Chapter 116: Cowardly Xu Nian: Huh? Did you learn from me?

"Huff—Huff—"

"Can you eat something? Or drink some water?" A female voice sounded beside Luo Yin's ear. She seemed to be sighing, saying, "If you can eat, you won't die. But now it's really terrible to not eat or drink. I've called the Wildlife Rescue Center. They're sending experts over. You have to hold on."

Luo Yin could only hear a few scattered words. His mind was confused and he couldn't react to what was said. He was like a snow leopard and had no strength to move.

It only remembered that it had a fight with Los, and no matter how much it licked the wound, it wouldn't heal, and it seemed to be quite deep.

Luo Yin tried hard to open his heavy eyelids, but he could only see a shadow and soon fell into coma again.

"Leopard? Leopard!" The girl was shocked. This is a national protected animal.

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"Alas..." Kai'e couldn't count how many times he had sighed. He said depressedly, "You don't understand, Xu Nian. That monster is very scary. Not to mention me, even Los..."

It paused, then turned to meet Los's calm gaze. It smoothly changed its tone, saying, "Even you, Xu Nian, would have no choice but to flee."

Xu Nian: ...

"Don't disbelieve me! Besides your ability to deceive snow leopards, when have I ever lied?" Kaie puffed out his chest and swore, "It's really, really terrifying. Otherwise, do you think I'd be injured like this?"

"So, you lived in a cattle and sheep pen? And then you squeezed in with a mastiff? In the end, you were beaten up by a monster that looked very similar to a mastiff, and then you ran away?" Xu Nian summed it up, and felt that every sentence was quite explosive. Thinking about it carefully, he really felt that Kai's leopard life was indeed a bit bumpy.

"What kind of talk is that?! Is that even reasonable? How can I say I got beaten up by a monster and then ran away?" Kaie was immediately dissatisfied. Even though he was injured, he struggled to get up and said, "I was caught off guard and was ambushed by it. I was left with flat claws."

Xu Nian and Los looked at each other and could only believe Kaie's words to a point.

"That's not the point. The point is that I'm injured now." Kaier said very depressedly, "I can't go play with the mastiffs now."

Kaie lowered his head and looked at his injured paws and side, feeling a little angry that the monster had hurt him. But after being angry, he thought about how an injured snow leopard could survive such heavy snow.

"Although I'm injured, I can join the hunt." To show that he was still valuable, Kaie quickly added, "Otherwise, relying on Los alone would be too tiring, wouldn't it? You, me, and Los together, we can unleash the power of two and a half snow leopards."

It and Los each count as one, and Xu Nian counts as half.

Xu Nian thought for a moment, then glanced at Kaie, seemingly pondering what he had said. After a moment, he nodded slightly in agreement and said, "That's indeed the case."

He and Los each count as one, and the injured Kaie counts as half.

The two snow leopards looked at each other. Although they had different thoughts in their minds, they nodded to each other strangely, agreeing with the words "two and a half" snow leopards.

Los was half-lying beside them, too lazy to care about this place. He just glanced at Xu Nian from time to time, his tail wagging behind him somewhat boredly.

But Los did not object to keeping Kaie. After all, it was really difficult for a snow leopard to survive in such cold weather. Having Kaie would mean more strength. The most important thing was that Kaie's combat power met Los' requirements.

It didn't object, so Kaie breathed a sigh of relief and continued to serve as a shelter from the wind and snow in this nest.

The biting cold wind gave no chance for any animal to survive. Heavy snow fell continuously, breaking tree trunks in some places. A few days ago, the howling of wolves could be heard, but during this period, even the wolves seemed unwilling to expend any more energy.

However, they have enjoyed a rare period of peace and quiet for many years.

"These wolves love to hunt in groups." Kaie had lived here before, so he was somewhat familiar with the wolves here. He said, "But these wolves never leave here. This is their fixed territory, unless something really happens and they have to leave."

"I think these wolves like to howl at each other," said Xu Nian.

"That's right, because the wolf king needs to see if all his wolves are present. Unlike us snow leopards, who are alone and can just move with their tails in their mouths. If one leopard is well fed, the whole family will not worry." Kaie became excited when he mentioned this, and quickly demonstrated his strength and explained to Xu Nian, "But the competition among wolves is also very fierce. The defeated wolf king will not have a good life. Therefore, most defeated wolf kings will choose to leave the pack. I remember encountering one before. It was very powerful when it was young, but it was defeated and left the forest alone. Later, when I left here, I saw it on the road."

"It lives alone? Becomes a lone wolf?" Xu Nian asked.

"No, it's dead," Kaye said. "It was hunted by mastiffs and killed."

Xu Nian fell silent for a moment. He remembered that when they were on the ice before, a group of mastiffs were led away by wolves and fell into a trap. When they went, they only saw Kai's friend, and the other mastiffs were nowhere to be seen.

Dogs are the most homesick. As long as they are alive, they want to go home and will crawl back even if it means doing so. However, those mastiffs never went back. It is not difficult to imagine what happened to them.

"The wolves and dogs here often fight, and we're used to it." Kaie paused, then added, "But that's not certain. Some say our snow leopards and mastiffs are enemies, but haven't we become friends? Maybe there are also wolves and dogs that can get along."

Xu Nian nodded.

Los was half-lying on the cliff alone. He had always liked doing this, feeling the cold wind and looking at the entire snow-capped mountains. His tail swayed gently behind him, and then he held it in his mouth.

"Honestly, if I were given another chance, I promise I would leave early in the morning and never let them find me." Kaie was still a little upset about this matter, and after going around in circles, he still came back to it.

Xu Nian had originally pricked up his ears, ready to listen to what Kaie had done that made him so regretful. After hearing this, a trace of silence appeared on his face. He tilted his head slightly and said, "I thought you were going to say that you regretted sleeping in the doghouse."

Kaier tilted his furry head and said, "No, the doghouse is very comfortable, much more comfortable than here. Give me another chance, I will still sleep in the doghouse."

To convince Xu Nian, Kaie squatted down and said seriously, "You don't know, Xu Nian, that den is very warm. It's not really a doghouse, but a former den for cattle and sheep. It's very comfortable, much more comfortable than this cave."

Just as Xu Nian was about to speak, he heard a loud noise on the originally quiet snowfield. Xu Nian and Los stood up almost immediately. They looked at each other. Los ran to Xu Nian's side as soon as he realized something was wrong, as if he would desperately protect Xu Nian if something unexpected happened.

However, in front of them was a small piece of snow-capped mountain that looked like it had collapsed. This familiar scene made Los and Xu Nian exclaim at the same time: "Avalanche?!"

They know all too well about avalanches, having experienced one themselves.

A small-scale avalanche occurred on the snow-capped mountain in front. Large amounts of snow rolled down the mountain, raising a white mist. They had seen this scene before, when they were standing on a snow-capped mountain and watching an avalanche on the opposite snow-capped mountain. It was exactly the same, except that although there were fewer prey at that time, it was not as outrageous as it is now. So after the avalanche, they saw many beasts and birds running out of the mountains and forests with frightened cries.

Those who ran slowly were buried in the snow and fog and could never get out.

No matter what kind of animal it is, it seems very small in the face of natural disasters.

"No, it's different from what we did before." Los took a few steps forward, almost standing on the edge, but very steady. He looked across and observed for a moment before saying, "It's different from what we did last time. Only a small part of it collapsed. It's probably because the snow has accumulated too heavily these days, so there's a little landslide, but it's not serious."

The last avalanche left some psychological trauma on Xu Nian and Los, and they had to be more cautious about this natural disaster.

Xu Nian walked over and nuzzled Los, not sure if he wanted to comfort him or seek comfort, but no matter what the reason, Los returned the kiss enthusiastically. He lowered his head and gently kissed Xu Nian, saying in a calm tone, "It's okay, I'm here, don't be afraid."

Xu Nian nodded. He looked back at the landslide and then looked at his side. The distance was far enough, so there should be no problem.

Kai'e, who was standing next to him, also wanted to come over to take a look, but almost stepped on Los's tail. Although Los didn't look back, he seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. He moved his tail away calmly without even looking back.

"I'm still more afraid of this kind of thing." Kaier shrank his head, his furry ears drooping, and said in a muffled voice: "There's no way we can run away. Even if we run as fast as we can, we can't match this speed."

The three snow leopards huddled together, looking at the opposite hillside. After a while, they saw a Tibetan fox sticking its head out of its burrow. The snow slid down, exposing its burrow. The fox was caught off guard and looked at the three snow leopards.

The Tibetan foxes' eyes were calm yet helpless. They turned their heads skillfully and barked a few times towards the cave. After a while, several Tibetan foxes, big and small, moved out of their dens very skillfully.

"What's that look in its eyes?" Kaie asked, confused. "It looks like it doesn't want to see us!"

"Probably... he doesn't want to see it." Xu Nian said.

After all, for the Tibetan fox, encountering a snow leopard is not a good thing.

After it was safe below, the three snow leopards went down the mountain together to see if there was any prey to eat nearby. Although it was cruel, it must be said that this disaster did cause some prey to die under the snow and become food in the stomachs of other animals, which was used to support other animals through the winter.

"I'll start from the left, you from the right." Los looked back at Kaie, then said, "Xu Nian, follow me."

"?" Kaier raised his paw and said, "I'm injured."

Los glanced at it, and this time, without Los saying anything, Kaie immediately held his tail in his mouth and smiled flatteringly, saying, "Right, right, I like the right side the best. Don't let anyone steal it from me. I like to find my own prey."

Los looked at Kaie, then at Xu Nian. He vaguely remembered that although Kaie was fragile and had a fragile heart, he was still a tough guy. Now his cowardly look looked familiar, and he couldn't help but look at Xu Nian again.

"It has nothing to do with me!" Xu Nian was just observing his surroundings when he saw the look in Los's eyes. He immediately understood what he meant and said, "I didn't teach it to be like this."

"It learned it." Los said, "If you don't learn good things, you will learn bad things."

Xu Nian was speechless at this moment. He also glanced at Kaie, and vaguely remembered his previous worries -

It’s impossible that all the snow leopards here have become furry and timid.

Fortunately, Kaie was the only one like this.

Kaie had already walked away with his tail in his mouth and did not hear the conversation between Los and Xu Nian, otherwise he would have been defeated again.