369.Cold Honey (2500)
At first glance, the cold needle pine forest is no different from the wild pine forest she has visited, but if you look closely, you can find a lot of interesting things.
This small-looking island is home to a large number of trees with giant hollows, the Chill Pinus.
The cold needle pine tree is very special, it is divided into four parts, the first part is the hollow and the main trunk, the second part is the pine tower hanging from the intertwined branches, and the third part is the huge canopy composed of needle-shaped leaves.
The area below the tree cavity has nothing extra except for the small forks that make it easy to climb, and it is as straight as an iron rod.
Wu Ya has seen that these tree holes are naturally formed, not artificially excavated, and the location of the tree holes under the same tree path is basically the same. The older the tree, the larger the cavity.
Probably because of the existence of the tree holes, it affected the growth of the trees, because Uya saw the sparse and sparsely nourished pine-like fruit hanging on the trees.
The branches in the upper part of the hollow are divided into two parts. Some of them grew into a mess of bare branches. On the other part of the tree, there are small lantern-like pine towers the size of a palm, which look very cute.
There are also dried fruits like pine nuts in these pine towers, and there are only five or six in one pine tower. It's just the taste, it's a little weird. Before opening the pine shell containing the pine nuts, Uya smelled a strong smell.
If it is used to make pine nut oil, it is still possible, but if you eat it directly, it is already not good to eat one, and it is greasy and panicked, so Mimi never eats these pine cones.
Mimi doesn't like it, but the wolf cubs do. Whenever they felt exhausted, they liked to nibble on one, so when they went deep into the middle of the cold needle pine forest, the wolf cubs jumped up and down with joy, but in a moment they picked all the pine towers they could see.
Wuya, who had nothing to do, carefully dodged the ripe berries in the rotting leaves, and stared at the leaves of the cold needle pine.
The leaves of the cold needle pine forest grow at the top of the treetop, like a large umbrella stretched out, and perfectly block the branches under the leaves, and also successfully block the view from above, without leaking.
The leaves of the cold needle pine forest are no different from the pine leaves of the ornamental pine trees seen on the earth, they are all in the shape of needles, but the color is very, very strange, and the leaves of the cold needle pine are like silver needles that reflect light.
Wu Ya pondered whether to break a few and come back to make embroidery needles, but Mimi's eager appearance was seen by Mimi, and she rejected her lifeless behavior very seriously.
The pine needles of the cold needle pine are highly poisonous, so there is no feather tribe here, and no animal dares to go to the top of the tree, only under the tree.
Most of the forest is a cold needle pine, but there are other plants, and the kind of cold honey that Mimi is looking for is in those very deep bushes hidden under the cold needle pine trees.
Not every bush can have cold honey, so it is not easy to find this cold honey, even Mimi, who has been here many times, has to look for it carefully.
Under Mimi's impatient guidance, Wuya, who once thought she was blind, finally saw the target Mimi was looking for this time in a corner.
The liquid cold honey encased in a translucent pentagonal lantern-shaped calyx sac resembles flowing amber, emitting a brilliant and restrained golden glow under the shimmer of the leaves on the treetop.
"Be careful, don't break the calyx sac!" Mimi carefully poked Wu Ya with her hooves, "Once the calyx sac is broken, the nectar left behind will turn into ice lumps, which are poisonous and cannot be eaten." ”
After the body is removed, the calyx sac in the shape of a five-pointed lantern will wither, leaving only a thin film to wrap the cold honey. This film hardens after standing for a while, and you can take the honey packet with you.
This is very useful for the pups who rely on sufficient nectar to have the courage to walk when they go to experience, and they can save lives at critical moments.
In the face of Wuya's doubts, Mimi took the initiative to say that everyone knows the characteristics of the lost clan. The reason why the deer family likes nectar so much is that eating enough nectar can help the deer find her way and be clearer, and it can also help her not faint on the way home.
After Mimi told Wu Ya about her situation, Wu Ya thought about it and felt that the situation of the deer cub was a bit strange, a bit similar to low blood sugar, but she felt that something was wrong.
Is hypoglycemia hereditary?
Helplessly, she wanted to ask more details, but Mimi couldn't understand her question, Wuya could only give up, "Forget it, go back and ask Ermao!"
Mimi is still a long way from the mimic, and picking nectar is a difficult task for her, so she asks a nearby friend to help her keep an eye on it if she encounters it, or help her pick it, and then they will exchange items for the same price.
The shrubs with cold honey only grow on the outside of the cold needle pine forest, so after searching around, Mimi, who found no trace of cold honey, was about to take her back home, but found that two cubs had been left behind.
For a moment, the wolves began to panic.
"Woo ~ brother ~ I found that there is a big hole here, there seems to be water in it, it is clean water!"
After the youngest wolf cub brought Mimi over, he successfully won the appreciation of his brothers, and then exempted himself from the activity of picking cold honey, and he was too young to learn to climb trees, and the pine tower was too hard for it to crush, so he pulled his sibling brother around the neighborhood.
The active cub is definitely a nightmare for an adult beast, and the overly energetic little wolf cub is also a nightmare for his brother. Although they were born in the same child, the elder brother is so steady that he doesn't know how many streets he doesn't know how many streets to dump this little brother.
When the brothers were busy with things, he was only responsible for taking care of his ADHD brother. But after all, he is also a child, and he is also the first to come back to the cold needle pine forest, and the two children are very happy to wander around in the pine forest.
The vision of the little cub is different from that of the big cub, and they can always find something strange in some tricky corners. But the Coldneedle Pine Forest is more complex than they used to be, so when the two cubs make a new discovery, they find themselves left behind.
"Huh?"
The little wolf cub and his brother looked at each other for a long time, looking at the weeds that grew taller than them in the vicinity, and felt a little uneasy.
"Whew......" got out of the way......
Looking at this situation, the brother of the little wolf cub knew that this was definitely not the middle of the cold needle pine forest, but it was not clear whether it was the interior or not.
Looking at the unusually tall cold needle pine tree behind him, the wolf cub who didn't know which way came from shivered, and the deep and cold unfamiliar environment made the two little cubs huddle together, and just now because of the triumphant cocking of the water source, the tail also shrank back.
The rich smell of the cold needle pine forest covered the breath of the little wolf cub, and the snow wolf with a keen sense of smell encountered this situation for the first time, so the cub who couldn't find the little cub for a while was in a hurry, regardless of the risk of being found and beaten by Eminem, howled directly in the cold needle pine forest, "Woo~"
The howl of the first wolf was heard, and the rest of the wolf cubs followed suit. For a moment, the cold needle pine forest was full of wolf cubs' howls, but the two little ones at the water source did not hear any sound.
Furrowed by the sudden wolf howl, Uya had to stop this seemingly useful, but in fact very stupid behavior.
The cubs also roam the area, their paw prints obscured by the thick rotting leaves, but the branches that the cubs unintentionally break can reveal their whereabouts.
After looking around, Wuya and the others found that the two little cubs seemed to have slipped into the cold needle pine forest, and then everyone looked up at Mimi
Mimi, who was focused on her eyes, recalled Eminem's instructions and hesitated for a moment.
Eminem said that there was a problem inside the cold needle pine forest, and if one of her cubs got lost, she could still come out by revealing some hole cards. The wolf cubs were too familiar to expose those things to them.
Mimi couldn't decide for a while, so she turned her head to look at Wuya, who was studying which direction Lan Cub was going.