Chapter 1088: The Food Chain
Understanding how important it is to understand the language of beasts, the penguins are very cooperative, putting on various interesting postures, cooperating with Nangong Yue, and even stretching their wings to make a pet gesture of holding her in their arms.
Nangong Yue was quite proud, and kept posing with scissor hands, Mai Xiaoji couldn't envy her, so she could only secretly say that she was stinky. It's just that no one may believe it when it is posted on Moments, it must be considered a P picture, not a member of the Antarctic expedition, and how many people can get close to penguins and interact with them?
Serious things must be done, Nangong Yue took out enough patience to inquire about the situation of the extreme charm insect with the penguins in detail, and asked a lot of questions in all aspects.
When the sky was about to darken, Nangong Yue returned, very convinced, continuing to the south, there must be an extremely charming insect! More than one penguin had seen it, the taste was very unpalatable, and some of them were frozen in the ice and snow, and they couldn't get out.
"The penguins say they get there when they see the sun the next day. Nangong Yue said happily.
"Haha, so it's only a day away for penguins?" Mai Xiaoji was also very happy.
At this moment, a fluffy little penguin, suddenly broke away from the large group, squeaking, as if looking for its mother.
With so many penguins, they all seem to be the same, and it's not easy to find the mother in the penguin colony. Mai Xiaoji was about to ask Nangong Yue to come over to help, when suddenly, a brown seabird in the air rushed down, flapped its wings, and ran towards the little penguin.
"It's a skua gull!" Nangong Yue exclaimed, having a deep affection for the little penguin.
Sensing the danger, the little penguins staggered into the penguin colony, but the pace was too slow and soon revealed again.
Mai Xiaoji couldn't bear to be brutally eaten by such a little cutie, so he hurriedly used his immobilization to fix the skua in mid-air, and then fell down. At this time, an emperor penguin also screamed and rushed out, driving the little penguin back to the large group.
The skua was injured, fluttered on the ground a few times and flew again, and I couldn't understand why it missed this time. Perhaps realizing that it was a human being who was at work, hovered above and let out a few screams.
"Do you dare to curse people, see if you fall to death!" Mai Xiaoji was angry and planned to use the immobilization again, but Nangong Yue hurriedly stopped him, sighed and said, "It said it was very hungry, and it was dying of hunger." ”
The skua was unwilling to circle around, and the little penguins, which had not separated from the large group, let out a wailing and flew away.
"What does it say?" asked McGee.
"I'm still hungry, saying that I only saved one child in the summer, but I'm still starving to death. Nangong Yue translated.
Saved the little penguin, but starved to death a skua gull, it is best not to interfere with the food chain in nature, Mai Xiaoji sighed and said, "Let's go, continue to set off south." ”
The snowmobiles were much faster than the penguins, and after a long dark night, before dawn, they came to a flat snowfield. Perhaps, this is the pre-dawn darkness.
After getting off the bus, I can clearly feel that the temperature here is higher than the places I pass through, and the cold is not so violent, but I still can't take off the cold clothing.
Everyone tacitly grasped the rare daytime and immediately dispersed, looking for the Extreme Charm Worm everywhere.
"There's a lake here. Wang Dayuan shouted in the distance.
Hearing the news, everyone was very excited and immediately rushed over.
This is a small lake, you can see the opposite shore at a glance, the water is very clear, only a few meters deep, there is no algae, as long as there is very little plankton, it is very small, it is difficult to find without looking carefully.
Without the extreme charm insect he was looking for, Mai Xiaoji couldn't help but be a little disappointed, thinking about it, he could understand that this insect already lives in the deep sea, and of course there will be no such shallow water.
Mai Dao Chang leaned down, took off his gloves, dipped the lake water lightly, put it under his nose and sniffed, and said with great certainty: "This is a saltwater lake, and the concentration of salt is extremely high. ”
"It should be so, otherwise, it will definitely freeze. Mai Xiaoji nodded.
The lake reflecting the sky and snow is beautiful, but for everyone, it is of no use at all, and even basic replenishment of fresh water is not qualified.
Just as he was about to turn around and go back, Xiang Yu, who had already walked away along the lakeside, shouted, "Come here, everyone!"
And what did you find?
Everyone hurriedly ran over, and the scene in front of them surprised everyone again.
Under the two-meter-thick ice, there is a green space, and yes, it is grass, but the grass is dark green and creeping.
The green space of the Ice and Snow Continent is even rarer than the salt lake, and everyone jumped down one after another, feeling that the ground is still very hard and frozen, which shows how tenacious the vitality of these wild grasses is.
"Mai, do you know these grasses?" Zuo Ci shouted.
Mai Dao Chang hurriedly walked over, leaned down to take a closer look, everyone also gathered, a few grasses on Zuo Ci's fingers were indeed very different, although they were small, they were upright, and the veins were all golden, which was exceptionally clear in the sun.
In addition, the soil under the grass was wet, as if it was still steaming, and it was obviously not frozen.
"Senior, Mai boldly guessed that this is the legendary Gathering Spirit Grass, with three leaves, smooth veins, corresponding to the three talents, gathering aura, although it has gone through 10,000 years without withering. Mai said excitedly.
"My eyesight is good, I judge it the same way!" Zuo Ci praised, in Mai Xiaoji's opinion, he didn't know what it was before.
"Two Dao Masters, Gathering Spirit Grass, this name sounds very mysterious, what is it, what is it for?" Mai Xiaoji inquired.
"Mai, it's better for you to explain!" Zuo Ci arrogantly put his hands behind his back and looked away, Mai Xiaoji was even more determined, he just didn't know.
"According to ancient records, the spirit grass is born by feeling the aura of heaven and earth, it is extremely rare, also known as the 10,000-year-old grass, ordinary people take it, all diseases are not born, the face is not old, and it can live forever. Back then, the First Emperor sent Xu Fu to the overseas immortal island to find it, maybe this is the thing. Mai said.
"Is it true?"
When Nangong Yue heard this, her eyes showed joy and greed, and she couldn't wait to eat one plant right away and stay young forever, that is the highest dream of every girl, and there is no one.
"It's written. Mai Xiaoji calmly interrupted Nangong Yue's impulse, this thing can't be eaten casually, who knows if there will be side effects.
"Can you dig it up and let the Medicine Saint and the Medicine Saint identify it?" Mai Xiaoji asked again.
"Absolutely!"
Zuo Ci couldn't wait to take out the jade box hidden in his arms, and Mai Dao Chang asked for a small shovel, and carefully dug out the so-called Gathering Spirit Grass with the soil and put it in the jade box.
Mai Xiaoji checked it with his eyes, no more, no less, exactly eight.
For the ancients, they were already immortal and of little use, and if this was verified, for ordinary people, this grass would be sold for a billion dollars per plant, and it would be robbed crazy.
The greedy Zuo Ci was still looking for the Gathering Spirit Grass everywhere, and everyone also went to help, and searched the entire small grassland.
That's all, look up, it's getting dark again, and now the daytime is less than an hour, and the polar night in Antarctica is coming.