Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 318 - : A Good Boss Must Be Good at Generating Revenue

Chapter 318 -318: A Good Boss Must Be Good at Generating Revenue

When Lynx Sister arrived, Chen Ying was on the phone with the forest police.

The test results were in, the deceased was that university student.

His classmates found his suicide note in his dormitory.

The basic content was that he felt his illness was terminal, with no family to rely on, and alone, he didn’t want to seek treatment.

“He was studying folklore and sneaking into the uninhabited area probably in search of death. The pastoral village received a directed donation for a library, and we checked. It was donated by him before he entered the uninhabited area.”

The uninhabited area, sky burial, the cleansing of the soul, and purity of spirit. That’s likely why the student secretly entered the uninhabited area.

Chen Ying didn’t know how to evaluate it. His nature was different from those who had illegally entered the uninhabited area before. He went seeking liberation and death.

But in the moment he was killed by the brown bear, did he regret it? Didn’t he feel pain?

“Dr. Chen, there’s something else I need to tell you in advance. One of those children’s parents are planning to sue you…”

As he spoke, there was a hint of anger hidden in the forest officer’s voice.

“When we examined the child, the doctor said there were claw marks on his jaw and forehead left by a snow leopard. We all know it was the snow leopards trying to save them. But their parents, hearing from God knows where that the two snow leopards have a good relationship with you, want to extort some money. We’re dealing with this with the village officials, and we definitely won’t let them succeed, but we’re afraid they might come to you to make trouble.”

What the forest police didn’t mention was that the shameless couple had also called the media for an interview.

Chen Ying couldn’t care less. Let them come. It would be a good opportunity to confirm the situation of the child being abandoned by his parents.

During the day, Duanmu and Yin Li were discussing whether to offer one of the two new patrol officer positions next year to the cousin of the child’s aunt, fearing that the child’s biological parents would use this as a reason to continue dodging child support.

Now, knowing that the parents were stirring up trouble, Chen Ying nudged Duanmu, telling him not to bring it up for now.

It was originally a minor incident. The reports sent out by the rescue center also emphasized that wild animals should not be approached (the bear killed a person) but are not necessarily deadly upon encounter (snow leopards, lynxes saved the children).

This tone was fine, but this incident cropped up like biting into an apple and discovering half a worm.

Not fatal, but disgusting.

Because of this matter, as well as the raging leopards that hadn’t been found out yet, Chen Ying couldn’t leave for a while.

He simply took the opportunity to deliver some items to the pastoral area and brought back the needed materials and personal belongings, preparing to spend the Spring Festival at the rescue and shelter center.

He plucked some samples from the lynx that had escaped from the Sanjiang Reserve for testing, and the results were fine. The two areas had been connected before, so the genetic similarity of the species was high, and there was no separation into two subspecies.

The most representative in the animal kingdom are the pandas from Sichuan Province and Qinling because they are so distant from each other that their populations evolved in two different directions due to a long-lost connection.

This is specifically manifested in three aspects: different sizes, colors, and some physiological structures.

However, for the snow leopard, no significant regional genetic evolutionary differences have been found domestically.

Of course, this may also be because there is still little research on this mysterious and elegant creature.

But if this population is magnified to the global level, research institutions indicate that there may be at least three subspecies of snow leopards currently. (See citation in the author’s notes)

Previously, some domestic research teams had considered the relocation of snow leopards to different areas to enable natural ecological reproduction.

To this day, the topic is still frequently debated.

However, in recent years, domestic research has been more inclined towards environmental coordination rather than human intervention, focusing on protecting the environment so that the population can naturally recover.

After nearly a decade of effort, this goal has been more than halfway achieved.

Recently, the media often report the sighting of wild animals in certain areas that have not been seen for decades, which is good evidence.

Everyone knows that at year-end, it’s the peak time for publishing papers.

Scraping together some coins for a good New Year’s, it’s understandable.

Chen Ying’s research group was no exception.

During the days waiting in River Source, he submitted his periodic reports and several papers.

He also video-chatted with Professor Everett about the conflict between the Northern and Southern Lions.

During Chen Ying’s last support visit, he had clarified the modern classification of lion groups from Professor Careyes.

It was not as generally believed, rudely divided between the Asian Lion and the African Lion, but rather the Northern Lion and the Southern Lion.

Each of these subspecies includes three major branches.

The Northern subspecies comprise the evolutionary branches of Northern Africa (including Asia), Western Africa, and Central Africa. The Southern subspecies include those from Northeastern Africa, Southern Africa (including East Africa), and Southwestern Africa.

Professor Careyes’s team mainly studies the West African Lion but does not mean she only understands the situation of the West African Lion.

This time the professor and her husband reached out to him, hoping he would help investigate the Asian Lion, which is closely related to a project on West African Lions she is overseeing.

Upon hearing he would have to visit the neighbor’s place, after much consideration, Chen Ying politely declined.

Well-known, the Ganges River leads to heaven.

Even if the collaboration couldn’t carry on, the Careyes couple wasn’t upset and turned to discuss a piece of gossip.

It was the same matter Ding Wen had mentioned to him earlier.

That white lion, suspected of autism, the one named Fu Gui, went wild, and after receiving electroshock therapy, it bit and injured three staff, two fatally.

“The person in charge of electrocution died on the spot, and the other two were seriously injured.”

Professor Everett pinched the bridge of his nose, “After the investigation, it was found that the assistant in charge of electrocution had used an excessive electric current to stimulate the white lion into a frenzy; however, he underestimated the resistance of the white lion. Weakened momentarily, the white lion took advantage of his inattention to kill him.”

Chen Ying pressed her hands against her lips as a gesture of mourning for the deceased.

Professor Everett brought up this matter because he was sought out by someone who wanted his help in looking into the incident.

Professor Everett, overwhelmed with work, had declined the invitation.

He mentioned it to Chen Ying because he thought Chen Ying might want to give it a try, and it would be a chance to earn some money without shame.

Chen Ying wasn’t short of money, but that only applied to himself.

Before, one person could get full and the whole family wouldn’t be hungry, but now with a research team, those who were working on projects with him also needed to eat and drink.

Although team members all had salaries, a good boss should be able to conduct research and pull in funding. Otherwise, nobody would be eager to follow you in future projects.

After hesitating for a brief moment, Chen Ying expressed gratitude for Professor Everett’s recommendation.

He still had to discuss it with Ding Wen, after all, it was he who initially brought it up, although the matter did not work out later.

But now that Professor Everett had also recommended him, the likelihood of going was higher, and he hoped to bring Ding Wen along.

A friend is someone who helps each other out.

After jotting down these two matters on the whiteboard in his dorm, Chen Ying took his tablet to the animal enclosure.

The arrival of Lynx Sister was expected.

He didn’t know if he really had a Druid Aura, but by now he was used to it: whenever he stayed for a bit longer, there would inevitably be a bunch of cats around him.

If that was the case, could his Druid Aura be a cat fancier?

Just as Chen Ying was about to speak, his sharp eyes caught Jinya stuffing something under her stomach.

“Jinya, don’t bring unfinished food into the animal enclosure.”

Chen Ying, wearing gloves, reached in to throw it out, but suddenly realized something felt off; on closer inspection, he blurted out, “Damn!”

A live wolf pup!

Jinya stepped back and hid behind Little Jin, “It was Gray Lynx who brought it over for the two cubs to practice hunting.”

Chen Ying had, after all, helped Wolf Mother give birth, so he grabbed the wolf pup to check it and saw it was no bigger than a week old.

“Lynx Sister, did you raid a wolf den?”

He had seen reports saying that lynxes would dig out the wolf cubs and kill them once they found a wolf den.

But those were North Forest wolves, and now they were in the Snowy Plateau. Did wolves and lynxes harbor such strong hatred here?

“I didn’t do it. A bear did. I just happened to pass by, and all the big wolves were dead. This is what I found underneath the mother wolf’s body.”

Obviously, Lynx Sister couldn’t count, but she said there were many wolves dead next to the den. This little pup’s mother was blocking the entrance to the den. The pup probably was starving, and not knowing that all its pack wolves were dead, it only followed the scent to its mother to find food.

Chen Ying then asked why there was only one wolf pup. Lynx Sister said she didn’t know; she only found one alive.

Whether the other pups were in the den or had fled through another exit, she hadn’t paid any attention.

Since he had already found this little creature, it definitely couldn’t be used for the cubs to practice hunting.

Chen Ying hurriedly sent the little wolf pup for rescue with Xiao Song.

The poor little fellow was already cold and hungry, hanging on to just a breath of life.

Xiao Song was arranging the New Year’s duty roster when Chen Ying rushed over; Xiao Song hurried over to meet him and got pushed a wolf pup into his hands.

“Quickly open the nursery box. I’m going to mix the young animal formula milk.”

Xiao Song called on the intercom to summon the keeper specially in charge of caring for rescued young animals.

After placing the wolf pup in the nursery box, she quickly examined its body condition.

The development was good, with standard body length and skeletal structure; the Wolf Mother had taken good care of it.

But the belly was very deflated, indicating it hadn’t eaten for a long time.

There were some bloodstains and dirt attached to its body.

“The wolf pup’s pack encountered a brown bear; I’m not sure if the entire pack was exterminated. The gray lynx found the little wolf pup and brought it over for the snow leopard cub and Little lynx to play with.”

In the wild, that would be one thing, but under their watch, such plans would likely fall through.

“What, brown bears again?” a breeder interjected, “Recently, two patrol teams reported sightings of brown bears in the central peripheral area. The weather is getting colder; I hope that bear doesn’t make its way into the Pastoral Village.”

Chen Ying frowned and thought for a moment, “I suggest increasing patrols. Although the snow this year isn’t heavy, the wind is much stronger than previous years by one or two levels. Brown bears should normally have stored enough fat to hibernate by November, but it’s still roaming the wilds, so it probably had a harder time finding food this year.”

Brown bears are omnivorous animals that mainly hunt ground squirrels, mouse rabbits, and rock sheep.

And because human settlements store a lot of food, which is high in calories and easy to get, brown bears have frequently entered human-populated areas in search of food in recent years.

It’s very possible that this wandering bear’s ultimate target is also the human settlement.