CHAPTER 310: CHAPTER 310

Si Lin looked at the girl in the tree, his expression noticeably different from the burning intensity before: "Xixi, I think we need to have a serious talk."

Jiang Moxi put away her gun and looked at Si Lin, noticing the unusual glint in his eyes and immediately realizing that Si Lin might have figured out that she was Dead Ghost.

However, at this moment, Jiang Moxi hadn’t decided whether she should feed Si Lin a bullet to prevent her identity from being exposed, so she simply said, "Let’s talk about it after we get out alive. Suddenly, there’s no signal here, which likely means there are dangers other than wolves."

The moment Jiang Moxi spotted the pack of wolves, she scanned the crowd below and noticed that Yu Dingding was not among them, and her heart was already in suspense.

So, the first thing she did after climbing the tree was to try to contact Yu Dingding with her mobile phone, only to find that there was no signal.

But when they tested at the entrance of the Hunting Ground just a short while ago, there clearly was a signal.

So this was likely not a coincidence, but more like fish in a barrel orchestrated by somebody.

When everyone heard Jiang Moxi say there was no signal, they hurriedly took out their mobile phones to check the network.

"I don’t have a signal, do you?"

"Neither do I."

"Are we going to die here?"

Hearing the discussion among the people, Si Lin quickly took out his phone to check.

Seeing that there was no signal on his phone either, Si Lin also squinted his eyes immediately.

Because he realized that these wolves, and other unknown dangerous creatures, were very likely targeting him.

After all, he was the main character of the birthday party today!

"Xixi, please help me escort them away from the Hunting Ground. I’ll go find Ruoruo and join up with you immediately," Si Lin arranged swiftly after clearing his thoughts.

These people were all here to celebrate his birthday today; he didn’t want to see any innocent casualties.

People had just seen Jiang Moxi’s impressive shooting skills and felt that following her to leave the Hunting Ground would greatly increase their chances of survival.

So when Si Lin suggested this plan, no one objected, including Shen Ruyi.

Shen Ruyi indeed harbored significant hostility towards Jiang Moxi, but at this moment, she dared not treat her own life as a joke.

Jiang Moxi agilely descended from the tree and said, "Let them leave the Hunting Ground on their own first. I want to find Dingding before leaving."

"But what if we encounter wild beasts on our way out of the Hunting Ground? Jiang Moxi, can’t you escort us out first and then find Yu Dingding?" Shen Ruyi murmured.

The others nodded in agreement.

Now, if the Hunting Ground might be home to more than just wolves, staying one more second means one more second of danger.

But Jiang Moxi said, "I can’t. Yu Dingding and the others are fewer in number, so they would be at a greater risk if they encounter wild beasts."

Then someone suggested, "Then I’ll go with you to find Yu Dingding."

Having a hunter as accurate as Jiang Moxi at their side was certainly better than being with a group of inept people who, when trouble arose, could only compete to see who could run the fastest.

Of course, after weighing the pros and cons, the others also felt that following Jiang Moxi offered the highest chance of survival and successively proposed to join Jiang Moxi in searching for Yu Dingding.

Even Shen Ruyi quietly joined the group going to look for Yu Dingding.

But shortly after they and Si Lin had split up, Yu Dingding’s voice came through.

"Moxi! Moxi, there are wolves here, we need to leave this place quickly..."

Everyone turned back and saw Yu Dingding and Ye Chen hurrying towards them.

"Dingding?" Jiang Moxi, upon seeing Yu Dingding, also breathed a sigh of relief: "Did you encounter a wolf too just now?"

Ye Chen, following closely behind Yu Dingding, came to Jiang Moxi, "Yeah, down at the bottom of the mountain, just one. But wolves are pack animals; there are likely more than just one or two wolves here."

"We just ran into a pack of wolves, but luckily Moxi shot them all dead," Yuan Zhou told Ye Chen.

Ye Chen glanced at Jiang Moxi with surprise, then asked, "Where’s Si Lin?"

"He went to look for Si Ruo," Jiang Moxi had just finished speaking when Si Ruo’s voice rang out.

"Jiang Moxi, how many prey have you caught?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Si Ruo and Si Lin, along with her team members, walking this way.

Si Ruo was walking in the front, holding several small animals in her hand, her eyes filled with provocation as she looked at Jiang Moxi.

"Now is not the time to talk about this; we must hurry and leave the Hunting Ground," Si Lin said with a grave tone.

But Si Ruo said, "What’s there to be afraid of? Didn’t you say she could shoot wolves? If the wolves come again later, just let her shoot a few more."

Si Ruo wasn’t concerned.

Even though they indeed saw several wolf corpses on the way, she still didn’t believe that all of them were shot by Jiang Moxi.

Especially since the person who told her that Jiang Moxi had shot the wolves was her brother, Si Lin.

Si Ruo felt more likely that her brother was exaggerating to avoid conflict between her and Jiang Moxi, attributing everyone’s achievements to Jiang Moxi alone.

"Ruoruo, this is a matter of life and death; do not mess around!" Si Lin’s voice turned several degrees colder, his tone more serious than ever before.

This made Si Ruo feel inexplicably humiliated and immediately retorted, "We’ve encountered wolves while hunting before and I’ve never seen you this scared. In the end, you’re just afraid that Jiang Moxi will lose to me and that you’ll have to wash my shoes!"

Si Lin seldom scolded her as sternly as he did today, especially in front of so many people, which made Si Ruo feel like she had lost face.

Therefore, Si Ruo decided that today she must stand up for herself and insisted that Jiang Moxi wash her shoes: "No matter what, I will carry on with today’s competition till the end."

As she spoke, Si Ruo even took a step back, unaware that another creature had appeared behind her.

Seeing the dark figure, everyone unconsciously took a step back.

"Ruoruo." Si Lin wanted to step forward, but Ye Chen quickly held him back.

Because approaching Si Ruo would be tantamount to courting death.

Si Ruo was still oblivious, and when she saw everyone’s expressions change, she even proudly said, "What are you afraid of now? I, Si Ruo, may not excel in other areas, but my marksmanship has never lost to anyone! Not to mention a few wolves, even if a few cheetahs showed up now, I could still hunt them without mistake."

Si Ruo spoke more and more arrogantly, but she didn’t know that the creature behind her was getting closer.

Shen Ruyi couldn’t help but warn Si Ruo when she saw that thing had walked right behind her, "Si Ruo, behind you..."

"Behind me? What could be behind me?" Si Ruo turned around nonchalantly to look.

But when she saw clearly that behind her was a black panther poised to pounce and bite, her hands and feet seemed to be nailed in place, unable to pick up her gun as usual.

"No! How could there be a black panther here..." As the panther was about to pounce and bite, Si Ruo was directly scared to tears.

Si Lin, after being stopped by Ye Chen, quickly pulled out his hunting rifle and aimed at the cheetah.

But he also knew that he shouldn’t shoot rashly unless absolutely necessary.

If he missed and did not kill the cheetah with one shot, but merely enraged it, the cheetah’s fangs or claws, if they scratched Si Ruo, would leave her either dead or disfigured.

Yet at that moment, the cheetah had already opened its mouth and targeted Si Ruo, ready to pounce and bite.

As everyone else was scared off by the cheetah’s attack and ran away, Ye Chen also quickly protected Yu Dingding and retreated several steps.

Only Si Lin stayed in place and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

However, the shot, accompanied by the cheetah’s movement, did not hit and, as expected, enraged the cheetah, which extended its claws toward Si Ruo and pounced on her.

Si Lin quickly fired another shot, hitting the cheetah’s leg.

Strangely, the cheetah, though injured, did not stop its attack and seemed determined to not cease until it got its prey.

At the moment when it was about to bite down on Si Ruo’s carotid artery, a gunshot suddenly sounded, and then the cheetah fell to the ground...