Live Cat Appraisal: Starting with a Beast That's Got a Long Prison Record

Chapter 183 A Horrifying Experience in the Woods!

The thick, ink-like darkness completely engulfed this forgotten woodland.

The branches of the towering ancient trees twisted and intertwined overhead, like ghostly arms, slicing the sparse starlight into fragments.

The vast Milky Way hangs in the sky, yet it is stingy in casting down even a sliver of light.

Swah——

Several bright beams of light suddenly pierced the darkness, accompanied by hurried and suppressed footsteps at the entrance to the woodland.

"Old Xu!"

The person in charge led the large group to the edge of the park.

Xu Dafei stepped forward to provide support.

The person in charge's sharp gaze swept across the dark forest before him, which lay dormant like a giant beast, and he asked in a low voice, "Are you sure the target is inside?"

"Confirmed, Teacher Chen found the target's urine in this area."

"Okay, Lao Wang, please double-check." The person in charge nodded slightly and waved to the side.

An experienced local expert from the Forestry Department stepped forward.

They began to study the five traces that Chen Nian had discovered.

A few minutes later, he looked up, his eyes filled with admiration.

"It was definitely left by the leopard."

Upon hearing this, the gazes of those around them changed.

They initially had some doubts about the person in charge's decision.

With so many of them, is it really necessary to postpone their operation just to wait for a cat identification livestreamer?

Even if he's famous, he's still just a streamer, right?
Can they compare to real experts?

However, the reality was that after searching for more than half an hour, the experts and the team found nothing.

Upon Chen Nian's arrival, she not only quickly located the target's position!

And they even found such crucial evidence!
Impressed!

Really impressed!
"As expected of Professor Chen," the expert exclaimed with admiration.

It is better to meet than to be famous.

Now that I look at it, this young man really does have some talent.

"very good!"

Upon hearing this, the person in charge immediately began to deploy an encirclement and blockade.

After making the arrangements, he looked around but couldn't find Chen Nian.

Where is Teacher Chen?

His heart skipped a beat.

Xu Dafei looked somewhat embarrassed and pointed to the daunting darkness: "He...he went in alone first."

"They said I'm making too much noise and will scare away the target."

"Nonsense!"

The person in charge's blood pressure spiked instantly.

"This isn't a walk! How could you let him go in alone?! That's a leopard! A leopard that's starving!"

Xu Dafei smiled wryly: "I tried to stop them, but I couldn't."

"Teacher Chen said he was being sensible. Oh, by the way, he started a live stream, saying he could observe the situation through the live stream."

The person in charge snatched the phone from Xu Dafei.

The light from the screen illuminated his furrowed brow.

On the other side of the screen was darkness that seemed capable of swallowing everything.

Only a faint beam of light, swaying violently, barely illuminated the ground, which was covered with broken branches and decaying leaves, a few meters ahead.

Chen Nian was walking alone in the heart of this dark labyrinth.

He chose to act alone.

One concern is that too many people might scare away the leopard.

Once they've run away, they're never going to be found again!

If you drive the target into the ruins of a building, even if you find it, it will be a troublesome thing to get it out later.

Secondly, it makes it easier for oneself to 'transform'.

While the cat bracelet can identify the presence of rare felines nearby, it cannot pinpoint their exact location, so other auxiliary methods are still needed.

For example, "The Ear of Best".

Chen Nian needs to activate the Cat God's Ear to help her find the Golden Leopard.

But the cat ears will become visible after activation.

Wearing a hat would reduce the effectiveness of the cat ears, so he chose to act alone.

Chen Nian still had some confidence in herself.

"First, find the leopard, then keep it calm, seize the opportunity to give it a loving feed, followed by a loving pet, or a loving tranquilizer dart, and things will be perfectly settled!" Hearing Chen Nian's plan, the live stream chat was abuzz with discussion.

"This sounds so unreliable!"

"As someone in the industry, I have never heard of such a simple and brutal rescue plan."

"Look, that's what you call professional. You should learn from this!"

"Long live the leader! Long live the leader!"

Chen Nian did not respond to the live stream.

The fluffy cat ears that were trembling slightly in his hair, collecting countless subtle sound waves in the air, flapped up and down, capturing any unusual emotions.

Click!

As Chen Nian stepped into another, even denser thicket of bushes.

hum-

It was as if an invisible soundproof membrane had been penetrated, and the chirping of insects around us suddenly and eerily diminished, almost disappearing completely.

A deeper, absolute silence descended.

Chen Nian stopped abruptly, her muscles tensing slightly.

"It should be right here."

The obvious change in the environment made Chen Nian's gaze sharpen.

He closed his eyes and focused all his attention on the cat ears on his head.

Chen Nian quickly filtered out countless voices.

Then he 'heard':

An extremely strong, chaotic emotional surge, filled with fear, anger, and extreme unease, surged wildly in the distance to the left front, like an out-of-control current!
It has no hiding places, no lurking presence.

Instead, it was moving at an almost frantic, high-speed pace, and—

It's charging straight towards him!

It's so fast!
Chen Nian suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils contracting sharply in the darkness.

broken!

At that speed and trajectory, there was simply no time to dodge!
Facing a large, ferocious beast that is clearly in a bad state and is moving wildly is tantamount to suicide!

Chen Nian wasn't that arrogant!

He quickly moved the beam of his flashlight, trying to find cover.

however--

Splash! ...
A large patch of dense bushes ahead made a loud noise as if it had been smashed open by an invisible truck!

Swish!
Chen Nian almost reflexively shone the flashlight beam in that direction!

Where the beam of light reached, the swaying branches and leaves of the bushes suddenly stopped.

All sound disappeared again.

Only a deathly silence remained.

It's right nearby!

Chen Nian realized this.

My body stiffened instantly, and I even instinctively held my breath.

He activated his Best Body to the fullest extent, emanating the most peaceful aura possible in hopes of calming the other party.

At the same time, slowly move the flashlight.

The surrounding darkness disappeared and then reappeared.

In the darkness, it was as if an unseen pair of eyes were locking onto him from all directions.

His eyes were filled with primal wildness and murderous intent!
The beam of light swept across the distorted shadows of trees, the mottled moss, and the empty ground.
Every movement of the light caused the hearts of countless viewers in the live stream to tighten, and the chat almost came to a standstill.

Everyone felt as if they had been choked.

The cat ears on Chen Nian's head vibrated rapidly.

The presence, brimming with violence, was clearly captured.

The other party was moving silently and rapidly around him, as if assessing him or toying with his prey.

The stalemate lasting a few minutes took a toll on physical strength far beyond what was expected.

Chen Nian had no choice but to temporarily shut down the mentally taxing Best Ear.

And in that very instant—the cat ears disappeared and his extraordinary hearing faded—

Roar--! ! !
A short, sharp growl, filled with pain and rage, exploded like thunder without warning from a large tree directly above his head!

Chen Nian's hair stood on end!

A chill instantly shot from my tailbone to the top of my head!
He only had time to flick the flashlight beam upwards—

The beam of light instantly captured a scene that sent the viewers' souls flying!
A slender, muscular adult leopard is leaping down from a thick horizontal branch!
Its golden-brown fur with black rose spots is ferocious and terrifying!
The gaping maw revealed sharp, menacing teeth, reflecting the ghastly white beam of a flashlight!

Those tightly closed golden pupils lacked the composure expected during a hunt; instead, they held only one thing.
A near-mad, crimson, menacing light!
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(End of this chapter)