Chapter 65: The Coniferous Forest

Bang!

Under a vast white snowfield, a large hand broke through the snow and stretched out.

Then Li Kai's slightly pale face also came out from under the snow layer, and the raging snowstorm last night covered a large amount of snow on the original snow layer, making the snow layer thicker, and the snow hole dug by Li Kai was also buried underneath.

"Whew~!"

Pushing away the surrounding snow layer, Li Kai struggled to climb out of it, shook the snow slag on his body, and secretly rejoiced, almost let the audience yesterday say that if it wasn't for the location of the snow cave on the leeward slope, he would have been buried alive inside.

"Good morning everyone, today is the second day of my ice age 15,000 years ago, yesterday I was hit by a snowstorm, I had to hide in the snow cave, fortunately God willingly, let me survive this not a good night. After a short break, Li Kai turned on the live broadcast, and soon a large number of viewers came in, and he said hello to everyone as usual.

The audience also responded, some ridiculed, some greeted, all kinds of audiences, and even an audience who didn't say anything and gave gifts... Well, Li Kai said that he was very happy, and said not to it modestly, but his heart was already happy.

"I didn't sleep last night because my hands and feet had to be constantly moving to keep them from freezing, but now that the sun is up and the temperature is much better, I'm going to do some exercise to warm up and start today's trip. ”

While talking to the audience, Li Kai had already fallen on the snow next to him and started push-ups, but he was now in a state of fasting, very hungry, and it was not appropriate to consume a lot of physical strength, so he didn't do much, only did twenty or thirty before stopping, panting slightly, and his body warmed up.

"My goal today is still to find the tree line, I haven't eaten for a day and a night, I'm so hungry that I can only get food in the woods. After the warm-up, Li Kai put on his travel bag, stepped on the glacier again deep and shallow, and started the trip.

He had to find the woods today, because he definitely didn't want to spend another night in a snow cave, it was too torturous.

"Oh, the tree line means that with the altitude or to the poles to a certain limit, the forest cannot grow, forming a sharp dividing line, and this limit is called the forest line or tree line. At this time, Li Kai saw that some viewers asked what the tree line meant, so he briefly explained, "There is also the influence from the surrounding environment, the glacier area is all permafrost, and only the soil outside the permafrost layer can trees grow." ”

"I understand, thank you Xiaokai for answering my question"

"Xiao Kai: I'm mentally retarded... The embodiment of wisdom!"

“233333333”

"It's still quite good to increase knowledge"

"Cut, you still have to ask the anchor such a simple question, just ask me directly!"

"Do you know everything upstairs? Let me ask you, is there a chicken or an egg in the world?"

"Of course, there were chickens first"

"Why?"

"Forced to survive"

“......”

Faced with the barrage of often crooked buildings, Li Kai was accustomed to it and just ignored it.

"Look, everyone, I see the tree line!" After walking more than ten miles along the glacier, Li Kai's face suddenly showed joy, and he pointed ahead and shouted.

He finally saw the tree line.

And along the perspective of the live broadcast, the audience also saw that there seemed to be a black tree line in the distant foothills, and they were happy for Li Kai.

"Walking up the snowy mountains is completely different from the flat land, you need to take one step at a time, and I expect that the journey to the tree line will take about half a day, and hopefully there will be no accidents during this period. ”

After Li Kai, whose morale was greatly boosted, said a word to the audience, he set off in the direction of the tree line, today's weather conditions are much better than yesterday, the sun shines on the snow, reflecting the dazzling light, the biting cold wind disappears without a trace, and the temperature has obviously risen a lot, so that Li Kai can travel safely.

However, he still needs to be careful, not only are there many hidden crevices in the glacier, but he must also be careful not to stare at the snow for long periods of time, as the ultraviolet rays reflected by the ice and snow can cause damage to his cornea and conjunctival epithelium, which may cause him to suffer from snow blindness.

Snow blindness can cause redness and swelling of the eyelids, congestion of the conjunctiva, severe pain, photophobia, tearing and blurred vision, which will seriously endanger his journey and even his life.

"It would be nice to have sunglasses. Li Kai couldn't help but think.

However, there are no sunglasses for sale in the updated goods in the exchange mall, and even if he does, he may not be willing to spend precious exchange gold coins to buy them, just fantasizing.

Fortunately, nothing happened on the road, and after walking for about half a day, Li Kai finally descended to the foot of this glacier, and not far away grew a tall coniferous tree, forming a clear dividing line with the permafrost.

"Compared with the plants of more than 10,000 years ago, there is not much difference between them and today, after all, in the history of the earth, 10,000 years is only a very short time, and this is the period of great development of angiosperms, and some well-preserved primeval forests in the world today can almost reproduce the scene of 10,000 years ago. Li Kai was very happy to finally see the woods, and said as he walked, "However, there are also many plants that cannot adapt to the harsh environment of the ice age and are completely extinct." ”

Soon Li Kai entered the woods and focused the camera on the tall trees around him, "The coniferous forest in front of me is a mixed forest of spruce, fir and pine, which have adapted to the cold ice age climate, grow tenaciously here, and have a very long lifespan, in 2014, Swedish scientists found a 9,500-year-old spruce tree on a mountain range, which can be called the 'world's oldest' tree, and it continues to grow." ”

"It's so beautiful, it's so shocking!"

"I really want to visit this kind of place."

"Woo woo, that's impossible, this is a scene from 10,000 years ago, only Xiao Kai can go"

"I really envy the anchor, you can be immersive!"

"Upstairs, I recommend you to take a trip to Siberia, it's such a landscape"

In front of the camera, these coniferous forests tens of meters high stand straight, and against the backdrop of the snow-covered glaciers in the distance, they reveal a vibrant and primitive scene, which shocks many viewers and reveals a deep yearning for it.

While more tourists came to enter the live broadcast room, many people also paid attention to the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In a large conference hall, the projector is clearly showing Li Kai's live broadcast picture, and there are hundreds of people sitting below, both men and women, generally between the ages of thirty-five and fifty, but there are also a few young and old people, most of whom are some authoritative experts and scholars in paleontology and geology in China.

Except for a few old-fashioned ones who expressed disdain for the live broadcast, most of the people in the room were watching it seriously. Looking at the scene presented in front of the camera, they were so surprised and excited that they hurriedly wrote down their notes, lest they miss a single detail.

As paleontologists (geologists), they dream of seeing this magnificent and mysterious prehistoric world.