Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

After a whole night of running, covering more than ten kilometers, the four bowls of meat we ate at the campsite had long been digested.

Although they weren't starving, being able to replenish their energy before dawn would give them more energy for their daytime patrols, so it was a worthwhile trade-off no matter how you looked at it.

Having made up her mind, Wang Yuyu no longer acted as ostentatiously as before.

He slowly lowered his body, his limbs slightly bent, his tiger claws making no sound as they stepped on the snow. Like a ghost, he moved through the snow, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings, searching for traces of his prey, to see which unlucky creature would become his breakfast.

After walking about a kilometer further, a string of neat plum blossom prints on the snow came into his view.

The footprints are not large, but you can clearly see four round fleshy pads. The two in front are slightly larger, and the two behind are smaller.

Wang Yu leaned closer, sniffed the footprints lightly, and immediately recognized the scent of a snow hare. It was very fresh, indicating that the prey was nearby.

He looked up and followed the direction of the footprints, then took a step and followed silently.

Proceeding another 300 meters or so, a small snowdrift suddenly twitched under a thick birch tree ahead.

Wang Yuyu stopped abruptly, her amber eyes fixed on the snow pack.

That's right, it's the snow rabbit he's looking for.

In winter, the snow hare's fur has long since turned into a white that blends in with the snow, making it almost impossible to spot if it weren't for its wriggling movements.

In winter, when food is scarce, snow hares rely on nibbling on the bark of birch and willow trees to fill their stomachs. Occasionally, they will dig through the snow to eat the thin tree roots buried underground.

Having lived alone in the mountains for over a year, he had thoroughly learned the habits of all kinds of animals in his territory, which made his hunting much more efficient.

The snow hare was very wary. After taking a few bites of bark, it would suddenly raise its head, its ears standing up high and turning nimbly. Its black eyes would scan its surroundings, and only after confirming that there was no danger would it continue to lower its head and eat.

What's even more troublesome is that it chose an excellent location. The birch tree is right downwind, so if Wang Yuyu were to sneak up from downwind, he would inevitably run headfirst into the tree trunk.

Wang Yuyu patiently observed the surroundings and soon came up with an idea.

The area on the right was denser with trees and low shrubs, which provided perfect cover for his movements.

He first gently put down the positioning ball he was holding in his mouth to avoid accidentally damaging it while hunting, then slowly lowered his body, tensed his limbs, and silently crept towards the dense forest on his right.

When he got closer to the snow hare, about a hundred meters away, he lay down on the snow, his belly pressed against the cold ground, and moved very slowly towards the snow hare using only his limbs.

This minimizes their silhouette, making them less likely to be detected by the snow rabbit.

The distance was closing steadily. When they were only thirty meters away from the snow rabbit, Wang Yuyu stopped completely, lying motionless on the snow. His amber eyes gleamed sharply in the moonlight, locking onto the snow-white figure that was still gnawing on tree bark, waiting for the best opportunity to strike.

He observed intently for a few seconds, confirming that the snow rabbit had not noticed him.

Just as the snow rabbit lowered its head again, focusing intently on gnawing on the birch bark, Wang Yuyu suddenly moved!

With a powerful stomp of its hind legs, the snow was instantly kicked away, and its massive body shot forward like an arrow. At the same time, its front paws quickly dug through the snow in front of it to reduce resistance to its forward movement.

His speed was astonishing; in the blink of an eye, he covered a distance of thirty meters and pounced precisely on the snow rabbit.

Before the snow rabbit could react, its front paws had already firmly pressed down on the snow-white body. Then, it quickly lowered its head, and its sharp canines precisely bit into the snow rabbit's neck. With a soft "snap," the snow rabbit's spine was bitten off.

The poor snow rabbit didn't even have time to see the attacker's face clearly, and before it could even let out a scream, it was completely lifeless.

Until its death, it never knew that it had been defeated by the mountain king of this forest.

Wang Yu picked up the snow rabbit, gently shook his head, and weighed it in his hand. He secretly calculated, "It's about three pounds! It probably ate some tree bark to make it heavier. After cleaning out the internal organs, there will only be about two pounds of edible meat. It's better than nothing, I guess."

He put down his prey, then lowered his head and began processing it right there on the spot.

He carefully tore open the snow hare's abdomen with his teeth, then bit the snow hare's head, jerked it upwards, and shook it gently in the air a few times. The snow hare's internal organs slid out of its abdominal cavity and fell onto the snow, instantly staining a small patch of white snow red.

Next, Wang Yuyu used its paws to push aside the intestines, stomach, and other internal organs that it didn't like to eat, and then quickly swallowed the nutritious heart, liver, and other parts of its stomach, eating them clean.

After disposing of the internal organs, he opened his mouth, his sharp teeth biting into the snow rabbit's carcass. With a forceful tear, he ripped it into small pieces, fur and all. He stuffed large mouthfuls of meat and fur into his mouth and swallowed them rapidly.

In just five minutes, he devoured the three-pound snow rabbit.

All that remained on the snow were a pile of entrails, four bare rabbit paws, and a spine that had been gnawed clean.

Those tiny bones had long been chewed to pieces by his sharp teeth and swallowed along with the meat.

"Snap!"

Another crisp sound of bones breaking rang out. Wang Yu picked up the snow rabbit's skull, gently bit it open with his teeth, and then stuck out his tongue to lick and suck the nutrient-rich brain inside.

After sucking out all the brain matter, he spat the empty skull into the snow, lowered his head, rubbed his cheek on the snow, and wiped away the blood and bits of flesh remaining at the corner of his mouth.

Having filled his stomach, Wang Yuyu turned and walked back in the direction where he had placed the positioning ball.

But when he arrived there, he was stunned.

The small ball that he had placed on the ground actually moved a short distance on its own and rolled into the snow in front of him.

"Holy crap?" Wang Yu's amber eyes widened in surprise. "This thing can move on its own? Is it that high-tech? Tang Li didn't tell me it had this function!"

Meanwhile, at a wildlife research base dozens of kilometers away, several researchers in front of the monitoring screen were already cheering with excitement.

Although the camera's angle was limited and it couldn't capture the entire hunting process, it clearly captured fragments of the Siberian tiger lurking, attacking, and feeding, which are extremely valuable research materials for them.

Wang Yuyu circled the ball twice, looking surprised, but didn't think much of it.

He lowered his head, put the ball back in his mouth, and then continued walking along the patrol route into the depths of the mountains.