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After giving it a thought, Zheng Tan quietly retreated and then went back to where he had originally tested the first bullet. The bird was still lying there, motionless. Zheng Tan stood up, picked up the bird, looked at it in his hand, and murmured to himself, "You're unlucky to have encountered a cat, you'll just have to be sacrificed."

Zheng Tan considered throwing a stone or some other inanimate object, but it was clear that the other party had a lot of hunting experience in the mountains. Whether it was a stone or a bird, the other party might be able to tell the difference in an instant, and that wouldn't serve Zheng Tan's purpose to distract them.

Regardless of whether the other party truly had such discernment skills, Zheng Tan decided to still use the bird to try.