Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 93: The Elf in the Forest, the Flying Little Tangyuan!

Chapter 93: Chapter 93: The Elf in the Forest, the Flying Little Tangyuan!

Days went by one after another.

The rainy season was coming soon.

The rainy season here is quite long.

On this day, Xu Yang’s account followers reached a milestone of one million, officially making him a host with a million followers.

It was mainly because several of Xu Yang’s videos went viral—the ones with wild boars, Leopards, and where he found Mountain Ginseng, so the number of followers increased significantly.

[Detected that the host’s popularity value has broken through one million.]

[Treasure Compass is upgrading....]

[Unlocked new Treasure Compass feature: Lottery]

[The host can choose to use Treasure Compass attempts for the lottery, current lottery level: Ordinary]

After the increase in popularity value, the system issued another prompt.

The Treasure Compass is Xu Yang’s biggest trump card.

It’s all thanks to it that he can find mountain products in the forests.

And every upgrade brings different changes.

Xu Yang wondered if it would unlock the ability to search for specific things in the future—if he could look for exactly what he hoped to find.

"Using it once just for an ordinary prize isn’t worth it."

"It’d be great if it were an Advanced Lottery, a chance at an advanced prize every day."

Xu Yang thought to himself.

Unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t use the Treasure Compass attempts for the lottery.

The morning air was somewhat refreshing.

Xu Yang opened the chicken coop and the duck pen, letting the chickens, ducks, and geese all come out to move around.

The ducks quacked as they checked whether there was water in the swimming pool, and upon finding none, they ran out toward the creek to swim.

These creatures are quite playful; that’s how ducks are raised in the mountains.

They also know their way back home.

"All right, off you go. There’s nothing but Leopards in the mountains, so it’s pretty safe," Xu Yang let the ducks run out on their own.

It’s free-ranging.

He had led them there a couple of times, and they had learned the way.

Now that the ducks were bigger and stronger, there was no need for anyone to follow them.

A few cute Long-tailed Sparrows landed on the fence of the farm, chirping and observing the environment.

Xu Yang looked towards these sparrows.

He couldn’t help but smile.

Three of the sparrows were Northern Long-tailed Sparrows, also known as "Little Fatty" or "flying Tangyuan." These birds were chubby little things, with white bellies that made them look like fluffy balls of yarn.

This was especially apparent when they sat down.

The little birds were strangely adorable.

If he didn’t have only one goodwill card, which he needed to save his life, he would have definitely wanted to raise one.

The population of the Northern Long-tailed Sparrow is quite large and basically stable, classified as "Least Concern," so they are not protected animals.

They are much cuter than sparrows.

In Northeast China, there are many birds of various types, including migratory birds, raptors, and small birds.

Little Fatty is a representative of pretty little birds.

Cute, makes one want to keep.

"It would be nice to keep one, but birds are not easy to tame, it’s a bit difficult," Xu Yang watched the cute Little Fatty with emotion.

Just then, Li Shan’s voice came from not far away.

"Brother Yang, come quick, there’s a situation!"

"There’s a Sika Deer!"

Li Shan shouted.

Hearing Li Shan’s shout, Xu Yang hurried over to the side.

When he arrived, he indeed saw a Sika Deer.

At that moment, the Sika Deer was lying outside the farm, apparently injured, trying but unable to stand.

The Sika Deer looked at the humans with panic in its eyes, and the first thing Xu Yang did was vault over the railing, squat down, and begin soothingly stroking it.

Xu Yang gently stroked the Sika Deer’s neck and body.

Perhaps because Xu Yang seemed so friendly, the Sika Deer’s emotions gradually stabilized, and it stopped struggling.

Only then did Xu Yang take a close look at the Sika Deer’s wounds.

It was underneath its abdomen, with a large patch of blood. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to have been cut by something.

"Li Shan, take a video, I’ll call the police later."

"We need evidence for this kind of thing, otherwise it’s hard to explain," Xu Yang handed his phone to Li Shan and said.

"Okay, Brother Yang," Li Shan took the phone and began recording the video.

"The Sika Deer seems to have been cut by a sharp object, not by a predator. Predator bite marks and scratch wounds wouldn’t look like this."

"It’s an accidental injury," Xu Yang observed and explained.

"The abdomen is a bit inflamed and starting to attract flies, if we don’t disinfect soon, it might get infested with insects," Xu Yang felt pity for a moment.

The Sika Deer lay on its side in pain, a few tear drops flowing from its watery eyes; its eye corners were dirty, as if it had been crying for a long time.

Though such a large Sika Deer, it looked as pitiful as a child.

"I will disinfect it first; I know some basic medical treatment, I’ve treated a Leopard before."

"I can treat this Sika Deer too," Xu Yang hopped back over the railing into the farm, rushed to his room, and quickly returned with medical alcohol and gauze.

These were leftover from when he treated the Leopard, which now came in handy.

Xu Yang began to treat the Sika Deer’s wound; the big creature was still a little panicked, fearful that Xu Yang might do something harmful to it.

"Li Shan, go get two carrots, cut them up and bring them here," Xu Yang instructed.

"Alright."

Li Shan hurried to the kitchen, sliced the carrots, and rushed back.

Then he continued filming.

Xu Yang was feeding the carrots to the Sika Deer.

Sika Deer would eat anything, and those raised on farms mainly subsist on roughage.

They love to eat corn, carrots, raw eggplant, and even green bell peppers; they basically like all vegetables.

For most animals, their attention is completely captured by food, and they become very docile when fed.

Sure enough, after eating the carrots, the Sika Deer immediately became much calmer.

"What a coincidence that it ran to the edge of my farm,"

"And knew that I could save it."

Xu Yang began to clean the Sika Deer’s wounds.

First, he carefully wiped it with a clean, disinfected wet tissue, then disinfected it with medical alcohol.

The Sika Deer seemed to know Xu Yang was helping it and although it occasionally jerked, it didn’t struggle too much.

Xu Yang’s technique was professional too, cleaning, disinfecting, and then bandaging up.

The wound wasn’t too deep, and couldn’t be stitched anyway, but since the bleeding had stopped, the rest was much simpler.

Soon, Xu Yang pressed down on the wound with gauze, then secured the gauze in place with some tape.

That was considered done.

After he was done with all this, Xu Yang called the police station to report the incident.

Wild Sika Deer are protected animals, so he had to let them know.

Actually, there are quite a lot of Sika Deer around here; it’s normal for some to get injured occasionally.

In Dalian, Sika Deer even walk the streets, with crowds feeding them every day.

It’s just like that wolf in the Tibetan Region; once it tasted the egg tarts given by humans, there was no stopping it.

Living in the wild is nowhere near as good as finding a place with provisions.

After Xu Yang had cleaned the Sika Deer’s wound, it settled down a lot.

At that moment, Xu Yang took out a syringe.

Seeing the syringe, the Sika Deer’s eyes instantly widened.

"Your wound is a bit inflamed, I need to give you some anti-inflammatory medication,"

"If we don’t administer it now, the inflammation might worsen later, and you’ll still need an injection."

Xu Yang said to the Sika Deer.

The Sika Deer started to thrash about, clearly showing its resistance.

That syringe was so big, it looked scary.

"Okay, okay, we won’t do it for now, it will take longer to heal without it."

"We’ll see how things go later on, and if the wound can heal on its own, then we won’t administer the shot."

Xu Yang put the syringe back into his bag.

It was a pity, he had actually wanted to give it a shot.

"You’ll have to stay here for observation for a day, and if there’s nothing wrong, then you can leave."

"There’s no serious issue, I’m just worried about inflammation."

Xu Yang said as he fed all the carrots in his hand to the Sika Deer.

minutes later, police officers Liu Ming and Zhang Dahai came to understand the situation.

Seeing the Sika Deer bandaged up, they had an idea.

"Xu Yang, can you just keep this Sika Deer here? For this kind of situation, we don’t necessarily need to contact the Forestry Bureau,"

"After all, the injury isn’t that serious."

"We can’t really get too involved."

Liu Ming suggested.

Dealing with wild animals has always been a headache for them; sometimes residents would bring injured wild animals to the police station, such as injured Eagles or foxes, and so on.

Some animals could be properly relocated to conservation areas; otherwise, they would need to care for them themselves.

Rescuing animals also fell within their scope of responsibilities.

"Sure, no problem, Sika Deer are easy to care for anyway,"

"I just wanted to let you guys know."

Xu Yang agreed.

"That’s great, I feel like this Sika Deer came straight for your farm,"

"It’s good to have you look after it."

Liu Ming said with a smile.

After the officers finished understanding the situation, they drove away.

The Sika Deer was officially settled on the farm.

However, it was only temporary rescue, and it was expected that once the Sika Deer’s injuries healed, it would probably return to the forest.

After eating some carrots and being watered by Xu Yang, and with its wounds bandaged up, the Sika Deer was in much better shape.

Wobbling, it actually stood up from the ground.

The Sika Deer was very tall when standing, almost as tall as a person, with two huge antlers especially eye-catching.

"Quite a big one."

Xu Yang commented.

"Come, follow me into the farm, you still need to be observed for a couple of days."

Xu Yang led the Sika Deer along the fence into the farm.

The Sika Deer looked at him for a few seconds, then really started to follow slowly.

It seemed to recognize that following him meant having something to eat.

Wild Sika Deers are very beautiful, their fur is shiny and bright in color, and their muscles are stronger.

The Sika Deer curiously examined everything on the farm.

This place... seemed quite safe.

And there’s good food!

Maybe... after going back, it should call over some relatives?

Xu Yang was not aware of what the Sika Deer was thinking. After bringing it in, he found a place for it to rest and then didn’t bother with it anymore.

Letting it heal by itself was fine.