Chapter 461: The Ice Tiger’s Choice
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Seeing Lin Qiao scoop up the little tiger and prepare to go, Qiu Lili hurriedly asked, “Eh? Are you still taking it out?”
Lin Qiao nodded and said, “Yeah, I think I need to give it back to its parents.”
Qiu Lili said, “It’s injured so badly. Won’t its parents attack you when you show up in front of them with this poor little thing?”
“I won’t let it hurt me, don’t worry!” Lin Qiao said.
It was the first time that she had met a superpowered mutated animal. The ones she found earlier didn’t have superpowers; superpowered mutated animals were very rarely seen after all.
Lin Qiao held the unconscious little tiger ad showed up before the ice tiger.
The ice tiger was startled by the suddenly appearing, human-like creature. The tiger was familiar with human beings, because it and its friends were all raised by human beings.
Upon seeing the little tiger in Lin Qiao’s hands, the ice tiger was a little agitated.
“Roar!” It immediately lowered its head and popped its eyes as it gave Lin Qiao a roar.
Lin Qiao slowly put the baby tiger on the ground along with the cloth that it was wrapped in, then raised both hands and took a few steps backward. Next, she leaped up onto a tree nearby.
Seeing Lin Qiao step back, the ice tiger raised its head and glanced at her with confusion. But still, it didn’t relax its vigilance. It moved toward the little tiger step by step, and could scarcely believe its own eyes.
Earlier on, it witnessed its cub being swallowed by the crocodile. How come the cub appeared now? And, it was still alive!
The ice tiger slowly approached the baby tiger, then lowered its head and sniffed around its cub. It sensed a nice scent mixed together with the familiar scent of the baby tiger.
The ice tiger figured out that the nice smell came from some kind of healing energy.
It raised a paw to gently pull the baby tiger’s body, then carefully sensed the cub’s scent. After that, it raised its head and again glanced at Lin Qiao with confusion.
It was raised by human beings, so it didn’t show a strong hostility toward Lin Qiao. After confirming that its cub was still alive, its att.i.tude toward Lin Qiao turned slightly better.
Lin Qiao silently observed the ice tiger’s moves. Discovering that the tiger didn’t give up on its cub because the latter was injured badly, she was a little relieved.
After all, some animals would give up the weaker cubs and leave with the stronger ones.
The ice tiger spent a long while sniffing the baby tiger, then turned back to glance at the dead tiger. After that, it turned back to look at Lin Qiao who was on the tree.
That process repeated for three times. The ice tiger first looked at the cub, then turned to the dead tiger, then at Lin Qiao.
At last, it seemed to have made a decision. It held the cloth which the baby tiger was wrapped in between its teeth, then lowered its head so that the little tiger wouldn’t fall out. After that, the ice tiger began dragging the baby tiger slowly toward Lin Qiao. Only after it pulled the baby tiger under the tree that Lin Qiao was on did it relax its bite.
After putting down the baby tiger, the ice tiger raised its head and stared at Lin Qiao for a few seconds. Next, it lowered its head before turning and walking back toward the dead tiger.
Every after a few steps, it would turn around to glance at the little tiger. It turned back three times in total before it went back to the dead tiger.
Lin Qiao was a little confused. She looked at the baby tiger which was dragged under the tree by the ice tiger, then at the ice tiger which had gone back to the dead tiger.
‘Eh? What does this mean?’
In fact, the ice tiger believed that human beings would save its cub. Before the apocalypse, the feeders that it knew had saved a critically ill tiger cub.
The ice tiger walked back to the dead tiger, then lay down by its side. After that, it put its head down to the ground too, facing the baby tiger.
Before long, the ice on its body spread to the dead tiger and froze it too.
There were two ice tigers now.
And then, there were two dead bodies.
After laying down, the ice tiger sent its last bit of energy into the dead body. At the same time, its own life force dropped drastically, then faded.
Lin Qiao leaped off the tree and picked up the baby tiger. She didn’t walk to the two dead tigers, but glanced at them before turning and leaving.
It seemed that to turn into an ice tiger, the tiger needed to consume its last bit of energy, as well as its life.
Before it died, it preserved its own body and the body of its partner.
Lin Qiao didn’t know how long the ice energy would last, and it was not her business. The vigorous baby tiger was injured tragically. Lin Qiao had no choice but to bring it away. With her, it would at least survive.
With that, she left the woods. Not long ago, giant rats were seen everywhere; but now, all of them were gone. Lin Qiao had no idea when they went.
Lin Qiao had fed the king cobra and made a tour in the zoo, so now, she figured that she should keep moving. She walked out of the zoo and let out her vehicle. She first put the baby tiger on the front seat, then got into the driver’s seat before starting the car and preparing to keep driving South.
While driving, she was also paying attention to the baby tiger’s condition.
After a couple of hours of driving, the little tiger finally woke up.
When it woke up, it looked around confusedly. Seeing the strange Lin Qiao, it took fright and immediately attempted to spring up. However, its wounds hurt once it moved.
“Owo!” The little tiger screamed in pain.
Lin Qiao turned and gave it a glance. The little thing recovered quickly. She thought that it wouldn’t wake up until the night.
Sadly, it wouldn’t be able to see its parents again. Instead, it had no choice but to stay with Lin Qiao.
Lin Qiao sighed. There was another mouth to feed now. But thankfully, she was capable enough of hunt preys for her animals.
The baby tiger screeched in pain. It didn’t dare to move again, as every time it tried to move, a serious pain would attack. So, it quieted down, lying there without moving its body.
But still, it turned its fluffy head and looked around. The little thing spent a long while gazing at Lin Qiao. Meanwhile, Lin Qiao glanced at the baby tiger as well. Earlier on, the little tiger seemed to be dying before it woke up, but now, it woke up so energetically. It seemed that her lake water was getting more and more effective.
“Awooo!” The little tiger started struggling again as it found that the pain didn’t fade when it stopped moving.
Lin Qiao looked at the little tiger. With no other better choice, she pulled over and took a cup of water out of her s.p.a.ce to feed to the tiger.
It was surely not an easy thing to make the baby tiger drink the water as it was awake now. The little thing refused to cooperate. Lin Qiao spent quite a while to pour the cup of water into its mouth, and a half of that water splashed on the front seat.
The little tiger never stopped struggling. In the meantime, it had been scratching Lin Qiao with its claws. No matter how hard Lin Qiao tried, it refused to drink the water that she gave. At that very moment, she even wanted to strangle it.