Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 326: Mama Bear’s Righteous Assistance

Chapter 326 -326: Mama Bear’s Righteous Assistance

Chen Ying was unable to answer this question, and the atmosphere in the car remained heavy.

Although the rescue team leader felt that the Mountain Patrol Team members couldn’t have strayed too far from the established route, he still agreed to follow Chen Ying and the others to check out the large lake nearest to them.

People who have been to the grasslands know the saying, “Looking at mountains will run your horse to death,” and this is precisely the situation they were facing now.

Next to the large lake stood Snow Mountain, with glaciers visible on its peak from afar, but even after a day’s travel, the mountain seemed to be an unreachable distance away.

By nightfall, they found a suitable spot to rest.

The highland already took a toll on their bodies; even though they were traveling by driving and sitting in vehicles, the need to keep a vigilant eye out all around meant their mental energy was significantly drained. Coupled with the not insignificant psychological pressure, everyone looked exhausted.

Two young men volunteered to keep watch during the night to give the older members a bit more rest.

After setting up the tents, Chen Ying also flew the drone around for a while, but to no avail.

“How come the grasslands here feel even more desolate than ours, hardly any animals at all,” Chen mumbled to Yin Li.

The rescue team leader came over to look at the screen, puzzled and scratching his head.

“It shouldn’t be the case; I remember there are two groups of Tibetan gazelles and Tibetan Wild Donkeys around here. Between these two lakes, there is also a group of yaks that roam around all year.”

Other animals might be able to burrow and hide, but yaks and Tibetan gazelles don’t burrow.

During the winter, these animals come together in large groups, huddling at night to withstand the cold winds and freezing weather.

Some groups would spend the night in wind-sheltered valleys and come out to forage during the day.

In this season, with scarce food, they spend most of their time incessantly searching for food, which is why you can see them wandering during the day.

But now, their absence was a bit unusual.

Around three o’clock in the middle of the night, Chen Ying thought he heard the howling of wolves.

Startled awake, he sat up and saw that his huddled companions were all opening their eyes.

“Could it be, wolves?”

“It seems distant, probably not nearby. But the number sounds like quite a few.”

Chen Ying quickly dressed and stepped out of the tent, finding the two young men responsible for the night watch standing on the roof of the car, looking around with binoculars.

“Dr. Chen, the wolves are in the direction of our destination.”

Seeing him come out, the two young men jumped down from the vehicle, stomping their feet; after more than twenty minutes outside, they were nearly frozen stiff.

“Alright, I’ll take over; you two go and warm up a bit. Don’t catch a cold.”

Chen Ying turned on the equipment in the car, hoping to get lucky and see where Jinya and Er Niu might be.

Before he could get the equipment ready, he accidentally looked up and was almost scared out of his wits.

Pressed up against the opposite window was a furry face.

Upon closer inspection, it was none other than Er Niu.

Chen Ying hurried down from the car, went around the front, and embraced Er Niu, checking its furry little face.

Such cold weather, its face pressed against the glass, does it even care about its fur anymore?

Er Niu licked Chen Ying, “I asked the leopards around, they said they saw Two-legged beasts going towards the watery area.”

“Right, that Leopard mentioned, those people were driven by a group of tasty big meat, and they even startled a few bears on the way.”

Chen Ying’s expression changed, and he subconsciously tugged at Er Niu’s paw.

Er Niu bared its teeth and nudged Chen Ying’s head gently but made no sound.

“I understand, how about Jinya, wasn’t it with you?”

“It met one of its kind, said it would lead it to find those Two-legged beasts. Jinya told me to come back to find you. It said it smelled you.”

Chen Ying fell silent for a moment; he did take a shower, really!

Er Niu looked like it wanted to leave again, but Chen Ying grabbed the nape of its neck.

“Why don’t you just stay and walk with us after the sunrise?”

“No, I told the Leopard I’d go find Jinya together. Its wife and cubs are also in that direction, and it wants to check if they’re hungry.”

He only knew Jinya was a Lynx, but he didn’t expect to come here and turn Er Niu into one as well.

Second Girl Chen, aspiring to become the social bandit among leopards, friends everywhere, grassland’s top informant!

Chen Ying picked up the binoculars and although he couldn’t see clearly, he could make out a black figure roaming around a hundred meters away.

Alright, it was good to know that Er Niu was here; he could track Er Niu’s position based on the receiver.

They had a simple breakfast and were on their way before daylight had fully arrived.

Chen Ying was adamant and instructed Yin Li to head towards the larger lake, and through the walkie-talkie, he told the drone operators in the car behind to look out for wolf packs assembling or for any large groups of yaks.

When they arrived at the patrol route, they saw the temporary camp stationed there.

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Upon hearing that they were heading to the large lake, one of the team members slapped his forehead.

“Next to that lake, there’s an abandoned cabin left by a geological, hydrological, and environmental monitoring survey team from last year. The old team leader, you haven’t run this line for the past two years, might not be aware. It totally slipped my mind.”

While speaking, he slapped his own cheeks twice.

“We don’t usually go that way, so I never remembered that cabin. If there really was an incident, they might go there to find a chance.”

Hearing this, the search and rescue team members didn’t waste words; they pressed on the gas and headed in that direction.

After driving for several kilometers, Chen Ying noticed something unusual.