Those years of engaging with the system for animal insurance

On the vast land of Africa, the scorching sun scorched the world.Many animals are looking for shade in the savannah, which has a tropical savannah climate and is in the dry season.

There is only one river with a source of water within a hundred miles. African lions, hippos, crocodiles, hyenas, and other grassland animals, large and small, share this only source of water.

Tens of kilometers away from the water source, there is a mountain range with jagged rocks and only weeds.Except for the halfway up the mountain, a group of baboons live here.A bird of prey lives on the top of the mountain.

When Li Cixin opened his eyes, he realized that he had turned into a fledgling with no hair yet.

The parent birds in front of them are mighty and domineering, with white feathers on their bodies, but their two wings are black. The most interesting thing is that they have a black mustache on their chins.

Afterwards, the system passed the information of the animal that became this time to him:

"Drip! The host is currently a bearded vulture of the chordate phylum - bird class - eagle shape - eagle family - vulture subfamily - bearded vulture genus."

"Oh! So it's the bearded vulture, the one who picks up trash every day and eats the bones saved by others."

Li Cixin remembered that vultures also like to eat turtles. If they come across big bones or turtles that they can't swallow, he will lift them into the air and throw them on the stones, and break them to eat.

The famous ancient Greek tragedy writer, Aeschylus, is said to have been beaten to death by a bearded vulture with a tortoise.It is a realistic and magical tragedy that the head is regarded as a stone without hair.

For most raptors, the female bird is basically larger than the male bird, and the bearded vulture is no exception.

It seems that the huge one in front of him is a female vulture, and the smaller one is a male vulture.As for the egg next to it, it hasn't hatched yet.

The vulture gave Li Cixin a piece of broken bone to eat, and he swallowed it effortlessly, thinking to himself: Even the chicks eat bones.

The next day, the eggshell around him moved, and another chick broke out of the egg.

In the TV and documentaries that Li Cixin watched, the breeding of raptors is often a very difficult process.

Almost all top predators in nature, because of their high ecological niche, produce a lot of waste in energy supply.If you want to raise offspring, you can often only support one, and it is very easy for the entire army to be wiped out.

Therefore, many animals have been genetically programmed to exclude their compatriots since they were young. Some will bully the weak, and some will attack their brothers and sisters.From the perspective of human morality, it is cruel.

Li Cixin, as a person, was not so frenzied to attack a little guy who was not as big as him.It's not bad to leave it alive and live in peace.

But what happened next really hit Li Cixin hard in the face.

Ever since the little brother was born, Li Cixin found that the parents gave some bones to each other, but he didn't seem to have enough to eat.The two bearded vultures also flew around more and more frequently, until one night Li Cixin found out...

As he was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt that half of his body was floating in the air. When he opened his eyes, what he saw was an abyss illuminated by the moonlight, dark and bottomless.

At this moment, the young bearded vulture, which was much smaller than him, was bending his back and pushing him out of the nest, and he was working very hard.

"I'll go," Li Cixin quickly grabbed the edge of the nest, slowly walked around the opponent, and crawled back to the nest.

"I didn't expect this guy to behave like a cuckoo chick." Li Cixin complained with lingering fear, "System! Why didn't you remind me just now?"

System: "If the host doesn't pay attention and is killed by a precious animal, the system will judge that the mission has failed."

"Ha ha!"

Li Cixin didn't pay attention to the strange rules of the system, but set his eyes on the little bearded vulture.

He climbed up, followed the calabash to draw a ladle, pushed it to the edge of the nest, and pushed it into the cliff with a little force.He hesitated for a moment, but he was ruthless and pushed it down.

There is only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to guard against a thief.If one day I took a nap and was pushed down, who would I ask for reason?

Two bearded vultures watched the whole process, but they didn't react, as if they were eating and drinking.Survival of the fittest has already been edited in their genes, there is no sorrow and no joy.

This made Li Ci realize that what the system says, protecting the environment and animals is essentially protecting humans, because most of the so-called empathy with animals is just wishful thinking of humans.

After several months, Li Ci finally became an adult with full wings.Under the guidance of the parent bird, he successfully learned to fly, which can be regarded as being able to start the mission.

This time Li Cixin did not choose the gene for gigantism. After all, the otter became so big last time. If it wasn't for the depth of the Yangtze River, it could be hidden, otherwise it would be too dangerous.

This time the system unlocked a self-healing ability, the speed is not particularly fast, it is better than nothing.

Just click on the three genetic modifications of strength, speed and self-healing. After a few hours, Li Cixin became a huge raptor with a wingspan of seven meters.

He picked up a stone with a loose structure on the ground, and crushed the stone with his sharp claws.

If it touches a person, it is estimated that it can directly lift the skull.

The place where he is located is the southern hemisphere, the parent birds have left him, and the dry and pale yellow land has turned green.During the months when he was growing up, it became a wet season with the climate.

A lot of rain has brought vitality, and the world that was originally dusty has become green and grassy.A dark patch of black on the horizon in the distance is coming here.That is the great migration of species, a magnificent sight rarely seen on earth.

Li Cixin stood on the cliff, feeling the thermal air rising gradually, he spread his wings and waited for the wind.

Many people think that as long as birds have wings, they can take off on flat ground.But this is not the case in fact. Flying is a very physical activity, especially for large birds to take off on flat ground, which requires a lot of energy and sufficient skills.

A sliver of energy can be saved in nature, and all animals basically do something else.

One of the skills that the pro-bird taught Li Cixin is to wait for the thermal air to rise, and the wide wings will be like a kite, and it will be able to glide for quite a long distance without flapping a few times!The one who really achieves the goal of soaring upwards is [-] miles.

Relying on the airflow, Li Cixin flew to an altitude of several thousand meters, and the superb vision of the raptor also allowed him to see the situation on the ground very clearly.

Tens of thousands of wildebeest formed an expeditionary force, and many zebras, antelopes, and African bison mixed in. So far, Li Cixin has not found any elephants.

These herbivores live by water and grass. When the dry season in the northern hemisphere comes, they will come to the southern hemisphere in the wet season. When the southern hemisphere enters the dry season, they will cross the equator to the northern hemisphere.

Along the way, they face many dangers and challenges.The hungry predators on the grassland have been waiting for a long time, lions, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs...

And in the river, the crocodiles who have been waiting for a year's feast are also ready to go.

Everyone is looking forward to this annual feast.

Not long after gliding, Li Cixin discovered new food, and now he can eat bones very skillfully.

On the grassland below, the lion group that controlled the place had just hunted a wildebeest. Because it was the migration season, the lion group had no shortage of food for the time being, so a lot of uneaten tissues remained on the corpse.

When the last lioness left, the vultures around had been waiting for a long time. They were scavengers on the grassland, picking up some dead bodies to eat.

There was once a photographer, Carter, who took a photo that won the highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize, and his work was called "The Hungry Girl".

In the work, a little black girl curled up on the ground was dying under the scorching sun.Behind her is a vulture quietly waiting for her death.

Vultures, on the other hand, have always had a bad impression on people because of their feeding habits.And the bearded vulture where Li Cixin is located is the scavenger among the scavenger.

Vultures are responsible for eating meat, he is responsible for eating bones.But at any rate, it sounds a little restrained.

Li Cixin hovered and landed on the ground. His huge size startled the vultures. Seeing that this strange big guy didn't snatch their food, he continued to eat it.

The scene of the vultures eating is really not very good-looking, one by one made blood all over their heads and necks.They also degenerate the feathers in these places to maintain hygiene.

Watching the vultures scrambling to grab food, and the jackals who come to steal a piece of meat from time to time.Li Cixin estimated that they would have to eat for a while, so he turned his attention to the resting lions not far away.

It was very hot at noon, and after eating and drinking, the lions lay down in the shade of the trees to rest and sleep.In the season when food is plentiful, they don't care about this little meat at all, and they don't even let go of a superfluous look.

The genetically modified Li Cixin will not be afraid of them either. Cats are top hunters, and their hunting methods tend to be a combination of assassins and warriors.However, because the degree of carnivorousness is too high, once the injury affects hunting, it is very likely that it will not be able to catch the prey and starve to death.

Therefore, in most cases, they would not fight with animals that were difficult to deal with.

Except for the naive rhinoceros and the giant elephant, Li Cixin really has nothing to fear on this continent.

And of course humans.

It didn't take long for the dead wildebeest to be eaten clean, leaving only a pile of scattered bones.

Li Cixin stepped forward with the steps of an old man, his huge claws were like bundles of firewood, he grabbed the bones together, and flapped his wings to take off.

Flying to a rock-broken area and throwing down the bones, all the bones were broken into small pieces. Li Cixin swallowed all the broken bones whole and felt full.

After resting for a while, Li Cixin spread his wings and felt the updraft again. He was about to start looking for African elephants.

In the sky, Li Cixin's eyes were like scanners observing the movement on the ground, and suddenly he found something in a bush in the savannah.Circling and flying down.

Because there are many shrubs here, in order to prevent the difficulty of taking off, Li Cixin swept across the area with his wings and cleared a space in an instant.

At the same time, I also saw clearly what the things in the bushes were.

A dead African elephant.

System: "D, found mission target: adult African elephant, male, dead.

In the process of collecting genetic information..."

The African elephant is the largest animal on land today. Looking at the body of this dead African elephant, Li Cixin once again refreshed his understanding of human cruelty.

It was clear the elephant had been poached to death as its entire face was gone.

Some people don't understand why poaching ivory is illegal.Because in their view, ivory can grow for a lifetime, wouldn't it be good to just saw it off and grow it again?

But the truth is far from that simple. Just like bamboo shoots, elephant tusks still have a long part in their bodies.In order to maximize profits, poachers often shoot and kill elephants first, then saw off their faces and dig out their tusks.Corpses are discarded.

It's kind of benevolent, and hasn't suffered too much from poachers.

Some are equipped with advanced poachers and even have helicopters.They are often desperadoes, employed by some people and organizations, with sophisticated techniques and precise spear skills.

They will shoot and break the spine of the elephant on the helicopter, causing the elephant to be paralyzed. At this time, the elephant is still alive, and the face will be cut off and the ivory will be taken away.

Many times when rescue organizations arrived, the elephants had bled to death.And those who are still alive, look even more miserable. As they breathe, blood will trickle out. The scene is really unbearable.

Such elephants cannot be saved, and they do not even need to be euthanized. They will soon die of despair under the watchful eyes of the protection staff.The same fate applies to rhinos with similar horns.

This was the case with the elephant in front of Li Cixin. He circled around and found the bullet hole in the spine of the corpse.Another discarded elephant trunk was found about ten meters away.

It may be to avoid poachers that this young male elephant took refuge in this sparse forest, which has also prevented scavengers and humans from discovering its carcass to this day.Because of the hot and dry climate, it has become a mummy.

Li Cixin put the trunk next to the corpse's head, and it was considered a whole corpse.He was about to fly west when he heard the rumble of a machine in the distance to the east—helicopters.

Could it be poachers?Li Cixin quickly took off and swept towards the east!