: It's Okay

Next, under Sarah's guidance, the three women each fired several more shots.

From initial unfamiliarity to gradual familiarity, their progress is clearly visible.

Although the accuracy is still not great, hitting the target once out of ten bullets would be considered an exceptional performance.

However, they have gained a basic understanding of how to operate firearms, and at least they will no longer point guns at people.

Sarah nodded in satisfaction, dusted off her hands, and said:

"Alright, you've barely gotten the basics down. Now you can go find some wild boars for practice."

Remember the key points we just learned: keep your breathing steady, and when you pull the trigger, don't pull it hard, pull it slowly.

Having ventured deeper into the dense forest, the trees grew increasingly thick, with towering oaks and pines blocking out the sun.

The two pickup trucks could no longer drive in.

The group had no choice but to park their car on the side of a forest path and continue on foot, carrying their weapons and ammunition.

After walking about two hundred meters along the forest path, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

Several wild boars were seen rooting around on the ground, searching for food.

He used his nose to sift through the thick layer of fallen leaves, searching for acorns and insect larvae beneath.

It occasionally lets out a satisfied hum.

Qiao Chen lowered her voice in surprise, whispering close to Lin Feng's ear, afraid the wild boar would hear:

Why are there so many wild boars here?

There were far more squirrels than I've ever seen on the Stanford campus.

McKenna crouched behind a large oak tree, gun at her side.

Wild boars reproduce exceptionally quickly; a single sow can give birth to two litters a year.

A litter can contain five or six piglets.

Moreover, they have virtually no natural enemies here.

The wolves have been mostly killed by our farmer.

These wild boars are destroying pastures and uprooting grasslands everywhere.

"You guys can fight all you want today; whatever you do will be a huge help to me."

This time, Lin Feng didn't make a move; he just watched.

He signaled for them to fire.

Guo Lin was the first to raise her gun, the butt resting against her shoulder. She held her breath and slowly pressed her finger toward the trigger.

A gunshot rang out in the dense forest.

Guo Lin's bullet hit a rotten tree root, and the wild boars immediately scattered and fled.

McKenna reacted the fastest, chasing after the wild boar almost with her gun barrel close to the direction it was running, and fired a shot.

This time, her luck and accuracy returned.

The bullet struck precisely in the hind leg of a half-grown wild boar that had fallen to the very back.

The wild boar let out a miserable cry and continued running forward.

McKenna remained unfazed, slightly lowering the muzzle of her gun.

He fired two more shots at the wild boar.

His limbs twitched a few times and then stopped moving.

Another adult wild boar suddenly charged forward in a frenzy. When it was about ten meters away, Lin Feng raised his hand and fired an arrow.

He collapsed to the ground and couldn't get up.

Qiao Chen was so frightened that her face turned pale and her voice trembled:

"That wild boar is ferocious! It's like it's gone mad!"

"You killed its wife, how could it not be ferocious?"

Lin Feng casually put his arm around Qiao Chen, saying, "Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone a wild boar."

The wild boar species has survived to this day in the wild thanks to its fearless and ruthless nature.

If you anger it, it can be even more dangerous than a Bichon Frise.

Next, the group continued along the forest path deeper into the dense forest.

Seeing Lin Feng's strength, the three women were noticeably bolder than before, and they no longer screamed as much when they saw the wild boar.

Along the way, they encountered several more groups of wild boars. Each time they spotted their target,

The three women took turns firing their guns, while McKenna and Sarah provided backup.

But to be honest, the three women's marksmanship was really terrible.

Especially in such a dense forest environment, with many trees providing shade, rapidly changing light, and unpredictable running routes for wild boars,

Hitting a wild boar that is traveling at over 40 kilometers per hour and constantly changing direction is extremely difficult.

The wild boar was incredibly fast, disappearing into the depths of the dense forest in the blink of an eye.

The three of them fired nearly a hundred bullets in total, but missed once.

Left with no other choice, Lin Feng picked up the composite bow again.

They found a wild boar rooting for food in the bushes, raised their hand, and accurately shot an arrow into its hindquarters.

The wild boar's hind legs were instantly paralyzed, but its upper body could still move, and its two front hooves frantically pawed at the mud.

Lin Feng walked over, lifted the wild boar by its hind leg with one hand, and carried it back. He then found a thick tree branch...

Tie the wild boar's two front hooves to a tree branch with a rope.

The whole pig is suspended in mid-air, like a half-pig hanging in a supermarket refrigerated display case.

"Alright, I've given you a live target."

"It's stuck in the tree, it can't run away. Go ahead and shoot at it, practice your close-range shooting skills."

Lin Feng patted the dirt off his hands and said.

The three women exchanged bewildered glances as they looked at the wild boar hanging from the tree, still writhing and screaming in agony.

For a long time, no one dared to fire the first shot.

They didn't feel any psychological burden when the wild boar was running in the distance.

But now the wild boar was hanging there, only ten meters away from them.

The vivid struggles and heart-wrenching screams were so close, they found it hard to bring themselves to do it.

Qiao Chen's hand holding the gun was trembling slightly, and his lips were pressed tightly together.

She swallowed hard and whispered to Guo Lin beside her:

"Guo Lin, how about... you go first? You're brave."

Guo Lin rolled her eyes at her and said in a tone of disappointment:

"You're a PhD holder, why do you always shrink back in everything you do?"

They chickened out when it came to actual combat.

What can you do?

That being said, after Guo Lin raised her gun and aimed it at the wild boar,

My finger rested on the trigger, but I hesitated several times.

Pulling the trigger at close range of a living, breathing human being.

Shooting at a moving target from a distance is a completely different psychological experience.

Finally, Guo Lin steeled herself, closed her eyes tightly, turned her head away, and pulled the trigger sharply.

With a loud bang, the bullet struck the wild boar's body.

But the bullet didn't hit a vital spot, and the wild boar struggled even more fiercely, kicking wildly with its hooves, and blood gushed out from the bullet hole.

However, after firing that first shot, she had overcome that hurdle in her heart.

The hardest part is the first shot; the psychological burden isn't as heavy after that.

This time, it opened its eyes and aimed at the wild boar's head.

He fired another shot steadily, and the wild boar finally quieted down completely.

When Sun Ting saw Guo Lin fire her gun, she gritted her teeth and raised her rifle as well.

With Guo Lin ahead of her, she felt much less pressure and was able to pull the trigger much faster than Guo Lin after aiming.

The first shot missed, so I fired again, and the second shot finally hit the target.

Finally, it was Qiao Chen's turn.

Qiao Chen glanced at Lin Feng timidly.

Lin Feng nodded slightly to her.

Qiao Chen took a deep breath, then closed her eyes and yanked her finger on the trigger.

After the gunshot, her legs trembled and her blood boiled.

She opened her eyes and saw that the bullet she had fired had left a hole in the wild boar. At that moment, she couldn't describe how she felt.

But there was also a subtle, indescribable sense of excitement and accomplishment.

Lin Feng smiled and walked to her side. "It's normal to be like this the first time you hunt. It's okay."

After personally shooting and killing the wild boar

The three women's mindset underwent a subtle but profound change, and their courage was noticeably greater than before.

They previously had an instinctive awe and fear of wild animals when dealing with wild boars.

But after firing the gun, they realized that it wasn't actually that scary; the gun was more afraid of you than you were of it.

Next, upon seeing the wild boar, they were no longer hesitant and nervous, but excited and eager to try.