pertwk Chapter 114 Hurry up and get the little brat's chapter!
Chapter 114 Hurry up and get the little brat's chapter!
"That thing actually hit a target twenty meters away with a rifle!" Ella tapped the table, her tone quite certain. "Two bullets, spot on! There are even claw marks on the butt, the edges are melted from the heat, it's definitely not a coincidence, they really know how to use tools!"
Morris turned to the second page, looked at it for a while, then turned back to the first page, his brow furrowing even more. "Are you sure the trajectory was manipulated?"
"The two bullet holes on the tree trunk are perfectly aligned and in the same position. How could it be a random shot?" Ella retorted, sticking her neck out.
Morris didn't speak, staring blankly at the report, his mind already far away.
Kaller spoke slowly, his tone utterly calm, "Didn't Chen Fei tell you all before? This was bound to happen sooner or later!"
Morris glanced at him, but didn't reply, continuing to read the report.
A minute later, he picked up his pen, signed his name at the end of the report, and wrote, "Send out the report and copy Linton."
Ella picked up the report, walked back, sat down in her chair, turned on her computer, uploaded the attachments, and filled in the recipient and CC addresses.
My fingertip hovered over the send button for a moment, then I pressed it gently.
The screen displayed three words: Sent.
She stared at those three words, sitting motionless in her chair, her heart pounding with anxiety.
The 28th day of the dry season.
The migrating bison herd has actually returned!
A huge herd, probably forty in total, came rolling in from the west in a dark mass.
The hooves trampled across the grassland, raising clouds of dust from the west side of the pool, making the lion's nose itch.
Chen Fei lay on the low slope and slowly counted them, cursing inwardly: "Holy crap, forty heads? Are they here to cause trouble?"
Bison are a real pain. It's not that they're fierce, it's just that they're not very bright and are incredibly stupid!
The more foolish something is, the harder it is to predict; its blind, reckless actions can be extremely dangerous.
An adult bison is nearly 1.7 meters tall at the head and shoulders, and its horns can be spread almost a meter wide. It's like a moving city wall; if it charges, it can smash a person (or lion) to pieces!
In the past, upon seeing this kind of scene, Chen Fei would have definitely gone far away.
But the water pool is the lifeblood of our Lion Alliance, the core water source. All our companions depend on it to live, so we can't avoid it at all!
If these forty bison crowd together by the waterhole, our alliance will die of thirst in less than two days!
[Host: Chen Fei]
[Identity: Sub-adult male lion]
[Energy Points: 1456↑]
I only need 44 more energy points to level up!
Chen Fei circulated his internal heat, feeling warm all over. This amount of heat was enough to deal with these big, clumsy guys.
He slowly stood up and walked straight towards the bison herd, without beating around the bush, going straight for them.
It walked slowly but steadily, as if taking a leisurely stroll, completely disregarding the forty bison.
The lead bull in the bison herd spotted him first.
This guy is huge, with bulging neck muscles and worn-out horns. He looks like he has a bad temper and probably vents his anger by rubbing things with his horns all the time.
The bull immediately stopped, lowered its head, pointed its horns straight at Chen Fei, and pawed at the ground with its hooves, kicking up a lot of dust. It looked like it wanted to fight.
Chen Fei also stopped, and the two of them faced each other, the atmosphere instantly tense, even the wind seemed to stop.
The bull dug a third mud mark, took two steps forward, and grunted through its nose. The sound was so deep that it made the air vibrate.
Chen Fei stood still, slowly drawing the warm fluid deep into his throat... not the place where he usually roared, but the place where his chest and throat were connected.
He's been thinking about this place for the past few days, feeling like there's some untapped potential hidden inside. Today's the perfect opportunity to test it out!
"Damn it, you want to challenge me? Let's see who beats whom!" Chen Fei cursed inwardly, his eyes fixed on the bull.
The hot-tempered bull suddenly charged forward, without any hesitation, heading straight for Chen Fei!
The hooves pounded on the ground, making the ground tremble like a drum.
Forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters, the distance is getting closer and closer, and the momentum is terrifying to look at!
Chen Fei took a deep breath, channeling all the heat in his body towards that hidden place, and forcefully pushed it out...
That pent-up energy finally burst forth!
It's the 33rd day of the dry season. Damn, that stingy guy has vanished without a trace!
Chen Fei discovered it in the afternoon. Sel was wandering around the Alliance base like a headless fly, his breath coming in gasps of anxiety. He growled repeatedly, "You stingy little brat! Where are you hiding, you little bastard?" "Get out here! Stop fucking wandering around!" He called out to every lion he could, but didn't even catch a whimper from a cub.
An eight-month-old baby, still unsteady on his feet, how dare he run off and get lost?
On the grasslands, cubs of this age, left alone for more than two hours, are more likely to go wrong than have a mane... being gouged out by a hyena, being carried away by a leopard, falling into a dry well, or stepping into a swamp—any of these could be fatal.
Chen Fei flicked its tail, stood up, and followed the last lingering scent of the stingy creature southeastward. The milky, cub-like scent disappeared after about four hundred meters; the wind had completely disrupted everything, making it impossible to pinpoint its location.
"Why is the wind making things worse now! What a damn bad omen." He stopped in place and poured heat into his visual system.
The heat enveloped his vision, instantly doubling the clarity of details; nothing within a three-kilometer radius escaped his notice. The first scan: nothing. The second scan: about two and a half kilometers to the southeast, a small creature lay motionless beside a low bush… What a little rascal! Its chest was still rising and falling; it wasn't quite dead.
But damn it, this is terrible!
Fifty meters away, four shadows were circling, their steps unsteady. What else could they be but hyenas? They were slowly closing the circle around them, like they were surrounding prey, each step heavier than the last.
Chen Fei squinted and calculated the time: it would take four minutes to rush over at full speed. Four minutes! Four hyenas tearing apart an eight-month-old cub is enough for several rounds; no matter how you look at it, it's a loss!
Just as I was about to take off running, a shadow appeared in my line of sight... a two-legged creature carrying a tattered bag, coming from the survey team's camp, about two hundred meters away from the stingy guy, walking quite fast, probably lured over by some noise.
Judging from her figure, her walking posture, and the way she carries her backpack across her shoulder... it's Ella, that woman.
Chen Fei stopped in his tracks, his heart pounding: It takes Ella two and a half minutes to walk two hundred meters, but the nearest hyena is less than thirty meters away from the stingy guy. Is he going to make it in time?
He didn't move, lying in the grass staring intently, like watching a play, but he drew the heat into his throat, ready to rush forward at any moment.
The stingy fellow lay down by the bushes, his body pressed so low to the ground that it nearly scared the soul out of him.
Run? Tried it! Just as it lifted its leg, the nearest hyena lunged forward, the stench of rotting flesh making it nauseous, and it quickly lay back down. Strangely enough, as soon as it lay down, the hyena stopped, staring intently at it like a cat hunting a mouse, waiting for it to move.
"Damn it, this guy's going to kill Chen Fei." The stingy guy muttered to himself, his heart pounding like a drum, his ears pressed to his head, and his tail tucked between his legs, not daring to show.
The hyena was already twenty meters away! It could clearly see the creature's yellow eyes, staring intently without blinking, a truly chilling sight. Drooling dripped from its mouth, looking so greedy, as if it had already torn it to pieces.
Suddenly I heard another noise!
Footsteps, two legs, rushing in from the side, quite fast. The stingy guy tilted his head and looked... fifty meters away stood a human, holding a long thing in his hand, the dark nozzle pointed at the nearest hyena.
"What is this thing?" Before it could react, there was a loud "bang"!
A crater exploded in the ground, right at the hyena's feet, sending dust flying high and splattering all over it. The hyena was so frightened that its fur bristled, and it jumped back two big steps, whimpering as if its tail had been stepped on, its eyes filled with terror.
The hyena shook its head and bared its teeth at Ella, but it didn't dare to charge forward... That shot earlier was indeed quite intimidating; it hadn't figured out what the sound was, only that it shouldn't be touched.
Ella held the gun still, her finger on the trigger, and muttered under her breath, "Damn hyenas, get out of my way!"
The remaining three hyenas were dumbfounded, standing in circles, looking at the stingy one, then at Ella, humming and hawing as if they were discussing something.
Chen Fei lay prone in the grass, squinting as he watched, thinking to himself: "This woman was pretty decisive, and her shooting was pretty accurate. She didn't get a direct headshot, but she scared one away. But that hyena is vengeful and greedy; it might not really leave."
Sure enough, less than ten seconds later, another hyena circled around from the side, trying to ambush the stingy guy. It moved very quietly, like a thief, its paws making no sound on the grass, its eyes fixed on the back of the stingy guy's neck, its saliva almost dripping onto the ground.
"Trying to ambush? No way!" Ella, with her sharp eyes, immediately turned her gun around and fired another shot. With a "bang," the bullet hit a meter in front of the hyena, sending dust flying.
"Get out!" she roared, her voice crisp and carrying an undeniable ruthlessness.
The hyena was so frightened that it quickly shrank back and huddled together with the other three, rubbing against each other as if to encourage each other, but none of them dared to take another step forward.
Seeing this, Chen Fei knew he couldn't wait any longer. If they dragged this out, and the hyenas went berserk and ganged up on him, Ella's gun might only scare them, and it might not be able to protect the stingy guy.
He took off charging, his four hooves pounding the ground, kicking up dust as he sped off at top speed, with only one thought in his mind: get this little brat back as soon as possible!
He ran the two kilometers and eight kilometres like the wind, the sound of the wind filling his ears. His eyes were fixed on the stingy guy's direction, and the heat rushed to his limbs, making him run even more energetically. His mane was blown backward by the wind, his muscles were taut, and every step he took made a thud on the ground.
Ella caught sight of Chen rushing towards her, paused for a moment, and muttered, "Why is that lion here?" But she didn't loosen her grip, still pointing her gun at the hyenas, afraid they might take the opportunity to attack. She had seen how powerful this male lion was before and knew it was not to be trifled with, but now that it was charging at her, was it friend or foe?
The stingy fellow caught a glimpse of a yellow shadow rushing towards him out of the corner of his eye. He was startled at first, thinking it was some other wild beast, but when he realized it was Chen Fei, he immediately began to sob, as if he had suffered a great injustice. He wanted to get up but had no strength, so he could only lie there waiting, making soft, pleading sounds in his throat: "Brother Fei, please save me!"