My 1995 Small Farm.

The crew wanted to get the camera.

Just then, Erhei, leading several dogs, also ran towards the farm from among the pack of dogs that were chasing away the leopards.

"Huh? What are these dogs doing?"

"They don't seem like they're deserting in the face of battle."

"Nonsense, of course they didn't desert their posts. Do you see any fear in their faces?"

The crew members were very puzzled.

Not only were they puzzled, but the Lynx members also didn't understand what this action was.

'Calling for reinforcements? That doesn't seem like it.'

Moreover, Chen Ling is standing right next to them, walking towards the foot of the mountain, and they haven't seen him directing the dogs to do anything.

"Fugui, Erhei and the others are..."

"Oh, they're going home to get something and mark their territory. Don't worry about it."

Chen Ling smiled.

"Huh? This, is it demarcating territory?"

The lynx looked completely bewildered: "Does a dog need to bring something to mark its territory? Can't it just pee on it?"

"Good brother, have you forgotten that we are fighting against wild beasts in the mountains?"

Chen Ling chuckled and said, "This isn't something you can just do by taking a piss."

"Oh yes."

The lynx slapped its forehead, suddenly realizing, "I really forgot about that. So what are they...?"

Chen Ling said, "There are still some remaining deer bones at home, and Erhei and the others are going to drag them over."

"Hmm? This is how wolves do things. Have Erhei and the others learned it?"

The lynx was surprised to hear this.

As he said this, Zhao Dahai, Liang Yuemin, and the others next to him couldn't help but say, "Seriously? We haven't seen you directing them since we arrived. How come you're suddenly making your own decisions?"

"Besides, I didn't hear you say anything about not hunting the leopard or just driving it away. How did they know that?"

"That's what I'm saying, your dog is getting more and more mischievous these days!"

"..."

"No, no, we did communicate." Chen Ling quickly waved his hand.

Actually, this kind of thing doesn't need to be taught to Heiwa Xiaojin at all.

They often followed Chen Ling into the mountains. The two dogs were intelligent, and marking territory was an instinct for them.

It really doesn't need to be taught.

Sensing Chen Ling's unhurried attitude, they wouldn't take drastic measures; they would simply drive him out of their territory.

As for marking territory with the remains of prey, the jackals in the mountains often do this.

After gutting the carcasses of wild donkeys and wild boars, and gnawing off the good meat, they leave the carcasses scattered everywhere – that's their masterpiece.

The farm dogs had already learned it.

To give an imperfect analogy, just like trained police dogs and military dogs, they often know how to deal with a situation in a certain way.

To an outsider, wow, this dog is so smart!

Their behavior is actually quite similar to that of Heiwa and the others.

However, the black children are smarter and have higher IQs.

Just then, Erhei and the others came over from the farm, dragging the skeleton of the grass deer.

They were strong, and the dogs worked together to run very fast on the snow.

Moreover, they know how to cooperate, taking turns to relay the baton every so often.

Not to mention the people in the film crew.

Zhao Dahai and the others were also somewhat dumbfounded.

"Damn, that's unbelievable."

"Hey, let's not talk about Heiwa and the others yet. Look over at the foot of the mountain. What are those leopards doing? They're so scared, why won't they leave?"

"Hmm? It really is. I knew something was off lately. This leopard is terrified and refuses to go back to the mountains. Something must be going on in the mountains..."

"Let's go and see what's going on."

After a snowfall, when the sun is out and there is no glare, not only is the snow scenery beautiful, but you can also see things on the mountain from a distance.

After all, after winter, the lush wild vines and grasses in the mountains and forests disappeared, and the leaves of the trees were all gone after a heavy snowfall.

The mountains and forests were empty and bright, and anything that appeared after the snow could be seen with exceptional clarity.

As they walked towards the foot of the western mountain, they could vaguely see that in the snow-covered forest, on the slope, the mother leopard was leading her four cubs, driven by a pack of dogs, as they all climbed up the trees.

The leopard's skills in trees are not as good as the leopard's.

But by this time, they were already terrified and were climbing the tree incredibly fast.

The shock caused the chicken blood on the tree to fall in a flurry.

But at the same time, they are also very strange.

Just now, when they were near the village, they were chased away by a pack of dogs and ran away in terror. However, once they entered the mountains and forests, they hesitated and remained, no matter how much the dogs threatened or attacked them.

They absolutely refused to go inside.

It kept dodging and tugging at the pack of dogs.

They either hide from the dogs by running around the big trees in the mountains, or like now, they climb up a tree, trembling and howling in fear.

"This situation seems familiar."

Lynx suddenly felt a strong sense of déjà vu about the scene before him.

"Why does he look familiar?"

Zhao Dahai and Liang Yuemin asked, "Have you ever encountered such a strange thing?"

"I haven't met him, but I've heard about him. Don't you know what Fugui did before the New Year?"

Lynx looked at them strangely: "Don't you think this scene looks a lot like the time when Fugui was controlling the wolf pack?"
Just as a pack of wolves fears a single wolf, there must be something in these mountains that even a leopard fears.

He then looked at Chen Ling and asked, "What do you think, wealth?"

"Yes, it does look somewhat similar."

Chen Ling paused for a moment, then nodded, though he said this out of respect for Lynx.

He also thought it was very likely that something the leopard was afraid of had appeared in the mountains.

However, he doesn't think that another thing like Wolfbazi will come out.

The main reason is that leopards are not social animals.

Even if there are mutations in the offspring, they wouldn't be this exaggerated.

Why are wolf packs able to...?

That's because wolf packs work as a team, which gives them a high probability of preserving mutated seeds.

It would be difficult for solitary tigers and leopards.

Such a mutated species is also difficult to grow up.

Even if they could grow up, they wouldn't have reached maturity in such a short period of time.

The reason is simple: there are quite a few wild animals in the mountains nowadays.

Solitary mammal cubs rarely have the opportunity to develop and are mostly eliminated.

These things couldn't be explained in detail to Lynx and the others; Chen Ling just needed to keep it to himself.

"Mr. Chen, we brought a camera. Given the situation, are we allowed to take pictures?"

The crew members were in pretty good physical condition; they waded through the deep snow in the wheat field and quickly caught up.

"We can film, but we don't know the exact situation right now."

Chen Ling smiled helplessly, "Just follow behind us. Take pictures of the leopard if you want, but don't leave the group and sneak into the mountains. In the current situation, even the leopards dare not go back into the mountains. Who knows what might happen in the mountains? This is no joke."

"We know, we know. We don't know this place, so we wouldn't dare to wander around aimlessly."

The director nodded repeatedly, then pulled a few young people aside and started filming the leopard.

"Lynx, can you tell what's wrong?"

Chen Ling asked.

The lynx shook its head: "No."

"Let's leave them be and head up the mountain to see if we can find anything."

Chen Ling didn't say much, nor did he pay much attention to the leopards. He and the others slowly made their way up the mountain.

In this kind of weather, the snow on the mountain is very deep.

Chen Ling took Xiao Jin and the other two with him, and had Er Hei lead the pack of dogs to scare the leopard away.

Although they initially had two different ideas.

One was to drive the leopard away.

Another reason is that they sense something is wrong and want to scare the leopard to test its reaction.

The test has now been conducted.

However, the leopards still need to be scared off, otherwise they might dare to come to the village again and hurt someone.

"Did you see Xiao Jin's reaction? This means we've made a discovery."

When the lynx saw Little Gold go up the mountain, it tilted its head back, sniffed twice, and then ran diagonally southwest along the hillside.

"There was a discovery, but it was a mountain stream, and now the water is frozen, turning it into a deep ravine..."

Chen Ling frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled, but still followed.

"I'll go ahead first, you guys take Heiwa and follow behind."

Chen Ling said something and took the lead, rushing up the hillside with Xiao Jin.

Everyone carried guns for self-defense. After the snow, the visibility in the mountains and forests was better, and there was no fear of wild animals attacking people.

Chen Ling followed without worry.

Sure enough, Little Gold stopped in front of the frozen mountain stream, its tail held high, and a series of deep and thick footprints in front of it.

Chen Ling rushed forward, only to be startled by what he saw: "Holy crap, is there a tiger in the mountains? Such huge cat paw prints?!" (End of Chapter)