Chapter 17: Ambush

A sudden call for help.

Even if the other party might be a poacher, Yu Ke still had to go out.

On the one hand, he could not be 100% sure of the other party's identity. There were guys who had rashly entered Jinghu Forest in the past.

As a forest ranger, Yu Ke did have the responsibility to rescue them.

On the other hand, Yu Ke was quite concerned about the place where the other party was attacked.

That was the activity range or territory of the Shadow Moon Leopard!

If Yu Ke's previous speculation was correct, they might have encountered the Shadow Moon Leopard, which was the most difficult target to complete in Yu Ke's first work mission. It was just right to take this opportunity to get it done, so that he would have time to deal with his own affairs tomorrow.

The off-road vehicle drove away from the camp and merged into the night.

Yu Ke transferred the coordinates of the call for help to the on-board computer and asked it to give the shortest route.

The rain was reduced compared to the morning, leaving only some hazy drizzle in the wind.

Along the forest road, the off-road vehicle turned on the headlights, and Yu Ke turned on the radio channel to try to contact the rescue personnel again.

Hiss~ Hiss~

The sound of electricity mixed with the sound of rain, and heavy panting came from the channel.

"Are you almost there?"

"Run to the road, don't stay in the jungle, my car can't enter the forest!"

Yu Ke reminded repeatedly. At this time, there was already thick fog in the forest and the light was dim.

If these people were running around in there, unless he was lucky, he would not be able to save them at all. He could only let the former get as close to the road as possible so that he could find them as soon as he arrived nearby.

No response.

Maybe the signal in the forest was not good. After a short contact, the channel fell into silence again.

Yu Ke had no choice but to continue to approach the area where the other party was, hoping that they would listen to his words.

About ten minutes later, Yu Ke arrived at the area where the rescue signal was last sent, slowed down, installed a red and blue warning light on the top of the off-road vehicle, and tried to use this method to point out the direction for the rescuer.

Compared with the searchlight in front of the car, the red and blue flashing lights are obviously more effective in this dark jungle.

About a hundred meters ahead, Yu Ke noticed a embarrassed figure jumping out from the roadside in front, running to the middle of the road, shaking his arms twice, and holding his knees as if he was exhausted.

He drove over quickly, and in the process, Yu Ke looked at the other party's attire.

A full set of off-road equipment, a short knife on his waist, and more importantly, even when he was running for his life, this guy actually carried a bag in his hand, and most of the weapons stored in it were his hunting weapons.

Seeing this scene, Yu Ke's eyes gradually turned cold.

Pretending!

After getting closer, he turned the steering wheel. The off-road vehicle drifted and stopped in front of the rescuer. Yu Ke was about to ask someone to get in the car, but the latter leaned on the window and begged, "I have two companions. They are in the forest next to me. They are injured and can't run. Please help me." Yu Ke glanced over and saw a rough man's face under the hood of the raincoat. It was obvious that he often experienced wind and rain outside. His left face was stained with blood. There was panic in his eyes, but there were also some other emotions. "Take me to find them." Without much nonsense, Yu Ke turned around and pushed open the door of the cab. Before getting off the car, he put the Leviathan Axe on his back. After opening the full-coverage helmet and turning on the lights on both sides, Yu Ke followed the man to leave the road and walk towards the rain-shrouded jungle next to him. After walking about ten meters, Yu Ke heard someone calling for help. Glancing at the man who had been walking side by side with him and no longer walked in front of him, Yu Ke walked forward on his own and soon found two people leaning against a tree, a man and a woman, with backpacks beside them.

The woman with injured legs and feet, half of her trouser legs were lifted up, revealing half of her long white legs, her hair was wet by the rain, she looked at Yu Ke pitifully, stretched out her hand and said in a sad voice,

"Please help me, I really can't walk anymore."

"Help her up, my car is over there, what monster are you being chased by?"

Yu Ke had no intention of approaching at all, and asked in a deep voice.

"It's a terrifying leopard. We are researchers sent by the Danhang Natural Research Institute. We wanted to observe the growth of the jungle in the rainy environment, but we didn't expect it to follow us, right over there!"

The man next to the tree saw that Yu Ke didn't come up to help him, his expression froze, and then he turned his head suddenly to look to the side as if he had discovered something.

Hearing that the monster was nearby, Yu Ke turned his head subconsciously.

Almost at the same time, the man half-crouching by the tree and the guy behind Yu Ke suddenly jumped up, took out a short knife from his side and rushed towards Yu Ke, trying to kill Yu Ke on the spot.

The woman who was pretending to be pitiful before showed a playful expression on her face.

So what if she escaped the honey trap?

They failed in this hunting trip, so they had to get something back. The forest ranger in front of them was their "blood recovery pack".

As long as they killed him, the off-road vehicle on the road outside would be their means of transportation for the return trip. The things in the car and the camp would also allow them to easily survive the rainy day, and maybe they could continue hunting after resting.

Kill that damn leopard!

Puff~

Warm blood splattered on the woman's face, and her playful expression turned into surprise.

Her companion was slashed in the middle of his cheek by a dog-leg knife, and the blade brought blood across the rain curtain. Another person held a short knife in his hand, but his neck was strangled by a broad palm, and his fingers broke the flesh directly, and the sound of the spine breaking was particularly crisp.

In a flash, two people died!

The woman raised her head blankly, and all she saw was the figure of the forest ranger standing in the same place. Even with a helmet covering her, she could still feel the cold gaze from behind the mask.

Yu Ke's guess was right.

This is a poaching team, and they are desperate.

The Forest Defense Bureau has mentioned these people in training. In order to obtain high-value items produced in Jinghu Forest, they don't mind killing and robbing at all, and their moral bottom line is very low.

Therefore, when Yu Ke saw the person seeking help, he was already alert in his heart. How could he let them succeed in a sneak attack?

Two ordinary people wanted to kill him, a supernatural being, with a short knife. They really wanted to go to hell!

"What is your purpose in breaking into Jinghu Forest?"

Pulling out the hand that broke the poacher's neck, Yu Ke said indifferently.

This was Yu Ke's first time killing someone, and he thought it would be an extremely difficult thing.

When he really started to do it, he found that he was much colder and even crueler than he imagined.

Perhaps it was because he had never really integrated into this world.

In Yu Ke's eyes, these people were not much different from NPCs in the game.

He could be said to have no worries in this world, and his style of doing things was naturally taboo-free.

"Don't kill me, I... I'll tell you everything."

Seeing that her two companions died on the spot after just one encounter, the woman immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

Yu Ke tightened and loosened his hand holding the dog-leg knife,

"Answer my question just now!"

"Shadow Moon Leopard! Someone has offered us a high price to hunt it. Bringing back the body will get a reward of 800,000 yuan, and keeping it alive is worth 2 million!"

Looking at the blood-dripping short knife in Yu Ke's hand, the woman did not dare to hide anything.