179 Predation
In the increasingly severe cold of the snow season, the plants died and withered, and soon Lu Shaoyu returned to the days when he first came to this world and could only eat meat.
And in addition to the plants being affected by the snow season, even many of the animals they usually eat are also affected by the snow season.
The snow season on Dolan is both similar and different from the winter on Earth, but the difference is of course because the snow season on Dolan is significantly colder and more menacing than the winter on Earth. The similarity is due to the state of flora and fauna during the snow season.
Needless to say, the death of plants is naturally not much different from the earth, before the snow season comes, many beasts will store the food they need for the whole snow season, not as a last resort, and will never easily leave their caves, because the severe cold of the snow season is fatal even for beasts.
So this has seriously affected their standard of living.
They are in a hurry to go, even if they need to stop, they will not stay for too long to eat, naturally they catch what to eat, and some of the beasts hide in their nests, and some of them directly start to hibernate, and there are not many beasts left that are still active outside.
In this way, except for Lu Shaoyu and the two little cubs, the remaining three dragons and one spirit beast have to worry about what to eat.
Nesario is different from Clarian, because of Lu Shaoyu's relationship, he doesn't need to fly by himself most of the time, so he doesn't consume too much physical strength, while Clarian and Nessriel are not too picky about their tastes, but in order to ensure sufficient physical strength, they must also have a full meal every few days.
Eating seemed to have become their top priority on the way back to the imperial capital.
Although Nesario didn't need to eat too much food himself, because of Lu Shaoyu's relationship with the two little dragon cubs, he was the most worried about this.
As soon as they landed, Nesario would take the lead in hunting the prey, and this was the only time he would leave Lu Shaoyu aside.
Nesriel and Clariant take turns with Nesario, and they usually don't bring back their prey completely, but instead bring some back to Lu Shaoyu after they've filled their stomachs outside.
After all, no matter how delicious Lu Shaoyu is, it can only be used to satisfy his cravings, and it is still far from satisfying his stomach.
And every time Nesario goes out to hunt prey, it is when Tuan Tuan and Yuanyuan are the happiest, and the two of them are only allowed to go out for a walk with Nesario at this time, and because of the relationship of care, they can only go to one person at a time.
Tuan Tuan has been allowed to eat some tender, easily digestible raw meat, and Netsario is more than happy to teach them how to hone their claws, allowing them to put certain prey to death if they are not hard enough.
According to Tuan Tuan Tuan's age, Nesario's education method is obviously a bit premature, but Lu Shaoyu did not express any opinion on this, first of all, Tuan Tuan Yuan was originally very interested in what Nesario taught, and secondly, Lu Shaoyu felt that he should not use the method of educating humans to teach a dragon, although these two dragons were his own sons who popped out of his belly.
Besides, Nesario clearly had his own considerations.
Snowflakes fluttered down from mid-air, Lu Shaoyu craned his neck and felt that Clariant seemed to be descending, he raised his head and asked, "Are you going to stop?"
Nesario snorted and squinted his eyes to look outside.
They were passing through the jungle of the orcs, and they were about to reach the territory of the Frozen Flame Valley.
In other words, they are not too long away from the imperial capital.
The trees in the Orc Jungle were so tall that even the snow in the snow season could not completely cover them, but the emerald green leaves were gone, and only the bare tan trunks were left on the branches, which stood out in the pure white.
Clariant stopped where they had stayed, where Lu Shaoyu had met Elantia.
The appearance here is completely different from when Lu Shaoyu left, the jungle is covered with thick white snow, and under the white snow is impermeable ice, because all the branches and leaves have fallen cleanly, and the jungle is no longer obscured, but it looks a little dim.
The bird's nest-like stuff built on the trunks of the trees is still there, and the orcs won't be back until the dry season returns.
Lu Shaoyu thought of the beast clan he had encountered outside Sky City before, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart, if it weren't for Artos, the beast clan probably wouldn't have suffered this unwarranted disaster.
Artosus was the most hateful sinner in this disaster that should never have come, not only did he die unfortunately, but even Lu Shaoyu felt that it was too cheap for him to let him die like this.
Nesario took the lead in getting off Clariant's back, and when he saw that Lu Shaoyu was still looking into the distance and seemed to be in a daze, he asked, "What are you thinking?"
"I was wondering how Artosus would die, so he deserved it. β
Lu Shaoyu blurted out.
Nesario was stunned for a moment, and then a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, "Don't worry, no one will allow him to die easily." β
Lu Shaoyu wanted to say something, but a small ball that seemed to have just woken up suddenly poked its head out of Nesario's collar, Lu Shaoyu closed his mouth and his eyes bent.
Tuan Tuan opened his eyes in a daze, and as soon as he saw them stop, he suddenly woke up with joy, probably realizing that it was time to go out hunting with Nesario again, and he flapped his little wings excitedly, and most of them came out of Nesario's chest, and rolled into the snow with an unsteady.
Lu Shaoyu hurriedly leaned over, crying and laughing and trying to pull Tuan Tuan out of the snowdrift, but seeing that Tuan Tuan himself had already rushed out at once, he hugged Lu Shaoyu's hand tightly, whimpered as if frightened, and couldn't stop sneezing.
Lu Shaoyu hugged Tuan Tuan in his arms and rubbed it, and he shivered as if he came back to his senses.
"Brother Long......"
The weather was so cold that even Tuan Tuan couldn't stand it, and when Nesario had to take him to hunt with him, Lu Shaoyu was obviously a little unbearable.
Nesario seemed to know what he was about to say, reaching out and rubbing the clump of head.
"Do you want to go hunting with me?"
Tuan Tuan hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out his little paw from Lu Shaoyu's arms and took Nesario's hand.
Nesario took Tuan Tuan over, looked at Lu Shaoyu and said, "Don't worry, he's much more powerful than you think." β
Lu Shaoyu rubbed Tuantuan's head, didn't say anything, let Tuan Tuan lick his palm, and then stretched out his hand from Nesario's arms and hugged the other small tuan who was still asleep.
Yuan Yuan shrank in Lu Shaoyu's arms, and finally opened his eyes in a daze.
Yuan Yuan stared around with round eyes, and finally came to his senses, looking at Nesario and snorting excitedly twice before remembering that it was not his turn to go out with his father today, his eyes instantly dimmed again, and he rubbed in Lu Shaoyu's arms.
Lu Shaoyu smiled and let him get into his arms, pinched one of his little paws, and waved his hand to Nesario and Tuan Tuan.
Yuan Yuan said that his father and brother would come back early. β
Yuan Yuan looked at him, and waved his little paws obediently, but he still looked a little unhappy, and his eyes were always looking at Tuan Tuan, looking reluctant.
Tuan Tuan tilted his head and muttered something, even Nesario didn't understand, but Yuan Yuan suddenly became inexplicably excited, straightened up from Lu Shaoyu's arms, and happily waved his little paws at Tuan Tuan, looking like he was in a much better mood all of a sudden.
Even Nesario didn't know what the two of them were communicating, and Lu Shaoyu didn't know, but Tuan Tuan was so good at coaxing his younger brother, which simply surprised him, Tuan Tuan almost quickly adapted to his brother's identity, and seemed to be more competent than Lu Shaoyu and Nesario in taking care of his younger brother's emotions.
Lu Shaoyu watched Nesario walk away with Tuan Tuan, then he turned around with Yuanyuan in his arms, and followed the huge footprints left by Clariant in the snow into the place where they had temporarily found shelter from the wind and snow.
It was a strange circle of trees that Lu Shaoyu couldn't name, the height of these trees was not high compared to the height of most of the trees in the jungle, but the strange thing was that the range of their growth, as if they were intentionally surrounding something, grew into a large, not very tight circle.
Although the leaves on the branches had been wiped clean from the cold, at least its intricately intersecting branches were still there, and they were still able to withstand most of the snowfall.
And when Lu Shaoyu got closer, he found that the reason why these trees would grow like this was not because they had some special growth habits, but because these trees originally came from the same tree roots, that is to say, this large area of trees was actually the same plant, their roots were buried deep in the earth, and then they continued to divide new root systems, and the root systems emerged from the ground, growing a tree with the same distance on the ground, no wonder so many trees grew together without consuming each other's nutrients, because they didn't need to distinguish each other at allγ
Lu Shaoyu amazed and hugged Yuanyuan and got into the gap between the two trees.
Clariant was using his massive tail to sweep the snow out of the middle of the clearing until the thick layer of ice that covered the ground was revealed.
Clariant flicked his tail again, pulled off the dead branches at the top of the tree, and simply put them on the ground to isolate moisture, and then spread a thick layer of animal skin on it, he turned his head to look at Lu Shaoyu's arms, and teased, "Come and roll, it's very warm." β
Yuan Yuan blinked and looked at Lu Shaoyu inquiringly.
Compared to Tuan Tuan, Yuan Yuan seems to be slightly closer, this is the experience that Clariant summed up after many unsuccessful attempts in front of Tuan Tuan, and Yuan Yuan listens to his brother very much, no matter how curious he is about anything, as long as his brother doesn't touch it, he will never touch it.
But in fact, Yuanyuan has a lot more curiosity than Tuan Tuan, so Clariant will always make something that will arouse Yuanyuan's interest privately when Tuan Tuan is away, so as to get close to him.
He really wanted to hug the two little dragons that looked mini and cute, but Tuan Tuan not only didn't like others to approach, but was also very vigilant.
He thought about it and finally decided that it would be better to start with Yuanyuan first.
Lu Shaoyu saw that Yuan Yuan was actually very interested in Clariant's suggestion, and his eyes began to shine, but before he nodded, he would not take a step forward no matter how interested he was, Lu Shaoyu felt that this kind of vigilance was necessary, but at this time, it was natural for him to relax and play.
As soon as he nodded, Yuanyuan had already rushed onto the soft "trampoline" covered with dead branches and animal skins like an arrow from the string, and with an excited pounce, he landed on it and rolled on it.
He jumped again happily, and waved his little paw at Lu Shaoyu, as if to say, "Dad, come quickly." β
Lu Shaoyu shook his head, "You can play by yourself, I'll be here watching you." β
Clariant flicked his tail earnestly, "I'm here watching you, too." As he spoke, he quietly approached Yuanyuan.
Yuan Yuan suddenly glanced back at him as if he sensed it, and after seeing him stretch out his claws and make a look of wanting to hug him, he suddenly jumped back into Lu Shaoyu's arms in a few steps, and looked at him vigilantly with light yellow eyes.
Clariant: ......
"Aren't you playing?"
Yuan Yuan snorted and buried his head in Lu Shaoyu's arms, revealing only a round fart/strand with a small tail.
Clariant: ......
"Just hug ......"
Drill harder.
Clariant: ......
He suddenly couldn't say the heart plug, really. 166 Reading Network