Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

After the intercom buzzed for a second, Zhao Yeqing's urgent and panicked voice came.

"Mu Xi, come quickly! Go to the tourist area...close to...this side! There's one...chasing me!"

The voice was intermittent, and it sounded like he was talking while jolting on the horse, and the microphone was still full of wind noise.

When Mu Xi heard the first few words, he had already run into the house, got into the car with a gun and stepped on the accelerator.

The car swooped out of the house and headed straight to the lake.

He guessed that another reason for Zhao Yeqing's intermittent voice might be that the distance of the walkie-talkie had reached its limit. The two of them had tested the limit before and it was almost to the lakeside and a little further to the tourist area.

He didn't hear clearly what kind of animal it was, but he just had to go there as soon as he got the signal. Asking questions now would also affect Zhao Yeqing's escape.

He only heard the word 'there is only', and he analyzed that it should be a single animal.

Could it be that the tiger in the mountains came out? Or are there other predators coming to the meadow?

If Zhao Yeqing were a herbivore, he would not have this tone.

Driving very fast, Mu Xi held the steering wheel tightly and drove the car to more than a hundred yards. He arrived at the lake in a few minutes, slowed down and started looking for people.

Until they rounded a small hill again, they saw Zhao Yeqing riding a horse in a circle around a small slope from a distance.

After a while, the animal behind her also emerged from behind the slope.

Gray, 2 meters long and over one meter tall, with a long nose and big ears.

Mu Xi stopped on the spot and pulled up the handbrake, listening to the excited screams of someone outside the car window.

What about panicking?

When Zhao Yeqing walked around the small slope again, he saw a car parked not far away. He picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted excitedly: "Mu Xi, have you seen it! Elephant!"

Mu Xi raised his head in a funny voice and said, "The elephant didn't see it, but the unweaned baby elephant behind you did."

It is very dangerous to encounter elephants in the wild. They will rush directly towards people. Moreover, they basically live in groups and are large in size. If they are encountered, they will definitely not be able to beat them.

Mu Xi picked up the intercom again: "Okay, stop playing. There are usually no lone baby elephants. Don't wait until their mother comes to your door."

"Come and pick me up."

Mu Xi released the handbrake and drove over. When he was approaching the area, he honked the horn. The little elephant was frightened and ran away.

Under normal circumstances, if you encounter a herd of elephants, the honking of the car will not work, and it will easily make them run away in panic. However, there was only one baby elephant and the place was wide, so it was enough to scare them away.

Zhao Yeqing rode over on horseback, his eyes sparkling, "Did you see it? There is an elephant on the meadow!"

"I saw it, I saw it, go home quickly, my mother will come to the door soon, you can't beat her."

Their mountain range stretches for a long time, reaching Hunan Province in the east, across Guizhou and Guangxi provinces to the border of the motherland, with branches going up to Sichuan Province, and branches going down to Yunnan Province.

Besides, creatures like elephants can be encountered at altitudes of more than 4000 meters, so it is reasonable for them to appear here.

Zhao Yeqing couldn't stop marveling along the way. After the excitement subsided, she began to think about how the two of them could prevent an elephant from appearing on the meadow.

"I was hunting rabbits just now, and I wanted to come over and see how the grass was doing on the few plots of land we had spread on the meadow. As soon as I walked near the pasture, I saw this little guy lying there in the grass field. Roll around."

There was no female elephant around, so she wanted to ask if she could get closer and take a look. After all, the little guy was only a little bigger now, not taller than her, and he couldn't even use his nose smoothly.

She watched from a distance and saw the baby elephant flicking its trunk several times and accidentally hitting itself in the face.

What danger could such a little thing pose to her?

Xiao Hong seemed to be a little afraid of this unseen animal and was unwilling to step forward, so Zhao Yeqing had no choice but to get off his horse and walk over to take a look.

But I didn't expect that the little elephant had a bad temper. Before he got completely close, I took a second look and the little elephant rushed over.

She was so frightened that she quickly turned around and ran back to Xiaohong and got on the horse. She felt safe riding the horse, teasing the little elephant and running around and around.

The little elephant swayed and chased with small steps, making Zhao Yeqing look cute.

But Mu Xi was right. Elephants all live in groups, and it is impossible for only one unweaned baby elephant to appear here.

The lactation period of an elephant usually lasts for more than two years, and the longest period is five years before weaning. Judging from the height of this baby elephant, it is estimated that it was only born not long ago. At this time, it usually follows the mother elephant.

When the two returned home, Mu Xi stopped the car and took Xiao Hong to the stable. Zhao Yeqing put the rabbit in the stainless steel basin in the kitchen to fry it in the evening. When he saw him come in, he poured a glass of water and handed it to him.

"Is it possible that a herd of elephants passed by our place and the little elephant fell behind?"

Mu Xi took a sip of water and replied: "It's possible, but if that's the case, the mother elephant should come back to look for it, and the baby elephant can also find the route of the herd and catch up."

This touches on Zhao Yeqing's blind spot in knowledge. Generally, it is difficult for an animal that falls behind during animal migration to find its own group again, let alone one that is so small.

"Don't underestimate elephants. Their sense of smell is twice that of dogs. They can smell the scent left by their own team and catch up along the route. But it is also possible that the elephant herd is near the lake. With the current climate here, , it’s normal for them to stay and survive.”

The biological communities in the tropical rainforest climate change very quickly, and the emergence of new fauna means that the nearby plant communities will also undergo certain changes, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Zhao Yeqing was a little worried. If the elephant herd came towards them, the crops in his family's food field might not be saved.

If their sense of smell was really that sensitive, how could they not be tempted when they smelled the fresh and tender rapeseed and corn stalks at home?

And among the weapons in their hands now, the one with the highest force value is the double-barreled shotgun. If a large army of elephants comes over, they may not be able to finish the battle even if they empty all their bullets.

Mu Xi also fell silent. After a long while, he patted Zhao Yeqing's shoulder and comforted him: "It's okay. If that's the case, it will be a waste of money and disaster."

Zhao Yeqing took out another popsicle from the refrigerator. The popsicle was made from freshly squeezed sweet stick juice and placed directly in the freezer. It was sweet and quenched thirst.

After taking a mouthful of cool popsicles, the coolness brought back her senses, and she suddenly felt a little regretful, "If I had known, I wouldn't have teased that little elephant just now.

The elephant should...not hold grudges, right? "