Chapter 102: Steel Pipe Sticky Mouth Kaier: Don’t look at Ross, I’ll take care of you...
Xu Nian had never been to the place where herders lived, but he had learned about it from documentaries. He thought that when he came here, he would see humans whom he had not seen for a long time.
But in fact, as he stood here now, there was no clean house or cattle or sheep in front of him. There was only a house covered with cobwebs and dust. It was a mess and some parts had even collapsed.
But Xu Nian noticed that some things were still on the table. It didn't seem like the owner of the house had moved, but rather that something had happened and he had left suddenly.
Xu Nian frowned. If only one family was like this, then something might have happened at home. However, he looked around and found that several families were like this. It was not just a matter of leaving because of an accident.
He stood in front of a collapsed house and saw the collapsed house. The cattle and sheep that were crushed to death had rotted away, leaving only their skeletons, covered by the snow. He even saw a dead mastiff. It was unknown how long it had been dead, and its body had been frozen stiff.
"Here..." Xu Nian turned his head and looked at Kaie. An idea suddenly flashed through his mind, and he hesitated and said, "Did an earthquake happen?"
"I don't know." Kaie was as surprised as he was. He never expected that the place would be like this. He even ran around and stood in front of a house for a long time, refusing to leave.
It looked at the house in confusion, looking at the mastiff that seemed to have lost its spirit, then looked around, tilted its head slightly in confusion, with confusion in its eyes.
The snow leopard doesn’t know whether there is an earthquake here. It only knows that the people who used to feed it meat have left.
Although Xu Nian was just suspicious before, after running around, he was sure that an earthquake must have occurred here, so the people living here evacuated urgently, but for some reason they never came back.
At least not back yet.
No wonder this group of mastiffs were left here. Xu Nian's tail drooped. He actually wanted to see someone. He thought he could see someone, but he didn't expect to see nothing. He squatted in front of the door, lowered his head and licked his paws.
Then Xu Nian felt his back being licked twice. He knew who it was without even turning around. He muttered, "Los..."
"I'm here," Ross said.
It seems like it is always by Xu Nian's side. Ever since it lost Xu Nian once, it has always stuck to Xu Nian, wishing they couldn't be separated for even a second.
Finally, Xu Nian stood there for a while. He looked at the group of mastiffs who were not having a good life. However, in this cold winter season, no one was having a good life.
He licked his furry paws and, as Kaie had said, walked over to leave his scent on the stone. Sure enough, the mastiff came over to sniff it, stuck out its tongue and panted softly.
I don’t know if it’s Xu Nian’s illusion, but I always feel that the mastiff’s face now looks much more honest and friendly, completely different from its previous fierce look.
When Xu Nian and Los left, he looked back at the house reluctantly, and finally turned around and followed Los into the wind and snow again.
Kaie didn't go back with them, after all, he needed to bond with his dog friends.
The heavy snow seemed to never stop. Los and Xu Nian lay in the cave, looking at the snow and listening to the howling of wolves in the distance. It seemed that the howling of wolves had become much less common recently.
It had been almost a week since they last encountered ibex, and they had found neither ibex nor blue sheep. There were only a few rabbits occasionally, but they couldn't feed them.
Los couldn't find any prey, let alone other snow leopards. Kaie felt like he was about to starve to death.
"Honestly, if I can't find something to eat, I'm going to die." Kaier lay on the ground, nibbled on a few mouthfuls of snow out of boredom, and sighed, "I'm going to go wait by the lake. I don't believe I won't find prey."
"There are definitely prey by the lake in spring, but in winter... not necessarily," said Los.
Kai'e cast his gaze towards the silent Xu Nian. He stood up and walked over unsteadily, his head drooping. He looked extremely hungry. He said, "It's better to freeze to death than to starve to death. Let's go together."
Xu Nian looked down at his stomach and found that he was indeed hungry. He was thinking whether to continue looking for prey among the rock walls or wait by the lake. If he continued looking, it would mean continuing to consume energy, but he might not find any prey in the end, which would only make him hungrier.
Finally, he gave the choice to Los and asked, "Where shall we hunt?"
"You two go to the lake." Los glanced at Kai'e and Xu Nian, then he leaned over and licked Xu Nian. He said, "I'll walk around the lake and see if there's any prey."
"I'll go with you." Xu Nian struggled to get up, but was rejected by Los. Los said, "You can't run as fast as me. I'll just walk around and come find you right away."
In the end, Xu Nian listened to what Los said. He followed Kaie and came to the lake. Compared with last time, there was a layer of ice on the surface of the lake that could not melt at all.
In the past, you could see traces of animals walking on the ice, but now there is only thick snow. Kaie sighed and said, "The good news is that there are no bears or wolves. The bad news is that there are no sheep either."
Xu Nian: ...
The two snow leopards stood there, and Xu Nian couldn't sniff around. Kaie lowered his head and sniffed around a bit, but found no trace of prey. Kaie could only stare at a hole where a rabbit might appear and said, "Wait and see if there's a rabbit in there. If there is, we'll just dig out its den."
Kaie was really hungry, his saliva was almost dripping.
The two snow leopards lay by the lake, trying to minimize energy consumption and letting the wind blow their fur. They looked at each other. Xu Nian raised his paw and gently pointed at the rabbit hole. He felt that the probability of there being a rabbit in it was not high.
Kaie thought he could wait a little longer.
In the sky, a vulture flew by with a rabbit in its grasp. It glanced down at the two snow leopards still waiting in front of the rabbit hole, let out a hoarse cry, and flew past.
After waiting for a while, Kaie finally gave up.
Two snow leopards were lying by the lake. Xu Nian looked down at the snow on the lake, scratched it with his claws twice, and saw the ice underneath. Maybe it was an illusion caused by Xu Nian's hunger, but he felt that he could see the fish below.
This blizzard has been going on for too long, and there's no telling how long it will last.
In fact, Xu Nian had been tempted when he saw the houses left behind by the herdsmen, but he was not sure whether these herdsmen would be friendly to them as wild animals. After all, what Kaie said could only be regarded as part of the reference.
In fact, most humans are afraid of ferocious wild animals like snow leopards. Expelling them is a small possibility, and killing them is also a possibility. Xu Nian feels that there is no need to take this risk unless there is no other way out.
"What is this?" Xu Nian suddenly found something under the snow. He stood up and walked over, leaned over and raised his claws to dig it out, trying to get it out, and then he saw something like a steel pipe.
Xu Nian had an idea. This thing was obviously a human thing, but Xu Nian thought that it would be very useful for setting traps, which might save a lot of effort when hunting.
He immediately lowered his head and tried to pick up the steel pipe. Seeing this, Kaie, who was next to him, didn't know what Xu Nian was going to do, but seeing that Xu Nian seemed to be having some difficulty holding it, he simply came over to help.
Two snow leopards were holding steel pipes and preparing to go back when they saw a snow leopard chasing an agile ibex on a rock wall not far away. The ibex tried to jump over from a cliff, but was bitten on the neck by the snow leopard that jumped up with it halfway.
Then the leopard and the sheep fell down the cliff together. The flying snowflakes on the snow could be seen from such a distance. The two snow leopards holding the steel pipes in their mouths exclaimed at the same time.
Then Kaier discovered something very important. He raised his claws and tried to pry at the steel pipe. He turned his head to look at Xu Nian and said, "Brother, don't look at Los anymore. See if you can pry that thing out of your mouth?"
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