Chapter Seventy-Two: The ...... of Traveling from the Island to the Mainland
The sunken birds of the island flew away, and the swords flashed and stabbed the dragon.
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It was a drizzly day, with a faint mist covering the ocean, and it was really not a good day to go out and fly.
"But you have to leave...... Xinglan stopped at the top of the crater, her sharp eyes looking at the noisy valley through the light mist, "The grey-eyed cranes have all left, white puffin...... Must also go. ”
The full adulthood of the young birds marks the end of this year's breeding season, but that's not why the white puffins have to leave.
Again, it is not because the group is going to drive out the adult members, but soon, the mass group will cease to exist.
The low chirp that came from within the crater almost all the time made all the white puffins get a message from the genetic instinct of the creatures: the shipmon ...... It's time to sleep.
It is not a short sleep like before, but a ...... to avoid the season of food scarcity Long-term dormancy.
Spring gradually passed, summer came, but the baitfish gradually migrated away from this shallow sea, and the decline in the number of fish forced the dwelling ship beast to take dormant measures, and its dormancy was to sink into the deep sea.
"The cavities inside seem to be exhausting, the height of the island has dropped a lot, and the bottom of the crater is already below sea level......" Xinglan visually measured the difference in height between the two sides at the top, "At this rate, there are at most two days before the sea water will submerge the top of the crater and pour into the plains inside the mountain range, and then the entire island will be completely submerged in the sea." ”
The flowers have been hastily completed with flowering and fruiting, and their seeds are divided into two types. One is a light, umbrella-topped seed that flutters in the wind and may reach the high rapids above the ocean and float across the ocean to an unknown destination, while the other seed is just tiny particles that take root on the surface of the skin, forming a solid shell that is impermeable to water, and fall dormant in the seawater, quietly waiting for next year's white puffin breeding season, when the shipbeast will resurface and the colorful clouds will bloom beautifully.
As for the methane replenishment, it seems that it can only be spared for now, and the white puffins can only burst out of their terrible jet flight ability under the demands of the breeding season, and for most of the year, after quickly running out of biogas, they can only fly on their wings like ordinary birds.
The most prosperous season is coming to an end......
A slight rain was falling above the Shippering Beast, and Xinglan watched as some white puffins left in a group, while some white puffins who had not found a partner for the time being were still waiting for joiners inside the Ring Mountains.
"There's nothing left to be nostalgic about." Xinglan seemed to mumble to herself a little sadly, "Then, it's time to continue the journey, the main theme of this era is the mainland." ”
In the hazy mist, Xinglan suddenly spread her wings against the sea breeze in front of her, she didn't need to look for a companion, she didn't need a companion.
The white feathers were stained with small droplets of water, and they were quickly blown away in the wind, and they became invisible in the air.
......Several of the white puffins of the same generation in the crater seemed to be trying to send out an invitation to join a team, Xinglan looked down at them, tried to make a strange smile, and then gave an apologetic response, flapping her wings and flying away from the back of the perched ship.
The white puffins watched in amazement as Xinglan left alone, and only after a while did they continue to discuss their respective flight plans.
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Xingyuan Hongji, the goal of this flight is ...... Macro continent.
When leaving the Shipmon, Xinglan once again connected to the signal sub-network that had not been used for a long time, and gave the same order to the Qingqi Base as it had been in the original Marine Period: collect biological data and samples.
"It should ...... It's still okay, right? Although the autobot has been equipped with some non-lethal weapons, Xinglan still can't help but be a little worried, or is it cranky?
"It's good right now, but will this evolutionary path, which has been completely out of control, evolve into a powerful creature that even robots can't fight against? In fact, strictly speaking, the creature of the whale is no longer something that underwater robots can fight...... Not to mention the Shipmon. Xinglan still couldn't help but send another command to the base, "If you encounter a completely invincible creature, then avoid it for the time being, and record the specific information." ”
After receiving a reply from the main computer of the Death Base, confirming that the instructions were being executed, Xinglan located the current position and direction through the signal subs in space, and then unilaterally interrupted the connection with most of the signal subnets again, and began to fly in the direction of the macro continent in the shallow sea......
The macro continent, most of which is located in the equatorial region, but also extends into the southern hemisphere, is expected to be a very vibrant rainforest continent.
Xinglan knew that the distance from the coastline on the edge of the macro continent was definitely not far, at least it was definitely within the range of her ability to fly, after all, the gray-eyed cranes that also bred on the back of the ship-dwelling beast liked to build their nests with some branches, and those branches naturally did not come from this ocean, they must definitely come from the nearest macro continent or some natural islands on the periphery.
Soaring high in the sky, Xinglan didn't rush to get close to the surface of the sea to catch food. Flying at high altitudes not only allows you to fly faster with the help of the wind, but also allows you to watch out for sneak attacks from predators such as the blue-spotted thorny dragon, and the white puffin is not a formidable fighting creature.
"By the way, if you are high in the sky, you can see farther......" Xinglan flapped her wings twice, and re-maintained a gliding posture to look down on the sea below, from this height she could clearly see that there were no islands nearby, and the horizon in the distance on the left seemed to be faintly visible colorful light, well, it is estimated that there are a large number of airbag jellyfish, the reproductive ability of these guys is really amazing.
"Chirp ......"
Xinglan opened her beak and let out a long roar, and the clear sound spread far and wide in the sky, seemingly able to spread all the way to the end of the sky.
After venting comfortably, Xinglan forcibly stopped the idea that he still wanted to continue to sing, well, if he screamed like this again, it might attract predators, although he was not afraid now, but the precious biogas fuel was not so wasted.
"It seems that there is nothing wrong with the aerial view of space." Xing Lan looked at the scene below and kept thinking, "There are really very few islands near the Hong Continent, and the most densely populated place on the Lan Star is undoubtedly near the Star Continent, and the scene is quite spectacular!" ”
A few thin white lines appeared on the blue sea below, which were connected by splashing waves, and looked down from a high altitude to look very clear, obviously, these were the traces left by some kind of large fish swimming at high speed against the surface of the sea, but from this side you can only see small dots that are faintly visible.
"Wow, these guys are at least ten meters long." Xinglan looked at it and was a little surprised, "I wonder if the current era can still meet an old friend from the previous era?" ”
Xinglan tightened her wings slightly, and suddenly pierced into a white cloud floating in the low sky. The wind from the wings caused the white mist to spin behind him to the sides, stirring the quiet space. A trace of water vapor condensed around her, and then, as suddenly as if entering, Xinglan quickly flew out of the cloud, leaving only a tumbling cloud of water vapor.
"Hungry ......" After flying in the sky for more than an hour, Xinglan felt hungry, and the white puffin could not find food in the sky, so she could only lower her altitude......
"In the case of airbag jellyfish, even if you are high in the sky, you can only see a faint shadow, which is not on the route, and the distance is too far. So let's find out if there is any food like baitfish. Xinglan glided fast against the surface of the sea, her keen eyes constantly searching for the small fish in the ocean, "Found it!" Right there! ”
With a quick dive, Xinglan stretched out his claws in the sky, grabbed a small fish that was still struggling from the seawater, climbed easily, threw it violently, and flexibly caught the small fish with his mouth in the air and swallowed it: "This taste is simply ...... Eh, I ate it too fast and didn't feel it. ”
Smiling embarrassedly in her heart, Xinglan, who didn't feel full at all, decided to come with a few more, she turned around lightly, re-focused on the fish and dived again, this time she directly caught a big fish with her two paws!
Well, it's a big fish, but it's only 10 centimeters long.
"Where's the food?" After eating the whole fish in the sky, Xinglan continued to spin on the surface of the water contentedly, happily watching the little fish scattered and fled in fright by her shadow, "What cute little guys~"
Suddenly, Xinglan noticed that something was wrong, the shadow on the water...... Seems a little bigger? Doesn't look like her?
Xinglan silently turned her head to look up, and as she had done before, she had come to eye to eye with a huge blue-spotted thorn dragon......
“…… Ha, haha......" Turning his neck back with difficulty, the somewhat dumbfounded Xinglan flapped her wings violently and made a big turn of more than ninety degrees, "Run, ahhhhh ”
Sou!
With a screaming sound piercing the air, the five-meter-long wingspan flew swiftly over the sea, closely chasing the white puffin in front of it, which was trying to shake off the blue-spotted puffin through sharp turns......
"Damn! Although the large size of the blue-spotted spinosaurus makes it inflexible in steering, the difference in straight-line speed is too far after all. Xinglan anxiously dodged the attacks of the blue-spotted thorn dragon, "But there is no way to do it for the time being......
The blue-spotted spiny dragon let out a long roar, the feathers on its wide membranous wings almost exploded, and its huge claws slashed across the water, and the sharp tips directly took the lives of several small fish......
"Do you want to consume the precious biogas fuel here?" Xinglan was very unwilling, you know, now that the Habitat Beast has sunk, it will not be able to replenish the biogas before the next breeding season, but if it is kept like this, these reserves will also seriously affect the speed......
"Ahhh Xinglan was about to start the jet propulsion, when suddenly, a loud scream came from behind, and then it came to an abrupt end......
It's the screams of the blue-spotted thorny dragon!
"What? What happened? Xinglan didn't dare to stop immediately, but after flying a few hundred meters in a row, she slowed down her flight speed and looked back......
"This ...... It's scary! ”
Blood, a large amount of red blood spread across the surface of the sea, almost staining the sea area red. The huge body of the blue-spotted spiny dragon floated on the surface of the water, almost neatly cut in half from the middle, and had completely lost its breath of life.
"That's ...... A giant fish seen at high altitude. Xinglan stayed in the air, staring blankly as a large fish more than ten meters long suddenly jumped out of the water, and in front of the side fins on both sides was a pair of sharp blades, flashing with smooth reflections. As the big fish fell, the left side fin slashed through the body of the blue-spotted spiny dragon, easily slicing off the small half of its body again, and even the pale hollow skeleton inside was easily sliced open......
"It seems that they are only interested in hunting large creatures, and they don't look down on white puffins at all." Xinglan stayed in the air, looking at a large number of these fish splitting the corpse of the blue-spotted thorny dragon, "The side fins on both sides are like knives, let's call you sword-fin fish......"
Xinglan didn't stay long before leaving again, leaving a flock of swordfin fish to eat the body of the blue-spotted thorny dragon, and in front of them, the edge of the land that seemed to stretch endlessly was already visible......
"It's finally coming, Hongda."