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 attitude 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 space 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 .