Vol 3 Chapter 232: "Savage"

As soon as it got dark, the people in the temporary camp had already begun to pack up their equipment, gather garbage, and prepare to start searching as planned.
Team Leader Li also got up early, washed his face with clean water, rinsed his mouth, and ate compressed dry food while starting to check the team's condition.
Although the company kept secrets from them and didn't say anything clearly, it made Team Leader Li a little unhappy when he performed the task, but I have to say that the treatment is still quite good, so that he can completely ignore this unhappy feeling.
Not only are there generous remunerations and benefits, but also high field allowances and bonuses. The equipment and various supplies are also quite complete when they are on duty.
Just like the compressed dry food in hand, it is not available on the market. It is specially developed and produced by the company's R&D department. There is nothing on the packaging except the shelf life.
In fact, Team Leader Li suspects that things like this are probably made by the high-paying researchers in the R&D department when they are idle. Otherwise, even if there is no market in the market, they can still have a casual cooperation with the military. A lot of orders and income. These compressed dry foods were much better than the standard products he was eating before.
In less than an hour, the team was fully organized. After they left, apart from the traces of camping, there was no domestic garbage left in that area.
"Dr. Fang, take a look at today's search plan. Is there anything to be revised?"
Team Leader Li handed a very heavy tablet to the female doctor who was accompanying him, as he wanted to follow her advice.
Dr. Fang looks in his thirties, his skin is not much whiter than that of Team Leader Li, his facial features are relatively rough, he looks a bit masculine, and his work is no less efficient than those of male team members who have experience in the military camp.
She glanced at the tablet, did not accept it, and said, "Mr. Liang will approve it."
Team Leader Li took back the tablet reluctantly. In fact, it is his authority to arrange the search plan. He does not need to ask Dr. Fang’s opinion. The reason for asking is actually to use this conversation to talk to Dr. Fang, as long as she If you give an opinion, you can follow the conversation and ask more information naturally. Although he feels that the researchers who used to sit in the laboratory may not know everything, but they should be a little bit more than they did field work.
A few minutes later, Team Leader Li and Mr. Liang made a conversation via satellite connection.
Their search methods are quite special, because most of them don't actually know what they are looking for.
There are four crew members on the ground with cameras, and three small drones with cameras in the air, searching and shooting everywhere, passing the pictures through the drone platform at a higher level to "Mr. Liang" thousands of miles away. .
Mr. Liang can choose which camera to switch to to watch, or watch all the pictures at the same time.
Generally speaking, unless there are obvious signs of abnormality, or Mr. Liang gives orders directly, they will walk along the planned route quickly, without any detailed search.
But in the deep mountains of the uninhabited area of ​​the Qinling Mountains, they are searching for unknown creatures that may exist and do not know the specific circumstances. Team leader Li dare not relax in the slightest, and is always observing the surroundings through various equipment. The environment and team members.
This search state lasted for five days. Just when Team Leader Li was calculating the consumption of supplies and felt that this time he might have to return without success, Mr. Liang first gave an order to change the search plan.
A few hours later, Mr. Liang issued instructions again to conduct a "deep inspection" of an area.
At this time, several researchers led by Dr. Fang were on the court, and Team Leader Li led his team members to be responsible for the perimeter guard.
After the alert was arranged, Team Leader Li carefully approached Dr. Fang, looked at the big tree they were surrounding, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with this tree?"
Dr. Fang did not ignore his question this time. While watching several researchers collect samples, he replied: "I was drenched by some kind of strong corrosive liquid from above, and I was dying."
Team Leader Li raised his head, frowning and looking at the half-black tree: "Is this man-made? Or is it the kind of creature we are looking for?"
Dr. Fang shook his head: "It is temporarily unsure, but judging from the condition of this tree, the time it was attacked should have been ten days or more ago. Unfortunately, during this period of time it rained several times in the Qinling Mountains, and the surrounding traces were washed away. Almost."
"Whether it's a human or any other creature, if so much corrosive liquid is poured from it, it should be a sneak attack? What about the object that was attacked? If it is injured, how many marks will be left? When you come over, Didn't you find it?" Team Leader Li judged based on his experience.
When it comes to the analysis of creatures and certain specific substances, he is definitely better than the doctors above them, but when it comes to the ability to survive in the wild, adapt to changes, track and track, and deal with enemies, he is much better than them.
"Nothing found." Dr. Fang said, controlling a drone to slowly approach the top of the tree to take pictures and observe.
Mr. Liang's unpleasant voice sounded from the communicator: "Collect the samples you need, and don't spend too much time here. With this tree as the center, search for three sides, starting from the east."
Mr. Liang has spoken, and neither Team Leader Li nor Dr. Fang naturally followed suit.
For this peculiar "Mr. Liang", Team Leader Li's curiosity will not be less than for the unknown creatures they are tracking now.
You know, after he was introduced and entered the special department of this company, even Mr. Lu Chengan, the founder and chairman of "Shenxing Technology", who had little information from the outside world, met once. "Sir" but he only heard his voice but never saw him.
However, Chairman Lu explained that in their department, "Mr. Liang" is fully responsible, and everyone must follow the instructions of "Mr. Liang".
Team Leader Li looked at Dr. Fang, who was doing things silently in front of him, and couldn't help but guess that these researchers who worked in the laboratory had not seen "Mr. Liang"?
But he will definitely not ask at this time, because now he is wearing a communication device, and Mr. Liang can hear every word he says. Inquiring about the unknown creature's situation can also be said to be for his own safety. However, to inquire about Mr. Liang, it is very likely that he will have to cross the line, which belongs to "information outside the scope of snooping."
Before the sun went down, they found a very special "trace".
It was half a footprint, and it was obviously a human footprint.
However, the relatively obvious trace is only the edge of the thumb, and the other parts are blurred.
This was because the footprint was blocked by the protruding rocks and surrounding weeds, and was not completely washed away by the previous heavy rains.
"Let your people not walk around, there may be footprints in other places." Dr. Fang immediately explained to Team Leader Li.
Team Leader Li responded and radioed the surrounding team members to stand by and be on guard, paying attention to the surrounding situation.
"Looking at these footprints, it should have been a while." Group Leader Li observed and said.
"Scan this footprint and go around to see if there are other traces." Mr. Liang also ordered.
Although this seems to be just an ordinary human footprint, appearing in this uninhabited area of ​​the Qinling Mountains is a big doubt.
What kind of person would walk barefoot in this deep mountain and old forest?
Even if they are such a well-equipped and experienced team, it will take a lot of effort to get here. I am afraid that there will not be any lone tourists who have the ability and courage to walk here-not to mention that they have not worn shoes.
"Could it be a savage?" Team Leader Li asked tentatively. Based on the size of the thumb on the footprint, he initially judged that the owner of the footprint was a tall adult male.
Mr. Liang did not speak, and Dr. Fang focused on scanning the footprints with an expression, and did not answer.
If it was before, to collect such footprints in the field, liquid paraffin would be used to make impressions for preservation. But now it doesn't have to be so troublesome. After the portable scanner is scanned, the details of the footprints are recorded and restored with a 3D printer.
After several researchers carefully and carefully took pictures of the surroundings, they began to shovel all the dirt on the footprints and collect them back.
Walking barefoot in such a place can easily leave body tissue residues.
Seeing Dr. Fang and several research institutes slowly searching the surroundings, trying to find more footprints and other traces, Team Leader Li was also inexplicably excited.
If it wasn't for a hapless tourist who came here and broke his shoes and could only walk barefoot, then it is likely that the owner of the footprints was originally living in the depths of the Qinling Mountains.
Could it be that the unknown creature they are tracking is a human appearance?
But in the video taken by the anchor, how did the wound on the dead wild boar cause it?
Is it a bow and arrow?
So this is a savage living in seclusion in the old forest in the mountains?
What is so special about this savage?
Team Leader Li doesn't believe that "Shenxing Technology" will spend so much money, just to find wild people. And from the previous several times that he led the team to perform field tasks, it must not be simply to find a wild man.
"I hope that guy is still there."
Team Leader Li checked the anesthesia gun used to deal with the big beasts and tightened his tactical gloves.
It's a pity that they searched for a long time, and although they also found a few mud pits that looked like footprints, none of them had a relatively complete shape like the previous footprint.
But this actually proves from the side that the footprints are unlikely to be left by tourists who have worn their shoes and had to go barefoot.
"Continue to check east." Mr. Liang gave instructions again.
A day later, at the prompt of Mr. Liang, they found a cave on the cliff.
They first confirmed the safety with a drone, and then prepared for more than an hour before slowly entering the cave from above.
Team leader Li was one of the three who entered the cave. The space in the cave was not large or deep. It was filled with a very complex stench. After confirming that there were only some beast remains in the cave, he let it Dr. Fang brought people down.
When Dr. Fang, who was going down the rope at the mouth of the cave, unbuckled the protective buckle, Team Leader Li frowned and looked around the mouth of the cave, wondering: "This is the'savages' den? How did he get in?" Obviously, Zailiang Under the instructions of the husband, he subconsciously thought that this cave was the den of the "savages" who left footprints.
Soon after Dr. Fang and several researchers entered the cave, they came to a judgment:
No fatal wounds were found on the bodies of the few birds and poultry in the cave. They seemed to be waiting to die in this cave. Judging from the degree of decay, he died for about half a month.
Dr. Fang and the others did not perform a detailed inspection here. After simply photographing and recording the situation on the scene, they installed the corpses and hung them up the cliff by ropes.
"It's a bit weird..." After group leader Li wandered around the cave for a while, he felt even more strange, because he didn't find any traces of human life-even "savages".
Then he stopped in front of a corner inside the cave, illuminating the piece of...wood carving in the corner with a tactical flashlight?
"Doctor Fang, come and take a look at this."
Team Leader Li didn't dare to check directly, instead he called out Dr. Fang who was directing other researchers to bag dead birds.
After hearing the sound, Dr. Fang frowned when he saw the wood carving thrown in the corner, "What is this?"
She checked the surroundings carefully, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, she picked up the wooden sculpture with her plastic gloved hands.
It is said to be wood carving, but it is actually very rough. It is obviously made of a piece of wood that was folded randomly, only the size of a fist.
The lower part is the broken surface of the wood, which is obviously broken directly with brute force instead of sawing it with a tool. The upper part is carved with a grinning cartoon rabbit.
This can only be said to be a rough blank, without any polishing, and it does not look like it was carved with a special carving tool, but it looks like it was "chiseled" with fangs, so this rabbit looks very strange.
"That'savage' carved? Is this the it believes in?" Team Leader Li murmured: "Dr. Fang, have you seen the shape of this rabbit before? I don't seem to have heard of it. What civilized beliefs are there? Totem is a rabbit?"
Dr. Fang shook his head, showed the wooden sculpture in front of the camera, and slowly rotated it so that Mr. Liang could see the whole picture.
"Bring it back." Mr. Liang didn't make any judgment on the wood carving, but simply said.
After packing up all the objects in the cave and hanging them up, Team Leader Li and Dr. Fang also left the cave.
After returning to the top of the cliff, Team Leader Li used the tablet to call up the map, and while doing a follow-up search plan centered on this cave, he calculated how many days the supplies they carried this time could last-don’t worry about eating and drinking, but The energy of many devices, including small drones, is a problem. He was considering whether he wanted to apply to Mr. Liang to send someone in to support him and bring in some necessary supplies by the way.
After all, it seemed that this time, it was very likely that the unknown creature they were tracking was getting closer and closer.
This is the first time he has felt this way since so many field workers.
But he didn't expect Mr. Liang to suddenly say: "It's okay, withdraw it."
Not only Team Leader Li, but even Dr. Fang, who has been relatively taciturn, subconsciously replied: "But we have found a clue..."
Mr. Liang also seldom explained one more sentence: "It's dangerous, you can't deal with it."
very dangerous?
Team Leader Li glanced at the equipment he carried and his crew members ~EbookFREE.me~ just when they encountered wolves, even if they encountered fierce beasts such as bears, lions, and tigers, they could easily deal with them. Even if you encounter a team of heavily armed bandits, with their current equipment, you can definitely spot the opponent in advance, and you may not have to fight.
Why does Mr. Liang feel dangerous?
Then why did he spend so much money inviting them to investigate?
Or are they just responsible for investigating, and other teams that they don’t know about that are actually responsible for capturing unknown creatures?
Although there were many doubts in his mind, he did not ask any more questions because he knew that Mr. Liang would definitely not answer.
So after Team Leader Li and Dr. Fang assigned the task of how to carry the "samples" packaged in the cave, the team began to move in the fastest direction they recalculated.
In the evening, Team Leader Li still arranged vigilance and camping skillfully, and told his deputy that he would get into his sleeping bag to rest early after midnight.