Taming beasts starts with raising cats

"I heard that no one from the exploration team on the ninth floor has returned so far." The trading room on the tenth floor was full of people.

After a day of exploration, everyone returned to the building.

Now they were sitting in a room on the tenth floor, chatting casually about what they had seen and heard.

The corridor from the door extended out, with two rows of small benches placed against the wall, and several large braziers burning in the corridor. The air was filled with a strong smell of pine resin.

"Maybe it was delayed by something. Maybe they hunted prey and brought it back, which delayed the time?" These people talked and laughed.

"That would be the best." The person who spoke at the beginning said.

"No, no. My husband and his friends usually don't explore so late. They usually come back before 12 o'clock at the latest." Leaning against the other side of the wall. A woman in her thirties was clasping her hands together in front of her chest, her eyes full of anxiety. She kept muttering, her body trembling slightly, her tone full of urgency, and tears in her eyes.

Since the evening, she has been feeling depressed.

In a room on the ninth floor, the wife held her little daughter who was crying and wanted to see her father, comforting her, saying that her father would be back in a while, and that he must have picked beautiful flowers for her today.

In the next room. The old man with inconvenient legs and feet sat on the bed, looking out the window worriedly. From time to time, he took out his son's photo and whispered that there must be no accidents. If God really wanted to take someone away, he would take him away first. He was willing to suffer for the child.

Other rooms on the ninth floor...

For them, it was a sleepless night.

"Brother Tong! Someone is looking for you." Zhou Daling walked in and said, with some people following behind him.

Tong Ji frowned and looked at Zhou Daling. He didn't know what Zhou Daling was up to, bringing so many people here.

Tong Ji then looked at the people behind Zhou Daling, and they looked familiar.

After a little thought, Tong Ji remembered the identities of these people.

They seemed to be residents living on the ninth floor, belonging to another exploration team.

However, he had little contact with these people. The only impression he had was that the fire exploration team on the ninth floor was one of the first hunting teams to go fishing in the stream at the foot of the mountain.

The leader was very thoughtful. Because he went there early and grasped the timing accurately, he was said to have a good harvest in the stream at the foot of the mountain and caught a lot of fish.

"Hello!" An old man in his sixties walked out from behind Zhou Daling. The old man had gray hair and looked very energetic. His face full of ravines had deep eye bags and dark circles, and his eyes were very tired.

"I only found out that you have a dog after asking around." The old man's eyes fell on Dahei behind him while speaking.

"Woof woof woof." Dahei felt offended by being stared at.

"Dahei." Tong Ji scolded, and Dahei immediately stopped barking, but his eyes were still a little defiant.

Since eating raw bear meat, its wildness seems to have increased a lot more than before.

"I want to ask you for a favor." The old man handed over the clothes in his hand. "My son and his friends, as well as our hunting team on the ninth floor, have not returned. Normally, they should have returned home long ago, but they have been out for a day and a night. I am worried that something might have happened. This is the clothes that my son just changed the day before yesterday and has not had time to wash. I want to ask you for a favor..."

At this point, Tong Ji suddenly realized. He now guessed why the old man was looking for him.

Tong Ji wanted to refuse such a strenuous task, but seeing the deep helplessness in the old man's eyes. And the expectant eyes of other family members behind him. Tong Ji sighed in his heart and reached out to take the clothes from the old man's hand.

"Okay! I can only say that I will try my best, and I can't guarantee you anything. If I don't find it in the end, you can blame me."

"Thank you, thank you!" The old man held Tong Ji's palm tightly with both hands, his eyes full of gratitude. "I won't let you work in vain."

The old man called to his wife behind him,

His wife raised her arms, and she actually held two dried salted fish in her hands.

The salted fish were not big, each weighing more than a pound.

Tong Ji did not say anything polite, after all, looking for someone is a very laborious job and a waste of time.

Tong Ji threw the salted fish to Da Hei, who ate the salted fish with a snort.

One salted fish was quickly eaten, and Da Hei looked at the other one in Tong Ji's hand with lingering interest.

"I'll give it to you when I come back." Tong Ji said.

Da Hei shook his tail and licked his mouth at the same time.

Coming out of the building, the group followed the strong smell on their clothes and walked in another direction after leaving the building.

There were many people in the team this time, in addition to Tong Ji and the others on the seventh floor. Including the families on the ninth floor, some people who watched the fun and wanted to help also set off together.

The total number of people exceeded thirty, and it was a mighty procession.

It was just because there were so many people, plus the elderly and women, that the speed was inevitably much slower.

Dahei put his nose close to the ground, sniffing the clothes in Tongji's hand from time to time, and then chasing the thin smell in the air, rushing to the destination. Fortunately, because of the scarcity of water resources during this period, basically no one took a bath, and at most they just wet the rag and wiped their bodies, so the body odor was very strong.

It was convenient for Dahei to follow the smell.

After walking about three or four kilometers, Dahei's pace gradually slowed down. Then he led everyone to a place, and the speed became slower and slower.

Tongji knew that he should have found it.

Tongji trotted forward and kept up with Dahei's footsteps.

Peng Xiuying in the team behind him ran forward. Tong Ji turned his head and saw Peng Xiuying on the right who was silent. He whispered, "Is there anyone you know?"

"No." Peng Xiuying shook her head and said in a low voice, "I just thought of something."

Tong Ji was silent for a moment, then said, "This is fate. We eat animals, and animals eat us. We are just lingering in the forest."

After walking about a hundred steps, Tong Ji suddenly stopped with his eyes fixed. He saw some torn clothes, and the remains and bones of several people in an open space about thirty or forty meters away.

Peng Xiuying followed Tong Ji's line of sight and saw this scene.

Her eyes were extremely complicated. This was the worst ending. She looked back at the other people who followed and didn't know it yet.

Peng Xiuying lowered her head.

She thought of her husband who was also eaten by a wild beast.

The people behind her followed, and various voices came, screaming, crying, and desperate wailing.

The family members rushed over like crazy. Tong Ji shook his head and turned his back, unable to bear to see this scene.

"Dad!"

"Son~"

"Husband! You promised me you would come back."

Heart-wrenching calls echoed in the forest.

After checking the scene, a total of seven bodies were found.

There was also a trap pit, which should have been dug by these people.

There were also bloodstains in the trap pit, and a large number of claw marks were found on the edge of the trap pit and next to the body.

By comparison, it was somewhat similar to Dahei's claw marks, and it was finally inferred that this group of people should have encountered a wolf pack.

"My son's body has not been found yet." The old man hugged his wife who was crying.

There were a total of ten people in the exploration team on the ninth floor, and only seven bodies were found so far.

There are still three people whose lives and deaths are unknown.