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Hopefully, when it's returned to the mountaintop, its muscles will still be there.

Shi Wen gently rubbed the snow leopard's extremely thick pectoral muscles, silently mourning for it.

It seems I should save half of the sheep at home to nourish it after it's fully recovered.

Shi Wen petting the snow leopard for more than two hours, Zhou Hongzhong and his team finally arrived.

The snow leopard was quite well-behaved, lying on the grass sunbathing, basking in the sun from all sides, fast asleep in all sorts of positions.

It may be a characteristic of felines.

Felines never seem to get enough sleep.

Zhou Hongzhong and his team brought a large cage this time.

When they were about to use the tranquilizer gun, Shi Wen gestured to them that they didn't need to.

Shi Wen said to Zhou Hongzhong, "Open the iron cage, I'll let it in."

Without saying a word, Zhou Hongzhong ordered his men to open the iron cage, then retreated more than ten meters away, waiting for Shi Wen to coax the snow leopard inside.

Shi Wen rubbed the snow leopard's chest, trying to wake it up.

The snow leopard whimpered, turned over, and went back to sleep.

Shi Wen pinch its ears, stroke its tail, or rub its belly, but no matter what you do, it won't wake up and just falls into a puddle of liquid.

Zhou Hongzhong and his companions watched in stunned silence from a distance.

Shi Wen was also helpless against the snow leopard's innate ability to act cute. He could only wrap his arms around its armpits from behind, lift its buttocks, pick it up, and put it into the iron cage.

Snow leopards aren't extremely heavy, but they still weigh over 100 kilograms and are dangerous felines.

Zhou Hongzhong and the others Shi Wen for Shi Wen.

Shi Wen but didn't think much of it. Snow leopards are quite docile and have stable personalities, so they probably wouldn't attack suddenly.

Even if it attacks, with his current reaction speed, it won't be able to hurt him.

Shi Wen that snow leopards were put into iron cages and the latches were closed.

The snow leopard finally woke up, looked at the large iron cage, let out a loud "meow," and stood up to look outside.

Shi Wen gently tapped the iron cage. "Alright, this isn't the first time you've been locked up in here and transported away. Don't scare people."

The snow leopard retorted, "Meow!"

Shi Wen, "Go stay there for a while, and then we'll let you out."

Shi Wen turned to look at Zhou Hongzhong: "Are we sending the snow leopard to the zoo now?"

Zhou Hongzhong, seeing that the snow leopard was already locked up, circled the cage checking it. "How did you know?"

Shi Wen, "Yan Kexing told me that the snow leopard might be coming down from the mountain frequently because there is a lack of food. We need to send it to the zoo for temporary care, and then send it back when there is more food on the mountain in the spring."

Zhou Hongzhong laughed, "Pretty much. Professor Yan is an expert; she's more accurate than we are in guessing."

Shi Wen then asked, "Which zoo are we sending it to? Will we be able to visit it then?"

Zhou Hongzhong: "We just went on a mission at the N City Zoo in N City and captured a snow leopard. We're just heading back there."

Shi Wen casually asked, "What kind of mission?"

Upon Shi Wen this question, Zhou Hongzhong suddenly stopped and turned to look at him.

He assumed Zhou Hongzhong and his team were going on a secret mission, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "If it's inconvenient, you don't need to tell me. I was just asking casually; I didn't mean to pry."

"No, it's not a secret mission." Zhou Hongzhong waved his hand. "You reminded me."

Shi Wen looked at him, completely bewildered, not understanding what he meant.

Zhou Hongzhong asked, "Do you know what mission we're on? It's related to the zoo."

"How could I have guessed that?" Shi Wen, "It's related to the zoo, could it be that some animals escaped?"

Zhou Hongzhong gave a wry smile.

The young man carrying the iron cage nearby said, "Not only have animals escaped, but dangerous animals have also escaped, which is why we're so worried."

"A dangerous animal? "Shi Wen asked. "Could it be a wolf?"

Since the last wolf attack, Shi Wen has become acutely aware of the wolves' intelligence and their ability to fight as a pack.

If the wolf gets away, it will be quite troublesome.

Zhou Hongzhong said, "It's even more troublesome than the wolf getting away. But this time the wolf didn't get away; it was the brown bear that escaped."

Shi Wen, "Brown bears?! Brown bears are carnivorous beasts!"

Zhou Hongzhong nodded. "It's a local brown bear, which is why I said it was troublesome and we needed to catch it as soon as possible. We went to look for the brown bear this morning."

Shi Wen couldn't help but ask, "So, did you find it?"

"No," Zhou Hongzhong said. "We're not even sure which direction it left from. There are so many mountains here; it's like finding a needle in a haystack. With just a few dozen of us, we simply can't find it."

Shi Wen, "What can we do? We can't just let it roam outside, can we? Is it a brown bear that was raised in a zoo from a cub?"

Animals raised by humans tend to be more docile and less likely to attack humans if they have not been abused.

Zhou Hongzhong answered the first question first, "We can only wait for eyewitnesses to report to the police, then the information will be forwarded to us, and we will search based on the clues."

After sighing, Zhou Hongzhong continued, "If it were a brown bear raised from a cub in a zoo, it wouldn't be so troublesome. The problem is, it's a rescued wild brown bear."

The young man carrying the cage couldn't help but interject, "This is a brown bear we rescued from poachers. That brown bear was quite hostile towards humans, and now that it's winter, it's hard to find food in the wild. It's quite easy for it to attack people when it leaves its familiar territory and goes to unfamiliar places."

Shi Wen, "We can't just not look for them."

Young man. "We can't find it. We've been wandering around in the mountains for two days."

Shi Wen was about to say something, he suddenly met Zhou Hongzhong's gaze.

Zhou Hongzhong's eyes were exceptionally bright at this moment, and he looked at him with particular energy.

Shi Wen's heart tightened, and he tentatively asked, "Captain Zhou?"

Zhou Hongzhong: "I suddenly remembered, you're very good at finding animals. You were really good at finding the wild domestic boar last time. Why don't you come and help me?"