Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 287: Surrounded on All Sides

Chapter 287: Chapter 287: Surrounded on All Sides

This skill was definitely from professional training, and the psychological quality had definitely experienced more than one live combat. It was far from being compared with Hu Bo’s occasional hunting level, which left Ning Qi dumbfounded.

At this moment, a cry for help echoed, Ouyang Jin was already knocked down by two wolves and gnawed at. If it were not for his helmet protecting his head and neck, he would have been done for.

The wolf gnawed for a while and finding that it couldn’t bite through, began attempting to drag Ouyang Jin away. The other wolves also rushed over to cooperate, separating Ouyang Jin from the rest with their loud howling, deterring the rest from approaching.

Su Hui did not care about that and directly charged over, throwing a flying dagger and hitting a wolf right in the head. It howled in pain and didn’t get up. This made its companions feel fear, this woman was not to be trifled with.

The wolves seemed to fear Su Hui, and backed off one after another. Su Hui kicked away the wolf gnawing at Ouyang Jin, helped him up, and brought him back to the group.

"Thank you, Sister Su, for saving my life. You haven’t lost your skill over the past year, it seems to have gotten simpler and more brutish." Ouyang Jin was unscathed, however, he couldn’t help but tremble a bit inside. If he had been dragged away by the wolf, even if he had a helmet, it wouldn’t have saved his life.

Old man Tian and the supervisor had already driven away the wolves in front, everyone could continue on. However, the wolves had flanked them from the left and right, continuing to parallel their pace, completely undeterred.

From the start of this encounter until now, they had nearly killed more than twenty wolves. Nevertheless, it still didn’t deter the pack; it was as if they had their sights set on the fat meat that was Gu Fan’s group.

"Hurry, speed up, we must get to the cabin before dark." Although old man Tian looked old, he still ran pretty fast.

However, no matter how fast the team sped up, they couldn’t outrun the wolfpack. The wolves advanced in parallel no matter how much Gu Fan’s group did, and even intended to overtake and block their path once again.

"Damn these wolves." Hu Bo wished he could fire a shot but was stopped by Zhuo Hang: "Don’t shoot recklessly, conserve your ammunition."

Hearing this, Hu Bo quickly checked his elixir, found it beginning to run out, and his heart sank.

Everyone was hurrying, running out of strength. Everyone was clear - once night falls, coupled with the stormy weather, the situation would worsen, hence they had to hurry.

However, Gu Fan cried out: "Don’t rush, the most important thing now is to maintain our strength, the wolves might just be waiting for us to exhaust ourselves."

Old man Tian looked back, his brows furrowed, then he saw everyone panting heavily. So he nodded.

"My God, why don’t we take a rest here, I really can’t run anymore." Lu Yi simply sat down on the ground. After battling with the wolves and running for so long, he was on the verge of collapsing.

Hu Bo was a bit worried: "At our pace, I am afraid we won’t make it to the cabin by nightfall."

Su Hui shook her head: "We are all almost exhausted. The wolves wouldn’t even have to wait till nightfall, they could easily take us out."

Hearing this, Ning Qi became anxious: "So what should we do, it’s dangerous if we don’t hurry up, and also dangerous if we do. Is it really a desperate situation?"

Gu Fan looked around, the wolves seemed to have learned their lesson after suffering previously. They kept their distance, as if they were waiting for something – either for

nightfall, or for Gu Fan’s group to be exhausted.

What to do, what to do? It felt like a dead-end situation, but Gu Fan was still racking his brain for a solution. He could either maintain his strength and get to the cabin by nightfall – but that was impossible.

There was only one other way, to completely drive away the wolfpack, but this seemed even more impossible.

"That’s right, the wolfpack has a lead wolf. If we find the lead wolf, we can repel the wolfpack." Gu Fan once again looked around and went to look for old man Tian to tell him what he was thinking,

"That’s a way, but it’s not easy to find the leader among them." Old man Tian furrowed his brows, he also felt that the difficulty was a bit too high.

Gu Fan then said: "All actions of the wolf pack must be directed by the lead wolf, and the lead wolf generally uses howls to command. Just now, I heard a few howls, then the wolves seemed to start keeping a distance from us. So I think, as long as we disrupt their formation, the lead wolf will definitely issue a command with a howl, and we can find the lead wolf according to the howl."

Su Hui immediately raised an objection: "In this blizzard, even if we hear a howl, we wouldn’t know where it’s coming from."

Gu Fan nodded: "Then we’ll take a gamble on it, even if we fail once, we can try again."

"Okay, I think it’s a good idea. If we find the lead wolf, Gu Fan, do you have a plan?" Zhuo Hang also believed in Gu Fan and hoped his method would help them out of this predicament.

Gu Fan continued: "Now, we’re in the middle. The wolves on both sides and us keep our distance – that is to say, the distance between the wolves on the left and right is even greater. Once the left is attacked, the right may not react in time, especially in such a storm."

Lu Yi questioned: "If the left is attacked, the wolf pack will send out a cry for help, then the wolves on the right will come to help."

Gu Fan nodded: "Yes, one side of the situation is like this. Wolves have very sharp hearing, but in a snowstorm, they will also be affected. I am not a biologist, so I’m going to bet that in a blizzard, wolves at such a distance may not be able to hear their companions’ voices."

Hu Bo immediately objected: "Now, the wolves on both sides are watching us. If we move to the left, the wolves on the right will definitely notice our movement."

"We can use the blizzard and the trees to our advantage and can even crawl forward. We can move to the left, and even leave three people behind to confuse the wolves." Gu Fan’s idea was approved, everyone felt that it was worth a try.

Gu Fan continued: "Even if we fail, we can still continue to stalemate with the wolf pack and try again, or even fail several times. But as long as we find the lead wolf once and deal with it, we can resolve the current crisis."

"Alright, let’s do that then, we need to plan quickly, we don’t have much time left." Old man Tian checked his watch and indicated urgency.

Hearing this, Gu Fan’s heart grew heavy. This method could be tried multiple times and can fail many times, but only during daylight. If it were to get dark, then there would be no way to try it again, and the situation would fall into a very bad defensive position.

"Either we become the wolves’ dinner tonight or the wolves become our dinner," Gu Fan snorted and started to announce his plan.