The night was deep!
Chen Nan left the camp and went to a high mountain ridge!
Upon his appearance, countless weasels gathered around!
Leading them was the weasel leader!
Its injuries had now completely healed!
Its fur shimmered with a faint golden luminescence!
It stood up, as if paying homage to the moon, and with its kin, bowed to Chen Nan!
"You don't need to thank me. I'm only helping you because you guard the Greater Khingan Range!" Chen Nan said. "However, there is one thing I would like to ask for your help with!"
The weasel leader nodded in a human-like fashion!
It possessed sentience and could understand Chen Nan's words!
It just couldn't express itself like humans could!
Chen Nan said, "Help me find the whereabouts of the Siberian tigers!"
The weasel leader nodded repeatedly, then issued an order to its kin!
In an instant, all the weasels disappeared from the mountain ridge!
"With the weasels helping to search, we should find the Siberian tigers soon, right?" Chen Nan felt a surge of anticipation in his heart.
However!
As good as the idea was!
There was no news of the Siberian tigers for five consecutive days!
They had already traversed over ten mountain tops, and the subsequent few mountains were all to be crossed on foot!
For Chen Nan, this distance was nothing!
But besides him, even Xie Qiang cried out that his stamina was not what it used to be, let alone the pampered youths from wealthy families like Fan Ruyan!
Their feet were covered in blisters, and they had wanted to quit more than once!
But seeing Fan Ruyan's indifferent gaze, they all abandoned that idea!
Perhaps because they had been intimidated by the weasels before, these guys had become very well-behaved!
Their meals consisted of compressed biscuits every day!
Occasionally, they had some cured meat to improve their diet!
After a few days, everyone had lost a lot of weight!
And each person was listless, as if they had lost their parents!
"Beyond the mountain ahead is Russian territory. If the Siberian tigers have gone there, it will be troublesome!" Xie Dong said, smoking a cigarette, his eyes filled with sorrow!
The number of Siberian tigers was very, very small, currently only thirty-seven!
It was truly difficult to find a wild Siberian tiger in the endless forest!
"We will rest here for one night. If we still can't find any clues about the wild Siberian tigers tomorrow, then we'll have to turn back!" Chen Nan sighed. He had already dispatched the weasel army!
If they really couldn't find them, it could only mean that there were no Siberian tigers here!
This night was destined to be agonizing for everyone!
After all, they had come here to find wild Siberian tigers, and if they returned empty-handed, everyone would be very disappointed!
Roar!
The next morning!
A loud tiger roar echoed through the mountains!
Hearing the tiger's roar!
Everyone excitedly ran out of their tents!
"That Siberian tiger is to the west. Judging by the sound, it's over a thousand meters away from us!" Xie Qiang said excitedly. "Quick, everyone hide and don't move. Siberian tigers are very alert. If it knows we are here, it will definitely leave!"
"Who will do it?"
Ma Xiuyuan took out the tranquilizer gun from the box!
To collect blood samples from a wild Siberian tiger, it was necessary to tranquilize it with a tranquilizer gun!
Xie Qiang smiled. "Leave it to Chen Nan. This guy's physical fitness is much better than mine!"
Chen Nan took the tranquilizer gun without hesitation and moved through the mountains like a nimble monkey!
"This guy is truly fast. In the past, he would have been an excellent hunter!" Xie Qiang couldn't help but exclaim, impressed by Chen Nan's strength!
Chen Nan stood quietly on a large tree!
A moment later, a wild Siberian tiger, over two meters long, came into view!
It was powerfully built and robust, especially its huge head, which exuded the aura of the king of beasts!
Even Chen Nan felt a tremor of apprehension!
However, a group of weasels was following behind it!
Chen Nan almost burst out laughing!
He hadn't expected these weasels to drive a Siberian tiger to him!
No wonder it had taken so long!
When the Siberian tiger walked into his shooting range, he decisively pulled the trigger!
The tranquilizer gun's effective range was only fifty meters!
But for Chen Nan, the effective range was within a thousand meters!
With his mental power, he could completely control the needle to fly out much farther!
However!
This was too unbelievable!
It was easy to expose his identity!
*Poof!*
The tranquilizer dart instantly hit the Siberian tiger's neck!
The Siberian tiger's vitality was extremely strong. Upon feeling pain, it let out a deafening roar!
It even ran for several hundred meters before collapsing on the ground!
"Come, let's take samples!"
Chen Nan was in a great mood. After descending from the tree, he beckoned to Ye Wanzhi!
Ye Wanzhi quickly went up, took out the sampling tools, and obtained the Siberian tiger's fur and blood!
Then she put them into the equipment she carried with her!
At the same time, Ma Xiuyuan also installed a small GPS tracker on the Siberian tiger's neck. After finishing, he called his colleagues in Bingcheng!
He asked if they had located this wild Siberian tiger!
Once they confirmed that the GPS tracker had been activated, everyone left!
After all, the anesthetic's effect only lasted for half an hour, so they had to stay far away!
If this guy went berserk and attacked them, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Evening!
The group returned to their vehicle!
Seeing the car, everyone had a long-lost smile on their faces!
Although the mountain roads were rugged, it was much easier than walking!
However!
Near the car, there were two elderly men, both over sixty years old!
They were roasting wild rabbits!
In addition, beside them were piled the carcasses of wild rabbits, pheasants, and various birds!
Looking around, at least a hundred birds and beasts had died at their hands!
This scene made everyone's expression change!
Especially Wang Ming and the others, they had not yet emerged from the fear of being dominated by the weasels!
They knew that they had only hunted a dozen birds and beasts when the weasels targeted them!
And these two had hunted so many birds and beasts! Would the weasels in the mountains let them off easily?
Chen Nan also frowned!
He hadn't expected these two to be cultivators at the first level of Foundation Establishment!
With their strength, they could retreat safely even if they encountered a pack of weasels!
However, their methods of hunting so many birds and beasts were a bit too brutal!
Fan Ruyan's face was full of joy. "Elder Jing, Elder Han, why are you here?"
Elder Jing smiled and said, "We received a message that the young lady asked us to come and kill the weasels in the mountains."
"However, we haven't found any trace of weasels along the way, so we could only hunt the birds and beasts in the mountains to lure them out!"
"However, we've killed many birds and beasts, but we still haven't encountered the weasels in the mountains!" He said, with a tone of regret!
Xie Qiang whispered, "Miss Fan, those celestial beings clearly spared our lives, why do you still want people to kill them? Isn't this act of yours too cruel?"
He had a deep affection for this mountain forest and also revered those weasels!
But he hadn't expected Fan Ruyan to be so cruel!
Fan Ruyan's face contorted with ferocity. "Those weasels forced me to kneel. If I don't kill them, how can I vent my hatred?"
As she spoke, she looked at Chen Nan and said, "Elder Jing, let's not rush the matter of the weasels. Help me teach this person a lesson. He was the one who made me kneel to those damnable beasts!"
"He, like those weasels, deserves to die!"