CHAPTER 355: CHAPTER 355: THE BIRDS’ REVENGE

The audience had already figured out the poachers’ intentions without Tuanzi and the others needing to explain.

[They’re using the bird calls to lure other birds and then catch them to sell, right? You guys are really something. Miaomiao, stomp a few more times]

[So, Miaomiao thinks they’re catching them to eat? Honestly, with that amount, how long would it take them to eat all of them? I think they’re selling them to some restaurants]

[Definitely selling to restaurants +1]

[So wouldn’t they be inadvertently helping the culprits? If a restaurant owner is watching the livestream, they might be packing up to run away now]

[How could it be so coincidental? And even if a restaurant owner is watching the livestream, will they stop? As long as they are willing to confess, anyone collaborating with them will eventually be caught]

[At most, they’d arrest the cook, but what about the patrons? And if they aren’t caught red-handed, the boss can still deny everything]

Tuanzi slightly loosened her grip, prompting the man munching dirt to start cursing, which made Tuanzi grab his hair again, pressing his head into the ground to continue eating dirt.

The other man, seeing how miserable he was, didn’t dare curse or argue after being freed and remained silent regardless of the questioning.

[The force Gu Miaomiao used is too much, isn’t this considered using private punishment?]

[She’s not an official, how could this be considered private punishment?]

[I don’t think the force was excessive; Miaomiao just accidentally fell from the tree and might have injured her eyes. Maybe she mistook certain things for stones]

Afterwards, the two tied the poachers together, took out a multifunctional folding knife from the emergency kit, turned it into scissors, and cut off all the bird trapping nets, also opening the sack.

The trapped birds regained freedom and quickly flew away.

Tuanzi waved at them, earnestly advising, "Be smarter next time. If something can call like a bird, it might be a bad guy. Hide and observe!"

This was a particular instruction from her master.

So, whenever similar incidents occurred, she would quietly observe from a tree, ensuring there was no ambush and she could definitely defeat the opponents before descending.

Duan Xiayou had already contacted the main team and informed the forest police, waiting for them to arrive.

He was quite experienced, as almost every place he went to experienced similar incidents.

If the crew was patrolling a small mountain, it might be fine, with only occasional incidents. The resources were not that rich in small mountains.

But in a big mountain like this, similar incidents were actually quite common. There were too many poachers and too few mountain patrollers. The poachers probably invested a lifetime of cunning into this, with countless tricks to guard against.

After waiting for a few minutes, Tuanzi couldn’t hold back, angrily marching toward the two poachers, ready to fix them up again.

This time, she even listened to the Ancient Martial System’s advice, preparing to take down the camera to prevent the audience from seeing this scene.

The system meant that there would always be someone unhappy, leveraging the situation. She was doing good deeds, but some would use it to criticize her.

She really didn’t understand why such people existed, but trusting the system implicitly, she planned to comply.

Before she could take down the action camera, everyone heard a sudden noise, and she looked up to see the sky not far away teeming with birds of various kinds.

"Wow!"

She couldn’t help but gape.

Her perspective was the audience’s perspective.

[This is a nightmare for people with trypophobia, so many birds, I’ve never seen so many birds in my life]

[No, Miaomiao, why are you standing there? Run quickly, they’re clearly back for revenge!]

[Miaomiao is their savior; they probably won’t harm her]

[Even accidental harm can be scary, Miaomiao, run quickly!]

Before Tuanzi could even react, Duan Xiayou swept over like a gust of wind, scooped up Tuanzi, and whisked them both away to a vantage point in the trees.

Ensuring they wouldn’t be attacked while being able to watch the scene unfold.

Birds of various kinds descended en masse, including sparrowhawks, falcon kestrels, and white-crowned long-tailed pheasants.

Each one was very beautiful yet unexpectedly fierce, landing on the two men and pecking away.

"Ahhh!"

The two men’s screams echoed throughout the area.

The audience watched, feeling empathetic pain.

[Even though they’ve closed their eyes, other parts are getting pecked, ouch, it looks painful]

[All I can say is they deserve it, for catching their fellow birds, doesn’t everyone have friends and family? Here they are, settling the scores]

[It’s my first time knowing that birds can be this vengeful]

[They were about to be caught and eaten, is it wrong for them to be vengeful? Imagine, if someone kidnapped your kids and sold them, wouldn’t you want to grab a weapon and fight them?]

[But they really are pitiful, won’t Miaomiao go save them?]

Tuanzi really didn’t want to save them.

However, the system was closely watching the livestream room and had already noticed someone was making such comments.

If it had a physical form, it would definitely be rolling its eyes now.

As a system striving to maintain the host’s image, it didn’t share these things with the host but instead asked her to pretend to be a bit scared.

[Miaomiao: Ah, but I’m not scared]

She was not only unafraid but was enjoying the sight tremendously.

If not for the fear of startling the birds, she even intended to direct their attack.

The system found her enthusiasm quite speechless.

At this rate, she couldn’t fake being scared.

Tuanzi mulled over this perched on the tree trunk, if the system hoped she’d act scared, she decided to try acting.

She turned and threw herself into Duan Xiayou’s arms.

Duan Xiayou was leaning against the tree trunk, intrigued by the little junior sister in his arms, asking, "Scared?"

His actions implied it, but his expression said otherwise.

"Boohoo, Miaomiao’s so scared!"

At this point, Tuanzi’s acting wasn’t great, resulting in a few dry wails, causing the camera she wore to nearly bump Duan Xiayou’s chin several times.

Thus, the audience’s view shifted to focus on Duan Xiayou’s neck, showing his delicately contoured collarbones clearly.

[Ah, this]

[Well, I won’t hold back]

[You bunch of beauty admirers, shouldn’t the focus be that Miaomiao is quite scared?]

[Uh, I think she might be... Fine, she’s scared, I’ll comfort her]

Comments flooded in with comforting words, making it hard for those urging her to save the poachers to say anything else.

To say Gu Miaomiao is scared, they’ve seen her grab snakes bare-handed and tie them into knots before. To say she’s not scared, she’s only a five-year-old child claiming to be ’scared,’ and further insistence seems wrong. Criticism would be drowned in the backlash from the viewers.

The program crew was already racing to the scene.

When they arrived, more cameras captured the flock of birds retaliating against the poachers.

And soon, due to the gathering crowd, the birds swiftly flew away. Before leaving, some birds couldn’t control themselves and defecated foul-smelling droppings on the poachers’ faces.

Poachers: "..."