Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

The sudden movement startled Tang Li, who was dozing in his arms. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, followed his gaze, and asked in a low, puzzled voice, "Iron Rice Bowl, what's wrong? Did you hear something?"

Wang Yuyu gave a low growl in the direction the sound came from, his tone revealing an undisguised urgency and anticipation.

It's a helicopter!

Venison is here!

Tang Li didn't understand what he meant at first, but the next second, the faint rumbling sound drifted to her ears on the wind.

She instantly snapped out of her daze, her eyes lighting up. Excitedly, she sat up straight and waved wildly at Fan Zhengcheng and his group in the distance, shouting, "Captain Fan! It's a helicopter! The helicopter is here!"

Fan Zhengcheng and his team were huddled around the fire to ward off the cold wind. Their tinnitus symptoms had just subsided a bit when they heard Tang Li's shouts and faintly caught the roar of a helicopter. Overjoyed, they almost jumped up from the snow: "Hahaha! They've finally arrived!"

He quickly called out to his team, "Brothers, hurry! Make the fire even bigger! Use the firelight to guide the helicopter, don't let them go to the wrong place!"

Without Fan Zhengcheng needing to urge them further, the team members, having already had enough of the cold wind in this desolate wilderness, quickly added firewood to the fire. The dry branches were engulfed by the flames, making a "crackling" sound, and the flames instantly shot up high, standing out conspicuously in the vast snowstorm.

At this moment, Fan Zhengcheng disregarded his fear of Wang Yuyu and rushed to the base of the boulder, shouting up at Tang Li, "Little Tang, give me your phone! I need to contact the helicopter!"

Tang Li reacted quickly, immediately pulling out her phone from her pocket and tossing it to Fan Zhengcheng.

Fan Zhengcheng caught the phone steadily, quickly dialed a number, and waved towards the distant horizon, his voice filled with urgency: "Here! We're at your ten o'clock position! Do you see the fire?"

On the horizon, two police helicopters, which were originally searching in other directions, quickly changed course after receiving the signal and flew towards the location indicated by the firelight.

As the helicopter drew closer, the roar grew louder, and the airflow from the spinning rotors blew the snow off the ground into the air, creating a mini snowstorm.

Wang Yuyu was somewhat irritated by the ear-piercing roar and the swirling snowflakes. More importantly, he could clearly sense the human presence emanating from the helicopter and the murderous aura that seemed to be aimed at him, and instinctively perceived the threat.

He gave a low growl towards the helicopter, then disappeared into the nearby woods, leaving only his amber eyes visible as he warily watched the outside movements.

The helicopter circled twice over the open ground, and after confirming that it was safe, it slowly descended and finally hovered steadily on the snow.

As soon as the cabin door opened, two staff members jumped out first, followed by a deer carcass wrapped in a waterproof tarpaulin, which they pushed off the plane and landed heavily on the snow.

Tang Li spotted the sika deer immediately and shouted towards the woods, "Hot job! Look! The deer you wanted has arrived! It's right here!"

She paused, her tone turning serious, and earnestly instructed, "Remember what you promised me: you're not allowed to bother the village again, understand? If you get hungry, come find me outside the zoo, and I'll bring you meat!"

"Roar!" A deep tiger roar came from the woods. It wasn't loud, but it was a clear response, a kind of agreement.

At this moment, the first helicopter was quickly filled with Fan Zhengcheng's team members. The cabin door closed, and the helicopter slowly took off, flying away into the distance.

Immediately afterward, the second helicopter landed smoothly on the open ground. Fan Zhengcheng shouted loudly to Tang Li, "Little Tang, stop standing there! It's time to go!"

Tang Li glanced back reluctantly at the direction of the woods, where the tiger's shadow flashed by. She bit her lip before turning around and quickly walking towards the helicopter, calling out as she went, "Coming, Captain Fan!"

The helicopter's rotors started spinning again, but she couldn't help turning back and meeting Wang Yuyu's gaze through the porthole as he peeked out from the edge of the woods.

The man and the tiger gazed at each other from afar until the helicopter slowly rose, flew further and further away, and became a small dot on the horizon.

After watching the two helicopters completely disappear from sight, Wang Yu slowly walked out of the woods and headed straight for the sika deer on the snow.

He lowered his head and sniffed the wound on the deer's neck, then smelled the odor emanating from the corpse, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his amber eyes.

They weren't trying to fool him; the animal had just been slaughtered and was still fresh with blood.

"Rice! Rice!" That was the only thought in his mind. He didn't care about the wind and snow anymore. He carefully approached the deer carcass and easily tore a gash in the deer's belly with his sharp teeth.

He first precisely removed the deer's heart, liver, and kidneys—the most tender and nutritious parts—and swallowed them in a few bites, his mouth full of blood, yet he still maintained a certain elegance befitting a mountain lord.

Then, he carefully removed the other internal organs and intestines and threw them aside.

He didn't like to eat these things, and leaving them in the corpse would only accelerate decomposition.

After gnawing on a few pieces of still-warm, tender venison for a while, Wang Yuyu let out a loud burp, her stomach already bulging, before finally stopping eating with satisfaction.

He looked up at the still-snowing sky, worried that other wild animals would covet the remaining venison, so he used his paws to scrape off some clean snow and stuffed it into the deer's belly to keep it fresh.

After doing all this, he bit the deer's neck, dragged the heavy carcass, and slowly walked towards his den, his figure gradually disappearing into the vast snow and deep forest.

Three nights later, the mountains and forests were shrouded in thick darkness, with only a few scattered moonlight filtering through the gaps in the branches and leaves, casting dappled silver light on the snow.

Wang Yu slowly licked the bloodstains remaining at the corner of his mouth. The sika deer, which weighed at least a hundred pounds, had been eaten clean by him, leaving only a skeleton lying alone in the snow.

He shook his head, brushed the crumbs off the tiger's fur, and strode away with steady steps.

Having eaten and drunk their fill, it's time to move on and inspect their territory.

The darkness was never an obstacle for him; on the contrary, it excited every cell in his body.

As the king of beasts, his night vision is far superior to that of ordinary people, allowing him to clearly see everything around him as he walks through the dense forest.

He could see everything, from the tiny paw prints left by squirrels in the snow to the traces of owls flapping their wings on tree branches, and even the faint movements of field mice crawling under the snow.

The air was filled with the scents of various animals. Compared to the silence of the daytime, the forest at night was more vibrant, as prey moved stealthily under the cover of darkness, searching for food to sustain them.