Survival male god

Chapter 298 Tracking
"Quaaaaaaaah~"

As night fell, strange bird sounds came from the forest.

Chen Jing chewed the roasted blue sheep liver in his hand and listened attentively from time to time.

"This is...well, a call of a raven. Ravens are abundant in the Atlas Mountains and live in the valleys from the lowlands to 300 meters above sea level."

"Feeds on various insects, wild fruits and even carrion."

"In folklore, corvids are always known as symbols of bad luck, and ravens are often associated with words such as the devil and death."

"But in some myths, ravens also represent courage and wisdom."

"Actually, it doesn't have any meaning. Ravens are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere and can be seen all over the world. One or two doesn't mean anything, unless..."

Chen Jing chewed and swallowed the last piece of roasted lamb liver, picked up the kettle, and was about to take a sip when suddenly there was a dense flapping of wings in the forest. A large group of ravens seemed to fly away from the treetops and hover in mid-air. Chirping one after another.

quack quack ~
Chen Jing's expression became a little frozen, and he said:
"Unless there is a large group of ravens gathering together, it means there must be many corpses around!"

"what's the situation?"

He was extremely confused, and the audience in the live broadcast room was even more confused.

"Did any animals die in the woods?"

"I should have checked if I had known earlier. How can I sleep when they are calling like this?"

"But now it's too late. There's no way to rebuild the shelter. It's really unfortunate."

"So sometimes, those proverbs and sayings cannot but be believed because they are all painful experiences summed up by our predecessors."

"I hope they will be a little cleaner in the second half of the night!"

Chen Jing sighed, used a dagger to remove a roasted lamb leg that was fragrant and sizzling with oil, and gnawed on it while holding it.

With just one bite, the delicious and juicy charcoal-grilled lamb leg, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, conquered his taste buds.

"Really tasty……"

In this way, he was satisfied with the meal and his mouth was full of oil. After wiping his mouth with leaves, he wrapped the remaining roast mutton in leaves, tied it with a rope, and buried it in the sand again.

"The endless barbecue is sealed, buried in the pit, and then covered with charcoal that is still warm. In this way, until the next morning, its taste will not change, it is still fragrant, and there are more plants. The fragrance of the leaves.”

"No matter what is in the woods, I have to go to bed now after a tiring day. Tonight has a special meaning to me."

"After entering the Sahara for so long, this is the first time I have built a tent with tree branches to make a shelter with a roof that can completely block the wind and rain."

"The warmth from the bonfire will flow continuously into the thatched cottage, and I will definitely sleep very soundly."

"I hope the ravens will be wise and don't disturb my sweet dreams. Good night everyone!"

Chen Jing waved his hand and got into the shelter.

Perhaps his prayers had an effect. At night, the ravens returned to the forest tiredly and lay dormant quietly without making any more unpleasant calls.

Chen Jing slept extremely soundly, and he slept until ten o'clock in the morning.

Opening his eyes, he immediately realized that he had overslept.

There was no time to clean his mouth with charcoal, so he simply turned over, took out his equipment from his backpack, and turned on the push flow.

Sure enough, as soon as he opened the backstage of the live broadcast, the audience was full of complaints, and he quickly apologized to everyone.

"Sorry to keep everyone waiting. I overslept."

"But I slept really well last night. I am full of energy now and feel like I am alive again."

"It's great to live in the mountains. Even the air is fresher than other places. It feels ethereal when you breathe it into your lungs."

In fact, fans are just talking about it. Who would have the heart to blame such a dedicated guy who is almost crazy?

They felt more sorry for Chen Jing, wishing that he could have a good rest every day and not make himself so embarrassed.

After starting a new day of live broadcast, the first thing Chen Jing did was to quickly dig out the pit with wooden stakes.

Most of the roasted lamb is left, still buried in the soil!

"The most I can eat is a front leg and some mutton chops, that's all for today."

"We have to find a way to cook the leftover mutton and roast it completely dry without leaving any moisture. Otherwise, it will easily spoil in the hot weather."

"Once food spoils, it's no longer edible."

Chen Jing continued to feast, but what puzzled him was that all the ravens that appeared last night disappeared, and the cry of a single raven could no longer be heard.

Just when he thought it was just a coincidence, that the ravens might have gathered here for a "small meeting" and then flew to other places, several more sharp and harsh calls pierced the space again and passed into the room. In everyone's ears.

Now Chen Jing was completely shocked. Holding the half-eaten roast leg of lamb, he rushed out of the shelter, walked to the open area of ​​​​the forest, and looked at the sky.

Only a few huge birds, completely black and with a wingspan of nearly one meter, were seen hovering high in the sky.

Chen Jing mouthed instructions.

"Enable [-]x optical zoom!"

The camera captured the figures of those huge birds, and Chen Jing stared at the PTZ display.

"Black feathers, a warty neck and head, a long and sharp beak, and these big claws."

"That's right, one of the most terrifying raptors in the Atlas Mountains, the black vulture, and four of them appeared at once."

"There must be something wrong with this world!"

Chen Jing watched for a long time, watching the vultures circling and swooping, and finally disappearing into the sky. He also ran back to the shelter, with an extremely complicated expression on his face, and he was a little absent-minded even as he grilled the dried mutton.

"Ravens are birds that eat carrion, and black vultures are even more so. Generally speaking, they only eat the carcasses of large animals. The appearance of such groups in groups cannot be a coincidence. .”

"Either in this forest or in the open area under the mountain peak, there must be many dead animals."

"No, don't be alarmist. How could it be a human being? How could someone come here, and there are still many corpses... This is impossible."

Danmu's suspicious judgment was directly rejected by Chen Jing. He was more inclined to believe that it was the corpse of an animal, which attracted countless scavenging creatures.

"Something terrible must have happened. Anyway, after processing the mutton, we have to go take a look. Those black vultures just now, if I'm not mistaken, they should have landed in the southwest."

"Is there an open grassland there?"

Chen Jing was a little unsure. He followed the injured blue sheep for a long distance yesterday, and he couldn't remember the surrounding terrain clearly.

After eleven o'clock in the morning, Chen Jing packed up his things, buried the bonfire, dismantled the straw shed and left here.

He changed direction and headed southwest to see if he could find anything.

"I'll just spend three hours looking. If I don't find anything, I'll give up and keep walking northwest."

"To be honest, ever since I saw those black vultures, I have always had a bad premonition in my heart..." Chen Jing's premonitions have always been quite accurate. Whether it is good or bad, he has been prepared in advance. Don't put yourself in dangerous situations.

However, it only took him 10 minutes and only a few hundred meters to walk. What he saw on an open grassland somewhere completely stunned him.

On the desolate savanna, the withered vegetation has been stained red with blood, and even the muddy ground is covered with dark red and black blood stains.

Piles and piles of animal carcasses that had their heads chopped off, their limbs chopped off, their fur stripped off, their teeth and horns removed, were just dumped here.

Bloody and cruel!

The crime was so heinous that there were dozens of animal carcasses, large and small, in total.

Various rare and protected animals living in the Atlas Mountains and surrounding grasslands were transported here one by one, and a horrific and cruel massacre was carried out.

The stench was overwhelming and the place was devastated.

At this moment, Chen Jing felt a little breathless.

Poachers, this is definitely a good thing poachers did!
In order to gain profits, these damned criminals use cruel and horrific methods that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

The viewers in the live broadcast room were already shocked and speechless.

Many people have never seen such shocking and bloody scenes in their entire lives.

Wild elephants, rhinos, lions, cheetahs, all kinds of animals with beautiful fur, and some birds that are extremely valuable just because of their feather colors, all died tragically here, and the corpses piled up, like a hell on earth.

The blood gathered into streams and soaked in all directions. This was the cry of blood and tears in the North African land.

Chen Jing's heart was filled with anger.

"I am not an animal protector. In the process of survival adventure, I will hunt them because of hunger in my belly in order to survive."

“But my long career in wilderness adventure has taught me one thing, that is, people must respect nature and life.”

"As the masters of this world, and as a member of hundreds of millions of living beings, we humans have stronger wisdom, so protecting this planet and the living environment of all life is our well-deserved obligation and responsibility."

"There have been several extinctions of biological species in the Atlas Mountains, and each time was caused by humans."

"Looking back at that history, it's really heartbreaking."

"I really didn't expect that today, this beautiful and rich Atlas Mountains is still facing the crisis of poachers destroying the ecological environment."

"These guys are so damned!"

Chen Jing had actually always known about the rampant poaching in Africa, but when he saw it with his own eyes, the shock was still extremely strong.

He carefully looked at the marks on the ground, the footprints of poachers, and the signs of animal struggles, including indentations similar to where a helicopter landed and wind marks that blew over vegetation.

Many scenes were reconstructed in his mind.

In order to hide from others, the poachers chose the most desolate border of the Western Desert and chose a temporary base near the Atlas Mountains.

After some animals are caught, they are pulled here by truck, harvested alive, and then transported away by helicopter.

In this way, traces of poached animals can be erased on the West African grasslands, which are the most closely patrolled and receive the most attention, and the poached harvest can be transferred to other places via the coast without anyone noticing and sold at high prices.

In short, this place is a slaughterhouse for poachers, and their den is definitely nearby.

Either on the grassland or in the Atlas Mountains.

Chen Jing is more inclined to the latter.

After all, it is even harder to be discovered if it is hidden deep in the mountains.

He continued to observe, and quickly locked the direction through the footprints at the scene and the traces of trampled weeds.

"Someone has been walking here from the hillside due north for a long time. There are cigarette butts and candy wrappers here..."

"I am 100% sure that poachers must have built long-term dens in the mountains."

Chen Jing stood up with an extremely cold expression.

"I'm going to find them and bring these guys to justice!"

Unexpectedly, these remarks aroused strong opposition from the audience.

["Are you looking for a bastard?"

"Do you think you are Superman?"

"Everyone has a gun, so you just get a broken knife, oh, and a wooden bow. What are you doing if you're not looking for death?"

"Can't you just report this kind of thing to the local government? Why take the risk yourself?"

"Crazy!"

"My advice is, be careful when sailing the ship that lasts forever!"]

Facing everyone's doubts and objections, Chen Jing shook his head.

"After all this time, don't you still understand my character?"

"When will the things I, Chen Jing, decide change?"

"If I had listened to my advice, I would have retired at home long ago and enjoyed my old age."

"To be honest, the money I earn is enough to last me ten lifetimes."

"But I hope everyone understands that there are some things you must do in this life. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility."

He now deeply understands the meaning of this sentence.

At the same moment when Chen Jing made his decision, the long-lost system prompt sounded in his mind.

【Ding!The host automatically triggers a hidden side mission - "Chasing Poachers". The difficulty is: SS level. The mission requirement is: capture two experienced terrorist poachers and bring them to justice. 】

[Task time limit: 72 hours]

【mission rewards:? ? ? 】

Chen Jing's expression did not change. Just like last time, regardless of whether this was a system task or not, he would actually execute it.

There is no other reason, I just feel unhappy.

"The animals of the Atlas Mountains are the treasures of this land, and their presence makes the world a richer place."

"Protecting them is not only our responsibility, but also our respect and cherishment of the natural world. We must work together to protect the animals in the Atlas Mountains and leave a prosperous and harmonious ecological environment for future generations."

"This is the awareness that every outdoor person should have!"

(End of this chapter)