One morning, Xu Qiaoqiao suddenly woke up from her sleep. She looked up at the white surroundings, her eyes were a little dazed, and she was obviously not awake yet.
"Well……"
Xu Qiaoqiao turned her head and buried her head in Jun Qi's arms, caressing it several times, and then let out a long yawn. She blinked her eyes a few times, and a layer of mist appeared in front of her eyes.
"quack."
She made a meaningless cry. Apparently the other emperor penguins hadn't woken up yet. Today, she was the first emperor penguin to wake up in the group of emperor penguins.
Jun Qi was obviously still sleeping. Xu Qiaoqiao stretched out her arms and patted Jun Qi's head gently. Like leaves gently falling on the water, ripples appeared in circles, and the Antarctic wind seemed to flow from
Never stopped.
This year, Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi are already 19-year-old emperor penguins. Time flies so fast. Thinking about it, it seems that yesterday they were the cute cubs. Today they have grown up all of a sudden, and then they will step into the next step.
Entering the stage of old age.
Xu Qiaoqiao sighed in her heart.
Even when she woke up, she did not leave Jun Qi's arms. She leaned there quietly and did not wake up her other companions. It seemed that as she got older, she had more time to rest.
Xu Qiaoqiao began to think about some things in the past. After a while, an emperor penguin in the group of emperor penguins woke up. He fluttered his arms, yawned widely, and let out a high-pitched cry.
"quack--!!!"
This cry woke up the other emperor penguins. They all raised their heads, stretched their necks, and began to loosen the muscles and bones of their whole bodies. After getting old, their bodies feel a lot rusty and they need to move more.
When they move, they flap their wings as if they are about to spread their wings and fly.
If this scene were to be reversed, it would look like a large group of adults and adults were active on the playground, looking leisurely, and maybe some of them were still chatting.
After waking up, I moved my body as usual, and the emperor penguins began to scream, and then began to line up in an orderly manner, really looking like an old man or an old lady.
Everyday life is still the same, but the difference is that they look less energetic than before, and they are not as agile as before when fishing. Because of this, when fishing in the sea, the chance of escaping from hunters is
It's also much smaller.
As they grow older, many emperor penguins also show symptoms of aging, such as their beaks slowly becoming deformed, mobility issues, and their eyesight declining due to cataracts.
But even so, when the emperor penguin group turns nineteen, they will not stop looking for a mate. Everyone will still have babies when they are supposed to, and this does not stop just because you get older.
However, after the female emperor penguins laid eggs and went out to hunt to gain fat, they encountered seals or killer whales. Several of them were unable to return in time because their physical mobility had declined.
Their husbands and their unborn baby would never see her again.
After successfully allowing this little cub to become independent on its own, everyone seemed to have drained all their energy in an instant. Their walking posture was shaky and they could only move forward without knowing where they were going.
They have lived here all their lives. The number of emperor penguins in the big team has decreased so much. Everyone knows why there are so few. However, when this matter concerns them, they are afraid of it, but most of them are still curious.
.
Hapi deliberately fell behind the team. He watched the two penguins, Boss Junqi and Sister Qiaoqiao, walking clinging to each other, calling softly from time to time, seeming to be communicating, and looking quite happy.
It seems that the two of them have been like this from the first time they met. They have never left each other and their relationship has always been so good. Even if there are new members later, they can't get along with each other.
How strange.
Why are there such emperor penguins? Happy scratched his head, not really understanding such a thing. For emperor penguins, it is normal for them to change partners every year, but this does not seem to be the case for the two of them.
"quack."
Happy blinked a few times, looked at the two of them again, and after a few seconds, turned around and continued to follow the large group, so he didn't see the two emperor penguins walking behind them slowly.
Departed a lot.
When everyone stopped and began to count the number of members, they found that several emperor penguins were missing, including Sister Qiao Qiao and Boss Jun Qi. When everyone realized this, the noisy team fell silent.
Everyone knows very well what this means. The Emperor Penguin who left a deep impression on everyone, the Emperor Penguin who was everyone's role model, and his partner all left them and left this world together.
"Gah——"
Everyone started shouting in a low and sad voice. They leaned down slightly and faced the direction they came from. The number of emperor penguins in this group had been reduced a lot.
Happy thought of the two figures clinging to each other in the wind. When he learned the news, he felt sad but more importantly, he felt that it was like this. Sure enough, they had never been separated in this life.
You may feel confused about how to describe such feelings, but after a while, you will feel that this is a normal phenomenon.
But what exactly is this called?
Happy raised his head slightly, faced the wind, looked into the distance, and sighed slightly in his heart.
Boss, I said at that time that I would follow you. Since you left first, then wait for me and I will come here sooner or later!
…
At the end of December, Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi secretly left the army. While everyone was walking together, they slowly left everyone under the cover of the wind.
"Quack?" Where are we going?
Jun Qi asked Xu Qiaoqiao that they were both old and death would soon find them. In that case, what was the difference between following a large army and walking alone?
As for whether people would find it strange or something, Jun Qi didn't think about it. Xu Qiaoqiao did think about it, but she didn't think it was a big problem, because emperor penguins disappear almost every day, especially when they get older.
Some emperor penguins even fell to the ground directly because the wind was too strong to support them. No companions came to save them. There they were, waiting quietly, and soon lost consciousness.
Then, he never woke up again.
Xu Qiaoqiao squinted her eyes and looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance. She was not very familiar with Antarctica. Even though she had lived here for more than ten years, everything she saw was white and she couldn't tell where it was.
However, just move forward, and no matter how bad the environment is, it won't be much worse.
What's more, she and Junjun are both going to die, so they are not afraid.
Don't be afraid of anything anymore.
"Gah..." I don't know, I just randomly picked a route and walked forward.
——Well, let’s move forward.
Jun Qi nodded, leaned over, and rubbed his cheek against her forehead. At this time, he was very quiet, listening to what Xu Qiaoqiao was chattering, which was what Qiaoqiao was sharing with her.
I don’t know how long they walked. The two of them first walked to the beach to fill their stomachs and ensure that they would not be hungry in the next few days. Then they left the beach together. If everything goes well, this may be the last time.
coming.
The two of them staggered and moved slowly, their figures gradually disappearing into the strong wind.
Finally, I hope that the next world will be as lucky as this world. I hope that when I open my eyes, I will see your face.
Then they will never be separated.
…
Xu Qiaoqiao was very calm about this death, not feeling uncomfortable or angry, just a kind of peace.
Maybe this death was too peaceful. It was too peaceful. There were no surprises. From the prediction of death to the time of waiting for death, it was the same as the cat world. But in the cat world, Xu Qiaoqiao still had concerns.
People, so I feel very sad to give up.
But this time is different. Although he has lived with this group of emperor penguins for nearly twenty years, to Xu Qiaoqiao, they are just companions who live together.
Except for Happy, the only emperor penguins whose names I knew were all dead.
The system's voice arrived as promised, and it told the results of this time. Xu Qiaoqiao's eyes began to become dazed. When the system said that it was about to enter the next world, she reacted and showed a bright smile.
Junjun, here I come.
…
The Amazon rainforest in South America is the largest and most species-rich tropical rainforest in the world.
There are many animals and plants living here.
Jaguar is one of them.
There are many classifications of jaguars, but there is only one type of jaguar living in the Amazon forest. They are vigorous and powerful. When they are adults, they are apex predators. In the wild, they are animals at the top of the food chain and will not be reduced to
prey.
But even for such a powerful and powerful animal, the illegal trade of jaguars has become an important issue in the protection of this species. In the past few decades, the criminal trafficking of jaguars and their body parts has never stopped.
Although later on, humans became aware of this problem, listed jaguars on the list of endangered wild animals and plants, and established national protection laws. However, in such a hugely profitable industry, criminal activities have never stopped over the years.
Illegal trade has always existed.
At this time, it was May, the rainy season.
The river began to swell in November last year. Up to now, this phenomenon has not stopped. The rising water has flooded hundreds of thousands of square kilometers.
In the dense rainforest, plants grew wildly, and large leaves blocked the sky. The remaining weak light shone deep into the forest. Even when the sky was bright, the rainforest was still so dim.
Buck, a poacher with a long record of criminal records, has been in this industry for nearly 30 years. He and his companions came to the Amazon rainforest a week ago. This time, they targeted a jaguar.
.
"Hey, Buck, are you telling the truth?" A man with a beard said, looking at the vigorous and muscular jaguar not far away, with a greedy look in his eyes, and the fur on his body was so
It's smooth and can be sold for a lot of money.
Buck chuckled, looked at the small cage next to him, and tapped the cage lightly with his fingers: "Of course, I noticed this jaguar last year and started hunting at a young age, but he hadn't left yet at that time.
Mom, I have been attacked once before, but that female jaguar is very powerful."
At this point, everyone understands.
"Now, he just left his mother and came to this strange place alone to establish territory." The person who spoke could not suppress the light in his eyes no matter how hard he tried.
"Is everything ready?"
"Of course. When did something go wrong for me?"
…
After they had confirmed all these things, Buck brought the cage to his eyes, looked at the little guy inside, raised his eyebrows slightly, and continued to tap the railing a few times with his fingers.
What was locked inside the cage was a little otter, with soft fur, clear and pure eyes, and a thin body. It looked like it had just been born, and it seemed that it could take away its life with just a little force.
In fact, this little guy was just born.
They found this poor little thing in Indonesia when she was just born. The farmers nearby shot her parents so that they could sell their children to make money.
After all, the otter's attack power is not limited. If it becomes really fierce, it is not uncommon to be killed.
The same goes for Buck, except that he snatched this little otter from the other party. After all, buying things with money is not in line with his style of doing things.
"Little guy, you will soon reach a rich place where the environment is very good." Buck said with a smile, and then put down the cage.
This guy looks so healthy, his round eyes look so cute, and he is also much smarter. Buck believes that this guy will definitely sell for a good price. Of course, this little guy is not the only one, they also got a lot of them.
Similar otter pups.
However, this was the only one that was brought here.
Listening to the few poachers outside, Xu Qiaoqiao rolled her eyes speechlessly, damn, these dead poachers should all be beheaded!
Ever since she became an animal, Xu Qiaoqiao has experienced a lot of these things.
When she was first born into this world, she was still very happy, but she didn't expect that her parents died so quickly. She didn't even see each other clearly. She only screamed a few times and followed some unfamiliar languages.
I know that my parents were killed.
And I will be sold by these humans.
Thinking of this, Xu Qiaoqiao felt a little unhappy. She had heard before that farmers in some places would kill otter couples and then find their children and sell them. She didn't expect that this would happen to her.
Xu Qiaoqiao lazily turned over and drooped her head, but this is not important. What is important is, where is Junjun?