Chapter 3 South China Tiger (Part 3)
Mulan's Emperor Engine has maximum deterrent power. Every time it is activated, it can always make nearby beasts retreat.
Unexpectedly, it failed this time.
The little tiger that broke into the territory did not wisely roll away. Instead, it spread its legs and ran faster and faster, approaching him with a smell of milk.
As strong as Mulan is, where has anyone ever been so fearless of death?
Aren’t newborn tiger cubs afraid of tigers?
The brave tiger cub was probably hungry, and it made beeping sounds while running.
When the mother tiger heard it, she knew that her cub was hungry and was begging for food from the big tiger.
The problem is——
He is not his own child!
Begging for food!!!
Mulan pretended not to hear and continued to eat the wild boar. She made up her mind:
If the ignorant tiger cub dared to pounce on her to grab food, Mulan would definitely bite him, allowing the little guy to have a complete childhood.
While eating, Mulan observed the movements around her, calculating when the little tiger would approach.
After a while, she sniffed the wind and found that the cub was stopped at a safe distance, neither too far nor too close, lying down quietly without making any sound.
Mulan couldn't help but turn around and saw the cub hiding a few hundred meters behind her.
The little guy's lanugo hasn't fallen off yet, and it's not much bigger than his own paw.
Queen Mulan only likes to fight tough battles and really can't muster the energy to beat a baby who is just drinking milk.
Since the brat didn't come over to harass her, Mulan simply ignored his presence and continued to eat.
Yu Yiyun swaggered into his aunt's territory, chose the best position to watch the tiger, and spat out the camera that he had been holding all the way.
Thanks to the tiger cub, the rewilding team and the live broadcast audience saw a wild tiger eating at such close range for the first time.
The South China tiger is the "dark-colored" type of tiger. Although it is not as big as the other two wild subspecies, its fur color is brighter than theirs, and its tiger stripes are also deeper.
Mulan is 4 years old this year. She is a strong and beautiful adult tigress. She is wearing a tracking collar around her neck from when she was released.
When the staff of the rewilding team saw the collar, their heads began to ache.
Due to the low pregnancy rate of South China tigers and various other reasons.
Mulan, who is the same age as Kang Kang, has gone through several breeding seasons and her body is already ready to be a mother, but she has not been able to have her own baby as she wished.
She was so angry that she thought her partner, Xiong Hu, was incompetent and beat him several times. Last time, she scratched Xiong Hu's face, which scared him so much that he didn't dare to come over for several months.
After careful analysis and combining similar cases with those of Bengal and Siberian tigers, the team came to a conclusion that they were reluctant to admit:
The positioning collar worn by Mulan would transmit her location as long as it was exposed to sunlight, causing a certain amount of radiation and affecting the female tiger's conception.
Although Kang Kang also wears a collar, she always finds a cool and secluded place to sleep, so it is less affected.
Mulan ate a lot, hunted more frequently, and would fall asleep anywhere after eating, so she was naturally more affected.
If Queen Mulan knew the reason, she would definitely use the tiger's claws to hit them in the face.
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The rewilding team had planned to remove Mulan's collar a long time ago, but because of her high agility and strong attack power, they couldn't find a suitable time to inject the anesthetic.
The staff were so panicked that they burned incense and prayed to Buddha that Mulan's collar would not fall off accidentally.
Yu Yijun lay there, concentrating on admiring the beautiful big cat.
Every time Mulan bit the wild boar, her neck tilted back, revealing her strong muscles.
She ate very politely and slowly.
After eating two or three bites, he has to clean the blood stains on his face. He is a germaphobic tiger.
In the live broadcast room, the staff took the opportunity to popularize science: the second half of the sentence "wolfing down" is the stereotype that humans have of tigers.
Tigers have no natural enemies in the wild, so they don't have to worry about having their food snatched away. The more ferocious a tiger is, the more elegant it is at eating.
Eating like little fat tiger, who is almost starving to death, is simply disgraceful to the tiger.
The wild boar captured by Mulan weighed at least 200 kilograms. A wild tiger can eat 18-40 kilograms of meat in one meal, depending on how hungry it is.
There had been continuous heavy rains recently, making hunting unsuitable, and Mulan had been starving for several days. Now that she had a good appetite, she ate up all the delicious meat from the wild boar, then she got up and went to the river to drink water.
A tiger that can cook is different. It is too lazy to bury the leftover meat and just leaves it there.
Yu Yiyun watched Mulan go away, then impatiently got up and pounced on the remaining wild boar meat.
He never expected that before he pounced, many beasts suddenly emerged from the jungle which had been silent just now.
Literally meaning birds and beasts.
Mulan was too threatening and any larger carnivores in her territory were driven away by her.
Many small and medium-sized carnivores stayed here and regarded this place as a paradise.
The generous tigress often leaves uneaten prey, emitting the aroma of meat to attract other animals.
While she was away, the leopard cats and weasels hiding in the dark, as well as the crows circling in the sky for a while, all rushed over to grab the food.
Yu Yiyun also saw a lynx packing food while eating, obviously it did this many times.
The beasts who took the opportunity to steal food were not afraid at all when they saw the tiger cubs that looked just like the tigress.
Don’t think they didn’t see it. When the lord tiger was eating just now, this fat cub also hid far away.
We are all garbage collectors, so what if one is nobler than the other?
About half an hour later, Mulan finished drinking the water and slowly returned from the river.
The animals surrounding the wild boar suddenly scattered.
Yu Yiyun used all her strength to tear off the last piece of meat, then ran away timidly.
There was still a large portion of wild boar meat left, enough for Mulan to have two more meals.
She leaned over and smelled it, and it smelled fishy.
Mulan was a little disgusted, and raised her head to start the emperor engine around her.
'I'm unhappy, get out of here!'
The stealing beasts are guilty of their crimes and have already rolled away as far away as possible.
The tigress, who only knew how to fight tough battles, didn't bother to argue and just sprawled out on the ground, sleeping soundly in the sun.
After Yu Yiyun finished eating the remaining meat, she imitated her aunt and cleaned herself more carefully.
After washing her face clean, Yu Yiyun moved forward a little bit, then a little bit more, stealthily, closing the distance between herself and Mulan.
The daring tiger cub came within a hundred meters of Mulan before stopping.
He had been running all day and had a good meal, so he was already sleepy.
Tigers sleep more than ten hours a day, and cubs sleep even longer as they grow.
Yu Yiyun was afraid that someone or an animal would take her away while she was sleeping, so she forced herself not to close her eyes.
Now that he had his powerful aunt by his side, Yu Yiyun yawned loudly, buried his furry head into his stomach, and gathered his tail to curl himself up.
The little kitty turned into a real tiger cake roll, with its eyes closed, sleeping soundly.
After a long sleep, Yu Yiyun woke up again and found that Mulan had woken up but did not drive her away.
She enjoyed the rest of the wild boar, cleaned its hair carefully, and then began to patrol the territory.
Yu Yiyun finished her meal in a hurry and hurried to catch up, fearing that she would be left behind by her aunt.
A tiger spends more than half of its life sleeping, and the rest of the time is spent patrolling its territory.
Mulan came to the edge of the territory, re-reinforced her claw marks and scent markings, and let out a long roar into the distance, claiming her sovereignty over the land.
The roaring sound through the mountains is extremely majestic.
As for the guys who have already invaded the territory...
Mulan glanced at the tiger cub from the corner of her eye.
If he dares to offend her, Mulan will definitely drive the brat out!
——The flag is flying high.
After a few peaceful days, Mulan became more and more tolerant of the invading tiger cub, even allowing him to sleep within fifty meters of her.
On the contrary, Yu Yiyun felt a little uncomfortable.
Two days ago, they finished eating the wild boar, and Yu Yiyun licked all the meat attached to the bones clean.
A full meal for an adult tiger is enough to sustain it for three to five days.
But this is not the case for tiger cubs in their growing stages.
At the age of drinking milk, I would be very hungry if I didn’t eat for a day.
On the second day, Yu Yiyun found that Mulan had no intention of hunting. She finally realized the truth of "one should work hard to have enough food and clothing" and set her sights on small prey in the jungle.
He chased a hare, bumping into things here and there for a while, and then he realized sadly that he was too weak to catch the animal native to the Qinling Mountains.
After learning from the painful experience, Yu Yiyun once again turned his attention to the growing number of free-range chickens.
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After a lot of hard work, Yu Yiyun successfully caught a free-range chicken before starving to death.
He plucked the hair with great effort, took a few bites with satisfaction, and glanced at Mulan who was still sleeping beside him.
Although he had been hungry for two days, he had a full meal of wild boar meat and was able to survive.
I've eaten so much wild boar meat from my aunt, and now I'm the only one eating it all by myself. I feel embarrassed.
After much deliberation, Yu Yiyun decided to reluctantly give up the chicken and gently placed the remaining half chicken next to Mulan's mouth.
Mulan smelled meat in her sleep and was awakened by the fragrance.
Mulan opened her eyes and saw the chicken at her mouth. She thought vaguely: I am having the dream again of being fed by humans when I was a child.
She sniffed carefully and smelled the saliva of the little tiger cub, then she realized it was not a dream.
I was actually fed by the cubs of my own kind?
It's simply the opposite of Tiangang!
Mulan was confused for a few seconds, but her body was exceptionally honest and she swallowed half the chicken in one gulp.
Although wild tigers usually do not eat birds.
But Mulan was a semi-wild tiger and was fed a lot of chickens when she was a child.
The taste of chicken has become a childhood memory.
Besides, will a tiger refuse the meat right at its mouth?
Mulan didn't feel hungry at first, but when she tasted the meat, her appetite was aroused.
She stretched her limbs, yawned loudly, and staggered towards the river, intending to randomly pick a small animal drinking water for dinner.
Yu Yiyun gave up half of the chicken, and she was only 50% full, with an empty stomach.
He licked his paw earnestly, thinking about catching another chicken or just holding off until Mulan was willing to hunt.
Before Yu Yiyun could make a decision, he smelled a strong smell of blood in the wind.
Not long after, Mulan came towards him with a large piece of meat in her mouth.
Apparently, Mulan had successfully hunted and had a hearty meal on the spot.
Yu Yiyun's eyes lit up, and he was about to follow the smell of blood to pick up the garbage. As soon as he got up, he was hit in the face with meat thrown at him.
"Moo——"
Mulan didn't open her mouth, but her breath made short sounds, which was the sound of a tigress calling her cubs to eat.
The service was very perfunctory, and he didn't care whether he wanted to eat or not.
Yu Yiyun looked at Mulan, then at the delicious meat under his claws, and couldn't believe it.
Is this considered... a return gift of half a chicken?
Happiness came too suddenly! Auntie is so nice~
Then the same thing happened several more times.
On days when Mulan didn't cook, Yu Yiyun couldn't stand the hunger and would catch a chicken herself and obediently "give" half of it to her aunt.
Half a chicken doesn't have much meat, at most enough for an adult tiger to fill its teeth. When Mulan's appetite was aroused, she would go hunting by the river or deep in the jungle.
Over time, it has become a conditioned reflex.
When the tiger cub started chasing the chicken, Mulan knew it was time to cook.
——For some reason, I feel like I’m being conquered.
Time flies, and the little tiger who followed his aunt to pick up trash has grown up for another half a month.
Instead of losing weight by starving himself, he became visibly fatter.
On this day, the clouds were very low and another rainstorm was about to come.
Mulan had just eaten yesterday and didn't feel hungry.
I noticed it was about to rain, but I didn’t know how long it would last.
She licked her lips and decided to go hunting one more time before the rainstorm.
Yu Yiyun sensed that all the wild animals in the forest wanted to fill their stomachs before the rainstorm.
There is no guarantee that there won’t be some brave and large beasts that break into Mulan’s territory.
During the previous hunts, Yu Yiyun didn’t dare to follow him because she was in the way, and hurriedly caught up with her aunt.
The smell of wild animals in the forest was particularly strong, and the herbivores were frightened and hid, making prey particularly difficult to find.
Yu Yiyun followed Mulan through a low-lying, muddy path covered with animal feces and rotten leaves.
Mulan walked very fast in search of food.
The tiger cub had short legs and fell too far behind to see his aunt.
He tried to quicken his pace, and suddenly, he stepped on a cold and slippery cylindrical object that was moving.
It's... a rope, right?
Although Qinling Mountains are rarely visited, it must be the rope!!!
Yu Yiyun, who was afraid of cold-blooded animals, was so frightened that she stood there in a daze, praying silently for the best.
“Hiss—”
Dangerous voices cruelly shatter hope.
A three-meter-long king snake left its cave to get some fresh air because it couldn't stand the humidity and low pressure before the rain.
In weather like this, snakes tend to become agitated.
Suddenly it was stepped on the head... no, all four legs. It was extremely angry and warned the tiger cub of the danger.
The Elaphe dione is often mistaken for a python. Apart from the legendary 'Qinling Giant Python', it is the largest and thickest snake in the mountains.
“Ahhhh!”
Yu Yiyun was extremely afraid of snakes. She was so frightened that she didn't care about her face and ran away.
The king snake became angry and quickly wrapped itself around the tiger cub's legs, hissing continuously, while its strong and thick body wrapped around the tiger cub's neck.
Although the king snake is non-venomous, it has a particularly strong ability to "strangle".
It can strangle animals that are several times its size, including tigers in poor condition.
Yu Yiyun tried hard to overcome her fear and calm herself down.
He lowered his head and bit the lower part of the snake's head to prevent himself from being strangled and choking on his breathing.
The king cobra was bitten on the seventh inch of its body and became even more violent. It used the thickest part of its body to wrap around the tiger cub's body, trying to press him into the mud, let the mud and water seal his mouth and nose, and drown him.
Yu Yiyun secretly cried out inwardly, thinking: Could it be that I have offended the snake king here?
Its hunting technique is so advanced that if I didn't have human wisdom and knew how to bite the vital point tightly, I would definitely be killed by this snake.
The surface of the snake's body was slippery and soft as if it had no bones, so Yu Yiyun's specialty, the "rabbit kick", was useless.
Do I want to compete with this snake in endurance?
Oh, do we still need to compare?
Yu Yiyun lasted only three minutes.
Just as he was observing his surroundings, thinking whether he should fight to the death and find a big rock to hit the snake with by holding its head in his mouth.
Mulan, who had already left, turned back and the sound of her footsteps came closer and closer.
Did my aunt catch her prey?
wrong!
Every time Mulan caught prey, she would eat it on the spot and would not leave until she had finished eating.
Could it be——
Yu Yiyun knew that the possibility was slim, but she still took the risk of opening her mouth and making the loudest sound.
“Ahhhh!”
Auntie, I'm here, save the child!
"roar!!!"
When Mulan heard the tiger cub's cry for help, she immediately sped up and ran away, making a short noise before fighting.
The king cobra, which had just strangled the tiger's neck, heard the intimidating voice and knew it could not win.
Without hesitation, it abandoned the disadvantaged tiger cub and ran away.
Mulan ran over quickly and saw the tiger cub lying in the mud, looking aggrieved, with his body covered in smelly mud.
“…”
Mulan was silent for two full minutes.
Although she didn't say anything, Yu Yijun could feel her aunt's disdain.
What a dirty boy.
He stinks all over.
Throw it away.
After another five minutes of hesitation, Mulan opened her terrifying bloody mouth.
She really couldn't bring herself to bite the cub, so she changed the angle several times before she bit the tiger cub's neck and picked it up.
Poor Yu Yiyun had just escaped from danger, but fell into the tiger's mouth again, and fate bit her hard on the back of the neck.
"Ahhh!" Auntie, it hurts!
Mulan let out an impatient sound, stretched out her long legs and rushed to the center of the river, then she opened her mouth and threw Yu Yiyun into the river.
The huge tiger claws pressed down on his head, allowing the flowing river water to wash the stinky cub.
Mulan did not allow him to go ashore until the mud on his body was washed clean by the river water.
As soon as she got ashore, Mulan shook her body and shook off the water.
The thick tiger hair is full of water, and when it is shaken, the effect is comparable to the rain made by the tiger.
It hadn't rained yet, but Yu Yiyun was already drenched with water by her aunt.
As usual, he moved away a little and planned to find a place to lick his fur.
As a result, he had just taken two steps when he was whipped back by the tiger's tail like a whip.
For tigers, the tail is not a weapon, and mother tigers often use it as a tool to teach their cubs.
Mulan pulled the tiger cub back and shook its fur in front of his eyes again, then stared down at the cub.
I've demonstrated it to you twice. Did you learn it?
Yu Yiyun was stunned for a few seconds, then imitated her and shook his head at the frequency of "shaking the brain".
Then, she was hit on the waist again, and Mulan showed a look of care for the silly cat.
——How stupid! Whose tiger only shakes its head when shaking its fur?
Yu Yiyun cried out in pain, and following Mulan's instructions, successfully learned how to shake off her hair.
The tigress was satisfied then. She lowered her head and licked him all over the head, helping him clean the parts that were not washed clean.
"Awooo... ..." Auntie, I can't open my eyes!
The staff who watched this scene through the camera excitedly opened champagne to celebrate on the spot.
They originally thought that Fat Tiger would suffer from hunger and bullying if he left his mother.
Unexpectedly, in just half a month, the little guy licked everything and found himself the most powerful "stepmother" in the whole Qinling Mountains.
If this happened in human society, it would be equivalent to inheriting a top wealthy family and becoming the only beloved son of the richest woman.
Please start a class, I will kneel down and listen.
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