Wild 1979: From Fishing and Hunting to Becoming a Literary Master

Chapter 57 White Dragon

"Quick! Find the surviving wolf. It must be the pack's alpha. If we don't kill it, neither of us will have any peace and quiet anymore!"

Chen Tuo was looking at the dead wolf in the river bend, but after Wu Laowai stopped, he looked for the live wolf that was whimpering.

He searched the entire Hetao region but couldn't find a single living wolf.

"That weed! He's trying to lure us out and give us a clue, hurry up and find him!"

"Uncle Wu, let him run away! If he wants revenge, won't he have to form another pack?"

Wu Laowai wanted to eliminate the problem completely, while Chen Tuo wanted to play the long game.

Glaring at Chen Tuo, who was even more ruthless and fierce than him, Wu Laowai scolded:

"You don't know the habits of wolves; these things are incredibly unpredictable! Especially wolves that hold grudges—if they don't die, they'll come after us!"

"Uncle Wu, I'll say it again: we have guns and cannons, what are we afraid of if a few foreign wolves come? If they dare to come, we'll just wipe them out!"

"That's not what I mean! I'm just worried it won't be able to gather a pack, and it'll sneak up on us. No matter how ruthless you are, can you be as clever as a wolf?"

After saying that, Wu Laowai didn't go down to the river bend. He first attached the bayonet, then cocked the gun, his eyes coldly scanning the river bend.

Chen Tuo followed Wu Laowai's example, first attaching the bayonet, then cocking the gun.

However, unlike Wu Laowai, he did not scan the area with his rifle but instead raised it directly to his shoulder.

"You... never mind. If you're going to scare it away with shots, fire a couple more. That'll attract Sun the Cripple and his gang, and then the two of us might not be able to catch it!"

When he reached the riverbank, Wu Laowai regretted not spotting the wolf that had made the noise immediately.

I regret not going to find Sun the Cripple. If there were more people, we could have easily chased it to death.

There were only two people; he was too old and lacked the strength.

Although Chen Tuo was young and fierce, he had too little experience running in the mountains and couldn't catch up with the lone wolf who was determined to escape.

"Uncle Wu, judging from the sound, this wolf is most likely hiding near the snowdrifts we made yesterday. I'll take them out one by one, and you watch them one by one. It can't escape!"

Chen Tuo's words made Wu Laowai look at him with even more respect.

Being too ruthless is just being a madman!

When someone is truly ruthless, they can still come up with a solution; that person is ruthless, much like a lone wolf in the Hetao region.

"Okay! But you have to attack from a distance, making it leap towards the riverbank. If I can't kill it then, you go up and stab it to death!"

At this point, Chen Tuo no longer cared about Wu Laowai's nonsensical words.

He simply did as he was told, pulling an axe and pitchfork from the sled and sticking them beside him.

He then drew a hunting knife and a dagger from his waist and put them in the pocket of his overcoat.

After glancing at the four daggers on Chen Tuo's waist, Wu Laowai was also somewhat astonished; this little brat was quite formidable.

What kind of good person would carry four knives in their waistband?

Besides the four short swords, Chen Tuo also had an eighteen-chop sword hanging from his waist!

According to Wu Laowai's impression, this kind of person is not only highly vigilant, but also doesn't trust outsiders much.

"Wolves are only strong because of their teeth. If it bites you, just shove your arm into its mouth and it'll slit your throat! With your fur coat in the way, it won't hurt you!"

Having prepared for the worst, Wu Laowai signaled Chen Tuo to fire, and he also held the water droplets in his hand to his face.

Chen Tuo fired five shots, then five more, starting from the furthest point and gradually moving closer. After fifteen shots, only five bullets remained in the ammunition box hanging on his sling.

Just as he was taking out spare bullets from his pocket, a gray-white wolf began to run in circles into the depths of the river bend.

"Those weeds! And they're really sharp! Kid, keep firing! Use up all your bullets! I'm going after them, you stay up here and don't go down, use your bullets to guide me!"

Wu Laowai fired two shots, but they were dodged by the gray wolves in the river bend. While reloading, he slid into the river bend, reminding Chen Tuo as he did so.

Chen Tuo, who was new to real firearms, was good at shooting at stationary ice pits and snowdrifts, but when it came to shooting at lone wolves that were running away for their lives, he could only make footprints.

They deliberately let the wolf king attract more wolves.

Unable to hit accurately, Chen Tuo stopped chasing after the target and started aiming ahead.

If you chase after the target and can't hit it accurately, then aiming ahead of the target will also be inaccurate.

But this created many obstacles for the fleeing wolf king.

Chen Tuo was fighting on the shore, while Wu Laowai was fighting and sliding in the river.

The desperate wolf king was frantically running in circles.

Seeing that Chen Tuo couldn't hit him and Wu Laowai couldn't catch up, several horses appeared on the opposite riverbank and charged towards the wolf king with a roar.

The snow crust in the Hetao region is so thick that even the weight of a mountain dog cannot be supported, and the resistance for wolves running across the snow will only be greater.

But horses are different. The snow without hooves not only doesn't slow them down, but the snow crust also cushions their run, making them run very comfortably.

The knight was carrying a gun, but he didn't use it. After catching up, he used something unknown to smash the wolf king into a rolling gourd.

This is not enough!

After defeating the wolf king, the rider did not pursue, but instead tightened the reins, causing the horse to rear up and trample the wolf king.

After rolling around in the snow a few times, the wolf king got up, dodged the horses' trampling, and continued his desperate escape.

But it couldn't outrun the horse and was knocked down again by the rider.

Seeing that there was no way to escape, the wolf king turned around and fled in the direction of Wu Laowai, howling mournfully along the way.

Fearing that his marksmanship was inadequate and he might miss the wolf but instead hit the horse or the rider, Chen Tuo stopped firing.

Concerned about accidental injury, Wu Laowai, upon seeing Ma Zhanding, merely raised his gun to aim but did not fire.

Amidst the mournful howls of wolves, the wolf king could not escape the pursuit and was trampled into the river bend by horses.

He put away his gun, went down to the river bend, and strode towards Wu Laowai's location.

When they arrived at their destination, Chen Tuo discovered that the rider on horseback was a woman, and that she was familiar with Wu Laowai.

"Uncle Lao Wai, is this your son or your student? His marksmanship isn't very good!"

"Bai Long! This is Chen, an educated youth from the educated youth settlement. He's neither my son nor my apprentice!"

Upon hearing Wu Laowai's address, Chen Tuo glanced at the female knight's white horse and then at the female knight in her white fur coat.

I don't know if Wu Laowai was referring to a horse or a person just now.

The wolf king was dead, and the two groups continued their conversation. Only then did the female knight on horseback notice the plum blossoms scattered across the river bend.

"Uncle Lao Wai, is this a trap you set? How ruthless!"

"It wasn't me who set it up, and it was his idea too. There's nothing I can do! The wolf pack attacked the stables at Green Water Farm the night before last, and the Forestry Bureau is going to hunt the wolves!"

Pointing at Chen Tuo, Wu Laowai, not knowing why Bai Long had come down the mountain, could only speak vaguely.

"Those wretched Siberian wolves attacked our reindeer herd yesterday, killing three fawns. I led a chase that lasted a whole day and night!"

After explaining her purpose, the female knight on horseback pointed at the dead wolf in the river bend with her riding crop adorned with an iron weight and asked:

"Uncle Lao Wai, these beasts ate my fawns. Can I take them back to Dobukur?"

"White Dragon, wolves are our prey. You want to take them back to Dobukul? Fine! But you have to trade something. That wolf king from earlier, half for each of us!"

Hearing their conversation, Chen Tuo guessed that the female rider on the white horse must be an Evenki hunter from the Dobukur settlement on the North Mountain.

"Uncle Lao Wai, we only brought a horse and a gun with us when we came down the mountain. The gun is registered, but I can't give you the horse. What do you want?"

"White Dragon, this is our prey, how dare you steal it?"

The girl, Bai Long, refused to give him the gun or exchange his horse, showing no sincerity whatsoever, and Wu Laowai's face immediately fell.

The hunters of the three tribes of Solon in the mountains also have their own rules.

For example, if a ferocious beast that has a grudge against a certain tribe is killed by another tribe, they can claim the beast's carcass...