Chapter 204: Volcanic Island
Sperm whales and giant octopuses are absolute mortal enemies, a bit like a cat-and-mouse relationship.
The same is a giant sea beast, as long as the sperm whale encounters the giant octopus, it must eat and then fast, because the sperm whale wants to snatch the astaxanthin on the giant octopus, which is the root of the sperm whale's long-term survival in the deep sea.
Sperm whales will look for giant octopuses in the deep sea, and then bite the octopus, the two sides start a big battle, the battle will generally fight from the bottom of the sea to the surface, sometimes even hit the beach, in modern times, the number of sperm whales is not much, so it is difficult to see the scene of their battle, but this is the Eastern Han Dynasty, the growth of sea beasts wantonly, their number is beyond imagination, so there are sperm whale groups to act together, while foraging, looking for large octopus schools.
This battle has been going on for a long time before Lin Bei arrived, some sperm whales swallowed the giant octopus into their stomachs, which means that the sperm whale has won, but some giant octopuses have plugged the water vents of the sperm whales with their tentacles, and the sperm whales can't breathe air, and after suffocation, they are dragged into the bottom of the sea by the giant octopus, and this kind of sperm whales will be eaten by the giant octopus, but do you think they can win each other so easily and have a full meal? Wrong, outside the sea area where sperm whales and giant octopuses fight, several groups of killer whales are staring at each other, killer whale groups generally do not hunt sperm whales and giant octopuses lightly, but they don't mind joining in the fun, when sperm whales and giant octopuses fight, they tend to leave the group, which gives the killer whale group an opportunity,
Killer whale swarms feed much more ferociously than sperm whales and giant octopuses, tearing their prey into chunks of flesh and then swallowing the flesh.
The entire sea area was filled with the smell of blood, and when Lin Bei came, he saw several sperm whales sinking towards the bottom of the sea. But it was rushed over by the killer whale and bitten, tearing the flesh and blood at the same time, so that the body of the sperm whale would not really sink to the bottom of the sea, the sperm whale was extremely large, but unfortunately the killer whale was not a good species, and the killer whale group only tore back and forth a few times. He ate the whole sperm whale, leaving only the skeleton.
Seeing the fight of these fierce beasts in the sea, and then smelling this bloody smell, Lin Bei felt extremely frightened, in addition to several large groups of killer whales, there were some carnivorous fish cruising around, and the smell of blood attracted the large fish that encountered hundreds of miles around, and they were shocking, and they could not be seen at all if they were less than five meters long. Maybe they're embarrassed to be here, too.
Lin Bei's body length is now a little more than twenty meters, and he usually feels very large, but it is really inconspicuous here, not to mention the sperm whale and the giant octopus, even the killer whale group is almost ten meters long, and their streamlined bodies look bigger than Lin Bei.
However, Lin Bei's intrusion obviously attracted the attention of the killer whales, and the three killer whales swam towards Lin Bei in three directions, except for protecting food. Killer whales also want to taste the taste of Lin Bei, they are the overlords of the sea. They are not afraid of any large sea beasts, even blue whales, they are not afraid, just see if they are in a good mood, if not, the blue whale will still eat it.
By the time Lin Bei reflected, he had been surrounded by three killer whales. Killer whales are likewise exceptionally intelligent fish in the sea, and they are said to have dozens of different calls that allow them to communicate with each other, thus making hunting much easier, of course. Lin Bei definitely didn't understand.
Lin Bei subconsciously wanted to retreat, after all, there were too many killer whales here, Lin Bei didn't want to get involved in the battlefield, but in this case, retreating means cowardice, you may retreat as advance, but killer whales don't think so, they will pursue.
So at the moment when Lin Bei retreated, the three killer whales suddenly swung their huge tails and collided with Lin Bei, their sprint speed in the sea was extremely amazing, and with their huge size, they were really scared to watch.
Fortunately, Lin Bei finally went through several battlefields, so although he was frightened, he was not too afraid, the killer whale was flexible in the sea, and Lin Bei was still flexible, with a slight side, and the giant tail was swept horizontally.
The wriggling of the muscles reduced the resistance of the water, and Lin Bei swept directly to the middle of a killer whale's body, this heavy tail whip was extremely lethal, and directly swept the killer whale out of dozens of meters, the scales on the surface of this killer whale cracked, oozing a lot of blood, I am afraid that even the internal organs were swept away by Lin Bei.
The other two killer whales turned around sharply and pounced on the killer whale, biting fiercely and devouring their own kind.
Lin Bei's scalp was numb, these guys had no humanity at all, and even the injured kinders ate it, so it was still not a bad idea, Lin Bei retreated, and the killer whales never chased after him.
Returning to the vicinity of the middle wing ship, Lin Bei asked the middle wing ship to retreat, away from the battlefield, and quietly waited for the end of the battle.
"The danger in the sea is really beyond my expectations, there are so many super big fish, and there are schools of them, it's really hard to deal with them." Then Lin Bei sighed about the luck of the fisherman before, how much luck he had to take to return to the sea area with only a small boat.
In order not to get lost, the winged ship retreated again in the position just now, and finally stopped when it was nearly a hundred miles away from the battlefield, waiting for the sea to be calm, and this wait was a day and a night.
Lin Bei went to the sea area again to observe, the big fish disappeared without a trace, the smell of blood also dissipated, the ocean is indeed the most powerful purification tool, and then, the middle wing ship set sail again.
Lin Bei keenly noticed that the sergeants were a little uneasy, firstly, because they saw many sea beasts, and secondly, because of the deep sea area and the unchanging scenery around them, this would make people feel a sense of loneliness and powerlessness, and if it was a person, it would be easy to go crazy.
Fortunately, after this incident, although many schools of fish were encountered again, there was no fighting incident of sea beasts, and from a distance, Lin Bei and the sergeants saw a touch of red.
"Here we are, my lord, it's time to the island," some of the sergeants wept with joy and vented their feelings, while many more had worries on their faces, because they might live on the island for a long time, and they couldn't afford the job if they weren't strong-willed.
As the red island approached, the first thing that appeared in front of Lin Bei and the sergeants was a huge red sand beach, Lin Bei thought that the sand was red at first, but when he got closer, it was actually countless small red crabs, which were also the size of his thumb. These red crabs are dense and cover the entire beach, so when you look at the beach, it turns red.
If it was the first time to see this situation, Lin Bei would definitely be surprised, but along the way, Lin Bei also saw more schools of scale fish than red crabs, so he was only slightly shocked and calmed down.
The mid-wing boat docked, and the sergeants dismounted. The red crabs sensed the movement and fled in a hurry, but there were so many that the sergeant could kill several of them with a single step, crunching and sounding a little oozing.
Behind the beach are two types of terrain, one woodland and the other rocky terrain with the color of the rocks. Some of them can't be seen, but the bottom is really pale red, forming various shapes, standing there, countless seabirds stay on it, and before Lin Bei and the sergeants can step forward, these seabirds flutter up, covering the sky and the sun. Countless bird feces fell, and Lin Bei scolded in his heart. This is not only to confuse him, but also to confuse him, not to mention disgusting, and the smell is unbearable.
The sergeants were also unhappy, and one of the sergeants threw the spear in his hand above his head with all his might, and after more than ten seconds. The spear landed, and six seabirds were strung on it like sugar gourds, some died through their chests, and some only penetrated their wings, and Lin Bei was dumbfounded. This is probably the easiest way to catch birds, and you can see how many seabirds there are.
"It's all a disaster"
After killing a few seabirds, Lin Bei and the sergeants fled into the woodland behind.
There are trees on the woodland near the beach, but these trees are very sparse, mostly mango trees and coconut trees, but there are no mangoes on the mango trees, and they have long been pecked by seabirds, but there are still some coconuts on the coconut trees, but more coconuts have fallen to the ground, and the sergeant picked up the coconuts and found that they were all empty, as if they had been pecked and eaten by seabirds.
The ground was all pale red, and Lin Bei stretched out the snake letter to feel it, and found that there was a faint smell in it, and carefully distinguished, it seemed to be the smell of sulfur.
"Could it be a volcano?" Lin Beixin said.
There are many volcanoes in the ocean, and many small islands are formed because of volcanic eruptions, when he sees that the rocks are pale red, Lin Bei actually has some suspicions, those rocks may be basalt, the word basalt generally implies that it is black, but the colors of basalt are varied, of which red and brown are the majority.
"If it's a volcano, it's a big deal, I just hope it's not an active volcano."
If this small island is really formed by a volcanic eruption, then there are likely to be small islands nearby, because the scope of the volcanic eruption is quite wide, which will form a large area of small island groups, which are very harsh at the beginning, but with the gradual disappearance of volcanic gases, the small island becomes a paradise, because the volcanic eruption of volcanic ash contains too many trace elements, which is very suitable for plant growth.
After walking for a while, the trees gradually became dense and tall, Lin Bei climbed to a tree and then grew up, wanting to see the surrounding environment, but he was still blocked by the trees, and he couldn't see anything in front of him, and he couldn't hear any sound if he listened carefully, the waves and the sea breeze drowned out all the sounds.
Seeing that the sergeants were very difficult to walk, Lin Bei said, "Why don't you wait here?" ”
In order to communicate with Lin Bei, there is a literate one of these sergeants, his name is Zhou Quan, and he is also the captain of this medium-wing ship, Zhou Quan smiled bitterly: "My lord, we haven't done anything along the way, if you let the adults go by themselves, what's the use of asking me to wait for the sergeants?" Let's not do this, we are divided into three directions, adults go all the way, we are divided into teams to explore left and right, what do you think, adults? ”
Lin Bei nodded, and just wanted to go, but he realized that he saw a head behind a certain tree shrink back.
"Who is it?" The sergeants shouted too, raised their spears, and began to be on guard.
The sergeant couldn't see the back of the trees, but Lin Bei could see that it was a lizard with a body length of two meters, with pale green and pale red scales on its back, a row of wing bones growing on its bulging dorsal ridge, its head was very large, its limbs were not in the shape of the soles of its feet, but like claws, and its tail was actually longer than its body, probably about five meters from head to tail.
Although the size of this lizard is not small, it is not a threat to Lin Bei, so Lin Bei took the sergeant directly over, this lizard looks really not fast, although it feels the arrival of Lin Bei and the sergeants, but it is still slow, and in the end it may feel that it is really impossible to run, so the lizard does not move, and the skin begins to slowly change color, and the surrounding color becomes almost the same, ready to use the protective color to avoid the disaster, but obviously has no effect on Lin Bei at all.
Not far from the lizard, Lin Bei and the sergeants stopped, and under Lin Bei's guidance, the sergeant also saw this guy, and asked thoughtfully, "My lord, do you want to kill this monster?" ”
Lin Bei shook his head, he was thinking that he would never see this kind of lizard in the future, but unfortunately Lin Bei didn't know much about it, so he really couldn't think of it, so Lin Bei simply named it a clawed lizard.
The clawed lizards should be the predators of this island, because the islands are mostly isolated, so almost every island has unique creatures, and it is difficult to see them in other places, and the clawed lizard may be like this.
Without killing the lizard, Lin Bei and the sergeants continued to move forward, and soon saw a good scene, a large bird that Lin Bei had never seen before was chasing and killing a clawed lizard. (To be continued......)
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