Chapter 40: The Social Structure of Rats
The giant rat knelt down at me, its head was like pounding garlic, knelt a few times, then stood up, and squeaked at me, I didn't understand the rat language, and I didn't understand what message it wanted to convey to me, but looking at it, it seemed to be beckoning me to take Yang Xue and leave here quickly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
I was stunned in place, stunned, and thought to myself, what is the origin of these rats, how can they still understand human nature? Looking at the movements of this rat leader, he is like a man in a rat's skin, and his IQ is so high that it is staggering.
I was stunned for a few seconds, then I reacted, and hurriedly walked over to help Yang Xue up, seeing that in addition to the tooth marks on her shoulders, she also had a slight scratch on her forehead, and there was a bruise in the middle, probably just dragged away by the giant rat, the speed was too fast, and she hurt her head.
Yang Xue saw that I was holding her, and her mind gradually sobered up, I hurriedly took the kettle and fed her some water, and she regained her senses, looked at me, and then looked at the rats, and asked me what happened.
I didn't have time to explain to her, so I asked her if she could walk, and if she could, we might as well quit first. Yang Xue nodded slightly, saying that she was okay and that her body was fine.
I helped her and walked back, and in the meantime I couldn't help but look back at the rats, and find that they were still standing in place, watching us leave, and the scene was quite strange. I really can't figure out why this group of rats do this, I once saw the rats in the novel, with human will, but if I really encountered such a strange thing, I couldn't believe it, I always felt that behind this, there must be some ulterior secrets, this group of strange rats, presumably not so simple.
I helped Yang Xue back to the hole, and let her climb out first, after I came to the palace, maybe those monsters were engaged in some conspiracy, and I still had to guard against us. Yang Xue was injured and crawled very slowly, she climbed to the end, first pushed the oxygen cylinder out, shrank her body, and went back to the "room" where the skeleton was placed. To be on the safe side, I had to put my feet on my head and crawl backwards out of the gap, which almost killed me, and I crawled outside, already exhausted and out of breath.
When Yang Xue saw me coming out, she asked:
"What did you say to those rats?"
I said that you really asked this question to the right point, and I am not a young man, and I don't understand the language of rats, how can I talk to mice?
Yang Xue looked at me incredulously and said that this is too strange, those white rats seem to understand human speech. However, I was dragged back to the nest by the male rat and almost eaten by them as food.
I wondered, "What male?" Do you see that it has a little brother? ”
As soon as I finished speaking, I knew that I was speechless, and I forgot that I was talking to a female comrade, and my usual hooligan temperament also came out, but it was difficult to recover it, so I had to pretend and bow my head and say nothing, but I saw Yang Xue glaring at me, and said to myself:
"I was dragged back to the lair by that male rat just now, and I discovered an amazing secret, there is a larger 'rat queen' in that nest!"
The more I listened to what she said, the more outrageous it became, and I hurriedly interrupted her: "What kind of male rat queen, you shouldn't have just smashed your head into confusion, right?" ”
Yang Xue ignored me and continued: "It's hard to imagine that this group of rats has a clear hierarchy like bees, and there are three 'rooms' in the rat nest, one is used to store food, one is used to excrete feces and pile up food scraps, and the largest one is the queen's dormitory. The queen was huge, about the size of a cow, and it was so fat that it looked like it couldn't move, and it had to be fed by the workers. According to the law of bees, male rats are generally responsible for mating with the queen rat like the drone, and occasionally go out to forage for food, all according to interest, because both the queen rat and the male rat are fed by the smallest worker rats, who are the pampered nobles among the rats. ”
I was so confused that I said:
"According to what you say, the social structure of this group of rats is similar to that of ants, but the problem is that the resources here are quite scarce, there is no stable food source at all, what do these rats rely on to survive, is it killing each other?"
Yang Xue thought for a moment, shook her head, and said:
"No, as far as I can see, the crack should be connected to the underground river, because I was in the rat nest and saw a mountain of fish bones, and those rats must live by fishing. If you think about it, this underground river must be connected to some lake in the outside world, so it has abundant underwater resources and can completely feed the rat colony. Moreover, this group of rats has evolved, their claws are very sharp, and their teeth have evolved into canines suitable for carnivorous teeth, all in all, the adaptability of this group of rats is very terrifying. ”
I said:
"In this way, I understand, judging from the fish we met when we came, the dark river under this cave is indeed rich in resources, and it is connected to the outside world, which will produce a steady stream of food sources, but what happened just now is beyond my imagination, is this group of strange rats, not only physical evolution, but also IQ can be comparable to human beings?"
Yang Xue shook her head and said that she couldn't figure out why the male rat knelt down to me, this matter was simply a fantasy, if it wasn't for what she saw and heard with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed anything.
I shook my head helplessly and said, it seems that this matter is about to become an unsolved mystery again, it is really a big world, but do we still need to find an exit through that crack? At the three-way intersection outside, we still have the passage on the right, maybe Captain Li and they will go to the right.
Yang Xue was about to say something, but at this time, suddenly there was a loud "bang" from the depths outside, which was so loud that it was deafening. Before we could react, we felt a strong wave of qi instantly knock us down, we were hit by this force on the wall of the cave, and fell to the ground, so painful that our eyes were about to pop out, and the two of us curled up on the ground, unable to make a sound for a long time.
I only felt a sweet throat, a mouthful of blood spit out, thinking that this power was too great, and my internal organs were broken, and I was thinking about it, I felt bad, on the "ceiling" of this "room", there began to be fine dust falling, and the whole mine began to shake slightly, and the wooden beams that supported the roof of the cave could not bear the strength at the moment, making a "creaking" cracking sound, looking like this, this mine is afraid that it is going to collapse!
How dare I hesitate, endure the severe pain in my body, pull up Yang Xue, and don't care about the oxygen cylinder thrown on the ground, so I rushed towards the outside of the cave, thinking in my heart, judging from the sound, it seems to be an explosion of explosives, could it be that Captain Li and they blew up the giant gate?
Thinking of this section, I couldn't help but scold, these grandsons are crazy, putting explosives in the mine, isn't this self-defeating?
As soon as we rushed out of the "room" where the skeleton was placed, the dust that had fallen from our heads had turned into rubble and was pouring down on us like a downpour. If we hadn't been wearing hard hats, we would have smashed holes in our heads.
I didn't have time to think about it, I pulled Yang Xue all the way to run wildly, but halfway through the run, I remembered the hole in the "room", but it was too late to retreat at this moment, we braved the "gravel rain", and finally ran to the three-way intersection, and at a glance, the road leading to the outside had long been blocked by several falling boulders.