Chapter 174 Arctic Fox (XIV)
"Meow~Woo~"
Yu Yiyun was brought into a castle filled with horror in the night by a group of little monsters.
Fortunately, the group of evil spirits simply placed him next to the fireplace and brought him food and water.
The little man told him that a snowstorm was coming and he should go to the castle to take shelter from the wind and snow.
Born as a fox, Yu Yiyun has experienced too many snowstorms and has various countermeasures.
For example, hiding in a den, hiding behind a big rock, or hiding under a polar bear.
If you think about it, neither method is as easy as hiding in the little man's building.
The little fox poked its head in warily, and the cat squatting beside the fireplace looked over lazily.
As she came into contact with more wild big cats, Yu Yiyun often heard the hoarse, low, and aggressive calls of cats.
Yu Yiyun jumped up in shock when she heard the cat's cry suddenly. She stared with wide eyes at the pet cat that was full of fat, had very little muscle, had neatly trimmed nails, and had no testicles.
Most of the expensive pet cats on the market have been specially screened.
The character is gentle, clingy, rubbing, low attack power and high emotional value.
In short: you can’t survive in the wild, so you have to make a living by being cute.
The little kitten was wearing a little dress and a bow tie, and it raised its head and exposed its neck, allowing everyone who passed by to touch it.
Yu Yiyun knows so many big cats, each one more ferocious than the other.
What about Tiger, Mulan, Tommy... Even the gentlest Dianguang Mommy doesn't dare to be so rua.
Seeing the cat-like creature that looked like it could be rubbed at will, Yu Yijun approached along the wall, raised his paw to touch its head, and patted its fat, perky butt.
Um.
Solid.
"Meow~Woo~"
The pet cat rolled over skillfully, and when it saw clearly that it was a dog rubbing against it, its expression changed instantly.
"Meow!" Rua what rua? Will you give me a cat note!
"Oh." Why does the kitten have two faces?
"Meow!" Still touching! Look at my meow punch!
Cats and dogs have never gotten along. The professional pet cat quickly stopped working and raised its furry paws to attack Yu Yiyun.
As we all know, pet cats are generally not big in size, with the largest Maine Coon weighing no more than 30 kilograms.
Because cats are very aggressive and difficult to tame.
If it is a little bigger, it is likely to cause harm to the owner.
Cats of the same size are generally more powerful than dogs.
The cat was pampered, looked chubby, and weighed about twenty pounds.
Whenever pigs come in front of it, they will praise it for being slim.
If it was a bobcat of the same size, Yu Yijun might be more serious.
Even if the smallest cat on earth, the rusty-spotted cat, appeared, Yu Yiyun would be more vigilant than he is now.
Although the Rusty Spotted Cat weighs only 3 or 4 kilograms, it has hunting capabilities!
When facing the domestic pet cat, Yu Yiyun was too lazy to even gather strength. He simply flipped over the furry creature with one claw and arrogantly touched the cat's belly twice.
The cat felt wronged, so he drove the tractor away from the fireplace and went to his owner to complain.
Yu Yijun unceremoniously occupied the cat's bed next to the fireplace, warmed himself by the fire, and watched the cat gradually get lost among the many strange-looking humans.
Cat: ...Which of these devils is my master?
At the end of October, it is the eve of Halloween in the West, a day to commemorate the dead.
The little people gathered here dressed up as witches, vampires, werewolves... and they were very serious about creating a festive atmosphere.
Yu Yiyun hasn't experienced any social situations in the human world for a very, very long time.
Having been away from human society for so long, he couldn't even be sure if he had ever had such social interaction.
The fire was dancing in the fireplace. Yu Yijun looked at the people toasting each other and gradually felt sleepy. His consciousness drifted far away.
In the early years of her life, Yu Yiyun was introverted and not good at speaking.
To use a more modern term, it is an i person.
When I was in school, if the teacher arranged group discussions or allowed students to freely choose their deskmates, he would definitely be the one left alone.
As his family members were busy with their own work and Yu Yiyun had few friends, he was often alone.
From the perspective of passers-by, Yu Yiyun is an isolated and lonely child.
Only Yu Yijun himself knew that although he had no human friends, he had many companions.
Yu Yiyun can be considered a half-left-behind child. The place where she lives is neither far nor close to the town, and there are mostly farmlands and orchards nearby.
There are many free-range cats and dogs in the village, and during the fruit harvest season, some small animals often appear.
Yu Yiyun is not very popular with people, but she is very popular with small animals.
In the summer, cicadas were chirping, and he would read under the big locust tree in the yard. Cats and dogs would often come over and surround Yu Yiyun.
Sometimes, a little squirrel that came from nowhere would boldly steal the walnuts from his pocket.
Yu Yiyun never drives them away. She is not afraid even when she sees weasels and wild boars biting people. She will also tell the familiar little animals little stories that no one else can share with them.
Later, Yu Yiyun was admitted to university ahead of schedule because of his excellent academic performance, and he chose an animal-related major without hesitation.
After entering university, Yu Yiyun performed outstandingly and was specially selected by the old professor at that time as the successor. He joined the "Tiger Returns to the Mountain" program before graduation.
In the early years, Yu Yiyun came into contact with more tigers than people, and he quickly adapted.
Many predecessors would scream in fear when they saw a tiger, but Yu Yiyun was the only one who was never afraid and dared to touch any ferocious tiger.
A year passed, and the project team had a wave of new members, and Yu Yijun became the general manager of Menghu Guishan.
Colleagues who joined the project later had no idea what Yu Yiyun's original personality was like. They only knew that he was professional enough and seemed to be omnipotent, so they naturally developed a respect for him.
Yu Yiyun looked back on her life in a daze, finding it hard to tell when her personality changed, or perhaps it never changed.
After all, he never made any friends from beginning to end.
Even if I leave this world, I don't feel any worries.
As he was thinking, Yu Yiyun closed his eyes in a daze and dreamed of being a human being for the first time in a long time.
Deep in his dream, he returned to the yard of his childhood and saw the river in front of his home gradually becoming turbid and drying up, the forest in the distance where there were no more fireflies, and the familiar little animals slowly becoming extinct.
Then, he saw his younger self standing there blankly, truly alone.
"Hmm..."
The little fox felt empty inside and subconsciously shrank his body, waking up from his dream.
“Meow!”
The cat complained for a while but no one paid any attention. Angrily, it went back to the fireplace and started fighting with Yu Yijun.
Yu Yiyun was used to sleeping in the wild, so he remained alert even in his dreams and subdued the cat with a roll over.
"嘤." Haha, the cat is addicted to food.
Yu Yijun stretched out his paws, rubbed it hard twice, and decisively jumped down from the warm and comfortable cat bed.
The castle was indeed comfortable, with a fireplace, a soft bed, and water and food easily available.
However, Yu Yiyun can't stay here any longer.
He is not alone now!
I have so many companions, I must find them quickly before the cold winter!
Yu Yiyun jumped out of the castle window silently without disturbing any ghosts.
After a while, someone noticed that the fox had disappeared and asked him where he had gone.
"I told him, there's a snowstorm outside, it's very cold."
"Yes, yes. Even if he doesn't want to spend the winter here, at least he should wait until the snowstorm stops before leaving, right?"
"Uh, is it because we pretended to be ghosts that scared him?"
“…”
Yu Yiyun escaped from the castle. The blizzard outside had not stopped yet, but the wind had subsided.
The fox had just rested enough and now had plenty of strength. He pushed aside the snow that was thicker than himself and searched under the snow for any familiar smell.
When Yaomei and the others couldn't find the scent, Yu Yiyun smelled the scent of their own kind and immediately dug a hole to search for the fox's den.
About twenty minutes later, Yu Yiyun found a sleeping Arctic fox under the thick snow.
Out of the blue, someone suddenly kicked open the door of his house, and the Arctic fox blinked in confusion.
He was a fox who spent the winter alone. He had planned to go to a warmer place, but was delayed by a snowstorm.
The howling cold wind made hunting difficult. The fox curled up in the snow cave to keep warm and prayed that the wind and snow would pass quickly.
If he can’t find food, there’s a good chance he won’t survive the coming winter.
While the fox was praying and sleeping to conserve its energy, a fox descended from the sky and destroyed the snow cave, causing the nest to lose its insulation effect.
“Ahhh!”
The fox shivered with cold and pounced on the foreign fox angrily.
Yu Yiyun could not sense his anger and happily asked the fox if he knew where his home was.
"Aoao!" Enemy beasts, come and fight!
The fox pounced over and hugged Yu Yiyun, then... stopped moving.
Although the snow cave was destroyed, the fox's body was warm and could provide itself with heat.
Yu Yiyun rolled into a ball with him and noticed the fox trembling slightly.
Arctic foxes have thick fur, small ears and short, thick limbs to help concentrate body heat.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't feel cold hiding in the cave at a temperature of about minus 20 degrees Celsius.
Once a fox feels cold, it just means... it's hungry.
"Hmm." Wait a moment.
Yu Yiyun crawled out of the snow cave and quickly brought back a large piece of meat.
"Yingying." Tell me where my home is and I'll give you this piece of meat.
The fox who stayed behind was so hungry that his eyes sparkled. He had no time to negotiate terms. He immediately pounced on the food and ate it in big mouthfuls!
By the time he finished eating the meat and realized he was on board a pirate ship, it was too late.
As soon as the wind and snow stopped, Yu Yiyun dragged and grabbed a local fox to find a home for himself.
The left-behind fox had never seen Yu Yiyun, so how would he know where his home was?
Two foxes walked aimlessly in the snow for several days and met a... chicken?
A snow chicken, to be exact.
Similar to the Arctic fox, its feathers change with the seasons. In summer, its feathers are dark brown, and in winter they turn snow-white to camouflage itself from being discovered by natural enemies.
The reason why Yu Yiyun has never caught a snow chicken is not because its camouflage skills are so superb that it can deceive the eyes of top hunters.
Mainly because...
There was no snow chicken at all in the place where Yu Yiyun stayed before!
Fox Island is located on the east side of the continent, closer to the ocean, and is home to polar bears and Arctic foxes, and the main birds are seabirds.
Snowcocks like to eat plant fruits, stamens, lemmings and insects. They mainly forage near the snow line and have a relatively weak dependence on the ocean, so they live on the west side connected to the land.
Yu Yiyun unlocked a new creature and instantly realized that her current location was completely different from her hometown.
Filled with grief and indignation, he spread out his claws and pounced on the snow chicken, grabbing it in his mouth before it took off.
Snow chicken is also a chicken~!
So delicious!
Sharing the snow chicken with the left-behind fox, Yu Yijun, who was talking a lot, told him that she had wandered around the pole and came back with the wrong direction, accidentally ending up in the opposite place of her hometown.
"Oh oh." If you eat my chicken, you have to take me home.
Yu Yiyun blinked her eyes, this is a useless moral kidnapping.
During the polar night, Yu Yiyun could at most determine north and south by the North Star, but could not determine east and west at all.
If Zhuwang is allowed to find his home in the east on his own, he might appear on the northern coast of Russia in two days, then cross the entire Siberia and return to his motherland, becoming the first wild Arctic fox in China.
Yu Yiyun wants to contribute to the ecological diversity of her motherland, but the price does not include her own fox life!
Not to mention that most of China is in the temperate zone, which is not suitable for Arctic foxes to live.
Even if Yu Yijun survives tenaciously, how can a single fox like him continue his species? Will he hybridize with a red fox?
Arctic foxes and red foxes are equivalent to diploid watermelons and tetraploid watermelons, and will produce triploid watermelons.
Back then, he once called his brother-in-law Baimao a triploid watermelon.
Anyone with a little common sense knows that triploid watermelons are seedless!
The little fox finally had some sense of direction, and begged the fox who stayed behind to take him to the east.
In order to make the fox who stayed behind understand what he meant, Yu Yiyun jumped up and down, gestured and howled, telling him that he was going to find a place where he could see the sea, musk oxen and many northern lights.
The fox who stayed behind...of course didn't understand.
However, he got the idea from Yu Yiyun's dancing-like movements that he wanted to return to his hometown.
The Arctic fox has a wide distribution range and can be found throughout the northern region.
Before coming to the western continent, this Arctic fox also stayed near Fox Island for a period of time and roughly knew where the little fox's hometown was.
There are small islands near Fox Island, which will be connected to the glaciers when winter comes, so few foxes are willing to stay there for the winter.
The fox who stayed behind didn't understand why the little fox had to go back, so he chose to respect the fate of the other foxes and went around most of the coastline and came to the vicinity of Fox Island.
As soon as they entered Fox-Fox Island, Yu Yiyun smelled the familiar sea breeze, saw the same sea rocks, and happily circled around the left-behind fox.
“Ahhh.”
The fox who stayed behind felt his happiness, called out tiredly twice, then turned around and prepared to go home.
Yu Yiyun immediately grabbed his tail.
"Hmm?" Returning to my hometown is just the first step. Where is my sister?
You have to help find her!
Yu Yiyun blinked and told her sister to lead the Fox Army into the nearby land to spend the winter.
I have been away from home for too long, and I can't catch the scent of my sisters, so it's difficult to find them.
At that moment, Yu Yiyun saw a lot of dirty words on the face of the left-behind fox.
Fortunately, foxes don’t know how to curse their ancestors, so he suppressed his anger and continued to look for the traces of his relatives with Yu Yijun.
I don’t know whether Yu Yiyun is lucky or the direction of staying in the fox is better.
Within two days, the cold wind before the snowstorm brought a familiar smell.
Yu Yiyun's eyes lit up and he shouted loudly towards that location.
Not long after the voice was heard, it received a response.
An underage fox came running over with the sound of a puppy whimpering. It was Fu Fu.
After not seeing him for a few months, Fu Fu has changed a lot. His body is covered with white and fluffy fur, and he has grown into an outstanding Arctic fox.
When she ran towards Yu Yiyun, she was holding half an Arctic hare in her mouth. It seemed that she had caught it alone.
Fu Fu was very happy to see the familiar fox from afar!
The new generation of Arctic foxes are all very clingy to Yu Yijun, and Fu Fu is the clingiest.
She was different from other foxes. She was not Yu Yiyun's brother or sister or nephew or niece, but was brought home by Yu Yiyun from another nest.
Fu Fu will always remember that this fox brought her back to the den and helped her drive away the red fox that occupied her home, allowing Fu Fu to grow up safely.
"Woo woo~"
Fu Fu came running over, circled around Yu Yiyun several times, and stuck close to him.
The fox who stayed behind was stunned.
He looked at Yu Yiyun and then at Fu Fu, trying to determine what their relationship was.
couple?
Not really.
The little fox was less than 9 months old and had not entered its first breeding period, so it was impossible for it to form a pair with a male fox.
Father and daughter?
Not really.
Left-behind foxes also have children, but children away from home rarely get so close to their parents.
Even if food is plentiful and fox families spend the winter together, they will not be as close to their parents as unweaned cubs.
Before the remaining fox could figure out the answer, more and more foxes heard the noise and rushed over, surrounding Yu Yijun and clamoring to play games with him.
After seeing so many foxes, the left-behind fox finally understood why Yu Yiyun was so persistent in finding his hometown.
Now that Yu Yiyun has returned to the tribe, the remaining foxes looked at her enviously for a few more times, then turned around and prepared to leave.
As a result, as soon as he turned around, the fox, the annoying beast, grabbed his tail again.
"Oh oh." Penghu, you're here.
"Bing bing~" Let's go after the winter~
Yu Yiyun made the invitation sincerely, fearing that the fox would shiver in the snowstorm night because it couldn't find food.
The foxes here are accustomed to living in groups. They have no objection to having one more fox join in and happily welcome the new member of the fox army.
The fox who stayed behind was a little hesitant at first, but found that all the foxes here were white and fat. Even if they didn't share food, simply hugging each other for warmth would not freeze to death.
Thinking about his lonely nest that was collapsed by Yu Yiyun, the remaining fox finally turned around and followed Yu Yiyun back to the territory of the Fox Legion.
As soon as they approached the territory, something happened that refreshed the remaining foxes' cognition!
It was a pitch-black night. A snow-white female fox, stronger than many males, was chasing a deer like lightning.
Behind her, eight adult foxes followed closely, scaring the deer, which were several times larger than the Arctic fox, into fleeing in panic.
After running a few steps, the female fox bravely jumped up and bit the deer's hind leg.
The deer tripped, and the other foxes saw the opportunity, pounced on it and bit the deer hard.
The newborn fox cubs, who have grown into combat-ready ones, join the battle, helping their parents or older brothers and sisters complete the hunt.
Deer have good patience and strong attack power, so they are more than capable of dealing with a few Arctic foxes.
But at this moment, it was surrounded by dozens of Arctic foxes, and it didn't even have time to say its last words before the leading Arctic fox bit its carotid artery.
The youngest sister was covered in blood, but she did not dodge or avoid. Instead, she raised her head and looked in a certain direction, her animal eyes emitting a cold and sharp light.
The Arctic wolf that had chased the deer here retreated a few steps timidly and walked away dejectedly.
Because they are too close to the Arctic fox's territory, it is common for the prey to be driven into the opponent's territory during the hunting process.
In the eyes of the wolf clan, those Arctic foxes were no different from bandits.
No matter how much effort they put in the early stages, once they reach the Arctic fox's territory, it automatically belongs to them.
The strong and ferocious wolves certainly tried to snatch their prey back.
The price was that they didn't have a good night's sleep for the whole half month.
Every time they were about to fall asleep, the fox queen would bring her family members to harass their territory.
The wolves, who were harassed to the point of nervous breakdown, never dared to provoke each other again.
It’s not that they can’t beat a mere Arctic fox, but all wolves know that the Fox Corps has a big boss who is extremely difficult to deal with.
The wolf walking at the end looked back reluctantly, and saw a pair of familiar animal eyes in the darkness, which frightened it so much that it shivered.
That night, the wolves once again recalled the fear of being dominated by Yu Yijun.
After making sure that the wolves had gone far away, the youngest sister relaxed her guard and imitated Yu Yiyun, licking her paws to clean the blood off her face.
If she had ever seen a feline, she would know that this is how a cat washes its face.
After washing her face, the youngest sister raised her head and prepared to call family members to come and have a meal.
Before she could make a sound, the youngest sister saw Yu Yiyun through the darkness.
The youngest sister, who was so majestic, strong and domineering just now, turned into a happy puppy in a minute and ran to her brother.
"嘤!" Sister!
Yu Yiyun rubbed her sister hard to help her clean the hair on her back.
"Woo-ah!" Brother!
The youngest sister nudged her brother with her head, as if asking him if he had a pleasant journey.
The two foxes stuck together for a while before the youngest sister summoned the fox army to eat.
After several months of absence, the size of the Fox Legion has not decreased significantly.
In the bitterly cold winter, they relied on their unity to achieve the highest survival rate.
Photographer Shi Tou, who was left on the shore by Yu Yiyun, later found the Fox Army and has been diligently recording the daily lives of these little foxes, which has attracted the love of countless audiences around the world.
The audience was overjoyed to see the little fox return to the Fox Army, and they all offered their most heartfelt blessings to the Arctic elves.
[The head of the fox family is back, I am so touched]
[+1, the next step is the real challenge. It’s too hard to rely on my sister alone.]
[+2, the fox family is complete with him, I hope they will always be so close~]
[Regretfully, the Fox Family will soon be disbanded. When spring comes, the newborn foxes will be ready to seek mates. This group of foxes are very strong and will be very popular in the mating market. Especially the leader female fox and the little female fox who is not related to the Fox Family. They will have many suitors.]
[So what? It's already 2025, and the idea that females must focus on their families after marriage is outdated. The eight big foxes in the Fox Family, all of whom got married this spring, have returned here as usual]
[The Fox Family will not disband, but will only become stronger! But what I am most curious about is, will the protagonist of our documentary meet the fox of his dreams next spring? ]
[Little fox, if you can't find a partner, would you consider me? ]
[Brother, don't be too outrageous?! ]
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