Chapter 448 and the Eagle (7)

last night.

Qin Jue took his hand back with a sullen face.

The sparrowhawk circling above thought she had given up and descended eagerly, calling out "coo".

Qin Jue shook his head, covered up the traces of his hand, and lowered his voice into a hoarse voice: "Who killed Liu Liang?"

The sparrowhawk didn't understand what she meant, so it kept circling and calling.

Qin Juesui pointed to the pit where Liu Liang's bones were buried, and then stood at the edge of the pit. He Xuxu made a few movements to dig down the soil, and then nodded to himself.

The sparrowhawk seemed to understand and flew slower, as if thinking and remembering.

Qin Jue said again: "Can you find it?"

The word "find" was familiar to the eagle. It flew twice slowly, then suddenly changed from "cuckoo" to chirping, and flew into the distance.

Qin Jue immediately followed.

This time the sparrowhawk flew very far, and even had to stop several times on the way to rest in a tree for two or three minutes.

Qin Jue chased it for most of the night, but he still had enough energy to spare, and he could still concentrate on thinking about the cause of the murder.

When she touched the bones, she carefully judged based on the feel. The person who did it was very cruel. Just the part of the leg bones she touched had been cut off at the joints. In addition, there were many signs of fragmentation. Even Liu Liang Even if he is still alive, sooner or later he will die due to comminuted bone fractures.

Cruel and cruel, the degree of injury is almost the same. The person or group of people who killed Liu Liang did not pause at all when they did it, and the force on the vital parts was particularly heavy, which could even rule out the possibility of panic killing.

He is a skilled person, not afraid of killing, taking human lives, and even handling the follow-up very skillfully.

A desperado...

Who would be able to live a life of licking blood with a knife in this era?

Poacher?

The sparrowhawk finished its rest at this time and flapped its wings again. Qin Jue followed and continued to think.

Not like that.

This mountain forest is already considered a protected area. She has not seen any endangered animals in the places she has explored so far. There are no precious plants even near the cabin in the forest. It can only be said to be a piece of natural flavor. The only advantage of mountainous areas with more preservation is that the ecological cycle is not bad.

Since there is no target, how can it attract poachers who put profits first?

Liu Liang's death is surrounded by many mysteries, but since it is an undeniable fact that he was killed, there must have been a conflict or a taboo.

If it was the latter, it was obviously Liu Liang, the forest guard, who discovered the secrets of those villains and was killed by them without hesitation.

Just as he was thinking about it, Qin Jue caught a glimpse of the sparrow hawk speeding up suddenly. Knowing that he was coming, he immediately lowered his sense of presence further.

She didn't expect that this eagle really had a clear destination, but it was not decisive in its flight. She didn't know if it was a little confused about Qin Jue's instructions, or if there was an additional reason.

Qin Jue's running steps suddenly stopped.

Her pupils tightened in a rare way, but her men did not forget to scratch the leaves a few times to give a signal to the sparrow hawk.

The eagle obviously knew the threat ahead better than she did. It immediately flew back, fluttered and stayed on the tree, and folded its wings a little heavier than before, making it appear smaller.

Qin Jue felt a little ridiculous. She asked the sparrowhawk to stop here and jumped to a closer tree. She squatted down and looked through the hood.

In front of her was a cave.

The entrance to the cave appears to be naturally formed, but as you go further in, there are more and more signs that it has been dug by humans. There are two monitors fixed high on the inside of the cave wall. Judging from the appearance and age, it can be seen that it is better than the one at the cabin in the forest. Much more advanced.

But none of this matters.

The important thing is that there are living things in the cave.

Separated by nearly twenty meters and blocked by layers of trees, Qin Jue could still smell the scent in the air.

Unless the beast's sense of presence is deliberately restrained, it cannot escape its kind.

She just felt that the current situation was somewhat...absurd.

Because the thermal imaging fed back to her that there was a bear in the cave.

It was very thin, almost shapeless, but from its body shape and other details, we could roughly tell that there was an 80% chance that the living thing inside was a bear.

Outrageous.

Qin Jue frowned tightly, gestured to Ying, and then suddenly released a strong sense of presence.

It was an aura similar to that of a ferocious beast claiming its territory, with a strong sense of aggression and aggression, but it was measured just right, so as not to make other living creatures unable to breathe and lose their fighting spirit in an instant.

Even the sparrowhawk that had already been in contact with her immediately raised its vigilance several times after being struck by the aura at close range, and reflexively retreated far away, almost invisible.

Qin Jue's brows furrowed even deeper.

It was only twenty meters, and she knew that even if the depth of the hole was added, the bear would still be able to feel it.

No response...

Qin Jue clicked her tongue and jumped forward among the dense woods. She stopped on a tree five meters away from the entrance of the cave. She bent her knees and exerted her strength. The branches under her feet immediately made a snapping sound. At the same time, her whole body was already It shot into the hole like a sharp arrow.

After landing, the heavy sound of thick branches falling to the ground was heard behind him.

But Qin Jue did not stop. As soon as his toes touched the ground, he immediately bounced up. His body was like a thin piece of paper, sticking to the cave wall, moving forward like a spider.

The cave was not deep, but someone dug a passage down about ten meters. The entrance of the passage was blocked by stones, just like a manhole cover that didn't fit properly.

Qin Jue landed gracefully in an unmonitored place, bowed his body, tightened his arm muscles, and moved the stone aside with one hand.

With this move, a strong fishy smell suddenly overflowed from the entrance. The body odor of beasts, the smell of blood and feces were mixed together, and poured into the nasal cavity straight into the sky. If it had been anyone else, their eyes might have been smelt. Gotta be blurry.

Qin was unmoved and walked straight down the ladder.

The good news is that none of the surveillance cameras inside are focused on the entrance or the landing point below.

Even better news, she had a face-to-face encounter with the bear.

Qin Jue looked forward in silence.

There was an extremely narrow place in her field of vision, no more than one meter wide and no more than two meters high. Anyone standing here would feel a strong sense of oppression coming from the top of her head, and it was so narrow that it was suffocating.

The same goes for bears, of course.

Qin Jue didn't deliberately release his momentum. The bear shrank back just as soon as it realized that there was a humanoid standing in front of it.

But behind it was the wall, with no way out but the rattling of rusty chains around his neck and limbs.

Across the cage door, Qin Jue came face to face with the bear.

It was skinny and skinny, its hair was dull and dirty, and in some places it was even knotted with mud. Its chest and abdomen were shaved to expose the skin. It was not tall enough to stand and not wide enough to lie down. It could only sit like a bear doll in the window, with its limbs He collapsed, facing the person, and was tightly cuffed by chains.

It can't make a sound, at most it can only make a whimpering sound. Because its jaw has been dislocated long ago, it can only open its mouth. There is no hair around the mouth, and there is no tongue in the mouth. The teeth are dull, some are very short, and some are not. has simply disappeared.

Qin Jue looked away and turned to the corner.

There is a hand-made wooden frame there. At the bottom are cleaning tools, and buckets with fecal residue can be seen. On the upper grid are smaller buckets with a little bit of paste in them, maybe food. At the top is a horizontal shelf. The stainless steel suitcase was placed there, like the kind used by two parties to pay for delivery in the movie. Even if it was gathering dust, its metal texture was incompatible with other things.

Qin Jue stretched out his hand to the top.

As soon as the buckle of the box clicked, the bear immediately started struggling.

For a moment, the area at most four or five meters in front and back was filled with the sound of chains.

"Quiet."

Qin Jue's momentum briefly burst out with her calm words, and then quickly subsided to nothing.

The bear made no more noise, sitting there silently like a broken doll.

Qin Jue fumbled in the darkness and opened the suitcase. After confirming that there was no danger, he reached out to explore.

That's a set of instruments.

An instrument for extracting bile from a live bear.