461: A large crater was blasted into the ground not far away.

"These two tigers are deliberately humiliating us..."

"If they dare to come in, we must kill them."

The injured men cursed.

Xiao Niannian listened to the roars of the tigers and the curses of these men. She heard their anxious attempts to make fire by rubbing sticks.

"Old Bao, you go make fire by rubbing sticks too."

"If it still doesn't light, take apart the gunpowder from the bullets..."

Xiao Niannian listened as they busied themselves for half an hour, but the fire still hadn't lit.

Shen Yan heard the tigers' roars not far away. He looked at Xiao Niannian.

"Sister, these tigers are roaring so spiritedly."

"They are just toying with these people right now."

"The tigers aren't showing themselves now; they're deliberately roaring a few times to make their spirits collapse, and then they'll strike when they're tired..."

"Your guess is very accurate," Xiao Niannian nodded.

"These tigers are so intelligent?"

Shen Yan had heard before that tigers had the intelligence of a few-year-old child, but he never expected their intelligence to be this high.

Standing here, he could still hear those people yelling.

Shen Yan thought of the thorns he had laid down, and he decided to get some more. If someone really fell down, those bastards would be impaled to death.

He took the ones he had laid not far from the cave entrance, then brought in some more, expanding the covered area.

Yang Xi watched Shen Yan running back and forth, transporting those things, and he spoke.

"Didn't you come down with ropes? Were those ropes not left up there?"

Shen Yan heard him and replied.

"How could they be left up there? Brother Lu and the others already put those ropes away." Shen Yan chuckled again.

"But if they were left up there, we could have waited for them to fall into our trap."

Seeing Shen Yan's gaze, Xiao Niannian smiled.

"You want to lure people down?"

Shen Yan nodded.

"No need to lure them. The tigers will strike tonight, and then maybe a few people will roll down..."

That's right, he had fallen from above before, and it was because he saw these bushes and thought they were not dangerous. Who would have thought there would be such a big hole under the bushes?

"No, Big Brother, someone has been in this cave before. Look, there are traces here..."

Xiao Niannian heard someone above talking to the Leading Boss.

The Leading Boss had been resting with his eyes closed, but hearing this, he immediately looked over.

Previously, many parts of the cave were dark, and because the tigers were outside, he wasn't in the mood to check the cave's condition. Now, hearing his subordinate's words, he looked carefully.

Upon inspection, he indeed saw many irregularities. The ground clearly showed signs of someone burning firewood.

Could it be that Yang Xi was living here, and fled in a panic when he heard their voices?

"Big Brother, was Yang Xi living here?"

"Big Brother, there seems to be half a footprint here."

Seeing the footprint, the Leading Boss leaned in. Under the flashlight's beam, he saw that the footprint was very large, but the impression was somewhat blurry.

"It must be Yang Xi, he must be nearby."

But now, they wanted to find Yang Xi, it was dark, and the tigers were still outside.

"Wait until dawn. After dawn, we'll go look for Yang Xi."

At a time like this, going out to search again would be no different from seeking death. They couldn't afford to lose any more men; they could only wait.

"Cough, cough, cough."

All the firewood was damp, and even though the fire was lit, the smoke was still incredibly choking.

"Put the other firewood on the side to dry. Dry them out a bit, and then add more firewood later..."

The Leading Boss was also choked badly as he instructed his subordinates.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Nickname was coughing badly now. He lay on the ground, still feeling hot all over.

The subordinates responsible for vigilance at the cave entrance also started coughing from the smoke.

For a while, the cave was filled with constant cries of pain and coughing.

The Leading Boss walked to the cave entrance. He took out his binoculars, wanting to survey the surroundings, but the moonlight today was poor, and even with binoculars, he couldn't see anything.

Moreover, it was snowing lightly outside, a vast expanse of white.

He didn't know how this situation had turned out like this.

"Roar."

Hearing the tiger's roar, his face turned extremely grim.

Are these tigers never going to stop?

He thought of the hand grenades in his backpack.

Even in the most dangerous situations, he hadn't taken out these hand grenades to use. They were for saving lives. After all, hand grenades had great power, and if one wasn't careful, they could injure their own people.

"Roar."

The Leading Boss saw a tiger standing and roaring about ten meters away, and the anger in his heart grew even stronger.

In his life, even when captured by the police and military, he had never fallen into such a situation. The tigers were toying with him like this; he truly couldn't bear it any longer.

Thinking this, he took out a hand grenade. This time, he was determined to kill one of the tigers.

"Here's a hand grenade for you; let's throw them together and kill this tiger."

He didn't believe that under such circumstances, the tiger could still escape.

Hearing Big Brother's words, the subordinate immediately took the hand grenade.

"Throw!"

They threw their hand grenades, but as soon as they threw them, the tiger immediately ran to the side... They also didn't dare to stand outside and immediately dodged into the cave.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two huge explosions shook the cave, causing some dirt to fall.

After a minute or two passed after the explosions, the Leading Boss led his subordinate to the cave entrance.

He saw that the tiger was no longer visible nearby. A large pit had been blasted into the ground not far away, some nearby trees were overturned by the explosion, and some branches were snapped, leaving the ground in a mess.

"Big Brother, was that tiger killed by the explosion?"

The subordinate said excitedly.

The Leading Boss looked at this scene, his expression somewhat serious.

"You take some men to go check."

Hearing this, the subordinate's expression changed, then he nodded.

He had a gun, and another subordinate also had a homemade gun. Now, the tiger might already be seriously injured.

"Be careful."

The Leading Boss instructed.

The subordinate was deeply moved by these words, but he also planned that if he encountered a tiger later, he would immediately run back this way.

They slowly walked forward, constantly looking around, fearing that a tiger might suddenly run out from somewhere.

After walking a few meters, they saw a large pit not far away, and the surrounding trees were also completely disfigured by the explosion.

"Big Brother, there's no sign of the tiger."

Before he could finish speaking, a figure leaped down from a tree above and pounced on him.

"Ah..."

The leading man was pounced on by the tiger, and the other man was so scared his legs went soft, unable to move at all.

"Bang, bang, bang."

The man raised his gun, wanting to kill the tiger, but his hand was bitten by the tiger.