GBP Chapter 12: Talented Monster
Chapter 12: Talented Monster
[Ding! Crawled 10m, Crawling skill proficiency +1! (60/100)]
[Ding! Claw swing once, Claw skill proficiency +1! (15/100)]
Hearing the system notification in his mind and hearing Tiger Brother's pitiful whimpers beside him, Cangnian was in an extremely pleasant mood.
On its ninth day of life, Tiger Brother opened its eyes yesterday, and Cangnian began training it.
Other methods were of little effect, but striking the tiger with its claws was still very effective.
Tiger Brother was rather timid; even when he was beaten, he didn't dare chase after Cangnian or fight back.
Fortunately, this beating made it understand that it had to do as the old man demanded, or it would be beaten again.
So, with his claws and Cangnian's tireless physical movements, Tiger Brother finally understood that if he followed Cangnian's tail, he wouldn't get beaten; otherwise, he would.
Therefore, Tiger Brother could only follow behind Cang Nian's tail with a pitiful expression, huffing and puffing as he crawled along.
To Cangnian's surprise, Tiger Brother ate a lot and grew quickly, proving that his eating wasn't for nothing.
Before, he hadn't exercised at all, so Tiger Brother struggled to climb even a few steps. But his physique was terrifying, and with Cangnian forcing him to exercise by slapping and scratching him, he quickly brought out his physical abilities.
In just half a day, Cangnian crawled on all fours in front, while Hudi crawled on his belly behind. Cangnian walked nearly 100 meters, while Hudi, although he did not keep up for the whole time, probably got about half the exercise and crawled 50 meters!
This is far superior to Cang Nian's crawling skills before they evolved into crawling!
All I can say is that she has extraordinary talent; there's no comparison.
However, Cang Nian, who had the system with him, only felt a little envious.
Despite my inherent disadvantages, as long as I am disciplined enough and gradually improve, my future potential will definitely be higher than Tiger Brother's!
The tiger mom, resting in the cave, watched the interaction between her two cubs with a big, doting smile on her face.
This is her first litter. When Cangnian and Hudi were first born, she felt very bored, especially since she was the queen of the jungle, but now she could only stay in the cave and stare blankly in order to nurse her cubs.
However, now that both little ones have opened their eyes, things are much more interesting!
The interaction between the two brothers helps relieve Tiger Mom's boredom.
Moreover, what puzzled Tiger Mom was that Tiger Brother was clearly bigger, so how come he was suppressed by Cangnian, who was much smaller?
Among siblings, there will always be one who is stronger and has more leadership qualities, who will become the king of their own little group.
Tiger Mom remembers that when she was young, she was the queen of a litter of tiger cubs!
As a tigress, she was stronger than her two brothers when she was young, and she suppressed them from childhood.
However, the tigress's genetic disadvantage meant that when she was six months old, she couldn't beat her two brothers.
However, the memory of being suppressed by his older sister when they were young still makes the two brothers very respectful of her.
Unfortunately, the three tiger siblings left their mother when they were sub-adults, each seeking their own territory, and never saw each other again.
To reduce the probability of close reproduction, siblings will subconsciously disperse when they grow up and look for territory, mating with members of the same species from a greater distance to produce healthy offspring.
In addition, this is also to ensure a sufficient food supply. Otherwise, if several adult tigers were gathered together, they would be invincible, but there would not be enough prey to go around in their territory.
Moreover, this would cause devastating damage to large organisms in a region, leading to large-scale migrations of herbivores.
Therefore, tigers of the same species are evenly distributed in the wild; this is an unwritten rule and tacit understanding among tigers.
Recalling the happy times of her childhood, Tiger Mom had a slight doubt.
Am I... getting smarter now?
Its memories of its pre-adult days are fragmented and vague, making them difficult to recall.
As a result, watching Cangnian and Hudi playfully fighting today, the scenes from my childhood seem quite clear.
Shaking her head, Tiger Mom banished these incomprehensible thoughts from her mind.
Then, it looked out of the cave.
Although the tiger brother was still whimpering in fear and pain when he saw a fox dart out of the den after the last hunt, leaving his mother with lingering fear.
But there was no other way; the hunting had to continue in order to feed the two cubs.
Otherwise, the mother and her two children would have died together.
Feeling the dwindling nutrients in her body and still having plenty of energy, Tiger Mom went to the two little ones who were already tired from playing and lay down on her side.
"Roar~!"
Then, it let out a soft growl.
Upon hearing this, Cangnian and Tiger Brother both turned to look at Tiger Mother.
Tiger Brother paused for a moment, then wriggled his bottom and climbed onto Tiger Mom's soft belly to happily drink milk.
Cang Nian, however, realized that things were not so simple.
Tiger moms' parenting strategy mainly involves free-range parenting. If a baby doesn't cry, it means it's not hungry or doesn't want to poop, and the tiger mom will never come to feed it.
There's only one possibility that it would actively feed itself!
It was getting ready to go hunting. Before leaving, it fed its two cubs and made sure they ate their fill and urinated, so that they wouldn't be hungry or constipated if it didn't come back for a while!
"Roar~!"
Seeing that Cangnian still hadn't come to nurse, the tiger mother let out another soft growl to urge him on.
Upon hearing the sound, Cangnian obediently went forward to drink milk, but in his heart he was thinking about the tiger mother's hunt.
It's noon outside, and although it's only around June, it's quite hot today.
Tigers are nocturnal animals and prefer to hunt after dark, but the tiger mother chose this particular time.
Clearly, this is not because Tiger Mom is malnourished or lacks energy.
These issues shouldn't be enough to make Tiger Mom impatient for even eight hours.
Having learned her lesson from the last hunt when the fox raided their home, Tiger Mom is preparing to go hunting while the weather is hot and many predators are unwilling to move!
In this way, the chances of Cangnian and Hudi, who remain in the cave, encountering danger are greatly reduced!
Thinking of this, Cang Nian felt a warmth in his heart.
The tiger mother went to great lengths for their safety, even going against her own hunting habits and racial instincts!
This is motherly love: without reason, without expecting anything in return, giving everything.
If I had to give a reason, it would be that Cangnian and Hudi are tiger mother's cubs.
"I must become stronger. Right now, Tiger Mom protects me and hunts for me. In the future, I will protect Tiger Mom so that she won't have to hunt anymore and will have an endless supply of prey."
Cang Nian made up his mind.
Soon, Cangnian and Hudi finished drinking their milk, and then the mother tiger would lick their bottoms to help them excrete.
However, when it was Cangnian's turn, he turned his hips.
Because an hour ago, after Tiger Mom assisted him with excretion, he had already maxed out his proficiency in both pooping and peeing. Although the names of the two skills hadn't changed, the qualitative change meant he could now excrete on his own!
He successfully urinated without assistance in front of Tiger Mom, who immediately smiled with delight.
Without lingering any longer, it nimbly ran out of the cave!