Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 278 - 277: Old Xu, How Did You Collaborate With The News Fantasy?

Chapter 278: Chapter 277: Old Xu, How Did You Collaborate With The News Fantasy?

A group of people entered the mountain.

It might be hard to believe, but they were looking for lions in the forest.

Two lions and a black bear had escaped from the circus.

This was a major accident.

All they could do was pray that the lions didn’t hurt anyone, otherwise, the circus owner might end up behind bars.

Of course, since it was an act of nature, there might not be a prison sentence, but a hefty compensation would be unavoidable.

Xu Yang led the way at the front of the team, with the police and a photographer following him.

Xu Yang was also operating a drone, letting it fly high into the sky.

It’s definitely easier to search from the air than on the ground.

"This is really outrageous, lions actually ran away, it’s my first time hearing such a thing."

Behind Xu Yang, a police officer was discussing the situation.

"This mountain is so big, it’s not easy to search."

Another person chimed in.

"We’ll have to search bit by bit, probably until tonight."

Xu Yang carefully observed the surroundings.

The back mountain was quite steep and seldom disturbed by humans, so the lions were very likely to have run this way.

Right at that moment, the system’s voice timely rang out.

[Trigger Treasure Hunting Task: Missing Lions!]

[Task Description: Please find the two missing male lions.]

[Task Reward: Maine Cat*1]

[Note: The Maine Cat is one of the largest cats in the world. If raised properly, this Maine Cat could become the biggest of its kind.]

Hearing the system’s prompt, Xu Yang was slightly stunned.

Maine Cat?

This breed of cat is quite large, and many people are raising them now.

His farm could use a cat, so having one would be nice.

After all, Xiao Hua seldom came to the farm nowadays and he often had to go to the back mountain to find her.

Tabby Cat Sang Biao was often absent too.

Sang Biao preferred fighting and looking for females in the village, living a happy, carefree life.

He occasionally returned to the farm for some rest and recuperation.

So Xu Yang thought about getting another cat.

But the treasure hunting task didn’t provide the range of the lions’ movements, so Xu Yang still had to search personally.

Just then, Xu Yang noticed something. He quickly walked a few steps forward and then crouched on the ground.

The police officer quickly approached.

"Look here, there are paw prints."

"Such large feline paw prints could only belong to a lion."

"They were here, and it seems both of them were together."

Xu Yang said.

Hearing Xu Yang’s words, the police officers immediately became tense.

"The lions were here?"

"They actually ran all the way here."

"Everyone be careful, the woods are full of trees and grass. Let’s not get injured."

The group discussed amongst themselves.

Xu Yang looked in the direction where the lions had gone.

That direction was towards Xiao Hua’s home, and Xu Yang decided to go and check it out.

"Chief, we move too slowly together. I want to go into the mountains alone."

"The lions have been on the loose for two hours, probably very far away by now."

Xu Yang turned and spoke to the deputy chief of the police station.

He was leading the team this time.

"You want to go by yourself? With two lions around, you must be careful," the deputy chief’s face slightly changed.

"It’s okay, lions aren’t very good at climbing trees. As long as there are trees around, they can’t hurt me."

"I’ll go ahead, and I declare that I’m responsible for my own actions."

Xu Yang waved his hand and then quickly started heading deeper into the mountain.

The method employed by the police was a carpet-style search.

That is, everyone clustered together and slowly pushed further into the forest bit by bit.

Xu Yang thought this was too inefficient; the lions would have already run far away, and it could take an eternity to find them.

So he decided to go in by himself.

Moreover, he couldn’t live stream with the police around, and this kind of event was a major scoop. News channels had already broadcasted the story, and Xu Yang naturally wanted to capitalize on the situation.

Thus, Xu Yang followed the cliff next to him and started to climb upwards.

The cliff was steep but had footholds, making the climb not too challenging.

The police officers below watched, dumbfounded.

"No way, he’s just going up like that?"

"How did he do that?"

"What the...?"

Everyone was flabbergasted.

Indeed, Xu Yang was taking an unconventional approach!

They couldn’t help but admire Xu Yang’s skills in the mountains.

After reaching the top of the cliff, Xu Yang took out his phone, connected to the drone, and chose to start live streaming.

Soon, the number of viewers in the live stream room began to rapidly increase.

Live stream title: Searching for Lions in the Mountains.

Seeing this title, the netizens started to lose their composure a bit.

[Old Xu, did you write the title wrong? Searching for lions in the mountains? Where do lions come from?]

[Why don’t you go look for camels in the mountains instead?]

[My suggestion is to search for an Arctic bear!]

[Then I suggest looking for penguins.]

The netizens always enjoyed poking fun, so the live chat was bustling from the start.

As he walked further in, Xu Yang explained:

"Today, we really are searching for lions in the mountains."

"A circus was performing in our city, and after a rockslide, their vehicle overturned, letting the lions and a black bear escape."

"Now, the police, firefighters, and rescue team are all searching in the mountains."

"This is big news, it’s already on the news now."

Hearing Xu Yang’s words, everyone was momentarily taken aback.

[No way, I saw this news. Did that circus overturn right here?]

[Old Xu, how did you get involved with that dreamy news tie-in?]

[I watched that news too, is it really here?]

[OMG, you’re really going into the mountain to look for a lion!]

The barrage of comments instantly exploded into chaos.

The discussion among the netizens was extraordinarily lively.

No one expected that Xu Yang’s lion search on Changbai Mountain was for real.

One man, going solo, are you that brave?

Xu Yang nodded and said,

"It’s true, I even entered with the police."

"I think the lion might be deep in the mountains, so I wanted to go into the forest to check."

"This mountain is right behind my farm, I’m very familiar with this area."

"The lion might have come here."

Hearing Xu Yang’s words, and seeing his serious expression, the netizens started to believe him.

Xu Yang generally doesn’t joke around, or rather, he never fakes it, he only deals with the real.

This is for real, he’s in the mountain searching for the lion.

The barrage started scrolling non-stop, filled with phrases like "Brother Yang" and "Awesome".

The circus accident has entered the third place on the hot topic rankings.

Many people are following this news.

Nowadays, there’s not much news about circuses, many people thought they’d been thoroughly abolished.

But then comes a big event like this.

At the same time, another topic #BroadcasterGoingIntoMountainToFindLion# quickly rose in popularity.

Seeing this news, many people’s first reaction was anger, wanting to curse.

These broadcasters have no limit, rubbing off on any sort of trending topics.

A broadcaster venturing into the mountains to find a lion? Which broadcaster would dare to do such a thing.

Do you think you’re Old Xu or something!

But when the netizens clicked on the topic, lo and behold, it really was Old Xu.

He’s currently live-streaming, actually searching for the lion in the mountain.

Upon further understanding, it turns out that the incident site is indeed not far from Xu Yang’s farm.

Everything matches up.

Consequently, the heat in the live broadcast room began to rise quickly.

Xu Yang, as always, was focused on Mountain Rushing, not paying much attention to the live stream.

Only when he had a spare moment would he talk science with everyone, or have a chat.

But today, he didn’t have that luxury.

The first thing Xu Yang thought to do was to check on the Leopard family.

At the very least, get them to climb up a tree and be vigilant.

After all, on the savannah, lions do eat Leopards.

Luckily, the circus lion’s hunting ability wasn’t very strong, not much of a threat to the wild Leopards.

The live broadcast room got even more lively.

Xu Yang continued deeper but didn’t see any more lion tracks.

"I don’t know where these two lions have run off to; with the forest being so vast, finding them isn’t easy."

"Actually, finding the lions is also protecting them because otherwise, they will definitely freeze to death in the Changbai Mountain’s winter," said Xu Yang, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

It was summer, the sun was blazing, and the weather was somewhat hot.

Xu Yang surveyed the surroundings, but noticing no changes, he continued onward.

Having been to the mountains often, he could sense differences in the environment.

For instance, right now, there were two squirrels playing on the tree beside him; this indicated that the lions hadn’t been through here.

Otherwise, upon spotting lions, the squirrels would’ve hidden themselves away in a tree hole.

After a while, as Xu Yang was getting close to Xiao Hua, he maneuvered the drone to shoot footage in the nearby forest.

He told the netizens that he was letting the drone do some searching while he took this break to find Xiao Hua and Luna.

Xiao Hua’s family was safe and hadn’t detected any danger; they continued to play leisurely.

Seeing Xu Yang, the two Little Leopards immediately ran towards him with joy, and Xiao Hua also strolled over at a casual pace.

"Xiao Hua, you guys need to climb the tree, hide away," Xu Yang warned Xiao Hua.

"There’s a lion that’s come in."

Hearing his words, Xiao Hua looked confused.

"There’s danger; you need to be cautious and get ready to climb the tree," Xu Yang pointed to the tree and repeated the warning.

Xiao Hua didn’t understand, but Luna did.

Luna grabbed one Little Leopard in her mouth and immediately climbed up the tree.

The tree was big, with thick branches, and they often moved around up there.

After placing both Little Leopards up on the tree, Luna stayed with the little ones on the tree.

Xiao Hua, meanwhile, stayed by Xu Yang, seeming to be on alert.

Meanwhile, the drone continued to film the nearby woods.

Xu Yang turned on patrol mode, and the drone began to automatically capture any moving creatures.

Just then, the camera lens of the drone suddenly started to move upward.

That usually meant it had found something.

There were many viewers in the live stream room, all curious if it had found the lion.

But what they saw was a pink pig frantically running over.

This pink pig was clearly a domestic pig, but instead of the typically bloated build of other domestic pigs, its physique was lean and trim.

The netizens suspected they were seeing things.

Huh?

What in the world?

A domestic pig running out from the forest?

This magical?

Before they had time to be surprised, they saw a lion in hot pursuit from behind the domestic pig.

After all, lions aren’t particularly adept at mountain terrains; with all the uphill and downhill, it was hard to run and quite exhausting.

So it couldn’t catch up with Little Pink the pig.

The live stream’s barrage exploded completely.

[OMG! There is really a lion!]

[Unbelievable! I just saw a lion chasing a sow in the forest!]

[Where’s Old Xu? He found the lion, grab him quickly!]

[Is everyone misunderstanding something? Old Xu is just there to find the lion, not to capture it; you guys really want him dead, huh!]

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