Chapter 388: The Antler Fern and the Heavenly Tree

"Hey, I've finally seen the light of day again......"

After nearly four hours of walking through the underground river, Feng Tiance felt that this project was not suitable for people with "claustrophobia" to play, it was too much of a test of people's nerve strength!

Turning off the emergency lights on the bow of the ship and the miner's lights overhead, Feng Tiance watched cautiously ahead. He didn't know what would greet him when he got out of the cave.

Flowers and applause are certainly absent, and a few bullets shot from the shadows may not be absent!

"Wolf One, Wolf Seven, jump off. ”

When the boat was about to leave the cave, Feng Tiance jumped down the river first, and then he beckoned the two hounds to jump down as well. He planned to follow the small wooden boat before exiting the hole, and he would have time to prepare in case of an ambush.

One man and two dogs were now immersed in the river and swam behind the boat. At the moment of exiting the hole, Feng Tiance pushed the back of the boat, and the boat suddenly accelerated and rushed out.

"Poof...... Puff ...... Puff ......"

The expected ambush did not exist, but it was a small gap after the entrance of the cave, which caught Feng Tiance off guard. He and the two hounds made a massive splash, and the uncontrolled wooden boat undoubtedly capsized......

Since the drop is not large, it is less than two meters, and the dark river flowing out of the cave forms a large deep pool here, so you will not be injured.

While observing the surrounding situation, Feng Tiance flipped the small wooden boat over and pushed the boat to swim to the shore. The two hounds followed, shook the water as soon as they came ashore, and then ran and began to investigate the situation.

Feng Tiance was the same, he ran to a dense bush all wet, and quickly hid his figure.

"It's a deep mountain canyon......"

As far as the eye can see, the terrain here begins to spread along the water of the pond and gradually widens. The dark river forms a deep pool here, and then the water flows out of the pool, forming a small river that runs into the distance.

From this angle, it's hard to get a full view of the entire canyon. But the mountain on the opposite side is extremely steep, and it is really a cliff. Feng Tiance knew that this should be a faulted landform, just like the sinkhole in the mountain behind Xiegu Village.

After waiting for less than half an hour, the two hounds that had been searching around ran back. It seems that there is no danger for the time being, there are no people and no large beasts.

Wet and uncomfortable, Feng Tiance asked the two hounds to be on guard nearby. He went into the space, changed his clothes, and brought some food before coming out.

"Let's go and have a look on the other side. ”

Feng Tiance took Wolf One and Wolf Seven and walked through the deep pool, and followed the small river to find a place to cross. Unfortunately, the width of this creek is basically between eight and ten meters, and it is unlikely that you can jump over it.

I had no choice but to go back to the deep pool again and cross the river in the small wooden boat I had before.

Going down the river, Feng Tiance saw that the terrain in the valley was becoming more and more open. At this time, he was not in a hurry to dock, and first took a boat to take a look at the overall topography of the canyon.

After walking for a long time, the valley slowly began to close, and the terrain gradually narrowed. It wasn't until he could clearly see that the river had flowed back into another cave that Feng Tiance docked the small wooden boat on the opposite bank.

Roughly estimated, the length of the entire canyon is more than a kilometer, the widest part is almost a kilometer, and the narrowest point is only a few tens of meters. The topography of this valley is like a big gourd, small at both ends and large in the middle.

So, Feng Tiance named this place "Hulu Valley".

The gourd valley is surrounded by mountains, and there is no way out. To put it bluntly, this is actually a sinkhole, a king-sized sinkhole.

"Where are the runaways? Aren't they going to burrow into the cavern's dark river?"

With his mind full of questions, Feng Tiance began to carefully search the entire valley. In the middle of the wide gourd valley, there is a wooded forest that is not very dense, and there is a small log cabin hidden in the middle.

There was no one in the wooden house, and judging by the traces in the house, no one should have been here for a long time.

By the afternoon, Feng Tiance had come to the conclusion that the river was just an escape route for those guys, and that they had no intention of using it as a hidden camp.

Apparently, they took a boat straight through the canyon and continued into the cave.

For Feng Tiance, tracking those guys is not his purpose, and after such a long time, he may not be able to catch up.

The main thing is that when he returned to the vicinity of the deep pool, he found a lot of ferns on the dark and damp hillside.

"Oh, what a surprise! I saw so many staghorn ferns. ”

Staghorn fern is very rare in China and belongs to the national second-class protected plant. The plant is also a rare species in the southeastern peninsula, and the wild staghorn fern is also on the verge of extinction.

This fern, whose economic value is not too high, is an epiphytic ornamental plant. However, its ecological value to the entire forest and its research value are too high to be measured in terms of money alone.

There were still a few hours before dark, just in time to collect some more plant samples.

"Nineteen...... Twenty-seven...... Sixty-three ...... One hundred and nine......"

In the process of collecting staghorn ferns, there are many surprises. All kinds of rare ferns continued to appear in front of Feng Tiance. When the collection work was over, he counted today's harvest in detail: a total of 137 species of ferns of various species were collected. Among them, there is one kind of first-class protected plants, seven kinds of second-class protected plants, and the others belong to the third-class protected plants.

One type of protected plant is the wild alder, and there is a small forest of alder. Alder is the only woody fern in the world and is extremely valuable.

To be honest, today's harvest greatly exceeded Feng Tiance's expectations. He secretly rejoiced in his heart that those who stole precious trees only recognized money in their eyes. They don't give a damn about these rare ferns.

That's why these priceless wild ferns have been so well preserved.

He first collected these collected plants into the space, and found a dark and damp place in Nanshan to cultivate.

More than a hundred varieties, very little work, it didn't take long to finish.

He plans to propagate these precious ferns in large quantities on his own forest farm in the future. These plants play a vital role in the integrity of the ecosystem. Therefore, the harvest of his trip is also of great benefit to the future development of the forest farm.

Coming out of the space, he took a boat back to the other side and continued his search.

On the other side, perhaps the sun shines better, barely on the sunny side.

Since ferns don't like sunlight and tend to grow in shady and damp places, there are hardly many ferns here.

But soon another surprise appeared in front of him. In the middle of the valley, he found a towering tree. The height of the tree is definitely more than seventy meters, and the diameter at breast height is more than one hundred and fifty centimeters.

"This is the Heavenly Tree!"

I quickly recalled the information about this tree, which is also a precious tree species. Moreover, when he saw this sky-looking tree, for some reason, he suddenly thought of the native tree in the space, and the charm between the two was very similar.

It was getting dark, and after collecting some branches from the Lookout Tree, he stopped his search for the day. There are still many places in the valley that have not been inspected in detail, so we can only wait until tomorrow.

After putting the collected branches of the Wangtian Tree into the space, Feng Tiance took Wolf One and Wolf Seven to the opposite bank again. He planned to spend the night in the "Gourd Valley" tonight, and use the wooden house he found as a temporary camp for the time being.

After briefly cleaning the cabin, Feng Tiance entered the space. He plans to cut the branches of the Wangtian tree to the nursery base, then catch a few rabbits and catch a few fish for dinner.

The cuttings of this branch were done quickly. He had a branch in his hand, and he wanted to plant a sky-looking tree near the native tree of the space.

The native tree in the space has already grown into a towering tree, taller than the sky-looking tree in the gourd valley.

Feng Tiance felt that when the time came, the Wangtian Tree would also grow, and the two incomparably tall trees would complement each other, which could be regarded as a wonder in the space.

Less than 500 meters away from the native tree, he cut the branches of the tree and watered it with the miraculous well water solution.

"Whoa...... Whoa......"

When he put down the bucket in his hand, the native tree suddenly became windless. The branches and leaves of the tree swayed like this, making a rattling sound, and it actually had a special rhythm.

Feng Tiance felt that this native tree seemed to have grown taller in an instant, and the shape of the tree had also undergone subtle changes.

What does it look like?

In his memory, this native tree was inconspicuous when it was a small sapling. But now, it has golden leaves, tall trunks that are wrapped in vines and straight to the sky, and a majestic canopy that looks like a giant umbrella covering the sky.

There are a lot of green epiphytes on the trunk, very much like a staghorn fern...... And the strange big white flowers dotted among them are probably ghost orchids.

It is like the ancient ginkgo tree in the sinkhole behind Xiegu Village, like the canopy tree under the geological fault of Wenshan, and like the Wangtian tree in the gourd valley.

"Whoa..... Whoa......"

At this moment, all the trees in the space began to swing their branches to the rhythm of this native tree. The gentle sound of the collision of leaves actually converged into a magnificent symphony at this moment, resounding throughout the world.

Closing his eyes, Feng Tiance quietly felt all this.

His mind flashed to the different plants in every corner of the space, whether trees, shrubs, or other herbaceous plants, all dancing.

Then, the sky-looking tree in the gourd valley and the ancient ginkgo tree in the Daqingshan Tiankeng also appeared in his mind with the same posture and the same rhythm.