Chapter 63: Faking Death Xu Nian: Is this considered a death escape in the animal world? ...
Luo Yin always felt that Xu Nian had been acting suspiciously these past few days, but whenever he asked about it, Xu Nian always shook his head, indicating that he was fine.
"Are you really okay?" Luo Yin glanced at Xu Nian's almost tangled fur, a stark contrast to his usual fluffy appearance. After a moment's thought, he said, "You've been acting a little strange these past few days."
"...No, no." Xu Nian shrank his neck, forcing a smile. "I'm just a little nervous. I'm afraid the cave will collapse in the middle of the night."
Hearing this, Luo Yin glanced at Xu Nian, then flicked his tail and said, "No."
The heavy snow lasted for two consecutive days, which was even worse than before. Although Xu Nian had spent a long time in the snow with Los before, his mood this time was completely different.
Even the leopard next to him looked completely different.
Thinking of this, Xu Nian wanted to sigh, but he was afraid that the snow leopard beside him would notice him, so he could only sigh cautiously.
"I don't know whether the brown bear has left or not, but the wolf pack is obviously preparing to move." Luo Yin stood in front of the cave, pricked up his ears, trying to listen to the movements outside. He turned his head to look at Xu Nian who was lying on the ground. For some reason, seeing the other party's weak appearance, Luo Yin began to feel a little worried.
It was worried that it would raise Xu Nian to death, and then its stupid, beauty-bewitched, useless brother would come to kill it. Even though it had never seen how the two snow leopards usually get along, based on their current reaction, Luo Yin thought for a long time and felt that its useless brother seemed not only deceived, but also fallen.
If it really died... Luo Yin shook his head, thinking that it would be better not to think about such extreme things.
What Luo Yin didn't know was that during these two days and two nights of sleepless thinking, Xu Nian had come up with a solution. Although it was a bit risky, it was almost a foolproof plan.
After thinking of a solution, Xu Nian, the whole snow leopard, was obviously much more relaxed. He lay in the cave, gently shaking his long furry tail, then lay on his back on the ground, opened his mouth and yawned, feeling that he had overused his brain.
"Lo...Los, are you hungry?" Xu Nian suddenly asked in a low voice.
Since Luo Yin didn't expose the matter himself, Xu Nian didn't plan to expose it on his own initiative. Although he said it, he didn't take the initiative to approach Luo Yin like before. Instead, his whole body was slightly tense when he spoke, which was completely different from his previous look when he couldn't wait to throw himself into the other's arms.
However, Luo Yin has never had a good memory. When he heard this, he just shook his ears lightly and didn't think about it too much.
Xu Nian had long been accustomed to Luo Yin's indifference these days. He didn't force anything, but simply lowered his head and licked his paw pads, saying, "You know, I left my parents when I was young, and then I wandered around in my childhood..."
"Okay, what do you want to eat?" Luo Yin couldn't listen any longer and shook his tail lightly.
"I want to go hunting with you." Xu Nian squatted down obediently and said, "I can help you."
Luo Yin didn't want to take this statement seriously at all, but since Xu Nian said so, Luo Yin simply agreed. After all, they were looking for food anyway, so it would be okay to take them down the mountain together.
The terrain here was steep, and Xu Nian had to work hard to get down the mountain safely. Luo Yin glanced at him, and before he could speak, Xu Nian immediately said, "Oh, thank goodness you're here, otherwise I would have fallen down today."
Luo Yin half-closed his eyes, the sarcastic words stuck in his throat and he didn't say them in the end.
There were fewer prey outside, and there were also fewer hunters. Luo Yin was looking for prey everywhere, and Xu Nian was naturally doing the same, but although he seemed to be looking for prey, he was actually observing the terrain around him, thinking about how he should deal with this somewhat tricky matter.
However, just as he walked under the tree, the snowy owl shook off the snow on the branches, and all of it fell on Xu Nian's head, and then moved a little higher up the tree fork.
"The character of you bird..." Xu Nian was just about to raise his head and mutter a few words when his eyes suddenly fell on a claw mark. The claw mark was on the tree trunk, so it was not covered by the snow. It was obviously a snow leopard's claw mark, but it was a circle larger than Xu Nian's.
Xu Nian raised his paw and compared it with his own, and found that the paw print was a circle larger than his own.
"It might be the traces left by Los here." Xu Nian thought about it, and he frowned immediately. Before joy appeared on his face, he suddenly remembered something more troublesome.
That is, Luo Yin is here now. If Los is also here, and if the two snow leopards meet again, wouldn’t that be the end of his Xu-nian leopard life?
When Xu Nian thought of the sharp fangs and claws of Los and Luo Yin, he shuddered subconsciously.
If his sense of smell was still there, he would be able to smell the scent belonging to Los. The other party even left his scent as he walked. It was not known whether it was to find Xu Nian, to warn Luo Yin, or both.
He has to think of a way and put his plan on the agenda!
He planned to pretend that he was slightly injured while saving Luo Yin, so that Luo Yin would feel a little guilty about whatever he said. In this way, Xu Nian would be able to put forward conditions.
As a Snow Leopard from the People's Education Press edition, Xu Nian knows everything he should know and uses all the necessary methods.
His plan was very meticulous, and he had even set his sights on a slope that looked difficult to climb. He had noticed in the past few days that Luo Yin's claws were a little lame, and a slope like this was not easy to climb.
However, Luo Yin was too lazy to climb the slope. Instead, he set his sights on a lone mountain goat. He lay down in the snow and turned to Xu Nian, who was also lying there, and said, "Just lie there and don't move."
To deal with an argali, Luo Yin did not need any help from the snow leopard, but it had to make Xu Nian stay where he was to prevent the other party from disturbing the argali and making the hunt more difficult.
Xu Nian nodded very sensibly and said, "Okay."
When Luo Yin approached the argali alone, Xu Nian was already thinking about what to do. Before he discovered Los's scent, he had a plan. After he discovered Los's scent, he had another plan.
Now, lying in the snow, he thought for the last time and felt that no matter how many plans he had, it would be better to return to his old ways, that is, among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one.
Take the opportunity to escape quickly. The best way is to find Los and then persuade Los to run away together to prevent the two brothers from meeting. Otherwise, he can escape alone. Anyway, his current hunting ability is enough for him to survive the winter by eating small prey such as rabbits.
But if he had a choice, Xu Nian would still prefer to find Los and run away together.
While he was still thinking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow behind a rock not far away. It was just a flash. At first, Xu Nian thought he was starving, but when the flashing brown figure appeared again, Xu Nian's eyes widened suddenly.
He subconsciously stood up, and this action obviously startled the argali, which almost immediately turned around and ran away. Luo Yin was about to give chase when he heard Xu Nian shouting, "Run! There's a brown bear!"
After saying that, Xu Nian immediately ran towards a higher place on the mountain. Strictly speaking, his running speed was not as fast as the lame Luo Yin. God knows, this snow leopard was obviously a little lame, but its running speed was still very fast.
After Xu Nian shouted this, Luo Yin quickly stopped chasing the mountain goat, turned around and ran towards the mountain. Sure enough, a brown bear appeared behind the rock.
At first, Luo Yin thought that the brown bear's target was the ibex. They did not want to compete with the brown bear for prey at this time and were ready to retreat. However, the brown bear did not even look at the ibex, but turned to chase after Xu Nian and Luo Yin. In the midst of his busy schedule, Xu Nian hurriedly turned back and saw that Luo Yin had caught up with them, but the brown bear was also chasing very fast.
In order to catch argali, they came specifically to a place where there were more argali. There was a relatively flat section of terrain. Xu Nian was almost running wildly, and he could hear the whistling of the wind in his ears.
Is that the sound of the wind? That's the sound of him running for his life!
Although Xu Nian and Luo Yin were running in the same direction, they were taking two different routes. The brown bear did not chase Luo Yin, but just stared at Xu Nian, as if it had a grudge against him. Xu Nian was almost running away, but seeing the distance between him and the brown bear getting closer and closer, and the other's roar almost in his ears, Xu Nian wished he could grow a pair of wings and fly.
He remembered that Los once told him that if he was being chased by a large beast like a brown bear, he should go to a higher and steeper place. The higher the place, the more difficult it would be for the brown bear to catch up.
So Xu Nian immediately prepared to run to a higher place. He ran for his life and had never run so fast in his life.
However, when he ran to a cliff and was about to jump, the brown bear behind him was already in front of him. Seeing that he could not jump, Xu Nian gritted his teeth and pretended to run forward. Seeing this, the brown bear kept chasing him. At the last moment, Xu Nian suddenly turned his body to the side, revealing the cliff in front.
The brown bear could no longer stop running and rushed down the cliff with a roar.
The cliff was so high that Xu Nian took two steps forward and looked down, feeling terrified. He shuddered subconsciously and turned to see Luo Yin rushing over. He immediately flirted with a relaxed expression and said sweetly, "Luo Yin, luckily you're okay."
Luo Yin.
As soon as these two words came out, Luo Yin was subconsciously stunned for a moment. It had never expected that Xu Nian would discover that it was not Los, but Luo Yin.
However, before it could speak, a small cracking sound was heard. Luo Yin saw a small crack appear where Xu Nian was standing. It shouted sternly: "Xu Nian! Jump over here!"
But it was too late. Xu Nian stepped on the edge of the cliff, and the unstable rock cracked directly. Before Xu Nian could show his surprise, the whole snow leopard rolled down along with the rock.
"Xu Nian!" Luo Yin roared anxiously.
It hurriedly took a few steps forward and watched Xu Nian rolling down from such a high rock wall. Xu Nian had not yet learned how to land safely, so he fell hard on the rock wall, slid all the way down, and fell directly to the ground, and there was no movement for a while.
Luo Yin thought to himself: It's over! It's really over now!
It seems to have killed the good-for-nothing brother's beloved leopard...
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