Chapter Seventy-One: The Young Bird's First Soaring ......
The giant beast opens its mouth and the colorful clouds bloom, and the young birds flutter their wings and soar in the sky.
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"Chirp ......"
Countless white puffins soar in the sky, swooping to the surface from time to time to catch small fish in the water. At this time, a large school of bait fish in the water is frantically fleeing, and although they can try to dive into the deep water to avoid the enemies in the sky, it is clear that there are also a large number of predators underwater, taking advantage of the chaos of the fish to feast on it.
The baitfish had no way to go up to the sky and no way to enter the ground, and they could only flee to the side like dark clouds in panic.
Looking down from the high sky, a black cloud was moving rapidly in the clear blue waters. Countless birds swooped down from the sky, leaving behind a gradually spreading splash, and countless splashes interweaved here to create an incomparably beautiful pattern, which is a complex and hidden order.
The fish are forced to flee in one direction by enemies from the sky and the sea at the same time, and they are panicked and can only survive in their desire to survive. Driven by hope, do your best to swim constantly......
Ahead is a small island. Based on the movement of the current, the baitfish quickly figured out that if they could burrow into the rocky crevices at the edge of the island, the larger predators would not be able to get in, and they would be safe!
With this high expectation, the baitfish swam further faster, and even if the fish were caught at any moment, they could not attract the attention of the large army, and they just swam towards the island......
The white puffin cooperates with other seabirds to form an arc-shaped attack zone, which acts like a shrinking fishing net to gradually close the bait fish to the island ahead......
Finally, after a long period of life and death, the school of baitfish came to the island ahead, and they rushed to the edge of the island without thinking about why the seabirds in the sky did not take advantage of the situation.
Some greedy marine predators did not miss this opportunity, and they still clinged to the school of baitfish, and even jumped directly into the cloud of fish, ready to hunt until the last moment.
At this moment, a bloody mouth exploded in front of them!
This isn't an island, it's a shipmon!
With the loud sound of the earth shaking, the whole island trembled wildly, as if there had been a legendary magnitude 10 earthquake. On the side of the island, the perched ship beast suddenly opened its bloody mouth dozens of meters long, and the huge whirlpool formed in an instant swept the dense school of bait fish into its mouth, of course, including those large marine predators mixed in the school of baitfish.
One bite, just one bite, in the crazy predation of countless seabirds, more than ninety percent of the bait fish school that has not shrunk significantly have fallen into the mouth of the ship-dwelling beast, you know, the whirlpool created by the opening of the giant mouth makes those small fish unable to escape!
The gigantic shipmon closed its jaws again, completely cutting off the little creatures from their lives, and it shook in contentment, and once again embarked on the path of drifting...... The shipmon doesn't need to look for food, the seabirds will naturally drive the dense schools of fish to it, and it only needs to swallow it in one bite. This is the rent that seabirds have to pay to live here, after all, the large size of the ship-dwelling beast is really not suitable for chasing fish.
The bright sun is shining in the sky, and this shallow sea at the junction of the Star Continent and the Macro Continent belongs to the north temperate zone closer to the tropics, although it is not very obvious, but its spring has come unconsciously......
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"I'm a little bird~ I want to fly but I can't fly high~"
Inside the crater mountain range on the back of the ship-perched beast, Xinglan hummed a song that only she could understand, while enjoying the wonderful shock caused by the aftermath of the earthquake...... Ah, if there were no tall buildings, this strong concussion would indeed only bring a cradle-like shaking sensation, without the slightest danger.
Before I knew it, it was already spring~
The feathers of these white puffin chicks have basically grown, and it is almost time to practice flying, you know, the chicks of the gray-eyed cranes next door have already started to learn to fly two days ago...... Although so far it is only the level of flying and jumping.
"Stupid is really stupid......" Xing Lan silently watched a white puffin chick in front of him flapping its wings desperately trying to float in the air, but let her body hit the ground backwards, and stretched out her wings to cover her face a little weakly, "It's useless for you to wave your wings in the same direction like that......"
Another little white puffin flapped its wings and began to try to rise into the air, but it mastered the essentials a little and managed to take off...... Although it only lasted for two seconds, and then in a gorgeous free fall, the small body rolled down, directly knocking the colorful clouds on the side into twists and turns, and was covered with pollen......
Ah, I almost forgot to mention that after the arrival of spring in this shallow sea area, some small plants that grew in the original light yellow soil layer also began an important stage of their life: flowering.
Xinglan called them Caiyun flowers, and each flower is monochromatic, but it ...... between different flowers Even different flowers of the same plant can have different colors. Its shape is soft and irregular, and this fluffy feeling is like a cloud, and it seems to be a ...... Well, Marshmallow! Even the taste is fragrant and sweet.
It's also quite easy to guess how this plant is pollinated...... Xinglan looked at the swaying young bird covered in pollen, and swooped into another flower bush during the next flight experience, and looked away with some reluctance......
There are not many colorful cloud flowers that grow on the backs of the perched ship beasts, but the fragrance is very strong, and this sweet smell envelops the interior of the entire circular mountain range, which makes the young birds a little excited...... Feed! It's getting a little weird!
"Flying...... Flying ......" Xinglan spread her wings, silently felt the breath of the wind blowing through every feather, judged the appropriate wind direction, and then slowly turned to face the wind direction, "I can't lose to a bunch of fools in this kind of thing!" ”
Whew......
The wind seems to be getting stronger, and moist air from the ocean pours from the top of the crater to the bottom, creating small cyclones in this area, blowing the feathers of the young birds and swaying in the wind.
"It's really a comfortable weather...... "Facing the somewhat dazzling sun, Xinglan squinted her eyes slightly, and began to run, her small body kept running in the shallow soil, and the wings on both sides opened slightly, "You must succeed!" ”
"That's it!" Flapping her wings rhythmically, Xinglan felt her body suddenly take off, she tilted her wings, opened her eyes wide, and looked at the blue sky in front of her...... Huh? Why did it suddenly turn into a yellow mountain wall, and it was getting closer and closer......
Bang!
The white puffins watched a young bird take advantage of the oncoming wind to successfully fly, but because they did not control the direction well, they flew straight to the almost vertical mountain wall, and directly came to a zero distance...... No, negative distance contact, then ...... No then.
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"Painful ......" slammed into the mountain wall, waving her wings and falling to the ground freely, Xinglan rolled on the ground in pain, although it was said that the young bird's skin was thick and resistant to falling, but when it hit the mountain wall, it was directly hit with her face!
"I can't open my eyes." Xinglan groped her way to her feet again, leaning against the mountain wall and blinking vigorously, "Damn, it's really inconvenient to rub your eyes without your hands, is there any sand and dust going in?" ”
Finally feeling a little better, Xinglan looked around again with teary eyes, and the adult birds were still calmly hovering in the sky, looking at the group of young birds below tossing hard, anyway, it was almost impossible to fly out of this crater. Once the safety problem is guaranteed, setbacks or something are still necessary!
"It's a pretty annoying feeling...... "Xinglan opened her little wings again and put on a standard take-off position, "Then do it again......"
Bang!
The adult birds in the sky continued to calmly watch as a certain young bird, which was ambitious and ready to do it again, was hit like a cannonball by another young bird, which was also out of control in the wind, and with a muffled sound, the two little ones flew out together in a gorgeous spin......
Ah, the setbacks in growing up or something, but it's a must~ A group of unscrupulous parents watched the play very comfortably.
"The white puffin is a total social creature, and I don't know who my parents are......" Xinglan lay down on a pile of colorful clouds, looking up at the group of adult birds in the sky with resentment, "but at least each one of them is so undisciplined...... Where is the original image of the cute bird? Is there such a big gap when you look at the problem from a different perspective? ”
If you want to learn to fly, maybe you should take a different approach...... Xinglan pondered, if that was the case, could it?
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In the middle of the crater, surrounded by countless bird's nests.
With a little nervousness in her heart, Xinglan cautiously stepped into a place she had never entered before: a methane-filled field.
In fact, young birds that have grown to this stage can fully carry out this supplement, but how to say it? The strange visual impact from before had left too much impression on Xinglan, so that she had deliberately avoided this place.
Jet flight is much simpler than winged flight, and you can experience the sensation of descent directly from high altitude, but it is also possible to hit your head and die because you are too fast...... Even if the baby bird has thick skin, it will definitely crash into meat sauce if it hits its head on the mountain wall at that speed!
Suddenly, Xinglan clearly felt something wrapped around her claws, and she instantly felt a chill, and before she could regret it, the pipe on the back of the perched ship beast was directly and quickly inserted into her body......
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"Well, it looks like I misunderstood......"
A few minutes later, Xinglan, who felt a slight swelling in her abdomen, moved away from the meshe-filled ground: "The so-called body trembling is only because of the flow of gas, and those impure brain supplements are just delusions!" ”
"It feels weird, if there is a small flame inside the body now, it will explode directly, right?" Xinglan spread her wings and faced the sky, and she was quite skilled at controlling the angle of the feathers on her wings, "This is the first time to fly in a jet...... Initiate! ”
Rumble!
The moment the huge acceleration suddenly appeared, the wind blew in her ears, and Xinglan's mind suddenly went blank, all she could do was stare at the white clouds in the sky, trying her best to control the direction of progress and not deviate......
"Chirp ......"
The adult white puffins were startled and quickly avoided a high-speed cannonball fired from below to avoid a crash. A young bird, which had no idea how to stop, rushed almost vertically upwards for nearly a kilometer, until the methane was exhausted and stopped climbing frantically......
"Wow~" Xinglan opened her wings again, and her feathers spread out again according to their respective angles under the drive of her muscles, "It's really much easier to learn to fly like this!" ”
Groping to stop the downward trend, Xinglan began to circle and glide in the sky. Through her keen vision, she saw that the adult white puffins below looked a little stunned, and smiled proudly: "Miss Ben is really a genius...... Huh? ”
"Muscle...... I can't move anymore with cramps......" Xinglan's body stiffened, and she stared blankly at the ground below that was gradually accelerating and approaching, "Yes, a long-term jet flight will cause damage to the muscles, so it's normal to be unable to move, but ......"
"Help, ah......hh
(In other words, I haven't received a recommendation ticket for more than a week, and I finally received it today~)