Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 209 - : What kind of group fight, did you eat too many mushrooms or what?

Chapter 209: Chapter 209: What kind of group fight, did you eat too many mushrooms or what?

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Chen Ying held his head, sitting down powerlessly.

If he hadn’t seen it wrong, the remains of the wild beast should be a leopard.

The dead unknown leopard, suspected to have been attacked by monkeys, made it hard for Chen Ying not to associate the two together.

His chest felt tight.

Picking up his phone, Chen Ying was about to call the Protection Station when he suddenly stopped and turned to dial Yin Li’s number.

Yin Li happened to be resting in his dormitory; after hearing Chen Ying’s guesses and concerns, he decisively took over the matter.

The girl who had sent a private message to Chen Ying—the situation at her home was hard to determine. The fact that the child only dared to contact Chen Ying secretly at school indicated that poachers might frequent her area.

If people knew it was her who reported, the consequences could truly be unpredictable.

And if Chen Ying notified the local Protection Station, he would have to clarify the source and provide corroborating evidence.

Wouldn’t this expose the girl’s existence too?

Yin Li, being thousands of miles away and having better emotional intelligence than him, seemed indeed the only one who could handle this matter.

After disguising the video and photos, Chen Ying packaged and sent them to Yin Li feeling somewhat dejected and leaned back in his chair.

Occasionally, he felt a sense of powerlessness inside.

Rescuing was much harder than destroying and causing harm.

He could accept the cruel competition and natural selection of nature, but deliberate harm caused by human tools truly made him angry.

He composed himself and planned to go check on little Beibei.

The little guy had finally accepted the 24/7 close protection of his two silly brothers in the past couple of days, becoming livelyer and bolder than when Big Leopard had taken care of him.

He no longer went to catch bugs to eat, but his greatest hobby now was catching mice and pheasants.

Indeed, Big and Small Baby had discovered a “chicken farm,” not too far from the small building, in a sparse thicket area.

Here lived a large group of pheasants and red-bellied golden pheasants.

From February to April was the breeding season for the birds.

During this time, they performed daily activities based on large groups, as having offspring in a community increased the probability significantly.

The males, usually resplendent in their plumage, were not Beibei’s targets but the females, which looked plain and resembled the mountain chickens.

Mostly unsuccessful but tirelessly happy about it.

Beibei’s favorite game was under the protection of his two brothers to disrupt the pheasant’s mating, only to be chased and pecked by a crowd of pheasants.

Then his brothers would come to his rescue and leave triumphantly with a couple of trophies.

Though Old Gao was quite displeased with the three cats causing trouble for his birds, he turned traitor quicker than anyone when it came to Beibei, even personally making a cat teaser from the pretty feathers of a dead pheasant for Beibei to play with.

Once questioned whether he had turned traitor, he would roar back fiercely: he was just making up for Little Beibei’s traumatic childhood!

Alright, you’re loud, you get to say whatever.

Three days after sending the information to Yin Li, Chen Ying received a call from him.

“The information has been submitted; I made some disguises, and along with it, I sent previous pictures and foreign poaching photos for the technical department to analyze.”

“You should act as if you don’t know about this. I suspect that the people in that village might have dealings with the poachers. Even if they are not complicit, providing supplies to the poachers isn’t something we can overlook.”

Sorrowful, yet helpless.

Mountain people are poor, and in their minds, as long as they themselves do not engage in poaching or logging, they aren’t breaking the law.

Providing supplies to strangers—no one would refuse the chance to make money, and as for the origins of their customers, there was a tacit agreement not to inquire.

Ignorance, a type of ignorance you hate but can do nothing about.

“Also, I’ve discreetly communicated with the Forest Police; they will conduct a covert investigation, don’t ask too much about this matter, and you should consider leaving for a while to distract attention from your presence.”

Yin Li meant that Chen Ying had now become a target for certain people; even if this matter had nothing to do with him, they would still pin it on him.

Chen Ying knew of whom he spoke and felt a headache coming on.

Half an hour later, he received a call from Dao Meihua.

She was straightforward, asking him to lend a hand in Dian Province.

“In Liang Mountain, several families of Western black-capped gibbons have been found engaging in group fights, the clashes are quite intense. We’ve already rescued seven or eight injured gibbons, but more are getting injured. Especially one adult gibbon, who fell from a tree during the fight, is suspected of having a fracture; we and need Mr. Chen’s help.”

As Dao Meihua explained, Chen Ying had already opened the map to find the location of Liang Mountain Nature Reserve.

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Meanwhile, an image of the area’s most famous representative species, the Western black-capped gibbon, popped up on his computer.

(Wuliang Mountain, gibbons flying through the sky. Females generally have yellow fur with a black tuft on their heads. Males are all black.)

Reading this introduction, related information immediately came to Chen Ying’s mind.

Gibbons usually conduct their activities in family units; a typical family group consists of about seven or eight members.

The family groups fighting would involve at least twenty to thirty gibbons. With a third already down, the fighting was indeed fierce.

After confirming that Chen Ying would help, Dao Meihua said she would handle the rest and told him to be ready to leave at any time.

This time when she came to pick up Chen Ying, she would also take two female clouded leopards back with her.

As for the brother-obsessed clouded leopard, it was probably reluctant to leave, especially not until its sister had recovered.

The destination for the elder clouded leopards had already been arranged, awaiting only the final three treatments before the subsequent convalescence was taken over by the rescue center.

These three treatments, the plans Chen Ying provided allowed Little Sen to operate independently.

Currently, it seems Little Sen is a weakling only in comparison to Chen Ying and Xiao Song. In fact, his skills could make him a pillar in any external pet clinic, with a guaranteed minimum monthly income of at least two thousand.

But as for his current income, better not to think about it to avoid heartache.

Little Sen is also quite naive—he just loves pandas. As long as he can interact with pandas every day, has accommodation, and receives work meals and free internet, he could live happily.

As for being single…

Brother Ying is still single himself, so what’s he got to worry about? Once Brother Ying settles his own issues, he’ll probably solve his too.

During the time before Miss Dao arrived, Chen Ying had gone everywhere to send word.

Especially to Black Bear Sister, her cubs had grown very well and had already opened their eyes.

Soon, Black Bear Sister should be able to take the cubs out for some fresh air.

Chen Ying had asked Leopard Sister and Brother Leopard to help keep an eye on them, and ended up being chased around and scratched for over ten minutes.

“Roar! Have you ever seen a good leopard watch over a black bear’s home?”

Leopard Sister’s temper had been quite fiery lately, probably because her kids were growing or because she was about to enter heat.

Anyway, lately, except for Beibei who was pampered by all, it had been routine for the other three to get beat up by Leopard any time of the day.

Snake mongoose, this little fellow, was sent by Chen Ying to Xiaozhai Village.

Spring was approaching, and the rodents and snakes in the forest were becoming a nuisance.

Snakes should not be killed indiscriminately, but an infestation was very unfriendly for families with small children.

Their village was in the mountains, and they relied on powders and plants for snake repelling.

With the snake mongoose around, perhaps it could attract more of its kind and at least help control the snake population.

The application for special permits and the arrangement of shelters were being handled by Yin Li, which, reportedly, was in the final stages of approval, and the shelter’s animal shed had been cleared out too.

The village had allocated funds to purchase basic medical equipment and medications, all of which had arrived.

The snake mongoose, Big Spirit Cat Mother, and Little Spotted Forest Weasel were all moved to the shelter.

The three already-independent Large Spirit Cat Cubs spent most of their time in the forest, barely seen around the village.

On the day Chen Ying sent the snake mongoose, the village’s hired veterinarian was treating a forest deer that had fallen down a slope.

Fortunately, there were no fractures. After treating its wounds and confining it in the animal shed for three days of observation, it would be released back into the wild.

Now, the path along the mountainside across a small ditch from the shelter had become the favorite spot for village children because they could see deer grazing leisurely.

Maybe in the future, if they rescue more animals, they might even see pandas for free!

The morning after returning from Xiaozhai Village, before six o’clock, Chen Ying had packed his bag, grabbed his usual medical kit, and arrived at the Protection Station to meet with Meihua.

“We’ll head out first; they’re arranging the transfer of the clouded leopard.”

Meihua’s eyes were swollen, with dark circles under them, appearing unrested for several days.

This time, the clouded leopard wasn’t rushed, so they could transport it by land, but Meihua and Chen Ying needed to get to Liang Mountain as soon as possible for the rescue, so they were heading to the nearest airport to catch a government charter flight.

On the way to the airport, Meihua had no energy to talk and instantly fell asleep leaning on Chen Ying’s shoulder after getting in the car.

Chen Ying felt a bit uncomfortable but refrained from moving.

They were both in the rescue business. Chen Ying had experienced racing against time during his internships, when he slept less than five hours in three to four days, always feeling like he could drop dead at any second.

Upon arrival at the airport, Chen Ying woke up Meihua. She opened her eyes in a second, appeared disoriented for a moment, rubbed her face, and led Chen Ying onto the scheduled plane.

This was an official transport plane, taking them to the nearest airport to Liang Mountain, where a car would pick them up to head up the mountain.

By the time they got into the car to Liang Mountain, it was already the afternoon.

Meihua caught up on some sleep and looked significantly more refreshed.

“What’s the situation now?”

“Not bad, as the Provincial Agricultural University’s veterinary department was contacting us about arranging internships, I took the opportunity to get some students over to help.”

Though the students didn’t dare to get involved directly, they could handle many mundane tasks and assist with treatment, freeing up professionals to tend to the gibbon’s injuries.

“Has it been days, and are they still fighting?”

“They should have stopped fighting by now, but the biggest issue now is that we can’t separate them.”

The driver, Xiao Mu, mentioned this with a headache.

Although Liang Mountain seemed spacious, the actual area suitable for gibbon habitation wasn’t large.

After efforts of twenty or thirty years, the forest had recovered about fifty percent, and the gibbon population had grown from near extinction in the wild to having several family groups.

This time, without human intervention, the hard-grown gibbon population faced significant reduction threats.

“In the end, it’s all caused by a lack of food.”

Gibbons require a larger habitat than ordinary monkeys, and the forest in Liang Mountain, after rapid deforestation in earlier periods, was still insufficient in supporting the gibbon communities.

It was hard to say that this gibbon conflict wasn’t a brutal nature-driven selection.

As they traveled along the mountain road, Xiao Mu smiled and said they were almost there.

Simultaneously, Chen Ying seemed to sense something, clutched the door handle, and shouted.

“Brake, brake fast!”

With a screech, the vehicle came to a stop, the smell of rubber reaching them as an object fell from mid-air.

It landed less than a meter from the front of their car.