fishing system

Chapter 168 Congo Jungle ([-])

Deep in the rainforest of the Congo Plain, near a wetland swamp.

Here is far away from human civilization, all kinds of animals and plants live and multiply here, and live very freely.

At this time, in the forest near the swamp, a small forest elephant over one meter tall was playing alone.

Just a few months old, it is extremely curious about everything around it, and has always wanted to find opportunities to inquire nearby, but every time it was stopped by its mother.

Until today, after returning to the territory of the herd of elephants, taking advantage of the momentary negligence of the mother elephant, it finally successfully left the team and realized the adventure it dreamed of.

The baby elephant was extremely excited after being freed from its mother's care for the first time. It jumped around and explored, sometimes digging in the dirt on the ground, and sometimes crashing into the trees blocking the way. It was extremely happy for a while.

Suddenly, after bumping away from the branches that blocked his sight, a wide and beautiful puddle appeared in front of him.

Looking at the open and flat "playground" in front of him, the baby elephant couldn't help but hum happily. It ran quickly without hesitation, and jumped towards the meadow closest to it.

As expected, the soft trampling feeling of the grass came as promised, but the elephant seemed a little panicked.

Because it found that this Meadow Seed seems to be too soft!

With this jump, not only did he lose all four legs, but even his body sank in half, and as it struggled, its body sank deeper and deeper.

In anxiety, the baby elephant screamed in fright, hoping to attract the rescue of the elephant herd.

It was only then that it recalled why its mother was so angry when it wanted to get close to the forest. It turned out that this invisible danger was still hidden here.

I don’t know whether it was luck or misfortune, but not long after the baby elephant left the herd, its mother found it and started looking around. After hearing its cry, it didn’t take long to rush to the swamp.

Looking at the child trapped in the muddy water, although it was extremely anxious, it did not dare to act rashly. It could only call out to its companions, hoping to rescue it after the elephant herd arrived.

This is not because the mother elephant does not love her children, it is simply because the edges of this swamp are very soft and cannot bear the elephant's body, which often weighs two or three tons.

If you go to the rescue rashly, the end result is likely to be trapped in it and you can't get out.

As the distance is not far away, just as the call for help was called out, the response from the companion came from a distance, which made the mother elephant feel a little relieved, and began to stand aside and whisper softly, intending to comfort the child in the swamp .

But a heart-wrenching scene happened. Seeing his mother right in front of him, the baby elephant began to struggle desperately, hoping to return to the shore to join him.

As a result, the more it struggled, the deeper its body sank. Before long, only a small elephant head was left on the meadow, and it was still sinking slowly.

"Woooo..."

Seeing that the baby was about to disappear, the mother elephant anxiously called out to her companions, but finally couldn't bear the worry in her heart, and began to approach step by step, intending to try to rescue herself.

It stepped on the soft soil, taking every step carefully.

But as it gradually approached the swamp grassland, the female elephant would sink into the mud as deep as half a meter every time it landed. With the black and fat water emerging from the grass under its feet, puffs of dirty swamp gas billowed, making it difficult to breathe.

Feeling the bearing capacity of the mud under her feet, the mother elephant knew that she could no longer move forward. If she insisted on doing so, the final result would be that she and her child would be trapped in the deep pit of the swamp.

But looking at the baby elephant that was close at hand, it didn't flinch in any way, and still worked hard to get closer little by little, hoping to get to the child as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, because the baby elephant is relatively light, and the previous jump, it is still four or five meters away from the shore.

Even if the female elephant stretches her trunk as hard as she can, there is still a big gap.

"Ugh..."

Seeing that only a section of the baby elephant's trunk was exposed, the mother elephant let out a mournful cry.

It glanced behind quickly, and found that its companion had not arrived in time, so it gathered all its strength and rushed forward without hesitation.

Borrowing its own inertia, the female elephant jumped directly into the swamp. Its huge body and weight even shook the nearby puddles.

It was also through this distance that it finally got close to the elephant as it wished.

Taking advantage of the small half of the opponent's nose exposed, the mother elephant put her trunk around the tip of the calf's trunk and began to pull hard, regardless of her own fallen body.

At this moment, its whole body is only half-sinked, and by taking advantage of its height, its nose exerts a lot of force.

In addition, the baby elephant was only a few months old, and its body weighed only two hundred kilograms. Under this pull, the mother elephant successfully rescued the other party.

The baby elephant just crawled out of the swamp, covered in greasy muddy water. Seeing the familiar figure of the mother elephant in front of him, it followed the traction of the other's nose, and quickly climbed onto its head, whimpering very aggrieved, as if Expressing his apology, but also seeking comfort.

Seeing that her child climbed out of the swamp smoothly, the mother elephant responded happily, and then there was a burst of anxious urging. She kept waving her long trunk behind her, indicating that the baby elephant should step on her body and get away from the swamp as soon as possible. Dangerously.

"Woo... woo woo..."

The baby elephant, who had just escaped from the swamp, could not understand the meaning of his mother at this moment. When he found that the other party kept slapping him away, he thought it was to blame him for going out without permission, and he was trying to please him.

"Woooooooo..."

Seeing that the child didn't understand what he meant, the mother elephant urged anxiously.

At this time, most of its body has been submerged in the swamp. If the other party doesn't come ashore quickly, both of them will end up stuck here.

But no matter how the mother elephant urges, the baby elephant does not know why, but is unwilling to leave his mother.

This situation lasted for a while, and with the ground shaking, the nearby elephants finally rushed to the scene of the incident, looking for their companions.

This is an African forest elephant herd with six or seven members.

The female elephant who was the leader of the herd walked in the front, followed by three smaller female elephants and several half-sized elephants.

After discovering the dangerous situation of her companion, the lead matriarch shouted several times in a row, and the companions behind her responded quickly after receiving instructions. One was guarding the cub, and the other two followed the lead elephant to a nearby tree with thick legs. Beside him, people stood up and hit the big tree with their front legs in turn.

"Bang! Boom!"

Under the impact of the several tons of elephants, the big tree began to shake violently, and its trunk gradually tilted. If there is no accident, it will be uprooted in a short time and become a tool for the elephants to rescue companions.

The Congo Basin is swampy, and African forest elephants have reproduced here for generations, and they are very familiar with this method of swamp rescue.

The only question now is to see if the time will come.

(End of this chapter)