459 Two Large Tigers (1/2)

Right at that moment, all the rats in the pile suddenly scattered in panic. Maybe because there were too many of them, they could only crowd away slowly.

It took a while for them to all run away. As over ten-thousand cat-sized rats all escaped, the thing which was under the rat pile was exposed.

That was a large block of ice as Lin Qiao had thought. An orange colored animal with black stripes was faintly seen, lying inside the ice.

It was still able to move, but only its upper body. Its lower body seemed to have been disabled. It looked like there was still some space inside the ice block, and the animal was only trapped in it.

Then, Lin Qiao understood why those rats were running. After all in a short while, that boa wriggled over.

It crawled to the ice block, then reared up its head and gazed straight at the adult tigers inside the ice.

There were two tigers in the ice. Lin Qiao was only able to see one of them, as the other one was hiding behind the one she saw.

She jumped over and got closer, then finally saw the other tiger. That tiger had stopped moving; the other tiger was trying to support its body with its forepaws and struggle up.

As the boa approached, it immediately paused, gazing back at the boa and letting out warning roars.

”Roar…”

Lin Qiao trod on a tree which was less than two meters away from the ice block, observing the adult tigers. She didn't feel the vibe of the tiger which was lying there motionlessly, meaning that it was already dead.

Why was the other tiger staying with it? The tiger which was still alive didn't seem to be in a good condition either.

As she got closer, she saw a large puddle of blood behind the waist of the living tiger. Clearly, it was injured heavily. Earlier, it tried to stand up, but its rear legs seemed unable to move. Lin Qiao guessed that its spine was already broken.

Lin Qiao carefully looked at the two adult tigers. They weren't huge, compared to all the other mutated animals in the post-apocalyptic world.

They were only half a size bigger than normal Siberian tigers, weighing about four-hundred kilograms.

The boa quietly stared at the tiger through the ice, letting out its forked tongue from time to time.

Lin Qiao looked around, wondering where the crocodile was.

Right at that moment, she suddenly heard the baby tiger's screams.

”Owooo!”

Hearing the baby tiger's cry, the tiger inside the ice was agitated. It abruptly propped up its upper body and gave a weak roar toward where the baby tiger's sound came from.

”Roar…” After uttering that roar, it powerlessly fell back to the ground again. But in no time, it tried to get up again.

Lin Qiao turned and looked back. She sensed that the baby tiger's vibe was turning weak. It seemed to have been injured. Also, its scent was mixed together with that of the crocodile.

'Damn, that little fella has clearly fallen into the crocodile's mouth. But, it hasn't died. So, the crocodile didn't swallow it, right?'

Soon, she heard some noises from that area. The giant crocodile walked over step by step, its strong limbs quaking the earth from time to time. It was slowly approaching the ice block.