Chapter 88.3

Editor: Kat

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Ji Hongcai, who was forced away due to the look in the snow leopard’s eyes, felt that his self-esteem couldn’t be salvaged. He looked at the tent as he held a bowl of piping hot beef noodles and muttered, “It’s a beast after all. Hope it doesn’t hurt Leader Wei.”

“Alright, Leader Wei knows what he’s doing.”

Jiang Hongguang filled a bowl of soup and drank it. He hadn’t eaten for a whole night. After Wei Xun came back, he finally let go of the worries troubling his heart and suddenly felt extremely hungry. Most of the other tourists were the same, and they all sat around the fire.

The pot of stewed beef noodles was poured into a larger camping pot, and water and freeze-dried vegetables were added to make a pot of vegetable beef noodle soup. Using the hot soup and noodles, everyone gathered together to “grill” the compressed biscuits and the leftover tsampa. Everyone ate like it was a delicious Manchu-Han Imperial Feast.

“Could this snow leopard really have developed intelligence? I’m surprised it really went looking for Leader Wei.”

Qin Xinrong soaked the compressed biscuits in the soup in his own bowl, glancing towards Wei Xun’s tent while eating, as he commented with a strange smile, “It even went to search for Leader Wei during the earthquake. It really decided that Leader Wei’s gonna be its master.”

“Seeing this makes me feel like raising a snow leopard too!”

“Whoever raises snow leopards will violate the law. They will be imprisoned.”

Fang Yuhang pushed his glasses up. It was rare that he was in the mood to joke, “Fortunately, we have completed the attraction task this time, otherwise it would be really dangerous for us to explore the ruins based on how bad the earthquake was.”

After Wei Xun went to the ruins alone, Jiang Hongguang called Xu Yang, Yin Baitao and the others who hadn’t completed the task at night, and the veteran tourists took them to the ruins. They explored a few ruins in the morning and finished the task.

Wei Xun had left and no one knew how long it would be until he came back, while IV-1 hadn’t died and was still lurking in the dark. Jiang Hongguang knew how to survive. He had to be cautious, and when everyone finished the task by reaching the “passing line,” they returned to the base, except those people who were stationed by the ruins, and guarded in shifts throughout the night. Except for those who were waiting for Wei Xun’s return, the others huddled together in the camp and did not run around casually.

“Who knows what ruins Brother Wei managed to find,” Xu Yang muttered, and the expressions of the others also changed slightly. But everyone knew what they should do and that although they were a team, everyone had their own secrets.

They wouldn’t ask questions that they shouldn’t ask.

“After you get out, you can search for his vlog to watch,” Yu Chengfu replied gently.

In the past, he was a teacher in reality, and he would naturally take care of a boy like Xu Yang, who was about the same age as a student. Yu Chengfu served him a bowl of soup and said, “IV-1 is a IV-ranked tour guide, so you can watch his vlog for free.”

“Can Brother Wei bring the snow leopard back?” Yin Baitao asked curiously.

She liked big cats very much, and this was the first time she saw a wild snow leopard up close. When it was standing next to Leader Wei, Yin Baitao felt its familiarity with Wei Xun even more.

“If it’s not an ordinary animal.”

Jiang Hongguang pondered, “There will be some special creatures on the tour that ordinary people would not be able to understand. The more dangerous the tour, the more such special creatures would appear. My last tour was northeastern China’s Changbai Mountain, and I saw a weasel that was so old its fur turned white. On that tour, I almost didn’t make it back alive.

“It was an old, old monster. It became a monster once it grew old.”

Ji Hongcai said carelessly, “Although we were lucky enough to survive that time in Changbai Mountain, we were badly injured. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have waited for the Travel Services to assign us this tour. If you really want to survive the tours and live like a human being, you must continuously climb up.

“If this was a Dangerous-level tour, that snow leopard of Leader Wei might be a snow leopard spirit. Given how close it is to Leader Wei, it is not impossible for Leader Wei to sign a contract with it and take it back.

“But it’s just a Difficult-level tour. It is probably an ordinary wild snow leopard.

“Pure animals cannot be taken by the Travel Services.”

Fang Yuhang drank the last spoonful of soup in the bowl, and poured another bowl of hot water to drink. “Leader Wei can’t take the snow leopard back. It’s equivalent to raising snow leopards in reality. I’m afraid the police would come to his door as soon as he brought it back.”

“Is that so? I think Brother Wei really likes that snow leopard, he even named it.”

Fei Lezhi stated regretfully, “Just now I heard him call the snow leopard Xuefeng, right? It’s a really nice-sounding name. It would be a pity if he can’t take it back. Hey, I remember that our final destination is the Changtang Nature Reserve, right? Will Leader Wei send the snow leopard there and return to visit it afterwards?”

Yin Baitao shook his head. “The reserve is so big, it’s very difficult for Leader Wei to see Xuefeng again.”

“Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough.”

“Brother Ji, what’s wrong with you?”

Yin Baitao was chatting and packing up her bowl and chopsticks, but Ji Hongcai coughed violently without warning. Recalling the scene where Ji Hongcai was poisoned, she felt anxious and went to take a look at him.

“It’s fine, he just choked.”

Jiang Hongguang took the bowl that Ji Hongcai was holding. Yin Baitao looked over suspiciously and saw that Ji Hongcai’s face was red from coughing, but his expression was strange, as if he wanted to laugh but he was holding back. And his facial features were a little distorted.

No, it was not just Ji Hongcai. Even Jiang Hongguang’s expression was also very inexplicable, Fang Yuhang began to wipe his glasses, and Qin Xinrong and the others had expressions of wanting to laugh but not daring to do so. It was as if there was a joke floating in the sky that only the veteran tourists could hear, but the newcomer tourists couldn’t.

Yin Baitao thought about it, but couldn’t figure it out. Fei Lezhi couldn’t figure it out either, and simply asked curiously, “What’s the matter, why are all of you laughing?”

“We’re not laughing, it’s just that, heh. Say, why is Leader Wei so good at naming it?”

Ji Hongcai managed to calm down at last, but he still had that weird smile on his face as he winked at Jiang Hongguang and Fang Yuhang in amazement.

“Is there such a coincidence? It’s just too coincidental.”

Qin Xinrong was also laughing. Seeing Fei Lezhi appearing like a three-meter high monk who couldn’t rub his head, he kindly explained to the newcomer, “He named the snow leopard the same name that someone else has.”

“Xuefeng?”

Fei Lezhi was puzzled. “Is that person a friend to all of you? It seems like all of you know him.”

“Friend? Hey, that’s a big shot! We’re all little shrimps in front of him!”

Ji Hongcai’s interest was piqued. Acting all mysterious, he lowered his voice. “He is the most powerful man in the Travel Services.”

[I’m dying of laughter hahahaha, Wei Xun actually named his snow leopard this!]

[I’m in shock. Wei Xun actually did this to the snow leopard!]

In the livestream room, the audience were all passionately imagining what had happened to Wei Xun when he had been exploring the ruins. After the livestream broadcasted darkness for half a day, the audience had all become veterans “imaginers.” Solely based on Wei Xun’s occasional one-liner, they could imagine the thrills he faces vividly, as if they were present in the scene.

Just now, the comments with the most likes in the livestream room came from the person who spun the most vivid story, talking about Wei Xun and his adventures in the Xiangxiong Kingdom they had imagined, and discussing how Wei Xun entered a self-service buffet when he entered the Xiangxiong Kingdom. They elaborated how Wei Xun’s adventure was inclusive of how he dealt with the black stone slab, and black haired human skin. This person wrote an extensive and detailed account of how the black haired human skin was like tender and crispy beef stomach when cooked in numbing and spicy hot pot, and the dried corpses were like beef jerky. It was essentially like a delicious food commentary.

But now, the comment that wrote “Wei Xun said he liked Xuefeng the most” replaced the previously most well liked comment and became the comment in the commentary barrage with the most likes..

[Hahahaha, this is fucking amazing. I heard Wei Xun mentioning names like Xuebeng, Xuehai, Xueshan, but in the end he chose Xuefeng!]

[This is really such a coincidence, hahahaha. Didn’t Maoshan Taoist say that he would invite Wei Xun to join the tour party?]

[It’s too incredible. Homeward Tour Party has not recruited newcomers for several years, and when they finally want to recruit someone, they hope to recruit Wei Xun who named his snow leopard Xuefeng]

[In my view, they are really destined. Are the bosses of Homeward Tour Party watching the livestream? Any thoughts? Hahahaha]

The audience was overjoyed, and some people even posted on the forum, which became a hot post that had hundreds of comments within seconds. Everyone thought it was a very coincidental occurrence.

Amid a sea of joy, only Mao Xiaole, Wang Yushu, and the others felt suffocated.

This snow leopard was really their captain!

The author has something to say:

An Xuefeng’s “feng” refers to the “feng” describing sharpness, not the peak of a mountain. There is a little angel who thinks this name describes a simple and honest person. What a joke, Captain An is super valiant.

I have to go out for four days on May 1st, and I have started to save my drafts! I will guarantee that there will be a ten thousand word update everyday, and I will work hard to add update every other day, okay!