Chapter Thirteen: Prey and Hunter

  Lin Beibei fell asleep quickly and woke up quickly too, he was startled awake by the sounds around him.

  Lack of sleep is really infuriating, Lin Bei's personality is generally good, but it does not include being disturbed during sleep, so after being woken up, he wants to glare at people. Later, seeing the few animals by the water pool, Lin Bei was taken aback and smiled bitterly. He is now a giant python, not human, and in the forest, it's really hard to get a good sleep.

  At this time, the sky had already darkened somewhat, nearing dusk. For the forest, this was the time when animals were most active. Many would run to the water source to drink, and at the same time, various predators were sharpening their blades, whether they could kill prey and have a pleasant evening depended on how diligent they were at this moment.

  The five animals under the water pool were beyond Lin Bei's expectation, because this was an elephant group.

  "Ears are smaller, there is a protrusion at the tip of the nose, this is a group of Asian elephants." Lin Bei muttered, "Am I now on the southwest side of Huaxia? Or bordering Vietnam, Laos and Thailand?"

  Asian elephants are now relatively rare in modern times, as many have been hunted down. However, there were actually a lot of them in ancient times. In fact, even the ancestors of modern elephants, the mammoths, had records. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a famous person who rode a mammoth, named Meng Huo, who was captured by Zhuge Liang seven times.

  So Lin Bei was not surprised to see the elephant herd, although Asian elephants often forage for food on grasslands, they also don't mind going into forests because their appetite is quite large, and they need to spend at least eighteen hours a day eating. Even in ancient China, the wild grasslands were probably unable to accommodate these large elephants, so they moved to the forest, simply put, it was because of food.

  These five Asian elephants are four big and one small, with one male, three females, and a small elephant. The male Asian elephant has tusks, while the female does not have tusks. As for the small elephant, Lin Bei can't tell yet, but it's not very big and was probably born recently.

  These five big elephants occupied the water pool, seemingly unaware of Lin Bei on their heads. The little elephant was very lively and didn't drink water honestly. Instead, it jumped up and down on the bluestone that Lin Bei had moved over, occasionally making "Ang... Ang..." sounds, looking very happy. Whether animals or humans, when they are young, they are always carefree because the storms will be blocked by their parents.

  Looking at the little elephant, Lin Bei thought of Lin Rou, who was also very mischievous when she was two or three years old. Sometimes, Lin Bei wanted to spank her, but couldn't bear to do so. When Lin Rou grew up to five years old, although still mischievous, she knew how to read Lin Bei's facial expressions. If she did something wrong, this little girl would keep making cute faces and acting spoiled. Lin Bei's parents doted on her like a precious gem, so little Lin Rou had already learned how to take advantage of the situation and team up with Lin Bei's parents to 'bully' Lin Bei, often leaving Lin Bei crying and laughing at the same time. Thinking about this, Lin Bei felt very downhearted.

  The five big elephants have a huge appetite, so they drink a lot of water. When Lin Beixing woke up, they had just arrived and drank for nearly half an hour, their bellies were swollen, before stopping. A female elephant called out to the young elephant several times, but it seemed like the young elephant didn't hear her. The female elephant simply wrapped its trunk around the young elephant and slowly re-entered the forest at a slow pace. At night, they will hardly have any rest time and will continue foraging.

  After the elephant herd left, this place also became lively, because many animals came here to drink water.

  Three deer slowly walked out of the small river, eating tender grass buds by the riverbank while vigilantly observing their surroundings. Lin Bei took a few glances and combined with the data in his mind, confirming that these guys were actually water deer.

  Water deer are often found near water sources, have a larger body size, like to play and forage in the water, nowadays they are not many, Lin Bei has only seen it once, this time is the second time.

  "The natural enemies of water deer are tigers and crocodiles, I think. There probably aren't any crocodiles here, but it's good that they found a nice place."

  Lin Bei still liked deer, which in people's impression were mostly gentle and had a beautiful body shape, giving a good feeling just by looking at them. So when the water deer appeared, Lin Bei subconsciously looked around them, and then his heart sank.

  Although he had known that there were many animals in this forest, Lin Bei did not expect it to be so severe. At a glance, he felt that three ferocious beasts had appeared within his range of vision, namely a tiger, a leopard and an ocelot.

  Tigers and leopards are familiar to everyone, and they are recognized as ferocious beasts. However, not many people know about the lynx, which also belongs to the cat family. At first glance, it's possible to mistake them for domestic cats because they really do look very similar.

  The clouded leopard is often referred to as the "big cat" by hunters, its body size is larger than that of a domestic cat but smaller than that of a leopard. However, it has an extremely ferocious temperament and will even dare to compete with leopards when encountered. The winning rate between the two is roughly three to seven, with clouded leopards accounting for only 30% and leopards accounting for 70%. From this, we can see that clouded leopards are still quite formidable.

  Tigers are on the east side of the river, leopards and lynxes are on the west side. The three fierce beasts seem to have not noticed each other, all focusing their attention on the water deer. For them, the water deer is a prey that cannot fight back, as long as they kill it, it can feed them for several meals.

  "Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit!" Suddenly, a frog from somewhere in the small river started croaking loudly. Then, as if following a lead, "ribbit" sounds began to rise and fall in succession, playing out a musical composition. These frogs were singing with their lives.

  Several snakes began to quietly swim towards the small river, and when they reached a certain position, they seemed to have sensed something. Three of the snakes turned back, while two others hesitated for a moment before continuing forward. One was swimming from the ground, while the other was coming from the trees, as one was a cobra and the other a bamboo pit viper, both highly venomous species.

  "Whoosh..."

  A wild pheasant suddenly flew out of a bush, crossed tens of meters in a daze, and landed in the grass by the river, opening the curtain on the battle.

  The leopard sprang down from the tree like lightning, flying fast, making several leaps, stretching its beautiful body in mid-air. With the last leap, the leopard jumped at least seven meters and then plunged into the grass, biting the neck of that fat silly pheasant, crushing it directly.

  "Hmm..."

  The flower leopard had already discovered the civet cat when it was moving, and the two hated each other because of their similar appearance. It jumped down from another tree and pounced on the civet cat.

  The leopard and the lynx made a move, and the water deer in the small river were suddenly startled, opening their legs and running away. Lin Bei saw that the old tiger took a few steps to chase, then stopped, looking at the direction where the lynx and the leopard left with a very melancholy gaze, guessing that it hated these two guys to death, because of the trouble caused by these two guys, this old tiger's beautiful dinner was disturbed.

  The civet and the clouded leopard have left, running down from the tree. Both are good at climbing, but the civet is carrying a wild chicken, so it's likely to be chased by the clouded leopard. As for what will happen in the end, Lin Bei doesn't know. Maybe one of them will die, or maybe they'll both lose and get killed by another hunter.

  The croaking of frogs will not stop because of these things, on the contrary, it has become even louder. These frogs are preparing to mate, which is a bigger deal than heaven itself, so they're not afraid at all.

  Lin Bei watched as the two creatures carefully crawled towards their respective targets, when suddenly he felt a tightening sensation on his skin, and a warning sign appeared in his heart, his mind racing, he abruptly lifted his head.

  A black dot was circling in the sky above Lin Bei, making him laugh uncontrollably. He sat back and watched as the real hawk was actually in the sky, and it was unclear whether it was an eagle or a vulture. Lin Bei said viciously: "Dare to provoke me? Dare to provoke me? If you have the guts, fly down, I can kill you without using a stick."