Chapter 18: The Two-Legged Prey
Although it is some distance away from the forest, there are still tall trees scattered around, including cedars, firs, and oaks, with thick and tall trunks covered with scale-like bark. Beneath the trees, various shrubs and vines grew close to the ground, and there were few weeds, and the dust and dirt on the ground were covered with footprints of various sizes, messy, but they made a paved path into the distance.
The more the two people drove forward, the more frightened they became, not by the surrounding trees, but by the footprints of various sizes and shapes under the trees, which converged into a road belonging to wild animals.
The footprints were disorganized, large enough to exceed the size of a basin, more than ten centimeters deep, shaped like an elephant's foot, but much larger, and there were sharp claw marks in front of the footprints, which Xu Qiang had not heard of in his knowledge system; The small ones are only the size of a palm, like a horse's hoof, and their front ends are deeply embedded in the dirt. There is also a kind of paw print that resembles a chicken claw magnified dozens of times, with a thick back end and a sharp front end, more than three times larger than an ostrich's claw. Not to mention the footprints of some of the apparently carnivorous ones scattered around these paw prints, and the list goes on.
"Wait, Brother Qiang, there's something coming over on the left front, and the sound is very messy."
Xu Qiang hurriedly stopped the car and looked to the left front, some trees were shaking constantly, and the direction of travel should be rushing towards them. As they got closer, the first thing that caught their eyes was a huge bird's head, with a large beak and blood-red eyes, more than two meters above the ground, and its entire body was revealed as it ran quickly. The stout legs are long, covered with thick feathers, and they run vigorously, like a small tractor.
Xu Qiang was stunned the moment he saw this animal, and a word appeared in his mind, moa. The mouth involuntarily said: "This is a moa, be careful to avoid it!" ”
Luo Sheng next to him didn't hear what Xu Qiang said, and all his attention was already focused on the big bird that was running towards them.
The moa was a little flustered, and it was clear that it was running away, and there should be some beast chasing it behind it.
Roar~~ A beast roared, two yellow figures rushed out of the jungle behind the moa, running fast, and they had already chased behind the moa in a vertical jump, their limbs grabbed the ground and bounced, and the body had fallen on the back of the moa, opening its big mouth full of sharp teeth and biting fiercely on the moa's long neck.
The panicked moa could no longer hold it up, and fell to the ground, rolling incessantly, trying to shake off the animal that was pressing on it, stirring up a cloud of dust. Another yellow figure pounced on it, sending its four long sharp teeth into the other neck, and at the same time using its limbs to hold the moa firmly in place, preventing it from continuing to struggle.
As the dust settled, the moa stopped struggling and silently screamed in an attempt to inhale more air, but it was a luxury.
The two people who were thrilled to see each other glanced at each other, their Adam's apple surged, and they swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the expression on their faces was nothing but shock and fear, and another word appeared in Xu Qiang's mind: saber-toothed tiger.
By this time, the saber-toothed tiger, which had already killed its prey, had already begun to enjoy the delicious taste of flesh and blood, and its torn feathers flew and exposed its muscles full of strength to its sharp teeth, and blood splattered.
Luo Sheng, who shrunk his body into the seat, suppressed the fear in his heart and asked Xu Qiang:
"Brother Qiang, what kind of animal is this, is it a tiger or a lion?"
Xu Qiang was still puzzled by the words that appeared in his mind twice in a row at this time, and just replied casually to Luo Sheng's question:
"This is the saber-toothed tiger, which lived in the Pleistocene 10,000 years ago."
"What, 10,000 years ago? Are we going back to the society we had 10,000 years ago? ”
Luo Sheng was shocked, he didn't know what the Pleistocene was, and he didn't know how Xu Qiang knew about the Pleistocene, but he was still frightened 10,000 years ago. 10,000 years ago, there was no civilized society, and human beings were still in the era of Ru Mao drinking blood, for Luo Sheng, who aspired to become a king of an ancient civilized society and had countless harems, such a barbaric era made his wish come to naught.
Luo Sheng's voice was a little high, startling one of the saber-toothed tigers who was burying his head in eating meat, turned his head to look over here, and a pair of eyes without any emotion forced him over, At the same time as seeing the two of them, the saber-toothed tiger stood up and roared loudly towards this side.
Roar~~~
The huge beast roar startled the two people in the car, and Xu Qiang also came back to his senses, and he was a little confused about this inexplicable roar. Immediately afterwards, the roaring saber-toothed tiger seemed to be interested in the place where the two were hiding, or wanted to add two pieces of food to his dinner that he had seen walking on two legs, shook off the guy who was still eating despite his roar, jogged towards the two, gradually accelerated, and when he was still seven or eight meters away from the two-legged prey, he jumped up and pounced on the two prey hiding in the obstacles.
"Brother Qiang, what should I do, it's coming, it won't eat us, right?"
"Don't worry, it's safer for us to hide in the car. But to be on the safe side, we'd better go a little further. After speaking, Xu Qiang was ready to start the pickup truck and stay away from the scene.
Suddenly, a yellow shadow rushed to the face, a dull crashing sound sounded, and the off-road pickup shook violently, but it still persevered, and the front windshield was not broken, the quality was really good!
Here's what the two people in the car really think at the moment.
The saber-toothed tiger, who had made a close contact with the car window, was a little dizzy, his steps were vague, he kept shaking his head, and finally stood firm on the engine cover, angry at the two-legged prey that had dodged its pounce, and opened its mouth at the prey, its sharp four long teeth flashed with a terrifying light, inhaling and exhaling.
Roar~~
A louder roar penetrated into the ears of the two people through the car glass, and the deep, bell-like tiger roar sounded, heavy and tragic, earth-shattering, and the items in the entire carriage were shaking, including Xu Qiang, the skin on their faces seemed to be blown by a strong wind, fluctuating endlessly.
The two people who were stunned behind the glass looked at the open mouth, the rows of sharp teeth in the huge mouth, the fleshy particles at the corners of the mouth, the tongue in a contracted state, the barbs on the tongue, and the small tongue that was constantly shaking, were clearly presented in front of the two of them, and they were meticulous. The disgusting stench of fresh flesh and blood in the tiger's mouth seemed to penetrate the glass, causing the two of them to tumble in their stomachs. This is the most intuitive manifestation of the human body when seeing things that are extremely fearful.