Chapter 362 Escorting the Medical Team! Xia Zhining served as the lead veterinarian, while Ji Shuyun was responsible for passing tools and maintaining high vigilance.
Boss Crow patrolled the area with a flock of birds, while the Serpent Eagle and Mist Fang took charge of the high-altitude operations!
The most unexpected "endoscope" has appeared.
"Snowball, remember this! Never! Never touch the mother elephant, and never make any noise!"
Taking advantage of its physical strength, and with Xia Zhining's repeated instructions, Xue Tuan cautiously crawled behind the mother elephant, at an angle that Xia Zhining could not directly observe.
It held its breath, its squeaking as faint as it could: [Lemon! I saw it!]
[A tiny, wet hoof emerged first!]
After a while, Snowball excitedly whispered again: "[The trunk! The baby elephant's trunk is moving! It seems to be trying!]"
Snowball tucked its little paws in, finding it unbelievable.
Unexpectedly, this little police weasel's first major mission deep in the rainforest was to be a "birthroom observer" for a giant elephant!
With Xia Zhining's efforts, after part of the baby elephant's body was painstakingly delivered, it needed a stable and powerful external force to assist in pulling it out.
At this moment, the gibbon handlers, under Xia Zhining's instructions, had already woven several traction ropes from the flexible vines.
Handmade, very sturdy.
The three strongest Asiatic black bears stepped forward at Xia Zhining's explicit command.
They gripped the vines with their broad, bear-like hands.
Xia Zhining: "Gently...slowly...okay, harder!"
The Asiatic black bear abandoned its bear-like demeanor, its entire body exuding a cautiousness that seemed incongruous with its massive size.
In coordination with the mother elephant's final exertion, it pulled backward evenly and steadily.
At that moment, all animals and two-legged creatures held their breath.
Finally, the baby elephant, covered in amniotic sac, was completely separated from its mother and landed softly on the ground covered with grass and leaves.
After a few anxious seconds of silence—
"Moo—!"
A faint yet crystal-clear elephant call pierced the air.
The elephant mother, who had been enduring the pain, let out a relieved groan.
In an instant, the tense nerves of all the elephants relaxed!
It turned its head with difficulty and eagerness, touching and stroking its newborn cub with its long nose.
The entire forest seemed to quiet down, as if it had all breathed a long, relieved sigh of relief.
Both the mother elephant and her baby elephant are safe and sound!
The elephants crowded around, lowered their massive heads, and extended their agile trunks to gently touch Xia Zhining and Ji Shuyun's hair, shoulders, and arms with gratitude.
[Thank you, two-legged creatures~]
The brother and sister were instantly surrounded by a warm "elephant trunk ocean," becoming the undisputed darlings of the jungle!
Even the crow boss, who had been circling nervously in the air, became excited.
It landed on a branch, opened its throat, and sang its own jungle version of a birthday song in a tone that was off-key but full of joy.
[Happy birthday to you~~hehe~]
[Happy birthday to you~~yaya~]
Although the music was so awful that even the nearby birds covered their heads in disgust, it brought Xia Zhining a sense of relief.
A female elephant gives birth to only one calf at a time, and the pregnancy lasts 18 to 22 months, which is almost two years!
"Phew, that was really tough."
Xia Zhining, both amused and annoyed, reached out and covered the crow's beak, which was still making "noise," and pressed its furry head into her arms.
The snowball on its shoulder immediately followed suit, covering the other side of the crow's face with its little paws.
Crow Boss: [Mmm...!] (Translation: Murder! The singer's mouth has been covered! Give me back my stage!)
Assisting with the elephant's birth had taken a tremendous toll on her mental and physical strength. Xia Zhining swayed and felt a wave of dizziness as if she were completely exhausted.
Ji Shuyun immediately reached out and firmly supported his sister's shoulders: "Tired? Brother will carry you to rest."
As soon as she finished speaking, a warm, powerful, and soft elephant trunk gently wrapped around Xia Zhining's waist, then lifted her up with perfect stability and placed her steadily on the broad, platform-like back of a female elephant next to her.
The chieftain elephant's voice was gentle yet apologetic: [Little two-legged creatures, you've worked hard. Go and get some rest.]
It didn't forget Ji Shuyun either, gently lifting him up with its trunk and placing him on the elephant's back next to Xia Zhining.
It's worth noting that an elephant's trunk has 40,000 muscle bundles, while a human only has about 600.
An elephant can lift a human up with its trunk more easily and steadily than a human can pick up a small bag with their hands.
The chief elephant looked at Xia Zhining and Ji Shuyun clinging to the back of their companion and exclaimed in disbelief: "These two tiny little ones, with only two legs, actually saved the lives of our entire herd... They're amazing!"
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