Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

He also noticed a dense series of animal footprints on the snow, winding their way into the depths of the valley, like those left by a herd of deer or wild boars.

"Food!" Wang Yuyu's eyes lit up instantly, her tail wagging happily, almost bursting out laughing. "Am I that lucky? Hahaha..."

He had already digested the venison he ate yesterday morning, and after walking such a long distance for a day and a night, he was a little hungry.

This set of footprints is undoubtedly a "feast clue" delivered right to our doorstep!

Just as he was excitedly preparing to follow the footprints, a clear and penetrating tiger's roar suddenly came from the depths of the distant forest, "Awoo!"

Wang Yuyu's movements abruptly halted, her ears perking up instantly. Following the sound, her amber eyes locked onto the direction of the tiger's roar, and her heart skipped a beat: "It's a tigress!"

The next second, a strange heat suddenly surged up from the depths of his body, as if his limbs and bones were on fire, and his blood was boiling rapidly.

He clearly felt as if an invisible switch had been pressed in his body, causing him to react uncontrollably to the tiger's roar and immediately enter a state of heat!

"Holy crap!" Wang Yuyu was stunned, frozen on the spot, her mind blank. "Am I... in heat? Just because I heard a tigress roar? This is too outrageous!"

Before he could even process this horrifying fact, three deep, powerful tiger roars came from the northeast, north, and west directions in succession. Each roar carried an undeniable declaration and clearly reached his ears.

"Signal received, on our way!"

"Don't try to take it from me, I've got my eye on this tigress first!"

Wang Yuyu instantly understood the provocation and declaration in those three tiger roars. For some reason, an uncontrollable anger suddenly surged up from the bottom of his heart, as if his territory had been invaded by outsiders and his possessions had been coveted. His chest was burning hot.

He abruptly dropped the positioning ball he was holding in his mouth, his neck tensed slightly, his chest heaved violently, and he let out a deafening roar in the direction of the tigress.

Its roar was deeper and more resonant than the other three tigers', carrying an overwhelming aura that echoed through the valley: "This tigress is mine! You all better get the hell out of my sight!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the forest erupted in chaos, with a cacophony of tiger roars echoing throughout.

The three male tigers clearly recognized from Wang Yuyu's roar that he was a newcomer, and their mockery and disdain were undisguised in their roars.

"Where did this brat come from, daring to steal from me? What right do you have?!"

"You're barely out of pubic hair, are you? You dare to get involved? Get lost, or you'll force me to take action!"

"You guys tried to take it from me last time and lost horribly. You dare to come back this time? You're asking for it!"

"..."

The more Wang Yu listened, the darker his face became.

He gritted his teeth, cursing the tigers in his mind: "Damn! Is the tiger world this corrupt too? They even discriminate based on their own strengths?"

"I'm so strong and imposing, yet I'm still looked down upon!"

"I don't care! I'm going to take this tigress! No one can stop me today!"

As he burned with rage and prepared to roar in retaliation again, a sudden "buzz" went through his mind, and a clear thought arose: "Wait! What am I thinking? What am I doing?"

Wang Yuyu was completely shocked. He found that all he could think about now was finding that tigress. His previous thoughts of patrolling the territory and tracking the prey had long been forgotten, and he had no thoughts of them at all.

"How did I suddenly become love-struck? Is that tigress toxic? Did she somehow lower my intelligence?"

What he didn't know was that this was an instinct etched into his genes.

Male tigers do not have a fixed estrus period and are in a state of estrus all year round. The signals given by female tigers are the most precise "switch" that can instantly activate their reproductive instincts.

Once the male tiger receives this signal, its territorial instincts will temporarily weaken, and all rationality will be replaced by the instinct to reproduce, with its only thought being to find a female tiger to mate with.

Tang Li had foreseen this from the very beginning.

The reason she lured Wang Yuyu northward was because she knew that there were wild female tigers in this primeval forest. Once Wang Yuyu stepped into the forest and received the signal from the female tigers, the rest of the breeding process would naturally be completed without any additional intervention.

Wang Yuyu tried to suppress the surging instincts within him, but the continued provocations from the other three male tigers and the occasional echoing roars from the female tiger in the distance acted as catalysts, constantly stimulating his nerves.

His rationality was gradually eroded until he was completely controlled by instinct.

Without further hesitation, he roared menacingly at the three male tigers in retaliation, while simultaneously propelling himself forward like a streak of yellow lightning towards the direction where the female tiger was located.

Tiger claws stomped on the snow, splashing up snowflakes, and the huge body moved nimbly through the forest.

The positioning ball he threw onto the snowy ridge faithfully recorded everything, clearly transmitting Wang Yuyu's domineering "tiger descending the mountain" image back to the research base.

On the monitoring screen, all the researchers who witnessed this scene jumped up in excitement, and cheers erupted.

Ji Yongjun couldn't hide his excitement. His fingers flew across his phone as he recorded the video and forwarded it to Tang Li, adding a voice message: "Little Tang! It's done! Iron Rice Bowl has received the mother tiger's signal! It's heading towards her, and there are three male tigers competing for it. How exciting!"

At this moment, Tang Li was feeding the tigers in their cages in the tiger park.

She carried a heavy load of meat, but her eyes kept drifting northwards. She had been thinking about Wang Yuyu a thousand times over, muttering to herself as she silently counted the days:

"Judging by the time, 'iron rice bowl' should be heading to the deep mountains in the north by now, right? I wonder if he'll listen to me, or if he'll go looking for that tigress on his own..."

"If we miss this year's heat cycle, we'll have to wait until next year, and we can't afford to waste that time."

She sighed softly, tossed the meat into the cage, and watched the tiger pounce and tear it apart. She couldn't help but worry, "He's only three years old. Although he's strong, can he really win against those adult male tigers?"

Then, on second thought, he comforted himself, a slight smile creeping onto his lips: "No, he's a size bigger than other tigers his age, and he has a lot of presence. He can definitely do it!"

"If they can successfully mate this year and have several cubs, our tiger population will grow considerably, and we'll have accomplished a major mission!"

Just as he was muttering to himself, his phone suddenly started vibrating in his pocket.