Chapter 210: The Plant-Dominated Zone
Chapter 210 The area where food reigns
Where plants and animals grow together, there will be a lot of hallucinogenic gases and other toxic gases released, directly putting down those animals who are in the middle of the plant, but in this plant forest, there are not many such high-risk toxic gases released, instead there are internal containment. //. 78 No pop-up window Fast update//***
Toxins are contained in the inside, and when hostile species meet with plants, they will release toxins from their bodies, cut each other's epidermis and infiltrate them, and some toxins can directly turn the hostile species into a liquid state and become fertilizer for their own growth.
Some of the trees here are not completely stationary, many of them are able to move, and while most of them are not as fast as a turtle moving laterally, they are quite special compared to plants on other planets.
In many plants, there are various precious drugs, and the drugs directly isolated from the plant body will contain considerable activity, which is much better than the drug effect synthesized by machines, and some allergies and rejection stress reactions are avoided, so generally speaking, in the Star Alliance, the price of natural drugs isolated from plants is hundreds of times higher than that of synthetic drugs.
All of this surprised Tiko and Lycraber. They easily came up with hallucinogens and some other neurotoxins that were quite high in purity and activity from several plants. Tiko and Lyklabor have been in a busy state since they came, they generally do not use robots when processing materials, they are all do-it-yourself, and the collected pharmaceutical raw materials are indeed worth the trip, these medicinal materials are rare pure natural raw materials, and there are two kinds that can still be encountered but not sought. The price in the Covenant is already comparable to that of a starship.
There is also a clumping evergreen shrub whose leaves and branches contain the chemical composition of an analgesic that hunters often need, to treat high fever caused by wound infections, etc. However, many synthetic drugs have great side effects, and there will be a period of weakness after experiencing analgesia. However, the side effects caused by this naturally extracted analgesic drug are minimal and the biological activity is very good, which is the conclusion of the two men based on their own experience.
It's a treasure trove for them. Both Tiko and Riclaberg have marked this planet, and it is estimated that it will become their medicine garden in the next few years.
The white rabbit is grinding its three-petal mouth and eating the leaves of a plant that I don't know what it is, and many animals will have an innate intuition. They can and should not eat anything, and looking at Tiko's appearance, they obviously believe in the ability of this white rabbit.
Grey cats collect some nuts that are easy to store for a long time, as well as some fleshy and fat fruits. At the time of acquisition, it is always in a visual state with Sigma's side. So Sigma can see their every move, comment on them from time to time, and hear "babbling".
The animals apparently didn't care if there were any poisonous gases or poisons secreted by plants, at least until now, these guys were still over-energetic.
Chifeng grabbed a fruit, sniffed it, and began to eat it.
"Wow. What is that? ”
Snowball ran over and pulled a fruit from the tree and took a bite, which was not bad, but soon Snowball's attention was drawn to another tree.
The tree is umbrella-shaped. The hanging branches often resemble a bell. It's not the appearance of the tree that attracts the snowballs, but the oval-shaped balls the size of watermelons on the drooping branches of the tree.
Snowball went over and sniffed. He opened his mouth and took a bite on the top of the oval, and some juice flowed out. Snowball licked it, it was sweet and tasted good, better than fruit. So the snowball directly attached its mouth to it and sucked it up, and the plump oval ball slowly deflated.
"Hey, what are you sucking?" The gray cat asked.
Snowball snorted twice and didn't answer, but changed to an elliptical ball and continued to suck it in.
The gray cat jumped on a branch and took a bite at the top of the snowball, licking the juice that flowed out. Then the dough is added to it, as is Chifeng.
So, Sigma on the other end of the video is depressed, and walks around the room in a depressed circle, protesting, and finally announces, "Move that tree back!" ”
"How do you bring it back?" After the gray cat licked one, it raised its paw to wipe its face, and it was completely agreed to move the tree back, but it was completely too lazy to take care of it. ()
"Bring some back, be sure to bring some back, I'll open a small garden to grow them!" Sigma clapped her hands excitedly.
"Babble-" Little Lowag echoed as he jumped on Sigma's arm.
The last few little guys discussed it and shouted directly: "Xilin-"
Xilin mourned in silence, this is fate!
Cillin looked at the tree in the past, and the sap in the oval fruit was very nutritious, and some vegetable oils were rare nutrients for humans, but for other plants growing in this area, they were something that was not heard of.
These elliptical balls are equivalent to the reservoir of this plant, and there are a lot of fragrant vegetable oils in the reservoir, and the smell emitted by these vegetable oils is annoying to many plants, and they will retreat when they smell such a smell, but the gray cats like it very much, and humans also like it.
After the test, Xilin asked Xiying to help deal with the plants, Xilin didn't expect that group of foodies to do this, ruined this forest may not be able to dig up a complete plant, not to mention that many plants still need to be treated with nutrients.
This plant with an elliptical reservoir is a "viviparous" species of plants.
In most plants, after the seeds are mature, they usually leave the mother body and emit out, and then after a period of dormancy, when they encounter suitable temperature, humidity and other conditions, they will germinate in the soil and gradually grow into a young plant. However, due to the complexity of the natural environment, the characteristics of plants are diverse, so that they can better adapt to the environment and survive. Therefore, there are also angiosperms that develop like a mammalian fetus in the mother's body, and when the seed matures, it does not leave the mother immediately, but germinates in the fruit. It does not leave its mother until it grows into a seedling, so people call this type of plant "viviparous".
The hanging branches of this plant are shrouded like a hood, and inside this hood, there are many "lanterns". In fact. These are the seedlings that sprout from the seeds. When the seeds of this plant mature, there is almost no dormancy period, and they germinate in the fruit without leaving the mother plant, and the cotyls elongate and protrude beyond the pericarp, forming rod-shaped seedlings.
If you break through the membrane on the outside of the lantern, you will see the larvae growing inside that have not yet left the mother. Therefore, when Xiying takes samples, you don't need to prune or dig up the whole tree, you just need to collect some "lanterns".
In addition to this plant, there are many other plant sigma for them to take back, and the sigma is to be planted in its botanical garden. For these requirements of Sigma. Xilin agreed, after all, the entire base was contributed by Sigma, and this small request was a request for the benefit of everyone, and Xilin certainly would not refuse.
Xilin took Xiying to process a few plants and left it to Xiying to operate. While gathering information, Xiying helped dig up the plants that the gray cats had chosen, treated them with a nutrient solution, and then sealed them with a special film.
Tiko and Lycraber will also mark the species that need to be transplanted, and the West Shadow will later select the best ones
Here, Sirin and Tiko and Likerab are dealing with some useful plants, and Udoze and Kari are also coming from the mining side. Seeing that Silin and Cyrin were not wearing protective suits, Kari and Udo also took off their protective suits.
Taking a breath, Kari sighed, "The air here is not bad. ”
Udo looked at the detector in his hand and said, "yes." The conditions here are indeed much better than over there...... Hey, snowball. Eat less, it will be diarrhea! ”
Snowballs now eat more like a ball. Udo was worried about whether this guy would be overweight.
Hearing Udoze's shout, Sigma on the other end of the video asked suspiciously, "What is diarrhea?" ”
"Ahem, it's just that I can't help my bowel movements." Udo explained.
Sirin and Kari turned their heads, but they didn't hear it.
Udo saw that the gray cat, the red wind, and the snowball were all looking at him, obviously a little embarrassed, touched his nose, and said instead: "Hey, you little guys, hurry up, you will leave when the energy ore is mined, look at your speed, there are still many places you haven't gotten to, right?" It's hard to come out of it, but you have to have fun. ”
These words undoubtedly resonated with the gray cats and the gang, and they no longer bothered about why they couldn't help but defecate and turned their heads to look for newer plants.
Kari used to watch Tyko and Lycraber handle medicinal plants, and learned a little bit about it herself. However, Udo looked at it for a while and did not look again, he was attracted by a beautiful plant.
The plant is not tall, less than two meters, and there is a bunch of feathers at the top, which is colorful, and when the wind blows, it looks like a peacock opening the screen, and it also has a sweet fragrance. It's wonderful.
Udo couldn't help but take out the filming device to film this scene.
Xilin was working on a plant, but saw that the vine next to him, which had been curled up because of his arrival, suddenly became excited, and the vine stretched out quickly, and it quickly extended in one direction, and that direction was the direction where Udo was standing.
At the same time, the vines around them also began to get excited, and at the same time quickly stretched towards Udoze.
"Udoze, be careful!"
Xilin quickly ran over and pulled out his wrist knife to split the vines that extended over, and when the vines behind him reached forward, he took out a bottle of spray and sprayed it on Udoze's arm.
Kari and Lyklabor also rushed to help, chopping down the vines that stretched in all directions. They don't dare to use flames or ultra-low temperature freeze guns without permission, the surrounding environment is unstable, and the external image is too easy to change the environmental conditions here, and it is safest to use a knife to chop.
When Xilin put a protective mask on Udo, Udo was still a little dazed, why? He was also going to go up and cut vines, but now he was treated like a wounded by Xilin, and he was not injured...... Hey?!
Udo looked at his arm, there were a lot of blood marks on it, and the blood was still dripping down, Xilin sprayed him with a compound spray and covered the wound so that the blood no longer flowed, wiped off the blood stains, and threw the absorbent paper on his hand into the distance, pulling Udo to leave the place.
After running fifty meters, Udo looked at the original place again, the vines had covered the place, and the place where the bloodstained absorbent paper fell was also the gathering point of the vines, obviously. These vines were attracted by Udoze's blood.
"Don't get hurt, once you bleed, it will cause a series of movements." After all, Kari has been through a lot of things, and seeing this scene can roughly deduce the reason why these plants react this way and the various situations that may arise.
Fortunately, it was only Udo who was injured alone, if everyone had wounds on their bodies. Everyone had to deal with the vines everywhere, and there was no time to stop the bleeding and clean up the blood from the wounds, and the situation could get worse and worse by looking at the fine jagged teeth on the vines that opened out with excitement.
Udo gasped, and after putting on his protective mask, he gradually felt the pain in his arm.
"What's going on? I didn't even notice the cut on my arm. Udo wondered how he could be cut without realizing it, wasn't he just taking a picture. And more than one cut? There was a lot of blood.
Lyklabor released a floating gauge, which spun around and came back with some data.
"The gas released by that plant has a lot of nitrous oxide in it, and a handful of other accessory gases that have an effect on the nerves but don't cause syncope or death. After inhaling the mixture of these gases, the sensation of pain is lost, but the body is still awake, and the addition of auxiliary gases allows the movement of the body to remain unaffected, so that Udo is not aware of it in the slightest. Lyklamber explained.
Nitrous oxide inhibits the release of excitatory transmitters and nerve impulses in the central nervous system, so Udo was cut by the plant and bled without feeling anything.
Udo took a deep breath. He was so bold because he saw that Xilin and they didn't wear protective clothing and nothing happened, so it seemed that he still had to be cautious.
As a hunter, Udo has a lot to learn, and vigilance is not spoken. It takes a few things to be able to cultivate.
Despite this incident, Udo was clearly not intimidated. Instead, I was interested. Wearing a protective mask and holding a measuring instrument in his hand. Look everywhere for similar plants.
Xilin didn't care about him, this is also a kind of exercise, and it is a good thing to accumulate more experience.
Further on, there is a lake, the water of which has some microscopic algae, but there are no fish, no aquatic animals, only countless plants ranging from small to large with inexplicable names.
On the other side of the lake, there was a tall tree, like a giant proudly looking down on the beings on the ground, and the Xilin on the ground was as small as an ant compared to it.
Sirin walked over and looked around the Giant Tree, and finally came to the conclusion that the Giant Tree was the top of the food chain in this area. However, the number of such giant trees is not very large, and it can be described as pitifully rare, which is the strategy of the corresponding environment formed by living beings in the process of evolution, and it is also the rule of nature.
Cillin found a "giant substance" inside the giant tree, and this "giant matter" made the tree grow bigger and bigger. After collecting some primordial substance, Sirin looked at the horizon, and night was coming.
In the forest, the night is full of dangers, and there will be all kinds of wild beasts, but what will the night be like here without wild beasts?
Although the light recedes, twilight falls.
At night, the most obvious thing is the row of trees not far away, the branches of those trees stretch outward, and there is a large flower on the branch, the diameter of the flower is about 20 centimeters, and it looks quite ordinary in the daytime.
During the day, this inconspicuous green flower does not attract much attention in this purple and red, but when night comes, it gradually glows with a whitish light, and the darker the night, the brighter this light becomes.
The plants that face the light will slowly move over, and the vines will move in this direction, and the other branches of the tree will trap the plants that have been transferred into the trap, severing their connection to the main body, and finally becoming fertilizer for the growth of the main body.
This is the strategy of the plant, the skill of survival.
Because the composition of the air here will change at night, Xilin and the others all wear protective clothing and protective masks for insurance.
After eating, the glowing plants will dim or extinguish the light to save their own energy.
The nights here aren't long, but they're enough to feed some nocturnal plants. Most plants are asleep, photosynthesizing and respiring, exercising and sleeping during the day and night, and in the forest where there are no insect songs, there is only the sound of hunting for plants.
On this night, they saw the predation of nocturnal plants and the change in the composition of the air in the area. It's no wonder that there are no animals in this area, and many animals cannot survive in such a gaseous environment.
This is a world of plants, and when there are no outsiders, they are the dominant inhabitants of the area, fighting and thriving in the way of plants.
In the early morning, when a bright local light shone on this plant area, there was a muffled sound of thumping.
It was a tree as thick as five people hugging together, and it was so tall that it certainly couldn't compare to the giant tree. At the top of the tree is a large bell-shaped flower, and the sound is heard from the flower on it.
Touching the natural light, the bells began to sway, and then made a distant chime, announcing the end of the night and the beginning of the day.
After the bells rang, some of the flowers that had been put together at night began to bloom, and the sleeping plants gradually woke up, perhaps also pondering the next target.
Xilin and the others looked at the light scattered in the sky and continued to do unfinished business.
A new day has begun. (To be continued.) )