51 Crossing the River

◎So, she used all her strength to push the mother elephant, using the body of her 2-year-old cub, which was 90 centimeters tall.◎

The little lion didn't dare to come over, so Qiao Jinnian went over herself, picked him up, and held him to sleep.

Because Ryan and Sister Sa had to go out hunting at night, they hadn't slept with their cubs for a long time. It was Reiner who came to sleep with the cubs. Now there was another little lion. The lion father looked very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.

The little lion was completely kept by his own lion group, but he himself had very little confidence.

Qiao Jin thought that although the little lion was lame, he had a strong desire to survive, so he named him Qiangzi. The injured little cheetah was named Xingxing because he had beautiful spots.

Every day, she takes the little lion to practice running. After all, the rainy season has not yet arrived, and it is difficult to find prey if you want to hunt.

Time flies. I see it starting to rain from the sky. The rainstorm comes and goes quickly every day.

With the arrival of rain, the hearts of animals across the grassland are filled with hope.

The rain heralds the arrival of the rainy season, herbivores moving south, and animals that have been hungry for several months will no longer be short of food.

It is also the time for herbivores to migrate back, as they will come to the more spacious pastures in the south.

With the increase in rainfall, the previously dry river became moist again, and many animals that like to play in the mud appeared on the riverside.

For example, white rhinos, elephants, and of course hippos that live on water.

Qiao Jinnian and the lion group are considering migrating south with the herbivores, so everyone is waiting for the first group of zebras to appear.

One day, when Qiao Jinnian was running on the western grassland, he heard a sound coming from an elephant cub.

The last time I encountered a lone baby elephant was half a year ago. I was about to go home, but how come I met another baby elephant?

However, this time, Qiao Jinnian was not as afraid as she was the first time. After all, the lion group and the elephant group had made friends last time, and she believed that the elephant queen would not misunderstand her.

So, she took the little lion to the little elephant, thinking that if things didn't work out, she would send the little elephant home.

However, the baby elephant saw her, stretched out his trunk towards her, touched her face, and then turned around and walked forward.

Is this taking them somewhere?

Qiao Jinnian was a little puzzled. This situation looked very strange. Could it be that the baby elephant was in trouble and was looking for help from other animals?

But why didn't she just ask the Elephant Queen for help? After all, the elephants were right next to her.

Although he didn't understand, Qiao Jinnian still went to a river in the east with Reiner and the little lion.

The river here used to dry up completely during the dry season, but now it is just a small mud pond.

As they got closer, Qiao Jinnian saw several elephants in the mud pond, including the elephant queen.

Huh? So the Elephant Queen is here too.

Hearing the sound, the Elephant Queen turned around, saw that it was her, opened her ears to show her welcome, and then looked back into the mud pond.

When Qiao Jinnian walked around the herd of elephants, he saw a female elephant lying on her side in the mud pond. The elephant had been trying to stand up, but the mud pond was too slippery. The more she struggled, the deeper she sank.

All the elephants gathered together and tried to roll up the elephant with their long trunks. However, the elephant looked like it weighed at least 8 tons and had a particularly big belly, as if it was pregnant.

Qiao Jinnian was confused and didn't understand what was going on.

But now is not the time for her to be dazed. If the elephant continues to struggle, it may never get out.

So she walked up to the Elephant Queen, pointed at the elephant in the mud pond, took out a hemp rope from her bag, and pretended to tie it up with the hemp rope several times.

The elephants have very high IQs. Although the elephant queen didn't understand what she was saying, she had a good impression of her, so she gave way and signaled her to do the operation.

Qiao Jinnian was also very worried, but fortunately she had a lot of hand-twisted hemp ropes in her bag, which were originally intended to be used to make clothes in case her clothes were torn.

The hemp ropes were very short, so she had to tie them together one by one, so that they would be very long.

However, after looking at the elephant's belly, it was obvious that they could not tie it from the belly, so they could only tie the elephant's legs.

So, Qiao Jinnian tied up the elephant's four legs separately. Just four legs, but all the hemp rope was used up. This was the amount she had been rubbing for half a year.

She tied four hemp ropes to the legs of the other two elephants. In fact, she wanted to tie up four elephants, but obviously there were not enough hemp ropes.

Now, she suddenly realized one thing, that is, is this hemp rope strong?

Looking up at the elephant, she felt that the hemp rope was bound to break and it would be a waste of effort!

Qiao Jinnian fell into deep thought. This was too difficult. Who could move an 8-ton elephant?

Wait, if she could be given a long enough stick, such a huge monster should be able to be pried open, right?

But the problem is that she is the only human in this world, and she is a human cub at that. Qiao Jinnian wants to go bald, but she has no idea what to do.

The female elephant was almost dying. Apparently, she had been stuck in the swamp for too long and had fainted.

The Elephant Queen was also a little anxious, and kept poking Qiao Jinnian's back with her trunk, meaning to ask her to hurry up.

Looking at the elephant queen's extremely flexible and powerful trunk, Qiao Jinnian found that he was really crazy. Yes, there was no need for humans to operate the lever. Only the elephants themselves could save the elephants.

So, she tentatively asked the elephant queen to stand behind the mother elephant and gestured to her for a long time, meaning that she should use her trunk to push the mother elephant.

Obviously, one elephant is not enough for the Elephant Queen. More elephants mean more power. She needs two elephants to pull the rope in front and all the other elephants to push from behind.

If everyone spoke the same language, there would be no problem with this matter. The problem is that everyone does not speak the same language, and this matter is too complicated.

Qiao Jinnian now has his own set of rules for communicating with animals, which means it is better to just do it directly.

So, she used the 90-centimeter-tall, 2-year-old cub's body and used all her strength to push the mother elephant.

In the eyes of the Elephant Queen, Qiao Jinnian must look like a fool at this moment. Isn't this a typical case of an ant trying to push an elephant?

So, next, Qiao Jinnian didn't need to explain or communicate. The elephant queen led her entire tribe to the other side of the swamp, behind the mother elephant. They stood in a row and began to push the mother elephant with their trunks.

The remaining two elephants pulled the mother elephant from the front.

In fact, as long as the hemp rope is not broken, two elephants are more than enough to drag one elephant. The main reason is that the hemp rope is not strong enough.

As expected, the elephants could only be rescued by themselves. After Qiao Jinnian finished giving the instructions, he stood aside early and watched these united tribes work together to save the life of an elephant mother.

The elephant mother and her cub were also watching anxiously.

This is a particularly clever little elephant. When everyone was at a loss and didn't know how to save his mother, the little elephant remembered her, this strange two-legged beast.

Because she always does something weird, whether it's raising guinea fowl, rescuing injured cheetahs, or exchanging food with the blue egg monkeys.

As neighbors of the bipeds, the elephant tribe naturally knew what interesting things happened to the lion group here. After all, they saw each other every day.

Sure enough, the baby elephant discovered that this two-legged beast could really use magical methods to rescue its mother.

After two hours of effort, the entire herd finally managed to drag the female elephant out of the swamp and onto flat ground.

The baby elephant went forward and touched his mother with his trunk, trying to wake her up.

The Elephant Queen also touched Qiao Jinnian's face with her trunk to express her gratitude.

She had heard that elephants have very high IQs, roughly equivalent to that of a 7 or 8-year-old human child. Today she realized that zoologists would not lie. Communicating with these elephants is really simple. All you have to do is let them know what you want to do.

To thank her, the elephant queen picked her up in her trunk and personally sent her back to the lion's territory.

Qiao Jinnian waved goodbye to the Elephant Queen.

Being able to use her wisdom to help the elephant tribe, Qiao Jinnian felt that she was quite useful and was very happy.

However, this happy mood only lasted for a few days. When the zebras began to migrate south and cross the largest river, Qiao Jinnian was no longer happy.

Yes, as a carnivore, facing the corpses of thousands of animals floating on the river, she should be happy like a real top predator, but she couldn't be happy.

Wildebeests are the most numerous herbivores on this grassland, but their migration route is very strange. They always jump down from high cliffs and hillsides, and all the wildebeests at the back will follow the route of their predecessors and keep moving forward.

Therefore, this caused a very terrible phenomenon. Many wildebeests broke their legs, died, or crushed other companions to death when they jumped.

Some wildebeests did not break their legs, but died in the middle of the river, eaten by crocodiles that had been hungry for a whole year.

The most terrifying thing is that when the road ahead is wrong, the wildebeests in front cannot find the exit to the shore and will stay there for too long, while the wildebeests behind will not stop, which causes traffic jams on the river.

As a result, a massive wildebeest stampede occurred, so not only did the crocodiles in the river not have to hunt, but the prey would just lie there waiting to be eaten.

Even when the rainy season comes, the scavengers such as bald eagles and vultures that have been waiting along the river banks can start their meal right away.

Not to mention, the hyena, the second brother of the grassland, and the wild dog, the third brother of the grassland, who are the most informed, all of their tribes are out.

These huge numbers of animal carcasses completely blocked the entire river without leaving any space. The river surface was black with all the wildebeests that died in the stampede.

However, above this dark wildebeest river, there is a little zebra with striking black and white stripes.

Yes, that zebra was very small and looked like it was just a few days old.

And, the most amazing thing was that the zebra was still alive. After struggling for a long time, he finally stepped on the wildebeests and reached the river bank.

After reaching the shore, the little zebra walked with trembling long legs, unable to stand steadily, but also tried to find his mother, making a hissing sound.

However, on the shore was a group of top predators who were eyeing the little zebra eagerly. The little zebra walked through the group of carnivores and continued to move forward.