75 Conflict
◎Will it explode?◎
When it came to picking fruits, Qiao Jinnian thought of going to her brother's temporary territory to take a look. The fruits on that plum tree looked very good.
She did not go far from there, but ran back with her newly made bow and arrow, lay down on the rock, and began to pick fruits.
After trying, she found that it was still too far away and out of range, so she came down from the rock again, climbed up a tree nearby, and picked the fruit.
The younger brothers were not at home, probably out hunting. Qiao Jinnian practiced his archery skills slowly. He practiced all afternoon except drinking water.
Not bad, great progress, the archery skills are pretty good. Seeing that there were no animals now, Qiao Jinnian quickly jumped down from the tree and packed all the fruits in a hemp bag.
But as she was pretending, she felt the ground begin to shake. Looking up, she saw a group of unfamiliar elephants, probably a group of allied male elephants.
Qiao Jinnian didn't want to get into trouble, nor did he want to be crushed by the elephant, so he quickly climbed up the elephant plum tree.
Unfortunately, these elephants came here specifically to eat the fruits, and their way of eating the fruits was simple and rough. They used their trunks to hit the trees to make the fruits fall off the trees, and then lowered their heads to eat them.
Qiao Jinnian held on tightly to the branch of a big tree. Her whole body was numb from the shock and she almost fell off the tree. Even so, she managed to hold it in without making a sound.
Fortunately, she did not bring Stripe and the others with her, but came alone to practice picking fruits. Otherwise, Stripe would not be able to climb the tree and would probably be trampled into a meat patty by the elephant.
The elephants especially liked to eat these fruits. After eating for a long time, they were full and continued to move forward.
They didn't seem to see Qiao Jinnian hiding in the treetop, or maybe they noticed but didn't care.
Qiao Jinnian had been in the tree for too long and her hands were numb, so she quickly jumped down and stretched her arms and legs.
At this time, Sa Dadan and his companions happened to have just returned from hunting. They saw their sister from a distance and were extremely excited. They walked forward and bumped into their sister's arms with their huge lion head.
Qiao Jinnian slapped his lion head hard, feeling that he would definitely suffer internal injuries today. How could this guy never know how big he was!
Sa Dadan was slapped, but he was not angry. He came over and licked his sister's hair to show affection.
Qiangzi and Saduanmian also came over to cuddle with their sister and expressed their longing for her during these days: "Roar——"
Qiao Jinnian rubbed the heads of his three younger brothers, pointed out the rock circle where he was hiding, and said he was leaving.
The younger brothers were somewhat reluctant, but they also knew that they needed to live independently, so they only sent their sister to the edge of the territory.
After Qiao Jinnian returned, she felt a little regretful for exposing herself in front of her brothers. It would be bad if they always came to her, as it would destroy their ability to be independent.
So, Qiao Jinnian prepared to continue heading east to his first destination in the next two days.
In the evening, Qiao Jinnian, along with Stripes, the jackal family, and Silverback, were walking forward, but they accidentally entered the territory of a serval.
At first, Qiao Jinnian thought it was a sub-adult cheetah, because a serval looks like a small cheetah. However, later, when she saw this feline with amazing jumping ability, she recognized that this cat had a supermodel figure and was difficult to mistake.
The serval's head is much smaller than that of a cheetah, but its legs are like supermodels, with a standard nine-head body, very similar to a cheetah, and it is also a solitary animal.
It was already dark, and the serval began his day's hunting. He also noticed a strange two-legged beast in his territory, but he didn't take it seriously because it seemed that this two-legged beast did not match his diet.
Soon, Qiao Jinnian saw the serval crossing the river from one end directly, as agile as a night elf, and soon pounced on a flying bird.
It’s a pity that she didn’t have a camera, so she had no way to record such a handsome shot.
After catching food, the serval found a rock to lie down and eat, and looked up at her from time to time, probably trying to guess what species she was.
Having been away from the lion group for too long, Qiao Jinnian's scent of her lion father has become very faint, so in the eyes of other animals, it is really difficult to tell what kind of animal she is.
Qiao Jinnian had not finished eating the roasted meat yet, and it was not the time to hunt yet. She had just picked a lot of fruits during the day, so she sat on the grass and ate her own fruits.
There were no rocks here, so Qiao Jinnian simply climbed up a tree and tied a hemp rope around himself to ensure that he would not fall.
In fact, most animals will not appear in trees, except leopards who like to sleep in trees, so trees are relatively safe residences.
The flat-headed tiger dug a hole under the tree to sleep, and the jackal also found a place nearby. Only Stripe and the guinea fowl stayed under the tree, which was a bit dangerous, but Qiao Jinnian had no choice. He couldn't just put Stripe on the top of the tree.
I'll just have to put up with this for tonight.
The next day, when Qiao Jinnian woke up, she unexpectedly made eye contact with a serval on a rock not far away. Suddenly, she wondered what the serval was thinking and why it was always looking at her.
Jumping down from the tree and taking Stripes with him, Qiao Jinnian continued to head east.
The weather gradually became hotter, and it seemed that the dry season was coming again. They came to a puddle. There should have been a river here before, but the water level had dropped. The water looked green and smelled bad.
Not only that, there were even animal corpses in the water. This kind of stagnant water that could not flow was definitely not drinkable, but Qiao Jinnian was very thirsty.
However, she saw a group of baboons here. Maybe because of Dazhuang, she had a better sense of baboons and greeted them: "Wow, wow, wow——"
Unexpectedly, this baboon group was completely different from Dazhuang's baboon group. They were very unfriendly and thought that they were a strange species that was invading their territory. The leader brought all the members of the tribe over to beat her.
Qiao Jinnian was so frightened that she ran forward quickly, yelling loudly as she ran: "Roar——"
The baboons were surprised to hear the lion's roar, and when they saw that she ran away on her own, they stopped chasing her. However, they caught Stripe and wanted to catch the guinea fowl and eat it.
Qiao Jinnian was anxious now. That was her egg-laying hen and she couldn't eat it. So she hurried over and shouted at them, "Wow wow wow—"
She wanted to take back Stripes and the guinea fowl, but was strongly opposed by the baboon tribe. The honey badger appeared out of nowhere and bit the baboon leader.
The honey badger was caught by the baboon leader and thrown to the ground. Fortunately, the honey badger had thick skin and was only dizzy for a while. He then got up again and continued fighting with them.
The jackal family was very scared and stood aside, not knowing what to do.
Qiao Jinnian was really furious this time. She was already over a meter tall when she stood up, taller than the baboon leader. She picked up her bow and spear, stomped her feet at the baboon leader, and shouted, "Roar, roar—"
No matter what, you have to show your strength, make a loud noise, and bluff to scare the baboon leader.
At this time, the baboon leader had to start re-evaluating her strength and judge whether he was her opponent. After all, they had never seen a species like her and did not know her strength.
Then, Qiao Jinnian pulled the bow and shot an arrow at the hyrax running on the ground. The hyrax was instantly hit by the arrow and fell in a pool of blood.
This move scared the baboon leader, who thought she was very powerful. After thinking it over, he returned the guinea fowl and zebra to her.
After all, baboon's staple food is not meat, so there is no need to confront her head-on.
Qiao Jinnian didn't say much. He grabbed a few elephant plum fruits from his woven bag and threw them to the leader.
The leader's complexion looked better now. It seemed that everyone knew each other better after the fight.
Qiao Jinnian led her zebra and put the guinea fowl back into the cage, then walked out without looking back.
Unfortunately, she was already very thirsty, and after tossing and turning for half the night, she could no longer bear the thirst, so she boldly stepped forward and asked the baboon leader where she could get some water.
The baboon leader bared his teeth and looked extremely angry. He had no idea what she was trying to say.
So, Qiao Jinnian pointed at the stagnant water and pretended to drink water. The baboon leader thought for a long time and finally understood that she wanted to drink water.
After a while, the baboon leader looked at her woven bag again, and his meaning was very clear.
Qiao Jinnian was not stingy and handed the whole bag to him, letting him eat as much as he wanted.
The baboon leader then dug in the sand by the river, and soon dug out some groundwater that had been filtered through the sand.
This water was obviously cleaner than river water and was unpolluted. Qiao Jinnian quickly used his cup to scoop a full cup of water from the sandy ground.
Stripes, Cape and Silverback also came over and lay on the sand to replenish water.
It turns out that baboons live on sandy land with groundwater, which is a very clever way of survival.
She was drinking water, and the baboon leader kept looking at the wooden cup in her hand, thinking it was amazing, but Qiao Jinnian couldn't give it to him. After all, she had to drink a lot of water every day, and she only had two cups on her.
After thinking about it, Qiao Jinnian simply slept with the baboon tribe tonight, and personally made another cup for the baboon leader so that he could use it to collect water to drink.
However, she saw the baboon leader holding the cup in his palm and tossing it back and forth as if performing acrobatics, and she doubted that the cup could withstand his playing.
The next day, Qiao Jinnian took her friends and left the baboon tribe early in the morning. Fearing that the baboon leader would break the cup, he asked her to make another one for him.
The dry season has finally arrived, and there are fewer and fewer prey in the east. Qiao Jinnian decided to hunt a big prey to stock up on food.
However, on the river ahead, they were blocked by a group of spotted hyenas and a small group of lions.
These were all unfamiliar animals, and Qiao Jinnian didn't dare to go over and join in the fun, otherwise she wouldn't know how she died.
They climbed up a high slope not far away and observed from above what was happening in the river over there.
Standing higher, Qiao Jinnian finally saw clearly that the river had dried up, and there was a huge hippopotamus carcass in the riverbed that had floated to the riverside. Therefore, the hyenas and lions had all set their eyes on the hippopotamus carcass.
However, Qiao Jinnian felt that the hippopotamus's body seemed to have been soaked in water for too long and had become swollen, like a big round ball!
It won’t explode, right?
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