Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl

Chen Ying didn't waste words and had Uncle Tashi drive, following the Big Brown Bear for about two kilometers before spotting the dropped pair.

Everyone, putting aside the reasons, prioritized rescuing them.

As they drew closer, Chen Ying's pace slowed down.

No, nearly everyone stopped in their tracks.

The man lying obliquely in the swamp was almost entirely submerged except for his chest, while his hand was tightly gripped by a girl.

The girl lay on the ground, apparently for a significant duration.

Next to the girl was a Snow Leopard, wrapping its limbs around her, clearly keeping her warm, with two hares and a young gazelle placed beside them.

Upon noticing someone approaching, the Snow Leopard let out a weak, hoarse sound.

Tears streamed down Chen Ying's face as he rushed and embraced the Snow Leopard.

"Er Niu, Er Niu, how did you end up here?"

He then looked at the girl, who was unconscious and pale-faced, yet her hand still tightly clutched her companion's wrist.

Choking up, Chen Ying took a deep breath and grabbed the wrist of the young man trapped in the muck, urging others to come over and help.

No one expected to encounter tourists trapped in the swamp here, but fortunately, the scientific investigation team had rescue equipment and enough manpower. It took nearly an hour and a half to extract the young man from the swamp.

The young man's breath was very weak, and it was unknown if he had sustained other injuries.

Although the altitude here was slightly lower than the uninhabited area of the desert, and the temperature a bit higher, the temperature could still drop below zero during unfavorable weather.

One could only say the young man was lucky, encountering the warmest and best climate conditions of the summer.

Upon recognizing the tourists' plight, Uncle Tashi and others immediately made a distress call.

From there to the nearest Protection Station was more than a four-hour drive, so they could only hope to contact a rescue helicopter.

After warming up, the girl on the ground slowly regained consciousness.

However, she was still in bad shape and barely had the strength to speak.

The first thing she did upon waking was to inquire about her companion.

"He's alive; we're trying to contact a rescue helicopter."

Tears slid down the girl's cheeks as she looked around.

"What are you looking for?"

"Leopard, Snow Leopard, the one that saved me."

A female team member from the expedition team, taking care of the girl, helped her sit up against her own body.

"There it is, over there; Mr. Chen is checking on it."

Er Sha, listless, nestled in Chen Ying's arms, occasionally nuzzling his head.

"So you couldn't find me and ended up here instead? Then you smelled me on that girl and thought she could help you find me, but she tried to run into the water, so you grabbed her clothes to keep her from going in and kept her warm?"

Listening to Er Niu's intermittent words, Chen Ying felt a lump in his throat.

"You silly girl, why are you so foolish."

"Um, I'm not silly, you found me, didn't you?"

"Yes, yes, you're not silly, you are the smartest and most adorable one," Chen Ying said as he nuzzled the Snow Leopard's head and wiped away the unbidden tears.

"Who gave you the prey beside you?"

"It was those few big fellows; they told me to leave, saying Two-legged beasts are bad. I didn't listen to them. Later, Big Bear came by and said he knew where to find other Two-legged beasts who could save her, so he took those fellows over there."

So, Big Brown Bear actually stopped the expedition team to get them to help, but the language barrier caused a standoff all night.

Chen Ying sighed with relief; thankfully he came, and thankfully Er Niu wasn't harmed.

But now the concern was, weren't there two other companions of these two? Where were they, and where was the car?

During the waiting period for the rescue team to arrive, the rescued girl intermittently narrated the events.

Blue haired, having been frustrated previously by Chen Ying and Ji Xin, complained incessantly en route, making the driving young man and this girl uncomfortable, prompting them to tell him to stop talking.

They thought about going their separate ways back in the city after leaving the uninhabited route.

The car was driven alternately by the two young men. By evening, they planned to find a safe place on the roadside to pitch their tent and watch the prairie sunrise one last time.

Unexpectedly, while setting up camp, Blue haired claimed he knew of a nearby lake, suggesting they go take some photographs and then return.

In the uninhabited prairie, under a vast night sky filled with stars shining on the water, it was hard to discern which was sky and which was water.

Initially aimed at easing the tensions between the four, after much hesitation, the two women agreed to his suggestion, also persuading the other young man to join.

"We agreed to just take a picture by the lake then return to the campsite, but the car got stuck as soon as we arrived here. They started arguing again, but ultimately decided to get the car out first."

After nearly two hours of struggle, the car was finally pulled slowly out of the swamp area.

Just as the young man shoveling mud was preparing to board the vehicle, Blue haired suddenly attacked him, causing him to tumble into the swamp.

The rapid turn of events caught the two women completely off guard.

"I froze for a few seconds, and by the time I reached to pull him out, his legs had already sunk in. Blue haired tried to drag me and the other woman away, but I struggled and bit him. Furious, Blue haired kicked me in the stomach so hard I almost couldn't stand."

The other woman, terrified, didn't dare resist and was dragged into the vehicle by Blue haired, who then drove away.

"The senior tried to save himself, but the water was too cold and he had been kicked, making it impossible for him to exert any strength. I couldn't find any tools to rescue him; all I could do was take off my clothes to keep him warm."

The girl sobbed, shaking, "When I saw the Snow Leopard approaching, I thought I was done for; but it sniffed me, grabbed my clothes, and tried to pull me away. I didn't dare let go, afraid that if I did, my senior would really..."

Her choked sobs made the faces of the expedition team members beside her flush with anger.

"This is damn murder!"

Two female team members tightly hugged the girl, comforting her in low voices.

Excluding the time they spent digging out the car, the young man had been stuck in the swamp for at least eight or nine hours.

That he hadn't died was a stroke of huge luck. According to netizens, it was as if his ancestors had knocked all the bones out of the King of Hell to preserve his life.

Although the expedition's team doctor couldn't treat any serious illness, he was able to maintain the young man's vital signs.

Half an hour later, the rescue helicopter landed, and the rescuers came over with a stretcher to take the young man and the girl away.

Before leaving, the girl ran to Er Sha, knelt down, and earnestly kowtowed three times.

Chen Ying didn't stop her and even pressed down on the Snow Leopard's back allowing it to accept the girl's gratitude.

"Um, um, what's going on with her?"

"It's okay, let her express her gratitude to you. It might make her feel a bit better."

Er Sha nodded vaguely, then turned its face away and acted coquettishly towards Chen Ying.

"I want something nice to drink, I'm so hungry."

Chen Ying had come in such a hurry this time that he didn't bring any animal formula milk. He thought for a moment and turned to look at the deputy director of the Budong River Protection Station and Uncle Tashi.

"Director, I think I should take it back for a check-up, it might be feeling unwell too."

Before the deputy director could speak, Uncle Tashi nodded earnestly and stepped forward to hold it.

Er Sha was really confused. What was this, stealing the leopard?

"Even if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have suggested taking it back for a check-up. It was keeping that girl warm all night; who knows how uncomfortable it must have been."

The way he and Uncle Tashi looked at Er Sha was full of affection, as if they were looking at their own beloved daughter.

The expedition team members also wanted to come over and touch Er Sha.

Earlier, they had only heard about wild animals saving people in TV dramas or novels, but now that it had happened right in front of their eyes, they knew how precious this scene was.

Chen Ying comforted Er Sha and then turned to head toward the Big Brown Bear and others.

The pack of wolves had left without them knowing.

The lynx had also disappeared, and the three Snow Leopards, curious about Er Sha, had followed but stayed far away, lying in the meadow watching.

Only the Big Brown Bear and another brown bear had settled down about ten meters apart to leisurely eat their melons.

Chen Ying was a bit curious about the other brown bear, whose strength must also be considerable to not fear the Big Brown Bear's presence.

"Roar, are you guys leaving?"

"Yes, thank you for your help."

"Roar, it's nothing. Will you still help with the bear cubs in the future?"

Chen Ying laughed, "If there's a need, you can bring the cubs to ask for help; they will assist."

Chen Ying took a work uniform from the Protection Station's vehicle and let the Big Brown Bear sniff it.

"Roar, alright then, I'll be leaving."

The Big Brown Bear got up and leisurely walked off in another direction.

The other brown bear yawned, took a detour, and ran to the lake's edge to drink a lot of water, then sat down in a pool near the lake in a relaxed state and continued eating melons.

Chen Ying didn't go to look for the three Snow Leopards.

From the Big Brown Bear, he learned that the other animals were just passing by to watch the excitement. Once the fuss was over, they would do their own thing; filling their stomachs was most important.

After ensuring there were no other issues with the expedition team, Chen Ying, still holding Er Sha, rode with Uncle Tashi driving back toward the Budong River Protection Station.

However, that station didn't have the facilities to treat wild animals, so they might still need to send them to the Sonam Protection Station.

"No need to send them there, let's go back to our station. Once it's confirmed that there are no issues, we can directly release it. The environment there is also suitable for the Snow Leopard to live."

Chen Ying also had a bit of a selfish motive, allowing Er Sha to live in the area overseen by Yin Li so it could be like Jinya; if it got sick or hungry, there would be someone to ask for help.

Uncle Tashi nodded, "Okay, we'll go to your place."

The deputy director gave a helpless look and smiled without a word.

Taking a shortcut, they spent five hours driving back to Yin Li's Protection Station.

Xiao Song had received a call from Chen Ying beforehand. As soon as they arrived, she brought over the prepared bottles of milk and fresh meat to Er Sha.

"Is this the Snow Leopard that saved someone?"

Staff members from the Protection Station crowded around curiously.

"It's really beautiful, a good leopard indeed."

Er Sha got scared and cuddled into Chen Ying's arms with the milk bottle, the word "timid" nearly materializing on its forehead.

Seeing this, Xiao Song shooed the people away, "Go on, go on. There will be plenty of opportunities to interact with it later. Let our little hero have a good meal and rest first. He still has to be checked later, so don't be a bother here."

Zhaxi and the deputy director weren't in a hurry to return. They had received instructions hoping that Chen Ying, after checking the Snow Leopard and ensuring it was alright, could ideally send the Snow Leopard back.

A Snow Leopard that could save people was truly an angel in the hearts of animal conservationists and embodied the Snow Mountain Spirits in the eyes of the herders.

This request was raised by the herders who hoped to allow the Snow Leopard to remain in that grassland and swore to their beliefs that they would not harm the Snow Mountain Elf by even a slight.

(Believe at a glance, internet image, authenticity unknown)