Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 505 - 461: The Pretense of Being Clever, Just Like a Clamp Sound
Chapter 505: Chapter 461: The Pretense of Being Clever, Just Like a Clamp Sound
No worries, try it a few more times. Maybe the next one will like it.
The Golden Cat went in again, and this time it took a bit longer, causing Chen Ying to worry before it finally returned, dragging one and bringing along another.
It was dragging a white snake, and accompanying it was still another white snake.
After carefully identifying them this time, Chen Ying tentatively called out, "Little Bai?"
The White Cobra behind, holding onto the tail of a thicker white snake, twisted its body, dropped the snake tail from its mouth, and raised its head towards Chen Ying.
The snake tongue explored the air, and after confirming it was its own Two-legged beast, Little Bai darted over like lightning and wrapped around Chen Ying.
Although snakes can’t talk, its whole being was filled with grievance and anxiety.
Chen Ying could sense its emotions; this little one thought it had been abandoned by the Two-legged beast and was venting its anger on the snakes in the canyon, only to have its venting target snatched away by the Golden Cat.
While Chen Ying was comforting Little Bai, Dao Meihua was poking at the white snake, restrained at both ends, with a long tree branch.
There was a feeling that this white snake was full of despondency.
The Golden Cat hadn’t killed it; it was brought back for Chen Ying to choose. If it was to be eaten, it wouldn’t be too late to kill it later. Snakes, you see, are eaten fresh.
"Meow meow meow, do you know this guy? Does it taste good?"
A deadly two-in-one question, Chen Ying quickly grabbed Little Bai, not daring to let go no matter how much it squirmed.
Joking aside, to let go would result in a live version of a struggle between a dragon and a tiger, and whichever got hurt the worst, it’d all land on him, right?
"Brother Ying, this snake seems fine, it’s just not moving, why is that?"
Dao Meihua stood up, clutching the snake with two sticks.
The snake wriggled a bit, then quickly gave up and drooped down. If it hadn’t moved just now, it would’ve been undoubtedly mistaken for a dead snake.
Chen Ying took out specially made gloves from his waistbag, put them on, and went to grab the snake.
Similarly, it was a cobra, an albino type, much like Little Bai, but its body shape wasn’t as elegant as Little Bai’s, being thicker in the middle and slender at both ends.
In human aesthetic terms, it was like a chubby person with a barrel-shaped waist, but distributed quite evenly.
Seeing Chen Ying’s apparent interest in the snake, Little Bai felt a bit jealous. Quick as a flash, it slid along Chen Ying’s hand and bit the tip of the white snake’s tail.
The white snake twitched violently as if electrocuted, then drooped again, seemingly indifferent to being eaten.
Chen Ying checked it and found it was a male snake.
Seeing Little Bai wouldn’t let go of the tail, he relented, "Alright then, bring it back and let it be your live-in son-in-law!"
Took photos and videos, then took out a transparent bag from his waistbag, put the little male snake and Little Bai inside, left a ventilation hole, sealed the bag, and hung it in his hand.
The Golden Cat looked at him for a while, then at the snake, not knowing what it was thinking.
"Little guy, we’re leaving tomorrow. You still want to go play somewhere? Make the most of the time."
Upon hearing Chen Ying’s words, thinking the other had received its gift and would help it, Little Jin trotted along with them, turning left into the woods from where the white turtle was found.
Walking along the rock wall for seven or eight meters, at a stone trough seven or eight meters high above the ground, an owl was dozing off.
Upon hearing the commotion, it merely opened an eye for a look, shrank back, and resumed its nap.
"Can you help me fetch its nestlings?"
"Why? Did it provoke you?"
"It stole my food; I’ll kill its nestlings."
Even though it had been just a glimpse, Chen Ying had already recognized that this fellow was currently the largest owl: the Legged Fish Owl.
This big guy feeds on fish and occasionally other large aquatic creatures. Active at night, it often waits by shallow water for food to come its way.
Chen Ying glanced at the Golden Cat, puzzled, "As far as I know, fish aren’t part of your diet. How did it steal your food?"
The Golden Cat was stunned for a moment, then meowed frantically, "It just stole it, even if I don’t eat it, it can’t have it."
Wow, it seemed so tranquil and good-tempered, but turns out it’s a little bully.
Probably realizing that Chen Ying had seen through its true nature, the Golden Cat’s demeanor changed, and its pleading meows turned into low growls.
Dao Meihua watched with curiosity for a while, wisely refraining from asking questions.
"It eats fish, you should be stealing from it, not the other way around. Don’t mess with its nestlings, or your offspring might be messed with too."
"Meow, I’m not afraid, after all, I’m not a mother."
Scoundrel! No, scoundrel cat fellow!
Chen Ying certainly wouldn’t follow its wishes to go after the Legged Fish Owl, and even fearing the Golden Cat might take another chance, forcibly took it away.
The Golden Cat stretched out its claws a few times, but eventually gave up.
"Alright then, who could stand to see you get hurt."
If not for knowing this Grand Canyon was seldom visited by people, given the Golden Cat’s antics, Chen Ying would really suspect it had watched too many TV dramas. Or, maybe it didn’t drink enough Mengpo Soup before being reborn?
Not long after Chen Ying and the others departed, the Legged Fish Owl stood up from the stone trough, stretching its wings, and a few feline heads poked out from the nest.
Among them, one had feathers as white as jade.
Back at the campsite, after letting the Golden Cat play with the Big White Monkey, Chen Ying raised the plastic bag to show the professor.
"Professor, what do we do, Little Bai won’t let it go."
Swish, heads gathered around in a circle.
"Is this the white snake from that night?"
"Should be, I saw a black line here, identical to the one on the snake from that night."
"Little Bai is so much smaller, and shorter, how could it possibly swallow it?"
"Little Bai, come on, we’re not eating it, let your sister use it for research."
There was even a female team member trying to bribe Little Bai with other food in exchange for the white snake.
The white snake only felt annoyed and noisy, and began slowly trying to coil itself in the bag.
Little Bai wasn’t as strong, and unwilling to let go, soon got tangled into a pretzel with the large white snake.
The professor observed for a while, saying he could help file a report to keep the snake with Little Bai.
After all, with two albino cobras, they might produce a whole nest of snakes with stable albino traits.
Moreover, with Little Bai from Ailao Mountain and the large white snake from Shennongjia, the same species with the same albino trait, they also wanted to study any genetic differences between the two snakes.
"The White Bear, White Monkey, White Turtle, and White Snake. That’s already four kinds, but all have been found before, not sure if there are any new albino species."
"Can’t find more this time, we’ll try again next chance."
"This time, we were lucky to have Mr. Chen with us, finding four kinds so smoothly. Next time..."
The professor listened as if he hadn’t heard, saying nothing more, just jotting notes and discussing the next steps with the team leader and the doctoral students.
Previously, there was no plan to take any discovered albino animals from the forest, but Chen Ying’s white snake was an exception. After research, they could release it back to the wild.
If the breeding plan was approved, Chen Ying could take it back for breeding, while their team would assign personnel to follow up on the project. ƒreewebɳovel.com
The next day, following the original plan, they returned. For some reason, the Golden Cat also followed them, not even wanting to exert itself, so it went and nestled in another of Chen Ying’s backpacks.
Seeing this clever feline that seemed like it had forgotten to drink Mengpo Soup, what else could Chen Ying do but carry it through hills and waters?
So when they returned to base three days later, everyone at the base was astonished, swarming around to witness the grand scene of the cat vying for favor.
The two rivals for favor were the Golden Cat Chen Ying brought back and a leopard cat rescued by the base, and who they were vying for wasn’t Chen Ying, but a docile-looking Big White Monkey sitting in the corner, hugging its knees in a daze!
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