The land beasts are full of murderous spirits, and the animal groups gather by the lake.

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Sandwiched between the Tropic of Cancer and the equator, the north coast of the Nanyuan continent is lukewarm, the warm and humid sea breeze blows into the dense forests from afar, and the calm freshwater lakes sparkle in the afternoon sun, it is difficult to find a more wonderful and pleasant natural environment on the whole planet.

Even the 100-meter-long, four- or five-meter-high space shuttle parked in the shallows could not spoil the atmosphere here, and the silver-white alloy surface did not leave any traces of being burned after traveling at high speed in the atmosphere, reflecting the bright sunlight and faintly reflecting the natural scenery of the outside world like a mirror.

While......

The crisp sound of hard objects colliding with each other spread over the vast area, and even echoes could be faintly heard in the distance, breaking the originally quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

The sudden concussion startled a few birds that had landed on top of the shuttle, and the culprit of all of this was to take a few steps back as if nothing had happened, looking up at the smooth outer wall of the alloy in front of him, as if wondering how the alloy could be so hard as anything else he had ever seen.

After a moment's hesitation, it tried to slam the shuttle on the ground in front of it again, and in the second crash, the interstellar travel shuttle remained intact, but the animal itself was a little dizzy by the oncoming reaction and finally gave up on what seemed to be a foolish act.

After a few gasps of breath, it stretched out the huge black wings that had been blocking it for a few moments, then bowed its head to drink some water in the shallows, raised its head to the sky and let out a sharp howl, and its fierce eyes were full of murder.

Most people who see it at first sight from above will probably think it's a giant bird...... Or a bat of the same size, as it does look very close: an animal about two meters tall, with a body that bends up and strides forward on the ground, wide black wings that fold to the sides of its body, and a pair of sharp claws on its hind limbs that you can clearly feel at a glance.

However, it is neither a bird nor a bat, but a completely different animal.

Attached to the body is a feline-like head, the shape of the entire head and the occasional sharp teeth that show out suggest its identity as a powerful predator. A slender tail hangs low behind it, not too long, allowing for balance without being a hindering weakness. The seemingly wide black wings are not enough for this huge body to fly, and the wingspan cannot support the lift required for this body to fly, unless it can continuously flap its wings at a very high frequency like a hummingbird...... This is obviously not possible for an animal of this size. The surface of the broad black wings was smooth, not the feathered wings of birds or the thin membranous wings of bats.

This guy is not a messenger soaring in the sky, just a dangerous beast bound to the ground by the gravitational pull of the blue star.

As it walked back and forth near the shuttle, it could be clearly seen that with the shaking of the huge black wings, another pair of sharp claws were revealing underneath...... It is a quadruped with a pair of giant wing-like organs that walk and run on the ground with four paws, while the pair of black wings, which look like wings, are not auxiliary organs.

It is precisely because of this huge black wing, which looks like a smooth surface made of cast iron, that it is named after this feature: Iron Wing, a simple figurative name.

Among the animals that came to observe the situation after being surprised, the first animals to arrive were the more daring birds, which flew far faster than the animals on the ground or in the trees, and the second group arrived to those who could not fly, and this fierce iron wing was one of them...... Faced with a completely unknown shuttle, it is the only animal that dares to launch a direct attack on this behemoth at the moment.

In the eyes of these animals, this huge silver-white shuttle is likely to be a huge beast, although it looks like a corpse when it is motionless, but who knows if it will just fall asleep temporarily? Therefore, none of the other animals dared to act rashly, only the iron wings brazenly launched the impact.

Like a shield warrior brandishing a huge shield in his hand to attack the enemy formation, Iron Wing pushed his broad black wings in front of him, and his limbs slammed into the silver-white alloy chassis of the shuttle, and the loud impact that followed proved that its black wings were more than just sturdy...... However, the aerospace alloy was still not something it could break with brute force, and not even a single scratch was left on the surface.

Iron Wing, who touched a gray nose, was obviously in a bad mood, and after drinking the water a little roughly, he roared while sweeping his fierce gaze to the animals next to him who had also just arrived, and the predator's murderous eyes suddenly made all the nearby animals raise their vigilance, and some animals that were completely harmless like the Rising Sun Beast were even frightened and fled directly.

Of course, not all animals will run away, and not far away, a group of fishing beasts slowly and vigilantly walked forward to the lake, turned their backs to the surface of the lake, flicked their tails and quietly began their fishing work...... They are not very small animals, and with their numerical superiority, they are still a little sure that they will be able to dodge the attack of the Iron Wings.

No animal paid any attention to the quietly parked shuttle, Iron Wing's tentative attacks didn't make the other party react, it was clear that it wouldn't be too threatening, and the hard alloy material had been verified by a few grinning animals that it wasn't anything to eat. The fact that it is not dangerous and cannot be used as food means that the existence of such a thing will not affect their survival in any way, and the shuttle is suddenly reduced to an ordinary stone in the eyes of these animals.

The movement caused by the shuttle landing is not the only reason to attract animals to gather here, the lake itself is often frequented by large groups of animals as a source of water, and the previous emptiness is only because the animals that were originally here were temporarily scared away by the movement of the shuttle, and when they heard the movement disappear, they naturally returned again.

Iron Wing squinted, and finally didn't directly attack those animals that had become vigilant, the combat power can crush the opponent and be able to capture the opponent as food are completely two different concepts, especially since it also has this pair of huge black wings, although it is very helpful for combat, but the extra weight will make it consume a lot of energy in running...... Predators who survive in the wild know how important it is to save unnecessary physical exertion.

The top predators present were obviously not the only one with Iron Wing, and there were already three or four different varieties of carnivorous species with thick hind limbs and short forelimbs like dinosaurs, but it seemed that under some kind of silent tacit understanding, all carnivores and herbivores were in a state of peace for the time being, and now they were so quiet that they could only hear a lot of licking water...... Ah yes, there's also a tiny noise that keeps changing pitches, almost everywhere.

It's a very annoying noise, it sounds like the sound of an instrument that has been out of tune and is badly out of tune, chaotic and unpredictable. Both the quiet fishing beast and the grumpy Iron Wing were disgusted by the sound, but there was nothing they could do.

The pervasive noise enveloped the vicinity of the lake, and even the tidal knots that were hiding in the canopy of the iron trees and peeking down below were not spared, and nothing seemed to be able to escape these troublesome little things.

"It's another one, this disgusting little thing is really annoying." Xing Lan held Xijie, who was trying to nest her body into her arms, and quickly grabbed it in the air with one hand, and after changing several movements in a row, she directly grabbed the little insect that repeatedly tried to harass Xijie in midair.

As incredible as it sounds, Xinglan did know this bug and had dealt with it for quite some time.

Everything was as I had seen back then, the little flying insects could fly fast by vibrating two pairs of transparent wings, and their strange mouthparts were like a small miniature French horn, and even those intricate curved pipes were similar, causing the air to flow through those thin, crooked pipes as it flew through the air, making a rather unpleasant noise...... That's right, it's the long-lost Curved Tube Worm.

The first time Xinglan encountered these habits were the same as mosquitoes, the annoying little ones were still in the last era, and these annoying little insects could often be seen flying around on the circular mountains on the back of the ship-dwelling beasts in the Dragon Soul Era, making noise while spreading disgusting viruses and bacteria everywhere, and especially liked to stare at the chicks that only had a thin layer of fluff.

However, at this moment, Xinglan is not afraid of this kind of guy, after all, no matter how much the Curved Tube Worm is, it is impossible to attack the robot, but Xijie simply shrank into Xinglan's arms after being bitten a few times, trying to minimize the exposed body area.

Seriously, if Xinglan directly had a low-power infrasonic impact here, he might be able to sweep away the curvature insects within a radius of several hundred meters, but considering that they were in ambush after all...... It's better not to do this kind of thing, who knows if there will be any species among the animals below that can sense infrasound changes?

"Well, bear with me a little longer." Xinglan patted the tide knot comfortingly, and with her agile skills, she once again eliminated a few curl bugs that tried to get close here, fortunately they were seven or eight meters high, even if the action was a little more intense, they would not be detected by the fauna by the lake, "After most of the animals have drunk the water, it is almost time to start some turmoil." ”