After leaving the [Spirit Spring Space], Li Yao marked the location of the mutated birch tree and then slowly flew northwards into the deep forest on her surfboard.

Suddenly, Li Yao heard footsteps. The footsteps were light, but the withered branches and leaves were brittle, giving away the sound. Li Yao used her spiritual power to see what was happening and found that it was a Northeast Golden Shaded Dog hunting.

This Siberian tiger is entirely golden with jet-black stripes, and has a robust and beautiful build. It possesses level 7 supernatural energy fluctuations.

It crawled slowly forward through the bushes, its eyes fixed on the sika deer grazing in the woods not far away.

This sika deer is not to be underestimated; it is large, 2 meters long, and has antlers on its head. It is currently eating grass in the bushes.

Seeing this, Li Yao didn't rush forward to snatch the food from the tiger's mouth. Instead, she stepped back and stood on the trunk of a large tree to observe the tiger's attack.

In the blink of an eye, the tiger seized its opportunity, lunging at the deer, scratching at its forelegs, and biting down on its neck with its gaping maw.

The deer and tiger were too close, and with the speed and strength gained from the level 7 mutation, the sika deer, a level 3 mutated animal, was dead in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that the sika deer was dead and the other deer had run away, the tiger stopped chasing them and turned its head, staring intently at Li Yao with its big eyes.

Li Yao was at least 50 meters away from the tiger, and she was still in the tree, so she raised her hand, waved, and said, "Hello, Brother Tiger, I'm just passing by, I won't fight you for it."

As she spoke, Li Yao released the aura of an 8th-level superhuman.

Upon seeing this, the tiger froze, patted the sika deer with its paw, looked at the deer and then at Li Yao, finally picked up the deer and quickly retreated, running several miles away in the blink of an eye.

Li Yao, her hand still outstretched in the air, chuckled and said to 6834, "This big cat runs pretty fast."

As for whether or not to accept mutated tigers, Li Yao hadn't thought about it.

Wild animals are inherently difficult to tame, and she herself also enjoys being free.

These animals have all mutated and are capable of living in the great forest. Li Yao felt that she should not do the kind of thing that involves imprisoning animals under the guise of doing what is good for them. Unlike the animals in Li Yao's space that were in trouble, which were rescued when encountered, Li Yao had no intention of taking in wild animals here.

Currently, nature's mutations resemble species evolution, but it remains to be seen whether this will continue in the coming years.

Leaving the tiger's hunting grounds, Li Yao headed to her next destination. She vaguely heard a bear's roar in mid-air and decided to go and investigate.

The tiger hunt and the black bear battle were things you had to buy tickets to see before the apocalypse, but now she's going to watch them for free.

Li Yao flew forward following the sound and saw a bear lying half-lying on the ground in the distance, while another bear was fighting a large python.

The python was very long, at least 10 meters long and as thick as an adult's thigh. The black bear it was fighting was nearly 4 meters long, very strong, and had shiny black fur, which shows that the resources in Shangbai Mountain are still very abundant.

Both animals were level 7 mutants, and their battle was like it was on double speed. The big black bear tried to tear the snake apart with its bare hands, but the python wrapped its body around it. In the end, the bear's paw pressed hard against the python's head, and the two "people" were locked in a stalemate.

At this moment, the system suddenly spoke up, saying, "Host, that's a black bear cub lying on the ground. It's been poisoned by snake venom and is dying."

Upon hearing this, Li Yao casually took out a cup of spring water, stood still, and controlled the spring water to condense into a stream, which flew directly into the mouth of the bear cub on the ground, and then controlled the bear cub to swallow it.

The black bear noticed Li Yao's movements, turned around and roared at her. Li Yao swore she could see the bear's throat with its mouth wide open.

Li Yao had just gathered her breath and was about to roar back at the big black bear when she realized something was wrong. Why would she roar? She realized she was just too engrossed in watching the animal. She slapped her forehead and stood still, just staring at the big black bear.

Suddenly, the python exerted its strength, trying to bite the black bear's neck as well. Li Yao used a [Spatial Control] technique to straighten the python, then performed a 360-degree whirlwind python spin, and threw it far away, sending the python flying three kilometers.

The big black bear looked a little confused by Li Yao's actions with its beady eyes, but it still stood in front of its cub and roared at Li Yao.

Seeing this, Li Yao used her spiritual power to convey her voice, saying, "I fed it some spiritual spring water; it'll be fine in a bit. I'm leaving."

As she spoke, Li Yao waved to the big black bear, then stepped onto her surfboard, skimmed past it, and flew away into the distance.

After flying for about 2 or 3 kilometers, Li Yao slowed down and asked 6834, "[Host, why did you save that bear cub? That big black bear is so fierce.]"

Li Yao: [Would you believe me if I said it was a conditioned reflex? Protecting wild animals is everyone's responsibility.]

6834 rolled his eyes and said, "I don't believe your nonsense."

Li Yao: "I just saw how the big black bear was fighting desperately against the python to save the child, so I thought, why not just save it? I have plenty of spiritual spring water, it's just a casual thing to do. Besides, it's just an animal, who can it complain to? It can't blame me, so I just saved it on a whim."

After listening, 6834 said, "As long as the host is happy."

Having not seen those beasts in human skin from the apocalypse for a long time, Li Yao felt that she had become much kinder; indeed, good mountains and rivers nurture people.

However, she can let animals go, but she still needs to control herself when it comes to people in the apocalypse.

Li Yao silently reminded herself.