Chapter 205: Searching for Snow Leopards! Unlock new illustration: Long-haired Squirrels! (6K words long chapter)
Xiong Er didn't care about her. He took the biscuit, turned his back to her and started eating.
The cookies are crunchy and have a rich honey flavor on top.
Xiong Er was so happy that his ears and tail were wagging happily.
Looking at the short tail, Liu Yiyi's hands started to itch.
Seeing that Xiong Er was eating happily, she quietly reached over and grabbed his tail.
When Xiong Er realized his tail was being grabbed, his body stiffened. He turned around and saw Liu Yiyi's face.
Whatever, who told her to have such delicious cookies? Touch them if you want!
Afterwards, Xiong Er ignored her and continued eating happily.
Not only did it ate it itself, it also gave a piece to other small animals, even Chen Chuan.
However, Chen Chuan didn't want it.
These are the biscuits that Xiong Er worked so hard to earn by selling his body, so let him eat them by himself!
After playing with the animals for a while, Liu Yiyi remembered her important business.
"Our main shooting mission this time is the snow leopard."
"However, snow leopards are very hard to find, and it all depends on luck, so if you see other animals along the way, you should also take pictures of them together!"
"This plan lasts for half a month, so we need to prepare enough supplies for half a month as well."
When Liu Yiyi said this, netizens were a little confused.
“Why are snow leopards so hard to find?”
"There are not many snow leopards left in the world now. They were listed as endangered species in 2017."
"Moreover, snow leopards generally live in plateau areas, places rarely visited by humans. In Altay, only 50 to 100 snow leopards have been found."
Seeing that they were curious, Chen Chuan gave them some basic knowledge.
"I see!"
Then he turned to Liu Yiyi and said.
"I have almost prepared all the supplies here, mainly medical supplies, tents, open flames, weapons, etc."
"As for food, don't worry. In this season in Altay, there is plenty of food in the mountains."
These were mainly what he and Aiguli bought when they went shopping yesterday.
He was born in Altay, where he lived by the mountains and had no need to worry about not finding food.
Moreover, apart from some necessities, it would be better for them not to bring too many things when going into the mountains this time, otherwise it would become a burden.
Liu Yiyi and the others nodded.
Liu Yiyi specializes in outdoor photography, so she knows these basic knowledge.
"Okay, let's get ready and we'll be ready to go soon!"
Chen Chuan led everyone to the pickup truck.
"These are the supplies I bought yesterday. You can take a look and see what you need."
"My suggestion is that apart from open flames, weapons, and tents, which are essential for everyone, other things can be taken in complementary ways, so that we can maximize the benefits of our backpacks."
Nie Feng and Chen Hu also nodded.
The two of them are special forces and often carry out missions outside, so they know this kind of outdoor survival best.
It took about half an hour to pack everyone's things.
"Let's set off this afternoon. It takes about four hours to drive from here to the foot of the Altai Mountains. We can arrive just before dark. We can rest at the foot of the mountain for a night and go straight up the mountain the next morning."
Chen Chuan suggested.
Naturally, others had no objection.
After all, they are not familiar with this place, so they should just listen to the guide!
Soon, the group got on Liu Yiyi's off-road vehicle.
The off-road vehicle has large wheels, a high chassis, and a large interior space, so five people can sit in it without feeling crowded at all.
There is no man who doesn't love cars, especially this kind of cool off-road vehicle, which is a man's favorite.
As soon as Chen Chuan saw the car, his eyes lit up.
"Sister Yiyi, this car is really yours!"
It’s no wonder that Chen Chuan is so strange, because most girls prefer cute little cars like Wuling Hongguang.
There are very few people like Liu Yiyi who like off-road riding!
"Of course it's mine. I've been working outdoors all the time, and this off-road vehicle is the most cost-effective for me!"
It can climb slopes, cross plains, and even muddy paths with ease.
Just like this time, if she hadn't driven her own off-road vehicle, they might have had to take Chen Chuan's pickup truck.
There is only one passenger seat in the front of the pickup truck, and everyone else has to sit in the back.
"so amazing!"
Chen Chuan couldn't help but give her a thumbs up!
A true strong woman!
"this is nothing!"
Liu Yiyi smiled and said, "If you like, why don't you drive this section of the road?"
"Okay!"
Chen Chuan readily agreed.
Even if you can’t afford such a good car, it would be nice to be able to drive it!
Hearing this, Liu Yiyi threw the car keys directly into his arms and went to the other side to open the passenger door.
"Hurry up, or we won't get there before dark!"
Time was tight and everyone did not delay.
Chen Chuan was driving, Liu Yiyi was sitting in the passenger seat, and Zhang Hao, Nie Feng, and Chen Xiang were sitting in the back.
Oh, by the way, there are also Erha and Dahuang, the two went together.
The two of them sat by a window, each being held by Zhang Hao and Nie Feng.
He stuck his head out of the window and looked at the scenery outside.
"Da Huang, you can't bite me!"
Zhang Hao held Da Huang in his arms, his heart trembling.
This is a wolf!
Although he had touched her before, can touching and hugging be the same?
Hearing this, Da Huang raised his head and rolled his eyes at him.
"Don't worry, Da Huang is a very good wolf, he's not the kind of wolf that bites people randomly!"
Chen Chuan smiled.
The car drove out of the forest ranger yard and entered the vast grassland in just an hour.
The Altai Mountains are just on the other side of the grassland.
The journey was long, and everyone went from being excited at the beginning to slowly becoming bored later on.
The view outside the window is almost always the same.
Green grass, blue sky, and from time to time you can see cows and sheep grazing, as well as shepherds sitting on the grassland.
When the shepherds see them, they greet them loudly.
After walking for about two hours, the wind suddenly picked up and bent the tall grass on the ground.
At the same time, the originally blue sky gradually became covered with dark clouds.
Looking at the weather, Chen Chuan frowned.
"It looks like it's going to rain here!"
If it rains, the road up the mountain tomorrow will be difficult to walk on. Not only will it be muddy, but we might also encounter natural disasters such as landslides.
Liu Yiyi looked worried.
"It's okay, this rain is just passing rain and won't last long!"
Chen Chuan said this, pointing to the front left.
"Look over there, it's still sunny!"
Such passing rain is not uncommon on the grassland.
Many times, it is raining heavily in one place, while it is sunny in another place, with a breeze blowing from time to time, making it cool and comfortable.
As we were talking, rain started falling from the front.
Wow! Wow!
It was raining so heavily that visibility was reduced a lot.
There was no choice but for Chen Chuan to slow down and continue moving forward.
In about half an hour, they had passed through the rain.
Looking back again, I saw an arc-shaped rainbow hanging behind the rain curtain.
"Wow, a rainbow! So beautiful and clear!"
"This is the first time I've seen such a clear rainbow. All I've seen before were blurry and disappeared after a while!"
When netizens saw this scene, they couldn't help but exclaim.
Some people even took screenshots directly.
Liu Yiyi naturally saw it as well, and immediately took out her mobile phone to take a picture and posted it online.
"The rainbow in Altay is really beautiful!"
As soon as this message was released, it immediately attracted likes from netizens from all sides.
"I'm going to take a break from work and travel to Altay!"
"It's so beautiful! The vast prairie and the blue sky..."
"Ah ...
"Wow, the goddess went to Altay, and I'm still working overtime at my workstation!"
Soon, more netizens found Chen Chuan’s live broadcast room.
In just a few minutes, the number of people in the live broadcast room reached 100,000 and continued to grow.
However, Chen Chuan ignored them and kept the camera of his mobile phone facing out the window.
After driving for about two more hours, the group finally arrived at the foot of the Altai Mountains.
At this time, it had already darkened.
"Let's rest here for one night today!"
Chen Chuan stopped the car and turned to speak to everyone.
"Okay, let's divide the work. Chen Xiang and I will set up the tent, and you three can go see if there is any firewood or something!"
Now this is still grassland, so we can simply make some fire and cook something to eat.
Once you enter the mountains, you are not allowed to light an open fire unless you encounter a particularly suitable place.
After the division of labor was completed, everyone started to take action.
Chen Xiang and Nie Feng first took out the tent, then used a machete to cut a few branches at the foot of the mountain, and began to set up the tent on the grassland.
Both of them are soldiers and are familiar with doing this kind of thing.
"Shashasha~ The soldier's muscles are so tempting!"
"Can the person upstairs be more reserved? He's drooling all over me!"
"Wow, these muscles, these strengths, the sexual tension is full!"
For a moment, the live broadcast room was full of a group of female fans drooling over the two soldiers!
Seeing this, Chen Chuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "The female fans in the live broadcast room are all crazy about you two!"
I have to say, these two have really great figures!
There are no exaggerated protein powder muscles like those in modern gyms, these are all real and full of power.
Hearing this, Nie Feng and Chen Xiang both blushed and smiled awkwardly. In the previous environment, no one would keep praising their figures like this, after all, many people around them did the same.
Now that it's suddenly so popular, I'm a little overwhelmed.
This generation of netizens is really bold!
"Wow, shy soldier brother, I want it even more!"
"Pants, whose pants fell here?"
The soldier smiled shyly, and netizens became even more rampant.
"Okay, stop looking and come with me to find firewood!"
Without teasing them anymore, Chen Chuan went straight into the mountains with his cell phone.
Liu Yiyi and Zhang Hao followed closely.
Because it was already evening and the sky was a little dark, the three of them couldn't go too deep.
I just picked up some dry firewood at the edge of the mountain and chopped a few pieces of raw firewood, which was enough to burn.
Just as they were about to go back, a noise suddenly came from above their heads.
"Ouch!"
Immediately afterwards, a hard object suddenly hit Liu Yiyi on the head.
"Something hit me!"
Liu Yiyi said, covering her head.
The thing was quite hard and it hit her head and caused her to hurt.
Hearing this, Chen Chuan looked up and followed the direction of the noise.
Then they saw a squirrel with a long tail holding nuts in its hands and looking at them with its round eyes.
"What is this? A squirrel?"
"Do squirrels have tails this long?"
"This is a squirrel, but it's a long-tailed squirrel. The kind you often see in cartoons is based on this prototype!"
Chen Chuan introduced.
As he said this, he picked up the nut that hit Liu Yiyi from the ground.
"This is an acorn, the fruit of the oak tree, one of the squirrels' favorite nuts!"
"I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable!"
After listening to Chen Chuan's introduction, Liu Yiyi couldn't help but admire.
"There's no other way. If I want to do this job, I have to understand these things!" Chen Chuan smiled.
"This is different!"
There are many other forest ranger anchors on the platform, but a lot of their stuff is just read from Baidu.
Chen Chuan didn't, he basically explained everything himself, and sometimes he would talk about things that were not available on Baidu.
This can only be known after consulting a lot of information.
"Squeak!!"
When the squirrel saw Chen Chuan looking at it, it couldn't help but bark twice, and its eyes were fixed on the acorn in his hand.
Seeing this, Chen Chuan raised the fruit and looked at it.
"Want this?"
"Squeak!!"
The squirrel nodded cutely.
Chen Chuan walked over and handed it the acorn.
The squirrel immediately took it and held it in his arms.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for unlocking the rare animal illustration - long-haired squirrel]
[Reward: Veterinary skill upgrade]
The moment Chen Chuan's fingers touched the squirrel, the system prompt sounded immediately.
Next to her, the moment Liu Yiyi saw the squirrel nod, she was completely stunned.
This Chen Chuan, can really communicate with animals?
What's more, the squirrel could actually understand what he said.
When she was in the forest ranger yard, she saw that the animals were so obedient.
I just thought that I would understand it naturally after spending so much time with Chen Chuan.
But they had just seen this little squirrel in front of them!
"How is it? Are you shocked? My brother has such magical power!"
Seeing Liu Yiyi's stunned look, Zhang Hao couldn't help but say proudly.
Thinking back, when he saw it for the first time, he was also shocked.
After taking the acorn handed over by Chen Chuan, the squirrel tilted its head and looked at him for a while.
Then, he raised his paw and bowed to him.
Chen Chuan waved his hand, "You're welcome, remember to take your fruit!"
It just hit Liu Yiyi on the head and it hurt her for a long time.
Hearing this, the squirrel looked at Liu Yiyi again, took out a nut from his hand and handed it to her.
"What is this for?"
Liu Yiyi looked at Chen Chuan in confusion, hoping he could explain.
"It's apologizing to you! It hit you just now, and this nut is an apology gift for you."
Chen Chuan explained.
The squirrel next to him heard this and nodded vigorously.
"Ah! No, you're welcome!"
Liu Yiyi was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
This squirrel is quite polite!
"Hahaha, look at you guys, you've scared our sister Yiyi silly!"
"It's okay, this is just to give her a little shock first!"
Netizens joked.
Liu Yiyi also felt that she was making too much of a fuss, so she forced herself to remain calm and took the nuts.
"To be honest, I really want to rub this squirrel's tail!"
"It's furry and stands on the head like an umbrella. It can also block the rain and the sun. It looks so nice to rub!"
"Can the anchor touch it for us?"
Seeing this, Chen Chuan said something jokingly.
"You are not allowed to touch the tail of a long-tailed squirrel. If I touch it today, I might end up having tea tomorrow!"
"Is it that serious?"
Liu Yiyi was originally feeling a little restless, but she immediately suppressed her desire.
She originally thought the squirrel was so cute and wanted to touch it.
Especially its tail, it looks so nice to touch!
"The long-haired squirrel is also a national first-class protected animal. Moreover, its tail is very important and usually only your partner can touch it!"
"If humans touch them, some extreme squirrels may become depressed, and some may even bite off their own tails!"
"Oh my god, it's so serious!"
Now, not to mention Liu Yiyi, even the netizens in the live broadcast room stopped clamoring to touch her.
“No wonder the anchor said that if you smell a squirrel, you have to go in and have tea.”
"If a squirrel loses its big tail, doesn't that ruin the squirrel?"
"Okay, let's go back. If we don't go back now, Nie Feng and the others will come looking for us!"
Chen Chuan said this and took the lead to walk out of the mountain.
Liu Yiyi followed closely, and Zhang Hao walked behind.
Behind them, the little squirrel looked at them and followed them with the nut in his arms.
……
When we got outside, we saw that Nie Feng and Chen Xiang had already set up the tents.
They set up three tents in total this time. The men were grouped in pairs on the side, and the girls, Liu Yiyi and herself, were grouped in the middle.
In this way, if there is any movement at night, they can protect the girls in time.
"Why did you take so long to collect firewood? If you don't come soon we will all go in and look for it!"
It’s not safe in the forest at this time of night.
Not to mention that this is in the Altai Mountains, where there are all kinds of animals, especially wolves, bears, and other large ferocious beasts.
Once encountered, it is very dangerous!
"It's okay, I encountered a little accident inside..."
Before Chen Chuan finished speaking, he suddenly saw a familiar figure running towards him.
"Squeak! Squeak!"
When the little squirrel saw Chen Chuan, it immediately ran over, jumped directly onto his shoulder, and pointed ahead and kept calling.
"what happened?"
Chen Chuan looked at it with some confusion.
Seeing that Chen Chuan didn’t understand what he meant.
The little squirrel thought about it, took out a nut, shook it in front of him, and pointed inside.
Now, Chen Chuan understood.
"You mean, you're going to take us to find nuts?"
The little squirrel nodded, as if to say, "Finally I understand."
"go?"
"The little squirrel probably wants to thank us!"
With so many people here, Chen Chuan naturally couldn't make a decision on his own, so he looked at Liu Yiyi and the others.
"Thank you for what?"
Nie Feng and Chen Xiang are still out of state and have no idea what is going on.
Afterwards, Liu Yiyi told them what had just happened.
"There is such a magical thing, brother, you are really amazing!"
After hearing this, both of them couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Being able to communicate so smoothly with wild animals is a skill that not everyone can possess.
"Let's go! The little squirrel invited us to buy something so enthusiastically. If we don't go, wouldn't it be a waste of its kindness?"
Zhang Hao stood up and said.
Liu Yiyi also nodded, "You can go and have a look!"
"Then let's go before it gets completely dark!"
Nie Feng and Chen Xiang each took a machete and walked in the front.
"You lead the way!"
Chen Chuan said to the little squirrel.
Understanding what he said, the little squirrel nodded, jumped off his shoulders, and ran to the front to lead the way.
Fortunately, the place where the little squirrel hid the nuts was not far away.
After walking for more than ten minutes, the group arrived under a tree.
At this time, the little squirrel was standing on a tree branch, watching them.
“Is it this tree?”
Chen Xiang said this and reached out and knocked on the tree trunk.
Boom boom boom!
There was an ethereal sound, and there was even the sound of something falling.
"This is it!"
After hearing this voice, everyone was sure.
Zhang Hao walked around the tree and asked in confusion.
"There's no hole in this leaf. How did the little squirrel hide the nut in it?"
“It should be up there!”
Chen Chuan pointed to the branches above his head.
“Many squirrels like to hide nuts in tree holes to store over the winter.
But there are also many little squirrels who choose the wrong tree hole, where the entrance is only a small size and the middle is solid.
In this way, they can’t get the nuts they have hidden with great effort.”
"Hahaha, this little squirrel is quite stupid!"
Zhang Hao couldn't help laughing.
"They are not stupid. They will not hide all the nuts in one tree hole. They will pack them separately."
"Put more in there. It's impossible that there won't be enough nuts to take out of every tree hole."
……
Now that they have found the place, they just need to take the nuts out.
Chen Chuan checked around the tree but did not find any exit.
"This is probably the tree where the little squirrel hid its nuts and found it couldn't get them out, so it asked us for help!"
"Then how do we take it out?"
Zhang Hao asked.
"Just dig a hole under the tree, so that if a little squirrel hides in the back, you can get it."
As he said that, Chen Chuan picked up the knife and prepared to attack, but was stopped by Chen Xiang.
"Hey, leave this kind of physical work to us, just get something to load it!"
They are bodyguards, so doing this kind of physical work is easy for them!
Seeing this, Chen Chuan did not argue with them. Everyone divided the work and cooperated with each other, and it was quite pleasant!
Soon, a fist-sized hole appeared.
However, although the hole was there, the nut inside did not come out.
"I know this. There are too many nuts in it and it's stuck. Just shake it!"
After saying that, Nie Feng hugged the tree and started shaking.
Sure enough, there was a rustling sound, and nuts immediately came out of the hole below.
There are quite a lot of varieties, including acorns, pine nuts, chestnuts, walnuts, etc.
Moreover, they are all well preserved, with basically no insect damage, and all of them are large.
"Our little squirrel is really good at hiding. These are all of extremely high quality!"
"If you put this in a supermarket, it would cost dozens of yuan per pound!"
"Another day of envying the anchor."
After about ten minutes, the pockets of Chen Chuan and his friends were full.
"Okay, that's all. It's enough for us. Leave the rest for the little squirrel!"
Chen Chuan said as he looked at the nuts in his pocket.
The few people did not refuse and returned to the tent with their bags.
"How do you eat this nut? Do you eat it raw?"
Liu Yiyi asked.
She remembered that some nuts cannot be eaten raw, right?
Hearing this, Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "How about we grill it and eat it?"
In fact, this kind of nuts are most delicious when fried, but aren't conditions in the wild limited?
As soon as these words were spoken, Nie Feng and Chen Xiang nodded immediately.
"Sure, these nuts are delicious when roasted. We were in the army before and couldn't even eat them if we wanted to!"
(End of this chapter)
