Chapter 60: By the River
Walking on the road by the big river, Zhou Yunfeng looked at the river from time to time, the position they are in now, the river is nearly 100 meters wide, and if you want to go to Yecheng, you must cross the river. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In such a big river, there must be a lot of creatures in it, in this era of species evolution, there are inevitably dangerous creatures in the river, crossing the river from the water is obviously a very dangerous behavior, Zhou Yunfeng and others will not do such a risky thing.
According to the signs on the road, they have found the approximate location from the map on their mobile phones, and as long as they follow the river, there is a bridge ten kilometers ahead, from which they can reach the other side.
"There's something going on somewhere." After walking a few kilometers, Wang Cheng suddenly stopped moving forward and moved a little closer to the riverbank.
Hearing this, Zhou Yunfeng and Lu Xing immediately looked over, took a closer look, and suddenly found that there were several small holes on the gravel ground on the bank of the river not far ahead, each of which was almost circular, with a diameter of about thirty centimeters.
"What did you just see?" Lu Xing glanced at the holes a few times, and then turned his head and asked Wang Cheng.
"I didn't see it clearly, when my eyes skimmed, it seemed that something had retracted from one of the holes, and it was very fast, and I couldn't see it clearly for a while, I thought it should be some kind of creature." Wang Cheng frowned slightly and replied.
"We'd better point off the edge of the shore and observe the situation first." Hearing Wang Cheng say this, Zhou Yun suddenly became more cautious as if Feng had smelled danger.
Afterwards, the three of them discussed and tried to move as far away from the shore as possible, in case something unexpected happened, and they didn't want to be attacked by some dangerous creatures.
After walking forward for a distance, Zhou Yunfeng and the others came to some small holes, some large and some small, the largest diameter was nearly one meter, and the smallest was more than ten centimeters, without exception, the holes were almost circular.
"The shore near here is supposed to be the territory of a certain species, most of them usually hide in their holes, and their bodies are most likely cylindrical." After seeing many holes, Lu Xing analyzed as he walked.
"Brother Lu, why do you think the creature inside is cylindrical?" Wang Cheng listened, and asked with some doubts.
At this time, Zhou Yunfeng explained: "You can guess by looking at the shape of those holes, we walked all the way, and all the holes we saw were almost circular, this phenomenon is unlikely to be intentional, most of them are those creatures in and out of the holes, squeezed out due to the shape of the body." ”
"That's what you think." After speaking, Zhou Yunfeng looked at Lu Xing.
"yes, that's pretty much it." Lu Xing nodded affirmatively, he also analyzed it like this.
Wang Cheng nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the holes on the bank of the river again, suddenly, his expression changed, he saw something again, and then stretched out his hand and pointed over, and said, "Look there, there seems to be a situation on the shore!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yunfeng and Lu Xing immediately looked over.
At this time, there seemed to be something moving in the water on the shore, and after the three of them stared blankly for a few seconds, several blurred figures soon appeared in sight.
"Holy! Is this a lobster? When Wang Cheng saw clearly what had climbed out of the water, he was stunned and a little dumbfounded.
What appeared in their sight were five huge freshwater lobsters, very large, almost the size of an adult's upper body, with a hard carapace of blue-gray on their bodies, and two black eyes on their heads, close to the size of eggs.
There are large pincers on the left and right, the right one is larger, twice the size of the one on the left, and the right one is almost one-third the size of its entire body, and there are several long tentacles on its head, which extend backwards until the end of its tail.
The whole look, seventy percent similar to freshwater lobsters, but some parts are a little strange, and the body size is far from comparable to the previous freshwater lobsters, and the whole one seems to be more than ten times magnified.
"There were supposed to be freshwater lobsters in this area, this creature has a very hard carapace and eats everything, decaying carcasses and the feces of other fish, and in the current evolutionary era, it is easy to survive and evolve further." Zhou Yunfeng analyzed thoughtfully.
"Such a big lobster! I don't know what it tastes like, but I guess it's delicious! ”
Looking at those huge freshwater lobsters, Wang Cheng couldn't help but think of the mantis shrimp meat he had eaten before, and he was suddenly a little greedy, and he was imagining in his mind how delicious it would be after taking them to cook.
At this time, Zhou Yunfeng also thought of these in his mind, those freshwater lobsters, if they can be eaten, are estimated to have high nutritional value, and they should be able to provide the body with the energy needed for evolution, if they can be eaten for a long time, it will definitely be very good!
"The lobsters went to the entrance of the cave." Lu Xing suddenly reminded.
After a few freshwater lobsters left the water, they actually walked towards several nearby holes, and the three of them were a little curious, not knowing what the purpose of their crawling towards the holes was, and they couldn't help but look at them intently.
When he was still a few meters away from the entrance of one of the caves, something suddenly burst out of the hole, and the speed was very fast, and it instantly attacked the nearest freshwater lobster, so fast that even Zhou Yunfeng and Lu Xing's eyes didn't keep up.
Only with the help of his ability can Wang Cheng instantly see what the creatures coming out of the cave look like.
At this time, in Wang Cheng's eyes, he basically saw the appearance of the creature clearly, just like what Lu Xing said before, the cylindrical body, slightly larger in diameter than a basketball, exposed to the body outside the hole reached five meters long, and the part in the hole, because it could not be seen, did not know how long it was.
The creature that sprang out looked like a giant worm, with a pair of sickle-shaped palates growing at the tip, expanding outwards as it pounced on the lobster, and in less than a second, the rookie worm's upper jaw gripped the lobster's body and then closed it with force.
If an ordinary person is caught by this one, it is estimated that it will be cut in half directly, but the carapace on the lobster's body is very hard, and this one failed to bite through the carapace, but left a furrow on it, about two centimeters deep.
The blow failed, and the strange insect immediately retracted into the hole, but compared to the speed at which it came out just now, it retracted much slower, as if the surprise attack had been in the cave for a long time.
Even Lu Xing and Wang Cheng could clearly see the true face of the strange insect at this time, and the whole one looked as if it was similar to a worm, with a milky white body and a somewhat smooth texture.
From this scene just now, Zhou Yunfeng can see that this strange insect has extremely strong aggression, and it shoots very quickly, but it shouldn't be very defensive, you can guess it by looking at its body.
On the other hand, those freshwater lobsters, although the crawling speed is not fast, but the hard carapace has saved it from the threat of most creatures, and the two big pincers, at a glance, know that they are not vegetarians, and it is not a joke to be caught in the trap.
"Brother Zhou, what do you think that thing looks like?" After the strange insect retracted into the cave, Wang Cheng couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know, I guess some kind of bug that lives nearby evolved, and I don't know the specifics, but in this case, we are doing the right thing to do offshore." Zhou Yunfeng shook his head, he couldn't see what kind of creature this strange insect was.
The three of them continued to look, the attacked freshwater lobster, was not scared away, but continued to crawl forward as if nothing happened, when they approached the entrance of the cave one after another, several strange insects launched a surprise attack, rushed out of the hole quickly, and attacked with a strong upper jaw.
After being attacked one after another, one of the small monster insects got stuck in a part of the carapace of a lobster, and as it retracted, it dragged the lobster back.
But the lobster's body was very heavy-bearing, and his body retracted very slowly, and several other freshwater lobsters, seeing this opportunity, immediately surrounded them, and two powerful pincers clamped towards the strange insect.
The closing force of the huge forelimbs was extremely terrifying, and at the moment of closing, a large hole was cut directly on the body of the strange insect, and a few seconds later, the body of the strange insect was completely broken into two pieces and was gnawed by those lobsters.
Next, an even more dramatic scene occurred, several lobsters were eating the carcasses of the strange insects, and the strange insects at the other holes took turns to rush out, constantly attacking them with their paws, constantly leaving traces on the carapace.
One of them was more miserable, it seemed to be set on fire, and it was attacked more than a dozen times in a row, and finally, the carapace on its back could not bear it, and began to crack, and then it died under the repeated attacks of the strange insects, and the flesh in the carapace was also devoured by several strange insects, and the few next to it turned a blind eye.
"Holy! This Nima will do too! Seeing this, Wang Cheng was already dumbfounded, feeling that these two creatures seemed to be here to send teammates to each other! It simply refreshed his three views.
Whether it is the strange insect side or the freshwater lobster side, they only care about eating the food in front of them, and the rest are not interested at all, so it can be seen that both regard each other as prey, either you die or I die.
"Looks like the competition is starting to get tough!"
Seeing the mutual predation between the two creatures, Zhou Yunfeng felt that the competition between some creatures had already begun, and only those who survived would not be eliminated by the pace of evolution.
After a while, a few giant freshwater lobsters came ashore not far away, and the situation was similar to what they saw now, they took the strange bugs as prey, and the strange bugs did the same.
After looking at it for a while, Lu Xing's eyes moved, and then he said to Zhou Yunfeng: "Take this opportunity, let's get a big lobster of that kind and take it away." ”
Those weird bugs are hard to provoke, but those lobsters are easier to deal with. Although their carapace is hard and their pincers are very powerful, they are not fast crawling, and the three of them have no problem dealing with one, this is an opportunity, he plans to get one, and when he arrives in Yecheng, he can find someone to see if he can eat it.
If it can be eaten, and it is good for the body, you can come back here to catch it in the future, but in the end, only they know the place, and others don't know.
"It just so happens that I have this idea too!" When Zhou Yunfeng heard this, he nodded in agreement.
As for Wang Cheng, he must have no opinion, he is already imagining cooking lobster in the future.