Chapter 69: Smoke and Rain
Smoke billowed and filled the air with burning smoke everywhere, and the area of the burned forest was constantly expanding.
Liu Qing and Xiao Wu walked on the beach, and there were some animals walking with them, but they didn't interfere with each other, no one paid attention to anyone, and they didn't seem to be in the mood, not even scared. A group of animals almost seemed to be walking aimlessly, not knowing where to stay, Liu Qing looked at these animals walking with him, and suddenly thought in his heart, I used to see in the book that there was a story about the migration of creatures in prehistoric times, and sometimes I couldn't understand, why did I want to migrate? But at this time, he understood a little, natural disasters, this alone, forced them to migrate, including him is now also a member of the migration. Think about it, even in ancient societies, when there was a famine in a certain place, a large group of people did not flee their homes, even if they begged for food all the way, but also went to a place where they could feed themselves.
Looking at it sideways, the fire was not burning very fast, but it was very stable, and it was burning all the time, without the slightest intention of extinguishing. Liu Qing couldn't help but shake his head and smiled bitterly, thinking that he was going to live here for the rest of his life, when he was on the beach before, he didn't even want to leave, because there was a field of ginger beans on the side of the beach, which was enough to feed him and Xiao Wu, but then he thought about it again, even if Jiang Dou could feed the two of them, Xiao Wu was a carnivore after all, and he didn't eat meat every day, Xiao Wu probably couldn't stand it, and he might not be able to carry it, not to mention that after the fire, the original cave might no longer be able to live. It just so happened that the animals began to walk, and Liu Qing simply walked along, maybe he could find a more suitable living environment in other places.
From morning to afternoon, I climbed a hill that stretched into the beach, and after descending the mountain, I came to a beach again, but here it was a bay, with mountains on the front and back, the mountain on the left and the sea on the right. The animals seem to be a little tired, and when they are in the mountains and forests, they have been separated a lot, after all, they are not the same kind of animals, and there are some animals that have no fire in them after they go up to the mountains and forests, so they go directly into the mountains and forests to find them.
Liu Qing was also tired and hungry, but he had been vigilant against the other animals around him, Xiao Wu should also be hungry, although he walked side by side on Liu Qing's left side, stretching out his head and shaking it from side to side from time to time, as if he was observing and scanning the surroundings.
The terrain here is relatively low, and there is no trend of wildfires spreading, only smoke can be seen rising from the mountains and forests. The wind used to be roughly from north to south, but now it seems to have changed direction, blowing from northeast to southwest, and the smoke seems to be drifting in his direction.
You know, this is a bay, and once all the mountains on both sides are on fire, it's really a barbecue, and he and the animals have to be turned into barbecue. Even if you don't get roasted to death, it is estimated that the smoke gathered here is enough to suffocate.
Just as Liu Qing was thinking about how to quickly pass another hill in front of him, Xiao Wu rushed forward. Its target was a small lizard, no more than half a meter long, but it was extremely beautiful, and the skin on its body was not monotonous gray-brown like a velociraptor anymore, but had three or four different color patterns. Liu Qing didn't know whether to think of it as a dinosaur or a lizard, let's just count it as a small dinosaur.
Xiao Wu's pounce was like a signal, and the various animals who had been walking together all the way suddenly broke out into conflict, especially those carnivores, who rushed to their targets. Suddenly the whole beach seemed chaotic, with roars, roars, and screams one after another.
After Liu Qing pounced on Xiao Wu, he found that the situation was not right, those carnivores could not hold it back, Liu Qing was carrying dozens of pounds of things, and it was impossible to escape their attacks, so he had to quickly run to the sea, jump directly into the sea, and not until the sea water did not pass his thighs, then he stood there and turned around and looked at the beach vigilantly.
That is, he reacts quickly, because two animals have already targeted him. At this time, Liu Qing was in the eyes of these animals, it was simply a walking meal. Those animals didn't know that he was carrying a rattan basket, but regarded him as a whole, just imagine, an animal with no fangs, no claws, but a huge body, what does it mean? It means that it is easy to grasp, there is no danger, and there is more meat! So these two animals have already set their eyes on Liu Qing.
The two animals that targeted Liu Qing were dinosaurs and animals he had never seen before. Liu Qing didn't know that he was being targeted, but when Xiao Wu pounced on the dinosaur, many animals around him seemed to be in a scuffle in an instant, which made Liu Qing feel extremely uneasy, and he jumped into the sea for safety. When he ran out into the sea and looked back, he saw the dinosaur and the animal he had never seen before following him.
Liu Qing turned his body and was startled, he had to run fast, otherwise he would not be able to bear it if he was attacked by these two guys in the back. This dinosaur looks like an enlarged version of a crocodile, but it looks more ferocious than a crocodile, with thick and powerful limbs, a head and especially a mouth that looks like a crocodile, with a round bump on its head, and it looks like it is wearing a small hat.
The other animal was strange-looking, with so long fur that it couldn't even see its eyes and didn't know how it saw things. The mouth was wide open, the teeth inside were criss-crossed, and the upper and lower four fangs were white and sharp.
The two animals in front of him made Liu Qing scared for a while, but fortunately he hid quickly, otherwise he would have been bitten by the crocodile dinosaur or pounced on by this long-haired monster......
But now he wasn't afraid. Because of the two animals in front of him, the crocodile-like dinosaur didn't even touch the water, he stood on the beach and looked at Liu Qing with his mouth half open as if he was speechless, while the other long-haired animal didn't seem to dare to go too deep although he had stepped into the sea. Most of these land animals have a natural fear when facing the boundless sea.
"Quack, quack!" the hairy animal yelled at Liu Qing a few times, and retreated to the beach with a little reluctance.
As soon as it turned around, it saw that the half-open mouth of the crocodile dinosaur suddenly opened, and its head flashed like an electric shock, and it immediately bit one of the legs of the long-haired animal. Everyone has seen crocodiles, and the full mouth of teeth is not a joke, this crocodile-like dinosaur is bigger than a crocodile, but it is a land animal, not like a crocodile can go into the water. But its fangs looked even more terrifying than a crocodile's.
The long-haired animal didn't expect to be attacked, and under the pain, it lowered its head violently, opened its bloody mouth violently, and also bit the crocodile dinosaur. However, the skin of this crocodile dinosaur looks like a stone, it looks very strong, and its height is much lower than that of long-haired animals, so it is not convenient for it to bite with its head down. If it is actively attacking, it must be convenient to bite again with a pounce, but now one of its legs is being bitten by others, and if it lowers its head to bite, it has lost the opportunity.
The fighting on the beach had gradually subsided, except for the wails of some animals before they died and the low roars of some animals as they ate, as if to warn other animals not to disturb their food, let alone rush to eat. Liu Qing still looked around vigilantly, he couldn't relax until now, who could guarantee that no other animals would come to sneak attack. Xiao Wu had already finished hunting, and when he turned around and couldn't see Liu Qing, he suddenly panicked, picked up the prey in one bite, and began to look around for Liu Qing's figure.
This long-haired animal is not good at stubble, don't look at the crocodile dinosaur's thick and strong skin, it bites down, is biting on the crocodile dinosaur's shoulder, the other teeth are indeed blocked, but it can't block the four longest and sharpest fangs. At such a close distance, Liu Qing clearly saw the crocodile dinosaur trembling from the bite, and the long-haired animal's head swung from side to side a few times, seeing that it could not tear the wound, but his bitten leg hurt even more anyway. In a fit of rage, it let go of its mouth and let out a few muffled growls, as if to warn the crocodile dinosaur.
However, the crocodile dinosaurs were unmoved, and the hungry carnivores had to obey their instincts, prey, or be eaten.
Perhaps seeing that the warning had no effect, the long-haired animal lowered its head again, opened its mouth frantically, and kept mouthing around the crocodile dinosaur, with four blood holes in one mouth, four blood holes in one mouth, and after a while, the crocodile dinosaur was bitten all over the body.
Liu Qing felt scared when he looked at it, this was too scary, and in his opinion, this kind of injury was not equal at all. You bite someone, but they pay you back dozens of bites, it's a loss to death!
Gradually, the crocodile dinosaur let go of its mouth, Liu Qing still felt a little strange, how could it not let go after being bitten so much, but now it was released? But he quickly understood, this crocodile dinosaur was afraid that it would not work, the whole body was already lying on its stomach, and after releasing its mouth, it was grabbed by one of its legs by the long-haired animal, and limped to the beach.
As soon as it dragged the crocodile monster away, Xiao Wu also happened to find Liu Qing, and came over with the prey in his mouth full of joy. A tiger, a hairy animal met in this way.
"Quack!" the hairy creature tilted its head, took food in its mouth, and roared at Little Five in a low voice, as if warning Little Five.
Xiao Wu's size was slightly smaller than that of this long-haired animal, but in terms of momentum, it was not inferior to it at all, and he also responded with a low roar. The long-haired animal seemed unwilling to clash with Xiao Wu, and after roaring again, it turned its head and walked in the other direction.
And Xiao Wu was entangled and angry, like a victorious general, and walked towards Liu Qing with a bit of a show off.
Although Liu Qing was a little afraid, he was not scared into a quail, looked at Xiao Wu with a smile, and slowly walked out of the sea. He didn't blame Xiao Wu for failing to protect him in time, after all, Xiao Wu was just a tiger, a real carnivorous beast, not a human, unable to think about everything so thoroughly, and not a domestic dog who only knew how to protect his master.
Smiled and touched Xiao Wu's head, he only now felt that Xiao Wu had really grown up, not only could he hunt by himself, but even dared to argue with animals more powerful than himself. It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and newborn tigers are not even afraid of dinosaurs!
On the beach, Liu Qing took off the rattan basket and sat down, Xiao Wu threw the prey in front of Liu Qing, tore the skin and flesh of the prey, swallowed a piece mixed with blood, and motioned for Liu Qing to eat it too. Liu Qing looked at the flesh corpse dripping with blood on the ground, he was not interested at all, he lifted the fur covering the rattan basket, and found that many things in it had been soaked in seawater, and he didn't think too much, so he took out a piece of dried meat and gnawed it on his own.
A man and a tiger were eating up, but they heard a dull roar on the other side. Turning his head to look over, it was the hairy animal from before, who was being bitten by a black panther smaller than it, and his body was already bitten with blood, and there were still piles of crocodile dinosaur corpses that had been eaten by it a few bites on the ground.
After looking at it for a while, the body was shaky, and Liu Qing had already confirmed that this long-haired monster might not last long.
I don't know if it's the smoke getting thicker and thicker, or the dark clouds blown by the wind, but anyway, the sunlight is completely blocked by now, and everywhere has turned into a gray patch.
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