Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Matchmaking Convention

“Meow——”

A cold, icy cat’s meow echoed.

The short man, who had been searching with a crossbow, was immediately drawn by the cat’s cry.

He turned his head, finding a black cat that looked like a leopard standing behind him.

In its mouth, it held a King Cobra.

“Damn!” the short man cursed, “So pitch black, it’s really scary!”

Before he could react, the black cat immediately tossed the snake from its mouth onto him.

“Ah!!!”

A King Cobra flew over, landing around the short man’s neck, making him panic and scream hysterically. The Black Jungle Cat arched its body, finding the right moment, and leaped with the speed of an arrow, biting the short man’s wrist.

The man, in pain, loosened his grip, and the crossbow in his hand fell to the ground.

The Black Jungle Cat kicked the dangerous crossbow far away with its hind limbs.

At the same time, Xu Ying rushed over with a few swift steps behind the short man and tased him from behind.

The man fell to the ground, and the Black Jungle Cat jumped on him, sniffed, then nodded to Xu Ying: “He’s passed out.”

“Black Cat Chief, you’re amazing! Brave and clever!”

Xu Ying exhaled deeply, giving a thumbs up to the Black Jungle Cat, admiration growing — the intelligence of animals was truly astounding.

[“The situation favors us; the man’s short, so I could fling the snake onto him.”]

Not daring to be careless, Xu Ying took a rope from the tool kit and tied up the short man tightly.

After doing all this, she was about to pick up the Little Sand Cat on the ground but found that it had somehow gotten to the King Cobra that the Black Jungle Cat had tossed away.

The Little Sand Cat was constantly hitting the snake’s head with its front paws until the snake was knocked unconscious.

It was Xu Ying’s first time seeing a sand cat hunt a snake live, and she didn’t expect their hunting technique to be like a “Meow Meow Eighteen Paws.” The movements seemed strangely mesmerizing!

“Hiss hiss——”

[“I didn’t expect that I, the dignified Snake King, would fall to the point of being bullied by a newly adult sand cat. I would die with regrets!”]

[“Boohoo, I’m still single, and I still want to attend the matchmaking conference.”]

Using the Beast Language all-language proficiency experience card, Xu Ying could hear the dying “will” of the King Cobra.

“With such a weak appearance, you are the Snake King?”

Seeing that Xu Ying understood it, the King Cobra, rising in its dying state: “[Woman, you can actually understand our snake language!]”

[“Please let this little cat spare me; I can agree to any condition you have!”]

The Little Sand Cat, hearing the conversation between Xu Ying and the King Cobra, sensibly withdrew its magic paw.

Xu Ying was quite interested in the matchmaking conference the King Cobra mentioned: “What matchmaking conference are you going to? Are there many snakes?”

[“Now is the breeding season for us snakes. Cobras are quite common in the desert, but King Cobras like us are rare.”]

The King Cobra, beaten and dazed, lazily lying on the ground, speaking with exasperated breaths: [“I couldn’t find a mate, so I organized a matchmaking conference.”]

[“The main purpose is to meet various species of snake friends and let them help me keep an eye out for other King Cobras in the desert.”]

Although the King Cobra and Cobra have similar names, the King Cobra is a distinct species, and there’s only one such snake under this category;

While the Cobra genus includes many snakes, like the Bengal Cobra and the Zhouzhou Cobra.

With the extra “King” character, the King Cobra is indeed particularly fierce. Not only are they generally larger and longer than Cobras, but their enormous venom output can kill twenty adults at once, and they can even eat their kind, a hundred times their size, when ruthless. Even adult elephants steer clear of them.

Thinking about it this way, it’s not surprising it would be the Snake King; the fault lies with the Black Cat Chief’s combat prowess, who caught a big one.

Xu Ying shook her head, “Rare in numbers and with a bad temper, it’s no wonder you have trouble finding a partner.”

[“What are you saying? What do you mean!”]

[“My temperament is quite good! And I have great snake relations!”]

“Indeed, you are the most cowardly King Cobra I’ve ever seen.” Xu Ying nodded in agreement, “Well then, do me a favor.”

“Call all your matchmaking conference snake friends over to back me up, and I’ll help you find a mate.”

The King Cobra, hearing itself being called cowardly, was about to swear, but hearing Xu Ying’s next words, immediately wagged its tail amicably: “[Really? You can help me find a mate?]”

“I am the director of Desert Rescue Station 032.”

Xu Ying showed its badge: “I often have to conduct patrol missions in the desert, and I know various animal languages.”

“Let me tell you, I’m your most formidable matchmaker.”

The previously weak King Cobra now seemed fully restored, instantly standing up, a true miracle of animal medicine: [“Just say the word, and I’ll support you as our Snake Clan’s new king!”]

[“I’ll go call the snakes right now to back you up, just wait.”]

The excited King Cobra wriggled away.

Xu Ying patted the Little Sand Cat’s head, took a cat treat from her pocket: “Sweetie, sorry for letting your little snack go, want to eat this instead?”

The Little Sand Cat rubbed against Xu Ying’s hand: [“It’s okay, big sis, letting it go is a better choice.”]

[“Snacks can always be eaten; right now, staying alive is more important than filling the belly.”]

Wow, this little apprentice is so understanding!

Xu Ying’s heart softened, squatting down to clean and bandage the Little Sand Cat’s wound.

At this moment, a Little Desert Rat came running in to report: [“Boss, those bad guys found out they’ve been exposed and are trying to run!”]

[“They have a jeep and are already packing up their equipment, preparing to drive away.”]

Xu Ying tightened her grip on the electric baton.

The equipment this group has is very advanced; they can even detect when she calls via satellite phone. Who knows how much sensitive information they have stolen? They cannot be allowed to leave, or who knows what kind of loss it might cause.

Although the primary duty of an animal rescuer is to aid desert animals, as an official, she has an obligation to stop these behaviors that harm national interests.

She’s alone and can’t forcefully confront them.

Xu Ying glanced at her watch; Chen Su would probably arrive in about half an hour.

Her eyes landed on the ubiquitous sand and stones in the desert, and suddenly she had an idea.

She took steel caltrops from her portable tool bag.

These caltrops are specifically used to puncture the tires of moving vehicles.

The desert conservation zone is rampant with poachers who most frequently hunt fast-running animals like high-arched antelopes by lassoing them from moving vehicles and then using the car’s power to drag them onto the vehicle.

In some rural areas or counties, dog-stealing gangs often do so as well.

Experienced animal rescuers would carry these caltrops to prevent encountering poachers driving to capture animals.

The original owner, although assigned randomly, was evidently dedicated to this job, having prepared these steel caltrops in their portable tool kit.

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