Chapter 1024: Knowing awe, returning

This shot hit the tip of the big guy's ear. This big guy—was actually a North Xinjiang Tiger King that was a whole circle larger than the ordinary, or rather, larger than the two North Xinjiang tigers Li Long had seen before!

With the ear injured, plus the deterrence of the close-range gunshot, the Tiger King roared "Awoo" at Li Long. The fishy smell and the aura of the Tiger King's superior rushed to his face. Li Long gritted his teeth and didn't close his eyes, held the steel gun tightly with both hands, and kept pulling the trigger "ping ping ping"!

Originally, it wanted to press Li Long down and bite him to death to avenge the injured ear, but the ping-ping gunshots gave it a great threat! The tiger didn't hesitate at all, turned around and ran!

Although the tiger had a huge body, its reaction was extremely sensitive. When Li Long pulled the trigger for the second time, it had already turned around, jumped up with a gust of wind and snow, landed, jumped up again, landed again, and... disappeared.

Watching the tiger disappear into the forest within a few breaths, and he had always boasted that his marksmanship for moving targets was good, but at this time, the bullets fired didn't even catch the tiger's tail hair!

The tiger had disappeared for several minutes before Li Long recovered and let out a long breath. Only then did he discover that his body was already soaked with sweat, and it was cold outside, and the underwear sticking to his body was very uncomfortable.

He wanted to stand up, but felt his whole body was soft. The tiger's mouth was less than two meters away from him just now, and judging from the speed at which the tiger escaped just now, the distance of two meters was closer than the distance of his one step.

That is to say, this time he was really one step away from death!

No wonder he was so scared at that time.

The size of that tiger was almost larger than a small calf, and the point was that this thing looked like it really wanted to eat him! Don't know if it had eaten people before, or if it wanted to eat offal today and was disturbed by him, so it pounced over.

The alertness that was always very effective in the past had no reaction at all today!

He leaned on the gun, took a deep breath, and stood up. In front of him, including the snowy ground extending all the way to the forest in the southeast, it was a mess.

The case made of pine wood was smashed by this Tiger King with one claw. The snowy ground where the tiger ran through looked like a tank had rushed through, and much of the snow was rolled up by the wind it brought.

Li Long first took a bullet bridge from his pocket, pressed it into the empty magazine, stuffed the empty bullet bridge into his pocket, and then pulled the bolt to send the bullet into the chamber, which made him feel slightly relieved.

He looked around and found a piece of ear tip the size of a finger with yellow and black hair. This was the only trophy this time.

Weighing this ear tip in his hand, he felt it had no weight, and there was only a trace of blood.

But Li Long was very satisfied. To have accidentally encountered the Northern Tianshan Tiger King for the first time and managed to escape unscathed while even wounding the opponent—he could be proud of that.

After all, the size of this North Xinjiang tiger was almost equivalent to the size of an adult Northeast tiger, and I don't know how it grew.

After all, North Xinjiang tigers are relatively small among all kinds of tigers. This guy could grow so big, it was almost becoming a spirit.

Li Long carried the gun on his back, then gathered the broken wooden pieces of the case together and hugged them under the shed, using waste for profit, preparing to burn them as firewood.

Then he quickly entered the room, fastened the door, and prepared to change clothes.

This time he didn't plan to go out—it was too dangerous outside!

The sky darkened. Li Long, who had changed his clothes, added some coal to the stove, then soaked the underwear soaked in cold sweat in a basin, washed it simply, and put it on the bench.

Usually, he would hang the washed clothes out, freeze them solid, and then take them back to hang.

Not today, he didn't plan to go out.

There was no wolf howling outside, don't know if those wolves were beaten away by Li Long, or scared away by that North Xinjiang Tiger King.

Don't know when the wind started, blowing the window paper with a huffing sound. Li Long found a thumbtack to nail the window paper, and then lay on the bed.

It was very warm in the room, and there was a gap left at the window, so there was no need to worry about carbon monoxide poisoning, but Li Long couldn't sleep.

This thing was a bit evil, he felt he had to think about it carefully.

Didn't they all say this thing was going to be extinct? How did he see three in the past two or three years!

And one with such a large size?

Was it that someone in the previous life hunted it and didn't publicize it, quietly made a fortune, or was it because his little butterfly wings of rebirth flapped, changing the fate of these tigers?

The messy thoughts in his mind were fighting, sometimes this one had the upper hand, sometimes that one had the upper hand, until he felt dizzy and fell into a deep sleep.

When Li Long got up the next day, the room was already bright—obviously, it was brighter outside.

Looking at the watch on his wrist, it was already past ten o'clock. Li Long thought Yushanjiang and the others must be in a hurry.

He climbed up and put on his clothes, touched the side of the stove, it was cold, obviously, the fire had gone out.

Uncovered the stove lid, cleaned the stove chamber and stove ash, set up the stove again. When Li Long went out, the sky outside was already bright.

He was surprised to find that the two pieces of offal that were not dragged away by the wolves yesterday had disappeared.

The snow nearby was trampled into a mess. Li Long walked over and observed carefully. There were claw prints of various animals on the ground, wolves, foxes, and it seemed there was also a lynx, just don't know if it was the one he chased yesterday.

It seemed that he slept too soundly, and these wild animals were also quite cunning, not making a sound when stealing things.

If they dragged it away, let them drag it away. Fortunately, there were still some in the small room now.

In the morning, Li Long boiled some porridge for himself and roasted half a piece of naan. The wild boar meat left yesterday was too greasy, didn't want to eat it, stir-fried a plate of pickles brought, crisp and refreshing.

After eating, Li Long tidied up the pots and pans, pressed the stove, started the jeep, and headed towards Yushanjiang's winter quarters.

Where there was vegetation, it was calm, and where the vegetation was sparse, there would be some wind-blown snow. The wind in the mountains was very cold and hard. When driving, Li Long could feel the fine snow particles blown by the wind hitting the glass window, making a subtle sound.

Although it was a clear day, the feeling was a bit strange. The wind rolled up the snow particles, smashed them down in mid-air, and sometimes even blurred people's vision.

What surprised Li Long was that Halimu, Tarihar, Yushanjiang, and Bieke were all waiting for him at the entrance of Yushanjiang's winter quarters.

Li Long got off the car, Yushanjiang asked with a smile:

"Didn't sleep well last night?"

"Indeed didn't sleep well, but it wasn't staying up late, it was scared." Li Long didn't cover up his cowardice at all, "Met the Tiger King when it was dark, almost eaten!"

Saying that, he took out the tiger ear tip he hunted and showed it to Yushanjiang.

"What? A tiger ran to your place?" Tarihar was shocked, "What about the thing?"

"I hit it with a shot, and it ran away."

"You didn't catch up?" Tarihar asked with a look of regret.

"Chase? I didn't dare to chase." Li Long said, "If I entered the forest, eight out of ten, I would have become food in its stomach."

"Really?" Tarihar lifted the gun in his hand, obviously not believing, "There's a gun..."

"Can't react." Li Long shook his head, "I've fought lynxes and wolves, and I've also fought bears. The tiger's reaction is too fast. When you see it, it pounces over at once. By the time you raise the gun, it's already in front of you." ===== CHAPTER 1025 =====

"Did you stay up late last night and not sleep well?"

"I definitely didn't sleep well, but it wasn't because I stayed up late; I was scared." Li Long didn't hide his cowardice at all, "I ran into a tiger king when it got dark, and I almost got eaten!"

As he spoke, he took out the tiger ear tip he had shot off to show Yushanjiang.

"What? A tiger ran over to your place?" Talihar was shocked, "Where is it?"

"I shot it once, and it ran away."

"You didn't chase it?" Talihar asked with a look of regret.

"Chase? I wouldn't dare chase it." Li Long said, "If I had gone into the woods, I probably would have ended up as food in its belly."

"No way, right?" Talihar lifted the gun in his hand, clearly not believing it, "You have a gun..."

"You can't react in time." Li Long shook his head, "I've hunted lynx and wolves, and I've hunted bears, but a tiger's reaction is too fast. By the time you see it, it has already lunged at you in an instant. By the time you raise your gun, it's already right in front of you."