At this moment, in the village, an Armed Police vehicle carrying seven or eight paramilitary officers entered the village.
Each officer was equipped with specialized non-lethal weapons,
including service pistols, electric batons, and tear gas, among others.
Upon receiving the report from the villagers, Longguang City officials immediately dispatched local armed police and firefighters to the area.
This group of officers was just one of them.
Others had gone to several other villages.
As the Armed Police vehicle drove through the village, several officers inside watched the wild animals running amok outside.
Among these animals were small ones that posed little harm, such as wild rabbits, pheasants, ducks, foxes, and goats.
There were also medium to large predators like leopards, wolves, and tigers...
These beasts rampaged through the village, causing even the armed officers to feel unsettled.
They had been dispatched as the vanguard to suppress the local wildlife.
But they hadn't expected such a large number.
And crucially, these animals were all protected species.
As for the wild animals that hadn't hurt anyone, they couldn't shoot or harm them, let alone kill them.
Unable to kill and still needing to drive them off, the difficulty immediately escalated.
Just then, the driver in the front suddenly said, "Captain, there's trouble ahead! Look quickly! There's a little girl!"
Hearing this, several officers immediately stood up and looked forward, their faces darkened.
There really was a little girl walking on the road, and, most critically, she had been spotted by a pack of jackals.
More than twenty jackals surrounded the little girl, poised to attack at any moment.
The driving officer said, "This is bad, there's going to be trouble."
As he spoke, he was about to step on the gas to rush over.
The Captain stopped him, "Wait, don't rush in. Jackals, like hyenas, are highly aggressive and won't give up until they achieve their goal. They're typical opportunists.
If you charge in recklessly right now, those jackals will seize the chance to kill the girl and drag her away before you can get there. Are you confident that you can move faster than the jackals?"
The Captain's concerns were valid.
No one could guarantee what a pack of jackals would do upon seeing a human vehicle charging towards them.
Perhaps knowing they wouldn't get to enjoy their prey today, they could out of frustration kill the girl and run off.
What use would it be for them to rush over then?
It would only speed up the little girl's demise.
One officer suggested.
Tear gas, one of the non-lethal weapons, thrown into the midst of the jackal pack, would release a vast amount of chemical gases and capsaicin, an effective tool for driving off large groups of wild animals.
The Captain hesitated.
Tear gas could be harmful even to adults.
For a child to inhale the gas from tear gas, it was hard to guarantee there would be no danger.
But there seemed to be no better alternative at the moment.
Without deploying the gas, they were certain not to rescue anyone.
Just as the Captain was about to agree,
A man and a woman ran over from afar.
They were the parents of the little girl.
Having been separated from their child in their flight for safety, they had returned to look for her.
At this moment, seeing their precious daughter surrounded by a pack of jackals,
The parents nearly fainted.
Seeing the child's parents had arrived, the Armed Police Captain hurried over to them.
The parents, upon seeing the officers, cried out, "Comrade police officer, you must save our little girl!"
The Captain nodded, "Please rest assured, we are going to rescue her immediately. Now I have a few questions for you. Does your daughter have any respiratory diseases like asthma or emphysema? We are planning to use tear gas to drive away the jackals, we must first ensure the safety of the child."
The parents shook their heads; their daughter didn't have any asthma issues.
At this moment, the child's father suddenly said, "Officer, my daughter has had pneumonia recently, does that count?"
The Armed Police Captain's brows furrowed instantly.
Problems with the lungs!
They couldn't use tear gas now.
Lung problems plus a child meant that inhaling tear gas could be life-threatening.
The remaining officers also wore troubled expressions, "Captain, what do we do now?"
Rushing the vehicle wasn't an option, nor was tear gas.
The Armed Police Captain took out his baton and electric gun, "We have to go and rescue her now."
Making noise with the car was too much of a risk, as it could easily agitate the jackals.
Rushing over to rescue would at least draw the jackals' attention.
If the jackals considered them as prey, it would make things much easier.
The only problem was that they couldn't use firearms.
Loud gunshots would attract more wild animals.
Especially in a village experiencing a rampage .
Under the current circumstances, the officers' only options were the electric gun and baton.
The officers nodded and sighed.
This was the only way.
Under the leadership of the Armed Police Captain, several officers charged towards the pack of jackals.
The Jackal Leader was just about to enjoy its human prey,
Suddenly, a buzzing of electric shocks came from behind.
Turning its head, the Leader saw that another group of humans had arrived and were using unknown weapons to stun several jackals through surprise attacks.
The Leader was enraged.
It barked an order, and the pack of jackals reacted, shifting their attack to deal with the newcomers first.
Then, the battle between the jackals and the armed police erupted.
Initially, the officers used the element of surprise with their batons and electric guns to gain the upper hand,
But as the fight progressed, the jackals became more familiar with the officers' weapons and became harder to handle.
Jackals were already quite intelligent, and with a Leader coordinating them.
They knew to avoid the officers' electric guns.
Moreover, given their numbers and several joining forces to attack,
The officers were struggling to keep up.
It was only a matter of time before they would be dragged to death by the pack.
"Captain, what do we do now? These jackals are too hard to handle."
Several officers had already ventured into the circle of jackal encirclement.
Although they had rescued the little girl,
They were still unable to break out.
The jackals, incredibly, started rotating their attacks in groups, several jackals per group taking turns attacking the officers.
The officers, outnumbered, truly couldn't break free.
On the other side, the village chief, along with Taoists from Qingyun Mountain, appeared nearby.
Taoist Jing Xuan saw several officers surrounded by a pack of jackals,
His expression darkened, and he immediately led his group to charge over.
Meanwhile, in the jackals' encirclement, the officers seeing a group of Taoists charging over unarmed,
The Armed Police Captain cried out anxiously, "Taoists, get away, don't come here!"
They were hard-pressed to save a little girl and were already in a tight spot.
Now a group of Taoists had come charging in,
And notably, they were unarmed.
They surely weren't coming just to offer their heads, were they?
The officers would soon have to rescue these Taoists as well.
The officers were overwhelmed.
They really wanted to say: Please, don't send aid!
At this time, the Jackal Leader also saw the group of Taoists charging at them.
Seeing these Taoists wielding no weapons,
A hint of disdain flashed in the Leader's eyes.
The group of heavily armed humans had already been surrounded and trapped by them.
Now, these unarmed humans were charging over; were they an added meal?
With a command, the Jackal Leader ordered some subordinates to deal with the Taoists.
Several jackals instantly let out eerie howls, opened their wide, gaping mouths, and lunged to attack the Taoists.