Chapter 399: Coexistence of tigers and lions
The corpse of a merman has been found more than once in human history, and this discovery is not new at present. But for the political team, the discovery is incomparably important.
The appearance of the merman's corpse shows that the legend is correct, and the direction of the treasure hunt is also correct. However, seeing this corpse, Qin Xuebing couldn't help but sigh: "I'm afraid we won't have a chance to see the living merman." ”
This is the old nest of the sharks, and the sharks will expose the corpses of their clansmen to the wilderness? The mermaid clan may indeed be as legendalist as it has been, and has been wiped out. In addition to looking for treasures, the most important thing for them on this trip is to see the legendary mermaids or mermaids with their own eyes.
"It could have been an accident." Ye Zijing comforted, just like humans, there is not necessarily harmony within the merman, and there will be such a thing as fighting each other. Even, this merman's corpse may have been sent here for execution before his death.
Anything can happen anyway, because sharks are not monsters. It is a species that minds the relationship between humans and fish, and may not be as intelligent as humans, but it is by no means lacking in intelligence, and it is possible to develop its own civilization anyway.
Qin Xuebing nodded, no longer entangled, picked up the loudspeaker and shouted: "Everyone, a fish-man skeleton has been found here, interested friends can come forward to take a look." But be careful, don't crowd, we have plenty of time. ”
In addition to treasure hunting, their task is to lead a team to travel, Ye Zijing once joked, saying that what she is doing now is a tour guide. Of course, they are the most conscientious tour guides, and they will never go to various places of consumption, let alone earn a huge commission from them.
The team was tightly organized, and almost everyone took out their cameras to take pictures of the skeletons of the mermaids. The brave will even take a picture with the bones.
With that done, the team moved on, and the sound of birds kept coming to their ears. If you look up, you can see that there are many birds living on the towering ancient trees.
Unlike Confucius Strange Birds, these birds, despite their strange appearances, are not violent. There was no attack on the crowd.
"Brother, can you help me catch that bird back?" Ouyang Xiaomei pointed to the top of her head, there was a very eye-catching strange bird on the towering ancient tree.
This bird has a somewhat peculiar appearance, somewhat similar to the legendary phoenix bird, but the head is relatively different, and it only has the characteristics of birds, similar to prehistoric creatures. However, the feathers are more colorful and eye-catching. It's also very popular with girls.
"Xiaoxiao, don't be so ignorant." Qiu Yun glared at her daughter, this place is extremely mysterious, every step is in crisis, how can she let her son go on an adventure because of a bird.
"Mom, it's okay!" Qin Xuebing rubbed the little girl's brain seeds dotingly, this phoenix bird monster looks so beautiful. It would be nice if you could take it home and keep it. I just don't know what the character of this bird is, so don't be too violent.
"Look in the trees, preferably a pair." Ye Zijing hurriedly added that one bird was a little lonely to bring back, and the other pair was different. Maybe they can multiply into a population.
Qin Xuebing called down the Sky Eagle and rode a bird to the sky, don't look at the huge size of the Sky Eagle, but the flight speed is extremely fast, and the skills are also extremely proficient, and it can fly freely in a small environment.
Aquila couldn't do this when he first came out of the Mysterious Island, because after moving into the mansion, he was combed through the meridians with his vitality every day, so that his body became stronger and his intelligence became more intelligent, so that he could fly freely in this complex terrain.
The speed of the sky eagle is extremely fast, and it rushes towards the phoenix bird in less than a few seconds, but the phoenix bird is startled, and quickly jumps to other branches, using the complex terrain to avoid the flying eagle.
However, Qin Xuebing never planned to let the Sky Eagle capture the phoenix bird, otherwise the Sky Eagle would be able to kill it with one claw, after all, the phoenix bird is only the size of a peacock, but the tail is relatively long.
"Fall down!" Qin Xuebing pinched the magic trick in his hand, and a burst of vitality shot out, accurately placed it in the phoenix bird, and when the phoenix bird fell, he ordered the sky eagle to appear accurately under the phoenix bird, and easily catch it, so as to avoid causing the strange bird to fall to death.
Waiting for Qin Xuebing to come down from the sky, Ouyang Xiaomei couldn't wait to run over, looked at the unconscious phoenix bird, and was amazed: "It's really beautiful, if it weren't for the fact that the head is a little weird, it's really not much different from the legendary phoenix bird." ”
"There is also the fact that the feathers are too fancy, and they do not have the nobility of the phoenix." The ancient pouted, how could this flat-haired beast be compared to a phoenix.
"Uncle Shi, what your old man said is that if it is really a phoenix, I don't dare to raise it." Qin Xuebing smiled, rode the sky eagle, and looked for the next phoenix bird.
Towering giant trees cover the sky, and it may be difficult for the king to find things at the bottom, and riding a bird through it is definitely another feeling. Qin Xuebing turned around for a while, and it was easy to find that the number of phoenix birds was not rare, and a huge population had been formed, at least hundreds of them.
Qin Xuebing deliberately rode the eagle to expel the phoenix birds, and countless strange birds flew out of the foliage bushes, colorful, spectacular and beautiful. It's just that one of them was more unlucky, he was hit by the secret technique, flapped his wings a few times and began to fall down, and then was caught by Qin Xuebing.
"It's beautiful!" Helena's eyes were a little hot, but she hoped to take one back and raise it. Not enough, she didn't speak, Qin Xuebing had already shown a strong aggression in the process of expelling the phoenix birds just now, and she didn't have the ability to tame these phoenix birds. If he brought it back and could only keep it in a cage, it was not what he wanted.
"A hundred phoenixes flying together, a rare sight!" Ouyang Zhanjun filmed this rare scene, and I believe this is another extremely attractive picture.
He already has a plan in his mind to shoot a sequel in the future, which is called "Treasure Map: The Reverse World", or "The Mermaid World of the Treasure Map".
The team continued to move forward, witnessing new things along the way, and most of them felt that the trip was too worthwhile. Of course, there are exceptions, such as Bai Xuefei, who can't wait to leave this ghost place immediately.
Because just now, another monster rushed out, and if it weren't for the two dragons being strong enough, maybe an accident would have happened.
"It's almost there, only a mountain is missing!" Qin Xuebing looked ahead, and the tourists had already seen the torso of the giant tree, and it was not an exaggeration to call it a behemoth. It's like a commercial building.
"This kind of tree, the density should be very large!" Beauty Snake said. If the density of the trunk is not uniform, I am afraid it will be difficult to support such a large body.
"There's another factor, there's no wind here." Qin Xuebing roughly judged. Without the storm, this giant tree would have been able to grow in a good environment, otherwise it would not have been like this.
The team began to climb the mountain. It didn't take long to reach the top of the mountain, Ye Zijing's eyes couldn't help but light up, and in front of her was a cave several meters high and several meters wide: "Could it be that like the tree in "Avatar", there are also layers of mermaids living in it?" ”
"Senior sister, have you ever seen a fish swimming in the water, have you ever seen a fish living in a tree?" The beautiful snake attacked with a smile.
"I'd like to see fish living in the trees, so it's a novelty. Masters. I think people still need to be a little more imaginative. Ye Zijing immediately fought back.
"yes, I want to see the fish living in the trees, too." Rees interjected in a very uninteresting way, and took a step to walk into the cave.
"You're not afraid of death!" The beautiful snake grabbed Rhys and threw him back, obviously annoyed and angry. Of course, she could rightly say that she was worried about the monsters in the hollow.
Roar...... Reesburne tried to retort, but the sudden voice made him shut his mouth. And secretly rejoiced: "It's really dangerous to dare to love!" ”
A group of lions came out of Shandongli, and everyone counted them, there were twenty-three in total, and even in the African savannah belonged to a large population. But no one is worried, it's just a lion. The little dragon can kill all the lions single-handedly, which is simply not enough to pose a threat to the crowd.
However, the faces of the Qimen people present all changed drastically, and there was a group of lions hidden in the cave, but they did not notice it at all, which showed that these lions were not ordinary.
In fact, these lions are not ordinary, their size is far larger than the lions on the African savannah, each of them is more than five meters long and weighs seven or eight hundred kilograms.
And their breath of life is extremely powerful, even the strange elephants they ride are far from comparable. It is no exaggeration to say that if the lions attacked, the herd would be slaughtered in a very short time.
Strangely enough, however, the lions did not seem to be interested in the herd of strange elephants, almost ignoring their presence, just staring at the crowd and drooling.
"It's such a big lion, probably because of the environment on the island." Qin Xuebing was holding a Tang knife and was unimpressed by this phenomenon, on this island, whether it was an animal or a plant, the size was extremely large.
"Probably not a lion!" The beautiful snake frowned, feeling that these animals had feline characteristics on them.
"It's really not a lion, it's a cave lion, but it's relatively large, as Xuebing said, it may be caused by the environment on the island." Ye Zijing finally remembered an animal that she had seen fossils in a museum with her own eyes.
Although the cave lion lives in the cave, it is not a real lion, it is a larger, more ferocious early feline that began to be active a million years ago. When it began to dominate, the lion had not yet developed.
Its real name translates to "Burrowing Lioncat" – despite its name, it's a fierce cat with a three-metre-long temperament and a violent and lonely personality. It is similar to lions in that they both have long manes, which were once recorded by primitive people with petroglyphs.
Rock paintings and carvings of cave lions have been discovered in Eurasia. One of the best is a carving from the Vogelherd Cave in southern Germany, which clearly depicts the distinctly ring-shaped neck mane of the male cave lion. In another work from LaVache Cave in France, even the female cave lion's tail bulbous hair can be seen.
In addition, both artworks clearly indicate that the cave lions may have faintly marked-haired fur.
According to a recent study, skeletal bones found at a prehistoric cave site suggest that early humans in Europe hunted large carnivores, cave lions.
However, this conclusion has also been questioned by some experts. According to Ruth Blasco, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Rovira Ivegili in Spain, who led the study, the cuts on the bones of cave lions indicate that they were then dismembered and eviscerated after being hunted, the same marks found on the remains of common prey such as deer, horses and bison found at the site.
Blasco said the gutted remains of the cave lion also suggest that early humans may have had an unexpected encounter with the cave lion and killed it with their own hands.
From this, it can be judged that the reason for the extinction of the cave lion. The first is that the cave is hunted in large numbers for nesting with humans, and the second is that the large European wild horses that use it as their main food are extinct, and the cave lions that have lost their food are also extinct.
But obviously. Although this group of lions has the physiological characteristics of cave lions, they are by no means cave lions found in archaeology, more precisely. It is because of the unique geographical environment here that the population of cave lions has mutated and become what it is now.
"I found out that this is a variant of the Jurassic!" Ye Zijing muttered quietly, there is more than one prehistoric creature found here, but all of them have mutated, which is very different from prehistoric creatures and modern creatures.
"Senior Brother Qin, what should I do?" Shi Tiannan walked forward, and he could feel that these cave lions were not simple. Even one-on-one can be struggling.
"A group of a few people, raid, all down!" Qin Xuebing didn't want to entangle with the cave lions, after all, the distance was too close, and it was easy to have accidents.
Click...... I don't know who took the picture at this time, the flash blinked, and the strong light stimulated the cave lions.
"Oops!" Qin Xuebing was taken aback. It was supposed to be a surprise attack, but now it has become a group of cave lions to attack first.
The cave lions were so close to them that they pounced hard enough to reach the crowd. I didn't have time to think about it, so I could only shout and attack. Then he immediately swung the Tang Dao, causing the majestic Yuan Qi to converge into a knife qi and directly attack the magnetic field of the cave lion's brain.
As soon as the blow was issued, the cave lion was still unconscious, but its body was still in mid-air, and it was still smashing towards Qin Xuebing. Its huge body was enough to crush Qin Xuebing into a meatloaf.
"Die!" Qin Xuebing quickly dodged away, and a monster next to him was about to pounce on the crowd. He didn't even think about it, and immediately took out his knife and stabbed the cave lion in the neck decisively.
The Tang knife was extremely sharp, but Qin Xuebing still felt that this knife was like stabbing a bulletproof steel plate, and he couldn't move an inch.
"What about rough skin and thick meat, it's not the same to fall for me!" Qin Xuebing snorted coldly, and the cave lion fell in response. The real attack is the secret art of the Strange Gate, not the advantage of the sword.
Bang bang bang...... With a few muffled sounds, the little dragon and the dragon shot at the same time, and with a twitch of their tails, the seemingly huge cave lion was pumped out like a cannonball. The two little ones reacted very quickly, and one jumped forward, and the claw pierced the lion's head with a single thrust.
The big white snake's attack method is different, wrapping the cave lion that has been huge, tightening it hard, and it won't be long before the cave lion suffocates to death. This is also the best attack method of snakes.
The people in the Qimen also made moves, and in a group of several people, the attacks they exerted were also extremely powerful, enough to put down the monsters one by one.
All of this happened in an instant, but in this short period of time, it was extremely dangerous, and missing any cave lion would cause heavy casualties.
Luckily, the group worked together perfectly, and almost all the cave lions were brought down in the same amount of time, so that the team did not suffer any casualties.
After a short time, all the tourists breathed a sigh of relief, and at that moment, they were all frightened, especially the tourists standing in front. They all clearly saw the monster rushing towards them, and at that moment, their hands and feet did not obey the call at all, and they could only watch. At that moment, they had no doubt that they would become food for the monster's mouth.
Fortunately, Qin Xuebing's group of people dealt with the monster in time, and at the same time, they also realized that this was a force that could ensure their safety, and it was a team that could be trusted.
"Let them remain unconscious!" Qin Xuebing counted it, except for Xiaolong, Jiaolong, and Big White Snake who each killed a cave lion, everyone else just put the cave lion down, and did not cause real death. After all, it's much easier to bring down a cave lion than to kill it.
Qin Xuebing was not prepared to kill the killer, these animals may be the only few left in this world, and they are no longer a threat, there is no need to exterminate this race.
After solving the cave lion, Qin Xuebing led the treasure hunting team into the tree cave first, but there was no such picture as Avatar, it was just a very ordinary tree hole. Qin Xuebing walked to the wall of the tree hole and looked at the traces, and it was obvious that this tree hole was dug by the cave lion with his claws.
It is amazing that such a large tree hole has little effect on this towering tree. Qin Xuebing used a jade pen to scan and found that the life breath of this towering giant tree was still extremely vigorous, and it would not die even if it was hundreds or thousands of years later.
"What is it that makes this towering tree so powerful?" Qin Xuebing was extremely curious, and it was safe to say that it had something to do with the unique environment here, but it was difficult to figure out what the specific factors were.
Qin Xuebing wants to understand this secret, if he can understand it thoroughly, he can concoct it according to the law, and plant a tree like this in the gate of the mansion, which will definitely become a great spectacle in dozens or hundreds of years.
Different from ordinary people, with Qin Xuebing's current cultivation, he can easily live to be one hundred and fifty years old, and if he pays attention to health preservation, he can achieve a longer life; If you make another breakthrough in cultivation, it is normal to live for two hundred years. So, if you plant trees now, you will be able to enjoy them in the future.
Imagine that you have such a giant tree in your house, and you can build wooden houses on top of the giant tree and hang them on the trees like lanterns, which must be very interesting.
"It's a pity that I didn't find the treasure here, otherwise it would have been perfect." Ouyang Zhanjun sighed, experiencing the big battle and harvesting the treasure will be the perfect ending.
Of course, it's not perfect, after all, they haven't seen the merman!
"Don't worry, the treasure is here!" Qin Xuebing smiled and led the team out of the cave, and his vitality had already sensed the antique, which was on this tree. A giant tree like this has countless large and small cavities, and it's all too easy to hide.
Roar...... Suddenly, there was another loud bang, and a head poked out of the leaves. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a tiger head, but there are some differences. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )