Li Fu and Song Mingqian, covered in dust, emerged from the woods, each dragging a Wild Rhinoceros Pig by one ear.
The Wild Rhinoceros Pig was about half a person tall, with a bloody, gaping hole in its head, courtesy of Xia Chujian's earlier shot.
As they emerged, they saw Xia Chujian standing in the forest clearing, bundled up like a ball, the muzzle of her submachine gun still smoking...
It was evident how cold it was.
"Chujian, we know you're a good shot, but you don't have to show off to this extent..." Song Mingqian shook his head, looking utterly defeated.
Li Fu blinked, then suddenly grinned, giving Xia Chujian a thumbs-up. "Chujian, you really made things easier for us! Look at that shot! Right in the forehead! Not a single one of those four tusks damaged!"
Xia Chujian had only ever seen Wild Rhinoceros Pig ribs before, and some blurry images on the StarNet.
This was the first time she had seen the real, complete Wild Rhinoceros Pig.
The Wild Rhinoceros Pig had four snow-white, protruding tusks, unlike ordinary farmed pigs.
"Huh? Why are its four tusks sticking out like that?" Xia Chujian asked curiously, walking over and crouching down to examine her "spoils of war" closely.
Li Fu waved his hand. "That's why it's called a Rhinoceros Pig! It has the same characteristics as a rhinoceros, but with two extra tusks. Let me tell you, those four tusks are worth a lot of money! One tusk can sell for a thousand Beichen Coins!"
Xia Chujian's eyes lit up. "Ah? One tusk sells for a thousand Beichen Coins?! So four tusks would be four thousand Beichen Coins?!"
She immediately thought of her neighbor, Aunt Chen...
From what she had observed, Aunt Chen went into the Exotic Beast Forest at least once a month.
Each time, she would "find" at least one Wild Rhinoceros Pig, so she earned at least four thousand Beichen Coins each time, and that didn't even include the money from the Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat.
Meanwhile, Aunt Chen's husband's monthly salary was only five hundred Beichen Coins.
Aunt Chen earned much more than her husband!
But she had heard Aunt Chen's husband beat and scold her more than once, saying she ate and drank his, so she should let him beat her and scold her...
Could it be that Aunt Chen was being ripped off by unscrupulous merchants when selling Black Rhinoceros Pig? Xia Chujian asked doubtfully, "Fu Ye, are you sure one tusk can sell for a thousand Beichen Coins? Can you sell them for that much anywhere?"
Li Fu had given himself the nickname "Fu Ye," but unfortunately, his teammates didn't buy it. They refused to call him Fu Ye, and instead called him "Xiao Fu Zi," "Xiao Fu Zi."
Now, hearing Xia Chujian actually call him "Fu Ye" was like eating the finest Beichen Star milk-flavored frozen ice cream in the sweltering heat, or eating the most tender Black Rhinoceros Pig rib barbecue in the dead of winter!
Li Fu beamed, his voice as sweet as if it had been infused with honey. "Little Chujian, you haven't done this kind of business before, have you? Let me tell you, one thousand Beichen Coins is the standard price. Go to any jewelry store, and as long as you have intact Wild Rhinoceros Pig tusks, the minimum price is one thousand Beichen Coins! If the quality is good and the tusks are large, you can even sell them for a high price of one thousand five hundred to two thousand!"
"Really that much money?" Xia Chujian's eyes darted around as she quickly calculated.
A Black Rhinoceros Pig could earn at least four thousand Beichen Coins, and ten Black Rhinoceros Pigs would be forty thousand Beichen Coins.
And her family's house, which had been sold, was only worth a little over thirty thousand.
Her aunt's hospital bills were only a little over ten thousand a year.
So, as long as she killed ten Black Rhinoceros Pigs, it would be equivalent to a house, or four years of hospital bills! Xia Chujian instantly made a decision. After this mission was over, she would secretly come to the Exotic Beast Forest to catch Black Truffle Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, just like Aunt Chen! But Li Fu seemed to see what Xia Chujian was thinking and shook his head. "Don't get your hopes up. These Black Truffle Wild Rhinoceros Pigs only roam in the areas near the Land of the Far North in the Exotic Beast Forest, which is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from Mulan City!"
"We can fly here on this combat aircraft with advanced power sources for this mission."
"But once the mission is over, you'll have to return the aircraft. How will you get here?"
"Our team's combat aircraft uses conventional power, which can't support such a long flight."
"If you calculate it, the travel expenses alone wouldn't be worth it."
Xia Chujian: "..."
Although Li Fu had seen through her intentions, Xia Chujian wasn't angry.
She only had one thought in her mind right now.
If Black Truffle Wild Rhinoceros Pigs only roamed in such a distant place, how did Aunt Chen manage to get one Black Truffle Wild Rhinoceros Pig every month!
Aunt Chen was an ordinary housewife with no job. Could she also borrow an aircraft powered by small-scale controlled nuclear fusion?!
If she had that ability, she wouldn't live in such a poor house and be beaten by her husband so often.
It didn't make sense at all...
Xia Chujian pondered for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it.
Anyway, Aunt Chen must have her own secrets, and why should she inquire about other people's secrets?
That's the way it is.
Xia Chujian reined in her thoughts, looked at the Black Truffle Wild Rhino Pig, and said meaningfully, "Now that we're here, should we clear the area? This kind of Wild Rhino Pig has four long tusks, and looks fierce. For our own safety, let's strike first!"
What the hell is "strike first"! Song Mingqian was more straightforward and didn't understand Xia Chujian's meaning yet, so he subconsciously said, "This kind of Wild Rhino Pig is a vegetarian, mainly eating Black Truffles, and won't hurt people..."
Xia Chujian's face froze, and she stared at Song Mingqian seriously, "Song Mingqian, are you sure, certain, and absolutely believe that Wild Rhino Pigs won't hurt people? Even if it's a vegetarian, wouldn't you be injured if it poked you with its four big tusks?"
Song Mingqian: ...
Damn it, he hated the nickname "Song Mingqian"! But what Xia Chujian said wasn't unreasonable, and why should he vouch for a Wild Rhino Pig?
Even if he saved the Wild Rhino Pig, would these pigs automatically give him a pair of big tusks? Song Mingqian finally understood Xia Chujian's meaning, and said seriously, "Chujian is right, I really can't guarantee it. How about this, you and Xiao Fu Zi clear the area, and Ye team and I will take care of this pig, and wait for you to barbecue it?"
"Brother Song is awesome! He's got the Wild Rhino Pigs within a five-hundred-mile radius all figured out!" Xia Chujian gave Song Mingqian a thumbs up, and didn't call him by his nickname "Song Mingqian" anymore.
Ye Shijie leaned against the door of the small wooden house and watched the show for a long time. Only then did he lazily say, "Don't make it five hundred miles, Chujian, don't be too greedy. Five miles is enough. Wild Rhino Pigs aren't that easy to catch, do you really think this Exotic Beast Forest is a pig farm?"
Xia Chujian raised her right hand, made a fist and placed it on her left chest, gave him a non-standard hunter's salute, and said with a smile, "Yes, I'll listen to Ye team!"
After speaking, she waved to Li Fu, "Fu Ye, shall we clear the area?"
Li Fu grinned, "Understood!"
...
Xia Chujian put the gun case, sniper rifle, and fully automatic submachine gun into the small wooden house, only took a Xia Zhi 085 Assault Rifle, and a military crossbow, carried a bag of crossbow bolts on her back, and a bullet bag slung across her waist, and walked into the forest where the Wild Rhino Pig had appeared with Li Fu.
This place was close to the Land of the Far North, and was already extremely cold, and now it was snowing heavily.
Xia Chujian looked at the towering giant evergreen trees, and asked Li Fu curiously, "Fu Ye, it's so cold here, but there are so many evergreen trees. How do you think they survive?"
According to the little basic geography knowledge Xia Chujian had learned, she knew that evergreen trees should be more common in tropical and subtropical regions.
Li Fu held his hunting rifle, vigilantly observed the surroundings, glanced at the top of his head, and said, "Who cares how they survive, anyway, they're alive, and the leaves are dense, which can shelter us from the wind and snow, isn't that good?"
The leaves were indeed so dense that they blocked out the sky and the sun, blocking most of the snow, and only a shallow layer fell on the ground.
In the forest under the trees, there were also withered yellow grass and various shrubs, as well as various small animals, which scurried out from all directions from time to time and ran past them.
Xia Chujian thought about it and felt it made sense, so she stopped dwelling on the question, and tsked, "It seems that this place is indeed rarely visited, Fu Ye, look, the animals here don't avoid people."
Li Fu's bear-paw-like thick hand stroked his chin, squinted his eyes and said, "When I came with that Song Mingqian guy just now, I didn't see so many animals."
"...Then how did you catch that Wild Rhino Pig?" Xia Chujian asked curiously.
She was only interested in Wild Rhino Pigs that grew up eating Black Truffles.
Li Fu tore off a leaf from a shrub and chewed it, and said with a smile, "Good luck! Actually, we just planned to catch a few Red Sparrow Wild Chickens to satisfy our cravings! You don't know how tender the meat of the Red Sparrow Wild Chicken is! Especially the wild Red Sparrow Wild Chicken, the fragrance is amazing!"
Li Fu slurped and swallowed, then suddenly stopped, listened carefully for a while, and said, "Three o'clock direction ahead, about ten meters away, there seems to be another Wild Rhino Pig."
Li Fu was a Gene Evolver, his hearing, vision, and physical strength were far beyond what ordinary people like Xia Chujian could compare to.
In this dense forest, only they could quickly find hunting targets.
Of course, Xia Chujian didn't hear anything. She only regretted that she couldn't install a radar system on herself! She glanced at him enviously, Xia Chujian silently turned around, turned on the telescope function of the eyepiece on her helmet, and sure enough, she saw a Wild Rhino Pig grunting and looking around.
It was even bigger than the one Li Fu and Song Mingqian had just caught!
She immediately stopped, aimed at the three o'clock direction ahead, and the military crossbow silently took its life, cutting through the heavy and cold air, and hitting the Wild Rhino Pig.
With a loud bang, the Wild Rhino Pig fell heavily to the ground.
The two strode over.
The Wild Rhino Pig was indeed bigger, and it looked almost like a small elephant when it fell to the ground. The four big tusks were also half the length of ivory, more white and crystal clear, and even faintly had the texture of jade.
Xia Chujian's military crossbow hit the Wild Rhino Pig right in the middle of its forehead.
She pulled out the crossbow bolt with one hand.
The crossbow bolt quenched with exotic metal was not damaged at all, and not even a drop of the Wild Rhino Pig's blood and brain matter was stained on it.
However, Xia Chujian still wiped the crossbow bolt with a fan-sized leaf from a nearby shrub before putting it back in her quiver.
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