Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 380 Why not light a peace lamp for it?
After walking all day, we were still very tired, so at about ten o'clock everyone went to bed.

There was a tent for two people, shared by Chen Ying and Shu Nan.

At two o'clock in the morning, Chen Ying woke up and planned to get up to replace the person on guard.

He put on his clothes and went out of the tent. He saw that the young man who was on guard was already asleep, leaning on his backpack with his cell phone in his hand.

Chen Ying added two pieces of firewood to the fire, patted the young man on the shoulder, and told him to go into the tent and sleep.

The young man woke up with a start, his face turned red, he stood up and moved around for a while but refused to go in.

"Then I'll keep watch with you for a while, and you can go to bed at three o'clock."

The young man nodded shyly, then sat down and stared at the fire in a daze.

At about 2:40, Chen Ying prepared to go to the bathroom and asked the young man to pay attention to the surroundings.

He walked down a bit and was about to moisten the forest when he heard some unusual noises.

When they set up camp, they searched the surrounding area and found no signs of medium or large wild animals.

Chen Ying shuddered, took out the outdoor flashlight he was carrying, adjusted the light, and shone it towards the place where the sound came from.

Everyone was delighted at this sight.

He quickly took out his cell phone and pointed it at the two little guys who were interacting shyly under the light, and recorded the entire process.

The two slow-reacting porcupines seemed to realize they were being watched only after they finished interacting, and the male porcupine's quills instantly opened.

The slightly smaller female porcupines also adopted attack and defense postures.

Seeing this, Chen Ying did not stay any longer. He dimmed the brightness and evacuated quickly.

When they returned to the camp, the student who took over the night watch was whispering to his companion who had been on duty before. When they saw Chen Ying coming back, the two of them gave him inquiring looks.

Chen Ying didn't say anything, just handed his phone to them.

The two had been working in the wild for a year or two. They were not novices, but they had never seen a large-scale porcupine reproduction film.

As expected, when following Brother Ying, you will always see some eye-opening things.

After watching the short video, Chen Ying urged the students who had been keeping watch to go to bed. He sat down and stayed with them for a while. He edited the video and sent it to the young man from the County Forestry and Grassland Bureau on VX. It was almost four o'clock before he went back to lie down for more than an hour.

After getting up, they packed their tents, luggage and other things, and the classmate who was responsible for cooking breakfast also called them to eat quickly.

As they ate and chatted, they talked about the action movie that Chen Ying shot last night.

Except for Lao Luo and Brother Suma, no one else had seen an action movie with a porcupine as the protagonist, and they were all curious and wanted to see it. Chen Ying simply sent the video to their work group.

"Oh my god, this porcupine is really wounded by love, tsk tsk."

"Actually, no. Animals will try their best to avoid this. Just look carefully at the quills of the female porcupine and you will see."

The picture was still not clear even after being enlarged, so Chen Ying simply found a still photo on the Internet and sent it to them.

By comparing the two, everyone understood why the angle of the quills on the female porcupine was a bit abnormal.

After finishing breakfast and packing up, everyone was getting ready to set off when a young man from the Forestry and Grassland Bureau called and asked Chen Ying if he could put this video on their official account.

After all, the cameras set up previously have not captured the porcupines that everyone wants to see, and some netizens have said that they are engaging in false advertising.

The video Chen Ying posted is enough to prove that there are really porcupines here. Not seeing them is just bad luck, it doesn’t mean that they don’t exist!
Chen Ying had no objection to this question. The purpose of sending it to the young man was to let him express himself freely.

He also knew that every unit now has KPIs. He didn't need the attention anyway, so he would help if he could, as a way of repaying the other party for all the bottles and jars they prepared for him.

After hanging up the phone, I followed the main force and walked towards the west side of the ridge. After going down this mountain and climbing up the opposite ridge, I officially entered the buffer zone.

If they went west directly, they would enter the core area in about two days. But their goal this time was to explore the growth and distribution of forest resources, and the planned route was to go from the southeast of the buffer zone to the northwest before entering the core area.

Before entering the core area, they will resupply at the next ranger station and change guides.

Chen Ying and his team's target area is at the junction of the buffer zone and the core zone. They will act separately before reaching the next maintenance station.

At that time, he and Shu Nan will decide whether to go to the management station for supplies depending on the situation, or go directly to the place where they agreed to meet Xiong Youming, and the other party will provide follow-up supplies.

During the first three days, they didn't find any interesting animals or plants.

The daily work is actually very monotonous, but the team members are used to this kind of field scientific expedition atmosphere and do not feel uncomfortable.

On the fifth day, which was the first day they were going to separate, Suma and his team found a place to camp at noon, and then sorted out their supplies, preparing to give the extra ones to Chen Ying and his team.

Anyway, they will be able to reach the management station for supplies in a day or two, and Chen Ying and Shu Nan will probably have to continue searching for the giant pandas in the core area.

Chen Ying did not refuse their kindness. Just as Suma said, they might have to go to Jiamugou to do projects in the future, and then they would have to ask Chen Ying for help.

After lunch, everyone packed up the supplies and filled two large bags for Chen Ying and Shu Nan.

Shu Nan hasn't worked so hard since graduation. He was really exhausted after these days of living outdoors.

He spent the afternoon sleeping in his tent to recover his strength.

No one thought he was wrong, as everyone had been through this before. It was already very impressive that Shu Nan, a young man working in an office, could grit his teeth and follow the team in the wild for so many days.

People have to make progress step by step, and they can't eat a big fat man in one bite, right? I believe that after this field expedition, Shu Nan will become darker and stronger.

The evening is the peak time for wildlife activities.

The camping site they chose was as far away from places where wild animals were present as possible, even away from water sources, just to spend a night safely without being disturbed.

But obviously, the weather did not go as planned, and it suddenly started to rain at seven o'clock in the evening.

The rain wasn't heavy, just the kind of drizzle that feels like continuous rain, and when the mountain breeze blew, it was a bit bone-chilling.

Seeing this, the team member in charge of cooking made a pot of ginger soup to help everyone ward off the cold and prevent colds.

Thanks to the convenience of modern society, there is a canopy in the wild to provide shelter, so cooking is no longer like before when it rained and we couldn’t make a fire and had to eat dry food.

Tents were set up in a circle around the canopy, leaving only the entrance and exit. Everyone sat in the tent and rolled up the tent curtains to chat.

The rainy night and the horror atmosphere are the best match, and a group of people were bored and started telling ghost stories.

At first it was fine, because the two team members were telling short stories from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, the kind whose endings you could tell right away.

The conversations of the next few team members became a little tense, and the four female team members unconsciously huddled together.

Before it was Chen Ying's turn to tell the story, a female team member heard a rustling sound.

At first she thought she had misheard, or that it was the sound of some bird in the wild.

But after a while, she felt something was wrong. She looked back, screamed in horror, and crawled out with her companions.

Upon seeing this, several male team members quickly protected the two of them. The bravest one picked up a flashlight and shone it over, and found that there seemed to be something digging behind the tent.

The two tall and strong men plus Chen Ying hurriedly went around to the back to check. The one who ran fast shone the flashlight and let out a strange cry.

"Leopard, there's a leopard!"

Chen Ying quickly pulled him back and stood in front of them.

As the flashlight shone over there, the leopard that was pulling at the tent cloth pounced towards him.

The people nearby exclaimed and raised their flashlights to throw at him. Chen Ying trembled with fear and shouted loudly, "Don't move, this is a familiar leopard!"

I’ve heard of familiar people and familiar things, but this is the first time I’ve heard of familiar leopards!

The panicked crowd gathered around to take a look, and wow, it was a large cat acting like a spoiled child!

Leopard hugged Chen Ying's arm and rubbed against him, making a whimpering sound, sounding very aggrieved.

The baby, weighing sixty or seventy kilograms, cried as aggrieved as a kitten.

"What's wrong? Didn't I release you back into the forest? Why are you here? Where's your brother?"

There was only one leopard at the scene, and it was agreed that both leopards would be released at the same time. Because they were sub-adult leopards that had just left their mother to live independently, the Forestry and Grassland Bureau respected the laws of nature and allowed them to leave together. When they both matured and could survive in the forest, they would naturally separate to find territories.

The leopard whined for a while, understood what Chen Ying was asking its brother, and bit Chen Ying's sleeve and tried to drag him away.

Chen Ying frowned, thinking of the leopard's injured leg. Could it be that its old injury had worsened during the past two days since it was released?
"Brother Ma, I'll be back soon, don't worry."

Carrying the first aid kit on his back, Chen Ying followed the leopard into the depths of the forest.

"Is Brother Ying going to be okay?"

"Probably not. He is an old man from outside the country. He knows the severity of the situation."

Even though they said that, everyone was still very worried. They no longer had the mood to joke or chat, and they even didn't want to sleep. They wanted to wait for Chen Ying to come back.

It was still Brother Suma who had a stern face and forced everyone to go and rest.

Lao Luo suggested that he go look for it, but Suma disagreed.

He should be the one to find it. The other team members were entering the deep reserve for the first time and could not leave the guide, but he had been in twice and could more or less find the direction to the reserve station. Besides, he also had more experience in surviving in the wild than the other young team members.

Looking at the time, it was almost half past ten. Su Ma decided that if Chen Ying didn't come back by eleven o'clock, he would go look for her.

Just as I was thinking about it, Chen Ying came back with a flashlight.

"What's going on? Is the leopard okay?"

"It's okay. It was just bad luck. These two guys are still a little weak in self-reliance. In addition, they are not familiar with the place. It stepped on a pothole on the hillside and injured itself again."

To be honest, this has never happened to any leopard in Jiamugou, including the silly brother of Leopard Sister. I don’t know if this young leopard is just unlucky or has a bad balance, but he has fallen twice. Although he didn’t break any bones, he probably has fractured them again.

After listening to Chen Ying's complaints, Lao Luo and Su Ma from the old wild people fell silent.

How can they evaluate this? They can't just send it to the zoo just because it's always injured.

Although humans take meticulous care of them, the vast nature is where they should live.

"When I get back, I'll go to the temple and light a peace lamp for it, and wish it good luck."

Lao Luo's approach was something novel that Chen Ying had never imagined.

(End of this chapter)