Chapter 66: Incomplete Ecosystems
The forest is very large, and the landing point and the waterfall are very close to the elevator in mid-air, but this walk takes more than three hours.
When it came to the waterfall, everyone began to trim it, and even though Winnie said that the water source was not poisonous, the cautious White Moon still asked the technicians to test and check again and again.
A group of four people led by Tou Brain and Chu Yu gathered around the bonfire, roasting meat and making plans for the next step.
In fact, there is no plan or plan, out of humanitarianism, everyone goes to Winny's settlement for a turn, if there is nothing to do, everyone continues to explore freely and then the lower level, if the settlement is attacked as Winnie fears, then see if the enemy is strong or not, if it is strong, continue to explore freely and then go down, if it is not strong, everyone goes up and fights Taiping Boxing, it's that simple.
Winnie nibbled on the dinosaur meat, pointed to the waterfall and said, "This is the downstream of the water, we call this the Holy Maiden Falls, and it is also the closest water source to the settlement." ”
Dracula looked at the waterfall and said with an aria between her buttocks: "O chaste virgin waterfall, bless us, bless us lost lambs. ”
Chu Yu raised his head and looked at the waterfall in the distance, unimpressed.
He also thought that the shape of this waterfall was like a saint, compared to the wild Nine Dragons Waterfall on the territory of Yanhuang Peak, the Saintess Waterfall was much more docile, but it did feel quite felt, the distance entered, and he could feel the wonder of a hollow valley echo into his ears, looking up, the waterfall fell from the sky and fluttered and sprinkled, it was really like an older saint scattering flowers, and the waterfall left a kind of musical rhythm.
The Nine Dragons Waterfall is different, one stop to the side, and the New Year's firecrackers, crackling, noisy to death.
However, if this Virgin Falls were in the surface world, it would have been developed into a tourist attraction, and the name alone would have attracted countless people, and perhaps the contractor could have made up a few stories that would have induced reverie.
The flame snake raised his head, but instead of looking at the waterfall, he looked at the bedrock in the "sky", and said slightly strangely: "Obviously there is no sun, why is it as bright as day here?"
"I don't know, since I was born, no, since there was this world, that's how it is here. Speaking of this, Winnie said with a smile: "But unlike the surface world, the third layer only has day, no night, right?" ”
"It's as bright as day without the sun?" Chu Yu glanced at Winnie and asked with some concern: "It can't be that the bedrock in the sky has radiation, only the radiant stones shine." ”
Dracula was taken aback: "Will radiation affect fertility?"
Yan Snake said happily: "It may affect the height, you see that these three are longer than the thing, not even a meter." ”
Winnie cried out to his neck, "We are already tall in the clan, and when we grow up, we will definitely become the strongest scholars." ”
"Are you still tall?" Chu Yu laughed: "Then how do other people grow, running underground, hahahaha." ”
Winnie pouted and said, "Our race is like this, unlike you surface humans, but being short also has the advantage of being short. ”
Yan Snake nodded: "It does have an advantage, it is easy to find a place to hide when fighting." ”
"I don't like to hear that. Chu Yu said seriously: "Although people are short, they can stack Arhats together." ”
Wang Xuanzhu followed Wenny's example, hugged his arms and shouted, "I'll make the head!"
A group of people leaned forward and back, and on this stalk, Chu Yu could talk for a month.
Bai Yue didn't bother to deal with this group of boring people, and began to give orders to several people in charge.
I have to say that compared to Chu Yu, Bai Yue is simply not too cautious, it can be said that he is doing it step by step, and he didn't even release the reconnaissance unit, he was afraid that there would be an accident in this unknown world, but he just let the small drone rise into the air, and because of the altitude and power, it was just to rise to a high altitude and take a few photos in the distant direction.
However, there is no use for birds, the mushroom trees are too high, and there are also mushroom trees above the waterfall, so the real danger may be hidden in the forest, and the drone cannot detect it at low altitudes.
Bai Yue said to Huang Haoran: "After eating, let everyone rest for another two hours, except for the hidden disciples and technicians, the other combatants are divided into two groups to rest, and they must not be careless." ”
Huang Haoran hummed and explained to Lao Zhao behind him, and Lao Zhao turned his head to explain to Zhao Zhigang.
Chu Yumeng rolled his eyes, Bai Yue directly explained to Zhao Zhigang, okay?
Dracula lay on his back on the ground and yawned, "Then I'll sleep too." ”
The little cub seemed to have a good relationship with Dracula, ran over, pillowed on Dracula's stomach and thighs, and began to rest.
I have to say that the hearts of these three little guys are very big, seeing that they are almost home, they still have the heart to sleep at this time, but they are probably tired along the way, after all, they are children, they can eat and sleep, they sleep when they are full, and they are buried by Chu Yu when they wake up.
Yan Snake stood up and pulled out the tactical dagger he asked for from Chu Yu: "I'll go and see if there's anything to eat around." ”
Chu Yu asked strangely, "Is there not much barbecue?" ”
Li Yuwei said, you have to have balanced nutrition, you can't always eat meat, who knows how long you have to stay in this ghost place. ”
Chu Yu sighed silently, feeling a little guilty in his heart.
Yan Snake has been running around with him, and the time he has really spent with Li Yuwei is numbered.
Qin Beige looked at Chu Yu: "What's wrong?"
Chu Yu smiled slightly: "I heard Yan Snake say that you also met the girl you like." ”
Chu Yu refers to Luo Zhongyuan, but he doesn't dare to say his name directly, after all, Bai Yue and Lao Huang are also from wealthy families in the national capital.
Qin Beige nodded generously, a different smile appeared on his face.
"Do you miss her?"
"Sometimes I do miss her, but I have made a pact with her that she will wait for me and I will go back to her. ”
"Hmm. Chu Yu patted Qin Beige's shoulder: "I will definitely take you back." ”
"I believe in you. ”
Chu Yu was very disgusted by this atmosphere, as if he was going to block the eye-catching, lit a cigarette, and looked away.
Bai Yue saw the Yan Snake running under a mushroom tree with a knife, and looked at Chu Yu with a little curiosity and asked, "Your friend still knows how to survive in the wild?"
Chu Yu shrugged.
He doesn't know how to survive in the wild, he understands how to survive in the last days.
Yan Snake is right, no one knows how big the underground world is, so I can't estimate the time of this mission, in order to plan for a long-term mission, the problem of food and water must be solved, the meat of those chickens and beasts can support a period of time, but if you eat meat for a long time without vegetables, the body will be short of vitamins and other substances, and after a long time, the body will have problems.
In fact, it's not just the Flame Snake, all the fighters here have been trained in the field, and one of the subjects is to identify food in the wild.
Chu Yu was a technician when he was in Nangang before, so he really hadn't been trained in this area, so he couldn't help but turn his head curiously, wanting to see how the Yan Snake recognized food.
Seeing that the flame snake was looking and smelling at the same time, Chu Yu couldn't cry or laugh: "Can you tell what you can eat and what you can't eat just by looking and smelling?"
"Yes. Huang Haoran said with a smile: "You buddy is an expert, most of the poisonous plants have strange shapes, and the colors are relatively bright and peculiar, or there are colored spots or colored lines, if they smell pungent, and feel spicy, foul smell, etc., and even cause nausea, dizziness, and choking, it is basically poisonous." ”
Chu Yu suddenly realized.
The flame snake's sense of smell is very sensitive, like an adult wolfdog, and he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
While the flame snake was tossing there, Huang Haoran explained: "You see, he scraped off some plant juice with a knife, and then wiped it on the ribs on the surface of his body, if he feels uncomfortable, such as a rash or swelling, it is also a poisonous plant." ”
Chu Yu nodded, and found that the flame snake had circled most of the time, and it seemed that many plants and mushrooms could not be eaten.
After a while, the flame snake came back with some fruits and mushrooms.
Throwing them on the ground, the snake cut a small hole in the surface of the plants with a knife and sprinkled some salt inside.
After less than ten seconds, the "wounds" of most of the plants inside changed their original color.
The flame snake scolded the mother, threw the fruit that changed color to the ground, and then picked out the few remaining fruits and threw them into different small pots of boiling water in turn.
After a while, two-thirds of the fruit and plants were foaming profusely, and the smell was overwhelming.
The flame snake's face became more and more somber, and he threw away all the fruits that were foaming a lot.
Chu Yu couldn't help asking, "Can't you eat these?"
"Well, it contains a lot of soapy substances and is inedible. The flame snake put some tea leaves in the pot of water that did not bubble.
After boiling for a while, the flame snake kicked over the last two small pots of water: "Grass, it is full of sediment, heavy metals are seriously exceeded, eating this thing is like gnawing on the periodic table, TmD, how is it all poisonous, there is no reason." ”
As an expert in survival in the last days, Yan Snake always felt that something was wrong, and lit a cigarette irritably.
Bai Yue and Huang Haoran also frowned, and after layers of identification, it was revealed that the more than twenty kinds of fruits and plants that the Yan Snake brought back could not be eaten.
There are only 30 kinds of plants and fruits around, which means that there is no edible food around.
Being in a primeval forest, although it is a mushroom forest, there is no food to eat, it is really incredible.
For any complete ecosystem, two conditions must be met, one is water and the other is food.
The water source is fine, but there is nothing edible to eat, which must be strange.
Flame Snake's face was gloomy: "No, there is definitely something strange here, these mushroom trees grow so luxuriantly, and there are many kinds of plants and berries, it is impossible for them all to be poisonous." ”