Chapter 207: The Beasts Riot
Ling Zikai smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said, "Uncle Lin, don't be strong. If I take you in, I can't afford to be guilty if something happens. ”
Although Lin Xingan felt a little regretful in his heart when he heard this, he also knew that Ling Zikai was telling the truth. After all, this is a matter of human life, and no one dares to risk their lives for experiments without ensuring safety.
After a while, he no longer reluctantly let Ling Zikai agree, took out a book of "Encyclopedia of Wild Plants" from his side, and said to Ling Zikai: "You take a closer look at this book, there are many plant names in it, I circled them with a red pen, those are rare plants that are on the verge of extinction, even in the primeval woodland of the old forest, it is difficult to find." If you find it in the Tiger Leaping Stream, be sure to bring some seeds or seedlings back. ”
"That's no problem at all!"
Ling Zikai opened the book as he spoke, quickly looked at the plants with red pens circled aside, and then returned the book to Lin Xing'an, saying, "Okay, I've written it down." ”
Lin Xing'an looked at Ling Zikai in disbelief and asked, "Have you written them all?"
Ling Zikai nodded, and seeing Lin Xing'an's somewhat suspicious look, he said with a smile: "Uncle Lin, you don't think I'm perfunctory! If you don't believe it, you can test me now." ”
"Okay, I'll just say one. ”
Lin Xingan didn't shirk either, so he casually reported a name.
Ling Zikai didn't wait for Lin Xing'an's words to fall, so he said without thinking: "Xing'an Snow Lotus is a perennial herbaceous plant.
Plants above the ground are short, only 15 cm to 24 cm tall.
It blooms in July every year, and the tip of the stem produces a large, brightly colored flower disc surrounded by large pale yellow hemispherical bracts.
The overall appearance of the flowers is similar to that of an aquatic lotus, and against the backdrop of the snow, it looks extremely beautiful and moving. And when the clouds and snow shrouded it, it quietly closed again.
The floral fragrance of snow lotus hits people, and the fragrance can drift up to dozens of meters away when the wind is down. One month after flowering, it bears oblong achenes with longitudinal ribs.
The root system is very long, which can absorb nutrients and water sufficiently, and the body surface has white fluff to protect against cold and insulation, and can reflect the strong ultraviolet rays of the mountains to reduce damage to the body. ”
Lin Xing'an listened to Ling Zikai's recitation, while looking at the annotations in the book, and after Ling Zikai finished reciting, it was word for word.
Somewhat unconvinced, he flipped to the back of the book, and when he found the plant, he gave it a name again.
"The Lookout Tree, a large evergreen tree.
The height is more than 60 meters, the diameter at breast height is generally about 1.3 meters, and the maximum can reach 3 meters.
The main trunk is round and straight, and there is not even a small branch on the ground until it is more than 30 meters high
The bark is brown or dark brown.
The evergreen leaves are grassy, alternate, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, with a sharply or progressively sharpened apex at the apex and rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at the base.
The leaves are pinnate veined, nearly parallel. The dorsal veins of the leaves are protruding, and there are many fine and dense hairs.
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"That's it!"
Lin Xing'an didn't wait for Ling Zikai to finish reciting, then interrupted his voice, then looked at him suspiciously, and said, "Have you read this Encyclopedia of Wild Plants before?"
Ling Zikai smiled: "Uncle Lin, I majored in economics in college, do you think I will read biology books if I have nothing to do?"
"Are you really reading this book for the first time?"
"Why don't I lie to you! But, Uncle Lin, I can tell you a secret, I'm a man! Even if you show me the Encyclopedia Britannica, I'll be able to recite it for you!"
Looking at Ling Zikai's speechless appearance, Lin Xingan shook his head and said, "I find that I can't see through you more and more! I just saw your ability to pull out a thousand pounds yesterday, and now I have an unforgettable look, I really don't know how many amazing things are in you." I hope you can bring me a bigger surprise when you enter the Tiger Leaping Stream this time!"
"You'll have to wait and see!"
Ling Zikai smiled and said, "However, if you know about my entry into the Tiger Jumping Stream, don't tell Nan Nan and them." ”
After all, the news that he can freely enter and exit a desperate situation is a bit shocking, and the fewer people who know about it, the better.
Lin Xingan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know in my heart!" When are you going to leave?"
"Tomorrow morning, and I'll bring some reindeer in. ”
Lin Xing'an asked in surprise, "They can also enter the Tiger Leaping Stream?"
"I'll tell you the truth, these reindeer were brought back from the stream last time!"
After ending the conversation with Lin Xing'an, Lin Zikai saw that He Ling and the others had already gone into the tent to rest, so he didn't delay any longer, hurry up and go to bed!
In the middle of the night, Lin Zikai was awakened again by the abnormal movement outside.
He thought that it was the little white horse who was mischievous again, but when he got out of the tent, he found that not only himself, but even He Ling and the others were awakened.
This time the strange movement came from the distant mountains and forests, and I didn't know what was going on, only the howls of wolves, the sound of deer, the crowing of eagles, and the roars of various unknown beasts resounded in the night sky. Faintly accompanied by the roar of a tiger. It was as if there was a riot of animals in the entire Xing'an Mountains, and the momentum was huge.
He Ling and Zhang Nan were so frightened that they hugged each other.
Sugor picked up his shotgun and kept looking into the surrounding woods, and if he saw a wild beast breaking out, he would immediately open fire.
Lin Xing'an walked to Ling Zikai's side, his face was a little solemn, and he asked in a low voice: "Listen to the sound, it seems that something is wrong with the Tiger Leaping Stream! Will they come here? Or let's find a safe place to hide first!"
Ling Zikai also heard that the roars of those beasts were coming from the Tiger Leaping Stream, and said, "Uncle Lin, don't worry! The beasts inside the Tiger Leaping Stream will not run outside. I just don't know what's going on inside. ”
Lin Xingan said with some concern: "Then do you want to go in tomorrow?"
"Of course I'm going! Whatever happens, I'm going to go in and see!"
There is another sentence, Ling Zikai did not say it, if there is really an accident, then it is even more necessary to go, it is his bounden duty to protect the former residence of the ancestral god.
The beast's roar continued, but fortunately it stayed where it was, unchanged.
This made everyone's mood settle down a lot, but there was no sleepiness, and they sat around to prevent accidents.
Ling Zikai was a little anxious, sitting there with his head down, looking as if he was dozing off, but in fact, he secretly released his consciousness and extended it in the direction of the tiger leaping stream, wanting to see what was going on.
The camping place was only a mountain away from the Tiger Leaping Stream, and in the blink of an eye, Ling Zikai's consciousness had already appeared at the exit outside the stream.
Along the way, he saw many large and small animals running uneasily in the mountains and forests, seemingly a little flustered, but there was no fight between them, and he should have been frightened by the roar of the beasts in the stream.
When his consciousness entered the stream, Ling Zikai obviously felt that the atmosphere inside was even more tense. It's just that under the shroud of some kind of coercion, although the animals inside let out a non-stop roar, they all stood in their nests, not daring to move around, as if they were afraid of something.
Ling Zikai's consciousness quickly searched the stream, trying to find the root cause of the incident.
When I came to a towering ancient forest not far from the former residence of the ancestral god, I saw the figure of the Siberian tiger, walking back and forth restlessly outside a cave, looking a little irritable.
When he saw a little wild boar running by, he pounced directly, slapped it to death with a tiger's paw, and threw the body far away, frightening other animals nearby to lie in place, trembling and not daring to move in the slightest.
Could it be that this change was caused by the thunderous fury of the Siberian tiger? As the king of all beasts in the stream, initiating the tiger power can indeed make all animals tremble.
It's just that what exactly made the Siberian tiger lose his temper?
Just when Ling Zikai was full of curiosity, he heard a low * coming from the cave, and there was unbearable pain in his voice.
Ling Zikai's heart moved, and instead of alarming the Siberian Tiger, he bypassed it and quietly entered the cave.
The entrance to the cave was a little narrow, less than two meters square. After entering, it was spacious, about the size of a room of forty or fifty square meters. The ground is strewn with the remains of some animals, which seems to be the tiger's den where Siberian tigers live.
When he came to the deepest part of the cave, Ling Zikai unexpectedly saw a huge tiger lying on the ground.
I didn't expect that there was another Siberian tiger hidden in this stream!
Didn't you say that one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, how can there be two tigers?
Moreover, when I came in the first two times, why didn't I find out!
Ling Zikai looked curiously at the Siberian tiger lying on the ground, compared to the Siberian tiger outside, although the tiger in this cave was a little smaller, but because it was in the cave, visually, it seemed bigger and more powerful than the one outside.
However, the tiger lying on the ground was in a little poor state at the moment, and his spirit was a little sluggish, as if he was sick, and his mouth made * sounds from time to time, and he was in some pain.
When his consciousness fell on the tiger's bulging belly, Ling Zikai somewhat understood.
It turns out that this is a tigress, and she is in labor at the moment, and it seems that she is still in the crisis of dystocia.
At this moment, the Siberian tiger outside also burrowed into the burrow, came to the female tiger, and saw that the companion was still in a difficult state, so he turned around it a few times anxiously, just like a husband looking at his wife who was about to give birth, although he was very anxious, but he couldn't help at all.
Seeing the anxious appearance of the male tiger, Ling Zikai's consciousness invaded its head, wanting to comfort it.
When the male tiger sensed Ling Zikai's consciousness, he was stunned for a moment, then showed an ecstatic expression, let out a long howl from his mouth, turned around abruptly, ran out of the cave, and then followed Ling Zikai's consciousness and ran straight out of the stream, scaring other animals along the way to dodge in all directions, for fear that he would accidentally collide with the Tiger King and cause death.
When it arrived at the exit of the Tiger Leaping Stream, the Siberian Tiger hesitated for a moment, but then ran out of the stream as if it had been released, and came in the direction of Ling Zikai's camp.