Li Yao had the system scan the entire Shennongjia area, replicating and restoring the terrain and major rivers in the deep forest, mainly the Zizhu River primeval forest, as well as a Chinese herbal medicine planting area, covering a total area of about 200,000 mu.
Li Yao then opened a teleportation portal in the Shennongjia primeval forest area. Donning an invisibility cloak and a raincoat, she stepped out of the portal. Before leaving, she didn't recognize many of the trees and plants and, fearing she might miss some rare species, she purchased a "Complete Encyclopedia of Plants and Animals" from the system shop for 5,000 skill points and learned the skill. Now, Li Yao is a walking encyclopedia of plants and animals.
It was raining heavily here as well. Deep in the forest, it was early May and everything was already lush and green. Li Yao stepped on the soft soil, her nose filled with the scent of trees, earth, and rain. She had the system take over the satellite and the surveillance cameras here. Although it was a restricted area, there were many infrared cameras used to observe wild animals and plants. She didn't waste any time. Looking at the trees in front of her, she touched the trunks of any that were different, along with the soil, using [Spatial Transformation]. She also told the system to store the trees and soil together in her space.
While gathering supplies, Li Yao teleported, and with the help of her Shadow Step technique, she deliberately chose to move through places with shadowy gaps. In less than ten minutes, she had traversed a large area of forest.
We collected nearly a hundred trees in total, including ginkgo, euonymus (called "ghost arrow feather" in the pharmacopoeia, named for the many corky thorns on its branches that resemble arrow feathers from a distance), fragrant fruit tree, maple, wild prickly ash, akebia trifoliata, firethorn, dove tree, glazed dove tree, Chinese tallow tree, water elm, dawn redwood, tulip tree, Chinese tallow tree, Masson pine, fir, Chinese pine, Bashan pine, ironwood, fir, golden nanmu, arrowwood, tung oil tree, lacquer tree, tallow tree, walnut, wild wintersweet, and so on.
Li Yao teleported and collected items along the way, and finally stopped by the bamboo forest to rest and see if she could find a few more bamboo shoots. Just as Li Yao stopped, she seemed to hear a child crying, with faint "whimpering" sounds.
Li Yao didn't let her guard down. She held her breath and listened carefully, while mentally calling out to the system: "[6834, scan your surroundings and see if anyone is around.]"
"Host, there are no humans around, but there are many non-humans," the system replied.
Upon hearing this, Li Yao instantly got goosebumps. Images of "a rural teacher, Sadako climbing a TV, Uncle Nine slaying zombies..." flashed through her mind.
System [Host, um, there are no energy entities here. There's a litter of panda cubs 500 meters to your southeast, lots of bamboo rats and various insects in the bamboo forest, oh right, and there's a snake 150 meters directly in front of you.]
Li Yao: "...6834, do you dare to say it all in one breath? Don't mimic humans taking long breaths!"
System: [This is a generation gap, a blatant generation gap.]
After the system's interruption, Li Yao finally relaxed. Following the system's scan, she teleported southeast and immediately saw a small mound made of bamboo leaves under several clumps of dense bamboo. The "whimpering" sound was coming from there.
Li Yao scanned her surroundings but didn't see the mother panda, so she must have gone out. She parted the bamboo leaves and found three little cubs lying inside. They were tiny and soft, with just a layer of black and white downy fur, and seemed to be about a month old. They seemed to have smelled an unfamiliar scent and were anxiously circling and crawling around in the pile of bamboo leaves.
Li Yao was instantly charmed by this scene; it was so cute! Baby animals are the cutest, no arguments allowed. However, Li Yao didn't touch them. It's best not to touch baby animals in the wild. If a baby animal picks up an unfamiliar scent, its mother might mistake it for an outsider and abandon it. After all, animals mostly rely on scent to mark their habitat and don't remember their appearance.
Li Yao looked at it for a while, wondering if she should just take it away. She could have a panda to pet in her space. In the end, she decided against it, as separating a mother and her child was too cruel. But gradually, Li Yao felt something was wrong. She seemed to smell a bloody scent, faint and mixed with the earthy smell. She looked around but didn't see any bloodstains.
Li Yao immediately called out to the system: "System, expand the scan range by 10 kilometers and check where the bloody smell is coming from."
"Host, at the other end of the bamboo forest to your southeast, there is a giant panda that is injured and unconscious, and there is also a dead leopard next to it. The smell of blood is coming from there, about 1 kilometer away in a straight line," the system replied.
Looking at the little cubs in front of her, Li Yao told the system, "[6834, use the specified target teleportation to teleport the unconscious giant panda here]."
"Okay, host," the system responded. As soon as it finished speaking, an injured giant panda appeared on the ground. Its abdomen, limbs, and neck had marks from being bitten and scratched by sharp claws. Its claws and mouth were also covered in blood. However, its chest was still rising and falling slightly, so it seemed that it was not dead yet. But if it was not treated, it probably wouldn't survive in this heavy rain.
It truly lives up to its name as the Iron-Eating Beast. Although it looks adorable, its fighting prowess is by no means weak, and it can even take down a leopard.
Without much thought, Li Yao put the unconscious giant panda and its three cubs into the [Spirit Spring Space], and also dug up a whole grove of sword bamboo there.
Back in the [Spirit Spring Space], Li Yao temporarily placed them on the villa's lawn. She first took out a cup of spirit spring water, pried open the giant panda's mouth, and poured it into it. Fortunately, the panda was still conscious and knew how to swallow. Perhaps it was the attraction of the spirit spring water to animals, because it unconsciously drank the whole cup.
The spiritual spring water has the effects of cleansing the marrow, detoxifying and beautifying the skin, and strengthening the body. Li Yao felt that healing the giant panda's injuries should be no problem. So she took out the veterinary medicine kit she had bought earlier from her space, took out disinfectant, disinfectant wipes and gauze, and wiped its whole body several times. After cleaning up the bloodstains, she bandaged the wound.
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