60 Viper
Qiao Jinnian used all his strength to throw the spear at the leopard, an attack method not found in the animal kingdom.
"Meow?" Qiao Jin read it to Xingxing and started to gesture, asking him why he didn't see his mother.
I don't know if Xingxing understood or not, but he didn't look anywhere else. He just opened his eyes wide, showing his sharp teeth, half-opened his mouth, and said foolishly: "Meow——"
Okay, Qiao Jinnian thought about it for a while, it seemed that, maybe, these two cheetah cubs were already two years old?
Because when cheetah cubs are two years old, their mother will leave them. No, these two should be less than two years old, more than one year old.
Or maybe mom is dead, oh, Qiao Jinnian sighed again.
Because she had saved Xingxing, after Xingxing couldn't find her mother, she suddenly saw her again and came to find her.
If he is willing to follow her, then let him follow. Anyway, she is unable to support him and he has to rely on himself to hunt. Now he should be able to... uh, Qiao Jinnian still doesn't know whether the other cub is male or female, but anyway, let's call it the other Freckle.
Who says she is bad at naming?
"Stars!" Qiao Jinnian pointed at the stars and said slowly, then turned around and pointed at the freckles and said, "Freckles!"
Animals may not understand their own names very well, but if they are called often, they may understand that it is their name through the change in tone.
As for the fact that their lion pride has two more cheetahs, Ryan, the head of the family, and Sister Sa, the core chef of the lion pride, everyone can understand as long as it is done by the cubs.
After all, this cub has been a very strange cub since it was young.
With the appearance of the two gods of speed, what Qiao Jinnian thought of last year can now be realized, which is to practice fast running with the cheetah.
Cheetahs are weak in combat, but their hunting efficiency is higher than that of lions. The reason is that they have sacrificed all their abilities and put all their skill points into speed.
Qiao Jinnian observed their running posture, and when they went hunting, he also ran madly behind them.
The antelope's extreme speed-changing and turning skills in the air are the key to its successful escape from other animals, but in front of a cheetah, it rarely succeeds.
However, Qiao Jinnian obviously overestimated his ability. Every time, before he even started, the famous cheetah chase scene was already completed.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
However, just when she was about to lament that she was a loser, a strange leopard appeared and wanted to snatch the prey from Star and Freckles.
Just as Xingxing and Freckles were about to loosen their grip and hand over the prey as usual, Qiao Jinnian was unwilling to do so. She was so angry that she picked up a spear and was about to fight the leopard.
Holding the spear high in his hand, Qiao Jinnian stood up and was already one meter tall, taller than the shoulders of many animals, and could scare away many animals.
But this leopard was an adult and was not afraid of her. It growled, "Woo-hoo--"
Qiao Jinnian used all his strength to throw the spear at the leopard. This is an attack method not found in the animal kingdom.
The leopard successfully dodged the attack, but it shouted a few more times unwillingly to express its dissatisfaction.
As a result, Diandian, who saw this scene from the tree, ran and jumped from the tree directly to the ground, chased the leopard, and the two leopards started biting each other.
Diandian was obviously older and had more experience, so she managed to scare the strange leopard away.
Star and Freckles stared blankly at the prey on the ground, probably finally realizing that they didn't have to give up the prey, they could also fight hard.
"Dian Dian!" Qiao Jinnian ran over and rubbed Diandian's head. He hadn't seen Diandian for a long time.
Diandian also looked very happy to see her. They hadn't seen each other since they last parted, and Leopard always kept to himself and enjoyed his single life.
I don’t know if Diandian’s cub has ever come back. Diandian drove him out when he was just two years old. She was so cruel.
Seeing Diandian, Xingxing and Freckles, they all became a little nervous. After all, cheetahs are no match for leopards, and sometimes leopards will also hunt cheetahs.
In short, in Qiao Jinnian's previous life, the cheetah turned itself into an endangered species for various reasons.
In order to ease the conflict between the two, Qiao Jinnian went up and hugged one in each hand, and hugged both little guys to let Diandian know that these two were friends and not to eat them.
This is the most direct way. Leopards don't necessarily have to eat cheetahs. They just eat everything when food is scarce and are not picky at all.
Speaking of this, Qiao Jinnian remembered that two years ago, Diandian ate a porcupine and was covered with quills all over her body. She thought she was going to die. Fortunately, Qiao Jinnian helped her pull out all the quills on her head.
After expressing her gratitude, Qiao Jinnian continued to run with the cheetahs. Even though she couldn't match their speed, she made some progress every day and believed that she would soon become stronger.
After returning to Ryan, Qiao Jinnian was exhausted and covered in sweat, so she pulled Reiner to the river to fetch some water. The water containers that were not taken away last year were still there and had not been trampled by animals, so they could be used directly.
After getting some water, she wiped her body and then hugged her lion father to sleep. She was so tired that she couldn't even lift her arms.
The meerkat neighbors welcomed their return, but were still a little confused when they saw the cubs had grown a lot bigger. How could they play together when they were so big?
The cubs, on the other hand, missed these tiny neighbors very much and begged to play with them. The meerkats were very disgusted with these cubs, whose size was almost that of adult lions.
This scene made Qiao Jinnian laugh out loud. His younger brother and sister were disliked by the meerkats, but he didn't even understand it.
Although Star and Freckles were willing to come to the lion group, they were used to living alone and not used to living with other animals, so the two cheetahs slept alone by the rocks not far from the core area of the lion group.
Star and Freckles would wait for Qiao Jinnian in the bushes every day to practice running.
Although not yet three years old, Qiao Jinnian can already run very fast. Every time she runs, she carries a large bottle of water with some salt added to it to prevent herself from dehydration and heatstroke due to excessive running in the dry season.
Following the Xingxing siblings, Qiao Jinnian also witnessed with her own eyes some of the hunting wisdom they inherited from their cheetah mother, and she had to sigh that the IQ of animals should not be underestimated.
One day, Xingxing and Freckles happened to encounter a mother antelope and her baby antelope. Freckles rushed over first, separated the mother and baby, and then took the opportunity to knock down the baby antelope.
At this time, Qiao Jinnian was hiding at the entrance of the bushes, watching the two of them hunting. She thought it was over and almost stood up. Fortunately, she waited a few more seconds before seeing what happened next.
Freckles caught the little antelope, but did not bite it to death. Instead, he played with it like a toy, causing the little antelope to scream for help out of fear.
Every time the baby antelope tried to escape, it would use one claw to gently press down on the antelope's leg, making the baby antelope think it had a chance to escape, but unable to do so.
The little antelope was so frightened that it cried out for its mother.
Then, Qiao Jinnian understood that Freckles was waiting for the mother antelope to rescue the baby antelope, probably wanting to catch both mother and child together.
Seeing that the mother antelope still didn't show up, Freckles looked around, identified the direction the mother antelope was running in by the subtle smell, and rushed in that direction, pretending that he wanted to bite the little antelope to death.
Afterwards, a magical scene appeared. The mother antelope who had originally escaped came back, lowered her head, and rushed towards Freckles, wanting to fight with Freckles.
Unexpectedly, Xingxing was waiting for this moment. He accelerated out of the bushes, pounced on the mother antelope without touching the ground, and instantly bit the mother antelope's neck, with his whole body hanging upside down on the mother antelope's neck.
When Freckles saw this, he suddenly bit the little antelope to death, threw it on the spot, and pounced on the big antelope that was still struggling.
The mother antelope probably didn't even realize what had just happened. Everything happened in an instant and then was over.
These were just two cheetahs that were only two years old, and Qiao Jinnian was amazed by what she saw.
It seems that she has a lot to learn.
Xingxing caught the prey, although it only took a few seconds, but the amount of exercise in those few seconds had already caused the cheetah's body to overheat, and they all needed to lie down and rest for a while.
While resting, they observed their surroundings to make sure no one came to steal their prey.
Qiao Jinnian simply raised his spear and stood guard on the side, letting the two of them eat first.
This is the relatively safe western grassland, and Qiao Jinnian is with two cheetahs, so Reiner did not come to accompany her. He just lay in the bushes, looking back at his sister from time to time. Unless there is danger, he is absolutely unwilling to run around with his sister in such a dry and hot weather.
In his heart, Qiao Jinnian seemed crazy for not sleeping well in such hot weather and running around frantically.
For lions, most of the day needs to be spent resting, otherwise they will consume too much energy, which means they need more meat. In the rainy season, this is not a big deal at all, but in the dry season, the lack of prey is the most realistic problem.
During the dry season, all animals lack food, not just large mammals, but also cold-blooded animals.
If you were to ask the king of the grassland what creatures he fears most on the grassland, the answer would not be the three major tanks of the grassland. After all, the three major tanks are herbivores and have no deep hatred for carnivores, so conflicts will not easily arise between them.
However, a few drops of venom from poisonous snakes on the grassland can render lions helpless. Many majestic lions have died at the mouths of poisonous snakes when they were at the peak of their life.
Even for humans, with such advanced medical technology, it is difficult to save their lives in time.
On this day, in their living area, as the weather became increasingly dry, the food-scarce Black Mamba actually set its sights on the lion's territory.
Perhaps they were targeting the meerkats and wanted to eat their neighbors for food.
When the alert sentry spotted the black mamba, he issued a sharp alarm sound of "Ooooooo!"
In an instant, the black mamba was surrounded by the meerkats who came running over after hearing the warning sound.
There are dozens of types of sentinels’ warning sounds. Perhaps this warning is different from the last time they encountered the eagle. This time it means an enemy attack, and this enemy happens to be their favorite food?
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