Forest Guardian: I Really Don’t Want to Be a Beast Tamer

As night deepened, Chen Yuan moved the table to the courtyard to enjoy dinner with the old man and the little ones.

Tonight's dinner was quite lavish, featuring steamed spirit fish, braised three delicacies, and yam blood vermicelli soup.

Chen Yuan devoured his food while listening to the old man recount the events of yesterday.

"When I returned to the farm yesterday evening, I was also taken aback. The ground was full of potholes and scattered feathers."

"Luckily, you weren't at the farm at the time," Chen Yuan said with a smile.

The old man glared at Chen Yuan before saying, "What kind of situation haven't I seen? It's just a flock of birds."

Chen Yuan nodded and echoed with a smile, "Yes, yes, it's only been a week since I last heard Grandpa's story about fighting a lone wolf when he was twenty."

Whenever they gathered for a meal with alcohol, the old man couldn't help but brag about this incident—how he once went into the mountains alone when he was young and encountered a hungry lone wolf, achieving the heroic feat of taking down the wolf single-handedly.

This event had even made the local news.

Chen Yuan smiled and shook his head, pointing to the little ones who were happily eating, and said, "Grandpa, with them here, we are very safe."

"This time when I went into the mountains, I didn't encounter any danger, so don't worry."

The old man only sighed but didn't try to persuade him anymore.

"By the way, Grandpa, you should try meditating," Chen Yuan suddenly said.

The old man waved his hand: "I'm already seventy years old, it's not suitable."

Chen Yuan said with a serious face: "The best time to become a Beastmaster was a week ago, and the next best time is now."

"Grandpa, Old Xing on the mountain isn't much younger than you, and he has already started meditating."

Before going down the mountain, Chen Yuan had specifically left 《Basic Meditation Method 1.0》 for Old Xing, who had gladly accepted it.

"Even if you can't become a powerful Beastmaster, meditation can improve your physical fitness, and the probability of getting sick will be much lower."

When people get old, all kinds of injuries and illnesses will emerge.

Hearing this, the old man's eyes flickered, meeting Chen Yuan's extremely serious gaze, he gritted his teeth: "Then… then I'll give it a try?"

"You must give it a try," a smile appeared on Chen Yuan's face.

After finishing dinner, Chen Yuan cleaned up the dishes and washed them, then went to the chicken coop and saw the Doudou Chicken resting with its eyes closed.

"Doudou Chicken, thank you for taking action yesterday to repel that group of violent cloud finches."

Chen Yuan had previously repeatedly inquired about the specific details of the incident from the three little ones and unexpectedly learned that Doudou Chicken had also taken action.

At that time, after escorting the chicks back to the chicken coop, it launched a "Doudou Charge" and helped defeat two violent cloud finches.

"Cluck."

Doudou Chicken opened its eyes, glanced at Chen Yuan, nodded slightly, with a calm expression on its face.

Chen Yuan placed a small pile of vegetables in front of Doudou Chicken and quietly left.

He was not actually surprised that Doudou Chicken would take action, but he didn't expect that the Electric Flying Cat didn't choose to retreat, but fought alongside them.

In this way, the four pet beasts cooperated with each other and actually repelled that group of violent cloud finches.

"They really deserve a reward," Chen Yuan thought to himself.

It's just that the remaining four Lumen Fruits, Chen Yuan originally planned to leave them for Yuzu and Watermelon, as well as his younger brother.

"I'll ask Wenhao later, if they can't be transported over long distances, I'll just give them directly to the little ones."

"If they can, even if it costs six source points to make the Lumen Fruit tree bear fruit again, I will reward them."

As night deepened,

Chen Yuan returned to the bedroom and dialed Zhou Xu's phone, telling the latter everything that had happened during the mountain trip.

"It's my fault," Zhou Xu took the initiative to apologize after hearing this.

Chen Yuan was stunned: "Brother Zhou, what do you mean by that?"

Zhou Xu explained: "I only just learned that satellite phones don't work in this area. This situation is not only happening in the depths of the Qinling Mountains, but also all over the world."

"The deeper you go into the wilderness, the harsher the environment, the weaker the satellite signal becomes, and it may even be completely blocked."

"The depths of the Qinling Mountains, the depths of the Tibetan Plateau, the core areas of the Western Regions desert, and other places are all experiencing this situation."

"Moreover, not only is the satellite signal blocked, but even when airplanes fly to these places, the signals of various electronic devices are severely disturbed, making normal flight impossible."

"The country has urgently canceled a batch of flights and made changes to routes that must pass through the Qinling Mountains."

Chen Yuan clicked his tongue: "That's a pretty big impact."

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Zhou Xu said: "This also means that we are currently unable to detect the specific situation in these areas."

Chen Yuan nodded thoughtfully, then guessed: "Could it be related to the dark clouds over that forest?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out," Zhou Xu first nodded in agreement, then slowly said, "We will definitely organize a group of people to go deep into these areas in a while to investigate and prevent problems before they occur."

"When the time comes, I'll need your help."

Chen Yuan grinned: "Of course."

The calmer the Qinling Mountains are, the safer the people living here will be.

"By the way, Brother Zhou, I need a drone," Chen Yuan suddenly said.

Zhou Xu's eyes flashed slightly, instantly understanding Chen Yuan's intention to apply for a drone, and nodded readily: "Okay, I will arrange it immediately, do you need any other equipment?"

Since he is a new era forest ranger, he is naturally different from the usual ones, and he needs to be equipped with a series of high-tech equipment to better patrol the mountains and protect the forests.

Chen Yuan thought carefully for a while and shook his head: "Not for now."

He has a handy sports camera at home, plus a drone, which is enough to better fulfill his duties of patrolling the mountains and protecting the forests.

"How about this, the association recently purchased a batch of pet-specific rations, I'll send some over with it."

"These rations were recently developed, they taste good, and the most important thing is that they can be used for most pets, and they are easy to carry, so you don't have to worry about your pet's food even in the wild," Zhou Xu explained patiently.

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up: "Okay!"

This trip to the mountains took nearly two days, and his personal three meals a day were easy to solve, just make do with whatever he could find.

However, the two little ones had different tastes and different appetites, and Chen Yuan put in a lot of effort to ensure that they were full and maintained their combat effectiveness at all times.

Having these rations should make things much easier.

Chen Yuan suddenly remembered something and said again: "Brother Zhou, I heard that there are also ointments for treating pet injuries recently? Can these things be bought directly? Or are they exchanged for contribution points?"

Zhou Xu waved his hand: "It's a small matter, I'll send some over with it."

Chen Yuan shook his head: "Brother Zhou, that's not necessary."

Zhou Xu laughed: "Don't feel burdened, as a forest ranger, you already have difficult tasks, and these things should be given to you anyway."

"It's my fault, I should have sent them to you earlier."