Chapter 58: Storing Water

Chapter 58: Storing Water

In the evening .

The female lions had returned from hunting .

However, they still found nothing .

In the morning, they had already gone out for a while and returned empty-handed .

In the afternoon, they set off against the hot sun again . They only returned now, but they still did not catch any prey .

The prey on the grassland was getting fewer and fewer .

They had traveled a long distance but ultimately did not bring back anything .

The cold father lay in the shade of the bushes and looked at them coldly before continuing to sleep with his eyes narrowed .

He was so hot that he felt uncomfortable and did not want to move .

Lars woke up from his sleep but did not see any prey and was very disappointed .

He felt that the female lions were becoming more and more useless .

The pregnant Callie and Maya lay in the shade and looked at the three sisters, also disappointed .

They needed a lot of food to fill their hunger during pregnancy .

The three female lions that had returned from hunting were hungry and thirsty . They were in a hurry to replenish their water .

They wanted to drink water by the river .

However, the lion, the cold father, did not have the intention to stand up and go with them .

Callie and Maya also lay in the bushes and closed their eyes .

They had been staying here all this time, avoiding the scorching sun . They did not move at all, so they were not too thirsty .

Callie and Maya were pregnant, and the mane on the cold father was too thick .

The weather was too hot .

None of them wanted to move .

Furthermore, the three female lions did not bring back any prey .

They seemed to be a little resentful .

Aisha, Xi’er, and the lioness with a broken tail looked at each other . They could only turn around silently and prepare to go to the river .

Little Curly Tail and Mei Mei ran over and let out cries .

They wanted to go too .

However, they seemed to be telling their mothers to wait .

Their brother went to the bushes at the back and stopped their tailing sternly .

He must have gone to poop .

Because every time his brother went to poop, he would not let them follow him . Every time he pooped, he would use his claws to dig a hole . After pooping, he would use the soil to bury his poop .

At first, they did not understand and even mocked their brother .

Until one day, they accidentally smelled their brother’s stench . Then, they understood .

They were very grateful for their brother’s actions .

Therefore, every time his brother expressed that he wanted to go and poop, they would never tail him and even take the initiative to stay far away .

They were really afraid .

At this moment .

In the bushes at the back .

Chu Xiaoye was following the borders marked by the Seno Brothers and looking for the black objects left behind last night .

However, the situation was extremely strange .

Those things actually disappeared without a trace . Furthermore, not a trace or smell was left .

What was it that could wipe out those things that could even make a lion flee in fear?

Could it be hyenas or wild dogs?

It was understandable for a dog to eat shit .

However, he did not feel that the things he left behind were objects that a dog could swallow .

They were the abandoned substances in his body and the dregs left behind in the fresh meat he ate every day .

There might even be other unknown substances .

It was also possible that dung beetles ate them .

Those things were not afraid of the stench . They liked things with strong tastes .

Forget it . Since they had already been cleared, he did not need to trouble himself anymore .

He had planned to come and bury it .

After all, those objects did not have much power after a day of sun exposure .

The Seno brothers’ pride had already learned their lesson and should not approach this terrifying forest again .

They would never have thought that this terrifying thing was actually pooped out by their own kind .

Perhaps they thought that there was some extremely venomous creature hiding in this forest .

Anyway, they did not lack this territory . There was no need to risk vomiting or falling unconscious again .

After all, food was not easy to come by, and what they spat out might not be able to be eaten again .

“Bam!”

From the bushes behind him, there was a small noise, as if something was stepping on a dry branch .

Chu Xiaoye did not look back . He crossed the border and wandered for a while in the bushes snatched away by the Seno brothers’ pride before returning to the camp .

Seeing that he had left, Catherine hurriedly crawled out of the bushes and followed him .

The three female lions were waiting anxiously . Seeing that he had finally returned, they immediately prepared to set off .

Chu Xiaoye called out to them to wait a while more . Then, he quickly climbed up the Baobab tree and took out a white thing that looked like an animal’s internal organs from the storage room .

It was the bladder of a gnu .

Although it looked deflated, it was comparable to a balloon when blown and could store a lot of water .

He did not collect much, only five .

Of course, there were also the bladders of other prey, but they were relatively small and could not store much water .

He took out this larger bladder mainly to transport water .

He had already thought of a place to store water .

However, he was not certain if it would work .

The tree trunk under the two Baobab trees was extremely thick, like two giant water tanks .

One night, when he was practising his skills on a branch, his sharp claws pierced into the bark and he immediately felt a trace of moisture .

Then, he realized that although the Baobab tree, whose leaves had fallen too early, seemed to be lacking water and withered on the surface, there was actually a lot of water stored in its body .

Its wood was extremely loose, like a sponge . It absorbed a lot of water and its bark looked dry and rough, but it could seal the water and prevent it from evaporating .

If he emptied it from the middle, injected water into it, and stored it, he should be able to store it for a long time .

Of course, in order to maintain the survival rate of the tree and prevent the water from evaporating, he could not dig too much of the space in the middle .

The trunks of the two Baobab trees were extremely thick and tall . Even if they only took out a little space, the amount of water stored was definitely enough for the pride to survive the entire dry season .

Over the past few days, Chu Xiaoye had been standing on the first branch of the Baobab tree and trying to empty it from the middle with his claws . It was surprisingly easy to dig .

The loose wood contained water . He did not need to use much strength to dig out a small space .

He decided to bring back some water and try putting it in .

If the effect was good, he would immediately take action and crawl into the hole to continue digging like he was digging a well .

As for the manhole cover, he had thought of it too .

He placed the wooden dregs he took out into the skin of a warthog . When it was full, he would sprinkle some water in it and step on it to make a cork that could be stuffed into the hole .

Even if he did not step on it too tightly, it was okay . He still had many animal skins to use . When the time came, he would block all of them at the mouth of the cave to prevent the water from evaporating from them .

To successfully survive the first dry season of lion life, he had no choice but to make these preparations in advance .

Every dry season would be a cruel and merciless elimination .

Only the most tenacious life would have a chance to survive .

As for him, perhaps he was not as tenacious as other lives, but he had the courage to live and the wisdom of humans .

He would use these to lead the pride to continue living strongly!