Chapter 9: The Snake Vine
Zheng Guo was not nervous at all, took a cursory look around, and said, "Don't worry, no traces of large beasts have been found nearby. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"And what's the matter with these corpses?"
There was a question mark on the screen.
"Does anyone know this vine?" Zheng Guo didn't answer the rhetorical question, and poked a vine with a stick that circled around the big tree.
The vine, the size of a man's forearm, spread down from the top of a tree nearly ten meters high, but instead of going deep into the ground, it hovered a few inches above the ground.
"It's just a normal vine, but thicker than the one on Earth."
"The roots are gone, it should be ayahuasca."
There are all kinds of speculations in the barrage, but no one knows exactly where this vine comes from, and they can't even say if they don't know how to beep.
"Its scientific name is snake vine."
Zheng Guo said as he took off his backpack, took out the nylon rope, separated one of them, cut twenty centimeters with the dagger, and then used this strand of string to tie the dagger firmly to one end of the stick.
"When the snake vine emerges from the ground, it wraps around the tree and grows upward, and when it grows high enough, it penetrates into the trunk and penetrates deep into the tree's transport system to absorb the nutrients contained in it. Once it has successfully invaded the tree, its own roots become useless and gradually degrade, eventually breaking away from the ground and forming its current form. ”
This way of survival is a little uncomfortable just to listen to.
"Obviously, it has roots at the beginning, but it has to be parasitic on the tree."
"I feel so pitiful about the tree, and the nutrients that I have worked so hard to absorb have been stolen by it."
"It's so hateful, drag it off!"
When Zheng Guo saw the content of the barrage, he didn't correct it immediately, he tied the dagger first, and waved it a few times, it was okay, it was quite strong.
In fact, the relationship between the two is not parasitic, but symbiosis. Don't you wonder where so many corpses came from? Look, the next step is the reveal moment. Zheng Guo had sold enough, took a step back, holding one end of the stick, and the end of the dagger was slashed at the snake vine.
The dagger was very sharp, and immediately broke a hole in the snake vine, and almost at the same time, the snake vine suddenly wrapped around the dagger and the wooden stick, and quickly contracted, the force was very strong, and Zheng Guo couldn't pull it out even if he tried all his strength.
Barrage all kinds of exclamations.
Don't beep if you don't understand: "I see." ”
"It's called Snake Vine, and it's really like a snake, it's disgusting."
"The strength seems to be very strong, if it is rolled up in a person, the bones will be broken."
Some viewers already understood what Zheng Guo meant.
"Once the snake vine is physically damaged, it will roll up hard, which is an emotional movement, and it is the same as a mimosa that shrinks when it touches a leaf. It is conceivable that if a creature bites a vine because of hunger or thirst, the vine will immediately wrap around its body, and the more it struggles, the tighter it will wrap around. This is enough force to strangle the neck of an ordinary beast. As a result, the carcasses of wild beasts pile up under the trees, decaying quickly in this hot and humid environment, and the nutrients formed by them are absorbed by the trees. As a result, large trees with snake vines generally grow taller than the surrounding trees. ”
After standing still for a while, the vines gradually loosened, Zheng Guo withdrew the wooden stick and dagger, and looked at the symbiosis system in front of him with a sigh.
"I've seen it for a long time."
"The alien routine is deep, so it's better to stay on Earth."
"Am I the only one who thinks this is weird?"
"Amitabha, good, good."
"The captain of Dubai rewarded the anchor Zheng Guo with ten tuxedos, go and watch." And left a message: "This is the power of mutual benefit and win-win, and the truth of human society." ”
"Aunt Lan Lan rewarded the anchor Zheng Guo with a tuxedo, go and watch." And left a message: "It's been a long time since I've seen a live broadcast on my appetite, come on, anchor!" ”
Under the leadership of the local tyrant, there was another wave of rewards in the live broadcast room, and the number of viewers skyrocketed.
This place really stinks, and after introducing the snake vine to everyone, Zheng Guo hurriedly left.
"It's noon on Gunazze, and I need to find something to eat. In this environment, adults can consume 3,000 calories of energy a day, and it is absolutely impossible to go out without replenishing their physical strength as soon as possible. Zheng Guo said to the camera, "I have five packs of compressed biscuits in my backpack, which are used to save my life, and I won't move until I have to." There is no shortage of food in the jungle, provided you can tell which is edible and which is poisonous. ”
Before coming here, Zheng Guo remembered the edible creatures on Gu Naze the most, which could be said to be ripe in the chest. He is confident that whenever there is food that can be eaten, he will recognize it at a glance.
"When it comes to foraging for food in the wild, there are three basic principles. Don't eat the brightly colored, don't eat the unsure, and the best thing that can be eaten is cooked or roasted before eating. You definitely don't want food poisoning in the jungle, that would kill you. ”
Zheng Guo explained while looking carefully.
"Mushrooms, there are mushrooms!"
Someone swiped the screen in the barrage to remind you.
Zheng Guo followed his instructions and saw a huge mushroom-like plant growing under a tree, the umbrella cover was purple, with dense black spots on it, which looked attractive in appearance and had a fat flesh, so that some viewers who like to eat mushrooms couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"It's a pity, this is a black spotted mushroom, poisonous, and after eating it for a few seconds, it will cause muscle cramps and severe coma." Zheng Guo shook his head, his eyes fell on a smaller plant next to him, and his eyes lit up.
"Ha, look, everyone, this is a mussel tree, and its berries are edible."
When the audience saw it, it was a plant about the same height as the anchor, with luxuriant branches, covered with curly and closed green leaves, and there was a shadow of a berry.
In the face of everyone's questions, Zheng Guo picked one of the leaves, put it in the palm of his hand and opened it, and a small yellow fruit appeared in the depths of the leaf heart. Zheng Guo plucked the thumb-sized fruit, put it in his mouth, chewed, the flesh was delicious, the sweet and sour juice spread from between his teeth, and the taste was a bit like a half-ripe strawberry.
"This berry is rich in vitamin C and minerals, which can effectively replenish the lost physical strength, and it tastes good." Zheng Guo smacked his lips and said meaningfully. "The most important thing is that it doesn't have a nuclear core."
"I'm hungry."
"You're not alone upstairs."
"I really want to eat fruit."
These few berries struck a chord with some foodie viewers.
Zheng Guo ate enough, picked four more leaves, put them in his backpack, and continued to move forward. Berries for lunch were not enough, which would give him a few dozen calories at most, and he hoped to find some meat.
After walking forward for some distance, Zheng Guo suddenly stopped and sighed.
"Have you noticed...... Getting better and better? ”
He was still walking to the lower ground, but at some point the distance became easier and easier, and there were no vines and branches crisscrossing him, only some weeds, and it seemed to form a path.
"It seems to be the way opened up by the previous expeditions?"
"The expedition team can get by, and they can't just slash and slash and then pass, where will they waste their energy to remove all the obstacles."
"And it's been a long time since an expedition has come here, and even if there was a road before, it should have been re-blocked, unless it was still a regular walk."
Zheng Guo pondered for a while, threw away the wooden stick, took out the crossbow he had assembled from his backpack, sharpened a simple wooden arrow with three or two strokes of the dagger, and said, "Audience friends, this may be a beast path, a path that the beast steps out when it goes out to forage for food and returns to its nest. This means that, if you follow this path, you will most likely encounter wild beasts. ”
Nervousness is contagious, even when it's a screen and four light-years away.
The audience couldn't help but hold their breath and habitually turned down the volume.
The animals on the gunazer are huge, especially some of the beings at the top of the food chain, which can be called behemoths. These high-end predators have rough skin and thick flesh, and even with this homemade crossbow, I am afraid it will be difficult to hurt them.