sinovels Chapter 92 Hunting a Herd of Wild Boars, Almost Getting Wiped Out
Chapter 92 Hunting a Herd of Wild Boars, Almost Getting Wiped Out
Chapter 93 Hunting a Herd of Wild Boars, Almost Getting Wiped Out
Run? Those are wild boars! You can easily kill one and get two or three hundred pounds of meat.
Putting aside how much money they can make, just the food they bring back is enough to feed their whole family for a month or two, allowing them to have a truly prosperous New Year.
Fight them? Those are wild boars!
The old saying "First a pig, second a bear, third a tiger" isn't just a random saying.
Wild boars are aggressive, have thick skin and sharp tusks, and are also very irritable. They often charge at people and pose a great threat to humans.
If things go wrong, you might not even catch a wild boar, but you could end up losing your job!
"To fight or not to fight?"
The steel gun in Li Xiangyang's hand creaked as he gripped it tightly.
Wangcai, sensing Li Xiangyang's inner turmoil, kept digging through the snow and chirping softly.
At this moment, Li Xiangdong had also caught up with a sack full of prey, but from a distance, he saw Li Xiangyang lying prone on the snow and judged that Li Xiangyang had found the prey, so he did not dare to make too much noise.
However, when he climbed up the hillside and looked down, he couldn't help but gasp in shock.
"My goodness, how come there are so many wild boars?!"
Li Xiangdong spoke in a low voice, his face full of panic, instinctively clenching the iron skewer in his hand: "Xiangyang..."
"Shh... Brother, don't make a sound." Li Xiangyang's expression was solemn as he stared intently at the group of wild boars. He whispered, "Wild boars are fierce, especially in a group. Make sure they don't spot your hand."
"Then... then let's quietly retreat now."
Li Xiangdong's first reaction was to run away.
The moving mountains of flesh at the foot of the hillside were certainly tempting, but their green faces, fangs, and enormous bodies were also incredibly intimidating.
It inspires fear.
Li Xiangdong is honest and simple, and his underlying logic has always been to seek stability.
After he finished speaking, he tried to pull Li Xiangyang's arm and go back the way he came.
"Wait, brother, let me think about it." Li Xiangyang slowly pushed Li Xiangdong's hand away.
He felt it would be a shame to let such a good opportunity slip by without firing a single shot.
Unlike Li Xiangdong, who prefers stability, he tends to take a gamble.
In particular, in my previous life, I witnessed far too many people who dared to strive and soared to great heights after seizing the opportunities of the times, achieving upward social mobility.
Yet he lived a cowardly and pathetic life for seventy years...
"Xiangyang, well... you decide! It's fine if we don't fight, since we've already caught so many prey today anyway."
"If we fight—I brought iron spikes today. If the wild boar dares to charge, I'll pierce a hole through it."
As Li Xiangdong spoke, he patted the iron skewer in his hand.
Although he felt unsafe, he knew that if Li Xiangyang wanted to fight, he, as the older brother, couldn't just run away alone.
No matter what, I will definitely stay by Li Xiangyang's side and protect him.
Perhaps it was fate.
He originally intended to bring an axe today, but then he remembered that the wolf pelt had been ripped in several places by an axe, pitchfork, and hoe during the last wolf hunt, making it unsellable. So this time, he specially brought out a large iron skewer that was 1.5 meters long.
Iron skewers are much longer than axes, have a longer attack range, and are more powerful. They can easily pierce through prey, while the wound area is small, so it doesn't affect the subsequent sale of the pelts.
It's also much more effective than an axe at dealing with wild boars.
"Then—let's fight!"
Li Xiangyang made up his mind: Fight!
He absolutely has to catch a wild boar today.
He first removed Wangcai's muzzle. Wangcai had been following them for most of the day and had been quite reliable. In case of any unforeseen circumstances, they would need it to join the fight.
Then he found a few stones and piled them up in front of him to use as a gun mount. He loaded the gun with bullets and aimed the sights at the largest of the wild boars in the group below the hillside, the blue-faced, tusked wild boar king.
Li Xiangdong wasn't idle either. He quietly gathered some dry grass and placed it in front of the two of them as cover.
Having done all this, Li Xiangyang began to try to suppress his excited emotions, keeping his breathing as slow and even as possible.
Slowly, slowly, the whole world seemed to be muted.
Li Xiangyang could only hear his own barely audible breathing and the pounding of his heart in his chest.
He knew that he had entered a state of self-forgetfulness, a state of optimal shooting.
The pupil constricts slightly to focus.
The wild boar king was magnified, magnified, and magnified again in his field of vision.
At this moment, Li Xiangyang seemed to be able to see the muscles and blood vessels all over the Wild Boar King's body. Its huge and powerful heart was thumping with hot blood in its chest cavity.
boom!
Li Xiangyang decisively pulled the trigger.
A loud bang.
The 7.62×54mmR rifle bullet, accompanied by smoke and bursts of flame, hurtled toward the Boar King.
A muffled "plop!" sound.
The bullet pierced the boar's foreleg from the side, above and behind the shoulder blade, and then exploded inside the boar's chest cavity.
Aww~ Aww~
A scream echoed throughout the valley. The wild boar king's limbs immediately stiffened, and with a loud thud, it collapsed to the ground.
The once pristine white snow was instantly stained crimson by the blood flowing from the wild boar, but due to the extremely low temperature, it quickly froze into red ice crystals.
The wild boar herd was thrown into chaos instantly.
The remaining seven wild boars scattered in panic like headless flies, kicking up snow that turned the valley below into a gray, misty mess.
"Hit—hit it, hit it, Xiangyang, you hit the wild boar king."
Li Xiangdong was stunned for a moment, then jumped up excitedly and shouted.
That's the king of wild boars, the largest one in the herd. I estimate it must weigh at least three to five hundred pounds.
Li Xiangyang did not respond to him, but remained in the firing position for a long time, stunned. That shot seemed to have drained all the strength from his body.
This was the first time in his two lifetimes that he had hunted such a large animal, and he was so nervous and excited that he was overwhelmed by the experience.
But just then, because of Li Xiangdong's shout.
The sow leader of the wild boar herd also spotted them.
It's unclear whether it was frightened or angry.
Originally fleeing in the opposite direction from where Li Xiangyang and the others were, they suddenly turned and ran wildly towards the hillside where they were.
His eyes also became increasingly bloodshot.
Upon seeing this, Li Xiangdong was stunned and froze, momentarily forgetting to lie down and hide.
"Oh no! A wild boar is charging! Brother, get down quickly!"
Li Xiangyang realized what was happening and shouted.
But it was too late.
It was clear that the wild boar had locked onto them and, in its rage, was charging towards them recklessly.
If it were to rush up to them, it would tear the Li Xiangyang and Li Xiangdong brothers to shreds.
In the blink of an eye, the wild boar had already rushed to within eighty meters of them.
Li Xiangyang quickly raised his gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang... bang, click!
After Li Xiangyang fired three shots at the charging wild boar leader, the gun jammed.
"Crack—crack, it's stuck!"
The sky has collapsed.
In an instant, Li Xiangyang's hair stood on end, and that feeling of impending death surged back into his mind.
Just then, a yellow figure shot out from beside Li Xiangyang like lightning.