Chapter 32: Knowledge and Posture
Deep underground, Lynn and Tucker continue their journey in this salty white world.
And today, Lynn is doing something a little special with Tucker.
"Paint."
Lin is teaching Tucker something new, pterosaurs are scratching some marks on the ground with their long pointed beaks, and Lin is drawing all kinds of creatures, with all kinds of dinosaurs, skeletons, ancient squid, etc., and Lin also makes a sound, telling SΓΉ Tucker the corresponding vocabulary.
Tucker didn't quite understand at first, but after Lynn said more, he began to understand a little, and he was able to distinguish the patterns that Lynn had drawn on the ground and memorize the words.
Speaking of which, Lin also communicated with the head worm in the first place, but Lin didn't want Tucker to remember any words, but wanted him to draw it too, and carve these traces on the ground and rocks, which can be used for communication, preserve history, and be able to pass on all kinds of things to future generations more effectively, which is a very effective way.
The vocal cords of the skeletal dragons are located in the larynx, and the tongue is not very developed, they cannot make many kinds of sounds, and they cannot make sounds in water, but their forelimbs are flexible, and it is certainly easy to draw things.
When Lin finished drawing, she pointed to the stone around Tucker's waist and said, "Draw, Tucker." β
Tucker looked at his stone, then at Lynn, and there was a puzzle in his thoughts, and Lynn pointed to the painting on the ground with her mouth, "You, stone, draw." β
"Stone...... Drawing ......"
Tucker's mouth followed Lynn's mouth, and with some difficulty, he said the two words, and then he looked to his waist, but he still didn't seem to understand.
Looks like Lynn needs a demonstration. However, pterosaurs' mouths are not very suitable for drawing with stones. But in order to cope with this inconvenience. The pterodactyl's tongue had long been modified by Lynn.
The pterosaur opened its mouth and protruded two tentacle-like structures that not only retained their taste function, but were also flexible, and Lynn used the tentacles to roll the stone around Tucker's waist and draw the same pattern on the ground.
Then Tucker understood in an instant, and he also picked up the stone and carved it on the ground.
How quickly did you understand it......
These reptilian creatures amazed Lynn. Generally speaking, organisms pass on their abilities to their offspring, so the abilities of each organism are directly related to its producer, and this is the case for arthropods in general, even if they evolve to the level of brain worms, they also like to use more advanced genetic memory.
As for the statues of the Inca swarm, they should only be used for their own pleasure in recording, not for education or anything.
The skeletal dragon must rely on the elders to learn ability, which is very time-consuming, and the cubs must continue to follow the elders for a long time to observe and learn by themselves.
But it can learn the skills of any individual in the group. Even if the two are not genetically related.
The little skeletal dragons have even more brains than they can grow, and Lin thinks that's how they learn their skills quickly. And while Tucker has matured, it still has the ability to learn.
It's a lot of fun, and even different species can teach them! In this way, Lynn was able to teach them a lot of things.
Speaking of which, Lin didn't have her own 'language' at the beginning, and now Lin's language can be said to be completely brainwormed.
However, it doesn't seem that it was the brain worm that 'taught' Lin, but Lin herself tried to enrich its vocabulary, and if she had been asked to 'teach' it at the beginning, the effect might not be so good, and she might hardly learn anything.
Because Lynn has been observing for a long time how the head worm teaches the little dragon......
Now the head worm is also teaching Wyvern, and it is teaching Wyvern some fire-breathing poses.
"Stupid creatures, curled up bodies, stance, momentum, and most importantly, momentum, possession of fire."
The head worm picks up a stone on the ground, shrinks its body, and then stretches it out again, squirting out the stone from its mouth.
"Follow along, breathe fire, barbecue, food."
"Woo......" The little wyvern seemed to be very reluctant, but did as it did, and then it tightened its body, and then stretched it out violently, and ...... it out of its mouth Nothing squirted out.
The head worm said: "Posture, no, keep practicing, get the flame, get the barbecue." β
The head worm generally teaches the little wyvern to do whatever it thinks of itself, and now the little wyvern still learns a lot of things, such as roaring, rolling, dancing, etc......
But this time, Lynn should probably tell him that the Wyvern needs some rocks near the volcano to breathe fire.
But after a little while, the head worm should understand, and Lynn obviously won't teach Tucker in this way.
Now, Tucker was scratching around the ground with stones, and he understood what Lynn wanted him to do, and at first it was very unfamiliar, and it could only make some marks, but after a long time, it changed from 'drawing' to 'drawing'.
Tucker "Drawing ......" was now excited, drawing all sorts of shapes on the ground, not yet detailed, but he could see what was coming from.
Tucker drew the shapes of skeletal dragons, standing on two legs and holding long, sharp branches, surrounded by a larger creature that seemed to be drawing its own former species......
Sure enough, it still thinks about its old race, but Lin doesn't know why it tried to catch the little dragon later.
"Chief." Lynn pointed to one of Tucker's drawings of the Dragonway.
"Chief......" Tucker read as he looked at his drawing.
In this way, Tucker gradually took a liking to drawing, and he carved around the cave of salt with sharp stones, recording all kinds of things he saw.
During his journey to the salt cave, Tucker has been carving all kinds of things, but he has not forgotten that he needs to find his way out quickly, so he draws quickly, and he does not waste much time, and he occasionally paints things on his body, and the skeleton dragon has bone-like markings, each of which has different markings, and now, Tucker can draw more markings for himself!
Although it is not known what special significance this markings have, the skeletal dragons generally distinguish each other by looking at their faces, not by looking at the markings.
Learning to represent and record with images is only the first step, and the next thing Lynn will teach is ......
Wait, what's that?
Lynn suddenly saw a strange bump on the salt stone ground in front of her, and Lynn walked over to take a closer look.
This is...... Mycelium?
The traces resemble countless tiny threads tied together, which resemble mycelium...... It's still hard to say for sure, but you've seen so many mushrooms in the lakes before......
This one is supposed to be a fossil as well, and the pterosaur knocked it with its beak, and this thing is hard and not as fragile as the mushrooms that preceded it.
Looks like there's a chance to mine this place...... Then, Lynn and Tucker moved on, and on the rest of the way, Lynn saw many similar traces, on the ground, on the salt wall, these threads appeared to be trapped together and turned into fossils, which was quite suspicious......
Tucker didn't care, and continued to carve his own mark into the salt wall.
"Hoo ......"
Suddenly, there was a strange sound in the cave ahead, this sound was very loud, and it was definitely not something that Mao Yu could make.
Tucker held the sharp stone and stared closely at the darkness of the cavern ahead......
"Whew......!!" The voice grew closer, and at the edge of the pterosaur's light, a foot full of sharp claws stepped out!
Then, the whole creature rushed out of the darkness!
The creature's whole body was snow-white, its length and size were about the same as that of a dragon, and it pounced on Tucker with its teeth and claws!
Tucker immediately lowered his head and dodged the creature's right claw, which stabbed forward with a stone, stabbing his opponent in the abdomen.
The creature screamed and swung its left claw at Tucker, who grabbed it and opened its mouth to bite down into the middle of its left limb......
"Gah!" The creature let out another scream, and the cone at the top of the cave began to shake, and Lynn noticed that Tucker glanced at the roof of the cave, and then it immediately let go and pushed the creature in the direction of the salt wall, and the moment the other party hit the salt wall, Tucker also "Quack! He screamed.
The sharp tip of the cave suddenly fell off with Tucker's voice, and the sharp tip pierced the creature's head in an instant.
As the blood flowed, the creature fell to the ground motionless.
It's really fun...... It can be seen that Tucker's fighting style is more skillful, and he uses his intelligence to the maximum, he observes which of the top cones is the loosest, and then pushes his opponent under that cone.
However, this technique only works on creatures that are about the same strength as themselves, and it would be difficult if the opponent was slightly stronger, so this creature is ......
Lynn approached the creature with its pierced head, and in the light of the light, Lynn realized that it was exactly the same as Tucker! The creature was also a skeletal dragon, except that its scales had turned white.
It's not that it's white, it's that there's a lot of white gravel stuck to it.
Tucker didn't seem to care if the creature was of its kind, so he pulled out the cone and cut it through it with small sharp stones.
Aside from Mao Yu, Tucker hadn't eaten anything else here, so this was quite important, and Lin was more concerned about where the skeletal dragon came from, maybe another race?
Tucker ate while cutting the meat, and at the same time took out some for Lin to eat, Lin slowly decomposed the flesh of the dragon, it seemed that it was already seriously short of water, and there were many various problems in its body, maybe it was also trapped in this underground like Lin and Tucker......
What is this?
Lin accidentally ate a piece of scale, which was covered with rough white matter, and at first thought it was a grain of sand, but after decomposing, she realized that it was not sand...... It's the same as before...... Fossils, and there's still living fungus dust in them! (To be continued......)
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