A month later.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter.

During this period, not a single drop of rain fell.

As far as the eye can see, the grassland is already yellow.

Except for the still green shrubs.

The lion camp, the two baobab trees, also began to shed their leaves.

Herbivores, which used to fear lions, also had to take the risk of foraging in the bushes.

And some dangerous predators, for shade and prey, also frequented this lush shrub.

Conflicts occur from time to time.

However, the male lion does not have much energy to deal with these invaders.

As long as they are not too close to the camp of the lions, the male lions should not see anything, but only occasionally drive away to show their strength and lordship.

The food was plentiful.

Lions can eat fresh flesh and blood almost every day.

Lionesses and kindergarten teachers seem to be content with this life.

Kelly, the lioness who had killed her child by an army of baboons, finally recovered from her grief and began to come into heat again.

Father Leng always stayed with her.

Standing on the baobab tree, Meimei immediately stopped practicing every time she looked at the picture of their mating, tilted her neck, stared wide-eyed, and looked at it with curiosity.

The little curly-tailed, on the other hand, is dismissive of this.

Chu Xiaoye hung the body of the baboon that he picked up that time on the branch of this big tree.

Now, it has been dried and does not smell of any blood.

Perhaps because of the bee venom, when it was hung on the tree, it didn't rot and didn't attract any bugs or poachers.

As the blood and water in the corpse evaporated, the bee venom inside should have disappeared.

Chu Xiaoye knew the horror of the dry season and decided to stock up on food in advance.

And those poisonous bees in the bushes, their venom and the honey on their feet, are the best antiseptics.

Now on the branches of the tree hung not only the air-dried baboon, but also two air-dried hares and half a fawn.

Hares and fawns, both caught by himself in the bushes.

Then, taking advantage of the night, when those poisonous bees had weak eyesight, he suddenly threw them next to the hive.

As soon as those poisonous bees heard the movement, it didn't matter who you were, they immediately swarmed out and attacked desperately.

In this way, the two prey were well preserved again.

Now the food is more abundant.

So Little Curly Tail and Meimei have no interest in these dry foods on the trees.

They don't know that when the dry season comes in the future and there is a shortage of food, not to mention these dry foods, even a piece of carrion on the ground, they are afraid that they will gobble it up and rob you to death!

In the evening.

The river below the hillside has become lively again.

Due to the hot and dry weather and dry air, the moisture provided in the food can no longer satisfy the animals of the grassland.

Whether you are a carnivore or a herbivore, you have to drink water almost every day.

Lion Camp.

The lioness lay in the shade of the bushes, their mouths dry from the heat, and wanted to drink some water to quench their thirst.

However, the lion and Kelly have not returned.

Ral and Gigi stood on the hillside, staring at the river below and the animals drinking from it, walking impatiently.

They were thirsty too.

Chu Xiaoye's brothers and Meimei were still panting in the shadows of the bushes, doing all kinds of strange movements.

There are no leaves left on the baobab tree.

The sun is too strong during the day, so you can only go up again at night.

When it's getting dark.

The lion and Kelly finally came back together, and it looked like you and me, very sweet, like a young couple who had just been married.

Led by the male lions, the lions set off and walked down the hill to the river to drink.

The male lion is in the front, the lioness is on the left, right and behind, and the lion cub is guarded in the middle.

The herbivores by the river have avoided one after another.

However, instead of running away, they went farther to the river to drink water.

They're so thirsty.

Also, this is not a place for lions to hunt.

Even those cruel hyenas, when they come here, will not hunt easily.

There are so many carnivores and large animals here that they are all in groups and are not easy to mess with.

Moreover, if it causes chaos, it is likely that not only will the prey not be able to eat its mouth, but it may also be trampled to death.

Except, of course, only one ferocious animal.

"Wow!"

Not far away, suddenly there was a splash!

When a zebra was bowing its head to drink, a bloody mouth full of fangs suddenly burst out from the muddy and calm river water, and bit it towards its neck!

Fortunately, the zebra was always vigilant, and before the bloody mouth closed, his body jumped backwards violently, narrowly dodging away!

The other animals drinking water next to them were all startled, jumped up one after another, fled in a hurry, and stood not far away, looking at them in horror, but did not leave.

Even when they are in danger of dying, they still have to drink water.

To live.

That's a crocodile covered in armor and more than two meters long!

Without biting its prey, it did not stay any longer, but slowly retreated into the river, sank, and disappeared.

Perhaps, at some point, it suddenly appeared in another place without warning!

Chu Xiaoye's heart was shocked, and he glanced at the river in front of him again, the water quality was turbid, and he couldn't see if there was such a terrible thing hidden below.

He was a little scared.

Meimei was even more frightened, even if she was very thirsty, she hesitated and did not dare to approach the river.

The lion glanced solemnly over there, then walked to the river, lowered his head without hesitation, and began to drink.

The lion's mane is lush and flamboyant, making him look unusually powerful and domineering from the front, and it is extremely intimidating!

Ordinary animals really don't dare to provoke him.

However, for crocodiles, as long as you enter the water, no matter how powerful and domineering you are, you can only be a younger brother!

The lion may be confident, or he may want to show his courage in front of his wife and children, or he may be aware that there are no crocodiles here.

Anyway, he drank very slowly and easily.

At least it seems.

The lioness were also a little frightened, but the thirst was so uncomfortable that they approached him cautiously, walked to the river, and drank with great tension.

Ral was already thirsty, and although he was afraid, he had to lean over and bow his head.

A black stake-like thing slowly floated from the middle of the river.

Little Curly Tail was also bold and leaned over.

Chu Xiaoye stood by the river and clearly saw the black thing, but he couldn't be sure whether it was a stake or a killer.

But will the stake float in this direction on its own?

Apparently not!

"Whew!"

He immediately sounded an anxious alarm at the lions that were looking down at the river.

The lion raised his head, looked at him with cold and contemptuous eyes, ignored him, and continued to bow his head to the river.

I had been with Kelly for a long time, and now, I'm very thirsty.

And at this time.

The black thing suddenly sank and disappeared.

Meimei saw that everyone was drinking, and she couldn't stand it with thirst, so she hurriedly came over and drank greedily.

Seeing that the thing suddenly disappeared, obviously lurking from the bottom of the water, Chu Xiaoye suddenly became anxious.