Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Dizzy With Happiness

Xu Ying quickly lay down to shield the seven Snow Cleaning Weasels beneath her.

The seven little ice sticks saw Xu Ying lying down to protect them with her body, and their bean-like eyes sparkled with even more admiration for the Station Chief.

In the sky, the Golden Eagle spread its sharp claws, seemingly about to swoop down on Xu Ying, but then it seemed to see something frightening, quickly decelerated, and began to circle in the low air, emitting a “yipping” sound.

Yes, an adorable “yipping” sound!

The majestic cries of divine birds and eagles on TV shows are usually contributed by top voice actors of the avian world, like the Red-tailed Hawk (kuang).

Xu Ying was initially quite scared by the Golden Eagle’s swooping stance, but when it made that sound, she couldn’t hold it in anymore.

The fierce raptor sounded like a little chick, and its intimidation power was suddenly reduced.

Large raptors are at the top of the food chain and basically have no natural enemies. They don’t need to scare predators or prey with their calls, which are generally quite sharp and subtle.

[Hateful humans, detaining my food and even using a bow to scare me! I’m so pissed off!]

[I want to poop on your heads!]

The Golden Eagle flapped its wings, emitting an angry yipping sound.

Bow? Crossbow?

Xu Ying turned around to see Qi Xiao holding the alloy carbon bow and arrow she had seen last time, aiming in the direction of the Golden Eagle.

He stood in the wind and snow, as straight as a pine tree. The black cold-weather mask covered most of his face, leaving only the prominent brow and sharp phoenix eyes exposed. The veins on his hand pulling the bow were bulging, and his aura was like an unsheathed blade; no wonder this mighty raptor was afraid.

This was so cool. Xu Ying was awestruck, thinking Qi Xiao could be the lead in an action blockbuster.

The Golden Eagle is a national first-level protected animal, and Xu Ying knew Qi Xiao was just scaring the bird. She winked at him in thanks.

Qi Xiao received Xu Ying’s wink, and his sharp eyes paused slightly, with a hint of red on the tip of his ears hidden by the earmuffs.

At this moment, the Snow Wolves and Snow Leopards also noticed the provocative Golden Eagle in the sky, gathering with the Snow Mountain Security Team around Xu Ying in a protective stance.

Their fluffy, thick tails swayed back and forth in front of Xu Ying; she felt she was being lured like a cat by two giant cat toys and almost wanted to jump up and play with them.

The Golden Eagle yipped even more fiercely: [Why have all you guys betrayed me!]

The Golden Eagle seemed unaware of their plan to lure it in. Xu Ying called out to it: “Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you. We’re just here to catch the poachers damaging the ecosystem. The Snow Cleaning Weasel is our intelligence agent. If you’re hungry, I can give you some beef.”

Saying this, Xu Ying took out a bag of meat from Qi Xiao’s pocket.

It was prepared as a reward for carnivorous animals, and it came in handy now.

The Golden Eagle had never tasted beef before. After hovering hesitantly for a couple of circles in the air, it finally landed timidly in front of Xu Ying.

Xu Ying placed the piece of meat before it, and the Golden Eagle eagerly started devouring it, [Delicious, really delicious~]

Suddenly Xu Ying said, “Since you’ve eaten our beef, you can’t just poop on our heads anymore.”

[You, you can understand what I’m saying?]

The Golden Eagle paused its hooked beak mid-bite and, hearing Xu Ying’s words, wished it could bury its head in the snow.

“Yes, I can communicate with animals,” Xu Ying chuckled and joked, “Since you’ve eaten my meat, you’re now my eagle. Remember to keep watch for me. If you see any suspicious people hanging around, let me know.”

The Golden Eagle shrank its neck; ah, it had sold itself for just a bite of meat? If I’d known, I wouldn’t have come down!

Curse this mouth!

Why does it have to be so greedy?

The Golden Eagle turned its head and saw the large eyes of the Snow Wolf, Snow Leopard, Wild Boar, and Brown Bear all staring intensely at it, creating a strong sense of pressure.

The Golden Eagle suddenly felt a chill down its spine; why wasn’t its feather coat keeping it warm anymore?

It didn’t dare not to nod in agreement, reluctantly saying: [I understand, I understand. I promise you won’t let these guys pounce on me.]

Xu Ying saw how quickly the Golden Eagle agreed and couldn’t help but marvel at it. The Golden Eagle was a creature with a fierce appearance but a soft and adorable personality.

Now that there was an additional “fighter pilot” in the security team, with the security animal staff deployed, Xu Ying felt very assured.

Now everything was ready, just waiting for the greedy poachers to take the bait.

After finishing the briefing, Xu Ying and Qi Xiao returned to the management room at the entrance of the core area.

Snow Lotus Valley was in the sub-ice belt, close to the ice-snow belt; it was freezing. With an altitude close to four thousand meters, and now in November, West Mountain had entered the snow season. If people stayed ambushed near Snow Lotus Valley, waiting for poachers to show up, they might end up frozen like popsicles.

The management room had electricity for heating, hot water to drink, self-heating hotpots to eat, and downloaded movies on a tablet to watch—it was almost too comfortable, all thanks to the cold-resistant little animals on the Snow Mountain keeping watch.

The West Mountain Police Station had sent a male and a female officer to assist Xu Ying in capturing the poachers. They were quite surprised to see Xu Ying and Qi Xiao back from Snow Lotus Valley so soon and asked with some concern, “Little Xu Station Chief, do you really not need us to go up?”

In their usual duty of staking out suspects, the hardships were indescribable. To avoid alerting the target, they would stay in a car for more than ten hours with no way to get out, handling all eating, drinking, and elimination needs within the vehicle, almost turning into mummies. Such situations were common.

This time, they were prepared to be frozen silly waiting on the snowy mountain for criminals, but then Xu Ying told them they just needed to stay warm in the management room and wait for the animals to report suspicious activity before taking action. They didn’t need to be stationed in the snow taking shifts, and they felt giddy with happiness!

Xu Ying heard the officers repeatedly confirming they need not go up the mountain, shaking her head: “There’s really no need for you to go up and stake out on the mountain right now; why endure that suffering?”

Xu Ying was looking at the police ID of the female officer, Ji Xuehui. A woman in a police uniform truly looked cool! Ji Xuehui, the female officer sent from the West Mountain Police Station, had a cold and aloof look, a commanding beauty style. She was very tall, around 175 cm, and with that police uniform, she looked very handsome.

Ji Xuehui felt embarrassed by Xu Ying’s stare, clearing her throat: “But if we just hang out in the management room like this, the task seems too easy, it’s a bit hard to adapt.”

With the animals helping, it did free up a lot of police resources. Xu Ying advised: “To be frank, can your attention and sight in the freezing snow be as good as the little animals on Snow Mountain? You’ll just be suffering for nothing.”

The two officers thought this made sense.

Excellent night vision, agile speed, extremely keen hearing, and fur for warmth…

They didn’t possess any of these.

Whereas staking out near Snow Lotus Valley was hard and freezing for humans, it was just a walk and team-building for these little animals.

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