Chapter 157: Cocoons and Wintering
The small basket made of rattan and large leaves was filled with palm-sized red and white spotted mushrooms, and the blue spotted mushrooms were trotted all the way to a cave by dragging heavy objects on the ground.
The beast that had almost smashed it lay silently.
At this moment, the flesh and blood on the giant beast continued to wriggle, and the fleshy mucus film remaining in his body spread more and more, covering almost his entire body, and it was still surging inward.
Stepping into the cave, it cautiously glanced at the beast and made sure it was okay before approaching slowly.
After circling a large number of giant beasts again, the blue mushroom lone man looked at the red and white spotted mushroom lone in the basket and showed a trace of flesh pain.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally took out most of it, crumpled it all and sprinkled it on all parts of the giant beast's body.
"Yo roar~"
Originally, it was still a little apprehensive, but when it saw that the mushroom was quickly melted into liquid and disappeared from the giant beast, it jumped and jumped with joy.
It stepped aside, moved a stone for itself as a chair, and sat there looking at the beast expectantly.
But it waited and waited, and the flesh and blood of the giant beast still wriggled at an irregular frequency, and there was no other movement.
"Huh?"
It tilted its head, a little confused.
Turning his head to look at the remaining red mushrooms in the basket, he was about to grit his teeth and scatter them all on the giant beast.
Suddenly, the body of the giant beast erupted into an extremely fierce struggle, and the breath that was sometimes strong and sometimes weak continued to rise and fall on his body.
The flesh that had been slowly wriggling became so intense that it was as if another creature was constantly moving inside the beast's body, eating at its body!
Such a terrifying scene, where is a small mushroom lonely person can endure.
"Ahh
It screamed in fright on the spot, didn't care about anything, jumped off the stone bench, spread its short legs and rushed out.
Seeing that he was about to run out of the cave, he suddenly found that he still had a small half basket of mushrooms that he hadn't taken, so he immediately gritted his teeth and rushed back and took the basket in his hand.
Syllable!
A strange roar came from the giant beast's body, and countless tentacle-like flesh buds popped out from the flesh-colored film covering his body, frightening the mushroom orphan in place, unable to move at all.
But in the end, it was only pumped by one of the flesh buds, and even the mushroom lone person was directly pulled out of the cave with the mushroom lonely.
Immediately afterwards, all the flesh buds that flew out of the mountain were all stuck to the mountain wall, each dancing like a cocoon, wrapping the giant beast layer by layer and sealing it!
It didn't take long for it to be lost in its original form, except for a cocoon of fleshy tissue connected to the cave walls, struggling and wriggling inside.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, the blue spotted mushroom looked at everything inside the cave in horror, and his little brain couldn't understand what was going on.
Seeing that the meat cocoon was still jumping out of the granulation tissue and stacking on top of each other, almost occupying the cave completely, it didn't dare to stay at all, for fear that it would be swept into it by the inexplicable monster, so it turned around and ran.
One day, two days, three days.
Four days later, the blue spotted mushroom lone man ran back again.
This time, it also brought with it a frog with a metallic stone on its back, and from time to time a trace of fine electric light flashed on it.
"Quack?"
The frog reached out and patted the mushroom lonely man, his tone puzzled.
Zi –
"I-"
Suddenly, a touch of electricity ran through the whole body of the mushroom lonely man from its hand, and the other party was a spirit on the spot, and surging smoke came out of his body, revealing a bit of burnt breath.
But the mushroom lone competition is not a big deal!
Although it was used to it, it glared at the frog and pointed to the hole, signaling it to be quiet.
"Ahh
A lonely mushroom and a frog, slowing down, like a small partner on an adventure together, slowly approached the cave.
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poked out half of his head up and down, but the mushroom and frog were stunned on the spot.
The granulation tissues that originally ejected out and almost occupied the cave have now shrunk by half and converged, and many of them have directly dried up and scattered all over the place.
The entire package of the meat cocoon, which was constantly wriggling, was tightly packed, but the outside completely formed a layer of hard shell.
Through the tiny cracks, four-colored clouds can be faintly seen circulating in them, as if they have been replaced by other substances inside.
The most obvious thing is that the cocoon constantly exudes a high and low smell.
When it is strong, it is no different from the commander level, and when it is weak, there is also a general level.
The aura continued to sweep around, almost branding the vicinity with its own territory, so that after such a long time, no other imperial beast even dared to come and take a look.
That is, the blue spotted mushroom lonely man is not very smart, and the guy with big nerves doesn't care about so many and some don't.
Seeing that it was okay, the mushroom lonely man was about to go in, but was pulled by the frog, "Quack!"
Zi –
The mushroom lonely man was electrocuted again, and his movements stopped.
The frog on the back stone looked frightened, dancing with his hands, shouting and jumping.
Isn't this a serious creature, so why don't you pull it in and die?
"Ahh
The blue mushroom lonely man shook his head and gestured a few times.
The big guy is asleep at first glance, this is their winter place, and it's okay to be with him!
The frog froze suddenly, not knowing whether he was marveling at the courage of the mushroom lonely, or doubting its brain.
But it looked inside the cave, dry, warm, spacious, and the breath of a giant beast to dispel the threat, and looked outside at the withered trees and the cold wind.
The environment is not too bad!
"Quack ......"
It hesitated, saying to take a look first.
"Ahh
The mushroom man nodded in satisfaction, and immediately beckoned the frog with the back stone to walk into the cave together.
……
Time passed.
At first, the frog and the mushroom lone man were quite cautious, and only dared to stay at the entrance of the cave, and only used the space in the cave to store food for the winter, including the shrunken and dried meat of the giant beast, and they also put it away for other storage.
It may seem scary, but if you don't have enough food, then what is it not to eat!
And with the aura of a giant beast in the cave, there are no other royal beasts nearby that will approach at will, so safety is not a problem.
The two little ones are getting more and more comfortable.
November passed.
As December arrives, the temperature drops, the cold wind howls, and the sky begins to see snowflakes.
Seeing that the meat cocoon was motionless, they simply hid in the hole, clinging to the surging temperature emitted by the meat cocoon, and spreading all kinds of hay collected to keep warm.
The clock continues to tick in January.
Snow has become the norm.
As the snowflakes accumulate deeper and deeper, they almost sink into the holes, and the frogs and mushrooms become more and more unbearable.
They tried to move the cocoon, and found that all of its external buds were disconnected and could be pushed perfectly.
One frog and one mushroom simply pushed the meat cocoon to the entrance of the hole, resisting the wind and snow and keeping warm, and at the same time releasing coercion to deter the hungry beasts from intruding in winter.
In this way, the two weak imperial beasts cooperated with each other, and with this gift from heaven, they survived the most difficult period of winter.
And the life in the cocoon, which has not moved for a long time, has finally resolved the crisis of external invasion and ushered in its own new changes.