The gray wolf was the first to lower its body. In the blink of an eye, a silver, sword-like blur shot out, pointing straight behind the clump of dry, tangled shrubbery.
Immediately after, in what seemed like just a moment’s distraction, the white tiger, its form almost perfectly camouflaged with the high alpine environment, had already bounded over the dry shrubbery, its tail swaying as it landed lightly and silently, forming a pincer attack with the gray wolf.
The two fierce beasts moved so swiftly that by the time the encirclement was formed, only then did one animal realize it was in danger and leap up!
It was a sturdy, male blue sheep, a pair of enormous sickle-shaped horns crowning its head. After its initial leap, it barely paused, immediately dashing away along the rugged mountain terrain, trying to shake off the two pursuers behind it.
But this was merely a desperate struggle.
Within a few breaths, the white tiger pounced from behind, seizing the blue sheep by the neck. With a single shake, the seemingly robust prey was pinned straight to the ground! The blue sheep tried to struggle up. But behind it, the gray wolf had already arrived. It pressed down on the blue sheep’s frantically kicking hind legs, restraining the sickle-like horns.
No chance to resist!
In the blink of an eye, the hunt was over.
[Holy shit, holy shit!!!]
[What just happened!! I didn’t even finish typing a single sentence!!]
[Heavens, people really do admire the strong, whether in human form or beast form!!]
The blue sheep had fled along a very steep mountain path during its escape. By now, their position was above Ming Ruan.
Facing the small, steep break in the mountain face, Ming Ruan tried to climb up, but he was stopped by a tiger’s roar.
Xie Gewen and Su Yuyun swiftly dismantled the overly large prey. One tiger and one wolf, each carrying a portion of meat in their mouths, leaped lightly down from the cliff.
Their chests were splattered with large patches of fresh blood, and their beastly pupils still held the wild indifference and cold-bloodedness of predators. Yet they gently placed the hunted prey on the snowy ground in front of Ming Ruan. They had only chosen the seemingly most tender parts of the blue sheep, the kind Ming Ruan usually liked to eat the most.
“Woo—”
Rest time, lunchtime.
After delivering the meat, the gray wolf and the white tiger each found a snowdrift and began slowly and meticulously cleaning themselves off by rubbing against it. Like assassins offering precious treasures to their beloved, then hastily withdrawing their hands behind their backs to secretly wipe the bloodstains from between their fingers.
Behind Ming Ruan, Shi Huai and Fuxi, who had watched the whole process, exchanged a look. The two “combat-ineffective-fives” of the high alpine zone were unwilling to be outdone.
So, just as Ming Ruan finished preparing the meat, he saw the fox and the lion appear from somewhere, huffing and puffing as they carried a small shrub over.
On the shrub’s dry branches hung quite a few small berries. The fox puffed out his chest proudly.
The gray wolf swept a glance over but showed no reaction. The white tiger looked as if it saw nothing.
Facing this kind of deliberately dismissive provocation, the lion bit off a branch laden with palatable berries and placed it into Ming Ruan’s hands.
“Compared to those crude acts of dropping piles of flesh and blood,” he thought, “my ally would surely appreciate this more—”
Within the live stream, amidst a flood of comments like [So pampering, so loving, love it so much] and [Artificial Lifeform & Shrub: ? You’re so noble], a few quietly scrolled by:
[Feel like they’re really getting used to their beast forms, huh. Look, hunting, and just now, Fuxi’s skilled tree-climbing to bite off berries (gesturing wildly) – none of them are even pretending anymore.]
[Feels so satisfying. I want to beastify too and then run wild and crash around in the mountains, ahhh!]
[Because they’re being indulged! My wife would never call them bloody, cruel, inhumane. He just worries if their paws get tired.]
[Come to think of it, this really isn’t anything cruel. Seems like there’s not much difference from being in human form, actually. scratches head Suddenly I don’t quite understand my own previous thoughts.]
More and more people joined this discussion. A thread titled #WhatIsYourIdealBeastForm# even opened up on StarNet, and quite a few people replied below.
It wasn’t until the Research Institute updated the monitoring data on the snow leopard once again that everyone suddenly remembered!
[Oh god, nearly forgot about the snow leopard, sorry.]
[Sorry, Sponsor Daddy, but their rivalry is just too entertaining to watch.]
Because the previous data had remained relatively controllable, and Ming Ruan’s side also seemed to be progressing smoothly, everyone had been cheerfully clicking on the Research Institute’s data monitor: Ah, the comprehensive data has dropped a bit more, huh. But his activity range is right near Ming Ruan. Alright, alright, no problem, definitely!
However, as time passed day by day, the snow leopard’s comprehensive data finally plummeted to near the danger threshold. Yet Ming Ruan and the others hadn’t made the slightest bit of progress.
The good mentality that the netizens had built up over these two days through distraction and rambling discussions crumbled once more. The comforting rhetoric shifted from “Definitely no problem” gradually into “Please, please, let it be no problem, help!!”
Ming Ruan also grew increasingly anxious as time pressed on. But he couldn’t even let this feeling show, because, according to the Research Institute, negative emotions would heavily impact the snow leopard. What if it was watching right now?
Accepting another berry the fox had somehow scrounged up, Ming Ruan forced a beaming smile, lifted the fox up, and kissed it. The berry tumbled back and forth in his hand; he had no mind to eat it.
According to feedback from the Research Institute, they had been within the snow leopard’s activity range for the past two days. But even though Ming Ruan happily petted, cuddled, and lifted the fluffballs every single day, simultaneously fishing and quietly searching on the side, they still hadn’t found a single trace.
What on earth should he do?
Ming Ruan’s hand unconsciously touched his light brain, rubbing it a few times. He lifted the berry to his lips. Taking advantage of the moment he bowed his head to eat, he allowed the corners of his mouth to briefly drop, letting his small emotions overflow.
From a higher vantage point, the white tiger, having been gazing into the distance, jumped down, silently walking to Ming Ruan’s side. Its tail flicked, landing on the back of Ming Ruan’s hand, the tip gently patting.
Another anxious night passed.
Both Ming Ruan and the netizens had long since mentally calculated countless times: Based on the trend of the data from the past two days, tomorrow, at the very latest the day after, they absolutely had to find the snow leopard.
The Research Institute had already drafted a final emergency backup plan, but a single thread of hope remained in everyone’s hearts—Ming Ruan, could he bring about a new miracle?
Early morning, citizens were practically counting down the seconds, clicking into the livestream room at the very first moment it usually opened.
However.
[We’re sorry, the live broadcast room you are looking for has been disconnected. Little Star is searching very hard, please wait a moment~]
The netizens nearly lost their collective breath.
With hearts suspended high above them, they shrieked and stampeded onto StarNet.
[What’s going on?! My end is showing the livestream room disconnected!!]
[Same here, sis!! Is StarNet lagging???]
[@StarNetOfficial @StarNetOfficial @StarNetOfficial How can this be!! Why at a time like this?! I’m dying of anxiety!!]
StarNet’s official AI system quickly ran a self-diagnostic and replied: [StarNet operation detected as normal. Little Star guesses: Perhaps the streamer has disconnected~]
[Impossible. The official Inspector Livestream Room wouldn’t disconnect; it just has opening time restrictions.]
[? Disconnected??]
[@SanatoriumZoneOfficial Someone come out here!!]
No one expected that this @-mention actually summoned the official announcement.
[Notice: Early this morning, an avalanche event occurred in the High Mountain Zone of the Main Star A12 Sanatorium Zone. This incident is a natural phenomenon within the simulated zone. According to preliminary investigation, all personal Protective Devices within the zone are functioning normally… Due to this sudden event, the District 12 Executor Ming Ruan’s livestream is temporarily in a disconnected state. Our organization has rapidly initiated search operations…]
The netizens, gently, slowly, typed out a: ?
The Sanatorium Zone’s announcement was simply too bizarre and casually delivered. Yes, the netizens knew that the outdoor simulation zones in the Sanatorium were designed based on extensive research and could indeed experience natural phenomena like tremors and avalanches. For citizens of the star system equipped with Protective Devices, such natural phenomena no longer qualified as disasters.
But! This was different! What timing was this?! How could Ming Ruan be out of contact? And what about the snow leopard?!
[?? What the hell?]
[Don’t argue, I’m thinking. These words look like they’re in Common Tongue, but I can’t understand them.]
[Huh?? Huh???]
[Netizens’ lives are lives too, please, I beg you, my heart is about to stop!!]
This was truly something no one had anticipated.
It could be said that misfortunes never come singly.
When the avalanche struck in the early morning hours, Ming Ruan was already sleeping fitfully. He dreamt he was bobbing up and down in the ocean, or maybe sleeping on some kind of engine, his entire surroundings humming and vibrating continuously.
“Ming Ruan!”
In a daze, he heard someone calling his name. He opened his eyes to see the fluffballs looking at him, their beastly eyes revealing intensely human-like emotion.
Yet, besides the fluffballs, there was another person half-kneeling beside him. The man’s knee was braced beside his waist, one hand gripping his shoulder and shaking him gently. Seeing him open his eyes, the man, without any explanation, used a hand clad in a black glove to tightly grasp his hand. Fingers interlaced.
It was Su Yuyun. The Adjudicator. His boss.
How could the boss be here?
For a moment, Ming Ruan thought he hadn’t woken up yet. His gaze drifted, brushing past Su Yuyun’s shoulder, landing on the small window behind.
Outside the small window, chaos reigned. In the darkness, something seemed to be tumbling faintly.
Before Ming Ruan could see clearly, or even utter a single word, he saw a white gas permeate up from all around him, blurring his vision. Within the gas, Ming Ruan hazily closed his eyes once more.
He felt a tremendous force rip apart his and Su Yuyun’s interlocked hands. Then he sank into a dark, sweet dreamland.
“It really was a dream, huh,” Ming Ruan thought.
———
Therefore, when Ming Ruan awoke from his sleep and opened his eyes again, his entire mind was blank.
Looking around, everything in sight was a field of snow-white, painfully glaring. No familiar flying sedan. No fluffballs. Not a single strand of fur.
Ming Ruan abruptly sat up, but his body floated upwards, light as a feather!
Only then did Ming Ruan realize he was actually floating in mid-air, just like being in a zero-gravity environment. And not far from his body, there was a layer of transparent film. Under the sunlight shining from different angles, the film shimmered with iridescent colors.
He was like a little sprite sealed inside a bubble.
Ming Ruan: “…”
What happened?
Ming Ruan began to recall exactly what had occurred last night, his gaze involuntarily shifting to the right. It was that one glance that made him catch sight of something amidst the glaring white!
To Ming Ruan’s left was a tall, steep snow slope. To his right was a terrain resembling a rift valley, a fissure splitting the land into two pieces. And right across that fissure, Ming Ruan saw a snow leopard!
It was absolutely a snow leopard!
Ming Ruan ‘sprang’ to his feet, his hands involuntarily pressing against the film. The bubble, under his touch, rolled forward a bit, nearly rolling right to the edge of the cliff. But Ming Ruan only cared about staring intently at that snow leopard.
Yet, the snow leopard across the rift, after glancing twice in Ming Ruan’s direction, turned away with no interest whatsoever and walked in the direction opposite to Ming Ruan, disappearing into the snow.
Ming Ruan didn’t dare shout out loud. He could only watch helplessly as the snow leopard, its long tail dragging behind, vanished.
Could this be the snow leopard he was looking for?
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