Chapter 243: Eating and Being Eaten
The silent sea of clouds was suddenly broken by a giant beast, it rolled, twisted, and twitched, as if it was suffering unparalleled pain, and the wail even drowned out the chaotic sound of the surrounding environment for a moment. ,
Suddenly, it froze and froze, mechanically turning its head towards a floating island creature and approaching it, its huge body lying directly on the side of the floating island creature, like a dead fish on a beach, when in fact it was indeed dead, killed by the prey it swallowed into its belly.
The tough carapace on its back was torn open from the inside, several tentacles pinned to the outside, and an egg-shaped organism crawled out of it with the help of the tentacles.
"Who designed this creature, why does it still have jagged teeth in the stomach, it hurts so much, what is the meaning of having jagged teeth in the stomach?"
"Maybe it's just to prevent creatures like us from breaking through from within"
"Maybe, but it turns out that it's useless, it's still coming, and it's really a shame that it eats so indiscriminately, and it's not afraid of eating problems."
"It's not easy for us to finally land."
"yes."
First they were attacked by a huge number of biotas, and then they were swallowed by this giant creature, and they came on a day trip with a thousand knives in their stomachs, and they also came with all kinds of corrosive gastric drinks.
"Once again, I'm sincerely glad that Twilight made it so difficult for us in the first place."
"I feel the same way."
"By the way, how did these creatures come about?"
Looking back at the long-dead beast behind him, the tough scale armor covered the surface of the body, the mouth occupied a third of the body size, and the gatherer also relied on the internal cavity to achieve the levitation effect, but it was better than the collector's design, and could achieve the sinking and floating adjustment similar to that of a submarine. ,
"They all have a life field, they should have something to do with those who stayed, and ask for clarification after finding them."
"Of course, it won't change if you ask for a beating before asking, and it will cause us trouble."
Perpetual proposed his idea, and the other collectors agreed with it, putting the issue aside for the time being, and continuing to search for the previous source of radio emissions.
It was originally just a simple task of picking up people, but it turned out to be so complicated.
Simply walking around the floating island creatures, I didn't find anything, except for the occasional sight of two or three flying creatures that had attacked them before.
At this time, the flying creatures did not show the intention of attacking, perhaps they were full, since the other party didn't think about finding faults, they didn't bother to fight, it was a pure waste of time.
If there is anything that the collectors care about on the floating islands, it is probably the vegetation, the vegetation is the division of aliens, the collectors do not have this boundary, but they have similar beehives, rhizomes, megastructures, etc.
But no matter what they are, they all have a characteristic, that is, they have a considerable degree of function, and they lose the ability to act, of course, in order to achieve a certain goal, or individually, or collectively.
Therefore, part of the attention of the collectors was attracted to the vegetation, thinking that by the way, they would understand the significance of the existence of this species on the floating island, and understand the entire ecosystem of the planet.
And then, they really had a bit of a surprise discovery
First of all, these vegetation are not leafy like the earth's plants, because they do not need photosynthesis, so they have no leaves, and some are just bare branches.
At first, the gatherers didn't understand that they thought it was a small creature that caused the damage, but as they looked deeper, it became clear that the vegetation had grown like this on purpose.
The high-speed air flow will pass through the small holes of the vegetation, and in fluid mechanics, when the contour flows, the flow velocity is large, and the experiment of pressure proof is to blow air between two pieces of paper, and the pieces of paper will spontaneously fit together, and these vegetation use this principle.
The gas flows through the pores at high speed, creating an inward attraction in the pores, so that the blood of vegetation is accelerated by squeezing as it flows through the pores, and vegetation uses this kinetic energy to synthesize organic matter.
These organic matter will accumulate at the end of the branch, so that the area will swell with irregular clumps.
"It's such an interesting design, we didn't think there was such a way to harness wind energy."
"This should be the basis of the production capacity of the entire ecosystem, but how to solve the problem of the material in this ecosystem and the energy cannot exist independently of the matter."
"It's supposed to be getting the material from the floating island creatures, and the two species seem to be mutually beneficial, with the floating island creatures providing the matter and these aeolian vegetation providing the bioenergy."
Further down, the gatherers noticed creatures crouching on the Wind Flow, sucking on the organic matter stored by the Wind Grass at the ends of the branches.
Broad, flattened, and dark, manta ray-like in appearance, but without a tail, it carries three shark-like fins, which alarms the gatherers as they approach, like frightened birds, scurrying through the bare woods, not fast but nimble.
Given their lack of aggression, they don't bother to care, but another group of creatures hiding in the shadows do, another creature wielding a scythe in a tree, pinning and eating small creatures with precision, and occasionally jumping from tree to tree to move from one place to another.
The protective color of the opponent is very effective, and if it were not for the help of the life field, even the gatherers with excellent eyesight would have had a hard time catching the opponent's figure.
They noticed this aggressive creature, and the other party also noticed them, but the other party just watched from a distance, and had no intention of attacking, first, because the distance was far away, and second, the egg-shaped organism of the gatherer was closer to the ground, which was not a safe place for this creature, and now that there was plenty of food, it was impossible to venture closer.
However, it is not completely safe in the tree, and just as the hostile creature is about to leap into the air to another tree, a sharp claw suddenly descends from high in the air and grabs the creature away.
The gatherers adjusted their gaze distance, and soon saw the true face of the intruder, which was the flying creatures that were always close to the floating creatures, the predators who were still wanton just now, and in an instant, they became the meal of others, and they were torn apart and eaten by the fangs and claws of the other party.
For gatherers, flying creatures that are weak and impervious to the wind are all overlord-level creatures on these floating islands, and belong to one of the species at the top of the food chain
A small creature resembling a manta ray was eaten by an extremely precise piercing body as it passed around the egg-shaped creature.
"It's not very tasty, at least for the alien palate."
"There's not much bio energy provided, it's a waste, and I'm a little nostalgic for the organic clump that the hive crafted over there."
"Hey, hey, don't mention this, I've thought a little bit about it."
The gatherers continue to explore11