The entire emergency station was quiet, a situation that had never occurred before.
No matter what happened, there was always someone, or at least an animal, in the station.
But now he searched everywhere, inside and out, up and down, it was empty!
A phone call to Little Sen brought up noisy sounds from the other end.
"Where are you guys, why is there no one in the station?"
"Brother Ying, you’re back? Hurry over, we’re at the west side of Huaqiu Valley, below this slope, right at the tree hole where Fufu used to bring her cubs, hurry up, you’ll miss the good show if you’re late."
A good show? What kind of good show would be time-sensitive?
While grumbling internally, he didn’t dawdle in his actions.
In less than twenty minutes, Chen Ying ran to where Little Sen and the others were, supporting himself with one hand on a tree and the other on his waist, he loudly exclaimed: "Holy crap!"
"What’s going on here, an Animal Crossing sports meet?"
The few humans from the emergency station hid in a camouflage tent by the bushes under the tree, while the other animals formed a half circle, either on the tree or at the entrance of a hole, watching a wrestling match a few meters away.
The stars of the wrestling match were five black-and-white giant pandas.
Currently, one was in a tree, watching below cautiously, seemingly a female panda.
Among the other four, two slightly smaller ones might be siblings or something, leaning close to each other, while the two pandas wrestling seemed to be in their prime, eager to display their strength in front of the panda lady.
A bit farther on the slope, Sasa lay on a rock with her cub, one hand on the rock and the other propping up her chin, her expression was quite cheerful.
And on the tree next to her, the Sasa Cub was wedged between branches, sleeping soundly. It was still a child, oblivious and uninterested in mating issues!
Conversely, the nearby sneaky male panda seemed very eager to approach Sasa, but under Sasa’s sideways glance, it retreated awkwardly. It wasn’t long before it rushed down the slope, looking like it wanted to join the fight.
Chen Ying also hid inside the tent.
Little Sen and Mengmeng were in one tent, so he could only squeeze in with Xiao Shen, and inside this tent, there were also four small cat cubs!
"What exactly is going on, give me an explanation."
Chen Ying peeked out, glanced around, and then looked at Xiao Shen, who was busy poking at the phone.
"I’m not exactly sure of the specifics, but anyway, since the day before yesterday, Brother Sen received a call from the Panda Man, saying several giant pandas were heading this way, but when they get close, these pandas would get angry, yet not watching isn’t an option, so they asked Brother Sen to help out."
Little Sen, braving the way, discovered that the giant pandas wouldn’t let him get too close, but observing from a distance was no problem.
"And that’s how it went. We tested a few times to confirm this was the boundary. And only people from our first aid station could observe their fights this close, even the Panda Men would be chased away by the pandas."
Xiao Shen motioned Chen Ying to look at the tent next to them, at the window there was a live streaming phone set up, which could only be accessed by zoologists and panda-related researchers.
Chen Ying asked for an account, went in for a look.
The experts inside were all discussing the significance of the panda group gathering, Chen Ying took a glance, popped out of the tent, and found the Spiritual Cat Lady among the onlookers for some news.
Indeed, the small animals around watching were quite harmonious, whether some might find themselves in a warm digestive system after the dispersal was uncertain, but at least for now the scene was very harmonious.
After trading some of the north’s special dried meat snacks, Chen Ying learned from the Spiritual Cat Lady that the giant pandas were here for a "martial arts-inspired courtship."
The Jiamu Gully First Aid Station’s reputation in the animal world had grown, from a matchmaking haven to now a child-rearing paradise.
The Spiritual Cat Lady also came from afar, hoping to find a suitable partner here and have a litter of strong kittens.
"You wouldn’t know, the territory battles in this mountain forest are tough. For females it’s slightly easier, but only those that can have children are allowed to enter here. And once they give birth, if the numbers are small or they’re weak, they must leave."
The Spiritual Cat Lady glanced at Chen Ying, bashfully asking if she was good-looking, wondering if she could get a meal in his territory.
"I’m a first-time mom this year, my mom was amazing, so I’m sure I’m not bad either. I heard from a distant relative that it once had a litter here, and now it still manages to get food from the Two-legged beasts."
The Spiritual Cat Lady’s tone was full of envy, expressing how beautiful, strong and good at catching mice she was, raising her wouldn’t be a loss!
While speaking, they suddenly felt a murderous aura looming over.
The Spiritual Cat Lady fluffed up and jumped away, running out of the murderous zone, before turning back to look carefully.
Jinya walked over with a fat rabbit in her mouth, looking at her as if seeing food.
The Spiritual Cat Lady squeaked angrily, calling Jinya out for being a big long-haired bully to small animals, where was the shame?
Jinya couldn’t be bothered with her, feeling quite pleased to drive away a shameless moocher.
Chen Ying didn’t dare get involved, after greeting Jinya, he watched as the delicate little lady ran outside the tent without looking back, called out once, and then the four Little Golden Cats tumbled out, Miao-awing at the rabbit’s corpse, before nibbling at the spot Jinya’s teeth had torn open.