Chapter 50: The Law of the Jungle

Hunting prey like black bear requires patience, and black bears are very smart. The slightest flaw will make them alert, thus making the trap ineffective.

Anyway, when Zhao Ya arrived at the trap the next day, he found nothing.

Zhao Ya was not discouraged. He rearranged the trap and put a bait in it.

Niu Yuan also talked about bait separately. First of all, it should be something with salt.

Because for wild beasts in the mountains, salt is the most precious thing, and a piece of fresh meat with salt is extremely tempting to them.

Secondly, it should not be too obvious.

Wild beasts are not fools, especially those that have been alienated. They are very smart.

If the bait you put is too obvious, it will not work.

Zhao Ya carefully placed the bait according to Niu Yuan's teachings, and then found a place to hide.

Patience is the most basic quality of an excellent hunter.

Zhao Ya hid quietly in the mountains for more than an hour, his eyes always fixed on the beast road.

Finally.

As if it smelled the scent of the bait, the bushes in the distance began to shake, and then a huge black bear slowly walked out.

When Zhao Ya saw the black bear, his eyes lit up.

Because it was obviously a black bear that had been transformed.

Zhao Ya hid in the dark and waited quietly.

The black bear was very vigilant and slowly approached the bait, but did not go over. It was obviously observing something.

Finally.

It still couldn't resist the temptation of the bait, and tentatively stretched out its front legs to step on the ground.

No movement!

Zhao Ya had expected this a long time ago, so he adjusted the trigger mechanism of the trap very high.

The black bear finally relaxed its vigilance and walked into the trap and was about to bite the bait.

At this moment, the wire trap buried under the dead leaves immediately started, trapping the black bear's hind legs. At the same time, many logs flew from all directions, all of which were nailed with sharp knives, and stabbed the black bear fiercely.

The black bear roared in pain.

At the same time, Zhao Ya drew his bow and shot an arrow at the black bear's wide-open mouth.

After shooting the arrow, Zhao Ya reached out and pulled out the meteorite knife, rushing over like a gust of wind.

He did not slowly grind the prey to death as Niu Yuan taught.

Because although Niu Yuan and his men had rich hunting experience and good knife skills, they were still ordinary people after all, and they were far from having as strong blood and qi as Zhao Ya.

As long as the prey was found and trapped, the next thing would be simple.

Zhao Ya rushed forward and cut off the black bear's spine with one knife.

After it fell to the ground, Zhao Ya's knife went directly into its eyes, ending its pain.

After the hunt was successful, Zhao Ya quickly cut open the black bear's stomach, took out the bear gall, and put it into the medicine bottle prepared in advance.

As for the other flesh and blood, Zhao Ya did not waste it. He packed up the bear's paws and some edible parts, and then returned to the city.

After returning home, Zhao Ya first marinated the bear bile with several antiseptic herbs, and then began to cook the bear meat with great interest.

But after working for a long time, Zhao Ya was disappointed when he ate the bear meat.

Because he did not feel much blood and qi from the bear meat, it was even similar to the pork sold on the market.

The key is that the taste is very bad.

Zhao Ya finally understood why there are so many people practicing martial arts in Wuxiang City, but few go hunting in the mountains.

The flesh and blood of these wild beasts are not very nutritious at all.

Only certain parts, such as the bile of this black bear, have medicinal properties, but they also need to be matched with medicinal herbs before they can be eaten.

No wonder the dried earthworm meat and dried green bamboo snakes flowing out of the inner city are all artificially cultivated.

In the next few days, Zhao Ya went hunting outside the city every day. His hunting skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he soon became an experienced old hunter.

However, as time went by, Zhao Ya found that the situation outside the city was getting worse and worse.

At first, the refugees could still enter the city, but as the number of people increased, the carrying capacity of Wuxiang City reached its limit.

So the three major families in the inner city sent people to guard the city gate to prevent the refugees from entering the city.

The refugees who could not enter the city had to gather at the edge of the forest, and soon formed many large and small groups.

When entering the mountains, Zhao Ya could often see the extremely hungry refugees taking risks and trying to enter the forest to hunt.

But these people had been hungry for a long time and their physical strength had been seriously overdrawn. How could they survive in this dangerous forest?

So their fate was to become food for the wild beasts in the mountains without exception.

In addition, the public security in these refugee gathering places began to deteriorate rapidly.

After all, for these extremely hungry people, no law or morality is as real as a piece of rotten steamed bun.

In addition, without the constraints of external forces, these gathering places quickly transformed into a jungle society where the strong prey on the weak.

As long as you have power, you can deprive others of their things, even their lives, at will.

In the past few days alone, Zhao Ya witnessed more than a dozen fights or murders.

Zhao Ya was powerless and could only watch silently.

After all, one or two people could be saved, but with so many people, Zhao Ya couldn't save them even if he had supernatural powers.

One day, Zhao Ya was preparing to go hunting in the mountains as usual. He had just walked a short distance when he suddenly heard a weak voice beside him.

"Uncle, please have mercy on me and save my child!"

Zhao Ya looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman holding a child at the edge of the forest, leaning against a big tree and looking at him.

Seeing Zhao Ya stop, the woman stood up with difficulty and said in a trembling voice.

"Uncle, they want to eat my child, so I ran here. Please have pity on me and give the child something to eat! I am willing to do anything for you!"

She tried her best to straighten her chest, but the long-term hunger had already made her skinny, and even the symbol of womanhood became shriveled.

Zhao Ya was silent.

He saw that although the woman had become extremely thin, even like a skeleton, the child in her arms was in good condition. Although she was also very thin, there was a trace of blood on her face, and she looked at him curiously.

"Uncle, just give the child a steamed bun!" Seeing Zhao Ya silent, the woman began to beg.

Zhao Ya sighed and took out a small bag of dry food from the package and handed it to the woman.

"Hide here and eat quietly. Don't let anyone see you. Got it?" Zhao Ya reminded.

After taking the dry food bag, the woman knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Ya frantically.

"Thank you, sir, thank you!"

Zhao Ya shook his head, "Okay, no need to do that, eat quickly."

After saying that, Zhao Ya turned and went into the forest.

After he left, the woman tremblingly took out a piece of bread from the dry food bag, put it in her mouth and chewed it for a few times, and then began to feed her child.

After such a long period of hunger, she had no milk, so she could only feed her child in this way.

At the same time, Zhao Ya, who entered the deep mountains, was also in a low mood.

He asked himself if he was not a saint, but the scene he saw today still deeply hurt him.

A mother would pay any price for her child, and in this situation, someone actually planned to eat her child.

Zhao Ya suddenly didn't know how to describe his mood at this time.

He could only let out a long breath and muttered softly.

"What a damn world!"

Today's harvest was good. Zhao Ya hunted two golden snakes and obtained snake gallbladders, which was considered an additional usable medicinal material.

At dusk, Zhao Ya walked out of the deep mountains with today's harvest, but when he came to the edge of the forest, he did not see the woman in the daytime.

Zhao Ya's heart sank, and he walked out of the forest quickly, and then he saw smoke coming out of a refugee gathering place in the distance, and there was a faint smell of meat.