The space was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
And in the mountains and forests under the moonlight.
A mother wolf was sniffing around under a tree, the place where her wolf cubs would eventually lie down.
Another large male wolf was sniffing at something on another spot on the ground—the place where the wolf cubs had last lay.
As her nostrils twitched, she caught a familiar scent—it was her own child's.
I also smelled... the scent of a dog.
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, which were glowing green. Could it be that his little baby had fallen victim to the dog's cruelty?
Suddenly, the keen sense of smell detected another scent in the air that had not yet dissipated... the scent of humans.
Following the scent, it accurately arrived at the place where Lin Momo had been.
"Awooo—"
The mother wolf, grieving the loss of her cub, howled.
The mournful cries echoed through the mountains, lingering for a long time.
"Awoo!"
Meanwhile, the male wolf let out a short, majestic howl, seemingly somewhat impatient.
There was no blood of the wolf cubs on the ground, which means the cubs are temporarily unharmed. The immediate priority is to find the cubs quickly, rather than resorting to useless crying.
After calming the mother wolf, the male wolf ran wildly towards a certain spot.
As it was rushing this way, it caught a whiff of human presence along the way.
This forest is rarely visited by humans, and it has good reason to believe that the person who took its cub might be in cahoots with that person.
The disappearance of people in this place is very strange, as if they ascended to heaven or burrowed underground, making it impossible to track them down.
Then it can only track from the other side.
At this moment, five or six more wolves arrived one after another, and then surrounded the large male wolf in the center, showing that they followed his lead.
That's right, this male wolf is the recognized alpha wolf of their pack.
Today, in a fierce battle with another pack of wolves, they were outnumbered and focused only on fighting on the front lines, so they were caught off guard and their home was raided.
That despicable and shameless tribe, seeing that they could not defeat the enemy with numbers, sent a few lightly wounded soldiers who had withdrawn from the battlefield to sneak into the wolf den and slaughter almost all the cubs inside.
Finally, carrying the wolf king's newborn cub in its mouth, it fled into the mountains.
It wasn't that the mother wolf wasn't left in the den to protect her cubs; rather, she was tied up by enemy wolves and could only watch helplessly as her only remaining cubs were captured by the enemy.
After the enemy wolves that had attacked the camp withdrew, the female wolf, who was the wolf king's wife, gritted her teeth and dragged her wounded body to the front line to tell the wolf king the bad news.
Upon hearing this, the wolf king's eyes widened in fury.
He immediately let out a long roar, issued a command for a swift victory, and then rushed to the battlefield like an arrow, joining the fierce final battle.
Ultimately, the victory ended in a Pyrrhic one for their side.
This battle resulted in the loss of eight wolf lives, in addition to the wolf cubs that perished in the rear.
It was a crushing defeat!
After the battle ended, without even waiting for the battlefield to be cleaned up, the wolf king took his wife, who had recovered, and set off to track down their child.
By this time, it was already dark.
But this is not a problem for wild wolves that live in the mountains and forests.
They possess an exceptionally keen sense of smell and extremely strong night vision, which actually helps them conceal themselves at night and deliver a fatal blow to their enemies.
Surprisingly, they eventually tracked down the place where the child was abandoned... only to find that the child had been picked up by humans.
The wolf king and his wife were so angry they were about to vomit blood.
These are their only surviving offspring.
I never imagined that it would survive such a near-death experience right after being born. Why did it have such a tragic fate?
No, we must take advantage of the darkness to go down the mountain and find that person quickly. Otherwise, if the wolf cub follows that person down the mountain, we'll have to search for him in human territory.
Wouldn't that be even more dangerous?
After today's battle, the number of wolves in their tribe, including the couple, has been reduced to a mere eight.
We can't let them take any more risks.
So, the wounded wolf king, without taking a break, hurriedly led the remaining wolves to search the mountains at night to rescue the only surviving cub.
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"Awooo—, Awooo—"
Under the hazy moonlight, the howls of wolves echoed through the mountains and forests throughout the night.
The villagers at the foot of the mountain had long been accustomed to it.
Those who have worked hard during the day are now sleeping soundly. Not even the howling of wolves or a thunderclap from the sky could wake them.
Some light sleepers were startled awake, but after realizing that the sounds outside were wolves howling, they turned over and went back to sleep.
As long as people stay indoors and don't go out, they are safe.
Even if a hungry wolf from the mountains comes down to find food, at worst it will lose some poultry, as long as no one is hurt.
But at this moment, time in the mountains is tragically cut short.
One moment they were worried that Lin Momo might be frightened by the wolf howls, and the next they felt something was wrong.
wrong!
Why was the wolf howl getting closer and closer to him?
It was as if they had come for him.
"What, what's going on?"
He was clearly sleeping in the tree, so how did he attract the wolves?
It has to be said that Lin Momo's act of taking the wolf cub away was practically like stirring up a wolf's den.
She caused trouble, dusted herself off, and hid in her spatial dimension, carefree and without a care in the world. However, she caused trouble for Shiguang, who came looking for her.
When he was surrounded by the wolves under the tree, Shi Guang was still completely baffled.
However, he remained calm and composed.
If he had encountered a tiger, he might have met his end here tonight.
He collapsed on the eve of his meeting with Lin Momo.
But luckily, a pack of wolves came down from the tree.
Wolves can't climb trees or jump very high, so as long as he doesn't come down, the wolves can't catch him.
The pack of ferocious wolves could not harm the man in the tree, but they were unwilling to leave. Instead, they squatted at the bottom of the tree, trying to intimidate him into handing over the wolf king's cubs.
But how could time understand their meaning?
Even if he understood, where would he find the cubs to return to them?
He was framed; he was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.
One side felt somewhat innocent about being surrounded.
One side sees the person in the tree as a villain who stole the child, and they will never give up until the child is returned.
Since the two sides were unable to communicate effectively and neither could do anything about the other, a stalemate ensued.
Wolves are extremely patient and quite cunning animals. Even if they can't climb trees, time dares not sleep any longer.
Keep your eyes wide open, constantly watching the few wolves under the tree whose eyes are gleaming green.
Looking at the moon's position in the night sky, I estimated that it would be dawn in a few more hours.
Shiguang took a nap and wasn't so sleepy anymore, but the cold was a bit unbearable.
He wrapped another winter coat from the bundle around himself, and only then did he feel a little better.
The outcome was decided only when the eastern sky gradually turned light.
Before Shi Guang could devise a plan to repel the enemy, the wolf pack under the tree was the first to give up.
The severely wounded mother wolf finally collapsed to the ground with a thud.
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