Chapter 573: The Great Migration
As the largest and most widespread animal migration in the other world, the one at the forefront is undoubtedly the bighorn deer located in the lower layer of the food chain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Since there were so many of them, it was impossible to count them clearly, and the preliminary estimate was likely to exceed a million, like the vanguard of the herd army, approaching the south.
If nothing else, about 50 percent of the deer herd will be slaughtered by the garrison of the fort, and those that survive will be captured and sold alive to the merchants, who will decide whether to kill them, or risk losing money and raise them until the snow melts the next year, and drive these decent animals to other regions.
You must know that although the appearance of the bighorn deer is very similar to the hybrid of camels and moose on the earth, it is closer to the elephant in terms of size, not only has thick hair and sharp horns, but also the fat stored under the skin is quite amazing, and it looks round from a distance, even if it runs for a day and a night without rest.
Of course, these data are not hearsay, but conclusions that Lu Li has reached through personal experience.
In fact, he has been chased by the beasts for a whole day and a night, even eating, drinking, and peeing are all done in the run, and now every muscle and cell in his body is protesting, and his legs are like being filled with lead, and the slightest movement will hurt terribly.
It can be said that Lu Li has basically overdrawn his physical strength to the limit, if it weren't for the bottles of magic potions to drink, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to hold on for a long time.
But there is no way, when things come to this situation, even if they can't hold on, they have to grit their teeth.
Because he knows that once he stops to rest, his body will immediately secrete a lactic acid, which will make his muscles relax quickly, and he will not expect to be able to do strenuous activities again without resting for a few hours.
And the situation at this moment, let alone a few hours, stop for forty minutes to an hour at most, and the tide of beasts will catch up.
In order to survive, Lu Li had to grit his teeth and keep jumping like a grasshopper in the snow more than a meter deep.
After two days and one night of accumulation, the entire north has completely turned into a white ice and snow, and the living environment has suddenly become harsh.
He is only now finally understanding why the Black Forest is migrating on a large scale when snow falls.
The simple answer is that just as the animals of the African savannah have evolved to move to places where food and water are available during the dry season, the animals of the Black Forest have evolved similar habits.
When white snowflakes fall all over the ground, it becomes extremely difficult for herbivores to forage for food, and they can no longer maintain the same large numbers as they do in other seasons.
In order to prevent widespread mortality due to undernourishment, they drive the old, weak, sick and disabled out of the population, leaving only those healthy and able.
In the same way, when the number of food herbs decreases, so the carnivore phylum will also force the loser to leave through a fight, and finally all the expelled animals will come together to form this spectacular scene......
"Damn, how far have you flown yet, how come I have run so far and haven't seen the village yet?" Lu Li asked with a gasp of temperament.
"Sorry, I don't know, I probably only flew for less than an hour. If you're tired, why don't you try to let me take over the body?" Ferguerra proposed, pretending to be innocent.
"Don't forget, there's an agreement between us, you'd better put out those unrealistic delusions, and help me find a way to speed up the movement, or you'll have to be buried with me when I die." Lu Li angrily threatened.
He can see that the dragon, who maintains a symbiotic relationship with him, is actually a cunning bastard, calculating all the time to come out to breathe.
Instead of getting angry, Ferguerra laughed happily: "Hahahaha! Threaten me with your own life? You're such an interesting human being! Well, for the sake of you making me laugh, I'll teach you a summoning spell from the tome in advance." Now open it, turn to page thirty-five, and read it to me, Ottomu...... Lerte ...... Bein ......"
"Wait!
Lu Li quickly stopped, took out the magic tome and activated it, turning to page thirty-five as fast as he could, and immediately saw a kind of cow with metallic skin all over it, a small body but a big head.
According to the Manichaean spelling in the upper left corner, he stumbled over the name of the monster: "Ka...... Catoblay ...... Paz ......"
"That's right! Cato Brepas!Death Gaze and Poisonous Breath! It's not the ideal mount, but it does provide some protection. Cato Brepas' eyes shoot terrifying death rays, and his breath is a deadly gas, so you'd better be careful and stay away from the front of Cato Brepas after a successful summon. ā
With that, the dragon began to recite the incantation in a coherent voice. It is unhurried, repeating each syllable more than three times, and even beginners can imitate it well.
didn't have time to think about it at all, Lu Li followed without hesitation, and in just a few seconds, his fingertips flashed with a blue ghostly light.
Following the hints on the tome, he carefully drew a not-so-complicated magical pattern in the air.
Moment!
A dazzling bright light burst out, and the phantom of a huge bull slowly projected out, and it took less than a second to condense into a solid body.
As soon as it appeared, two clouds of blue-green mist erupted from its nostrils, and when it touched the redwood tree next to it, the whole tree quickly began to wither and die, which was a little chilling.
"This is Cato Brepas?" Lu Li stretched out his finger and lightly touched the cold hard lump of skin, and asked with some uncertainty.
Ferguerra smiled and replied, "yes, it's an interesting creature, isn't it? Trust me, it's a lot faster than you think. ā
"I don't need you to remind me, it's as if I have a second choice......" Lu Li complained casually, turned over and climbed on his back, grabbed the sharp horns of the cow, and shouted: "Run! Run at full speed! Don't stop!"
"Whew!"
Cato Brepas let out a low cry in his throat and spread his hooves and ran forward along the snow.
As mentioned by the dragon, this monster is not very agile, but it can spew poisonous gas that melts snow, making it the perfect mount for snow conditions.
In this way, with the help of Cato Brepas, Lu Li managed to return to Tree Village after four hours, but unfortunately the people of the village had retreated to the border fortress......