Chapter 17 Dealing with Mantis Shrimp

"You're so focused on the mantis shrimp that you don't notice what's in the corner!" Lu Xing replied.

"Uh...... I really didn't pay attention, what did you just see? Zhou Yunfeng said curiously.

When Lu Xing was asked, he didn't say what it was, but pulled Zhou Yunfeng aside.

Now that he knew that the mantis shrimp was very slow, Lu Xing was not worried about the problem of exposure, so he walked out with a swagger.

"It turned out to be crystals!" At that angle just now, the body of the mantis shrimp blocked the things behind it, and Zhou Yunfeng saw it from a different angle, there were actually crystals embedded in the wall, and there were two.

Looking at the surprised expression on his face, Lu Xing said: "Those two crystals are estimated to have smashed on the wall and embedded in them when they fell, this mantis shrimp will be so big, most of them are related to these two crystals." ”

"As for the small pile of bones, it is estimated that they are all creatures attracted by the crystals, and they end up becoming its food, just like the big mouse ...... just now."

"I remember that giant male ** a few days ago, you also found a crystal in that place, I suspect that the crystal is attractive to many creatures, otherwise this mantis shrimp wouldn't have stayed where it would have been."

After listening to Lu Xing's analysis, Zhou Yunfeng thought about it and asked a question: "Now that the moonlight carries evolutionary radiation, the radiation released by the crystals is good for living beings, and some creatures are attracted to it, which is understandable, but what to do when absorbing polluting radiation?" ”

"You seem to have overlooked an important point, the so-called polluting radiation is recognized by human beings, and this radiation will turn people into polluters, but for some creatures, this is not necessarily the case, maybe they can benefit from it, this explanation is also valid, do you still think there is a problem now?" Lu Xing shook his head expressionlessly and said his understanding.

After Lu Xing said this, Zhou Yunfeng realized this problem, the so-called pollution radiation and evolutionary radiation are defined by human beings at this stage, and may not be true for other creatures, which most people really haven't noticed, and have been misled by news reports.

"You've got it all in mind! If you don't, I'm really ignoring the issue. Zhou Yunfeng suddenly realized that what Lu Xing said was indeed very important, and he had never thought about it before, and subconsciously, he believed all the information he learned from the diary and the news.

This point is not only ignored by Zhou Yunfeng, just like imperceptibly, most people are like him, and there are really not many people who will take this into account.

"It's not that I'm smart, it's just questioning, what you see is not necessarily true, you should understand this truth, any theoretical thing, is based on a certain basis of argumentation, but it is impossible to be exhaustive, even the scientific knowledge we know now may be overturned in the near future."

"The company I worked for before, the people above are too old-fashioned, some things are obviously wrong, and they can do better in other ways, but they are stubborn and conservative on the original basis, and I don't bother to say a word to them like this." Lu Xing continued.

"Haha, that's why you've never been promoted to the top." Zhou Yunfeng smiled.

"It doesn't matter if I get promoted or not, it doesn't make any sense, they didn't get anything from me anyway, and they didn't dare to do anything with me." Lu Xing waved his hand, noncommittal.

"That's right, it's really impossible to take advantage of you, but you don't think anything makes sense, what makes sense to you?" Zhou Yunfeng sighed.

"Not yet, maybe later." Lu Xing said expressionlessly.

For this answer, Zhou Yunfeng was very speechless, rolled his eyes, and said: "Don't talk about this, let's go in quickly, find a safe place to keep warm, and then think about other things." ”

Knowing that the giant mantis shrimp was not a threat, the two of them walked towards a convenience store in the rest area with their things in place, and there was a lot of food in the store, just enough to replenish the consumption of the past few days.

Entering the rest area, they also found a polluter, but before they could get closer, they were shot in the head by Zhou Yunfeng with an arrow and dealt with on the spot.

Moved all the things into the convenience store, closed all the doors and windows, tried to turn on the lights, and found that there was no problem with the power supply, and the power supply could be supplied normally, so Zhou Yunfeng turned on a dual-purpose air conditioner in the room.

Soon, the temperature in the room rose and became much lighter.

There were a lot of snacks and biscuits on the shelves, as well as a lot of frozen drinks, Zhou Yunfeng picked up a pack of biscuits, tore open the bag and began to stuff it into his mouth.

After eating and drinking, they rested, and the two discussed.

Lu Xing was obviously very interested in the finch tail mantis shrimp outside: "That mantis shrimp needs to be solved, and then get those two crystals, plus those two we have a total of six in our hands, which can be equivalent to nine others......"

Now, Zhou Yunfeng has four crystals in his hands, and every three are placed according to their position, and the absorption speed can reach 1.5 times, to be precise, it is equivalent to five and a half for others, and the two outside can be said to be equal to three and a half, and it is absolutely necessary to get their hands on it.

"You just saw it, that mantis shrimp has a hard carapace all over its body, I don't think even a pistol can penetrate it, it's not so easy to deal with, and we definitely can't get close." Zhou Yunfeng also wanted to get those two crystals, but he knew in his heart that the mantis shrimp outside was not so easy to deal with.

After some research, they decided to start with the compound eyes of the mantis shrimp, which is basically a hard carapace all over its body, and a pair of compound eyes are not protected by carapaces, and the eyes belong to the most vulnerable parts.

Moreover, that pair of compound eyes is very important to the mantis shrimp, without eyes it is equivalent to being blind, the threat will be reduced, and it will be easier to deal with later.

After discussing countermeasures, the two walked out of the convenience store with their weapons and came to a distance of about ten meters from the passerine tail mantis shrimp. Even if it was exposed to its sight at this time, they were not worried, because it had no intention of taking the initiative at all, and had been guarding the entrance of the cave all the time, waiting for the prey to take the bait on its own.

Zhou Yunfeng held a military crossbow, aimed a certain part of the mantis shrimp's body with a scope, and tentatively shot an arrow, intending to test whether the crossbow arrow could shoot through the carapace.

Bang!

Before the bolt touched the mantis shrimp's body, it was knocked away.

In just an instant, the mantis shrimp used one of its trapping limbs to knock the extremely fast-firing crossbow arrow away, and the ejected crossbow arrow flew at least several hundred meters away.

"This ...... What kind of reaction speed is this, actually shooting a crossbow arrow! Seeing that the crossbow arrows he shot were easily knocked away, Zhou Yunfeng widened his eyes with a look of disbelief.

The crossbow arrows shot at a flying speed are no joke, although humans can barely see them, but it is impossible to dodge them with such a close shot, let alone knock the crossbow arrows away.

"I guess it's the relationship between his compound eyes, didn't you say before, it originally had ten times the eyesight of humans, and now that it has evolved, most of them even have changed their eyes, and it is not impossible to see the trajectory of the crossbow arrow clearly, and fly away." Lu Xing on the side said.

"That's amazing! If we have this ability and our bodies can keep up with the reactions, it shouldn't be a problem to hold the crossbow arrows that come at us with our hands! I wonder if the bullet will also be used! Zhou Yunfeng couldn't help but sigh.

"The bullet shouldn't work, the speed exceeds the speed of sound, it's unlikely to be visible, and even if it does, it can't react." Lu Xing shook his head, not thinking that it had the ability to block the bullet.

"That's only a gun, but with my marksmanship, I guess I'll have to waste some bullets!" Zhou Yunfeng frowned, although his marksmanship has improved, it is not much better, and it is inevitable that some bullets will be wasted.

"Don't rush to use bullets first, there are forty rounds left, if you don't need to use them as much as possible, I have a way to try first, you aim at its compound eye with a crossbow, wait for me to throw a stone to attract its attention, and when I give the order you will shoot immediately, this should be fine." Lu Xing proposed.

Zhou Yunfeng nodded, and also felt that this method was feasible, so he took out a crossbow arrow and loaded it again, and aimed it at the compound eye of the passerine mantis shrimp with a scope: "I've already taken aim, you can start." ”

The egg-sized stone in his hand was ready, and as soon as he heard the prompt, Lu Xing aimed at the head of the sparrowtail mantis shrimp and threw it out hard, and the next moment, there was a bang, and the stone was shattered, and at the same time he spoke: "Shoot!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yunfeng's fingers immediately pulled the trigger of the crossbow.

'Whoosh'!

The metal crossbow arrow was shot, this time there was no knocking sound, although the finch tail mantis shrimp saw the trajectory of the crossbow arrow, but just after a shot, the limb was retracted, and it was too late to gather momentum to attack again, and there was no way to block the crossbow arrow.

The metal crossbow arrow shot accurately at one of the compound eyes, and instantly pierced through it, until it hit the wall before stopping, which shows that the mantis shrimp's compound eyes are very fragile, and the crossbow arrows can be easily pierced.

"Okay, it worked!" Seeing this, Zhou Yunfeng was overjoyed.

A compound eye was shot through, and a pile of mushy stuff burst out.

At the same time, the passerback mantis shrimp felt an extremely strong sense of pain, and this arrow completely angered it, and it actually left the hole directly and approached the two of them.

Seeing that the mantis shrimp took the initiative to leave the entrance of the cave, the two immediately retreated and ran to other places, because the speed was too slow, the mantis shrimp couldn't catch up with Zhou Yunfeng and them at all, and went back after leaving the cave dozens of meters away.

Seeing this, Zhou Feng and Lu Xing glanced at each other, and walked back again, ready to attack its other compound eye.

Although the mantis shrimp has a strong attack method, it also has two obvious flaws, one is that the crawling speed is too slow, as long as it is not close to it, it cannot pose any threat at all.

Another flaw of it is low intelligence, the same trick can be used on it many times, tried and tested, as long as you grasp these two weaknesses, it is not difficult to deal with, but the premise is that you have the right weapon.

The mantis shrimp is fierce and aggressive by nature, even if one eye was wasted just now, it did not hide in the hole, but continued to expose its upper body, and did not learn a lesson at all, which also made it convenient for Zhou Yunfeng and Lu Xing to start.

Sure enough, the trick just now was successful, and its other compound eye was also shot through, and the two eyes were completely useless, and they would not be shattered if they were thrown over with a quick stone.

As soon as the two eyes were destroyed, the threat of the mantis shrimp was minimized, and it was much easier to deal with, but its two big hammer-like limbs were still there, Zhou Yunfeng and Lu Xing did not dare to approach, in case they were hit, it was not a joke, they couldn't afford to pay the price.

Without the two compound eyes, there is still a layer of hard carapace on the body of the mantis shrimp, Zhou Yunfeng tried it, the crossbow arrow could not penetrate the carapace at all, but his mouth is also a relatively fragile part, which can be started from here.