Chapter 94: Guardians of the Forest
Xiao Shuai flew low in front and led the way.
"What's going on?" Brother Nan turned his head to look at Li Mu beside him.
"Xiao Shuai and the others seem to have discovered a pangolin." Li Mu held yogurt and looked up at Xiao Shuai to identify the direction.
"Pangolin? It's rare nowadays."
“They are figuring out how to eat it.”
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Brother Nan's eyes widened, "Why are you still so slow? Run faster!"
After saying that, Brother Nan's speed suddenly increased.
Li Mu silently followed and accelerated.
There was a whistling sound in my ears, and the trees were moving backwards rapidly.
When they reached a small hill, Xiao Shuai fell down.
Li Mu and Brother Nan followed closely to the hillside.
Three young golden eagles and a wolf cub were surrounding a curled-up black and brown thing, looking at it and scratching it from time to time.
"Li Mu." The wolf cubs saw Li Mu and ran over. "How do you eat this? I can't bite it."
"This isn't tasty. I'll cut some beef for you when we get back, okay?"
"Okay." The little wolf thought about it and agreed. He had been chewing on this thing for a long time but couldn't chew it anyway.
Li Mu petted the wolf cub and walked over to the huddled, spherical, scaly creature.
The kitten jumped from Li Mu's arms, looked at the strange-looking animal curiously, stretched out a little paw and touched it gently.
The huddled animal immediately let out a small scream, its voice filled with fear.
"Can Mr. Yogurt bite it?" said the little golden eagle on the side.
"It seems very scared." The kitten looked up at the little golden eagle, "Nimu wants to save it, don't eat it."
"Oh." The little golden eagle nodded obediently.
"Oh my! It really is a pangolin." Brother Nan also came over and squatted in front of the pangolin. "This thing is pitiful. It was badly cheated by that old man Li Shizhen."
"Yes."
Li Mu carefully observed the pangolin's appearance and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it had no damage.
He reached out his hand and gently stroked the pangolin, "Don't be afraid, it's all right now."
The scales feel cool and hard, and the edges are sharp. This is its only and best means of defense against predators.
The pangolin curled up into a ball and trembled the moment Li Mu's hand touched it, but then it felt different.
The feeling was very warm, and different from the feeling when it tried to open its body just now. This time it made it feel very comfortable.
Li Mu gently stroked its back to comfort the pangolin.
Gradually, the pangolin's body stopped trembling, and its tightly clenched body quietly opened a gap, and Li Mu was reflected in a pair of small black eyes.
The pangolin looked at the creature it had never seen before, and its body felt a desire to get closer. Its intuition and instinct told it that this creature was worthy of its trust.
The gap gradually became larger, and the pangolin's head poked out cautiously. After seeing the animals surrounding it, it quickly shrank back.
Li Mu looked up at Brother Nan.
"I understand." Brother Nan picked up the kitten and stood up, looking at the animals that were gathered in a circle, "Come over here first, don't scare the pangolin."
"You go to Brother Nan first." Li Mu also said to the animals.
"You're not going to eat it again, so what are you afraid of? You're so timid." Xiao Shuai muttered while staring at the pangolin.
After being hit by Xiaomei's wings, he shrank his head and walked with a figure eight steps to look for Brother Nan.
Li Mu smiled and looked down at the pangolins. "Don't be afraid. They are all my friends. They won't hurt you."
The pangolin slowly stretched out its head and saw that the animals it had just surrounded had walked away, and it immediately felt relieved.
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The pangolin fully unfolded its body, and its scales made a sound like armor.
"Thank you." The pangolin straightened its upper body and put its little head against Li Mu's body to sniff. It liked the smell of Li Mu very much and it made it very comfortable.
"You're welcome. Those are my friends. They were playing here and accidentally dug your cave."
Li Mu gently touched the pangolin. There were also tiny scales on its head, which felt slippery.
Brother Nan squatted on the ground far away, holding a piece of wild grass as a cat toy, playing with Yogurt and the little wolf cub, but his neck was stretched out, looking at Li Mu. Seeing that the pangolin was calm, Brother Nan handed the wild grass to Xiao Shuai, "Do you want to play?"
Xiao Shuai had been itching to try it out since he was watching from the sidelines, so he immediately picked up some weeds with his mouth and shook his head to entertain the cubs.
Brother Nan grinned, clapped his hands, stood up and walked towards Li Mu.
When Pangolin saw Brother Nan coming, he hid behind Li Mu.
"Is this the pangolin in the Calabash Brothers that drilled into the mountain to release the snake demon and the scorpion demon?" Brother Nan walked over and looked at the pangolin curiously.
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Li Mu pretended not to hear, took out his mobile phone and turned on the live broadcast.
Pangolins are rare, so this is a good opportunity to popularize them.
【First! 】
【Good afternoon, anchor! 】
[The anchor is slacking off. I get up at six every morning, waiting to patrol the forest with you online, but you sleep in, right? ]
[We said we would grow old together, but you secretly had a hair treatment. I don’t love you anymore (heartbroken)]
Li Mu looked at the comments and was very upset. He quickly explained, "I got up at six o'clock, but the city sent some supplies in the morning, which delayed me."
[Ah, yes, yes, I believe it. What about you? ]
[Anyway, my dog shook his head. ]
Seeing that his explanation was not working, Li Mu simply switched the camera to the rear camera and aimed it at the pangolin.
[Hiss, Godzilla? ]
[It seems that I can no longer hide my identity as Ultraman. 】
【Gaia! 】
[Hello, Gaia, the guardian of the earth. I am your predecessor, Tiga. 】
[Did anyone notice that today's live broadcast was very clear? Could the anchor be using AI while lying in bed? ]
[That’s right, the background is too fake. ]
[What Godzilla? Isn't this a pangolin? ]
[Look, there is an honest man upstairs. ]
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Brother Nan is right, these are just a group of stupid netizens.
"That netizen is right, this is a pangolin." Li Mu forced the netizen to get to the point.
[Wow, a living pangolin! All the pangolins in our mountains are extinct.]
[We used to have them here, but they are gone now. Many old wooden houses have collapsed due to corrosion by termites (sigh)]
[Pangolins are also protected animals now, right? I remember when I was a kid, I could still buy them in the wild game market.]
"Pangolins are a first-class protected animal in China and are even rarer than giant pandas."
[Another species that is even less common than the giant panda? ]
[It is so sad that pangolins, which have lived on Earth for tens of millions of years, were almost eaten to extinction. ]
Seeing that netizens were paying attention to pangolins, Li Mu took the opportunity to share some scientific knowledge:
"As the netizen just said, after the pangolins were gone, many old wooden houses were corroded and collapsed by termites. This is because termites are the main food of pangolins."
"Its stomach can hold about 500 grams of termites. It can be said that in 250 acres of forest land, as long as there is an adult pangolin, the termites will not cause harm to the forest. This is why pangolins are called forest guardians."
[One pangolin can protect 250 acres of forest? (Shocked)]
[Oh my god, such a small pangolin is so powerful! ]
Netizens were shocked.
"What a shame." Li Mu looked at the pangolin at his feet and his tone became low. Because humans believe that pangolin scales have medicinal value and some people hunt for them and eat wild game, the number of pangolins has decreased dramatically."
"Pangolins are very close to extinction in the wild."
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