Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 285 - : Shameless, using superiority in numbers to bully the few!

Chapter 285 -285: Shameless, using superiority in numbers to bully the few!

Plants, soil, water sources.

After collecting several important pieces of data, they prepared to return the way they had come.

It would be at least six months before they could return, perhaps not until next April when the ice and snow had melted.

They made a special mark on this spot, and next time, they might try to set up a permanent hut here as a base.

The environment, climate, and surrounding plant and animal resources were quite abundant; if they really wanted to implement policies such as “returning tigers to the mountains” and “northward migration of bears,” this spot would definitely need a permanent human presence.

This time, they were scouting and only needed to bring the data back; as for whether or how the plan would be executed, it was no longer their concern.

The sampling admission system, implemented internally last year, was soon to be implemented nationwide.

To enter the core area of the reserve for scientific research, one would need a permit to enter and collect samples.

Whether collecting animals, plants, amphibians, fish, or others, entry and exit from the reserve required checking corresponding documents and permits.

This was also a measure to further isolate poaching and illegal harvesting.

With these measures, even though they couldn’t completely stop those who colluded internally and externally for personal gain, they could at least reduce such misdeeds by eighty percent.

Chen Ying had applied for a permit this time and, upon leaving the reserve, relevant personnel would check and register the samples’ destinations.

The return journey went smoothly, the only surprise being that the Golden Cat Lady had followed them out.

The Golden Cat Lady was an adult female Golden Cat, about seven or eight years old.

She was in the prime of her life, following Chen, possibly attracted by the scent of Little Jin on him.

As they were about to enter the human activity area, Chen finally found an opportunity to ask her.

“I want to see your environment. There are only three cats like me around my territory, and I don’t like them; maybe your area has other cats that could attract me.”

Whether by human or Golden Cat aesthetic standards, the Golden Cat Lady in front of him was indisputably a “beauty queen.”

Suddenly, Chen started to worry about Jinya.

With the Golden Cat Lady’s intrusion, could the friendship between Little Jin and Jinya continue?

Although in the animal kingdom, reproduction was instinctual and unrelated to romantic love, Chen had come to regard them as his children after spending a lot of time with them.

Reason told him that Jinya and Little Jin should separate to complete the most important step in their lives.

But emotionally, he hoped that Jinya and Little Jin could support each other in the harsh wild, accompanying each other until the very end of their lives.

Oh well, let nature take its course.

Chen sighed helplessly and decided to play ostrich for a while longer.

Besides, there were other Golden Cats outside; maybe they wouldn’t be interested in Little Jin.

“Brother Chi, let’s find a place to set up camp ahead. This area has the largest bamboo forest around; we need to collect some samples and see if Great Bai and his group have reached here yet.”

The location was also specially marked on the saved phone map.

This was an area experts had delineated as potentially suitable for the Giant pandas.

However, they hadn’t been there to inspect it personally; the analysis was done entirely by satellite maps.

On their return journey, Chen and his group’s most important task was to determine the area of the bamboo forest, the bamboo varieties, the growth condition of the bamboo, and whether there was a water source nearby.

The drone they used, combined with scans from several directions, showed that the bamboo forest covered a significant area, at least fifty square kilometers continuously.

Continuity did not mean that this entire area was bamboo forest but rather that each patch of bamboo was not far from the next.

Moreover, with the varied elevation, the types of bamboo also differed, allowing the Giant pandas to find sufficient food in different seasons and areas. freeweɓnovel.cøm

The experts’ analysis held up: there were five to six types of bamboo suitable for the pandas’ diet, and the quality was excellent; they didn’t have to worry about the pandas going hungry.

Indeed, Great Bai and Jiaojiao had been flaunting in the bamboo forest for who knows how long.

After setting up the tent, Chen informed Brother Chi and went off to find Great Bai.

The Golden Cat that had followed them was eating; upon seeing Chen heading up the mountain, it picked up its unfinished food and followed.

“Great Bai, Jiaojiao, are you two here, where are the little ones?”

After looking around and seeing no sign of Leo and Little Cub, Chen patted Great Bai’s soft belly and asked.

“Baa baa, they went to find water to drink.”

There’s a water source here?

He had been thinking about this while coming upstream.

The creek had water, but the terrain and topography here were much steeper than in the uninhabited areas.

There were also some small waterfalls formed by springs seen on both sides, but these were seasonal; after September and October, when the mountain temperatures dropped, these springs might freeze over and possibly stop flowing because of snow accumulation on the mountain tops.

“Baa baa, there’s a place up the mountain with water, and it’s quite big. The two little ones went to play, go and see, I haven’t eaten enough yet.”

Being large in size meant constantly needing to eat to sustain bodily needs.

Therefore, Great Bai and Jiaojiao were either eating or on their way to eat.

Chen patted Jiaojiao’s belly and headed up the mountain past them.

Following Great Bai and Jiaojiao’s waste as a guide, they quickly found the two little ones playing in a puddle.

The puddle was not large, about two to three square meters, and there was even a small spring in the middle, bubbling water.

The water in the puddle had become muddy from the two cubs splashing around and play-fighting in it.

Watching Little Cub stand up, the water reached just to his knees, which should still be quite safe.

Seeing Chen Ying, the two simultaneously stood up from the puddle and rushed towards him.

Chen Ying’s face changed, “No, don’t come over!”

These two bear kids were all wet; their thick skin wasn’t bothered by the cold, but he definitely was.

However, Leo and Little Cub were not kids who listened well; the more they were told not to come close, the more they tried to get to Chen Ying.

Seeing Chen Ying dodging continuously, Leo howled and, with Little Cub, split up to strike from front and back.

“You two even developed tactics, no, you can’t, stop now.”

Chen Ying held one bear head with one hand, struggling to prevent them from embracing him.

Just when he was about to give up, a “meow-ow” sounded overhead, and half of a rabbit carcass fell from the sky, hitting Leo on the back of his head.

Chen Ying was shocked, “Stop, don’t fight!”

Before he finished speaking, the Golden Cat Lady had already jumped down and assumed an attack posture on a nearby broken tree stump toward Leo.

Great Bai, who was still eating bamboo in the forest below, turned his ears upon hearing the threat from the Golden Cat, bared his teeth, dropped the bamboo, and ran up the mountain.

Jiaojiao followed a beat slower.

While the Golden Cat Lady was threatening the young cubs, her back suddenly arched, and she quickly leaped up into a tree.

Chen Ying turned his head and saw Great Bai charging ferociously towards him, which instantly gave him a headache.

“It’s a misunderstanding, a total misunderstanding.”

Chen Ying hurriedly explained, while also introducing the Golden Cat Lady to them.

Great Bai and Jiaojiao, uninterested in another species, made sure that the Golden Cat was not a threat, then grumpily went over to Leo, biting his ear and dragging him out.

The Golden Cat Lady warily watched the four big creatures, her thoughts unknown.

Seeing his parents coming, Little Cub immediately behaved, cozily snuggling up to his mother while occasionally glancing at Great Bai.

Leo hung his head dejectedly and received a lecture from Great Bai, his aura of despondency tangible as he followed him back into the bamboo forest.

The family of four, wherever they sat, resembled four insurmountable mountains of flesh.

The Golden Cat Lady dared to threaten the young cubs but didn’t dare to yell at Great Bai and Jiaojiao; otherwise, the couple would definitely teach her how to be a proper cat.

Chen Ying spread his hands towards the Golden Cat Lady up in the tree, feeling a bit embarrassed.

She genuinely came to help him, which nearly turned into being threatened by Great Bai’s family instead; just the thought was disheartening.

Picking up the half-rabbit on the ground, Chen Ying attempted to pass it to the Golden Cat, who didn’t even look at it but turned and jumped onto another tree to escape.

“Well, I’ve managed to offend both sides, might as well get back to work.”

The remaining two cameras needed to be set; although the water source had been tampered with by the two little cubs, it had begun to clear up after just about ten minutes.

After checking the spring, he gathered a few stones for some minimal protection, then found a suitable spot to install the infrared camera.

Recording the camera’s location and number, Chen Ying then adjusted the angle again, making sure it was safe from animals before packing up to descend the mountain.

Descending along the other side, he checked along the edge of the bamboo forest where tracks on the animal trail showed that several ungulates still lived there.

The timing wasn’t quite right, being the rest period for ungulates; he estimated that either slightly earlier or later, one might see those forest elves foraging.

Returning to the tent, Brother Chi was teaching Ying Bo how to make dinner while also imparting wilderness survival skills.

Ying Bo, though also a mountain child, was different from his elders. From when he was born, the mountains had been closed for forest cultivation, and these kids had virtually no experience living alone in the wilderness.

Though forest patrol officers usually worked in teams when entering the mountains, they would occasionally split up for different tasks.

Knowing how to protect oneself and complete tasks successfully in unfamiliar environments required some skills.

Chen Ying watched them with a grin, just about to speak when something caught his eye, and his voice nearly faltered.

“Brother Chi, squat down slowly, don’t look back, just squat and move towards me.”

Ying Bo instinctually reached to pull Brother Chi but was pulled away first by Chen Ying.

Brother Chi was almost petrified, calming his heart and following Chen Ying’s guidance to slowly squat down.

While talking, Chen Ying had already grabbed his hiking stick, clenching it firmly and cautiously approaching Brother Chi.

Then, Ying Bo finally saw the slowly moving snake on the rock behind Brother Chi’s left.

(Highland Viper, a species unique to the Hengduan Mountain Region, venomous, feeds on geckos and small insects.)

“Roll quickly!” Chen Ying shouted, swinging his hiking stick out.

Brother Chi rolled on the spot, awkwardly escaping the imminent danger.

The viper, having lost its prey and struck by Chen Ying’s hiking stick, was furiously ready to strike.