In the western part of Sichuan Province, bordering Gansu and Qinghai Provinces to the north, Tibet Province to the west, and Yunnan Province to the south, it is all mountains, with treacherous terrain and sparse population.
And wild giant pandas live in these mountains, living very comfortably.
After all, people dare not provoke them, and they themselves are fierce beasts. In today’s world where bears and tigers are scarce, calling Rolly the king of beasts is not at all exaggerated.
Sure enough, in a certain place in the Qionglai Mountains of the Hengduan Mountains, Lu Zheng and the two first found a bamboo forest, then found a Rolly.
Black and white skin, the white fur slightly yellowish, round body, huge black eye circles, cute and naive expression, sprawled in a bamboo grove, constantly shoving nearby bamboo into its mouth.
It is said that giant pandas spend half of their day eating, and the other half sleeping.
Only a tiny bit of time each day for playing and daydreaming.
“Oh dear! So cute!”
Lin Wan’s eyes lit up, she originally liked fluffy animals, but previously because of busy work, she always went to cat cafes to pet cats.
Recently not busy, she was already searching online preparing to buy a cat, but petting cats how could it compare to petting pandas in thrill?
If policy allowed, she would even want a tiger or leopard.
The two descended from the clouds, then manifested their forms not far from Rolly.
Rolly: ???
It blinked its eyes, bared its teeth, made a gesture as if about to get fierce, but looked at the two, then at the bamboo in its hand.
Forget it, eating is more important.
Rolly, having half-risen its body, lay back down, then took the bamboo in hand, chomped down a big section with a single bite.
Such sharp teeth, do not let Rolly’s cute appearance fool you, when it opens its big mouth, those sharp teeth are quite scary.
But Lu Zheng and Lin Wan are of course not ordinary people, the two naturally approached Rolly.
Just as Rolly felt threatened and was preparing to get up to give the two a lesson, two fresh green tender bamboos were offered from left and right in front of it.
It sighed, lay down, reached out, took the bamboo, put it in its mouth.
Did not expect two servants to come!
Seems like encountered this kind of person before? Let me think… think…
Thinking and thinking, Rolly put down the bamboo in hand, then rolled over, fell asleep.
Lu Zheng was speechless, “It sure trusts us two quite a bit.”
Next moment, Lin Wan decisively reached out.
Upon touching, the fur smooth, warm and soft, like a big meat cushion.
“So comfortable!” Lin Wan exclaimed.
“Is it?” Lu Zheng asked, then immediately reached out, starting to fondle Rolly.
“It is quite comfortable.”
Lu Zheng while saying, casually pinched a spell, summoned rainwater, gave the sleeping Rolly a bath, the whole body refreshed, black and white distinct.
“Come come, take a photo!”
Lu Zheng took out his phone, sat side by side with Lin Wan close together, background a Rolly soundly sleeping on a pile of bamboo.
“Click!”
“Bang!”
Lu Zheng’s eyes flashed, Lin Wan immediately looked southwest.
“Gunshot?”
“Gunshot!”
“Go check?”
“Let’s go!”
Without disturbing the already fast-asleep Rolly, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan maintained a height slightly above the forest canopy, flying at high speed.
“Poachers?” Lu Zheng asked Lin Wan.
“Should not be.” Lin Wan said somewhat hesitantly, “It is not like the old days, have not heard of poachers for a long time.”
“Unless it is…”
“Giant panda?”
But Lin Wan still did not quite believe, “Too bold, poaching rare animals domestically, can get up to ten years or more!”
However, when the two flew to the destination’s airspace, Lin Wan said nothing more.
In front of seven people dressed as hunters, was a wild boar lying on the ground.
And in one person’s hand, carrying an iron cage, inside a juvenile giant panda only forty centimetres long.
Lin Wan took a deep breath, “Truly seeking death!”
In recent years in China, due to social stability and economic development, poaching incidents have indeed decreased, but it does not mean they have been eradicated.
Poachers are severely polarized, the low-level ones poach some wildlife that are numerous and not strictly protected, as high-end game, entering the tables of some carnivores.
Ordinary ones are wild deer meat, advanced ones are pangolins.
Additionally, high-end poachers target the highest protected animals, either for medicinal value or ornamental value, all animals that can fetch high prices.
The most typical is of course the giant panda.
And this group in front, evidently came specifically for giant pandas.
And as China’s national treasure, seeing such a cute giant panda locked in a cage, whimpering pitifully, Lin Wan’s heart was breaking.
“Boss, won’t the gunshot be heard by nearby forest rangers?”
“No problem, this deep in the mountains, uninhabited, we risked our lives to come this deep, how many of those salaried rangers have the guts to come in?”
“Yeah yeah!”
“Besides, if they bump into us, is it not just one word: dead? This is not the first time, right?”
“Right right!”
The other few all laughed.
“Alright, quiet down, we came in risking our lives this time, need to get another juvenile to make a pair, plus the employer wants an adult giant panda.”
“We were always small-scale before, this time finally got a big deal, succeed once and we can retire directly.”
“The small one is in hand, the big one should not be far, everyone search.”
“Damn, hope the gunshot did not scare it away.”
“Do not know if this little guy’s cries can lure the big one over?”
As soon as that person finished speaking, the bushes in the nearby forest shook, then came a low roar.
“It is here!”
Next moment, a massive adult giant panda rushed out from the forest, charging straight at the crowd.
“Tranquilizer gun!”
One young man raised a strangely shaped gun in hand, fired three shots at the charging giant panda.
However, the three anesthetic darts with prominent red marks suddenly halted in mid-air, then turned downward, shooting into the ground.
“What!?”
That person was startled, seeing the giant panda already within ten metres, raised hand to shoot all remaining darts.
However…
Just as he raised the gun, he felt his hand loosen, the tranquilizer gun suddenly broke into two sections in his hand.
“Fuck!”
An angry roar, the leader immediately raised the hunting rifle in hand.
Then…
“Crack”, the hunting rifle in hand also broke into two sections.
“Roar!”
Next moment, the ferocious giant panda had rushed to the crowd’s side, reared up, pounced on the one carrying the cub’s cage.
“Help!”
That person threw the cage with the cub and fled, while the other four hunting rifles simultaneously aimed at the giant panda.
However…
The four hunting rifles also broke simultaneously.
