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The female elephant stands in the cave, laboring to give birth.

It has also mutated. Although its pregnancy period is much shorter than that of ordinary elephants, this does not mean that the baby elephants are also smaller than ordinary elephants.In fact, on the contrary, the baby elephant has been fully developed in the belly of the mother elephant, and its physique is not smaller than that of ordinary elephants.

And the female elephant seemed to be giving birth for the first time, and looked a little nervous.

Both humans and animals have their own considerations for where they stand.

All the elephants stood not far from the entrance of the cave to ensure that they would not block the air around the mother elephant and make her feel suffocated.In addition, they can't help the mother elephant, they can only keep their surroundings as far as possible, and prevent any other dangerous creatures from approaching.

Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin stood a few meters away from the elephant herd, quietly spectators.

Maoxiaoliu and Maoxiaowu jumped to the entrance of the cave. They raised their proud cat heads and gave the head elephant a look.The head elephant shook his long trunk knowingly, and Mao Xiaoliu nodded in satisfaction, continuing to monitor the surrounding situation vigilantly.

The monkey king seems to be very worried about the birth of the mother elephant. This is mainly because he is afraid that if the mother elephant does not give birth smoothly, the nest just built by the monkey group will be brutally murdered and destroyed by the violent elephants.The time is coming to winter, they managed to save enough food for the winter, and now two new baby monkeys are born, no matter what they can't suffer another serious injury.

The birth process was not as smooth as everyone imagined.

Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin stood at the entrance of the cave for more than two hours. Except for the opening of the palace mouth, the female elephant still had no other reaction.Judging from the frequency of its proboscis and wide ears, childbearing itself is a little bit difficult for it.

That's a little worrying.

But the head elephant doesn't seem to be in a hurry, so the female elephant shouldn't have any problem, it's just that the time hasn't come yet.

Maoxiaoliu and Maoxiaowu are still juvenile cats, but due to the mutation, they are relatively precocious and know that the mother elephant is going through the process of giving birth.Even so, the two kittens have a rambunctious personality, and after a long time, they gradually became impatient.

Yang Yiqin lowered his head and saw the two of them spinning around in place, so he knew that their paws were itching again.So he squatted down, reached out and rubbed the back of their necks in turn, and then said: "If you are really tired of staying, you can take turns to go out and play for a while. But this place really needs your surveillance, and I really need it." Your help."

Hearing that he needed his own help, the two kittens immediately cheered up.

For a while, they only had the words "responsibility" and "pride" in their hearts, and they decided that they must become reliable cats and cats that Yang Yiqin could rely on, and guard this sacred battlefield well.

So they all shook their heads, rejected the proposal to have fun, and expressed their determination and position to stick to this place.

Yang Yiqin smiled and rubbed them for a while: "Thank you, I am deeply touched."

As it turned out, staying with the two kittens was the right decision.

The breath of the mother elephant gave birth to a lot of wild animals in the forest, including ordinary squirrels, birds, and mutated snakes and wild boars.They only showed their faces in the depths of the forest, and immediately found the black cat guarding here, and then retreated back timidly, not daring to approach here again.

In this way, it is also possible to cut off the possibility of the elephant group breaking out in time.

Yang Yiqin has always wanted to know what ability these kittens have that can make those mutated animals so fearful.But even with laboratory research, everyone can only make some guesses that don't know the truth or falsehood.

According to Dr. Leung, the variation of animals and humans has the same external manifestations, but the basic theory of variation is quite different.

When the first round of zombie viruses swept the world, animals did not have the ability to be infected with zombie viruses. The only condition for the formation of zombie animals was to be bitten by zombie humans. There was nothing in the body of ordinary animals other than the original gene.But the emergence of mutated animals is indeed due to the influence of the same virus. Not only have they completed special evolution, but they are not reproductively isolated from the original population.

The results of many experimental studies show that the degree of genetic variation of Huahua and Dahei is much higher than that of other mutant animals.

Therefore, everyone speculates that the high degree of mutation is the reason why they can suppress other animals, and other mutant cats do not necessarily have this ability to suppress.

The people and the beasts waited for a while, and the female elephant seemed to be about to give birth.

It kept moving its hind limbs and flicking its tail. The cervix slowly opened, revealing the body of the baby elephant wrapped in fetal membranes.Soon, the baby elephant fell to the ground wrapped in fetal membranes, and the amniotic fluid and blood of the mother elephant poured down the ground. In a blink of an eye, the ground of the cave was covered with a layer of red blood, which tasted bad.

A newborn baby elephant lying on its side, has not yet learned how to walk.

The mother elephant turned around, turned the calf's body with her legs, and pushed it mercilessly, urging it to stand up.Under the kick of the mother elephant, the young elephant stood up slowly, and took the first step tremblingly.

The elephant herd started to stir up one after another, raising their trunks and whistling.

Mao Xiaoliu and Mao Xiaowu looked left and right curiously. Although they didn't like the smell of the scene, they were very curious about the wobbly baby elephant. Was it like this when they were born?

Even the monkey king cheered, which caused the monkey group in the distance to jump up and down and dance.

All living things celebrate this new birth.

Yang Yiqin looked at the baby elephant walking under the urging of the mother elephant with a smile.

Feng Lin said, "Same hands and feet."

"It's still young after all." Yang Yiqin said with a smile, "It's only a few minutes old now."

The elephant whistled a few more times, then turned to look at Yang Yiqin, swung its proboscis towards him, and flapped its ears.

This is urging them to go back.

Seeing that the baby elephant was born successfully, the Monkey King realized that the new home of the monkeys would not be disturbed, but he did not leave in a hurry, but worried about another matter.It tugged at Yang Yiqin's trouser legs, and when Yang Yiqin looked at him, he opened his arms and gestured to express his thoughts.

Yang Yiqin: "You want to ask, when will the elephant herd leave the scenic spot?"

The Monkey King nodded.

Maoxiaoliu and Maoxiaowu became curious when they heard their conversation - after all, this is their home.

The reason why the elephants settled in the scenic area was the result of communicating with Huahua and Dahei.Huahua's family allowed the elephants to temporarily stay in the scenic spot until the baby elephants were born; the elephant group also said that they would leave here after the baby elephants were born safely.

So the question is not offensive.

Yang Yiqin turned his gaze to the leading elephant.

The head elephant let out a long whistle, shook its trunk, and pointed at the baby elephant.

Yang Yiqin: "Wait until the baby elephant grows up?"

The elephant flicked its nose.

Yang Yiqin asked again: "What time is it?"

The head elephant whistled a few times, but Yang Yiqin couldn't understand its meaning.

He looked at Feng Lin at the side: "Do you understand?"

Feng Lin shook his head: "I didn't understand the movement of pointing at the baby elephant just now."

"...It's not a big problem, I'm still guessing." Yang Yiqin was optimistic, "Anyway, we shouldn't be able to go far today, so let's keep guessing, starting from one day or two days, to one year or two years .”

Although it is impossible to be too fast or too slow.

Hearing this, Feng Lin looked at the head elephant: "Whispering the nose is yes, but moving the ears is no."

The elephant flicked its nose.

Yang Yiqin: "Within a week?"

The elephant moved its ears.

Feng Lin: "Within two weeks?"

The elephant flicked its nose.

That's okay, it's not too long.

These African elephants are not well adapted to the northern climate, and they should go south along the road. At that time, they can send the elephant group for a while, so that it can avoid cities and human gathering routes.

But after getting along with each other for this period of time, I believe they will take the initiative to avoid humans.

After confirming that the elephant herd and baby elephants were safe, Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin returned to the base with the two cats, intending to report to Lao Yuan on the latest situation of the elephant herd in the scenic area.When the female elephant gave birth, the smell of amniotic fluid and blood was very strong. After the two of them got into the car, they still had that lingering smell on their bodies.

Feng Lin took out the disinfectant and sprayed it in the car a few times.

As soon as they entered the base, Jia Shu came over and asked, "How is it? Has it been resolved?"

"Don't worry, the mother elephant has safely given birth to her calf, and the herd has recovered," Yang Yiqin said, "and the head elephant said that they will leave here within two weeks to find a more suitable place to live."

After listening, Jia Shu felt relieved: "That's good."

"They are in a very peaceful state of mind now, and there shouldn't be any changes in the last two weeks."

"It's good. The base has always tried to avoid unwarranted conflicts with elephants. We don't want to point our guns at them unless we have to." Lao Yuan took a sip of hot water to moisten his throat and continued, "To be honest, from our The country has planted trees and preserved many biological genes, which shows that we have always cared about the earth's environment and ecology."

Yang Yiqin nodded: "I know, I've heard about it before."

"Really?" Lao Yuan said with a smile, "General Zheng and Secretary Li said that at this stage we need to complete the self-help of human beings. When human beings successfully save themselves, we must consider the ecological problems after the outbreak of the virus. After all, human beings are closely related to nature. , can’t run out of this circle.”

Yang Yiqin thought about the future: "I guess it won't be so soon."

"Of course it won't be soon, and how many survivors do we have now? Even if the zombie virus and the food problem are solved, manpower will always be a big challenge." Lao Yuan continued, "But the leader's vision is to take a long-term view and take a step forward. Looking at ten steps, or even a hundred steps, it will definitely not work without thinking and development, and then there will be no such thing as our base."

While most people are thinking about how to obtain tomorrow's food and supplies, some people are already thinking about the future of mankind and development.

They cannot be accused of short-sightedness, because for most survivors, the future is too far away.

Those survivors lived in a corner of the vast country, either surviving alone or under the control of others.It may take them longer than the people here to find a safer, stronger shelter.

We should never slack off in saving lives.

Yang Yiqin said with a smile: "This is our luck."

"If everyone thinks this way, then the management of the base will be smoother." After finishing speaking, the old man handed the two kittens a fur ball, "Come on, little toy, I will reward you for your great efforts to maintain the stability of the base." contribute."

Mao Xiaoliu's eyes straightened instantly.

Maoxiaowu stretched out his paw, patted its head, and gave a "meow" to make it pay attention to its image.Even so, they were still dazzled by the fur balls, but they were a little more restrained in catching them with their paws.

Lao Yuan smiled and watched the two kittens playing with fur balls. After enjoying themselves for a while, he said to Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin, "Have you seen Tang Yongke today?"

Yang Yiqin shook his head: "No."

"He was absent from the survivor training in the morning." Feng Lin said, "Wang Che asked for leave for him."

Old Yuan smiled and rolled his eyes: "Do you know why you asked for leave?"

The two looked at each other and shook their heads.

They don't like to ask other people's private affairs.

Lao Yuan explained: "His friend's wife is about to give birth, and the doctor said that the pregnant woman is a little nervous. So a few of their acquaintances went to help accompany the pregnant woman."

"Really?" Yang Yiqin asked, "Is the delivery date brought forward?"

The old man shook his head: "I don't think so. The doctor said it was a normal delivery period, which is probably only a few days away. As the first baby born in our base, everyone attaches great importance to it. Not only the doctor takes turns to understand the situation on time, but General Zheng also Went to see each other."

Yang Yiqin pondered for a moment, then said to Feng Lin: "Shall we give each other some fruit too?"

Feng Lin agreed with his proposal: "I think it is possible."

The old man joked with a smile: "This is a great gift in the last days."

They have been able to eat fresh fruits recently because of the harvest of fruit trees in autumn. After picking, the base distributed two fruits to everyone, and then made the remaining fruits into dried fruit and jam for easy preservation.

Supplies will not go bad if they are placed there, but fruits, vegetables and food will definitely be gone if they are not harvested, so recently the army particularly likes to harvest farmland and fruit forests with a radius of dozens of miles.Many soldiers have been able to use the harvester proficiently. Some people hold guns to guard and shoot the mutated animals and zombies approaching, and some people use the harvester to take the opportunity to harvest food. The scene is very lively.

"Feng Lin and I have done several harvesting missions with the team." Yang Yiqin explained, "I collected vacuum bags before, so I saved some fresh fruits."

"I know you guys are amazing." Lao Yuan suggested, "But I think it's better to wait until someone is out of confinement before going to see it, so that pregnant women can maintain a good attitude."

Yang Yiqin nodded: "Alright."

After chatting, Lao Yuan registered mission points for them.

Looking at the long string of numbers on the brochure, he couldn't help but said, "Your points are about to explode, what's the use of piling up, it's troublesome to calculate, why don't you buy something?"

Feng Lin said: "Directly import the form."

"Yes." Yang Yiqin asked, "Don't you have a laptop?"

"To save electricity, the base's power resources are so tight." The old man stroked his beard, "Our internal staff only turn on the laptop when we are summing up or when we are particularly busy. This kind of unimportant piecemeal time , Definitely write it down first and then talk about it.”

Yang Yiqin thought for a while, and said, "Then first withhold one year's rent?"

The old man was amused: "Success, no problem."

All aspects of the base are gradually moving towards the right track.

However, the sudden change in the climate caught everyone's expectations—on the second day after the baby elephant was born, a sudden heavy snow swept across Beishi, and the temperature dropped to minus five or six degrees overnight.

Winter is coming quietly.

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Today's second watch should be very late, everyone go to bed early, and watch it tomorrow morning~