Forest Guardian's Daily Life: Saving a Giant Panda at the Start
Chapter 3

Deliver for the Panda Mother

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"If the Panda Cub's head or another part is stuck, you only need to adjust the cub's position."

"But with a Transverse Lie like this, you have to reach inside, push the Panda Cub lying across the birth canal back in, and adjust its position before it can be delivered."

At Lin Xuan's explanation, the atmosphere in the Livestream room instantly froze.

(So the streamer already knew. I thought he'd approached for views. I was wrong, streamer. I apologize.)

(Yeah, we blamed the streamer unfairly just now.)

(But this Giant Panda and her cub are so pitiful!)

(A Transverse Lie? What do we do now?)

(Should we contact a veterinarian? Have one come over?)

(Heh, it'll take time for a veterinarian to get here too. If this isn't handled in time, both the Giant Panda and the cub may not survive!)

(Then what do we do now? Can the streamer save this Giant Panda?)

Lin Xuan looked at the Giant Panda, deeply conflicted.

If he wanted the cub to be born safely, he had to push it back first and adjust its position.

But under these circumstances, the Panda Mother would have to endure tremendous pain.

With pain like that, Lin Xuan could not guarantee that the Panda Mother would not go wild from the agony when the time came.

"Woo, woo~~"

The Giant Panda opened her mouth, gently tugged at the corner of Lin Xuan's clothes, and let out a soft whine.

"Save my child."

Her clear black pupils, set in white sclera, stared fixedly at Lin Xuan. The plea in her eyes was so obvious that even the viewers in the Livestream room could see it.

(This Panda Mother is so smart. She knows to ask the streamer for help.)

(Woo, woo, I can't bear to watch. If the streamer can't save such an adorable black-and-white fluffy ball, then...)

Lin Xuan took a deep breath and looked at the Giant Panda. "I can save you, but it may hurt a lot. Is that okay?"

The Giant Panda looked at Lin Xuan with determined eyes, then nodded.

For her child, perhaps this little pain was nothing at all.

Perhaps that was the greatness of a mother's love!

(Wow, the Panda Mother actually nodded? Can she understand what the streamer said?)

(The streamer understands animal language?)

(All things have spirits. I've finally seen it today. Streamer, if you really have a way, please save the Panda Mother.)

(Yeah, streamer, if you can save her, please do.)

With the Panda Mother's consent, Lin Xuan carefully began pushing the Panda Cub back while adjusting its position.

Thanks to the medical skill he had acquired earlier, Lin Xuan could sense the Panda Cub's position and condition through the feeling in his hands.

Though pushing it back inevitably hurt the Panda Mother, it caused far less pain than trying to forcefully adjust it directly.

After more than ten full minutes, Lin Xuan withdrew his hand, still wearing a medical glove. The glove was already covered in blood, but Lin Xuan's expression was extremely excited.

He let out a breath, looked at the Panda Mother, and said happily, "All right. You can deliver smoothly now."

(That's it?)

(I feel like I could do that too.)

(Haha, bro upstairs, you really couldn't.)

(The streamer's technique was clearly specialized veterinary medicine.)

(And during the process, he didn't make the Panda Mother feel too much pain.)

(So stop saying you could do it too.)

After taking off his medical gloves, Lin Xuan pulled out an oxygen canister and mask from his backpack, along with several pieces of dried meat.

They had spent so much time here, and the Panda Mother had expended a great deal of energy. Right now, she desperately needed food to regain her strength.

If she ran out of strength during delivery, her own life would be in danger as well.

When the Panda Mother saw the dried meat Lin Xuan offered, she gave him a grateful look before immediately beginning to eat, completely unconcerned that he might have poisoned it.

After she finished eating, another ten or so minutes passed, and the Giant Panda regained her strength. Next came the delivery.

Lin Xuan used the contribution points he had earned from the number of followers in the Livestream room to buy an incubator from the system.

Once the Panda Cubs were safely born, he could place them in the incubator first.

(Panda Mother, you can do it!)

(You can do it! You can do it!)

Though the viewers in the Livestream room could not be there in person, they could still cheer for the Panda Mother through the stream.

At that moment, thousands of viewers filled the Livestream room with comments cheering her on and encouraging the Panda Mother!

(Ah, I see it! I can see the Panda Cub's head!)

(I see it too! Panda Mother, keep going! Push a little harder, and the Panda Cub will be out!)

Finally, with a soft squelch, a newborn Panda Cub that looked like a hairless mouse was safely delivered!

Seeing the first one born safely, Lin Xuan was overjoyed.

According to Giant Panda breeding patterns, every litter had at least one to three cubs. Only the first had been born so far, so there would be more to come.

The Giant Panda's face was large, and Lin Xuan placed the oxygen mask he had prepared earlier over it.

That way, the Giant Panda would have a steady supply of oxygen to breathe.

Before long, three Panda Cubs were safely born. The Panda Mother shifted her body and, exhausted, moved over to her children. She extended her tongue and began licking the Panda Cubs' bodies.

It looked like she would not be giving birth anymore.

(Yes! The Panda Cubs have finally been born—three of them in total!)

(And she barely stopped in between. She basically gave birth to them one after another!)

(Yeah, the Panda Mother worked so hard!)

(Haha, the Panda Cubs look like hairless mice when they're first born.)

(Haha, they don't look like it now, but they will once they grow a little bigger.)

After licking them clean, the Giant Panda no longer had any strength left to carry the little ones to her chest.

Though it was summer, this was a jungle, so the temperature was naturally lower than outside. Besides, the Panda Cubs had only just been born.

If the Panda Cubs could not return to their mother's embrace when the temperature dropped, they might catch cold, fall ill, or even die!

Looking at the three Panda Cubs, Lin Xuan hesitated.

Logically speaking, Lin Xuan should not touch the Panda Cubs after they were born.

Animal mothers were extremely protective and possessive of their young. Once the cubs picked up another scent, there was a good chance the mother would abandon them.

And this Panda Mother looked very young. This was likely her first litter, and human intervention would make abandonment even more likely.

But Lin Xuan could not just watch the three little ones remain here, waiting to freeze once the temperature fell.

No matter what, Lin Xuan could only give it a try and place the little ones in their mother's embrace.

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