Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

Chapter 120 Transporting Trees Back to Huacheng

The massive transport ship "Kunpeng" cut through the waves on the sea.

Wang Hu lay on the deck, lazily basking in the sun.

The warm and comfortable sea breeze from the south has disappeared, replaced by a slightly cool northerly wind.

The chill became increasingly noticeable after the Kunpeng left the South China Sea, especially as it approached Shanyuan Province, which borders Huacheng. The temperature dropped almost suddenly, and the sea breeze quickly turned into a biting, howling north wind.

Although Wang Hu didn't feel anything, he could clearly sense that the other people on the boat had obviously started putting on more clothes.

Meanwhile, the large banyan tree on the flatbed trailer was also wrapped in thick frost-proof cloth, with only a few thick roots showing.

The leaves that were once lush and green on Yellowstone Island are now mostly withered and yellow, curled up and huddled on the branches.

This change made the entire research team that followed nervous for several days, fearing that this large banyan tree, which lived in the south, would not be able to adapt to the northern weather.

However, Wang Hu wasn't too worried.

Leaving that spiritually rich sea area, coupled with the bumpy journey, this extraordinary plant experienced a brief period of acclimatization issues.

But he could clearly feel the vigorous vitality inside this extraordinary plant. Wang Hu felt that even if he took this thing to Siberia, as long as he could get it to take root in the soil, it would survive.

Cui Jiuyuan walked over, wearing a military overcoat and thick military boots.

He stopped beside Wang Hu and exhaled a puff of white breath.

He seemed to have misunderstood, thinking that Wang Hu was worried about the condition of the banyan tree, which was why he kept staring at it, so he couldn't help but speak up to comfort him.

"Big Cat, don't worry, the people at the research institute said that this tree's root system is extremely strong."

"Once we reach Tianniu Mountain and connect with the earth's veins there, it's almost possible for it to come back to life."

Wang Hu didn't explain, but only let out a low gurgling sound in his throat as a response.

Actually, he stared at the tree whenever he had nothing to do, but he just felt that the journey was too long.

For almost half a month, he spent either eating seafood on the ship or watching the researchers measuring with various instruments.

For some reason, the cell phone inside the conch shell has started to have a poor signal these past few days.

He just wants to get back to Huacheng as soon as possible; maybe the signal will be better there.

three days later.

The transport ship finally docked at a port near Hwaseong.

The massive hoisting machinery emitted a piercing metallic screeching sound as it steadily placed the hundreds-of-tons banyan tree, along with its specially designed base, onto the land transport convoy.

The convoy consisted of more than a dozen heavy special vehicles, with fully armed guards at both the front and rear.

The transport team officially bid farewell to sea transport and began completing the final leg of the journey by land.

The sky began to turn gray.

As we got closer to Hwaseong, the humidity in the air began to increase.

As the convoy approached the border of Huacheng, the first snowflake landed on Wang Hu's nose.

He twitched his ears and stood up from the trailer.

Ahead lay a vast, white world.

As they got closer to Huacheng, the snow on the ground began to get thicker and thicker, gradually accumulating to a depth of more than half a meter.

The temperature here is even lower than what he saw on the news.

"Report! The road ahead is heavily snow-covered, and regular snowplows cannot operate!"

The communicator crackled with urgent reports from the advance troops.

Cui Jiuyuan sat inside the command vehicle, looking at the snow curtain outside through the windshield.

He only knew from internal reports that it was snowing heavily here, but he didn't expect that it had been two or three months and the snow was still falling without any sign of stopping.

More than two months of heavy snow, this is really terrifying.

He was holding a communicator, but it was unclear who he was contacting.

"Bring over the heavy-duty, explosion-proof snowplows we've prepared."

"No matter what method you use, the banyan tree must be delivered to Hwaseong within three days."

After half an hour.

Two steel behemoths, each over five meters tall, roared and charged to the front of the convoy.

The massive alloy shovel blade plunged into the snow, carving out a path through the icy landscape.

Wang Hu squatted on top of the trailer.

I watched with curiosity as the snow crunched under the shovel blade, making a sickeningly loud sound.

I can't help but marvel at the strength of China once again.

They can create all sorts of bizarre and wonderful machines.

Even with snowplows clearing the way, the convoy moved at a snail's pace.

After a day and a night of continuous high-intensity work, the engine of the first snowplow finally let out a loud bang.

Black smoke billowed out of the exhaust pipe.

The mechanical structure was completely destroyed under the combined pressure of extreme cold and high load.

The vehicles behind had to stop.

After communicating with Cui Jiuyou, Wang Hu jumped off the roof of the car.

His four paws sank into the snow, all the way up to his thighs.

The cold air crept up from the soles of my feet.

But in an instant, it was blocked by the dense, unyielding yang energy within his body.

He flicked his tail, walked straight to the wrecked snowplow, braced his shoulder against the rear of the vehicle, and pushed it to the side.

He easily pushed the heavy steel shell aside.

Soon a second snowplow took over and continued moving forward.

It was three days later, in the evening, when the convoy finally arrived at the foot of Tianniu Mountain.

It had gotten completely dark.

At the entrance at the foot of the mountain, a row of torches lit up.

Zhang Shouzhou, along with hundreds of teachers and students from Qiyuan University, were standing in the wind and snow.

Each of them was holding a shovel or a broom.

The mountain road, which was originally blocked by heavy snow, was actually cleared by these teachers and students, creating a passage.

"Vice Principal Big Cat is back!"

Someone in the crowd shouted.

The exhausted students all looked up.

Looking at the students whose noses were red from the cold, Wang Hu realized that they had braved the heavy snow to clear a path for him to go up the mountain. The slight anxiety that had been building up in his throat because of his experiences along the way subsided considerably.

Zhang Shouzhou tightened his long robe.

The ghostly infant behind him was huddled in his collar, with only a pair of grayish-white little hands showing.

"Welcome home, Vice Principal Big Cat!"

When Zhang Shouzhou saw Wang Hu, he spoke with a broad smile.

Wang Hu was quite pleased with Zhang Shouzhou's actions in leading the school's students, and he nodded to him and the three hundred students behind him, grinning.

Zhang Shouzhou then turned to look at Cui Jiuyuan and nodded at him.

"Director Cui, the lifting equipment is in place."

"The pit on the back mountain was dug according to the dimensions given by the research institute, eight meters deep and fifteen meters wide."

"The underfloor heating system and the elixir mixed with life-saving potions are also ready."

"Large banyan trees can be transplanted at any time."

"good!"

Cui Jiuyou was very satisfied with Zhang Shouzhou's actions and nodded with a smile.

"Then let's do it as soon as possible!"