However, even with the nourishment of spiritual energy, the plants under the snow are not growing enough to sustain the animals in the forest.
Especially those medium to large animals that have undergone mutations, their size has increased dramatically, their appetite has increased dramatically, and their energy consumption has also increased dramatically.
The freezing cold may not have killed them, but the hunger caused by food shortages will drive them to their doom.
Therefore, when there are signs, the animals will leave on their own.
Like the previous herd of red deer, the male red deer couple who had broken through to become spirit beasts made their decision early on and left the snow-covered forest first.
Wild beasts follow the rule of the strong ruling over the weak. Once the leader of the pack makes a decision, the rest of the beasts will only follow rather than object or resist.
The moon rises and sets, and the morning, with its constant wind and snow, remains somewhat gloomy, the sunlight obscured by the clouds filling the sky.
Only a few tiny beams of light pierced through the gaps in the clouds, scattering down along with the falling snowflakes to form faint pillars of light.
"Pfft!" A patch of snow suddenly broke open from the inside out, and the scattered snowflakes resembled blooming fireworks, possessing a fleeting beauty.
The tiger mother leaped out, followed closely by Courage. Looking at the familiar forest scenery, the tiger cub happily wagged its tail.
Having been trapped in the burrow for three days, it was feeling very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Tiger Mom finally managed to refine the enormous spiritual energy of the spirit flower. Not only were her injuries fully healed, but after her superpower broke through to level two, she still had a lot of spiritual energy left to temper her body.
The current tiger mom has doubled her fighting power; even the tiger dad probably wouldn't be a match for her.
My status in the family has risen!
"Awooo!" Courage's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly ran off into the distance. Tiger Mom glanced at him and followed closely behind, puzzled.
"Tap tap—"
"Slap slap..."
"Rustling..."
A long herd of beasts moved slowly across the snow, the sound of countless snowflakes breaking as they went.
A herd of robust bison led the way, followed by sika deer, roe deer, wild boars, and other medium to large herbivores.
Rabbits, weasels, foxes, and other animals also accompanied the group.
What's remarkable is that this large group of animals, each responsible for a particular species, moved through the snow without any conflict and in perfect harmony.
Although courage was puzzled, the little tiger, who had been starving for three days, had no time to think about why. The moment it saw its prey, its little belly began to rumble.
With agile limbs, the tiger darted across the snow and plunged into the animal herd. It pounced on a small deer with incredible speed, then dragged it away without looking back.
When the sika deer herd saw the fawn being killed, they were startled and turned their heads to look, but no deer rushed out to make a sound, and no deer even left the group or stopped walking.
Covered in snow, their innocent, bewildered eyes turned away instantly, seemingly oblivious to the fawn's life-or-death crisis.
Tiger Mom stood at a distance, watching quietly, a hint of sorrow in her cold eyes.
It is extremely rare for parental groups to be so indifferent to the death of their offspring; life in the wild is always a matter of life and death.
Even if they were powerless, the sika deer herd should not have been so quiet; panicked flight or mournful cries would have been common occurrences.
The tiger mother felt uneasy. She had never seen such indifference before, and it was definitely not a good situation.
The deer herd's behavior had already shown the tiger mother something. She watched the herd silently for a moment, then instantly understood that this forest was no longer suitable for survival.
Knowing that the forest had changed, the mother tiger could not leave now; she had to find the tigress and the father tiger!
"Moo!!" A bison was pounced on by the tiger mother's strong body and instantly darted out, crashing into the thick snow.
The tiger mother lowered her head, opened her mouth, and instantly bit through the bison's spine.
The snow on the bison fell away, revealing its thick fur, which surprised the tiger mother for a moment, but only for a moment. By now, she was no longer surprised by the changes in the animals.
The leading bison leader glanced back, a hint of helplessness and sadness welling up in its dark eyes. But it only glanced at them before continuing to carve a snow path with its thick, hard black horns and its kin.
With snow more than two meters deep, it is extremely difficult to move around. Moreover, as animals grow larger and heavier, they will sink even deeper. Without clearing away the snow, their hooves will be stuck and they will be unable to move at all.
More than grieving the deaths of its kind, it worried about itself and its people. If it couldn't find a place to replenish its food before it ran out of energy, they... would all die.
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