Chapter 59: Xiaoqing
The multiverse is so large and complex that anything can exist. The spirits of the undead who believe in the Light, the devils who are kind-hearted, the dwarves who are more than three meters tall, the Drow who yearns for the sun, and the ogres who do not eat people......
But is there a vegetarian frost worm in this world? maybe, maybe not, and I'm afraid even the wisest mage can't answer this question in the affirmative.
However, no matter how tricky the problem is, there will be "people" who will know about it eventually. Xiaoqing knows the answer to this question, because it is the answer.
Well, Xiaoqing is a well-behaved, vegetarian frost worm.
When it hatched from that round egg that looked like a snowball, it never saw its parents. Of course, this is nothing in the frostworm species.
After laying a pile of eggs like snow and ice, the female frost insect will leave on her own, not caring about the growth of her offspring or the life or death of her offspring. Newly hatched frostworms have to take care of themselves, and that's when they're at their most vulnerable.
However, the newly hatched frost insects are not without any means of self-protection, and although the sarcoma on their head is still only a little bigger, it can already emit that terrifying trill. Although the vibratos produced by juvenile frost insects are not very powerful and have a very small range, they are barely able to be used for protection and hunting.
But Xiaoqing doesn't have this awesome ability, because it's a deformity.
Xiaoqing doesn't have sarcomas that can make a trill, nor does she have a pair of giant jaws like pincers, even if she is an adult, she won't have the kind of frost spitting that is as powerful as the dragon breath of a white dragon.
It is different from the silkworm baby in that it is larger, and it is different from the meat maggot in that it is colder than the latter. Although Xiaoqing doesn't have a great sarcoma, no sharp jaws, and no cool spitting attacks, at least its body will naturally emit that kind of extremely low temperature cold fog to the surroundings, which is Xiaoqing's only means of self-protection, if not counting the move of rolling and squashing opponents with its body.
Xiaoqing has never eaten any meat since she was a child, because she is not very good at hunting, and she has no means of attack, so she just eats leaves, gnaws on bark like a silkworm baby, hides in Tibet, and survives carefully.
Even so, Xiaoqing has brushed shoulders with death countless times, after all, the Misty Forest is not a friendly place. It had been trapped by the Vampire Vine, the rotten vine that pierced its body with countless spikes, sucking its blood. But because the temperature of the blood on Xiaoqing's body was extremely low, the vampire vine was frozen after just two sips. The thick vines hung in a white mist, became brittle, and then cracked, allowing Xiaoqing to escape.
Xiaoqing was also attacked by packs of winter wolves, but fortunately, its body was not as fat as it is now, and its slender body allowed it to climb up the tall fir trees like a snake and escape from the claws of the wolves.
The wolves had been surrounding the fir tree for three days, and when they found that Xiaoqing had no sign of going down the tree to find food, they slowly dispersed unwillingly, while Xiaoqing stayed in the tree for a whole week. It is not a picky eater, and it can eat even the rough bark and needle-like leaves of the fir tree, so it does not worry about food.
Xiaoqing is a coward, a coward, afraid of wind, rain and thunder.
Because of its timidity, a little wind and grass will make Xiaoqing quickly run up the nearest fir tree, which makes its body very flexible at that time, and the speed of squirming is like the wind, which is not much more than the galloping of the winter wolf. It also has a unique skill of holding a tree, which is especially useful when escaping for its life. Therefore, although Xiaoqing is not alive and can only eat bark and branches and leaves to barely satisfy his stomach, at least he doesn't need to worry about losing his life.
People will eventually have a day of transit, and wild lilies will also have their own spring, and Xiaoqing is no exception.
Its days of hiding in Tibet ended not long after it reached adulthood. This is not because Xiaoqing's body that is already six or seven meters long has enough deterrent power, nor because it has evolved some kind of powerful ability, Xiaoqing is still the same Xiaoqing who has nothing to do, but it has found a particularly good treasure land!
The vegetation on this treasure land is very monotonous, except for the fir tree, which is the shelter of Xiaoqing, there is only a fluffy low plant, the azure moss.
Not only does this moss grow all over the body like a parasite, but it also tastes unusually bitter. When Xiaoqing first came here, he also found a litter of seven fierce rabbits, and their parents, who were half a circle larger than a calf.
But the rabbits were covered in that fluffy azure moss all over their bodies and fur, and they were more moving dryads than large, ferocious rabbits, and in short, it was very strange.
Not long after Xiaoqing arrived in this area, the pair of rabbit parents left with their children. After that, there are often various creatures that break into the area, but those who intruder usually don't stay long before leaving, except for Xiaoqing.
Species scarcity means scarcity of food, and mosses live on the body and after a few days take root and sprout, making the parasite itch unbearably. So it's not a good place to be.
But none of this is a problem for Xiaoqing. The low temperature and cold air naturally emitted by its body can effectively resist the parasitism of those mosses, and Xiaoqing is never picky eaters, although the taste of moss is not good, but at least the amount is full, and it tastes more tender than the bark and branches of fir trees. And if you chew and taste the moss repeatedly, you can still taste a hint of sweetness from it.
In this way, Xiaoqing lived carefree in this area. In addition to eating and sleeping, it will continue to burrow into the ground, creating a large nest deep underground for itself.
Xiaoqing has lived here for a long time, but it can't remember exactly how long, anyway, its body has grown from more than six meters when it first came here to nearly twenty meters now, and the diameter of its round body is more than four meters, which is really a behemoth.
Now Xiaoqing still has no effective means of attack, and because its body is too large, it can no longer climb trees like before. But in the same way, because of such a huge body, no creature dares to provoke Xiaoqing anymore.
Until today.
The weather was nice today, with a breeze blowing and fir branches rustling. Xiaoqing wandered around her own territory as usual, crawling and eating these "delicious" mosses as she could.
Xiaoqing eats a lot of food, but the mosses grow faster, so it never needs to worry about food, it should eat, sleep, and life is no better.
Further on, Xiaoqing suddenly found that several two-legged guys had broken into his territory. Xiaoqing has seen such creatures before, but it doesn't care, anyway, it won't be long before they leave, unless they are also like Xiaoqing can resist the parasitism of mosses and can tolerate eating boring moss every day.
If they really have the ability to resist parasitism and tolerate eating moss every day, then Xiaoqing doesn't care, anyway, there are so many mosses that they can't eat them all.
Xiaoqing is a coward, but she is not stingy.
Just as Xiaoqing was about to ignore the intruders and continue to eat and stroll in a different direction, it noticed that one of the two-legged creatures seemed to be slowly approaching him. Xiaoqing was much stronger than before, and his courage increased slightly, and it stopped in place, tilting its head to look at the strange guys who were slowly approaching.
What are you going to do? Xiaoqing's heart was full of doubts.
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