Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 494: Surrounded by Them
"Oh my god, this thing exploded!"

The keeper who was accompanying Chen Ying to take care of the mother leopard cursed, "Brother Ying, the latest news is that someone in the nearest village called the police and said that their child is missing."

The young man was browsing the group chat frantically, reporting the situation to Chen Ying non-stop. "The two children from that family went out to pick someone up, and they went out on a sled. At noon, his youngest son ran directly to the village police station to report that someone was poaching in the old forest. His brother asked him to come back and call the police, and he went after the group of people. Now the phone has been disconnected, and the police and civilians over there have been dispatched."

"Oh my god, there are people who dare to do that these days!"

The signal may not be very good in the old forest, but there is a signal in the surrounding forest farms. Whenever there is a situation, the village police station will directly dispatch joint defense. Want to run? Have you asked the Sky Eyes that our mother has deployed across the country?

The current situation is that we are not afraid of those people running away, but we are afraid that they will attack the older child.

It's icy and snowy here, and the outdoor temperature is consistently around minus 10 to 20 degrees Celsius. If something really happens, the people would be frozen solid by the time we find them.

When this news came, everyone was worried.

Throughout the afternoon, countless people held their phones in their hands and checked them from time to time.

The same went for Chen Ying. While he was sitting in front of the leopard treating it, he kept sending messages to Dao Meihua with a stern face and a frown on his face, but she didn't get a single reply.

The treatment lasted for more than forty minutes. After it was completed, the leopard's medicine took effect and the whole leopard became drowsy.

It forced its eyelids open, patted Chen Ying's hand, made a soft "ah ah" sound, and then fell into a deep sleep.

The time when it sleeps is Chen Ying's rest time, and the keeper in charge will take over until the leopard wakes up.

On the way back to the dormitory from the treatment room, Chen Ying turned to the office to ask someone about the situation.

In addition to Dao Meihua, there were several other patrol members. He believed that if something really happened, those upright men would give priority to protecting the female members.

But when facing external threats, one cannot just rely on the protection of teammates. Besides, given Dao Meihua's personality, she is not the kind of person who would feel at ease accepting care from others.

Chen Ying went to the office door and took a look, only the clerk was there.

When the clerk Xiao Wang saw Chen Ying, he immediately said that there was no news about Dao Meihua and the others yet, and the director had already gone to the police station to wait.

"Brother Ying, don't worry. I heard that helicopters and drones have been sent out to search. Although our old forest is big, it is open. Their work clothes are very conspicuous in the snow, and the car is equipped with rescue flares. I will tell you as soon as I get news."

Chen Ying nodded and left in silence.

When I walked outside the dormitory, I saw a group of sparrows pecking at the ground.

Chen Ying's mind suddenly moved.

He can communicate with birds, but due to the limitations of their brain capacity, birds' IQ does not seem to be high enough compared to mammals, and they can only get very simple responses when communicating.

Large birds are better than small birds. For example, the medium and large birds like the little owls and golden eagles that I have taken care of before can communicate more than birds as big as sparrows.

"Xiao Wang, do we have any large birds of prey in our park? For example, kestrels, sparrowhawks, etc."

"There are relatively few red kestrels here, but there have been sightings of gyrfals in the northeast corner of the park. Why are you asking this, Brother Ying?"

Chen Ying said something casually, and after hanging up the phone, he did as Xiao Wang said, found a car and went to the northeast corner of the park.

Xiao Wang said that this gyrfalcon was a bird of prey they rescued. According to its habits, it should have lived in canyons or forests, but after being released, this gyrfalcon seemed to like living close to humans.

It stopped on the roof of an old house in the northeast corner.

In order to make its life better, the park also built a nest for it.

When Chen Ying walked over, he saw the gyrfalcon drying its wings outside the nest.

Seeing Chen Ying coming, the gyrfalcon stopped wandering quickly and looked at him with its head tilted.

Of course Chen Ying came prepared, and with Half Rabbit Meat, he quickly conquered this cool-looking big bird.

"Qingqing, I'll leave it to you."

The gyrfalcon raised its head, cried out, then spread its wings and flew high.

The young man who was helping to hold the ladder below was a little confused, "Brother Ying, even if it finds it, how can it pass on the message? And how does it know who you are looking for?"

Chen Ying had no answer to this, but he knew that this beautiful bird could find Dao Meihua. This might be the result of the connection between his mind and the animal. It was like to others that he spoke human language, while the bird transmitted information through chirping. Their language systems were completely different, but they could understand each other.

Is there any scientific basis for this? There isn't, right? So there's no need to get to the bottom of it, as long as the goal is achieved.

Chen Ying watched the beautiful big bird spread its wings and flew away. After waiting for a while, he rode back on his bike.

The big bird in the sky circled for a while, then landed on a big tree to rest for a while and continued searching.

At the same time, a joint team from the forest farm west of the park has also rushed to the old forest to launch a dragnet search.

The Sky Eyes deployed at major traffic arteries are still useful. After investigation and questioning, tourists in two cars said that they saw three off-road vehicles parked on the side of the road somewhere, with no one in the cars.

They even got out of the car to take a look, fearing that the people on the car might be in danger.

The two cars were about forty minutes apart.

The passenger in the first car said that when he went to check, there was no snow on the car. He touched the engine and could still feel a little warmth. He guessed that the self-driving tourists were going to play in the old forest, so he didn't worry about it and just left.

When the second car passed by, there was a thin layer of snow on the car. They also got out of the car to check. They checked all three cars and found no one in the car, but there were luggage and food, so they also guessed that they were tourists.

They even went to the woods to look for a while but didn't see anyone. When they passed the checkpoint, they told the staff there about the incident and asked them to pay attention to the three vehicles.

The passengers in the second car even took photos and wiped off the ice and snow on the license plate before taking the photos.

When Chen Ying returned to the office, Xiao Wang was watching the video posted in the group. The comrades from the forest police notified the relevant units to organize assistance in the group.

"After police investigation, it was found that the three vehicles belonged to three different places. They were probably a temporary team that came here to hunt. The owner of one of the vehicles co-founded a shooting range in a neighboring country. He also runs an archery center in China."

As Xiao Wang spoke, he showed his cell phone to Chen Ying.

It was almost clear that this group of people deliberately took advantage of the cold weather and snow to come to the old forest to hunt.

Now the forest police have dispatched a large number of police forces to search for the poachers.

"Our Park Administration has also sent comrades from the Security Department over there, and another car has rushed to the last patrol point to provide support. Don't worry, Brother Ying. Even if we need to chase the poachers, Sister Dao will not be sent."

She refused to do so, but Dao Meihua offered to help her.

In the vast forest, the snow is knee-deep.

Dao Meihua is considered to be of above-average height among southerners, but in the Northeast, she is just a small potato.

Walking in the old forest, if she fell down, the snow would probably bury her.

"Captain Min, do you think those people are still alive?"

Dao Meihua hates poachers, but after all, these are human lives, so she should save them if possible. After saving them, they will be punished by law. "I don't know. How can they be so bold that they even dare to wake up a hibernating bear?"

Captain Min cursed with gritted teeth, then turned to look at Dao Meihua.

"Why don't you go back and wait in the car. If we don't come back for more than four hours, you can drive back and find someone to help."

"No, we have to go together. One of the cars is broken, and I'll drive the good one away. What if something happens, what will you do?"

Dao Meihua continued to work hard to catch up with Team Min's speed.

This place is not far from the last patrol point, but when approaching the end, Team Min discovered some human remains in the woods. A group of people got off the car to check and found traces of bites and frozen blood.

The original plan was to have one car go to the finish line to report first, while the people in the other car would check the situation around.

But the other car broke down less than five meters after driving out.

This situation often occurs in cold weather. It would be fine if it happened at normal times, but if a failure occurs at this time, it will make people more anxious.

Dao Meihua didn't know how to repair a car, so she simply followed Captain Min to check around, and she actually discovered a clue.
At the entrance of a tree hole, traces of a bear were found.

Combined with the tears and bloodstains found previously, it is basically certain that the group of poachers must have discovered the hibernating black bear, and then wanted to take the opportunity to kill the black bear but were killed instead.

Now they are tracking the whereabouts of that group of people based on the scattered bloodstains and footprints they found.

Dao Meihua looked up at the sky and called out to Captain Min in confusion.

"Are there usually so many birds of prey here? I didn't see many yesterday, but how come there are so many today?"

Captain Min also looked up, equally puzzled, but he was thinking more about catching up with the poachers as soon as possible. He had no time to pay attention to how many birds of prey were flying in the sky.

Dao Meihua was curious for a moment, took a break, and continued to move forward.

"Swoosh~" A gyrfalcon flew over their heads, and half a minute later, it turned back and landed on a branch.

"Wait, Brother Ying asked it to come."

Dao Meihua shouted in surprise, "Hey, are you here to see me?"

She raised her hand and waved a few times at the beautiful gray bird.

"Hey, this looks like Qingqing."

A team member nearby also recognized the only Saker Falcon in the park, and a bird ring was clearly visible on its wrist.

The big bird Qingqing spread its wings and landed on a low branch in front of them, extending its claws towards Dao Meihua.
Dao Meihua hurried forward to take a closer look and found that it was a miniature hollow pendant that Chen Ying bought when she was playing at the beach. It could hold items the size of a soybean.

She took it down carefully, opened it and saw that it was a small folded piece of paper with two words written on it: location.

They were not aware that there were children from the forest station chasing the poachers. Although Captain Min and his team knew that they could not contact the outside world for the time being, they were not in a hurry. Anyway, they had not found anyone yet, so they would just wait until they found them.

But at this moment, we suddenly received a message from a bird, which must mean that some other unexpected and urgent situation has occurred.

Dao Meihua took out her cell phone and made a satellite call.

Before making the call, she also sent Chen Ying a message of her location.

Chen Tugou’s cell phone can only send satellite messages, it can’t make calls!

When he received a call from Dao Meihua, Chen Ying realized that he could have called his girlfriend's satellite phone. He really didn't use it often, so he missed the point at the critical moment.

Then he went to replace the mobile phone he had used for several years!
The two of them briefly exchanged views on the situation. When Dao Meihua heard that there was actually a child involved, she suddenly became anxious.

"Captain Min, Brother Ying said that a kid at the forest station also spotted this group of people poaching, and he chased after them alone!"

"Ah? Where is the person? Have you found him now?"

"Brother Ying said he didn't find it." Dao Meihua simply handed the phone to Captain Min and asked him to talk to Chen Ying directly.

After listening to Chen Ying's brief account of the situation, Captain Min told him to ask the station to send a repair truck to tow the broken car back, and then briefly told him about his findings and current location.

Chen Ying was talking to Dao Meihua on the phone here, while on the other side, Xiao Wang, at Chen Ying's suggestion, called the director.

Upon hearing that they had made contact and obtained their location, the director reported directly to the forest police, and the helicopter and drone flew straight towards Dao Meihua and their location.

Seven or eight kilometers away from where they were, search teams on a helicopter found a sled overturned in the woods.

The images sent back by the drone brought not-so-good news.

The child chasing the poacher may have fallen into the same snow pit as the poacher, and there was also a vicious black bear wandering around the snow pit.

These snow pits are easy to find in summer. Some are formed after water pits have dried up, and some are traps dug by the older generation.

Everything arranged inside the trap was cleared, but the pit remained.

It is easy to fall if you are not careful on snowy days.

But since they were discovered, it was easy to deal with. We could just send someone to rescue them. The only thing we had to be careful of was the black bear that had been awakened from hibernation.

The first rescuers arrived quickly.

The plan was to lure the black bear away with food, and others would take the opportunity to rescue the people in the pit.

But what I didn’t expect was that the black bear completely disdainful of the food and stayed guarding the hole as if it would never leave.

The rescuers also found wounds on the black bear's body, which might be the reason why it went crazy and refused to leave. After all, the old Northeastern people know that bears hold grudges.

Chen Ying was the second person to arrive at the scene on the rescue helicopter. He came there to knock down the black bear and treat its wounds as soon as possible.

However, before the plane landed, the first group of rescuers sent a message saying that in addition to the black bear, there were two more Siberian tigers and a family of three Siberian leopards with cubs nearby.

"We seem to be surrounded by them!" The first batch of rescue team members did not dare to speak loudly.

Chen Ying looked down from the sky with a telescope, but saw nothing except snow and treetops.

"Doctor Chen, there is no landing point here. We can only use the winch to take you down."

Chen Ying nodded, and with the help of other rescuers, he successfully landed on the ground using the onboard winch system.

As soon as he landed, he made an affectionate eye contact with a Northeastern big cat that was watching the fun.

[Grandpa Mountain God, these two-legged beasts are coming down from the sky! ]

(End of this chapter)