13. The mysterious cave, the new home of the grass turtle
Shuwa took Yi Xiaoyang and Xiong Yuanyuan to walk in the book for about two or three minutes, and came to the bottom of a boulder.
This boulder is estimated to be seven or eight meters high, and the tree baby picks up the weeds under the boulder, and moves another stone, revealing a cave more than half a meter high.
The inside of the cave was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.
Yi Xiaoyang and Xiong Yuanyuan both took out their mobile phones and took pictures inside.
"Brother Shu, I feel that there is a lot of space here, or go down diagonally, this should be a stalactite cave. Yi Xiaoyang asked Shuwa while watching.
"It's big, it's very high, I've been in it, and there's a river down there. "Brother Shu has never read a book, and he can only describe the environment in the cave as a general thing.
"Let's go, let's go in and have a look, Yuanyuan is waiting for us outside. Yi Xiaoyang said that he should go to the cave first, but fortunately there was a mobile phone and he could see the road clearly.
As soon as I entered the cave, the height inside was estimated to be two or three meters high, more than one meter wide, and I didn't feel anything at the entrance of the cave.
Yi Xiaoyang touched the wall of the cave, felt wet, and water vapor had begun to appear, and made sure that there was water in it as Shuwa said, so he asked, "Brother Shu, how deep is this, and how long will it take to see the river?"
Yi Xiaoyang didn't stop when he was asking, and as soon as he finished asking, he felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, and a huge space appeared in front of him.
The light of the mobile phone flashlight was too weak, and the light was not too far, and with his confused vision, Yi Xiaoyang found that this space was at least as big as two basketball courts, and the height was more than ten meters.
"This is it, there is a puddle behind the corner, and you can keep the grass turtle here. Shuwa walked in front of Yi Xiaoyang to lead the way.
After walking for a distance of about ten meters, Yi Xiaoyang's eyes lit up, and there were actually a few rays of sunlight shining in through the cracks in the stones on the top of the cave, and he could see everything clearly inside.
"It's magical. Yi Xiaoyang said.
He just thought that Shuwa was talking about the space the size of two basketball courts, and he was still worried that if there was no sunlight, the temperature would be low, and the grass turtle would not be able to survive.
With water and sunlight, it's perfect habitat for grass turtles without worrying about being spotted by outsiders.
And judging from the fact that there are stones blocking the entrance of the cave when entering the cave, there will be no large wild animals in it.
At this moment, Shuwa pulled Yi Xiaoyang's arm and said, "Little monkey, there is a puddle, it's quite big, it's no problem to keep all the grass turtles there." ”
Shuwa pointed to a corner and said, there happened to be two rays of sunlight there that could still shine.
Yi Xiaoyang walked over to take a look, and found that the puddle was about nearly one meter deep, more than twenty meters long, and there were several stones emerging from the water, the water quality was clear and transparent, reflecting the sunlight.
Putting his hand into the water, Yi Xiaoyang felt that the water temperature was not as low as he imagined, and the grass turtle family should be able to adapt.
The two stayed here for a while, and then walked down through a small hole, and after walking for another ten minutes, Yi Xiaoyang obviously felt that the temperature had dropped a lot, and at the same time, he faintly heard the sound of running water.
"Where did this dark river come from? The entrance to the cave is located halfway up the mountain, and after walking down for a total of twenty minutes, is it possible that you will reach the bottom of this mountain?"
Yi Xiaoyang thought carefully and sighed at the magic of nature.
Maybe it's the low undercurrent of the pondy lake on the top of the mountain that formed this dark river, but I don't know where the dark river will be? Is it the same river? And whether this dark river is a water source with the aqueduct that the uncle said.
Yi Xiaoyang walked forward for a few more minutes, and sure enough, a stream of water flowed in front of him, and dozens of centimeters high above was a mountain, covered with stalactites of different lengths, dripping water constantly.
In fact, the amount of water flowing is not a river, but a stream.
Yi Xiaoyang took a sip of water in his hand, it was extremely sweet and delicious.
On the road ahead, Yi Xiaoyang didn't hesitate, called the tree baby and walked back, ready to transfer the grass turtle family.
It was not long before the three of them came out of the woods to the fishpond.
Yi Xiaoyang looked at Xiong Yuanyuan and Shuwa, and said very seriously: "Yuanyuan, Brother Shu, don't talk about this grass turtle, don't let people take them away, now there are fewer and fewer wild grass turtles, and they are almost impossible to see for decades, let them live and reproduce." ”
Xiong Yuanyuan and Shuwa naturally had no opinions, and they both nodded and agreed.
After a while, Yi Xiaoyang and Shuwa went down to the bottom of the fish pond and brought up all the grass turtles, and it took almost no effort for the grass turtles to resist.
Xiong Yuanyuan and Shuwa both thought it was amazing, only Yi Xiaoyang knew in his heart that he had already used the special skill of [Spirit of the Mountain] to communicate with the grass turtles.
The only thing that made Yi Xiaoyang feel strange in the whole process was that these grass turtles kept looking at him with puffed eyes, and they didn't know what it meant.
The size of the two hundred-year-old grass turtles was not as big as Yi Xiaoyang imagined, but a little larger than the fifty-year-old turtles.
Yi Xiaoyang found that the male hundred-year-old grass turtle was indeed injured, and there were several deep paw prints on the shell of the turtle on his abdomen, which continued to the turtle's neck, and a deep wound flowed down, and it looked like it had pus, if it was not treated, it was estimated that he would not live long.
I don't know how much blood was shed, anyway, the male turtle's body didn't move much, his head couldn't retract, and it felt very laborious to twist his limbs and tail.
Yi Xiaoyang couldn't delay any longer, he had to treat it quickly.
On the way to the cave with the male turtle in his arms, Yi Xiaoyang found an excuse to pee and walked to the other side of the woods.
It wasn't until he couldn't see Xiong Yuanyuan and the tree baby that he began to treat the male grass turtle.
As he expected, he could indeed communicate with the animals and plants in the forest through his skills, and heal the grass turtle with green points of light.
The whole process lasted more than ten minutes before it ended.
After being treated by the green life force, the male grass turtle immediately regained his vitality, the pus wound on his neck had begun to heal and scab over, and the paw prints of the turtle shell on his abdomen had also faded a lot.
When Yi Xiaoyang picked it up again, he rubbed his head against Yi Xiaoyang's face, and looked at him with bulging eyes like other grass turtles.
It took more than an hour and several trips back and forth, and the three of them finally moved all the grass turtle family to the cave.
"Side quest [Attack on the Grass Turtle] completed.
Bonus: A pot of herbicide
Experience Points: 145/300
Do you want to start the side quest [Attack on the Grass Turtle] bonus quest now?✔/✘
"And an extra bonus mission?"
Yi Xiaoyang looked at the words on the panel, a little surprised.