Chapter 1: The aggrieved novice Snow Leopard Xu Nian: Forget it, at worst I...
The first rays of morning light fell on the cliff, and a blue sheep was grazing with its head down.
There is still a little snow around, and the mountain walls are more slippery than before, but this is nothing for the animals that live on these cliffs all year round. They can even effectively avoid being chased by some predators.
But this does not include snow leopards.
When a big tail swayed gently from the snow, the mountain goat seemed to have noticed something. It turned its head to take a look, but soon chose to lower its head again and continue to nibble on the grass.
Such extremely insulting neglect made Xu Nian feel ashamed, but also helpless. After all, he had only been a Snow Leopard for two days so far.
Who would have thought that an intern at a wildlife rescue organization would be dressed as a snow leopard on just the third day of employment?
"It's just a sheep." Xu Nian gritted his teeth. He tried his best to ignore the trembling feeling of his furry paws stepping on the unstable stone wall. In fact, he couldn't tell whether it was the unstable stone under his claws or he himself who was shaking. "I... I am a snow leopard now, the king of the mountains. Even if I am a novice, my body's instinct is still..."
He felt like he was about to cry. Repeated brainwashing efforts had been ineffective and had not brought any benefit to his extremely poor hunting skills. The mountain goat in front of him was so lazy that it didn't even bother to run away when it saw him.
Because he had fallen in front of this mountain goat three times.
Apart from anything else, the fact that snow leopards are resistant to falls is recognized by the animal kingdom.
Standing on the cliff, with the wind howling, the mountain goat stood steadily, even lowering its head to nibble on the grass and glancing at the struggling snow leopard.
But this little bit of wind was like adding insult to injury for the already unstable novice snow leopard. He sensitively noticed that the stone under his claws seemed to be quite loose, and subconsciously raised his big claws, wanting to find another place to claw.
However, just as he raised his furry left front paw, he felt his hind paw slip, and the whole leopard instantly felt the familiar feeling of floating in the air.
Then the snow eagle flying by saw a snow leopard rolling down the not-so-steep mountain wall almost like a ball, very smoothly, and then climbing up again with strength.
"Cry--" A long cry of a snow eagle came from above his head. It circled for a long time. It was hard to tell whether it was mocking or interested. It actually pounced towards Xu Nian, scaring the novice leopard so much that it retreated repeatedly.
Then the snow eagle flew away again with some joy.
One is the king of the snow mountains, and the other is the king of the sky. Many of their recipes overlap, but Xu Nian has embarrassed the snow leopard this time.
He sat on the ground and scratched his face with his paws. It had only been two days and he was already starving. His fur felt messy and he didn't know what he had become. In short, he should be a little different from the snow leopard that used to appear frequently in animal teaching videos, looking so heroic and always appearing like a high-definition 4K version.
At least now it is definitely in a mess.
"Let's try one last time." Xu Nian gritted his teeth, climbed up, and continued to walk quietly towards the mountain goat. His extremely long tail was almost as long as his body. It was a big, furry tail that dragged behind him, controlling his body balance.
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Two hours later, the snow leopard fell into the snow pile again and struggled to get up. He turned his head angrily to look at his tail that was shaking in a mess. He bit his tail tightly, turned his head stubbornly, and limped away in the other direction.
If he can't catch the blue sheep, then forget it. At worst, he can just change his prey.
The novice snow leopard held its tail in its mouth with a look of grievance, and its lonely back seemed too bleak in the entire snow mountain.
Therefore, Xu Nian did not see that shortly after it turned around, another snow leopard appeared on the mountain wall not far away. It was agile and extremely fast, and there was no hesitation in each time it placed its claws, and it quickly approached the previous mountain goat.
When the ibex realized that it was trying to escape, the snow leopard pounced on it with its agile body, bit the ibex hard, threw its body hard, and then carried it away from the cliff.
The entire hunt took less than three minutes before the snow leopard that suddenly appeared disappeared over the mountain wall with its prey in its mouth.
Xu Nian, who had just walked a short distance, finally chose to turn back. After all, other mountain goats were hard to find, and this one had obviously lost its vigilance due to his repeated failures. Compared with other prey, this one was obviously easier to catch.
But when he returned to his original place, he looked up at the empty cliff in a daze.
This is definitely the place. The pit where he fell is still there.
But...where is his prey?
Where are his sheep?!
Xu Nian's messy fur was blown even more messy by the biting cold wind, and his furry leopard face showed confusion and a hint of embarrassment.
He felt that if he couldn't get any more prey, he would starve to death.
"Ouch—" He roared angrily with a long tail tone.
Like a long drawn-out cat's meow.
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