"The road on the Coral Plateau is not easy to walk, and the lower the terrain, the more so." Ah Jian walked in front to lead the way, while explaining:

"What we're stepping on isn't rocks and dirt, it's all living coral."

As he spoke, Ah Kin jumped on the spot twice, and the turquoise blue mass under his feet, which he couldn't tell whether it was an animal or a plant, was elastic, like a mat with springs, bouncing and swaying with his beating.

"Wang!"

"Meow!"

The eyes of the gale-strong pork chops lit up, and the nature of cats and dogs made it impossible for them to resist the temptation of this "shaking", so they immediately climbed on the coral and jumped and played.

Gordon Anhill did not dare to let his guard down in the slightest.

They kind of understand what "biodiversity" is.

All kinds of unnamed corals, weird creatures that shouldn't have appeared on the ground, and strange insects

For scholars, it's a treasure trove of unknowns, but in the eyes of hunters, danger lurks at every turn.

The area near the research base is not bad, it is close to the Grand Canyon, and the terrain is not too low, at least the ground will not move if you step on it.

What is it like now?

Anhill carefully stepped on a loose and porous "stone" that looked like a lotus pod, and a large pile of soft and tender green tentacles that I didn't know if there was poison or not immediately drilled out and wrapped around the soles of his feet.

Anhill, who was nervous, immediately unleashed his heavy crossbow and was about to blast the stone with long tentacles.

Ah Jian hurriedly grabbed him, "Don't be nervous! It has no malice, it just takes you as its prey! ”

“.？”

Anhill pulled the bolt and put his finger on the trigger.

"No, no, no!"

Ah Jian hurriedly reorganized the language, "They are like this, they rely on sensory vibration to prey, and when something passes by, they will stretch out their tentacles to try it.

These polyps are actually very weak, and the only ones they can eat are ants, so you can lift your feet slowly, slowly, lightly."

Anhill paused.

"What happens if you lift your feet fast, is it dangerous? Like getting entangled in more tentacles, being stung by a stinger, or something? Gordon asked, solemnly.

If that's the case, you'll have to be very careful when hunting, as the roadside is full of traps.

"Ah, not really." Ah Jian waved his hand and said, "With the thickness of the armor on your body, there is no coralite in the world that can hurt you."

It is true that many polyps can sting, but their stinging cells can only pierce soft tissues as thick as paper at most, and there is no danger when touched through layers of clothing, let alone armor.

I'm telling you to slow down, but I'm afraid that these little tentacles-like polyps will break off for you, and they're still very fragile. ”

"Oh."

Anhill looked indifferent and lifted his foot hard.

Sure enough, several of the tentacles that were wrapped around the soles of its shoes were torn off.

"No ——!"

Gordon Anhill looked at Ah Jian with a "what's wrong with you" expression.

"Ahem, well, it's not that exaggerated, it's just that polyps of this color are relatively rare, wait a minute, I'll take a sample."

Ah Jian smiled dryly, bent down, and used small tweezers to clip a still wriggling green tentacle from Anhil's boot, and put it into the glass tube he carried with him.

"But I do have to remind you, try not to touch these polyps directly with your skin, although they are not very toxic to humans, but being stung is also painful and itchy, and some people will be allergic."

"Understood."

Next to it, Gale and Pork Chop were having fun.

The gale jumped high on all fours, and then smashed down, I don't know if it was because the impact was too strong, which stimulated the mysterious soft creature.

A stream of clear water spurted out of a hole in its center, and the fountain-like jet of water directly washed the pork chop away.

"Meow ——!"

Gordon had no choice but to run to fetch the pork chops hanging from a clump of tree-like coral branches.

Anhill also taught the gale a lesson, telling it not to run around and to settle down.

The pork chop shook itself and shook off the water droplets on his hair, "What kind of meow is that?" It's also a coral meow."

Ah Jian looked at the huge mollusk creature with a diameter of nearly ten meters, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "It's hard to say, we scholars have disagreements about the classification of that thing, and the scientific name has not been determined.

We like to call it 'waterbed coral', it is full of fresh water, slightly salty but not drinkable, and is an important source of water for the creatures of the terrestrial coral terrace.

After all, rivers and lakes are rarely seen in the terrestrial coral plateau, and both rain and river water will flow downward, making it difficult to accumulate into water. ”

"There's a lot of this stuff around? Large and small, I have seen several. Gordon said.

"Smack!"

Ah Jian snapped his fingers, "That's right! The more low-lying the place, the more common this waterbed coral becomes.

Nutrient-rich mist from the valley of miasma, along with abundant rain, is necessary for this waterbed coral to thrive.

In addition, there must be a large number of waterbed corals in the area where the water monster bird is active, and I have said before that the land coral platform lacks water, and the water monster bird can only rely on these waterbed corals to replenish water in the body. ”

"In other words, if we go to an area with a lot of corals in the waterbed, the probability of encountering a water monster bird is higher?"

"That's right!"

Gordon tentatively cut a small piece of tissue from the waterbed coral and placed it in a guide cage.

Unfortunately, the guide worm did not respond

"Gale." Anhill pointed to the waterbed coral that the pork chops used as a playground, "Remember the smell, take us to find it." ”

"Wang!"

Gale looked down and sniffed carefully, then took a step and ran.

As Kin said, waterbed corals can be found almost everywhere in this trough area.

In this way, the hunters, led by a keen sense of smell and strong winds, inspected more than 20 waterbed corals in a row.

Finally, they made a discovery.

Gordon felt an orange-yellow feather from the middle of an extraordinarily large waterbed coral, a somewhat wicked-looking closed cavity.

"Is this the feathers of the water demon bird?"

Ah Jian took a closer look and confirmed: "That's right, it should be the feather on the neck, which is estimated to have fallen off when he stuck his head into the waterbed coral to drink." ”

"That's convenient."

Gordon threw the feathers into the cage, and this time, the insects reacted quickly, and after staying on the feathers for a moment, they flew out of the cage in groups and flew in a certain direction.

Hunters followed.

The monster that is locked by the guide insect has no possibility of finding it.

In this way, I ran up and down for dozens of minutes among countless strange-shaped coral bushes.

The big bird, which was mainly orange and red, finally appeared in front of the hunters.

It has emerald eyes, golden-edged scales and feathers, powerful wings, and a colorful tail, and every part of its body is so gorgeous.

But once put together, Taini is too ugly, destroy it.

With a look of disgust, Anhill set up the murderous moment [Shi Yu] and loaded the magazine that LV3 normally bullets.

It may be that it has not encountered a creature that can pose a threat to it for too long, and because it is used to being arrogant, the water monster bird does not seem nervous.

After glancing at the hunters, it continued to stick out its long, slime-stained tongue and lick the polyp eggs that were everywhere.

Gordon smirked and moved his neck, "Gale Pork Chop, you protect Mr. Kin."

Ansill, let's make it nervous. ”

(End of chapter)