Chapter 418: Tiger roars in the mountains, all beasts scatter

The night passed without incident, and time arrived at the fourth day.

As soon as they got up in the morning, Wang An discovered that everyone's mood was quite wrong, as if everyone had completely lost interest in hunting the tiger.

Truth be told, Wang An's mood was also wrong.

Because last night, Wang An had a dream, dreaming that he hadn't been reborn, but was in prison.

That damn thing was too miserable!

So, Wang An was awakened by this dream.

When he realized he hadn't returned to his past life, Wang An finally felt relieved.

People who haven't been to prison don't know the pain of being in prison.

And people who have only been in prison for a short time don't know how desperate those with life sentences can be.

So Wang An, awakened, suddenly realized that since he had finally been reborn, why did he have to come into the mountains to suffer?

Mountain hunting was originally a happy thing, because this stuff is like fishing; it's addictive.

But this time coming into the mountains to hunt a tiger, there was damn well not a shred of happiness to speak of.

Because for these three days, except for eating and sleeping, they could be said to have been on the road the whole time—or more accurately, on the sled the whole time.

What the hell is this for?

However, things must have a beginning and an end, so Wang An decided to search for one last day today; if they still couldn't find it, then damn it, let it be.

A great life, how could one spend it all on a sled?

Mainly because sitting on this thing every day makes your butt hurt.

Speaking of butts, Wang An thought of that big white... forget it, the person is right there, better not think about it.

When eating breakfast, everyone was still eating canned meat and steamed buns.

When Wang An was eating the canned meat like chewing wax, he was organizing his language in his head, trying to figure out how to better express his decision.

But before Wang An could think of how to say it, he saw Wu Dong looking straight at the canned meat in front of him without using his chopsticks, saying:

"Everyone listen to me for a second."

After saying this, Wu Dong paused, as if he were also organizing his language, and then Wu Dong thought for a moment before continuing:

"This tiger hunt is really a bit too rash. Chasing until now, we have gained nothing, and we've also wasted three days of effort for nothing."

Wu Dong paused again here, as if he were organizing his language again.

At this time, Wang Shuai said from the side:

"Look at your stuttering way, just say what you have to say! Given the relationship between us, if you say we're going back, who would blame you?"

After Wang Shuai finished speaking, Wu Dong didn't bother organizing his words either and said directly:

"We haven't been able to catch up with this tiger, and I don't know if we'll be able to catch it in the end. I'm thinking we'll chase for one last day today; if we still can't catch it, we'll go down the mountain and go home tomorrow."

In fact, it's the same for anyone doing anything; once you can't see hope and have no expectations, you will quickly decide to give up.

There is a saying that is very inspiring but actually meaningless: "Effort doesn't necessarily lead to success, but giving up definitely leads to failure."

It's not that this saying is meaningless, but in reality, for more than 90% of things, you only realize at the end that... it would have been better not to persist.

Why was he so stubborn back then?

After Wu Dong finished speaking, he picked up his chopsticks and devoured the canned meat in front of him.

Clearly, Wu Dong had also found the trick to eating canned meat.

Wang An discovered that when eating this canned meat stuff, you can't chew it too many times; you have to swallow it after chewing it about twice.

Because for some reason, the more you chew this stuff, the more damn nauseating it gets.

After Wu Dong finished, Wang Shuai immediately raised his hand and said:

"I agree, that's what I was thinking too."

Immediately after, Zhang Shuya, Sun Nian, He Liang, and Ma Guoqiang all raised their hands in agreement.

Mu Xueli and Wang Li, however, looked at Wang An.

For something that was exactly what he wanted, how could Wang An not agree? So Wang An also raised his hand and said:

"I agree too."

After Wang An finished speaking, he picked up the last piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth; this damn canned meat was really enough to eat.

Seeing Wang An raise his hand, Mu Xueli and Wang Li both raised their hands in agreement almost simultaneously.

After everyone reached a consensus, smiles reappeared on their faces.

When everyone drove the sled to continue chasing the tiger, they also started chatting and laughing.

Just like that, everyone chased until noon.

When everyone was chatting and laughing, continuing to gnaw on steamed buns and eat canned meat.

Suddenly, a tiger roar came from afar.

The sound was like rolling thunder, making people's hair stand on end, their scalps numb, and their whole bodies feeling tingly as if they had been electrocuted.

Hearing the tiger roar, the three horses were irritable and uneasy, kicking and pawing, wanting to run.

Although the big stallion wasn't afraid of fighting wolves at all, after hearing the tiger roar, it was exactly the same as the other two horses, no different.

And the ten dogs were even more restless, barking incessantly, their fur looking like it had exploded.

And it could be heard that the barking of these 10 dogs wasn't as fierce as usual, but had a feeling of bluffing.

However, as long as they are dogs, whether they are guard dogs or mountain-hunting dogs, as long as their master is by their side, they are fearless.

Because "dogs rely on their master's power" is a common trait of all dogs.

Although they didn't know how far the tiger was, this tiger roar could ripple back and forth in the forest, as if the tiger could be right in front of them immediately.

To tell the truth, being able to hear this tiger roar proved that this tiger wasn't too far from the group.

Because the elders in the village said that a tiger's roar can be heard from as far as four or five li away.

However, tigers don't roar under normal circumstances, because there is a saying: "Tiger roars in the mountains, all beasts scatter."

As long as a tiger roars, all the animals near it, including mountain rats, will flee for their lives.

Of course, this isn't absolute.

But saying the tiger is the king of beasts is definitely not an exaggeration at all.

The only purpose of everyone coming into the mountains was to hunt the tiger.

But now, hearing the tiger roar, there wasn't a shred of joy in everyone's eyes, but rather faces full of gravity, and subconsciously, they all raised their guns.

It must be said that a gun is definitely the best weapon to boost courage.

Wang An directly raised his gun to his face and said to everyone:

"Let's go, let's go over and wipe him out."

After Wang An finished speaking, he walked in the direction from which the tiger roar came.

Seeing this, Mu Xueli and Wang Li immediately raised their guns to their faces and followed Wang An forward.

Wang Shuai, Wu Dong, and the other four men followed closely behind.

Only Zhang Shuya and Sun Nian quickly ran to the sled and opened the long wooden box that had never been moved.

Then the two of them each hugged a Type 79 sniper rifle and chased after Wang An and the others.

When everyone saw the tiger, they knew why the tiger had roared.

Because the distance was far, in everyone's eyes, they only saw a big cat jumping up and down, leaping left and right to fight with the beasts in front of it.

Calling it a fight isn't quite right; it should be called a one-sided slaughter.

Because what everyone saw was that every time the tiger opened its mouth, it took one down.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 419 =====