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Chapter 50 Wild Boar Bully
Shake the two loaches out and throw them into another plastic bucket filled with water.

The loaches were fresh and lively; after being thrown into the bucket, they swam continuously, creating ripples on the water.

"Loach soup is delicious, Xiao Wu, I want to drink loach soup tonight."

Qin Ziwu readily agreed: "Okay!" He suddenly slapped his head in annoyance, "Oh dear, I forgot to ask someone about the mushrooms I picked yesterday. If they're edible, I can add some to the soup to enhance the flavor."

"Haha, either way is fine, but don't eat it until it's confirmed to be safe." Qin Ziwen casually put the fish trap away.

"This fish trap needs to be moved. The feng shui here is bad. If we break the trap on the first day, a Snake will come along on the second day."

He carried the trap upstream for several dozen meters. Here, on a gentle slope, the riverbank was covered with lush aquatic plants, making it a good place to set the trap.

After hesitating for a moment, he still didn't put down the cage, because starting tomorrow or the day after, he planned to go northeast and try to find the altar in the mountains to the north.

If the traps are still set up here, we'll have to come back here again tomorrow. The journey alone will take a long time, wasting most of the day.

So I simply packed all the equipment for setting rope traps into my bag. Since I'm not planning to come here tomorrow, there's no need to set up traps.

He took out a map from his pocket, compared it with the direction of the river, and based on the map markings, he quickly determined the approximate location of the wild kiwifruit.

The three of them walked for a while in the forest.

Qin Ziwen stopped and looked around. "Can you smell it?"

Qin Ziwu frowned. "I can smell it. It smells like the stench of a corpse."

The stench of a corpse was very strong, especially from its own kind.

Once you've smelled it, you'll never forget its unique scent.

Deng Guang began searching the surroundings: "Since we can smell the scent, it means the distance must not be far."

After a careful search, the three of them soon found a body lying on the ground not far from the foot of a tree.

The body belonged to a male, whose head was tilted to the side, his expression was ferocious, his clothes were pulled up to his waist, and his cheeks and palms were covered in mud.

The exposed skin was covered with purplish-red lividity.

My hands and feet were bruised, and ants were scurrying in and out of the wounds.

A chill ran through the three of them.

The presence of dead bodies indicates danger in the vicinity.

Based on the state of the body, Qin Ziwen roughly judged: "The time since death should not have been too long, at most yesterday."

The temperature in the forest is not low, and in this environment, the body will decompose faster. In addition, there are many mosquitoes in the forest, so if the body has been dead for too long, it will not be like this.

"He was stabbed here." Deng Guangyao pointed to the corpse's shoulder, where something seemed to have pierced through it, leaving a bloody mess where bone could even be seen.

Qin Ziwen frowned. "It shouldn't be a large carnivore. If it were, its carcass would have been gnawed on, but so far, we've found teeth marks."

Qin Ziwu guessed: "So it must be some kind of aggressive herbivore? And the injury is on his back, so he must have been caught while trying to escape."

Deng Guang speculated: "It could also be an omnivore."

Looking at the "through" wound on the corpse's shoulder, Qin Ziwen became more and more puzzled. He suddenly thought of a possibility: "Could it be a wild boar? It looks like it was poked by a tusk."

“A wild boar? Even the wild boar yesterday didn’t jump this high.” Qin Ziwu shook his head, pointing to the wound. “If it were a wild boar, how high would it have to be to stick its head in this spot?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the air fell into a brief silence.

Deng Guang chuckled dryly: "Impossible, right? We saw a wild boar yesterday, but that wild boar wasn't this big."

"The animals here are generally larger than those on Earth. Crocodiles can be over seven meters long, and it's not impossible for wild boars to be even larger." Thinking of this, Qin Ziwen felt that the surroundings were not safe.

He looked up at the sky. The harpy eagle was perched on a branch, cautiously observing its surroundings without making a sound.

Fortunately, it seems there is no immediate danger in the surrounding area.

Qin Ziwu asked, "Shall we continue picking kiwis today?"

Looking into the depths of the dense forest, Qin Ziwen remained silent for a long time. "Go, we've come this far, the destination is just ahead." He took out his phone and took a picture of the corpse.

"This person might be Li Yue's companion. Let's ask him when we get back."

Qin Ziwen warned, "We encountered wild boars on the route we took yesterday, which means this area is likely their usual habitat. Everyone should be on high alert."

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened until they reached their destination. Everyone picked all the remaining wild kiwis from the tree and put them into their bags, filling only one and a half backpacks this time.

Having had several experiences hiking in the forest, the three of them quickened their pace. Qin Ziwen took out his phone; it was only noon, and they still had plenty of time.

After taking out the dry rations and eating them.

After careful consideration, Qin Ziwen decided to delve deeper.

“Wheeeeee-ah!”

A sharp cry echoed through the forest.

The harpy eagle flapped its wings, signaling an alarm.

Looking in the direction it was thrashing, a huge, jet-black creature had quietly crept up the slope below.

The three of them felt a chill; this guy was so clever, he even knew to sneak up on them.

Realizing it had been discovered, the wild boar at the bottom of the slope stopped and growled a threatening warning.

Behind the large wild boar, the trail of another small wild boar appeared. Beside the large wild boar, the small wild boar was so thin that it looked like a small figurine.

"go!"

Qin Ziwen said decisively.

The slope is impassable; we must change direction.

Fortunately, there were many vines and branches on the slope, and the large wild boar could not rush up directly.

The three descended from the back of the slope, which was steeper but covered with trees. Holding onto the tree trunks, they made a quick and safe descent.

"Let's go, take a different route."

Behind them, the wild boar stomped towards the top of the hill.

"Ow!"

With a cry, the harpy eagle swooped down from the sky and grabbed at its eyes.

The wild boar raised its head and swept its tusks horizontally, but the harpy eagle flapped its wings in mid-air and feinted to evade the attack.

As the large wild boar prepared to continue climbing the slope, the harpy eagle lunged at the small wild boar from behind, startling the 200-pound baby boar into squealing.

The wild boar was forced to return and protect the piglet.

The harpy eagle didn't attack, it just kept harassing the enemy.

The wild boar, thoroughly annoyed, shook its head and let out angry bellows at the top of its head.

Even after the harpy eagle spread its wings and left, the wild boar remained in place, watching warily for a long time. Then, it glanced in the direction Qin Ziwen and the others had left, grunted twice, and slowly left, protecting the little pig.

After leaving from the back, Qin Ziwen and his group made a long detour without stopping.

Compared to other animals, humans' greatest advantage is their super endurance.

Qin Ziwen said in a deep voice, "I suspect that the person who died may have been attacked by that wild boar."

The wild boar crept closer, clearly intending to attack; perhaps this wasn't its first time killing someone.

If it weren't for the harpy eagle's warning and delay, it would have been too late to escape once the wild boar got close.

(End of this chapter)