Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 506 - 462: Brother White Monkey, I Didn’t Expect You to Be Such a Monkey
Chapter 506: Chapter 462: Brother White Monkey, I Didn’t Expect You to Be Such a Monkey
Chen Ying exerted all her strength and finally managed to separate the golden cat and the leopard cat into two opposing cages. Now, no matter how far they stretch their paws, they won’t be able to snag each other’s fur.
"Come on, tell me what you two are up to." Chen Ying sat cross-legged on a small stool, holding a bag of sunflower seeds, and looked back and forth between the two big cats.
The big white monkey glanced at Chen Ying and shrank even smaller.
"It’s mine; I raised it. This brazen fellow tried to take over my home and steal my monkeys while I was injured."
"Stop, let me ask, do both of you live nearby?"
The injured leopard cat seemed straightforward and mewled that it had been living here ever since it left its mother.
"That guy isn’t. If it weren’t for me and my monkey helping it, it would’ve been dead long ago."
It seems like these three have been wandering around the base quite often. Although they can’t speak human language, they’ve picked up a lot of human expressions and behaviors.
Especially the big white monkey, already intelligent and living a long time, having quickly learned secretly.
Humans raise some pampered little kittens, and Brother Monkey here is quite something, raising First and Second Nation levels.
Chen Ying checked the records; the leopard cat fell from a tree while hunting, got its skin scratched by branches, and suffered an infection. A monkey brought it to the base entrance, saving it, and now thinking back, wasn’t it likely the big white monkey who arranged for the leopard cat to be sent over?
It even said it was the Monkey King before.
This golden cat, skilled at disguising itself, is also clever. Clearly strong, it loves to act as a weak and helpless little kitten. The big white monkey probably fed it quite a bit too.
Thinking about it this way, good heavens, the outskirts of the Grand Canyon may very well have become a private monkey zoo for the big white monkey?
Chen Ying is not a permanent member of the scientific expedition; he and Dao Meihua are there to gain experience.
After this scientific expedition is completed, they will leave soon. The upcoming third phase will be specialists in geology and ecological environment settling in.
When the big white monkey heard that Chen Ying was leaving, it squeaked, trying to persuade him to stay.
"I can’t stay, Brother Monkey. I’ll visit you when I get a chance, okay? How are you going to deal with these two cats of yours?"
The big white monkey looked around innocently at Chen Ying, "They can go out and fight again, as long as they don’t kill each other."
Right, in the animal world, there is no saying of First and Second Nation endangered animals needing protection.
Whoever has the biggest fist and the smartest mind gets the largest territory.
Not bothering with the two squabbling cats, Chen Ying wanted to ask the big white monkey about the situation inside the Grand Canyon. But the big white monkey said it wasn’t allowed inside since childhood, and the terrain below is so complex that aside from animals, even humans and ungulates find it hard to enter.
"My mother and other old monkeys went there before they died and never returned."
So, besides the complex terrain, is that place also a natural burial ground?
It’s not hard to understand; there are many similar places in the world. Didn’t a few years ago reports say many animals follow genetic instructions to commit suicide in the same place?
Of course, later scientists explained that environmental changes affected the animals’ biological radar, causing them to get lost and behave that way.
Those who believe the explanation do so, and those who don’t just laugh it off.
Either way, that place is perilous. Animals not on the verge of death wouldn’t go there, so even the natives around the Grand Canyon are unclear about what’s inside.
As for the legendary Wild Men, Chen Ying thinks it’s unlikely because the probability of unisex reproduction is too low, or else we wouldn’t have species extinctions.
Plus, unisex reproduction is generally found in more primitive animal species. In simple terms, these creatures can reproduce without males by copying the female’s DNA.
This topic is complex, and biologists worldwide are researching it, but no one claims their team has mastered "unisex reproduction" technology.
If it could work, the pressure to get married could be curbed pretty well.
There were previous research results saying that the scientific community doesn’t believe in the existence of wild men because mammalian reproduction requires both sexes, and the numbers cannot be too low, or else they face natural extinction.
How extensive can a Grand Canyon be? Wild men couldn’t have lived only in this area from birth to today.
For a species to sustain itself positively, numbers must be maintained at a certain level, a basic consensus in the biological world.
Unless these wild men disregard science and prefer unisex reproduction!
Chen Ying is a veterinarian, he’s responsible for treating the sick and injured, but not whether you have children. After all, he’s single himself.
Receiving little useful information from the big white monkey, Chen Ying turned his attention to the golden cat.
Unfortunately, this guy is really good at acting jealous and throwing tantrums, but when it comes to serious matters, he knows nothing at all.
On the other hand, the little brother Leopard Cat mentioned that when he left his mother, he passed by a big water trench and saw many animals there with the same color as Brother Monkey.
But the environment there was terrifying for cats. He almost got caught and eaten, and only after running like the wind for quite a while did he manage to escape danger. Since then, he never dared to go back.
Even if he went, he probably couldn’t find the way, because when fleeing for his life, who would care about going east or west as long as the ground is safe?
Besides, the weather was terrible that day, no sun, no moon. He only cared about running for his life, completely unaware of any other strange things on the road.
Anyway, from the Leopard Cat’s mouth, he learned that there is a canyon and a place where many Baihua animals are concentrated here.
This suggests that Baihua might not be a natural selection of genes but might be influenced by something.
It could be meteorites or radiation; both seem plausible.
Chen Ying wrote down what the Leopard Cat said in his notebook. Given the chance, he’d really like to go in and see for himself.
Three days later, Chen Ying and a few temporary team members packed up their things and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, they planned to take another look at Golden Monkey Ridge, mainly to see the white Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey holding her baby.
They also wanted to know the follow-up about the skeleton near the Big Dragon Pond Observation Deck.
When they arrived at the inn, the innkeeper and the mountain resort owner came down to have tea and chat with them, naturally bringing up this topic.
"The deceased was a trekker, around thirty years old, missing for four or five years. His family even reported it to the police, saying he’d run away from home, never expecting him to die here."
"No, I want to ask, that place isn’t particularly hidden, right? How could someone die there without anyone knowing?"
"We already have few tourists, and that route is dangerous and deviates from tourist paths. Normal people follow the tourist trail. That cliff happens to be slightly recessed, and if you don’t go down, you can’t really see what’s below."
There was indeed a time when it smelled a bit foul, but being in the wild with so many animals, no one thought much of it, assuming it was remnants of some beast’s hunt.
Plus, generally, people don’t enter the mountains alone. Even if someone does, their family usually inquires if something happens.
For someone like the victim, believed to have run away from home, who would think he perished?
Even if someone did think that, there was no way to determine where exactly the mishap occurred.
If it weren’t for the girl’s hat, who knows how long it would have taken for the skeleton to be discovered.
The only good thing about this incident was that the girl and her teammates vowed never to venture into the wild forests again.
By the time they were having dinner, the mountain resort owner insisted on having them over for hot pot, with soup made from locally farmed third-generation wild chickens, the certified kind.
While waiting for dinner, Chen Ying went to see Cat Mother’s family. They’re in good condition, with the kittens now plump and learning to climb trees and hunt with their mother.
The mountain resort owner said he’d had a feeding platform set up out back. Every evening, excess meat and offal from the kitchen, along with fruits and vegetables, are placed around the platform for easy access by animals.
Every morning around eight, the cleaners come to tidy the platform, maintaining cleanliness, and they leave some bird food as well.
The plant-based and meat-based food are placed separately, with a man-made small pond in between, five or six square meters, fed by mountain spring water to keep it flowing.
In the owner’s words, it’s taking from the mountain forest and giving back to it, nothing goes to waste.
During dinner, the mountain resort owner, curious about Gaoligong Mountain Reserve, asked Dao Meihua, who is from Dian Province, about it.
"We have a trekking group, and they’re planning a summer hike in Gaoligong Mountain. Of course, they’re not going through wild forests; it’s an official trekking route that needs to be registered. They’ve hired the local ranger as a guide, with a strictly regulated path. I just wanted to ask about it, whether it’s feasible to go, and what to watch out for."
Dao Meihua is very familiar with Gaoligong Mountain, as her family lives nearby.
"Yes, you can go. I know the route you’re talking about; it’s a custom trekking route, about seven to eight kilometers long, with great scenery along the way. Though there’s a lot of manmade influence, it’s much safer. If you’re not into adventure, this route is quite suitable."
"Are there other routes?"
"There are, but you need to apply in advance, hire a professional guide, and have rich outdoor knowledge as the trekker. That route is relatively niche, with fewer signs of human activity. There’s no place to resupply on the way, and even communication signals are absent, making it difficult to get timely rescue in case of an accident."
The two owners exchanged glances and eagerly raised their glasses to Dao Meihua.
"If you guys plan to go, I can check if there’s a chance to customize a schedule after I return. But to be clear, once set, the review process will be very strict, and if there are any inconveniences, it’s best not to apply."
Next to them, Chen Ying listened intently, directing his gaze back as if he were just a naive guest.
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