Chapter Twenty-Three: The Monitor Lizard
He Ruozhi found a grass.
On the morning of the fourth day of reaching the planet, when he and Abu trekked two hundred kilometers towards the illusory horizon, He Ruozhi finally found a grass.
In the telescope, the grass is so small and fragile, like an insignificant black spot, a stain stuck to the telescope lens, maybe a faint gust of wind, the wind and sand can completely annihilate the grass.
He Ruozhi became excited, where there is grass, there will be water, and if there is water, there will be other animals, and there will be a complex ecosystem!
He Ruozhi trudged the sand, his lips were already chapped from dryness, and his skin was crumpled and crumpled, but his eyes were full of infinite strength and ambition!
The purple 'colored' grass looms in the wind and dust, like a wonderful mirage in a mirage. But this time God finally did not torture this determined adventurer anymore, and when He Ruozhi knelt down in front of this one-man tall purple 'colored' bush, and stroked it with a trembling hand, the grass stood there quietly.
With a gentle pinch, a drop of crystal clear red 'colored' liquid immediately oozed from the tip of the needle-like leaf of the purple 'colored' shrub.
He Ruozhi didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly stretched his mouth under the bushes.
Water droplets fall.
A sensation that spreads from the mouth to the rest of the body, the water on this planet is far thicker than the earth, a substance between liquid and solid. Perhaps it is the extremely harsh climate that has changed the form of life on this planet and become such a condensed existence!
He Ruozhi took a deep breath, feeling that even the air full of sulfur became fresher.
Life is so good.
Compared with those who live on the modern planet, He Ruozhi feels that the happiness he gets at the moment is more pure.
The drops nourished not only his body, but also his mind.
He Ruozhi drank two or three more drops of sap and stopped.
First, this sap is very precious, and secondly, it contains strong energy that needs to be digested and absorbed.
When a drop of sap that had not yet fallen fell on the sand and had not completely disappeared, something wonderful happened!
The seemingly calm sand squirmed, and dozens of tiny desert rats crawled out of the ground, apparently attracted by the fragrant sap.
He Ruozhi's 'spirit' was refreshed, and he quickly picked up the three-headed gerbil with his hands and eyes.
The rest of the gerbils had never seen such a strangely shaped foe, and at a moment's loss, they squeaked twice and burrowed back into the dirt.
The gerbil is white all over the body, and the 'meat' is very delicate, a bit like the snake 'meat' on the earth, even if it is eaten raw, it does not have the slightest fishy feeling.
After swallowing all three gerbils, He Ruozhi's 'spirit' spirit and physical strength completely returned to their normal state.
From this day on, he lived on this purple 'colored' shrub.
Seven or eight kilometers on the right side of the shrub, there is a strangely shaped stone forest. Every night, He Ruozhi would go to that stone forest to find a 'hole' and a 'hole' to live in. These 'holes' and 'holes' are also inhabited by a bat-like flying creature, but this creature is far more agile than gerbils, He Ruozhi didn't get close to the other party at all, and was attacked by the opponent's sharp claws a few times.
Apparently this creature usually uses sharp claws to catch gerbils out of the desert and make a living from them.
From this point of view, the purple 'colored' shrub has become the common source of life for gerbils, bats and He Ruozhi.
Walking in the vast desert every day, looking at the huge scorching sun overhead, He Ruozhi seems to understand many truths that he never understands before.
Ever since he emerged from the Dark Realm, he has been driven by fate, leaving his hometown for Walden, where he met the Crusader of the Holy See.
All kinds of past experiences flashed in front of his eyes one by one, and He Ruozhi repeatedly chewed on the mysteries in them, and absorbed many truths about how to behave in the world.
He was like a hermit living in a paradise, and through this period of hard work, his soul became more full.
A month has passed, and the clothes on He Ruozhi's body have long been torn to shreds, and his face has become unkempt, and the wind and frost in the desert have left indelible marks on his body.
On the thirty-fourth day after reaching the desert planet, He Ruozhi finally mastered the law of storms here. He chose a calm day without wind and dust, and summoned Black Wing from the spatial wrist chakra.
Black Wing was still in tatters, looking as silent as ever, but He Ruozhi could feel the pain it was suffering.
He Ruozhi said with annoyance: "Black Wing, it's a pity that we landed on such a planet where there is nothing, and we don't have any tools, otherwise we will definitely be able to repair you completely." ”
Black Wing said indifferently: "Master, I think it's good now." In the battle with the Giant Mantis, I was hurt even more. ”
"Yes, you were buried by the villagers at that time...... Well, I'll just make a few repairs with the materials I have at hand. ”
He Ruozhi took out the parts on the Holy See's "Light Wing" from the cockpit of the Black Wing, and reluctantly repaired it after three days.
Because there are no tools to take advantage of, and the system of the Holy See mecha is completely different from that of the agricultural mecha like the Black Wing, the maintenance work is very difficult.
In the end, he was barely able to walk.
But Black Wing is already very satisfied, and He Ruozhi is also very happy - relying on the strength of his feet is too slow to move after all, if he can fly Black Wing, the speed will be much faster!
He Ruozhi immediately put Abu on his shoulder, sat in the cockpit of Black Wing, and began a comprehensive investigation of the planet.
In all three directions, he found more purple 'colored' shrubs. This purple 'colored' shrub seems to have a very important place in the monotonous ecosystem of the desert planet, because all living things depend on this shrub for their activities.
In one of the largest places, there were about twenty or thirty of these shrubs growing together, forming a small oasis where even larger creatures lived, but He Ruozhi did not disturb them, because rashly invading the ecosystem of a planet could lead to the destruction of 'sex'.
The discovery of the north is even more 'exciting'!
When the desert stretched to the north of the planet, the earth began to fold somewhere, and endless brown 'colored' hills appeared.
Although these hills were still just as bare, full of 'bare' and 'exposed' rocks, He Ruozhi still felt a magnificent and desolate beauty.
In the midst of the mountains and hills, in a long and narrow valley, He Ruozhi actually found a hot spring!
This is a true hot spring, because it is full of sulfur, the color of the hot spring is a little red, and the temperature is too hot for ordinary people.
But in He Ruozhi's view, this is tantamount to the best gift given by God!
Because of the nourishment of hot springs in the Iwo Valley, there are completely two worlds from the outside.
The ground was covered with a kind of red 'colored' grass, densely packed like a soft mat.
There were countless kinds of insects and small animals hiding in the grass, and there were larger, wild boars and antelope-like creatures that were not afraid of humans at all, and they stood still staring at the black 'colored' monster in front of them, their eyes full of curiosity.
He Ruozhi climbed out of the cockpit and staggered to the front of the hot spring, until he reached out and gently brushed the warm water, he felt that everything was so real.
Abu also shouted excitedly next to him, "Hot spring, hot spring!" ”
Abu stabbed one of his fierce sons.
He Ruozhi was too late to dissuade him, for fear that there was something strange hidden in the spring water, but Abu swam around the spring very happily, and used his 'fat' tail to pounce the water on He Ruozhi's face.
Abu floated in the water again and again, and puffed up his belly like a balloon, which made people laugh.
But when it floated again, its expression was very dull.
He Ruozhi also felt that something was wrong, and instinctively flashed to the side!
I heard a loud thunderous sound, and a tail covered with heavy armor smashed over, almost smashing the earth open!
He Ruozhi looked back in shock, only to see a stout monster about ten meters long lying behind him, which looked quite like a huge Comoroan lizard, and looked like an ancient dinosaur!
The 'cloudy' yellow 'colored' eyes are staring at He Ruozhi fiercely!