Chapter 25: The Truth About Carboniferous Island!
Time moved forward slightly, when Shi Tao had just set foot on Carboniferous Island......
The vegetation on this island is very strange, many species are not found elsewhere, occasionally similar species, and much taller than their counterparts elsewhere. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIs it because the original ecology is maintained here, and no one has cut it down?
Shi Tao took a deep breath of air, although he didn't need to breathe, but he was very sensitive to air, he could feel that the air here seemed to be a little different from other places......
"Buzz...... ......Suddenly, from the depths of the jungle ahead, there was a sound of flapping wings, which sounded like dragonflies, but louder and less frequent......
Shi Tao frowned, and vaguely saw a black shadow shuttling back and forth in the forest, and as the voice became louder and louder, the figure got closer and closer, and finally ......
"Wow!" A dragonfly flew in front of you and swept over Shi Tao's head!
It was indeed a dragonfly, but its head was the size of a goose egg, its wingspan was nearly a meter, its tail was as big as a broomstick, and its six barbed legs were the thickness of a man's pinky finger!
That's right, it's a terrifyingly large giant dragonfly!
At the same time, all over the island, the candidates who landed on the island after Shi Tao also encountered their own conditions.
"It's ...... Hey, it's disgusting! Ling Xinzhu showed a disgusted expression, and subconsciously took a step back, Ah Han stretched out his arm and protected her behind him.
In front of the two of them, there was a giant Ma Lu (a long worm shaped like a centipede) more than three meters long, covered in thick armor, and hundreds of claws working together to make a rustling sound, crawling from the ground. As if he had spotted the two uninvited guests in front of him, the big horse suddenly raised his head, revealing the dense small paws under his head, which made his scalp tingle when he looked at it......
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"Huh? This is...... Spider web? In front of the little witch Vivien, a large web with a width of five or six meters hung between two trees, and in the middle of the spider web, there hung a huge spider larger than a human head, with eight eyes like small glass beads, and two big fangs as thick as thumbs, as if waiting for the prey, gently rubbing......
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The big fat man Andrew scratched his head: "This is a grasshopper?" It's a little big...... "On the trunk of the tree in front of him lies a huge yellow mantis, more than half a meter long, two strong hind legs like steel barbs, four barbed predator feet are also unusually strong, two huge fangs are white, it looks like it can bite off a person's fingers with one bite!
Looking at this huge mantis, Andrew drooled: "I don't know how it tastes......
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Why is this island called Carboniferous Island? Because the island has been vigorously transformed by the Association of Strangers, the environmental climate is similar to that of the Carboniferous period more than 300 million years ago. The air composition, in particular, contains more than 30 percent oxygen, which is much higher than modern air. In such an environment, arthropods can grow very large, so the Carboniferous period is also known as the age of giant insects!
And now, with the huge financial resources and powerful energy of the Alien Association, the era of the giant insect has been able to reappear in today's corner of the world!
In the studio, Shi Tao's figure appeared on the big screen, and the female anchor Shu Xinyi explained: "According to the information fed back by the terminal, this should be candidate No. 2333, the first candidate to enter the island, and now he has come into contact with the specialty of Carboniferous Island, the giant vein dragonfly!" ”
Zheng Xingchen nodded and said, "Now the time to look forward to it has come!" This is also a small pitfall of this exam! According to my observation, this giant veined dragonfly should be an ordinary species, but if it is the first time for a candidate to see such a huge dragonfly, they may mistake it for a different species and catch it! ”
Shu Xinyi nodded: "Indeed, the rules this time seem very simple, but they are actually very strict!" There are only three badges per person, but it is required to catch three xenomorphs, which means that one badge cannot be wasted, which tests the candidate's ability to distinguish heterogeneous! ”
"So, in the face of a species that has never been seen before, how will this candidate No. 2333 choose?" Zheng Xingchen smiled: "Let's wait and see!" ”
The two hosts laughed and teased, and Yin Shuangxin, who was watching below, raised his throat: "Shi Tao, Shi Tao, don't be impulsive......"
However, Shi Tao still moved!
I saw him jump up suddenly, the long knife came out of the sheath, and the two knives cut off the wings of the giant vein dragonfly, and the dragonfly's heavy body fell down, and fell at Shi Tao's feet with a click.
"Oops, this 2333 candidate still made a move...... Shu Xinyi said with some disappointment: "It seems that a badge is going to be wasted......"
Yin Shuang also chuckled when she saw it, why is this new guy so impulsive......
"Wait, keep an eye out!" The male anchor Zheng Xingchen suddenly said: "This candidate didn't put dragonflies in the badge!" ”
In the big screen, Shi Tao held the knife in his backhand, and thrust it hard at the dragonfly that had no wings, fluttering, the tip of the knife passed through the dragonfly's chest, the huge insect twitched, the six claws scratched in pain, and the big jaw in the mouth couldn't help opening and closing.
"What does he want to do?" Shu Xinyi was puzzled: "The examiner asked for capture, and it is useless to kill it!" ”
As he spoke, Shi Tao flipped his wrist and raised the long knife, with a dragonfly twitching on the tip of the knife, as if holding a flag, and continued to walk towards the depths of the island......
"This ...... Is it a bad taste for candidates? The disgusted expression on Shu Xinyi's face flashed...... Thinking that it was a live broadcast now, Zheng Xingchen on the side said: "It seems that this candidate does not mean to waste badges, let's take a look at the performance of other candidates...... Eh, there's a candidate here who has a conflict with a giant worm......"
It is also a popular competition show all over the world, and the xenohunter exam can be much more brutal than the Olympics and the World Cup! Dangerous examination rooms, fierce ability collisions, and brutal competition, almost every year, candidates die on the field! Whenever there is a more cruel and bloody picture, the director will switch it as soon as possible, or blur the video. It is said that it is a live broadcast, but in fact, there will be several delays from filming to broadcasting, and it is left to the association to deal with the picture.
Although Shi Tao picking up insects is not a bloody picture, after all, there is a suspicion of animal cruelty, so in order to prevent trouble, it is better to turn around as soon as possible......
It has also been proposed that the association reduce the brutality of the examination and ensure the survival of the candidates. The association also made some changes to the arrangement of the exam in order to increase the popularity of the live broadcast, but this was the only thing that was sternly rejected by the president Yin Wanyu.
"The Xenohunter Exam is the foundation of the Association! If you haven't even faced death, how can you face the xenos who are constantly making death? Xenohunters are not competitive players, they are warriors, killers, and guardians who protect the masses from xenos! They must stand out from the harshest rules in order to prove their abilities! ”