CHAPTER 522: CHAPTER 522: FOREST FIRE

"Well done!"

"Good job, little kitty!"

The nearly three hundred-pound wild boar struggled hard twice, then its trachea was punctured, and its body gradually weakened.

"Woo woo—"

The Northeast Leopard bit down hard twice more, completely killing the boar, before relaxing its grip.

Then, it loosened its mouth, stepped back two paces, and looked at Lu Zheng and Lin Wan, relinquishing the boar’s body.

"Good child, so obedient!" Lin Wan didn’t mind the blood on the leopard’s mouth and stepped forward to stroke its head, then patted it, pointing at the wild boar to let it do as it pleased.

Northeast Leopard: ???

It glanced at Lin Wan, then at Lu Zheng, and decisively stepped forward, tearing open the boar’s belly and began to eat the meat.

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan squatted nearby, admiring the scene of the Northeast Leopard feeding.

Very savage, very primitive, very bloody.

But also very satisfying, even sacred, making the viewers’ blood boil.

After all, strictly speaking, humans are hunters too!

The leopard devoured one whole leg along with plenty of belly meat, finally feeling satisfied.

Theoretically, when it catches prey, if it cannot finish it, it will drag the prey up a tree to store.

But...

The Northeast Leopard looked at the huge wild boar on the ground and tried to drag it with its mouth.

It couldn’t move it!

It had never caught such a large prey before.

The Northeast Leopard blinked, momentarily unsure of what to do.

"Awww, it’s so cute." Lin Wan chuckled.

"Should we help it out?"

"Of course." Lin Wan nodded, then approached to stroke the leopard’s head, "Where’s your home? Shall I help you take it back?"

The Northeast Leopard, obviously unable to understand, looked perplexedly at Lin Wan.

Lu Zheng also didn’t understand, "Doesn’t the Northeast Leopard have a fixed den? Why not just choose a random tree and throw it up there?"

"That’ll do, it’s freezing cold in this forest anyway, doesn’t matter where." Lin Wan nodded, then grabbed the boar’s corpse, swinging it up onto a slanted tree, resting it at the fork of three branches, a full five meters high.

Pointing at the pork on the tree, Lin Wan looked at the Northeast Leopard, "Can you get up there?"

The Northeast Leopard dashed forward, and in just seconds, climbed up, looked at Lin Wan, and let out two happy woofs to express gratitude, then quickly climbed back down, nudging her with its head.

"Ahahaha!"

Then, Lin Wan started playing with the Northeast Leopard in the snow, while Lu Zheng transformed into a photographer, capturing various moments.

"Join us!"

Lin Wan called out to Lu Zheng, changing roles to continue playing.

After playing for a long time, finally satisfied, Lin Wan patted the little cat’s head, pulled over Lu Zheng, and together they hugged the Northeast Leopard’s neck, taking a close selfie before reluctantly parting ways.

"Oh, what a pity, this photo can’t be posted on social media, such a shame!"

Lu Zheng laughed, "Post it, just say it’s Photoshopped. We’re still in Hai City now, who can come and verify?"

"Stop it." Lin Wan couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Lu Zheng; speaking so boldly, yet always hiding and never exposing anything.

But it’s more comfortable this way, free, and no one would suspect if they really wanted to deal with someone. If exposure did happen, unimaginable troubles might arise.

"Save it, put it together with the photos taken with Giant Pandas, then compile them into an album." Lin Wan said with satisfaction.

Lu Zheng nodded, "Whatever you want, shall we continue searching for the Northeast Tiger?"

"Of course!" Lin Wan nodded repeatedly. How can Northeast Leopards compare with Northeast Tigers, one is a kitty of seventy to eighty pounds, the other is a giant three hundred-pound beast, incomparable.

If we don’t cuddle the big cat, this trip wouldn’t count as successful!

...

"What’s happening ahead?"

"What a huge black smoke, is there a forest fire?"

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan didn’t fly, after all, flying high makes it hard to see specific situations in the woods, and the Northeast Tiger’s ability to hide is also top-notch.

So they were just quickly moving through the forest, and when they reached a clearing, they noticed rolling black smoke in the sky far away.

"Are we still within national borders now?" Lu Zheng asked Lin Wan.

They were moving eastward, perhaps they’d already reached Russia by now.

Lin Wan nodded, "I haven’t seen the boundary marker, we’re still inside the border."

"Let’s go have a look!"

Lu Zheng took Lin Wan’s hand, white clouds appeared under their feet, lifting them up into the sky.

In the distance, amidst the forest, faint flames could be seen, with billowing black smoke rising into the sky, countless animals fleeing from the fire.

As Lu Zheng and Lin Wan approached, they saw fire trucks coming from the southwest, and many were already there, starting to pump water from a nearby river to bring to the fire.

Lu Zheng also saw several firefighters already dragging hoses, charging into the fire.

"Team Two, go to the north and set up a line of defense! Team Five and Six, go south and establish a line of defense, absolutely no crossing the fire line!"

"Yes!"

"Team One, spray water! Team Three, use wind power to blow out surface fires! Team Four, continue to penetrate deeper!"

"Yes!"

"Captain, the helicopter is here, but the smoke from the fire is too big, they can’t find Professor Gu’s team!"

"Do you know their general location?"

"Yes, they’re in a valley to the east."

"Summon Team Seven, get ready in five minutes, and follow me in to save people!"

"Captain, you need to command from the headquarters, let me go!"

"Nonsense! During the meeting your theories were abundant, now it’s your test, you command here now!"

"Captain..."

"That’s an order!"

"Yes!"

"Once I rescue Professor Gu, notify the rear to spray extinguishing agents immediately."

"Yes!"

While the officer was assigning tasks, he was unaware that there were two invisible people silently listening beside him.

...

Several kilometers away in a valley, a team of seven or eight people was trapped inside.

Thick smoke, raging fires, the trees at the mouth of the valley were all ablaze, preventing those inside from escaping.

No, not just unable to escape; the fire had long since spread to their sides, threatening to engulf them.

Although they’d created a barrier beside them, against such towering flames, a less than two-meter-wide barrier was clearly inadequate.

"Hold on! Hold tight! Rescue is already on the way!"

"Woo woo woo... I don’t want to die..."

"Professor, please move further inside."

"No need, girls should move inside, I can stay outside."

"No! Even if we all perish, you must remain unharmed!"

"Nonsense, your future holds endless possibilities, no one should give up lightly; there’s no hierarchy at this moment, you go back!"

...

As they were arguing over who should be inside and who outside, they failed to notice two people already stealthily approaching them.