Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 239 - 238: Lottery Reward, Brave Little Squirrel!

Chapter 239: Chapter 238: Lottery Reward, Brave Little Squirrel!

Evening.

Xu Yang had already turned off the drone and was just live streaming from his phone, casually chatting with his viewers.

"I plan to stay in the mountains for a few more days."

"But I definitely won’t have enough food, so I’ll see if I can find some wild fruit."

"In a couple of days, I’ll come out of the mountains, restock from outside, and then come back."

"Hide out and roam in the Qinling."

Xu Yang told his viewers.

The live stream had a very large audience, showing 10,000+, but in reality, it was 160,000 people.

His popularity was already high, and this time, as he was living alone in the deep mountains, the heat naturally rose.

Many people came hearing the news.

Add to that the numerous marketing accounts that edited Xu Yang’s videos, which also had a good promotional effect, and there were even more people.

[Old Xu, be careful!]

[This live stream is really exciting!]

[Drone live streaming can’t be faked, it’s so thrilling!]

[Go for it!]

The viewers responded one after another.

The channel for gifting rewards in the live stream was open, and various special effects for sending gifts kept coming.

This live stream could also earn a good amount of gift money.

After a while, Xu Yang felt it was time to wrap up and closed the live stream, ready to rest early.

Walking in the mountains all day was tiring, and he needed to sleep more.

Then, Xu Yang settled the day’s popularity value.

[Number of viewers for the day: 340,000, average viewing time: 1.2 hours, popularity value gained: 408,000]

[Total popularity value: 1.209 million]

When Xu Yang settled the popularity value, he was quite surprised himself.

In one day, that was 400,000 popularity value.

Just as he had reached over a million in popularity value, Xu Yang decided to go for one Special-level Lottery and two Advanced Lotteries.

[The host has chosen Special-level Lottery, drawing...]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Special Level Reward: Passive Skill, Vision Protection.]

[Vision Protection: The host’s vision is enhanced, the eye structure always maintains the optimal state, avoiding the occurrence of nearsightedness and farsightedness.]

With a million popularity value spent, he’d obtained a passive skill for vision protection.

Even though it sounded like it wasn’t much use, Xu Yang was genuinely pleased.

Because this skill was related to health.

Money and such material things, after all, were external possessions—he wasn’t in dire need of money and could earn it slowly.

But health was often something you couldn’t just wish for.

So getting the skill for vision protection made Xu Yang very happy.

[The host has chosen Advanced Lottery, drawing...]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the following items:]

[Specially-made Portable Water Filter: A special filter that can produce clean water, and it also has a disinfectant and antibacterial effect.]

[Thermal Underwear: Thermal underwear with excellent warming effects and very flexible.]

The rewards for the Advanced Lottery also appeared.

All of them were very nice rewards, especially for Xu Yang in his current situation, they were a godsend.

Xu Yang immediately took out all the items and then put on the thermal underwear.

It was April, and the nights in the mountains were still quite cold.

Even though Xu Yang was in a tent, the cold could still seep in.

Putting on the specially made thermal underwear and covering himself with a blanket, he immediately felt much warmer.

Thus, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day.

Xu Yang got up very early.

He checked his phone, and he had slept for about ten hours in total.

He had a very sound sleep.

There wasn’t much water left in his backpack, and he needed to figure out a way to replenish it today.

Using the filter was not a problem, but it was still best to boil the water from the river before drinking it.

After all, you couldn’t be sure what was in the water.

He started packing up his backpack, which still had quite a few things in it.

After packing everything, Xu Yang ate some beef jerky and snacks, drank a few sips of water, and set off on his way to Mountain Rushing again.

Since it was morning, Xu Yang thought about saving some drone battery life and did not start streaming.

It wasn’t until about 10:30 in the morning that Xu Yang started the live stream.

The live stream room began to quickly fill with people.

As the viewers entered the stream, they still saw the lush greenery all around.

The morning live stream wasn’t as lively, and Xu Yang did not provide commentary very frequently.

He kept moving through the mountains.

Climbing steep slopes, crossing tall grasslands, passing through a dense forest.

The scenery in the mountains was still good.

Along the way, Xu Yang even saw a familiar face—a wild boar.

The local wild boars were smaller, and they didn’t seem to have such an intense desire to attack.

Moreover, when the wild boar saw Xu Yang, it was so scared that it turned tail and ran away.

The viewers joked that this wild boar knew how to size up the situation.

By noon.

Xu Yang found a spot by the river, put his backpack on the ground, sat down, and got ready to eat something.

Outdoor living was inconvenient, and he couldn’t cook with a fire.

After all, lighting a fire in the mountains came with risks; if a gust of wind blew over, and sparks landed on the grass, it could lead to disaster.

So open fires were prohibited in the woods.

Xu Yang, living in the mountains, was very conscious of fire safety. During the fire prevention season in autumn, even the police would do door-to-door promotions.

The village also holds meetings to focus on educating the community about forest fire prevention.

Xu Yang took a plastic-wrapped pig’s trotter out of his backpack and munched on it by the riverbank, all while tossing the pig bones into the lake water.

To nature, pig bones aren’t considered trash; Xu Yang would take the plastic wrap with him.

Netizens seeing this also commented through bullet chats:

[Old Xu, you’re heading into the mountains and you don’t bring some high-energy food, but a pig’s trotter?]

[What on earth is your backpack filled with?]

[Dude, it’s like you’re on vacation.]

After seeing the comments, Xu Yang replied:

"I’m here to enjoy the scenery, not for wilderness survival."

"According to the map, I should be able to reach a ranger station in the mountains by tomorrow, then I’ll head down from there to resupply."

Just then, because Xu Yang had thrown a few pig bones into the water, several fish, attracted by the scent of fat, came over to nibble on the remnants on the bones.

These fish were particularly noticeable, swimming right in the stream.

[There are fish coming!]

[Old Xu, quick, catch the fish, you can grill them to eat!]

Seeing the fish, the netizens immediately got excited and began suggesting eagerly.

Xu Yang looked at the fish in the water but made no move to catch them.

He sighed and said:

"Even if I caught the fish, I couldn’t eat them; I can’t just bite into them raw."

"Fishing isn’t illegal; it’s just ordinary wild fishing, but lighting a fire in a forest area is against the law."

"In many forest-edge areas that are accessible for people to drive to, there are drones patrolling to prevent fires."

"Drone technology is mature now, and many places have drone patrols."

"In Qinling, this is even more the case, as there are many protected animals, so the number of patrolling drones is high."

"If I were to start a fire and grill the fish now, it wouldn’t be long before I’d be apprehended by the forest police."

Upon hearing Xu Yang’s words, everyone suddenly came to a realization.

So that was the issue.

Actually, sometimes it’s possible to light a fire on the riverbank’s stony ground, but to prevent people from exploiting loopholes, the rules are applied strictly without exceptions.

Moreover, Xu Yang was live streaming, which attracted a large audience, making it easy to be reported, so he simply decided not to start a fire at all.

After finishing the pig’s trotter, the fish in the river were still splashing around.

He took out his portable water filter, drew some water, let it settle, and then sat quietly on the ground for a while.

The scene was peaceful and relaxing.

It was then that a chittering noise came from the tree behind him.

Xu Yang turned to look, and there was a plump, chubby squirrel.

"Wow, that squirrel is huge."

"It’s so fat!"

Xu Yang exclaimed.

This was Qinling after all; even the squirrels were fat.

The netizens also saw the chubby squirrel and immediately burst into laughter.

The animals of the forest really are interesting.

Xu Yang then noticed a tree hole on this tree and with a slight smile, he continued:

"Everyone knows that squirrels like to hoard food, and their tree holes are full of pine nuts, walnuts, and stuff like that."

"With this squirrel being so fat, it must have quite the stash of good things."

"Taking a little bit shouldn’t be an issue, just consider it helping it to lose some weight."

Saying so, Xu Yang stood up, approached the tree, and climbed up in a few moves.

He reached out to rummage inside the tree hole.

Seeing this, the plump squirrel started to scold Xu Yang from the sidelines, making quite a fuss.

It was quite evident that the squirrel was cussing him out.

"I’m just taking a bit to see what treasures you have," Xu Yang reassured the little squirrel.

The plump squirrel kept on scolding.

Seeing this, the viewers in the live stream erupted into joy again.

[Old Xu, you’ve gone too far, robbing a little squirrel!]

[The squirrel is going to have a meltdown!]

[Hahaha, it’s chattering away angrily; probably saying some really nasty stuff!]

[That’s not very kind of you!]

Xu Yang rummaged inside the tree hole.

As expected, the hole was brimming with nuts.

He gently felt around and found several mountain walnuts that had been cracked open and extracted.

Xu Yang took them out to look; they were well preserved.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

Seeing Xu Yang removing the mountain walnuts, the little squirrel became even more agitated and ran to the entrance of the hole, spreading its arms wide, blocking its own tree hole.

Xu Yang’s body was much larger than it.

In the face of its food being stolen, the squirrel was not at all afraid, but bravely confronted the situation.

It was clear that its food was very important to it.

Xu Yang was also moved by the creature’s demeanor and couldn’t bring himself to take its stash.

"Alright, I’ll give it back to you," he said, as he placed the mountain walnut kernels back into the tree hole.

He watched the chubby squirrel, shook his head with a smile, and then jumped down from the tree.

The attempted robbery ultimately did not come to pass.

He rested for a while longer, ate a box of Oreo cookies, carefully stowed the trash into his backpack, and then shouldered his pack and hit the road again.

Passing through a sloped area, he came across a herd of antelopes grazing on the hillside.

Some of the antelopes were eating grass, others were licking rock salt, some were standing still resting, and a few were curiously observing Xu Yang.

In the deep forest, amid the trees, the scattered flowers, and the golden antelopes dotting the slopes, Xu Yang walked along, his figure embodying ease and freedom.