Judging from the color of its feathers, it was a gyrfalcon with white feathers and black spots.
Although the bird carcass was definitely the gyrfalcon's corpse, the scattered items around it were still something to be concerned about.
Lu Chen took off his backpack and put it aside. He hugged the little chick and squatted down to take a closer look.
Near the bird's corpse, there were some branches with obvious broken marks and some dried grass that had been soaked in water.
This should be the gyrfalcon's original nest.
A gyrfalcon nest could give birth to two to three young eagles. If this nest had been blown to the ground by the storm a few days ago, there should be other young eagles 'corpses nearby.
Logically speaking, even though an adult gyrfalcon couldn't fly in a storm like that, it could still be blown off its branches and fall to the ground. It could still hide and survive.
How could he fall to his death with his nest?
This was too strange.
Eh…Wait.
Looking at the strange posture of the white-feathered black-spotted gyrfalcon on the ground, Lu Chen's heart skipped a beat.
Lu Chen picked up a clean branch from nearby and gently pried open its wings.
As expected, there were two small corpses under its wings.
The breathing hole on its head was already sealed by mud.
Perhaps it was because the nestling was too young or it had been eaten by something, but it had already rotted out of shape. However, one could still vaguely make out the outline of its body.
Lu Chen turned his head to look at Xiao Xuefeng, who had been sitting quietly at the side.
Seeing that Lu Chen was looking at it, Xiao Xuefeng snorted and turned her head to the side, as if she was still angry that Lu Chen had wronged her last night.
Looking at Xiao Xuefeng's expression, Lu Chen finally understood the whole story.
A few days ago, due to the huge storm in the rough pod cloud, the gyrfalcon's nest was blown out of the nest by the storm, and all the chicks fell out.
In order to protect her children, this great gyrfalcon mother did not run away. Instead, she chose to use her thin wings to protect them.
The mother choked to death in the muddy water, and the two babies also died. Only the little chick with a broken leg survived.
Lu Chen noticed that this little nestling was much bigger than its two dead brothers. It was probably because of the small snowstorm that its brothers had died before.
It was also because of this that even though its mother and brothers had all died, it had survived for a few more days by pecking at the corpses of its brothers.
Then, he was discovered by Xiao Xuefeng, who had come out to hunt for food, and brought back.
Xiao Xuefeng was indeed wronged.
If it really wanted to eat it, it would have eaten it when it found the little gyrfalcon. How could it let Lu Chen find out?
But it did not.
It chose to put the little fellow in its mouth and bring it back.
Yesterday, when Lu Chen had just come out of the cave, he had seen Xiao Xuefeng using its little claws to continuously pull at the little gyrfalcon. It was not because it was playing.
It was because the gyrfalcon was too severely injured and too weak to move. Xiao Xuefeng was just trying to confirm if it was still alive.
Lu Chen felt extremely guilty when he thought of how angry he was at Xiao Xuefeng last night.
Putting the towel that he had been holding to the side, Lu Chen walked to Xiao Xuefeng's side and reached out to pick it up.
Xiao Xiaofeng had always been cute and obedient. She would do whatever Lu Chen said and had never disobeyed him.
However, this time, even though it was in Lu Chen's arms, it still stubbornly turned its little head to the side and refused to look at Lu Chen.
Clearly, he was furious.
"Alright, alright. I was wrong. I was wrong. I wronged you.”
"
I know you wanted to save it, so you brought it back to me, right?"
Our Xuefeng is the most sensible, so don't be angry, okay?”
Lu
Chen coaxed her for a long time before Xiao Xuefeng slowly turned her head around and whimpered in grievance. Her pair of big green eyes were filled with tears.
"Aiyo, why is my baby crying? Don't cry, don't cry. I was wrong, I was wrong..."
Lu Chen did not expect Little Xiaofeng to cry. He panicked and hurriedly wiped its tears.
Look at how wronged the child is!
While Lu Chen was busy coaxing Xiao Xuefeng, the two sisters also poked their heads out of their pockets curiously.
If it wasn't for the fact that snakes didn't have tear glands, this move would definitely have become the ultimate skill of the small white flashing python.
Finally, Lu Chen put Xiao Xuefeng down.
After all, Xiao Xuefeng was almost 20 pounds now. It was really a little tiring to carry him for a while.
Picking up the towel at the side again, Lu Chen lifted it up and looked at the little chick that was wrapped up.
No, he should be calling her little gyrfalcon now.
With a constant temperature and food, its condition seemed to have stabilized a lot, and its breathing was not as rapid as yesterday.
Although most of the time, he still did not have the strength to open his eyes, and his body could not move freely, at least he was in a much better state than yesterday when he was struggling on the line between life and death.
However, Lu Chen was still a little worried.
Because it was a gyrfalcon.
If it was any other bird, Lu Chen would not be particularly worried.
So what if he was disabled? It was fine as long as he could survive.
To put it bluntly, if the injured lady was the Kakapo, it would be eager to be fed by humans.
But gyrfalcon was different.
They were born with pride and were elves that belonged to freedom and the sky. They had extremely strong willpower and a desire to survive.
This little gyrfalcon was the best evidence of its efforts to survive.
However, its legs were broken, and there was no way to reattach them. It would live with such a disability for the rest of its life.
With only one leg, it would probably take ten to a hundred times longer than other gyrfalcons to learn how to stand.
Not to mention flying.
What should he do then? What could he do?
Looking at the little gyrfalcon that was trying its best to breathe and live under the towel, Lu Chen felt a stab of pain in his heart.
The heavens really liked to make such cruel jokes.
Sighing, Lu Chen tucked the towel back in to prevent the temperature from dropping.
What was the use of thinking so much now? The most important thing was to let it live first.
As for the future…he would think of a way in the future.
Before leaving, Lu Chen dug a hole under the tree and buried the mother gyrfalcon and the two chicks.
From then on, the soul of a great mother slept here.
Carrying the gyrfalcon in his arms, Lu Chen adjusted his direction and continued to advance towards the hinterland of the primitive forest.
The rabbit meat that Little Flathead had left behind had almost been used up in the past few days. The two sisters, Little Snowwind and Little Flash Scaled Python, were still fine. Now, they had learned to hunt on their own.
Although he couldn't catch any particularly big prey, at least he could feed himself.
However, the small gyrfalcon could not. It was a carnivorous bird, and it needed fresh meat to provide enough nutrition.
He had to think of a way to catch some wild rabbits or rats.
Besides, even if he didn't consider the small things, he still had to consider collecting the food he ate.
This was the reason why they had to travel light in the mountains for a long time. It was not like when they had an RV outside. Although the food was not very delicious, it was not a problem for them to eat.
However, it was different after entering the mountain for a long time. Every bag of dry food on him was precious because he did not know when he would go out or what kind of situation he would encounter. He had to leave a few days 'worth of dry food as an emergency.
A few days ago, in Lady Kakapo's territory, Lu Chen had actually collected a lot of green beans and mountain chestnuts.
But he couldn't eat green beans and wild chestnuts for every meal!
He still had to eat some meat to fill his stomach and satisfy his craving.
After making up his mind, Lu Chen decided to find a place where wild rabbits and wild rats would haunt for two days. It would also be convenient for him to take care of the little gyrfalcon and wait for it to be in a better condition before setting off.
As he walked, Lu Chen told the audience in the live broadcast room about the general situation of the gyrfalcon family that he had just discovered. Everyone sighed,
[This mother is too great... She can clearly run away, but she still stubbornly stays behind to protect her child.]】
[If it weren't for the sacrifice of this gyrfalcon's mother, the little gyrfalcon in your arms would definitely not have survived until Xiao Xuefeng discovered it.】
[By the way, Brother Lu, shouldn't Xiao Xuefeng eat such a baby animal the moment she sees it? Why did he save her?]
"I can't say for sure, but I guess it's probably because I saved the little flash-scaled python sisters and the little crew cut before, which left an impression on it that it should bring such animals back to me.”-
Lu Chen thought for a moment and said,
"But this is also my guess. After all, Xiao Xiaofeng is an animal. I don't know what it's thinking either...
But no matter what, since it brought this little fellow back, I have to take good care of it and try my best to save it. Otherwise, I'll let down Xiao Xiaofeng's good intentions."”
Along the way, Lu Chen was paying attention to the nearby ground to see if there were any footprints or feces of wild rabbits and rats. Instead, he did not pay much attention to the movements on the trees.
Suddenly, Lu Chen heard a soft "slurping" sound coming from the front, as if something was licking something.
He subconsciously raised his head and met the eyes of a little fellow covered in scales on a withered tree in front of him.
They looked at each other.
Knowing that he had disturbed the little fellow's feeding, Lu Chen subconsciously took two steps back.
Unexpectedly, it turned into a large pine cone at the speed of light and fell from the tree.
Lu Chen was speechless.
What, are you trying to scam me?
[This chapter's accompanying picture is 'Large Pine Tower'~]
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