Chapter 27: Did you surrender?

  When Lin Bei saw the cloud leopard's tracks, the cloud leopard was slowly following behind a mother jackal. Its paws landed on the tree without making any sound, and its spots blended perfectly with the tree. Even when staring at it, one might overlook it. Seeing it like this, Lin Bei found it hard to believe that this guy actually had injuries on his body.

  A few days ago, the battle between Yun Bao and Jiaozi did not involve Lin Bei. However, from the fact that Yun Bao is still active while Jiaozi has disappeared, it can be inferred that Jiaozi either retreated or died. If he's dead, then there's nothing more to say. But if he only retreated, it's likely that Jiaozi will make a comeback after a while, and Yun Bao will have his hands full again.

  The mother jackal looked very silly, it had just gone from being hungry to being full, this contrast made its vigilance drop to the lowest, also, because of its big belly, when walking, it swayed back and forth, if Lin Bei was a fierce beast, he would probably take this guy as his hunting target, too stupid.

  Seeing the contrast between them, Lin Bei couldn't help but shake his head. If he hadn't been there this time, Mother Jiao wouldn't have died, it's really a case of heavenly justice being difficult to contain.

  Lin Beibei moved forward, getting closer to the front by about two hundred meters. Yun Guo was indeed a skilled hunter in the forest, and his senses were quite sharp. He had already sensed something from such a distance, and his footsteps suddenly stopped. He turned around and looked back in Lin Beibei's direction, feeling somewhat uneasy.

  Lin Bei actually knew that many hunters in the forest would move stealthily and perfectly conceal their breath, but this did not include Lin Bei himself. He didn't know this trick, so his strong breath was like a lamp in the dark night, and the beasts could easily discover him. Except for this silly female jackal, it still had no awareness of this.

  Lin Bei poked his head out from behind, and Yun Bao immediately saw Lin Bei. Yun Bao froze.

  As the most active top predator in this area, the clouded leopard had already met Lin Bei several times in the past few days. They were familiar with each other, and every time it ended with the clouded leopard retreating and leaving. This time was no exception. The clouded leopard looked at Lin Bei, then glanced at the mother dhole in front of him, a delicious meal, but unfortunately, he didn't have the life to enjoy it. The clouded leopard was very clever, turned around, and went in another direction.

  In the past, Lin Bei thought that animals killing each other was very common, and when two fierce beasts met, it would be a matter of life and death. However, this is not actually the case. They will first weigh each other's strength, and although it is unclear how wild beasts evaluate this, they are almost never wrong. Once both sides have a good understanding of each other's strength, the stronger one will use a loud roar or its body to intimidate, and the weaker side will generally retreat. As for resorting to violence, that is usually the last resort, unless both parties are very hungry.

  The cloud leopard retreated silently, and Lin Bei looked at the mother jackal, suddenly feeling a little cry and laugh. It turned out that this guy was still completely unaware, and had not even discovered that two top predators were surrounding it, engaging in a silent confrontation. The mother jackal even ran to the back of a tree, urinated, shook itself, and looked very comfortable.

  "Look at this IQ, the future of this guy is worrying." Lin Bei muttered to himself, could it be that the wolf's IQ was too low so he was driven out?

  The mother dhole, who was quite worried about her intelligence, was actually very happy and carefree. She sniffed around to the east and west, and finally found a tree hole not far away, then crawled inside.

  Lin Bei waited patiently for a while, the mother jackal cautiously came out, peed at the entrance, and then left the tree hole, bringing back a few grass roots from around.

  "Have you started eating grass?" Lin Bei was truly surprised, he had never heard of a hyena eating grass or any other type of plant.

  It turned out that Lin Bei had thought too much, this guy was using the grass to make a nest, it seemed that he felt the tree hole was very suitable and safe, but Lin Bei suspected that the main reason was that this place was closer to Lin Bei's Longtan, so the mother jackal was going to settle here, however, no matter what, Lin Bei thought she had done something quite clever.

  The jackal is a nomadic animal, as it always migrates with food, eats its fill and sleeps wherever it finds a place. This is also the current situation of many animals, but the female jackal's body is definitely not suitable for running around now, her cubs are about to be born.

  Jackals generally give birth/mate in autumn and reproduce in the next autumn, with a gestation period of up to 12 months. Now that it's autumn again, the mother jackal needs to prepare for her next generation. Although she is stupid and clumsy, her maternal instincts are still intact.

  The mother raccoon busily arranged the tree hole and then dragged a few branches to place outside the tree hole. Finally, she drilled into the tree hole and didn't come out. She should have felt safe at last, so she fell asleep.

  The mother wolf is asleep, but Lin Bei still has work to do. Humans are very strange, if they invest emotions, these emotions will generally continue, for example, now Lin Bei wants to use his own strength to let the mother wolf successfully give birth to the little wolf, so although the mother wolf is asleep, Lin Bei still has things to do.

  Longtan surroundings now belong to Lin Bei's territory, and it is unlikely that fierce beasts will rush in. However, this place does not belong to him, and the wild beasts have been driven to this area. Therefore, Lin Bei has to re-divide his territory. He doesn't have the habit of urinating everywhere, so he can only reluctantly wander around the surroundings, using his body shape to tell those brainless fierce beasts that this place is occupied by him, and they should hurry up and leave.

  A red-bellied snake raised its head in front of Lin Bei, swallowing and spitting out air, making a strange hissing sound. Snakes that can live in the forest are generally venomous, such as the cobra, python, and bamboo viper. Although the red-bellied snake has a bright red color, its toxicity is not great, but this particular snake has a unique feature - its length exceeds three and a half meters, which is already quite frightening among its kind. Therefore, this red-bellied snake is also a local overlord, with tigers and leopards not daring to provoke it, and small animals unable to defeat it. Now that Lin Bei has appeared, wanting to directly encircle the land, he has enraged this red-bellied snake.

  Although Lin Bei didn't understand snake language, he knew that the Red Practice Snake was warning him. However, after glancing at the snake's body and then his own, Lin Bei felt a sense of boredom. The difference between them was too great. The Red Practice Snake's venomous fangs probably couldn't even penetrate his own scales. He had initially thought to swat it dead with one tail, but Lin Bei changed his mind. This thought was the Snake King.

  In fact, the snake king is made up, and there will be no snake king in this category. What's called "snake king" that summons thousands of snakes to respond is unscientific, because snakes have a very underdeveloped brain, their memory level is at most only at the level of human infants, or even lower, and their understanding ability is extremely low, so it's not possible to command thousands of snakes.

  But Lin Bei still wanted to give it a try.

  This era belongs to the age of cold weapons, and the saying that "the more people, the stronger" is indeed true. Snakes are no exception. Lin North now thinks he's very fierce, but facing a dozen or so well-equipped soldiers, Lin North doesn't dare say he can win for sure. However, if his subordinates really have ten thousand snakes at their command, plus the special terrain of the forest, Lin North believes that even if a million people come, they won't be able to get a good fight.

  In addition, Lin Bei likes to communicate with people, but Lin Bei really dares not guarantee that those people will not have other thoughts. The cruelty of human hearts is sometimes unimaginable. At this time, having a loyal and dedicated army of snakes standing behind him is enough to intimidate most people with ulterior motives, so Lin Bei has to try it out no matter what.

  How can I make a group of snakes obey only me? Lin Beizuo thought for a long time, and finally came up with a solution, which was to beat them.

  Lin Bei couldn't understand the language of snakes, and it's debatable whether there even is a snake language. In any case, communication was impossible, so he had to resort to force to subdue them, beating them until they submitted. If they still refused to yield in the end, then they would die. Lin Bei had goodwill towards humans but not towards snakes, so he didn't mind how many snakes died.

  The red snake in front of him became Lin Bei's experimental tool, so it can be said that not only humans, but also snakes cannot be too arrogant, otherwise the outcome will be quite miserable.

  Chi Yan Snake was no match for Lin Bei, especially since Lin Bei could still use various weapons. He swung a branch at the snake's body, whipping it fiercely, causing the snake to howl in pain. It tried to run but couldn't escape, and soon its entire body was covered in blood.

  "Are you convinced?" Lin Bei said, actually saying it in his heart. As for whether the red snake could hear him or not, Lin Bei didn't care. Could its head still be raised? That's what it means to be unconvinced! Then let's fight again.

  It's obvious that this violent means of subjugation is too low-level, Lin Bei saw the Red Practice Snake finally only had one breath left and still didn't have the intention to surrender.

  "Take care of your injuries for now, we'll meet again next time."

  Lin Bei continued his enclosure process, leaving the Red Snake in a bloody mess, and of course, he had no idea that the following days would be even more miserable for it.