Chapter 46: The Terrible Black Bee

"This should be the source of the river, this freshwater lake looks at least more than 5 kilometers long, let's walk along the left bank of this lake." Ken walked with everyone for a day, and finally took the initiative to talk to everyone for the first time.

"Why walk along the shore of the lake?" Rigyanda jumped off the purple concubine's back and asked, a little puzzled.

Ken didn't answer Rigjanda, he looked at Black Armor, meaning he wanted him to explain it to everyone.

"There are beasts such as bulls and unicorns all the time, and if we choose to stay close to this lake, we can escape to the lake if we are in danger." Black Armor watched as Rigyanda patiently explained to her.

Aliqi, Man Awang, Jia Er, and Ma Anna nodded their heads when they heard this, and only Rigyangda tilted her head sideways and thought for a while before she finally looked at Heijia in agreement.

"But what if they chase them into the lake?" Suddenly another question popped up for Rigjanda.

When everyone listened to Rigyangda's childlike question, they looked at each other and looked like they couldn't laugh or cry. Garer took her hand and walked forward, explaining, "They won't chase them into the water, so let's go quickly." ”

Rigyanda broke free of Jia'er's hand and stood in place about to refute Jia'er, who was about to continue to persuade the girl not to make trouble, when Ken, who was walking in the front, stopped Jia'er.

"We're here to get black honey syrup, so we're going to provoke an opponent that even unicorn and stormhorn wouldn't dare to provoke." Ken watched everyone explain without hurry.

"If we are lucky enough to find a black bee nest not far from this lake, then the lake water will help us to avoid the black bees, because black bees are afraid of water. Of course, the water of the lake can also help us hide from other predators. Because the biggest beast here, the Tyrannosaurus Tiger, does not enter the dense forest, and they mostly move in the plains, so moving along this lake will help us avoid the Tyrant Tiger here. Now, do you understand? ”

"Is the black bee really that scary?" Rigyanda couldn't help but ask again.

At this time, Ken also felt that it was very necessary for everyone to fully understand the black bees, because they could encounter black bees at any time when they went deeper into the jungle in the future. So Ken sat everyone down and began to explain the habits of black bees.

Although black bees do not actively attack other animals, if there is any sign that the black bee thinks that an aggressor trying to approach their nest is a threat to them, such as being within 3 meters of their nest or making a noise near the nest, the black bee will immediately organize a group to attack the aggressor. There is also the case where black bees rise up to attack their aggressors, even if they are not inside the nest, but outside the nest, if they are visibly frightened by the animals around them, such as the breaking of leaves, the sound of vibrations, fights and other noises, or if individual black bees are threatened by their lives.

Black bees do not break their stingers after stinging, but can repeatedly launch multiple attacks on the aggressor, infusing them with toxin. With the exception of a few armored animals such as centipedes and microped beetles, which are not afraid of black bees, any other object without armor protection will be paralyzed by the black bee's toxins when attacked. The duration of paralysis of a person who is unfortunate enough to be attacked by a black bee varies depending on the detoxification ability of each individual, but generally lasts from 50 minutes to 180 minutes.

What's worse is that the toxins of the black bee will cause local edema during the detoxification process of the attacked individual, so if the individual attacked by the black bee is attacked near the respiratory tract, then it will basically be suffocated to death by the edema reaction caused by the detoxification of the immune system.

However, there is actually an antidote to the toxin of black bees that can be quickly detoxified, that is, black honey syrup. After being stung by a black bee, drinking a small amount of black honey syrup can break down more than 75% of the toxins in their body within 20-30 minutes. Therefore, even if someone is stung in the neck by a black bee, if you drink black honey syrup within 10 minutes, you can decompose some toxins, reduce edema, and not completely block the respiratory tract, so you can basically save your life.

It can be seen that for the Hit-ant-man, the black bee can still barely cope. Not enough for the beasts that live here, they have only one knowledge of black bees - stay away from them.

Therefore, even large animals such as tyrannosaurs, unicorns, and giant foot lizards weighing more than 4 tons will not be willing to provoke black bees, but will try to stay away from them after seeing them.

So far, Ken has basically given everyone a positive summary, and everyone has a full understanding of the black bee, which will help them more reliably avoid the black bee's counterattack and ensure that they can get the black honey syrup.

"So will the black bees be active at night?" asked Black Armor with some concern when he saw that it was getting dark, because the night in the Maka Heights was not safe.

Ken listened to Black Armor's question, and he also looked up at the sky, where Kata's star was already less than 60 degrees from the horizon. So Ken looked at everyone and comforted them, saying, "Black bees will hide in their nests at night, so I believe that everyone has basically an idea of how we are going to collect black honey syrup more securely." ”

"Look for black bee nests during the day and sneak up on their nests at night." Ma Anna said suddenly, unhurriedly.

Except for Ken and Black Armor, everyone else looked at Ma Anna with suspicion. Rigyanda didn't seem to react yet, she scratched her head and asked, "Sneak attack on the black bee's hive at night?" Are you sure that's good? ”

"Silly girl." Marana turned around and tapped Rigyanda's birch slightly, motioning for her not to talk nonsense.

"Maranna is right." Ken watched as everyone shook off a sentence, then stood up and walked northwest to the dense forest. Ken needed to find a satisfying place to shelter before it was completely dark.

Far away, Kata is about to disappear. Ken leads the group through the dense forest along the lakeside, keeping an eye out for beasts while keeping an eye on the terrain around him, hoping to find an ideal place to get up and spend his first night in the Maka Heights safely.

Just as Ken was getting more and more disappointed, suddenly there was a gurgling sound in front of him. Ken walked briskly through the forest of water trees, bamboo, and banana trees, and there was a stream several meters wide in front of him. The stream was knee-deep, and in the water lay large rocks, and the clear water was flowing slowly into the lake to the east.

Ken crouched down, took a handful of water, took two sips, and then stood up again, and as if he was not reconciled, he walked up the stream, expecting to find something. Ariqi and Garken, who were following closely behind Ken, finally found the stream, and they couldn't help but squat down to drink saliva and wash their faces.

The last tired Rigyangda also arrived, and when she saw the stream, she quickly slipped off the back of the purple concubine, then rolled up her trouser legs and carefully crossed the stream to the other side to look at everyone, and finally washed the sweat stains on her face as if no one was around.

The last to reach the edge of the stream was Black Armor, who was not attracted by the stream, but first glanced at the group.

"Ken, where have you been?" Heijia didn't see Ken and asked alertly.

"I don't know, maybe it's going that way." Aliqi shook the water from his hand and pointed to the upper reaches of the creek to the west. "Well, let's wait for him here." Black Armor looked over there, and guessed that Ken was looking around, so he found a dry place and sat down.

"Come, drink water." At this time, Ma Anna had already filled a bag of water and handed it to Hei Jia.

"Thank you." Black Armor nodded.