Special Forces: I Can See the Experience Bar

Chapter 83 First Sight of Poachers

“It’s so cold!”

Chang Ning rubbed her hands, which were sore from the cold, and put them to her mouth to warm them up by exhaling warm breath.

Chang Ning was careless this time. He was only thinking about going up the mountain to find shelter and did not consider the fact that the temperature would drop as he went higher up the mountain.

"Let's walk a little further. If we still can't find a suitable place to serve as shelter, tonight will be tough."

Looking at the setting sun, which was already half-hidden by the horizon, Chang Ning was filled with worry. He even made plans to find a sheltered hillside to spend the night.

When a person is in the middle of nowhere with no shelter from the wind and rain, they are like a rootless duckweed drifting in the wind, feeling uneasy and insecure.

As darkness fell, the bright moonlight and the dazzling Milky Way gradually replaced the last glimmer of the setting sun.

It's like an old man in his twilight years, with the last glimmer of light lingering, its persistent appearance as if it's reluctant to leave this magnificent landscape.

"Come down the mountain."

Chang Ning had not found a suitable place to take shelter until the sun went down.

The temperature on the mountain was dropping rapidly, and Chang Ning was wearing a spring training uniform, which was not warm.

If he gets sick in the wild, he only has one option: to call for help via satellite phone and then be told by the high school team to come back next year.

Having finally made it to the "Wandering Jungle," Chang Ning only needed to survive SERE to enter Wolf Fang. How could he allow himself to be eliminated at this crucial moment?

The last time Chang Ning ate was last night in the training camp canteen. He hadn't had a drop of water all day.

After descending the mountain, he went to the meadow where he had set the traps to check if they had yielded any results.

"what!"

Chang Ning was overjoyed when he saw a furry thing struggling desperately.

The trap has begun to loosen; each struggle of the prey makes the trap feel like it's about to collapse, but the trap always manages to hold the prey firmly and prevent it from escaping.

Seeing this, Chang Ning quickly rushed to the trap, and the prey, sensing the approach of a creature, struggled desperately.

Chang Ning grabbed the prey by the neck and lifted it up. It turned out to be a gray rabbit, which didn't look very big and could only serve as one meal for Chang Ning. If he ate it sparingly, it could barely last for two days.

"You could say we lost one thing but gained another; at least we found something to eat at the shelter since we didn't find dinner there."

After dismantling the trap, Chang Ning carried the rabbit to a stream formed by melting snow on the mountain and clumsily began to process the rabbit meat.

To make the most of the rabbit, Chang Ning didn't throw away its internal organs.

Although there were no seasonings on hand and the fishy smell of the offal made it hard to swallow, Changning had no right to complain given the current circumstances; she was just glad to have something to eat.

After cleaning up the blood and fur, Chang Ning carried the tender white rabbit meat back to the sheltered spot and started a fire.

His method of starting a fire was also very primitive; he used a friction drill. There was no other way; Chang Ning had no tools for starting a fire and could only resort to the most primitive method.

Everyone understands the principle of starting a fire by friction, but it's not as simple as it seems.

You need to master certain skills; without them, it's very difficult to start a fire.

Through Chang Ning's tireless efforts, a spark finally appeared. He carefully held the collected tinder and gently blew on it.

My eyes were red from the smoke, and tears kept streaming down my face.

It was all worth it; with Huo Changning, he could survive in the wild.

Skewer the rabbit meat and place it over the fire, then patiently rotate it.

Looking out, the distant grass was rippled by the wind, and the Milky Way in the sky was clearly visible.

The magnificent scenery was enjoyed by no one, giving Chang Ning a feeling of "Tonight is the best night, but I am alone, watching the Milky Way shine brightly."

Rabbit meat without added seasonings has the smell of roasted protein mixed with the characteristic gamey smell of meat.

These are all minor issues. Changning has even eaten them raw, so roasted ones are naturally no problem for him.

“It tastes pretty good.”

Being able to eat and being delicious are two different things. Chang Ning chewed the rabbit meat a couple of times, forcing himself to swallow it whole while suppressing the urge to vomit.

He had half left over and planned to save it for tomorrow, since he wasn't always so lucky to catch prey.

In remote, desolate areas, save wherever possible.

After eating the rabbit meat, Chang Ning put the kettle on the fire to boil water and casually placed the firewood he had collected in the afternoon next to the fire to dry it. These were the supplies to ensure the fire would not go out tonight.

Looking at the bubbling hot water in the kettle, Chang Ning suddenly thought of the other members of the rookie A team.

"I don't know what happened to them?"

Meanwhile, the newbies gathered in the open space outside the dormitory.

The gray wolf checked each of their backpacks one by one. When it was the ostrich's turn, seeing the gray wolf staring at him without saying a word, the ostrich felt a little guilty: "Gray wolf, do I have any flowers on my face?"

The gray wolf chuckled: "There are no flowers, but we'll have to search you thoroughly for whatever you're carrying."

"Grey Wolf, search with confidence!"

The ostrich pretended to be generous, but his guilty look had already given him away.

"Of course we'll search you, and we'll search you thoroughly! Open your backpack."

The ostrich opened its backpack as instructed, and the gray wolf went up to look inside, only to find that there were no prohibited items.

'Has Deng Zhenhua changed his mind?'

This paratrooper is the kind of cunning and lazy guy who would rather sit than lie down; Gray Wolf would never believe that a paratrooper doesn't have some ulterior motives.

While the gray wolf was searching his backpack, the ostrich winked at the medic beside him. Faced with the smug ostrich, the medic simply smiled and remained silent. He didn't think the ostrich could outsmart the old fox like that; he doubted it would get past the gray wolf.

"Paratrooper, take off your helmet."

The wolf found nothing in the backpack. When he straightened up, he noticed that the ostrich's helmet was worn a bit too high. He immediately guessed that the ostrich had put something in the helmet.

"what?

"This... the gray wolf..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up!"

The ostrich's stammering manner made the gray wolf even more certain that the ostrich had hidden something.

"Wow~"

Things were scattered all over the floor, all kinds of snacks, and they were high-calorie snacks.

"Grey Wolf, you know, food is hard to find in the wild, so... hehe."

"Okay, you even know to bring high-calorie food, which proves that our training is effective."

The newbie went over there, picked out five bricks, and carried them on his back!

Gray Wolf's face was stern, and his tone left no room for argument.

"Each person carries 40 kilograms of weight and goes over there to be weighed; not a gram less is acceptable!"

After all these preparations were completed, Gray Wolf led all the rookie A team members onto the bus and distributed blindfolds to everyone, indicating that they should put them on.

"report!"

Before putting on the blindfold, Xiao Zhuang mustered up the courage to submit a report.

"I know what you want to ask. Chang Ning has already started the mission ahead of you due to special circumstances."

He wasn't eliminated, so you don't need to worry.

Upon seeing that it was Xiao Zhuang, the high school team leader immediately guessed what he was going to ask.

After the high school team introduced the Wolf Fang's unique "Wandering Jungle" project, they would drop someone off the bus every now and then, making sure the newbies didn't team up with each other.

Chang Ning, on the other hand, would not have this concern, as his mission location was several provinces away from the rest of Team A.

Unless he could fly, he would have had a hard time seeing his comrades before the mission ended.

In the dead of night, a sudden gunshot woke Chang Ning from his sleep.

"That slightly muffled sound just now was definitely a gunshot!" Chang Ning murmured solemnly.

Since enlisting, especially in the training camp, Chang Ning has handled many types of firearms, both domestic and foreign, and he has practiced with them to varying degrees.

"That gunshot didn't sound like an automatic rifle; it sounded like a homemade gun."

The homemade gun Chang Ning mentioned was a privately manufactured hunting rifle. Considering that not all poachers have the money to equip themselves with automatic rifles, it makes sense for them to carry a homemade hunting rifle.

Hearing the gunshots, Chang Ning knew the poachers weren't far from where he was resting. He quickly extinguished the fire and stealthily made his way towards the sound of gunfire.

Since we've encountered this situation, as soldiers, we can't simply ignore it and pretend nothing happened.

During their journey, several more gunshots rang out.

Chang Ning quickened his pace, afraid that if he slowed down he wouldn't be able to catch the poachers.

As for danger, it's only natural for soldiers to fight, and he was a special forces soldier, which is a profession that involves dancing on the edge of a knife.

If you're afraid of danger and don't do it, then what's the point of being a soldier? You should retire as soon as possible and leave with a good reputation.

If you are discharged from the army because you are afraid of death, it will be difficult for you to live a good life in the civilian world.

Chang Ning was already very fast, but when he arrived at the scene, all that was left for him was a mess.

The carcasses of several Tibetan antelopes lay scattered on the ground, their skins peeled off, revealing tender, pink muscle tissue.

The roars of unknown animals began to come from afar, growing louder and louder, their pale green eyes appearing and disappearing in the darkness.

Clearly, the strong smell of blood at the scene had attracted predators to this land.

This was not a place to stay for long, so Chang Ning followed the tire tracks left by the poachers.

He couldn't just stand by and watch criminals commit crimes with impunity without doing anything, and perhaps that's why the high school captain gave him weapons.

Thank God, the high school team gave Chang Ning a pistol purely for self-defense.

Chang Ning misunderstood and, upon discovering the poachers' tracks, excitedly chased after them alone.

Of course, Chang Ning was not a reckless person. Judging from the gunshots, the poachers only had homemade guns.

This gun cannot fire in bursts and is difficult to reload; he can achieve suppressive fire entirely with a pistol.

Armed with a sharp blade, the murderous intention arises.

When people get their hands on something useful, they always want to try it out. Chang Ning, who is now skilled in killing enemies but has never seen blood, naturally wants to give it a shot.

In the military camp, everyone was the same, and he was nothing special. But when he encountered vicious criminals outside, he naturally had to test his skills.

Chang Ning's killing of armed poachers could not be considered a violation of military discipline.

Moreover, in a direct confrontation, it would be a matter of either the enemy or ourselves dying. Faced with this situation, Chang Ning could not possibly give up on killing these criminals just because of concerns about military discipline.

Not long after Chang Ning left, the carcass of the Tibetan sheep was surrounded by a group of carnivores, a feast for them!

(End of this chapter)