[9] Growth

The trees looked as if they had just been bathed in the scorching sun, washing away the dust, washing away the troubles, washing away all the hurts of the past.

The trees stood neatly on both sides of the road like well-dressed warriors, stretching to the edge of the forest.

The birds happily shuttled through this sea of green, chirping, and flew off into the distance without the slightest tiredness.

"Hmm, can't hold me anymore?" Drunken Moon awkwardly squeezed her body out of the narrow tree hole.

Her size has grown from 18 centimeters seven days ago to 28 centimeters now, in just one week!

It took a week to grow to 10 centimeters, which should still be a little behind the brothers and sisters at this moment. However, she grew up from a 5-centimeter starting point, and in terms of growth, her siblings who started from 25 centimeters are not as good as her.

During the week, she hid from the nightingales not far from the tree holes, because the habit of the nightingale is that of nocturnal birds, often attacking at night and sleeping in its nest during the day.

Zuiyue has always had the habit of sleeping lazy, so in the past seven days, Zuiyue has been very "diligent" to go out of the cave when the sun is shining, and return to the tree hole before the sun sets and the nightingale wakes up, and only has about 4 hours a day to forage for food. (No way, our protagonist is too lazy, but he has to forage for food in order to survive.)

Seriously, if she is facing the Nightingale now, relying on the buff, she may not be her opponent, because she is already much stronger than she was seven days ago. But she was not a little arrogant, because she knew that although she had grown, she was no match for many animals.

On the first day, she wandered around the river all day, and she didn't succeed in sneaking up on small fish, tadpoles, or other small animals. They all seemed to know the drunken moon and dodged quickly, so she didn't gain much.

When he ambushed a crucian carp, he almost caught a 17-centimeter-long catfish hiding in the sand.

On the second day, she still went to the river to feed, and after several failed attacks, she finally caught a small frog and hid in the secret to have a full meal, which was amazing!

I also tested the ability of the Crow Mark to "increase the amount of water to full and water by 50% when eating", and I found that the nutrition I received was greatly improved with the ability to detect!

It seems that because of the fact that the nutrition is finally sufficient, the heat sensing ability of the cheek socket of the drunken moon has finally been developed, and it seems to be able to sense the heat of nearby creatures, but it is not very accurate.

This day Drunken Moon thinks it is his lucky day!

On the 3rd and 4th days, she had a full meal, and in the past two days, she hid at home while digesting and sleeping lazy, and some of them practiced drawing on the ground with their tails when they were bored, although the things they drew were like ghosts......

However, after using the owl mark to enhance her learning ability, the flexibility of her tail has improved like a rocket with hours of practice, and she can now write strokes on the ground after being difficult to make circles.

On the 5th day, she decided to try her luck in the surrounding bushes, and was a little disgusted by the array of insects, and was almost caught by a 10 cm praying mantis!

On the sixth day, a 30-centimeter-long Burmese python, one of her brothers, snatched this last home with her. After half a day of fighting, he was repelled, and Zuiyue was also slightly injured, hiding at home to recuperate silently......

On the seventh day, hungry, she wandered in the quiet grass and was lucky enough to catch a cricket, which had been disgusting and had now become a delicious meal for her eyes......

After devouring it, she came across a hungry rat, which used her as food and chased her for dozens of streets...... Luckily, I got back to the cave in time.

Of course, that day she thought about whether she would be infected with parasites if she ate so much dirt, and she recalled that the recovery skill had the effect of removing her own abnormal state (burns, frostbite, poisoning, paralysis, infection, parasitism), so she used the recovery skill in the process of digestion.

Later, she used her detection skills to peek into her own body, and found that several parasites that lived on her prey and invaded her body were inexplicably dead, and turned into nutrients in the stomach for her own digestion, and were discharged into the grass as poop.

In this way, the parasite is also its own source of nutrition!

And then to this day, the drunken moon, who has grown up, gradually feels that the gap-like tree hole is narrow, and although it can still live, it can no longer make big moves.

Therefore, for the sake of the future, she decided to look for a new, bigger and more comfortable home.

When she went out, she still looked at the nightingale family on a branch not far away, they were still sleeping. Although the nightingale has hurt itself in the past, the drunken moon is reluctant to take the initiative to hurt them anymore, because the drunken moon has experienced the process of hunting prey, so he can understand the plight of predators.

She swam three or four hundred meters along the river in one go.

Feeling the malicious gaze, Zuiyue immediately turned over and escaped into the water, looking at the splash behind her.

It was a large bird, about 40 centimeters long, with a strong, long beak, a sharp hook at the apex, suitable for pecking, a small sac in the lower throat, a long hind toe, and a full web.

It's the cormorant.

Cormorants are large fish-eating birds that are good at diving, and their feathers are soaked after diving, and they need to spread their wings and dry in the sun before they can fly. It inhabits seashores and lakes and marshes. Fly with your neck and feet straight. There are 5 species in China. It is often domesticated for fishing, tied to the throat, and forcibly spit out after being caught.

In many parts of China, cormorants are called black ghosts to describe the bird's ability to catch fish as not as stupid as boobies. In China, cormorants have been domesticated and used for fishing for fish for a long time.

However, the cormorant, which is regarded as a companion by humans, is the god of death in the eyes of Zuiyue, because the cormorant not only eats fish, but also will not let go of a small snake like Zuizuki who has just been born for a week.

Sure enough, birds are the most annoying......

"Whoa!" Drunken Moon swung her streamlined body, moving quickly through the water, feeling the sound of breaking waves behind her, and the cormorant rushing at a faster speed.