deep forest, who knew what kind of unknown animals were there. If the gunshots provoked something that should not be provoked, what would happen? The three of them came out with a submachine gun and two pistols. They also had Big Gray, the wolf.
Mu Ping was too young. Jiang Cheng did not want him to touch a gun at such a young age, so Jiang Cheng only gave him a tree branch for self-defense. This made Mu Ping, who had always wanted to touch a gun, very angry.
He had been eyeing the PPK on Jiang Cheng's waist for a long time. Looking at such a beautiful pistol, Mu Ping's legs couldn't move. Boys, especially young boys, always had an inexplicable expectation towards guns.
Jiang Cheng's shooting posture was so cool. Each shot could blow up a green wolf's head. This made Mu Ping, who was used to being wild since he was a child, feel an itch in his heart. Even in his dreams, he wanted to take Jiang Cheng's gun and try it a few times. When the time came, he would have the capital to brag in school.
However, Jiang Cheng was not at ease to let this little guy play with a gun. He was only 15 years old this year, and his strength had not yet grown. The recoil of the bullets fired was so strong. What if he was accidentally hurt? Moreover, children did not know how to use guns. If the gun accidentally fired and hurt someone, it would be a big problem.
Therefore, Jiang Cheng would not let Mu Ping touch a gun even if he was beaten to death. He only gave him a tree branch for self-defense.
Now that they had not hunted enough game, Lei Meng suggested using a gun because it could greatly speed up hunting. Moreover, with a gun and Jiang Cheng's accurate marksmanship, Lei Meng believed that it would not take more than a few minutes to hunt enough game for 30 people.
At first, Jiang Cheng did not agree to use a gun. He was afraid that the sound of gunfire would cause some unnecessary trouble. But now that he saw that the progress of hunting was so slow, Jiang Cheng could not wait any longer. He said, "Okay, then let's hurry up!"
With that said, Jiang Cheng pulled off the safety of the Type 79 in his hand. He looked for a target and was ready to shoot at any time.
At this moment, another rabbit ran in front of them. Big Gray was not by Jiang Cheng's side at this time, so Jiang Cheng raised his gun and was ready to shoot.
But just as he was about to shoot, the walkie-talkie at his waist rang. He heard a SWAT soldier shout through the walkie-talkie, "Officer Jiang, Captain Lei, come down and take a look. We found something good here!"
Jiang Cheng, who was about to shoot, was shocked by this shout. In the blink of an eye, the rabbit ran away. Jiang Cheng could only resentfully put away the submachine gun, turned off the safety, picked up the walkie-talkie, and replied, "Okay, we got it. We'll be back right away!"
The three of them had no choice but to carry the two unlucky dead rabbits and hurry back to the camp below with Big Gray.
At this time, all the tents had been set up, and the pots and stoves had been prepared. This time, the team had only brought a military pot into the mountains. Because Jiang Cheng estimated that they would only stay in the mountains for two or three days at most, they did not bring much food. The main thing was that in this deep mountain forest, if they walked for more than a day, then don't look for The Fourth Prince, because no one would be willing to come to the mountains to hunt. This primeval forest was dangerous, and ordinary people did not dare to come in casually.
Back at the camp, Jiang Cheng saw that everyone was not in the camp. They were still gathered in a place more than a hundred meters away from the camp.
Jiang Cheng asked Mu Ping to wash the rabbit meat in the camp, while he and Lei Meng walked in the direction of the crowd. As they walked, they shouted, "What's going on? What happened? "
Jiang Cheng thought that some of the team members were injured or in danger, so everyone gathered around.
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