198. Vine consciousness
Half a month has passed since the storm brought by the ant colony, and the bare grass on the other side of the river has gradually grown new shoots, but the vitality of the new shoots is much worse.
Lin Qian went to the other side of the river to observe, and found that the vitality of these plants was more than half less than before, and the ability to resist the sun was also much less than before.
In the past, the plants were more and more energetic, and now it would be nice to be able to do it. Looking at the completely different scenery on both sides of a river, Lin Qian also knew that they couldn't go back.
The verdant and vibrant forests and grasslands on the opposite bank are not fertile, but also very resistant to heat and sun, which is more promising than the bare land.
Don't look at the green shoots growing here, but there are a lot of them that have been sunburned, and if you want to return to the previous lush state, I'm afraid it will take a year or two.
In this regard, Lin Qian also had a guess about the state of the plants, this batch of plants grew well and was resistant to heat because of the impact of the previous heavy rain.
As for the reason for the aura tide, Lin Qian thought about it for a while and denied it.
There have been many times before the tide of aura, but each time it is only a generative effect, and there is no such effect as heat resistance.
In addition to the reason for the tide of the aura, there is only the strange heavy rain, the energy in the rain can be digested and absorbed after being transformed like the aura, but the restless breath cannot be digested, and those breaths have always existed in the plants.
The ant colony cannibalizes the plant in order to absorb those breaths, and they are most likely due to the mutation caused by heavy rain, otherwise it is difficult for a population to collectively mutate.
And the plant can resist heat and sun, and can also absorb the hotter and hotter sunlight is also because of that breath, so the branches and leaves that grow after the opposite plant is eaten and lose that breath lose this property.
I think the same is true of the plants eaten by herbivores on a daily basis, but the comparison is not obvious because the number of plants eaten is not comparable to that of ant colonies.
After all, it is impossible for normal animals to eat the land directly like an ant colony, and the plant grows very fast, almost eating it today, it will sprout and develop leaves tomorrow, and the replacement is very fast, and it is naturally more difficult to notice the changes.
The "shack" has been built, but the tiger dads don't like it very much, and the tigers don't think it's of any use to the dwelling that collapses when touched compared to a sturdy cave.
However, thinking of the cold wind at night and the rain they may face, Tiger Dad still chose to accept it.
However, the big cats have been sleeping on the grass outside lately, and they don't think they will go into the shed unless it rains.
Mother and baby pandas have no problem sleeping in their sleeping places, after all, their vine nests have been rewoven with the skillful skills of chipmunks.
Of course, the two giant pandas, one big and one small, still miss their former homeland, especially the bamboo forest that was contracted.
Wow, there are so many bamboo shoots!
The bear's bamboo shoots are all gone!
Thinking of the bare forest eaten by ants, the giant panda mother and son also know that their bamboo forest is not safe.
Although they regretted it, the giant panda mother soon found a new bamboo forest in the nearby mountain forest, which was more or less comforting to the two bears.
The location of the bamboo forest is a bit far from the waterhole, downstream of the creek, but it is not a problem at all according to the speed of the mother panda.
As for the mountain breeze, the teenager adapted very well to life in the wilderness.
Get up in the morning and wash up, then hold two fruits with the chipmunks for breakfast, clean the various sheds after eating, and then groom the big cats with the chipmunks.
Yes, the comb chipmunk took a lot of it in the supermarket, plastic, wood, horn, all of them were used by thieves.
At first, the mountain wind was still a little shaky, but after hearing the purring cat-like comfortable purr, the whole person was presumptuous.
Now the work of juvenile grooming is done very smoothly, and the giant panda mother and child will be combed together, the giant panda mother enjoys it as a matter of course, it was raised by humans, it is not strange at all, and even a little nostalgic.
The red panda cub is living with humans for the first time, but the little national treasure is cute and silly, and the mountain wind is the most afraid of it, so whenever he is free, he grabs meat for the little national treasure, combs his hair, and accompanies him to play games.
Shan Feng soon became the third member of the "Bear and Mouse Gang".
In addition to these similar jobs, the mountain breeze occasionally has to raise the fire to roast meat, yes, Lin Qian has been thinking about it for a long time, although cooked meat can also be made on the hot stones roasted by the sun, but it is still very different from the meat roasted by the fire.
"Bang!" A wild goat the size of a calf was thrown on the edge of the stream, and the tiger father licked the hair from his mouth and drank a lot of water into the stream.
Hunting ordinary animals is simple, but going out on such a hot day is really not something a tiger wants to do. It's not that Tiger Dad has changed his habits and wants to go out hunting during the day, but that the ordinary animals in the forest have changed their habits.
Now the temperature at night is too cold, and many animals are afraid to go out in their nests.
The best time to hunt in the forest is after dawn and dusk, when the temperatures are milder and the animals come out to feed.
And Tiger Dad was busy with other things in the morning and forgot to go out hunting, so as soon as he thought about it, he hurried away, and the chipmunks also had to go out in the sun.
As for why Lin Qian didn't go, well, this is what Tiger Dad meant, the big tiger felt that he was the head of the family, and of course he couldn't fake others for hunting.
In fact, Tiger Dad just wants to prove his ability and role, and to put it bluntly, he wants to prove his family status. There is no way, the recent events have made Tiger Dad feel that his status is worrying.
Leaving the prey, Tiger Dad didn't care, and after drinking water to quench his thirst, he immediately ran into the waterhole to take a bath to cool down.
The tiger mother glanced at it with disgust, the spouse of this calf, will do things every day, why didn't it see this stupid tiger so actively responsible for hunting and raising their mother and child when it was pregnant with cubs alone?
The tiger mother dislikes it, but it doesn't stop the tiger father's behavior, the main weather is too hot, the prey is too weak, and it has no interest in hunting.
However, the tiger mother is still a little wronged by the tiger father, although it was still an ordinary animal before, and there was no wisdom, but the tiger father carefully selected the prey every time he went to see their mother and son.
Hey, it's impossible to reason with a tigress.
The tiger father automatically filtered his wife's disgust, the tiger head skillfully rubbed the tiger mother, and the big tail actively threw water for the tiger mother.
The little mother lay on the grass and looked at her spouse's licking tiger like a tiger and tilted her head in disgust, she used to think that her spouse was very good, after all, she had such a big forest.
But now......
Hey, it's still the queen who is stronger!
Tiger Dad, who obviously lacks attack power at home, expressed his grievances, and it is also very powerful, okay!
It's just that all the attribute points are on defense...... The attack, well, was just a little bit worse.
The eyebrows and eyes of the three big cats are very hidden, and they are gone in the blink of an eye.
The chipmunks who went out threw out more than a dozen prey, these were hunted by Tiger Dad today, and the wild goat was almost home when he came back, so Tiger Dad took it back directly.
Shanfeng looked at it and thought that there was no barbecue yesterday, should I make some today?
However, seeing that the tigers were not moving, the young man couldn't pay attention for a while, after all, he had only lived with Lin Qianthem for half a month, and some habits were not clear at all.
Lin Qian didn't embarrass him, stretched his waist and walked over.
He commanded the courage to skin all the prey, not to eat so much at once, but the tiger cub wanted to see if he could make something suitable for storage.
That's right, I haven't done it since I came back from looking for salt, or the reason why the ant colony disrupted the plan, otherwise Lin Qianyi would have done it as soon as he came back, and this half a month was to build a shack and familiarize himself with exploring the new environment, so it was delayed until now.
Courage didn't ask why, stretched out his claws, spiritual power surged, and dozens of winds were summoned in an instant, only to see those prey float up, and in a few seconds, pieces of animal skins fell down.
The current courage is not a newly awakened little tiger, nearly a year of experience, coupled with Lin Qian's guidance from time to time, the ability has been perfected.
Although Lin Qian still hasn't researched the "exercises", he has never stopped researching and developing spiritual power and abilities.
The chipmunks quickly picked up the hides and piled them aside, which were common but useful.
The mother panda watched a pile of animal skins in place, and slowly moved over, yes, it is its job to handle animal skins.
The mother panda doesn't like to move, she just wants to be a lay down waste bear.
But there is no way, seeing that the number of people in the group has increased, the division of labor must naturally be clear, although they are all spirit animals, then they must abide by some rules, otherwise it will be chaotic in the long run.
So after making a good shack, Lin Qian assigned work to everyone, which was all within his ability.
Although the giant panda mother was too lazy to move, she still consciously walked to the basket containing the animal skin, and then picked it up and ran to the mutant vines.
I saw the chubby giant panda stretch out its claws, open a frame of animal skins, and then grabbed a vine and looked straight at the spiked end of the vine.
The mutant vine is now somewhat conscious, and although it is a lake, it is already able to distinguish between friend and foe, and can also cooperate.
For example, now, the mutant vine not only did not struggle, but also opened its spikes very quickly, yes, its spikes could be separated, and the open spikes secreted a clear viscous liquid.
The texture is similar to glue, but the effect is similar to sulfuric acid......
The mother panda's paws skillfully pinched the vines and walked over the animal skins.
These juices can acidify the remaining meat film on animal hides, etc., and are very useful for tanning animal hides.
This effect is also unique to the evolution of mutant vines into spirit plants, although the previous mutated vines also have juice, but it is mainly an anesthetic effect, and the evolution of this sour effect is mainly to digest the flesh and blood that has been absorbed.
Yes, this thing is not only a vampire vine, but it can also suck the flesh of animals, if it weren't for being caught by Tiger Dad, it became very self-contained and well-behaved after being taught (oppressed) by a bunch of third-level spirit beasts.
If it hadn't been uprooted by Tiger Dad, the mutant vines would have become terrifying carnivorous mutant plants if they remained in the forest.
Although the mutant vines had the ability to devour flesh and blood, Lin Qian had no plans to feed flesh and blood at present.
First of all, it was unclear whether the vine's absorption of flesh and blood would have an impact, and he didn't want to think about a spirit plant turning into a demon plant.
After all, animals have the difference between spirit beasts and demonized beasts, and plants are naturally likely to evolve demonized plants, which are all well-founded.
Moreover, Lin Qian was still waiting for the flower bag to open, what if the absorption of flesh and blood affected the composition of the spirit fruit, this kind of problem could not be said.
Finally, the mutant vine does not have much energy to transform by absorbing flesh and blood, and it is somewhat dispensable compared to the energy obtained from soil and sunlight, because the flesh and blood it absorbs from its own transformation also consumes energy, and in general, there is a harvest, but it is not big.
Moreover, the mutant vine itself did not absorb a lot of aura from the sunlight and the earth, which was enough for it to continue to evolve and grow, so Lin Qian felt that there was no need to risk absorbing flesh and blood.
After all, the nutrients of plants are simply sunlight, rain, and soil, and although vines have evolved this ability, this is not necessarily good.
After all, the mutant vine itself is unconscious, and its evolution is likely to be affected by external influences in addition to its own potential.
For example, at the beginning of the mutation, it evolved a spike that can anesthetize animals, and this spike can anesthetize animals, which can prevent itself from being eaten by animals and avoid danger, which is considered to be an evolution prompted by the potential for self-protection.
The current change is likely to be influenced by the energy of the heavy rain.
Because Lin Qian used his spiritual sense to communicate with the vines, the Mohu consciousness expressed by the vines did not like to devour the flesh and blood of animals, it was just an instinctive attack reaction.
In other words, it has no desire to suck flesh and blood, but this ability is passively activated when attacking.
Just like before, it didn't take the initiative to attack Tiger Dad, but when Tiger Dad walked near it, it passively attacked.
In this way, the aggressive behavior of the mutant vines is a mechanism of self-protection, after all, the plant has no consciousness, only instinct.
I would guess that it was the great energy that distorted the evolution of the mutant vines, mainly because Lin Qian didn't find that restless aura in the mutated vines, and the mutant vines didn't know what the restless aura Lin Qian was talking about.
It naturally couldn't perceive it without consciousness before, but after evolving into a spirit plant, it gave birth to a surging consciousness, but this consciousness was incomplete, and it was only a hazy point.
If that restless aura was still there, it would definitely swallow up the consciousness of the mutated vines, and it would be impossible to be as clean and peaceful as it is now.
The restless aura of the heavy rain was something that even a third-level spirit beast like them couldn't bear, let alone a mutant vine that was only a first-level spirit plant.