Chapter 205: Extinct Creature
This bird has a huge body like an ostrich, its feathers are gray and black, only two toes, and it is extremely stout, but Lin Bei remembers that the neck of the ostrich is quite long, and the neck of this bird is not long, but it has a long beak, like a sickle on the neck, the beak alone is estimated to be a foot long, and the tip of the beak has a curved hook, which is very lethal at a glance, and in fact, it pursues the sharp-toothed lizard, grabs the body of the clawed lizard with one toe, and pecks the head of the clawed lizard with its long beak. Directly pecked at the blood hole, and then there was a large piece of flesh and blood.
The huge size of the clawed lizard has no advantage in front of this bird, and it was soon pecked to death by this big bird, at first Lin Bei thought that the clawed lizard was the overlord of this island, but now at a glance, this bird is the real overlord, and the clawed lizard is food.
"What kind of bird is this? Is it a moa or a dodo? ”
Moa and dodo in modern times are already extinct birds, these two birds have a characteristic, that is huge and can not fly, although can not fly, but their size is really huge, and they all live on the island, they live on the island will not appear tigers and leopards these beasts, so they have no natural enemies, this situation has lasted until it was discovered by humans, the time of moa extinction is about the fifteenth century, and the time of dodo extinction is the seventeenth century, It is quite possible that one of these two birds is not extinct at this time, but still reigns supreme on some islands.
"Maybe it's not these two birds, it seems that there are many large species of birds in history, such as dinosaurs, titan birds, elephant birds, etc., which are very similar to the image of the big birds in front of you." Then Lin Bei thought of other possibilities.
What has become extinct cannot be explained in any way, no matter how much it is restored in future generations. After all, the specimen is not a living thing, Lin Bei has seen a living creature now, but unfortunately Lin Bei is not a biologist, so after being excited for a while, his heart calmed down.
Zhou Quan held the spear in his hand and held it very tightly, and the ferocity of this bird surprised Zhou Quan. The fish in the sea is just big, and I can't imagine that even the bird is so big, looking at its beak, I am afraid that it can be pecked to death at once when it pecks people.
"My lord? Do you need to kill it? Zhou Quan asked in a low voice, this fierce bird is too dangerous, nearly two meters high, and everyone here is not as tall as it.
Lin Bei shook his head, no matter what the name of this bird is, it will definitely be extinct in the future anyway. Lin Bei has always been very kind to this creature, and if he has the ability, he will let them live for a long, long time, so that future generations can also see this bird with their own eyes.
"If, through my protection, these creatures that have become extinct in my world survive to the twenty-first century, then is my world still the original world? Count? Doesn't count? Will there still be Gao Rou? Will there still be a person named Lin Bei who will appear? Will they still give birth to a lovely daughter and name her Lin Rou? ”
Lin Bei was suddenly a little dazed, but history had obviously changed. Or history has been changing since he traveled back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, even if Lin Bei didn't do anything. Don't come into contact with humans, stay in the mountains and die quietly.
Lin Bei was a little afraid, he was afraid that there would be another him in the future, his biggest wish now was actually to live to the twenty-first century to see Gao Rouhe's child, but at this moment, Lin Bei suddenly found that this wish seemed to be a bubble. Shatter when you stab it.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency? What's wrong with you, my lord? The thoughtful voice pulled Lin Bei back to reality.
Lin Bei took a deep breath and felt as if there was a chill on his body, if he was a person. At this moment, I must be covered in cold sweat, as if I had just woken up from a nightmare.
"I'm fine." Lin Bei said with difficulty, and said in his heart that no matter what there will be in the twenty-first century of this world, he must live until that time to see it, if Lin Bei dies early, then it is also delusional to say this, so don't worry about it, so as not to schizophrenia.
"It's okay if you're okay, what are we going to do now?" Zhou Quan asked.
Lin Bei looked at the big bird, it was pecking at the corpse of the clawed lizard, its appetite seemed to be quite large, and after a while, it had already eaten a lot of meat, Lin Bei and the sergeants were ready to leave quietly, but it alarmed the bird.
The big bird didn't stop eating, but looked at Lin Bei and the sergeants vigilantly, it obviously hadn't seen humans and pythons, but Lin Bei's huge size put pressure on it, and the big bird spread its wings to form a fighting shape, demonstrating towards Lin Bei, obviously hoping that Lin Bei would leave its territory.
"This kind of bird is called a moa, they are big enough to be feared by ordinary people." Lin Bei gave this bird another name.
Lin Bei and the sergeants bypassed the moa's feeding grounds and continued to move forward.
The trees of this small island forest grow very well, it can be called a small forest, in the middle of the forest, the grass grows densely, if it is on land, there will definitely be snakes in this grass, but unfortunately there are obviously no snakes and insects here, not a single one can be seen.
Lin Bei and the sergeants saw some sharp-clawed lizards again, which seemed to be able to move in groups, but there didn't seem to be too many moas, probably because the amount of food on the island limited the number of these moas, because generally speaking, predators always had less than food.
Bypassing a few big trees, Lin Bei's eyes lit up, and a large open area appeared in front of him, seeing the scenery of this area, Lin Bei's eyes showed a look of fascination, because it was so beautiful.
This area is almost full of stones of various colors, these stones form the shape of a hill, scattered around, piled up into a strange shape, of course, if it is just a stone, then Lin Bei will not be intoxicated, but in addition to stones, there are fountains here.
At a glance, you can see seven or eight fountains spewing out from the stones, these fountains are obviously hot springs, because Lin Bei can see that there is a steaming mist above the fountains, and one of the fountains is quite spewed, estimated to be more than 20 meters high, and then the spring water is sprinkled in all directions, reflecting the sunlight and reflecting the dazzling beauty.
In front of the fountain, Lin Bei could see a raised mountain, and the condensed rocks on the top of the mountain confirmed Lin Bei's guess that this small island was formed by a volcanic eruption, and the crater was still on this island.
"Be careful." Lin Bei just wanted to step in, but he stopped his body and instructed the sergeants: "If you feel dizzy or can't breathe, exit immediately." ”
Lin Bei was so careful because the dust near the crater was quite dangerous, and there were many toxic substances that could not be seen by the naked eye.
Seeing that the sergeants were all nodding, Lin Bei stepped out of the dense forest first and walked into this red zone.
As soon as he stepped in, Lin Bei felt a wave of heat, which was a little far from the temperature in the dense forest.
"Is it magma fever or hot spring temperature?" If it was the former, then Lin Bei would have to be careful, and he would have to seriously consider the relocation of Wanghai City, because this meant that this crater was likely to be an active volcano and would erupt at any time.
After climbing a few steps, Lin Bei suddenly stopped and looked at the ground, it turned out that the ground was covered with a thin layer of white crystals, and the sergeants hurriedly picked up some, Zhou Quan put the crystals between his nose and smelled them, and simply tasted them, with surprise on his face: "My lord, this is salt." ”
These are indeed salts, crystalline salts formed after the water has been evaporated, and then Lin Bei saw that there were still some animal footprints here, including paw prints and toe prints, which should be clawed lizards and moa birds have come here and eaten salt.
"If it were a little bigger or if there were no fountains, it would be a perfect natural salt farm." Lin Beixin said.
As they passed by the fountain, the sergeants approached to test the temperature, and with a look of delight on their faces, one of them said, "How pleasant it would be if you took a hot bath here." ”
After staying on the ship for two or three days, coupled with the sun exposure, if you can soak in the hot springs, it is indeed a pleasant thing, and I can't imagine that this sergeant has an advanced concept of enjoyment.
Lin Bei also tested the temperature of the fountain with his tail, the temperature of this column of hot springs was slightly about 50 degrees, the spring was as thick as a child's arm, and the spring water first merged into a two-meter pool and then flowed into the dense forest.
Walking in front of the highest pillar of hot springs, Lin Bei looked up at this pillar of hot springs, and said in his heart that nature is indeed magical, and can make water spray so high.
In fact, the fountain more than 20 meters high is not the highest fountain in nature, and some fountains can spew out hundreds of meters high, which is called a real miracle.
The fountain formed by this fountain is also the largest, more than ten meters wide and twenty meters long, but the water is very shallow, because the rock below is too hard, some basalt because of the high temperature in the ground to remove the impurities very thoroughly, the hardness is comparable to modern stainless steel, the quality of this basalt is quite heavy, so it is often erupted and will fall near the crater, later generations of scientists mostly agree with a point of view, the closer to the volcano the area of the condensation rock is stronger.
The temperature of the highest fountain in this column is considerable, Lin Bei estimates that it should reach more than seventy degrees, the water at this temperature can already cook some things, and if you are patient, you can even make a hot pot in it, which is very nice.
The sergeants got the salt crystals together as they walked, and finally piled up a half-meter-high salt pile, estimated to be hundreds of catties, and it was a lot of extra income to transport it back.
After bypassing the fountain, there are some criss-crossing solidified magma belts, and above the magma belt is the crater, and the smell of sulfur here is heavier, Lin Bei looked at the faces of the sergeants, as if there was nothing abnormal.
A sergeant's eyes lit up, he took a few steps forward, and flicked the ground a few times with the tip of his gun, Lin Bei was attracted by his movements, looked over, and then, he was almost shaken by a bright turquoise light, and after a closer look, with Lin Bei's concentration, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, there was actually a large ball of green gems.
The gem was set in a solidified magma zone, and although its surface was in contact with air, it was hard enough to resist the erosion of time, not only did it not corrode, but it became quite smooth, turquoise, and most importantly, it was quite large, about half a meter wide and long.
"It's made, this gem has to be priceless" Lin Bei's first thought was to make a fortune. (To be continued......)
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