Chapter 264: Ethnic Hope
Xishan was willing to believe her.
Si Ran breathed a sigh of relief instantly.
"Xishan, I won't let you and your people down, but if you're willing to trust me, I hope you'll obey me in all your subsequent actions."
Xishan looked at Si Ran twice more, and finally it crawled on the ground and rubbed its head against Si Ran's knees: "Okay."
Si Ran gave Song Zhi a look, and Song Zhi handed the sniper rifle in his hand to Si Ran, then turned around and returned to the convoy a hundred meters away.
Soon, a team of hundreds of people came over, carrying a lot of meat.
Si Ran told Xishan: "Xishan, this food is enough for you and the desert lion group to fill your stomach first. After you finish eating, I will check the health of your tribe."
However, Xishan did not answer Si Ran.
Its eyes were wide open.
Except for the time at the Desert Lion Base, Xishan had not seen so much fresh and abundant beef for a long time.
"Ranran, we still have a few old desert lions and young desert lion kings in our territory. Can we take the beef back to eat?"
When Si Ran heard this, his eyes suddenly darkened: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Xishan: "There is no chance, and you didn't ask me."
Xishan felt very aggrieved. They had originally planned to each carry two seagulls back to feed the old lion who was guarding the cubs in the territory after they had eaten, but who knew they would meet Si Ran.
Si Ran was also shocked that Xishan had only just mentioned such a big thing, so she said, "Then hurry up and eat. There's still some beef in the car. You can take us there when the time comes. We'll rest tonight, and someone will escort you to a safe base tomorrow."
Xishan realized it belatedly: "Ranran, aren't you coming with us?"
Si Ran shook his head.
Explained: "We are still looking for a pregnant lioness named Bertha. Have any lions in your tribe seen her?"
"Bertha?"
Xishan felt that she was familiar with him. She used to be in the same base with me. Her husband was killed by humans. But something happened in our base, so we all escaped. I asked her to come with us, but Betha didn't want to. She said she had something important to do. Now she's pregnant. That's terrible!
"What's the meaning?"
Xishan sighed and explained, "Besha is three years old this year and has never given birth before. Desert lions don't raise cubs, and the conditions are harsh, so many cubs die at birth. If Besha didn't have the help of other desert lions, she would definitely not be able to keep her baby."
Si Ran's heart skipped a beat.
Not only does Betha's belly look like she's about to give birth, but she's also injured.
"Xishan, Betha is the main target of that group of people, so I must do my best to find her."
Xishan: "Betha is very wary of humans now, but you said that Betha is the main target of humans. I roughly know why."
Without waiting for Si Ran to ask, Xishan explained: "Besha was hunted by these people because after seeing her husband being killed by humans, she bit the human who shot her husband to death."
"Bertha took revenge on humanity."
Si Ran was stunned at first, and then guessed that this person was probably a wealthy man from a certain country. Since the rich man died, the person in charge of the base would naturally be responsible, so he could only take revenge on Betha.
But there is no signal here, so even if she wants to ask Ruan Qingyue to check the news, there is no way now.
Si Ran sighed: "Xishan, take us back to your territory first."
Xishan had let down his guard. He asked the desert lions in the tribe to finish eating the beef quickly, and then he led Si Ran and others to the depths of the desert.
Xishan said, "You have to be careful. There are places in the desert where people are eaten."
Si Ran understood instantly.
What Xishan was talking about should be the quicksand phenomenon, which is one of the conditions that can occur in the desert.
However, they were well prepared for this trip, with all the necessary tools and local police leading the way. Their car was in the middle, followed by the mercenary convoy that Pei Yu had brought in. If any problems arose, timely rescue could be provided in most cases.
Xishan finally felt relieved after hearing Si Ran's explanation. It also said, "Just follow us lions. We won't let you get stuck in the quicksand."
More than twenty lions were running in front, and dozens of cars were running in a line behind them on the winding desert.
About an hour later, in the endless desert, cactus trees in groups of three or two and some dead trees that Si Ran couldn't name could gradually be seen.
The desert is extremely hot and there is hardly any vegetation to be seen at first glance.
Si Ran looked through the telescope and saw a few old desert lions with white hair on their faces lying under a tree in the shade.
The temperature in the desert was extremely high at noon, so the condition of these desert lions was not very good.
After getting off the car, Si Ran asked someone to quickly get drinking water from the supply truck for the group of desert lions, and then asked Xishan: "Where are the cubs you mentioned?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a female desert lion suddenly meowed.
"Human, do you want my cub?"
Si Ran heard a snapping sound and turned around to find that a lioness opened her mouth while speaking, and the cub in her mouth fell directly onto the sand.
The cub was only half the length of an arm, its eyes were covered with eye boogers and tears, and it was so skinny that it could only make a little humming sound when it fell to the ground. In the end, it was probably too hungry to struggle, so it just lay there with its pink paw pads stretched out, looking extremely cute.
Si Ran and Team Ye Bao's eyes widened.
Wild animals attach great importance to their cubs in the early stages, but the lioness in front of him actually threw her own cub away just to speak.
Everyone looked at the lioness, then looked at the little lion on the ground who had long been accustomed to playing dirty, and fell silent.
Fortunately, Si Ran reacted quickly after being stunned for two or three seconds and quickly picked up the cub from the desert.
She was not worried that the cub would be injured from falling. After all, it was not a concrete floor and the height was not high. At most, its head would be stunned for two seconds when it fell.
But what shocked Si Ran was that the cub in front of him was so thin.
Si Ran patted the sand off its body and couldn't help asking, "This cub looks to be only about a month old. Why is it so thin?"
After saying that, Si Ran asked the female desert lion to come over. After checking it, Si Ran finally got the answer.
Due to long-term malnutrition, this female desert lion is no longer able to produce milk.
Si Ran was just about to go back to the car to prepare goat milk powder when Xishan threw the beef in his mouth to the ground and said to the desert lion cub in Si Ran's hand, "Cub, don't be picky. Today we are having the most beef you have ever had. It is really delicious. Just have a couple of bites. If you don't eat, you will really starve to death."
After saying that, Xishan blinked, his eyes full of heartache for the cub in Si Ran's arms.
This is the only new life in the desert lion group. Even though it has nothing to do with it, it hopes that the cub can survive.
But I don’t know what’s going on. Ever since it was weaned, the cub has refused to eat anything. At most, it will drink a few sips of seagull blood. However, this is not a solution at all.
If the cub only eats blood and not meat, how can it grow up and survive?
So, when Xishan saw the cub lying motionless and pretending to be dead in Si Ran's hands, he bit the beef again and came close to the cub, begging and insisting: "Little guy, eat quickly."
If you eat it, you can live. If you eat it, you can see the hope that the tribe can continue.
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