Chapter 574: Fluorescent Worms
The crystal curtain is a transparent ribbon that hangs straight down from the high ceiling of the cave, and the curtain has a little bit of blue fluorescence, as if it is decorated with blue crystal beads, which is very exquisite.
There are also countless blue fluorescences at the top of the cave, like bright stars in the sky, and they are also shining and shining.
The whole cave is simply dreamy and beautiful, like a starry sky cave that only appears in a dream.
However, when a few people looked closely, they found that these fluorescences were all emitted by worms, which were white and fat, with fat buttocks and shimmering tails like fireflies. They were attached to the cave wall one by one, and they climbed densely all over the top of the cave, and there were tens of thousands.
The scene was horrible enough to make people who were afraid of bugs faint instantly.
Ye Xi approached the "crystal curtain".
It turns out that these beautiful cave curtains are all clear slime.
He looked up thoughtfully at the glowing worms on the roof of the cave and said, "These transparent fluorescent silk threads are all secreted by worms, they use fluorescent to lure insects over, and then use these mucus to stick to their prey. ”
"What a cunning and clever bug!"
As he spoke, he relied on the fact that there was a cloud jellyfish in his body, and he directly reached out and touched a sticky of slime. The mucus tentacles are very sticky, like super glue, and the thumb and forefinger stick immediately.
Ye Xi originally thought that the viscosity of mucus should be similar to that of spider silk, but he didn't expect it to be so sticky, and he was slightly shocked in his heart.
Afraid that the two fingers would stick together completely after the mucus dried, he immediately wiped the mucus away with brute force, and the fingers that were wiped red were red.
Fang pointed to a few crystal curtains next to him and said, "Look, there are really a lot of insect corpses stuck here!"
I saw that on the shiny ribbons of transparent slime, there were many small insects that were still fluttering, and there were fat fluorescent worms crawling down the mucus from the roof of the cave, and slowly sending these prey to the door into the mouth.
Dongmu Ying sighed: "It's beautiful from a distance, but it's disgusting up close." ”
The mantis feather was full of fascination, and sighed: "How can you say that they are disgusting, I have never seen such a smart bug, nor have I seen such a strange way of predating......"
"Look at how fat they eat one by one!"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but step closer.
Ye Xi reminded: "Be careful, don't get too close, there is also mucus on the ground." ”
There was also a lot of mucus on the ground, a lot of hideous insect corpses sticking to it, and there was even a strange shaped, two-meter-long giant centipede corpse in the distance, which must have gone through a tragic struggle before dying.
Mantis Yu was reminded by Ye Xi to calm down: "Yes, Lord Xiwu." ”
He carefully avoided the slime on the ground, took out a special insect-trapping stone jar and wooden clip from the animal skin bag he carried with him, sandwiched a fluorescent worm into the stone jar, and studied it carefully.
"This bug doesn't seem to be poisonous. ”
To confirm it, he simply grabbed it with his bare hands.
False Tooth muttered secretly: "Isn't this also available......"
Mantis Feather ignored him, and a pair of eyes stared up and down the fluorescent worm carefully.
The poor fluorescent worm has been breeding in this dark cave for an unknown number of years, and has never had any natural predators, it has always been a predator, and when has it been caught and rubbed wantonly.
The fluorescent worm writhed its chubby white body and struggled, but its weak strength was no different to a warrior than a mayfly shaking a tree, and finally the annoyed worm opened a mouthful of tiny teeth and bit his finger.
The mantis felt a slight pain, so she grabbed its limp head.
Suddenly, the fluorescent worm had nothing to do with him.
Mantis Yu concluded: "In addition to being non-toxic, it is not ...... The attack power is also not high, almost nothing. ”
Dong Muying: "So, as long as we are careful not to get stuck with this slime, we won't be in any danger?"
Mantis: "That's pretty much it. ”
Dong Muying touched his chin and muttered, "But we have to clean up the worms in this cave, if we don't get close...... Why don't you cut down some trees and use them to get rid of all these slime threads......"
Ye Xi shook his head: "It's okay to clean up a part, there are too many insects outside, and the insect willow tree can't grow for a while, these mucus silk threads are our best protective barrier." ”
These mucus are extremely sticky, and even if a fierce beast with no eyes comes in, I am afraid that all of them will be hit, and then slowly eaten by fluorescent worms.
"Yes, Lord Xiwu!"
The three of them replied respectfully, and immediately turned around and went out to organize people to come in and clean up the slime threads.
The warriors rolled up their sleeves and chopped down the trees outside, splitting them into strips, and then used the sticks to roll up the slime threads hanging in mid-air. Or against the hides, wipe off the mucus that has been stored in the ground for years.
The fluorescent worms in the dark caverns were hit hard, and a considerable number of them were captured by the warriors and thrown into rattan baskets.
They plan to collect the mucus they secrete in the future and use it instead of gums, which can later be used for clay pots or something.
It took a whole afternoon to finally clear the slime from both sides of the cave.
It turns out that there are no fluorescent worms in the depths of the cave, and the inside is dry and ventilated, making it very suitable for habitation.
Evening.
The warriors who had gone out to hunt returned with their prey.
Everyone was busy again, setting up stoves at the mouth of the cave, piling piles of dead branches, preparing to make a fire to roast meat, only the tribesmen squatted on the ground to skin the prey.
At this moment, these little skinning experts of the peeling tribe feel that they have encountered an unprecedented challenge.
They found that the animals, including dinosaurs, had very thick skin, probably to ward off poisonous insect bites.
After peeling off all the extra thick skin, the prey's flesh looks like it's just a little bit less.
"Bang!"
Blackthorn tossed the heavy dinosaur skin aside with his bloody right hand, looking at the flesh on the ground with a black face.
"No wonder it's so hard to chop down with a knife when hunting! The skin of these prey is so thick that you can't make animal skin clothes! It's a waste......
Mantis Yu smiled and said, "You can put it in the cave!"
The single-leaf chick nodded as if pecking rice: "Yes, how comfortable it is to sleep on such a thick leather cushion!"
Blackthorn couldn't help but give them both a blank look.
After coming here, the other warriors were trying to adapt, and only the Ye tribe and the Yu tribe were particularly happy.
The Ye tribesmen happily kept identifying all kinds of carnivorous plants, and they were eager to bring them all back, while the Ye tribesmen were busy collecting all kinds of poisonous insects and strange insects, and they were also eager to bring them all back in stone jars.
People from both tribes felt that this was a treasure land.
Blackthorn didn't want to mess with them, and when the meat was divided, he urged them to skewer the meat on the branches before roasting it.
"Crackling!"
The thin branches of the tree, which were extremely watery, burned fiercely and let out a loud moan.
White smoke rises from the mouth of the cave, and the smell of smoke and barbecue is mixed with the wind.