Chapter 246 Snow Mountain Guards
Chen Su shook his head in confusion: "What happened?"
——"This snow wolf cub just called you Stationmaster Xiao Xu."
Xu Ying pointed at the little wolf lying at Chen Su's feet.
The snow wolf cubs were circling around Chen Su, sniffing him non-stop.
Chen Su was stunned when he heard this, as if he had thought of something, and his tone became a little stiff: "Maybe, the smells are mixed up?"
At this moment, the snow wolf cub on the ground also reacted. It ran to Xu Ying's feet, tilting its head in confusion: "Are you the Station Master Xu?"
It opened its mouth wide, and its two pointed little milk teeth looked both fierce and cute.
"Yes, I am the stationmaster Xiao Xu."
Confused, Xu Ying picked it up from the ground and asked, "Shall we leave the tent and visit your cave now?"
The snow wolf cubs are very warm, with fur that is fluffy and soft, and can even be used as furry hand warmers.
If time wasn't tight, Xu Ying would have wanted to take a deep breath of the wolf cub.
The Snow Wolf cub nodded, "Don't worry, we have other animal companions in our family who will protect you!"
"Thank you!"
Xu Ying turned to face his companions in the tent, a warm light glittering in his eyes. "The Snow Wolf Family invited us to their cave to take shelter from the wind and snow, and they will escort us to safety."
"Everyone, pack up quickly, we're leaving now."
The four of them acted quickly and packed their luggage in tacit understanding.
Chen Su and the male police officer worked together to lift the heavy equipment box and exchanged firm glances with each other.
The moment they opened the tent curtain, a biting cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew in their faces, but the scene that came into view immediately made everyone hold their breath.
A dozen silver-gray snow wolves surrounded them like guardian knights, their fluffy fur covered with crystal snowflakes.
The leading snow wolf leader gently rubbed the back of Xu Ying's hand, and his warm breath turned into white mist in the cold wind.
Three agile snow leopards had joined the guards at some point. They moved gracefully among the wolves, their golden eyes sparkling in the snow.
At the back of the team, a brown bear was like a mobile fortress, using its broad back to block the most violent wind and snow for everyone.
It makes a low purring sound from time to time, as if urging people to speed up.
Under the protection of the furry animal guards, the raging snowstorm suddenly became less scary.
The snow wolves warmed everyone's sides with their body temperature, the snow leopards deftly cleared the way ahead, and the brown bears' steady footsteps acted as a stabilizing force.
The dancing snowflakes accumulated on the animals' fluffy fur.
The beast, which was always ferocious, provided Xu Ying and his three companions with a warm mobile harbor.
Xu Ying was very surprised. The brown bears on the West Mountain usually hibernate between November and March. Now it is the snow season in the high-altitude areas of the West Mountain. The weather is so cold. Logically, the brown bears should hibernate, but why didn't this brown bear sleep?
Doubts lingered in her mind.
Led by the furry creatures, Xu Ying and his group quickly arrived at the territory of the snow wolves.
Snow wolves do not build fixed nests, but they will use natural caves or crevices in rocks and abandoned caves of other animals as temporary resting places or places to raise their cubs.
The entrance to the cave is hidden behind thick icicles, like a natural screen that keeps the raging wind and snow out.
The moment you step into the cave, a warm breath hits you in the face - this is a huge cave carved by glacial movement over tens of millions of years, with a towering dome and crystal ice crystals condensed on the rock walls.
Deep in the cave is a thick layer of hay and moss, which is the "bed" carefully arranged by the snow wolves.
Several naturally formed stone platforms are arranged in an orderly manner, like specially prepared office desks.
Ji Xuehui couldn't help but chuckle as she pushed aside the folding tables and chairs.
Next to the folding chair, several little snow wolves were curled up together and taking a nap, their furry tails occasionally brushing against her ankles.
A strange and absurd feeling arose in her heart.
Now she is actually working as a guest in the home of a ferocious snow wolf pack. This is unbelievable!
Then, Ji Xuehui discovered that it was a brown bear sitting at the entrance of the cave. Its mouth was moving, as if it was chewing something, but Ji Xuehui could clearly see that there was nothing in the brown bear's mouth.
She pulled Xu Ying over to look at the brown bear as if she had discovered a new world. "Master Xu, look at this brown bear! It's chewing the air!"
Xu Ying also looked at this exceptionally docile brown bear.
Its mouth moved and it licked its lips from time to time, as if there was something delicious in its mouth.
Xu Ying suddenly guessed why the brown bear did not hibernate.
It probably didn't store enough fat before hibernation, so it had to wake up in the middle of the night to find food, and was asked to come over to help.
Animals hibernate because there is less food and the weather is cold in winter. Hibernation can help small animals reduce their metabolism and store energy to maintain life.
However, when animals that need to hibernate have health problems or are short of food and malnourished, it is difficult for them to enter hibernation.
Environmental disturbances or hormonal imbalances can also cause insomnia in hibernating animals, which is very similar to humans. They can't sleep when they are hungry, sick or in pain, or in a noisy environment.
The brown bear's current behavior of chewing the air is an anxious expression of smelling food but not being able to eat it.
But where does this brown bear think the food is?
Xu Ying got goosebumps. Could it be that this bear was treating them as food reserves?
But because there are so many ferocious beasts here, it keeps its mouth shut?
Xu Ying quickly turned around and asked the other three people, "Do you have any meat with you?"
Ji Xuehui quickly took out a can of meat: "I have three cans of meat here."
Xu Ying opened the can, found a piece of waterproof cloth to put on the ground, and then used disposable chopsticks to pour all the meat in the can onto the waterproof cloth.
The brown bear smelled the scent, turned its head, and locked onto the meat on the tarpaulin.
However, it did not come over immediately, but stared at Xu Ying.
Xu Ying noticed that this brown bear was much smaller than its peers, with a shoulder height of only about 1.2 meters and an estimated weight of only 300 kilograms.
It has a fox-like face and a slender and delicate snout.
Small size and a "fox face" are both characteristics of female bears.
When Xu Ying saw the shy and reserved brown bear, he was reminded of the Gobi bear.
Her heart softened, and she nodded affirmatively to the brown bear: "Eat, eat, these are for you."
The brown bear quickly crawled over and, while eating the meat, mumbled, "Snow Wolf and Snow Leopard really didn't lie to me. Helping Station Master Xiao Xu will indeed bring you food!"
Xu Ying understood. No wonder the snow wolf and snow leopard were able to invite the brown bear to help.
But right now, these canned foods are just a small filler for it.
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