I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 299 Hearing Impairment

[Captain Chen is so fast! I didn't even see it clearly. Is this what blitzkrieg is like?]

[Who would have thought the Hunters would be the first to be eliminated? This is going to be interesting!]

[Team Leader Chen feels incredibly safe!]

Lu Jinyu's face immediately fell upon realizing what had happened: "No way, I was eliminated after playing for less than 20 minutes and even got my butt squeezed by the white pelican."

"This game experience is terrible!"

The man in black had already stepped forward and dragged Lu Jinyu away.

Lu Jinyu reluctantly turned back and shouted to Su Zhining, "Su Zhining, you'd better be strong and tear them both apart!"

"Otherwise, I'll look down on you for the rest of my life!"

"Tch, who can you blame for getting torn apart so easily because you were useless?" Su Zhining retorted speechlessly, then turned to look at Chen Su and Xu Ying, who were glaring at her menacingly.

Just as she was about to make her move, she heard the director's voice coming over the loudspeaker: "One member of the Hunter Team has been eliminated. All members are frozen in place for thirty seconds."

She curled her lip. What kind of ridiculous rules are these?

Xu Ying and Chen Su quickly left the scene and headed into the maze ahead.

As Xu Ying walked, she asked Chen Su curiously, "Captain Chen, how did you find the mysterious prop?"

Chen Su patted his pocket: "Thanks to the little agent you sent."

The plateau pika that Xu Ying had just rescued poked its little head out of Chen Su's pocket and stretched out its paws to hold it high.

[Station Chief Xu, it was me who went to tip them off~]
"Wow!" Xu Ying's eyes lit up instantly, and she reached out to gently rub the pika's head. "Our little bunny is so smart~"

She patted Chen Su on the shoulder and said, "Captain Chen, you cooperated very well too!"

Faced with Station Chief Xu's praise, Chen Su's pale ear tips, visible through his goggles, turned red at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.

The pika tilted its head and curiously poked his burning earlobe with its paw.

[Team Leader Chen's ears are so red! Are they almost ripe and ready to flower and bear fruit?]
Upon hearing the plateau pika's comical and adorable words, Xu Ying laughed and said, "No way! Humans are small animals just like you, not plants!"

It won't bloom!

The mouse and rabbit suddenly realized: [Oh, so Captain Chen is shy!]
Although Chen Su couldn't understand the rabbit's language, he could roughly guess what the two were talking about based on the way the rabbit touched him with its little paw. His ears were already red enough to bleed, but he still maintained a cold and stern expression: "Let's go, we need to speed up and try to find new props to unlock the hunter team's nameplates."

Xu Ying nodded and quickened her pace.

Chen Su and Xu Ying encountered three more forks in the road deep inside the maze.

Just as I was hesitating, a majestic ibex slowly emerged from behind the icicle. Its body was covered with thick, long, grayish-brown fur, and its curved horns, like two bronze scimitars, gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

The ibex's sturdy hooves made a crisp "clattering" sound as they stepped on the ice, and a few glistening ice crystals still clung to its long beard, making it look like a seasoned, weathered mountain guide.

Xu Ying crouched down, revealing a friendly smile: "Brother Yang, which way leads to the end?"

The ibex tilted its head and twitched its ears: [What did you say?]
Its large horn accidentally brushed against the ice wall, shaking off a shower of tiny ice crystals.

Xu Ying patiently raised her voice: "I'm asking you, which of these three roads is passable?"

The ibex blinked its amber eyes in confusion: [What can three things walk on?]
Standing to the side, Chen Su raised an eyebrow and asked in a low voice, "What did it say?" Xu Ying rubbed his temples helplessly and explained in a low voice, "Siberian ibex have very keen eyesight and sense of smell, but their hearing is relatively weak. They live in rocky mountain areas where the noise of the wind and falling rocks is too great, so their hearing is of limited help for survival and has degenerated."

After saying that, she had to lean close to the ibex's ear and repeat, word by word, "A path! That! Can! Be! Walked! Is! Not a Dead End!"

The barrage instantly went crazy:

Got it, this is a sheep that's hard of hearing.

Is this the animal version of Ma Dongmei?

[This sheep's ears are as hard as my grandpa's, yet it has two incredibly girlish pigtails.]

[We suggest getting Brother Yang a hearing aid.]

The ibex's eyes suddenly lit up, and it realized: "Oh! You're looking for the way!"
It proudly raised its head, its long horns gleaming in the sunlight, [That's easy, follow me! It's right ahead!]
The two followed the confident ibex through the maze, winding and turning for about seven or eight minutes, before finally being led to a crystal-clear igloo.

The igloo is carved with various exquisite patterns, clearly a tourist hotspot, but there is no exit in any direction—it is obviously a dead end.

[Look, the road is right there!]
The ibex proudly pointed its long horns to the corner, its nostrils snorting out white vapor, as if it had accomplished a great mission.

In a corner of the igloo, a robust red deer was lying leisurely.

Its body is covered with thick, reddish-brown fur, and its broad antlers, like delicate tree crowns, gleam softly in the reflection of the ice crystals.

At this moment, it was slowly ruminating (chewing and digesting the food that had come out of its stomach), its moist black nose twitching from time to time, and its large amber eyes were lazily half-closed, looking exceptionally content.

Xu Ying stared at the red deer, momentarily speechless: "The deer you're talking about, is it this kind of 'deer'?"

The ibex gently nudged her with its antlers: "Yes! What a majestic and powerful deer!"
Its big tail swished proudly, clearly quite pleased with its "help".

The deer lazily looked up: [What is it?]
It was still chewing incessantly.

The barrage exploded instantly:

[Hahaha, puns will result in fines!]

[The Siberian Goat: I've been so enthusiastic and friendly in helping you find deer, why do you still look so unhappy?]

[Siberian Goat: Tell me, is this a road or a deer?]

[Xu Ying: I've never been so speechless in my life]

I've already started searching on Baidu how good Ma Lu's listening comprehension is.

Chen Su sighed and said, "Station Chief Xu, how good is the deer's hearing? Why don't we ask it?"

Xu Ying nodded: "Siberian ibex live in high-altitude rocky areas and rely on sight to observe distant objects. Their natural enemy, the red deer, inhabits forests and grasslands, and they have exceptionally good hearing and sense of smell."

Xu Ying leaned forward slightly, placed her hands lightly on her knees, and smiled gently: "Mr. Malu, we are looking for the exit of the maze. Could you please lead the way?"

The deer slowly stood up from the ground, shook off the snowflakes clinging to its body, and nodded elegantly: [Let's go, let's go, but I should go home after leading the way~]
As it spoke, it gave a small yawn, revealing its pink tongue.

"Great!" Xu Ying's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands together unconsciously. "After being unlucky for so long, my luck has finally turned around!"

Xu Ying turned to Chen Su and excitedly explained, "The deer has an exceptionally good spatial memory; it can remember the terrain within a ten-kilometer radius."

(End of this chapter)