Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 325 Missing Team Members

Chen Ying released Erniu and Jinya and let them sniff the personal belongings of the forest rangers. Then the two big cats rubbed Chen Ying's legs, turned around and rushed directly into the vast night.

"Will it work? Will it..."

Chen Ying looked up at the person who had spoken, smiled and consoled him, "You have to believe that they can do it. They have tracking collars and cameras on them. Unless they encounter poachers or stronger beasts, they will definitely come back safely."

Without staying long, after Jin Ya and Erniu left, Chen Ying, Yin Li, and two other rescue vehicles also followed them into the grassland at night.

"It's good tonight. The wind is not strong, the temperature is not particularly low, and it hasn't snowed yet. If there is wind and snow, no one would dare to enter the heart of the grassland."

The herders in northern Tibet only graze in marginal areas at most. Once they go deep into the hinterland, even the most experienced old herders cannot guarantee that they can get out.

"Have you checked to see if there are any other people in the deep grassland besides their team of mountain patrol researchers?"

The forest police car behind them replied on the intercom, "We have already asked, and the herdsmen are all at home. After learning that the patrol members were missing, the herdsmen closest to the grassland formed a rescue team and spontaneously went in to look for them."

"They are all veterans, they must know the dangers of the grassland. They are definitely not allowed to enter the no-man's land casually, and their work route is to patrol along the periphery of the no-man's land. If the scientific expedition team is included, they can only stay between these two points for a little longer."

The rescue team leader is an old ranger, known as the living map of the grassland.

He drew a line between the two mountains.

"This route was also a common route for those who traveled through time earlier. There are many undulating mountains and lakes on this road, and there are several fresh water supply points. Another rescue team of ours is searching along this route, but has not yet found the whereabouts of the missing persons."

They only walked less than 40 kilometers that night. At around 3 a.m., the wind grew stronger, so they set up the tent and waited for dawn with their eyes open in the circle of three vehicles.

When it was almost dawn, a group of vultures flew over and stayed nearby.

Chen Ying can understand the language of birds, but because he carries the aura of a big cat, he is increasingly unpopular with the birds.

But at this time, no matter whether the bird loves him or not, he has to give it a try.

He held a piece of frozen lamb leg and approached the vulture not far away.

The vulture tilted its head and watched him approach motionlessly.

"Hey, can I ask you something?"

Chen Ying had never dealt with this kind of bird before and really didn't know how to start the conversation.

Fortunately, his abruptness did not cause the vulture to fly away. Instead, it looked him up and down curiously.

"Do you see any humans like me around here?"

"The same as yours?"

A hoarse, low and somewhat unpleasant cry was heard, and Chen Ying understood what it said.

"Yes, similar to mine, with that kind of tin can."

"never seen it."

The vulture answered simply, took two steps forward curiously, and spread its wings.

Chen Ying threw the leg of lamb in his hand to it.

The vulture was startled and stepped back quickly.

But after discovering that this thing couldn't move and seemed still edible, it approached and pecked at it tentatively.

Vultures eat at an astonishing speed.

Even though the lamb leg wasn't very tasty due to the low temperature, the four or five kilograms of meat was dried to just a bone in less than ten minutes.

"If you find a two-legged beast like me, can you come and tell me?"

The vulture shook its head, spread its wings again, raised its flexible neck and called twice, without agreeing or refusing, and flew away.

Yin Li didn't come over until the vulture left.

"How is it, is there any news?"

"No, it's hard for birds to communicate."

Yin Li forced a smile and said, "Let's go. Let's look for more while the weather is good today."

Chen Ying got in the car with him and continued to move forward.

At about half past eleven, they saw a lone wolf wandering on the grassland.

The lone wolf stood not far away and watched them. After several minutes, he trotted away.

No one was in the mood to cook, so they just took out some dry food and water and ate a few bites. They didn't stay for more than half an hour before deciding to keep going.

This time they walked in a straight line, heading straight towards the heart of the grassland.

Not far away, I saw the wolf again.

This time it stood on a small mound of earth.

"Ali, wait a minute, I'll go ask."

"No, that's a wolf..."

"It has been wandering around this area, maybe it knows something."

Chen Ying picked up a rabbit from the box, jumped out of the car, wrapped his clothes tightly, and ran towards the wolf.

The two cars following behind stopped at a loss, and uncertain voices came from the walkie-talkies, wanting to know what Chen Ying was doing.

"It's okay, he's asking for directions." Yin Li replied in a dry voice.

This sentence really left everyone silent.

Asking for directions? Looking for wolves? Brother, do you want to listen to what you are saying?
However, a young team member on the rescue vehicle seemed to remember something.

"That teacher Chen Ying is the veterinarian teacher that netizens tease as a druid, right?"

"What is Deyi?"

"In Western legends, druids are a group of people who worship nature. They can understand the language of wild animals and plants. However, they are divided into animal druids and plant druids."

The others were confused when they heard this. What the hell was this?
Under the complicated gazes of the crowd, Chen Ying approached the wolf.

He kept a safe distance and threw the rabbit over.

The wolf turned and ran a few meters away, then stopped and continued to look at him.

Chen Ying did not move forward, but instead took a few steps back.

After about three or four minutes of stalemate, the wolf came over, lowered its head to sniff the rabbit, and began to devour it.

After eating half full, the wolf looked at Chen Ying with a slightly relaxed look.

"Have you ever seen a two-legged animal like me?" The wolf said nothing, just looked at him silently.

Chen Ying asked twice more, but the wolf remained indifferent.

There was no other way. It was impossible to wait any longer. Chen Ying could only leave.

Just as he turned around, the wolf suddenly took two steps forward and a scream came from inside the car.

Chen Ying quickly turned around and faced the lone wolf.

"Ah!" The wolf raised his head and let out a long howl, "Wolf pack, big meat, water,"

After saying this, the lone wolf turned around and ran away quickly without a trace.

"Wolves, big meat and water?"

Chen Ying frowned and thought about it, then quickly returned to the car.

"Will you pass by a lake on your patrol?"

"Yes, there are three lakes. Two of them are very small, and there is a relatively large one near the heart of the no-man's land."

"Has anyone searched the lake?"

We searched all the places along the road and found no signs of water entry near the lake. After all, it is impossible for two cars to rush into the lake at the same time.

Even if it rushed in, the traces of the wheels would not disappear so quickly.

"Why, does it have anything to do with the lake?"

"There are wolves, by the water. That's what the lone wolf said. But it said big meat, and I don't quite understand what it means."

Covering the intercom, Chen Ying relayed the lone wolf's words to Yin Li.

"Open the tablet and let's see where the nearest lake is. This is a lone wolf, it's impossible for it to run too far to find food. The water it mentioned should be nearby."

Chen Ying thought so too. When Yin Li said that, he took out his tablet and opened the map.

There is a lake ten kilometers away on the left, which is also the nearest lake within the lone wolf's hunting range.

After confirming through the walkie-talkie that this lake was a freshwater lake and that animals would go there to drink water, everyone decided to go over and take a look first.

This lake is a freshwater lake. There are too many animals going there to drink water, so the rangers will only observe the situation from a distance and generally will not get too close to the lake.

"We went there during the survey two years ago. Last year, the team doing water quality research also went there to collect water samples. The lake is not big, and there are many animals drinking from it. Tibetan wild donkeys, Tibetan yaks and so on all like to move around there."

Where there is water, there will be abundant aquatic plants and other plants, which are also canteens for herbivores.

On their way there, they saw a group of Tibetan antelopes eating grass and drinking water.

"The lake is in front of us. Be careful. There may be leopards..."

In the telescope, a gray-white snow leopard looked up at them, then ran away to the east along the lake.

Chen Ying felt a little regretful that she didn't have the chance to ask it for information.

Don't get too close to the lake. The water there often overflows the grass, freezes at night, and melts into water under the sun during the day, making it easy for the car to get stuck in the swamp.

Chen Ying and several members of the rescue team planned to go over and see if there were any traces of the convoy.

"Look, are those human belongings over there?"

Sure enough, I found it, it was a blowtorch.

"Captain, this is what we stand on."

Finding the item makes people happy and nervous.

I was happy that I finally found the items left behind by the team members, which meant I was not going in the wrong direction.

The worrying thing is that at a glance, there is no vehicle or tent to be seen.

Just when Chen Ying and his team members were about to search the surroundings carefully, a large bird suddenly swooped down from the sky.

The other team members were so frightened that they almost fell to the ground.

Chen Ying also staggered a bit, but fortunately she had good balance and finally stood firm.

It's that vulture!
"Aga, no, there's none here."

The news brought by the vulture made Chen Ying feel depressed.

"Aga, my friends told me that they have seen two-legged beasts in many waters."

A lot of water? Chen Ying recalled the map she had just looked at. The largest lake was in the heart of the no-man's land.

But around that big lake, there are seven or eight smaller lakes. The second largest lake is located in the west, completely opposite to the patrol direction.

The forest rangers are not inexperienced newcomers. With limited supplies, how could they possibly run further and further?

Unless there is a compelling reason.

"Ali, do you remember where we released the brown bear last time?"

Yin Li was stunned. "It's in the center of the no-man's land, very far from here. The bear shouldn't be able to get here."

Hard to say!

That bear was a very vicious bear.

Tibetan brown bears are the fastest of all bears, capable of reaching speeds of 56 kilometers per hour.

Humans can easily get lost in vast uninhabited areas, but animals are different. For them, there is no such thing as getting lost. The worst that can happen is that they can just eat wherever they go.

He also suspected that the big piece of meat that the lone wolf was talking about might be a bear.

Chen Ying and the others did not rush to set off, but held a small meeting.

"I personally suspect that they may have encountered a pack of wolves on the way and deviated from the route to avoid them, or they may have encountered other force majeure, which led them to walk further and further away."

"How is that possible? They don't have much supplies, and they can't come back if they go too far."

Every team member who enters the uninhabited area to patrol the mountains puts his head on the line, but that doesn't mean they will ignore their own safety in pursuit of excitement.

Two members of the rescue team who specialized in operating drones came over with the equipment.

"No, no traces of humans or wolves were seen within the effective range."

The captain of the rescue team looked at Chen Ying and asked a question.

"If you said they stayed away from the patrol route to avoid the wolves, then how do you explain finding the blowtorch they left behind here?"

(End of this chapter)