Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

Three bullets grazed the rabbit's body, exploding into snowflakes on the surrounding ground. They didn't even touch a single hair on the rabbit's body; the wild rabbit froze, too afraid to even run.

A mud pellet shot out, and the big hare finally fell down.

"Hehe... Ruiwa, this..."

Liu Qingguo felt a little embarrassed, as he had handled the gun the longest out of the three.

Moreover, he had followed Zhou Rui to wipe out jackal packs and capture ruthless bandits, but he didn't even kill a single rabbit, which is really a bit unreasonable.

Zhou Rui had just observed carefully that each of them was tense before firing their guns, as if their hands were a little stiff when they pulled the trigger under his watchful gaze.

"It's okay, I'll just practice more later."

At this moment, Zhou Rui was not about to say anything, for fear of making them even more nervous.

Liu Shunli and Xiao Huaishu didn't care about any of that. They took off running towards the wild rabbit and soon brought it back.

"Give it to me, give it to me."

An'an stretched out her little hand towards the little locust tree. Although her legs were short, her face was 'big'.

Little Locust Tree happily handed over the wild rabbit in its hand. Judging from An'an's peaceful and smooth attitude, it was clear that An'an was the absolute boss here.

The rabbit was quite heavy, pulling An'an down by her hands.

"Little rabbit, should we braise it or stew it? Hehe..."

However, she only played with the rabbit for a short while before returning it to the little locust tree. She was too weak to carry it herself; her second brother had to carry it for her.

Since she came out, An'an's smiling face has never disappeared. Her second brother spent the whole day playing with her, he was so happy.

"Let's go somewhere else."

Wild rabbits usually hunt alone, so if you catch one, this spot is naturally gone.

Zhou Rui's sixth sense swept across the plain, and he could clearly see the area within a radius of 1,500 meters, which made things much more convenient.

In winter, when vegetation withers and food is scarce, small animals become much easier to find.

This time, Zhou Rui found a flock of pheasants. Now that there were more targets, they were more likely to guess one, which would boost their confidence.

"So many, Second Brother, how are we going to fight them?"

There were about a dozen pheasants on a high ground in front of them. Because there was no cover, the snow had been blown thinner, allowing the pheasants to better dig through the snow and peck at the grass roots underneath.

Zhou Rui glanced at it; the distance wasn't far, about thirty meters, less than forty meters.

"Shunli, Xiaohuaishu, you two go to the sides. After Pingwa and the others have fired, the pheasants will run around everywhere. See if you can hit some that slip through the net."

Now that they were there, Zhou Rui wasn't going to let the two of them just stand by and watch. They were too young to use guns, but a slingshot would do them a good job.

Liu Shunli and Xiao Huaishu were overjoyed. They usually only hunted sparrows and small birds, and this was the first time they had managed to catch something as big as a pheasant.

After Liu Shunli and Xiao Huaishu left, Zhou Rui instructed, "You guys fight here, this time in a kneeling position."

This time, the shot was fired at an angle upwards, which makes aiming difficult when lying prone, and is even more challenging for beginners.

"Wait until the pheasant moves down a bit, then you can fire one more shot," Zhou Rui carefully instructed the group, especially Zhou Ping and Liu Ping'an.

She nestled quietly in Zhou Rui's arms without saying a word. She was very sensible, knowing when it was okay to play and when it was okay not to disturb him.

Seeing that Liu Shunli and Xiao Huaishu were already in place, the pheasant also moved closer.

"Ready, take a breath, hold your breath."

As Zhou Rui spoke, he covered An An's ears with his hands.

"shot."

Hey, hey, hey.

Bang, crack, bang, bang.

Liu Ping'an was in a panic and couldn't even fire a second shot.

The best one was Zhou Ping's, since it was a semi-automatic rifle and didn't require pulling the bolt. Unfortunately, it took three shots to shoot down a pheasant.

After a while, Shunli and Xiaohuaishu returned, both with a harvest. Xiaohuaishu was the happiest, as he was carrying three pheasants.

"Brother Locust Tree is so amazing!"

An An gave a very good performance, clapping her hands continuously in Zhou Rui's arms.

Only Liu Ping'an looked dejected. Among so many people, apart from Zhou Rui and An'an who didn't make a move, everyone else had gained something.

"It's okay. Today is your first time handling a gun, you'll get used to it after a few more tries."

Zhou Rui patted Liu Ping'an on the shoulder.

"From now on, in the village, let Pingwa take his gun, without loading it, so you can practice holding it more."

Liu Pingan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this; otherwise, he would have thought he was just too stupid, failing to catch a single prey after firing twice.

Liu Shunli's eyes lit up when he heard this. Did this mean that he would be able to touch Brother Ping's rifle in the future?

Zhou Rui looked at the little locust tree, never expecting that it was the one with the most shooting talent.

Watching him fire the slingshot with such fluid grace was a real treat to behold. And with three shots, he caught three pheasants – a remarkably high hit rate.

"An'an, aren't I amazing? I'll give you all the pheasants I hunted."

The little locust tree patted its chest and kept fawning over An'an.

Zhou Rui patted the little locust tree's head: "Take your harvest back and eat it. Your brother hasn't even lifted a finger yet, so you're not going to go hungry."

Zhou Rui is ridiculous. He's the God of Bullets in Jiaolong Gorge, and he hasn't retired yet. How could he possibly trick a child into prey?

An'an, nestled in Zhou Rui's arms, looked at the small locust tree that was now a head shorter than her, and reached out her little hand to pat his head.

"Brother Locust Tree, I ate what Second Brother made today. Next time Second Brother isn't home, you can make me some more."

ji...

A cry of an eagle rang out, and two figures flew in from afar, one in front of the other, chasing each other incessantly in the sky.

Their conversation was interrupted, and they all looked up at the sky.

In the azure sky, a white figure hovered incessantly ahead, dodging the slightly larger brown figure behind, while the figure behind relentlessly pursued it.

Zhou Rui put An'an down, took out binoculars from his bag, and aimed them at the two figures in the air.

Now it was clear: a golden eagle with a wingspan of nearly two meters and golden feathers on its head was chasing a slightly smaller white gyrfalcon.

The clash between the two dominant aerial predators, the golden eagle and the gyrfalcon, is a rare occurrence. Is this a territorial dispute?

The golden eagle behind suddenly flapped its wings, increased its speed, and bared its talons, grabbing at the back of the gyrfalcon.

The gyrfalcon's wings contracted rapidly, shooting out diagonally like a white cannonball.

The golden eagle's talons brushed against the gyrfalcon's tail fin, kicking up a few wisps of gray down.

Zhou Rui turned his binoculars toward the gyrfalcon, wanting to know why it was moving so slowly.

A squirrel was seen being held in the beak of a gyrfalcon, which significantly slowed it down.

The golden eagle's attack seemed to have angered the gyrfalcon, which, as the king of all eagles, had never been so insulted.

It suddenly flipped over to its side, abandoning the squirrel in its mouth.

ji...

The gyrfalcon cried out angrily, its sharp, piercing cry echoing through the sky.

"Second brother, give it to me, give it to me, let me see it."

An'an jumped up and down at Zhou Rui's feet, extremely anxious.

She was small and her eyesight wasn't very good, so she really wanted to know what was happening in the sky.

Zhou Rui handed the binoculars to An An; for him, whether or not he had binoculars wasn't a big deal.

The golden eagle spread its wings, readjusted its posture, and cast a huge shadow over the gyrfalcon.