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He leaned against the wooden gate outside the ranch, one hand in his pocket, waiting. When the car headlights shone on him, his figure looked as exaggerated as in a comic book.

Shi Wen he saw Yan Kexing's three top students crammed into the back seat.

Among them, Lin Chengqian was injured, with a large white gauze on his forehead.

Shi Wen he saw Lin Chengqian, he was filled with doubt and asked with concern, "How did you get injured?"

Lin Chengqian touched his forehead, somewhat embarrassed. "I tripped and fell while being chased."

Shi Wen: "Who's chasing you? What happened?"

"Don't even mention it, a bunch of lawless thugs." Lin Chengqian sighed. "Anyway, it was just my bad luck that I was discovered."

Shi Wen Shi Wen completely confused. Since he wasn't very familiar with Lin Chengqian, he didn't want to press him for answers, so he turned his questioning gaze to Yan Kexing.

Yan Kexing slowly started the car. "Didn't you ask what kind of help you needed this time? It's related to him."

Yan Ke briefly explained the situation, Shi Wen learned that when Lin Chengqian and his team went to Leni County for research, they joined a large group and accidentally discovered that someone in the group was looking for buyers of the dead tiger.

Although the man was speaking in coded language, it couldn't fool those of them who were frequently out conducting research.

Lin Chengqian immediately realized something was wrong and, together with another friend, investigated, only to discover that someone really did have a dead tiger.

This is the frontier!

I haven't seen a tiger in decades!

Let alone the border regions, there are hardly any wild tigers left in the entire Hua Country!

The sudden news about Tiger was extremely important to their team.

In his excitement, Lin Chengqian feared the seller would quickly sell the dead tiger without reporting it to the authorities. He hurriedly contacted the seller privately, intending to stall them while he sought outside help.

Unexpectedly, the case involved organized crime. They were unfamiliar with the area and were still greenhorns who hadn't even graduated yet. After being investigated, they were chased and beaten.

Fortunately, while they might not excel in other areas, they were young, strong, and fast, preventing a major accident from occurring.

Lin Chengqian's forehead injury was also caused by a fall during his escape.

Shi Wen's eyes widened. "That's too dangerous! But there really are tigers here? What kind of tigers, Siberian tigers?"

Yan Kexing: "No, it should be a local tiger."

Shi Wen, "Didn't some experts say before that the tigers in this area were extinct? I remember reading a report a couple of years ago that said there were no more than four thousand wild tigers in the whole world."

Yan Kexing: "Yes, so this discovery is very important to us."

"It's important not only for scientists like you, but for the entire Tianshan Mountains and even the whole frontier!" Shi Wen couldn't help but say excitedly. "If there were tigers here, and a relevant protected area could be established, wouldn't that have a huge impact on the entire ecosystem?"

Lin Chengqian, sitting in the back row, nodded repeatedly. "Yes, tigers have very important ecological and scientific significance. Even disregarding those, they bring abundant tourism resources, which is beneficial to the development of the entire region, which is why I'm in such a hurry."

This guy even tried to defend himself.

Shi Wen exclaimed, "That's right! How can anyone still poach tigers? It's so short-sighted! And the chances of getting caught poaching such a ferocious beast are just too high. Don't they think about the consequences?!"

Shi Wen and the Gong Jiang three were filled with righteous indignation and cursed the poachers together in the car.

Yan Kexing drove quietly beside him.

As they chatted, they came up with the ecological value of tigers.

Tigers are now on the verge of extinction, so the discovery of new tigers in the local area is of great significance to the entire tiger population.

Shi Wen, "I know a little about that. It's a gene pool problem, right? There are too few tigers now, and their gene pool is too limited. Generation after generation of tigers are just copying the genes of the previous generation, so the possibility of mutation is extremely low, and therefore the possibility of evolution is also extremely low. The entire species is not developing much."

As she spoke, Shi Wen turned to look at Yan Kexing, her eyes sparkling, waiting for Yan Kexing's approval.

Yan Kexing: "That's roughly the idea."

"And there's the issue of genetic diseases. Inbreeding has led to many diseased tigers?" Shi Wen received a praising look from Yan Kexing and became even more excited. "I read some related books when I was in school; it's all from those books."

Yan Kexing: "That's good too; there aren't many students who enjoy reading."

The two people in the front seat were talking, while the three people in the back were exchanging glances, their expressions quite subtle.

Lin Chengqian, in particular, mimicked Yan Kexing's expression and silently opened his mouth. "That's pretty good too."

Gong Jiang gestured for him to keep a low profile.

Ge Yue covered her mouth, trying hard to suppress her laughter.

Lin Chengqian opened the small group chat: [Seriously! You guys didn't see how the teacher scolded me! He practically gave me a thorough dressing down! When it comes to Brother Shi, he'll just say, "That's not bad either."]

Lin Chengqian: [So teachers can be so gentle and patiently guiding at times!]

Ge Yue: [No way, no way, there's someone who hasn't been scolded by my director? Oh, there really is, Brother Shi is one!]

Lin Chengqian: [The teacher is so gentle with Brother Shi! When he talks to me, he doesn't even want to utter two extra words!]

Lin Chengqian: [I'll show you the chat history!]

Lin Chengqian immediately picked up his phone, opened his chat history with Yan Kexing, and showed it to Ge Yue and Gong Jiang.

He swung upwards.

Lin Chengqian: [Teacher! Crying. JPG]

Lin Chengqian: [We're trapped.]

Lin Chengqian: [Please answer the phone!]

Lin Chengqian: [They seem to be finding us, I'm terrified. JPG, what do we do now?!]

Lin Chengqian: [Teacher, help!]

Yan Kexing: [Stop fighting, you idiots! We're looking for people for you. Hide.]

Lin Chengqian showed the chat history to his fellow students and then returned to the small group chat: [After I came back, the teacher gave me a thorough dressing-down! In less than five minutes, he had made me feel so ashamed that I wanted to disappear! I cried. JPG]