Chapter 82: Cliff Capture
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Xiao Lin checked the Skynet, and then it suddenly dawned on him, and his memory immediately became clear, he had seen a specimen of this thing in school before.
As the name suggests, the shell of the iron snail is formed by a rather hard metal, and the soft body has a magnet-like adsorption disk, which can be firmly attached to the rock wall or swim freely in the water, and the largest body can grow up to half a meter long.
This thing is not found near the sea, and can only be seen in places such as forest interiors with fairly closed terrain or sunken lakes in cliffs.
Its meat is smooth and tender, rich in protein, and has high nutritional value, because it is extraordinarily delicious and nutritious, and is generally a popular ingredient in high-end restaurants.
"Are there a lot of places you're talking about?"
"Many, many, you can't see the edge at a glance! All of them! Seth gestured and said hurriedly.
"I remember in a high-end restaurant, there were some impregnated ironclad snails, and their eggs were the real essence."
"Well, they are hermaphrodites, allogeneic mating, only in the conception stage, the meat in the body will become fat and nutritious, but the real essence is concentrated on the unborn eggs in their bodies, ordinary ironclad snails are only a kilogram of tens of star coins, and the conceived ones can be sold for nearly a thousand star coins, which is equivalent to more than ten times the value."
"Then let's go over and take a look, if there is a large number of large-scale growth, there should be a lot of pregnant." Xiao Lin beckoned them, and let Seth and Marbel lead the way, and if they were lucky, they might be able to earn a "extra money", and by the way, they would give them a bonus, and even feast their mouths.
"Boss, can we apply for a secondment to Dunjia Elephant in the past, so that you don't have to ride a unicorn, and you can also have someone who can pull things."
Xiao Lin waved his hand and said, "No problem, I'll go talk to Old Hunter." β
Now the management of logistics has been handed over to Old Hunter, and Yang Ye is concentrating on the overall planning of the hunt.
Xiao Lin took the four of them to the animal shed and borrowed two Dunjia elephants, which were jointly responsible for pulling a transport cabin.
After all, they didn't go out hunting, they dismantled all the messy biological cages in the transport cabin that couldn't be used, lowered the load, and then everyone got in, because they were afraid that there would be not enough people, Xiao Lin called three new hunters, all of whom were young men in their twenties.
"Don't you need to bring any equipment?"
"No, you don't! Just bring your weapons and food, and if you're fast, we might even be able to get dinner. Let's go, guys! β
Rayson waved his hand and shouted.
"Hey, girl, are you going to go with you?"
Pisces didn't know where to come out at this time, jumped into the transport cabin, and rubbed Xiao Lin's legs vigorously.
Xiao Lin patted its head, "Then you can go with us, remember not to make trouble!" β
"Chirpβ"
At the distance, Thunder and Flame protest against Pisces' "betrayal" of them.
Noel laughed and waved at them, "Hey, those two, you have to be kind to girls, Pisces can come and go in the water freely, can you?" β
Hearing this, the big thunder and the small fire immediately wilted, one thunder and lightning attribute, and one flame attribute, in essence, are incompatible with water, and they hate water the most.
"Let's go!"
The Dunjia elephant mooed in a high-pitched voice, and Seth and Mabel, as the drivers, did not enter the transport cabin, but sat on its back, guiding the path of the Dunjia elephant, and the group soon arrived at their destination, a lake on the edge of a precipitous cliff.
Everyone got out of the transport cabin, looking down from above, densely covered with jet-black iron shells, small ones with eyeballs, big ones like rice bowls, they were all tightly attached to the cliff wall, as if they had grown small bumps, from a distance, it seemed that the whole face was black, but if you looked closely, you would find that some of them exposed a light gray soft body, which was slowly squirming.
"So much!"
Xiao Lin was overjoyed, if this number is calculated in proportion, there must be a lot of mature and conceived ironclad snails.
"How are we going down and getting them up?"
A hunter said eagerly.
"I've checked beforehand, and along that direction, there are plenty of footholds for us to climb, and the safety is the highest."
Mabel said, pointing not far away.
The cliff is about a dozen meters long, not particularly steep, and there is a lake below, which is not a difficult environment for these hunters to overcome.
"The harvest of the ironclad snail will release some mucus gum, be careful not to slip in the air."
Xiao Lin reminded.
Rayson had already taken down a few bundles of safety bungee cords from the transport pod and handed them to the others, tying them around his waist on one side, and finding a craggy boulder at the other end, and pasting a black disc at the end, which is an adsorption device, with super suction, to ensure that the bungee cord will not be easily released.
"Leave two people here, if any creatures that need to be vigilant approach, immediately alert us, and pay special attention to the presence of water apes, these guys' favorite food is the ironclad snail, seeing us fighting for its food, maybe they will come out to cause trouble and attack us."
Iron snails are delicious, and their movement speed is slow, and there are naturally countless creatures to covet them, but they grow on the cliffs by the lake, and they must have flexible climbing and a certain amount of water to catch them, ordinary creatures can't reach here at all, not to mention a hard iron shell, and it is not easy to break through.
But the water ape is an exception, they can be called the natural enemy of the ironclad snail, not only good at swimming between the dangerous peaks and mountain walls, the water is also very good, there is a special barb-like claw on the finger, as long as the timing is right, the ironclad snail will be completely pierced, basically can not dodge.
Once it is found that an ironclad snail sticks out of its shell and moves, it will seize this gap, climb over at lightning speed, stab its body with its claws, take out the soft and tender meat, and have a good meal.
Under normal circumstances, ironclad snails can be avoided, as long as they hide in the iron shell, everything will be fine, and it is not a big deal to fall directly into the lake.
But the conceived ironclad snail was much slower, and there was no time to dodge, and it was these targets that the water and air ape were aiming for.
And Xiao Lin was on the cliff, and they couldn't spare their hands and feet to deal with the water ape.
As for the above, don't worry, there is the deterrent aura of the Dunjia elephant, and the water apes don't dare to approach at all, they are not stupid.