Chapter 62

It was unknown how long it had been, but when the first ray of sunlight from the east pierced through the sparse branches and shone on Li Feng's face, the true qi circulating within his body had just reached the Yingxiang acupoint at the tip of his tongue.

Li Feng pressed his tongue against the roof of his mouth, and a mouthful of fragrant saliva immediately gushed out from under his tongue.

"Swallow!" Li Feng swallowed the fragrant saliva, and his entire spirit was invigorated. At the same time, the true qi in his body quickly passed through the Yingxiang acupoint and followed the Conception Vessel back to the dantian.

"Exhale! Inhale!" As Li Feng slowly breathed, a purple light mist flashed in the early sunlight and drilled into Li Feng's forehead.

After half an hour, at 6:30, Li Feng slowly opened his eyes. Feeling a heavy and unusual sensation on his head, he couldn't help but reach out and grab it, only to find a sleepy little squirrel in his hand. He couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time: "This little guy, it turns out you took my head for a nest?"

"Chirp, chirp, chirp?" After a while, the little squirrel woke up, realizing it had been caught sleeping on someone's head. It immediately showed a pleading face, stretching out its two little paws and making bowing and kowtowing gestures: "I didn't mean to, please forgive me! Okay?"

Seeing the little guy's cute and innocent appearance, Li Feng couldn't help but laugh heartily. He placed the little squirrel in front of him, stroked its little head with his finger, and said, "I am a magnanimous person, so I'll let you off this time. If it happens again, hmm!"

"Chirp, chirp, chirp!" The little squirrel, upon hearing this, immediately pushed Li Feng's finger with its head, pleading, "You're so nice! I knew you would forgive me!"

"Run! Those humans are coming again!" Just as Li Feng and the little squirrel were happily chatting, a voice filled with panic suddenly echoed through the forest, quickly spreading throughout the pine grove.

"Run! Run! Don't let those humans find you! Otherwise, you'll be dead!"

"Oh no! One of our companions has been hit by their weapon! What should we do? What should we do?!"

"Wife! Wife! Oh no, let go of me, I have to go save my wife!"

"Don't be foolish! If you go down, you'll surely be killed by their weapons!"

"No! Let me go! She's carrying our child!"

For a moment, a sense of panic, despair, and sorrow spread throughout the pine grove!

"Swish!" The little squirrel, which had been happily chatting with Li Feng, suddenly stopped talking, turned around, and jumped down from Li Feng's hand, landing steadily on the ground.

"Those evil humans are hurting my companions again! I have to stop them!" The little squirrel shouted as it quickly climbed up a nearby pine tree. With the rustling of the branches, the little squirrel nimbly and swiftly ran along the branches toward the source of the sound!

"Little guy, where are you going? Wait for me!" Seeing the little squirrel suddenly leave, Li Feng called out a few times, but the little squirrel was already out of sight. Li Feng immediately stood up from the ground and quickly followed the direction of the sound.

On the way, Li Feng saw dozens of squirrels fleeing in panic through the pine grove, emitting sharp warning calls.

"Run! Those human devils are coming again! They are going to hunt us again!"

"Heaven! Why are these humans so cruel? They have already killed more than twenty of our companions! Why won't they stop?"

"Everyone, stop shouting! Find a tree hole to hide in quickly!"

Listening to the sharp cries of the squirrels, Li Feng quickly understood the whole situation.

Now, some humans were hunting squirrels in the pine grove! And so far, more than twenty squirrels had been killed by them!

"Hunting squirrels..." Li Feng immediately recalled something he had heard the night before when he was having dinner with some girls from the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology.

At that time, Li Feng heard them say that someone had posted on the school's online forum, mentioning that they had found animal carcasses and feathers that had been pulled out by humans on the back mountain of the school. Some people even found a few small steel balls in the remains of some small animals. The poster suspected that a group of cruel poachers had appeared on campus, using slingshots and other projectile weapons to target the small animals on the back mountain for hunting!

Combining the news he had heard the previous night with the information the squirrels were now revealing, Li Feng quickly came to a conclusion—

The people hunting squirrels in the forest right now were very likely those cruel poachers!

Thinking of this, Li Feng was suddenly alarmed: "No good! The little guy is in danger!"

Li Feng quickened his pace and soon heard a conversation coming from ahead!

A voice with a hint of sharpness said proudly, "Haha, I told you, coming out early in the morning would definitely be rewarding! Look, in just a few minutes, we've caught a squirrel, and it's still alive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another voice with a slight rasp urged, "Stop talking nonsense, quickly go and catch it. Someone exposed us on the school forum a while ago, and the school is now investigating us closely. We need to leave quickly to avoid being caught!"

The first voice replied with a dismissive tone, "So what? We're from the martial arts club. If we hide the slingshot and say we're here for morning exercise, what can they do to us?"

"That's true, haha! Even if we get caught, what can they do? With our club president backing us, who dares to do anything to us?" This was another different voice.

After listening for a while, Li Feng realized that there were four people, and he also heard from their conversation that they were students at Zhonghai University!

But...

"Little guy, where are you?" Li Feng looked up at the pine branches that covered most of the sky, trying to find the little squirrel, but found nothing!

At that moment, a voice suddenly sounded, filled with surprise and delight: "Hey! This squirrel looks pretty fat! Haha, we'll have some more snacks tonight!"

"Alright, put it in the bag quickly, so no one finds out!" This was the raspy voice again.

"Haha, who would come to this forest so early in the morning? Look at this little thing, it's so scared it doesn't dare to move. Hey, its belly is quite plump, and it feels good to touch. But the fur isn't as smooth as the one we caught last week, not as good to touch!"

"Don't worry! We'll see if we can catch another one today. Before winter comes, I'll definitely get you a set of squirrel fur gloves and a scarf to give to your goddess!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Hearing their laughter and banter, Li Feng felt a sudden surge of anger.

These guys were actually hunting squirrels for snacks and even planned to make scarves and gloves from squirrel fur?!

There are such cruel people at Zhonghai University?!

"No, I have to stop them!" Just as Li Feng made up his mind and took a big step toward the sound, something unexpected happened!

"Chirp!"

"Ouch! My eyes! It hurts so much!"

As the urgent squirrel call sounded, a sharp cry of pain suddenly echoed. Li Feng recognized that the cry of pain came from the guy who wanted to make a scarf and gloves from squirrel fur!

"Chirp, chirp, chirp!" With the cry of pain, Li Feng also heard the little squirrel's call, which clearly said, "Auntie, run!"

"Damn! There's another squirrel coming to the rescue? Quickly, shoot it down!"

"Ouch! The fat squirrel ran away! Damn it! Shoot it! Shoot it!"

"Bang, bang, bang!" With a few sharp sounds, the forest suddenly fell silent.

"Damn! That fat squirrel got away!"

"Damn, I'm so angry! The cooked duck flew away!"

"My eyes! Damn it! Am I going blind?!"

"Let me see... It's fine, you're lucky! Just three small claw marks on your eyelid, very shallow, probably won't even leave a scar in a few days!"

"Damn! That damn squirrel! Damn it, it actually dared to attack me!"

"Don't be angry. Although the fat squirrel ran away, the squirrel that attacked you is now in our hands!"

"What? Where? I'll kill it!"

"You won't have the chance. Old Ma's shot went straight through it, it's almost dead!"

"Damn! I'll take care of the vegetable washing tonight! I'll tear it to pieces!"

As they enthusiastically discussed their plans for the evening, Li Feng finally found them by following the sound and saw the squirrel they were holding, already covered in blood!

"Little guy!" The moment Li Feng saw the squirrel, his eyes turned red!

Because the squirrel they were holding was the little squirrel!

"You bastards!" Li Feng roared, and with a step, he charged at the four people like an angry leopard.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" In his anger, Li Feng didn't hold back. His fists struck the abdomens of the four people, sending them flying and crashing into the surrounding pine trees!

"Little guy? Little guy?!" After instantly knocking down the four people, Li Feng held the little squirrel in his hands. Blood was flowing from the squirrel's body, staining Li Feng's hands red!

At the same time, Li Feng could clearly feel the squirrel's heartbeat becoming weaker and weaker through his touch!

"Little guy, hold on! You must hold on, little guy!" Li Feng frantically circulated his true qi, sending it into the little squirrel's body to continuously stimulate its heart.

But this could only help temporarily. If he couldn't quickly repair the squirrel's internal organs, it would still die!