Chapter 15: A First Exploration of the Ark North
Walking along the path into the interior surrounded by boulders, you will see the shape directly below the monument.
As far as the eye can see, there are only two words in Li Xiao's heart to describe - heaven-grabbing creation, ghostly workmanship!
Although he had been under the monument countless times in the game, when he came and saw it with his own eyes, his heart was still shocked!
At first glance, it is a huge abyss! A circular crater nearly 100 meters wide and nearly 30 meters deep!
In the middle of this crater stands a huge platform supported by a stone.
Looking at the terrain, it seems as if this abyss is only to protect the platform in between.
Looking down, there was a turbulent water flow at the bottom of the giant pit, and with his eyes sweeping, Li Xiao found at least a dozen emperor giant crocodiles swimming in the water!
How do you get to the central platform, which is surrounded by an abyss?
Only a naturally formed stone bridge stands at both ends of the boulder and the central platform, and on closer inspection, the stone bridge is three meters wide and six or seven meters long, and the surface is also dilapidated.
But the stone bridge still looked solid, and Li Xiao walked up hard.
He was a little frightened, not to mention anything else, if one accidentally fell, he would definitely die a miserable death.
If this falls into the water below, it must be a real "corpse without bones"!
The central platform as a whole is also a boulder, but when Li Xiao walked to it, he found that it was different - the entire stone platform was covered with a thick layer of metal, and an extremely flat plane was paved on it.
The metal object as a whole is round, and it is a standard, machine-cut circle, and the lines on it are also staggered, full of science fiction.
In the center of this metal platform, there is a metal square pillar, and the top of the square pillar is also inlaid with a diamond-shaped metal object that is exactly the same as that on Li Xiao's arm.
Li Xiao knew that this square pillar was the end of the tribute, and as long as he put the artifact into that inventory, the artifact would be sacrificed.
He didn't have any artifacts in his inventory for him to sacrifice, so he could only look around one more time before cautiously walking up the stone bridge and exiting Stonehenge.
Head north and continue his quest......
Crossing a small stream to the north, Li Xiao became cautious, and this was already in the tropical rainforest area in the eastern part of Ark Island.
It's already a little dangerous, and some carnivorous creatures will appear in the lush rainforest.
Holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, the arrow is attached to the bow and ready to be fired.
Seeing the six ways and listening to the eight directions, Li Xiao moved forward cautiously, putting the senses of his body to the maximum.
He bent slightly, quietly shuttling through the dense forest.
The benefits of prudence were soon realized, and in the distance, Li Xiao saw two velociraptors chasing a herbivore in the distance.
And what worries Li Xiao is that they are coming towards him!
Dodge? But the problem is that it's too late! Velociraptors are extremely fast!
Seeing that the crisis was approaching, Li Xiao looked around, saw the surrounding trees, and thought of a good way - climbing trees!
Putting the bow on his body, Li Xiao was agile, and climbed a tall Sirog tree in three steps and two steps.
The lush foliage obscured his figure, revealing only two dark eyes.
In a few breaths, the creature chased by the two velociraptors actually skimmed over the tree where Li Xiao was staying like the wind, and the speed was extremely fast!
"I'll it! What a speed! ”
With the excellence of his vision, Li Xiao saw clearly the creature that passed by in a flash-like chicken dragon!
The appearance of this creature is peculiar, and it gives people a feeling of emaciation at a glance. With a small head, a slender neck and limbs, and a body that is more than two meters tall, it doesn't look very strong.
At the top of the head, there is a tuft of feathers like a velociraptor and swings with the wind as it runs......
Don't look at this creature is thin, Li Xiao can understand its power-
It's the fastest creature in the Ark world!
How fast exactly? Anyway, the two velociraptors chasing it could only follow it and eat dirt......
The two velociraptors also sped under the trees, but when they tried to continue the chase, the chicken-like figure had already disappeared from their sight.
It's just too fast!
In comparison, even the fastest cheetah is only a child in front of it.
Li Xiao roughly estimated the speed of this chicken-like dragon and came up with a statistic that made his jaw drop in shock.
The distance from the first sight of the chicken dragon to the bottom of the tree was almost 200 meters, and it only took eight seconds for it to run over!
That's twenty-five meters per second! One and a half kilometers per minute! Ninety kilometers per hour!
90 km/h! That's all up to the speed of the car!
You know, it's a rainforest with lots of trees and undulating terrain!
Li Xiao gasped and sighed: "It's terrifying! ”
"This is to tame a ......," Li Xiao's eyes flashed with excitement.
The episode ended in only twenty or thirty seconds, and Li Xiao jumped off the tree and continued to walk north.
Along the way, he encountered several more carnivorous dinosaurs, and Li Xiao carefully avoided them. By midday, he had finally walked out of the rainforest.
As far as the eye could see, there was a vast grassland in front of him, with only scattered trees, and he had come to the Eastern Plains!
Looking far to the north, at the end of the line, a mountain peak rises from the ground, towering and majestic, reaching into the sky!
This mountain is Yuanfeng Mountain, one of the five major mountain ranges on Ark Island.
Looking further to the west, there is another mountain that is much shorter than Yuanfeng Mountain, which is also one of the five major mountain ranges.
Standing on this flat and vast grassland, not only the surrounding scenery can be seen at a glance, but also the various creatures on the grassland can be seen vividly.
There is no need to talk about common herbivores such as triceratops, creovial elephants, and parasaurus, and there are several large creatures in the grassland that have not been seen.
The creature that looks similar to the Brontosaurus, with this long neck and tail, and is a circle smaller than the Brontosaurus, is the Diplodocus.
The appearance of this creature is eight or nine points similar to that of Brontosaurus, but compared to the smooth dark green skin of Brontosaurus, the skin of this Diplodocus is much rougher, with many more folds, and the color is mostly brown. This creature's personality is very different from the invincible Brontosaurus, it will attack creatures that are close to it, so Li Xiao had better avoid it.
Another giant creature is the giant rhinoceros, which resembles an oversized horse and rhinoceros, reaching four or five meters tall, standing there as majestic as a wall, mostly earthy gray.
These creatures roam the grasslands with ease, occasionally nibbling on the branches and leaves of trees, and they live comfortably without natural predators.
There are also larger carnivores on the grasslands, such as the carnivorous minotaureus, which is somewhat similar to the Tyrannosaurus rex-
This carnivore is three meters tall and has two antennae on the top of its head, like a cow, which is where its name comes from.
Its forelimbs are more degraded than those of the Tyrannosaurus rex, with almost no foreclaws left, only two bare little limbs growing backwards.
The appearance of running is like two forelimbs clamping the body, which is a bit funny.
Don't look at the Bull Dragon, this creature is much smaller than the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but it is also extremely dangerous for the current Li Xiao!
Li Xiao's current purpose is one word - hide!
When he saw any threatening creatures, he tried to stay away from them, so that they would not have the slightest chance of spotting him.
His destination is Yuanfeng Mountain at the end of his sight!
The distance is not close, but the road on the plain is easier to walk, and Li Xiao's plan is to use three or four hours to reach the foot of the mountain.
It's a pity that he forgot a sentence called: Wangshan runs a dead horse!
After walking for a long time, the mountain peaks in front of me did not feel any changes, and they were still far away in the sky. Li Xiao stopped a few times halfway, and only then did he reach the peak not far from the mountain before sunset.
With the afterglow of the setting sun, Li Xiao really saw this distant peak mountain.
The vegetation at the foot of the mountain is abundant, and the higher you go, the less vegetation there is, and there are almost no plants in sight halfway up the mountain.
At the top of the mountain, many shining points of light constantly reflected the golden light, and Li Xiao knew that it was the iron-rich iron ore on the top of the mountain.
This distant peak mountain is an excellent place to collect minerals in the future.
As night approached, Li Xiao was familiar with the road - looking for shelter and placing a sleeping bag......
The north was already a dangerous place, and he did not dare to make a fire for fear of attracting predators who were curious about the light.
He decided to make another move towards Yuanfeng Mountain tomorrow, if nothing else, just to see the unique creature of Yuanfeng Mountain, the griffin!
A creature with high intelligence, a large size, capable of both flying and running, and considered the top of the line on Ark Island!
However, the number of griffons is small, and it is unknown whether they will be able to meet them tomorrow.
Trembling, Li Xiao slept really badly this night, and was woken up several times by the roar of night creatures, and then he was careful to be on guard, and after a while, he could fall asleep again.
Early in the morning, Li Xiao was woken up by a whistling sound, he stiffened a carp, and quickly held the spear in his hand.
Sensing that the sound was only coming from a distance, Li Xiao relaxed his tense body.
Looking at the voice, Li Xiao saw a scene that made him unforgettable......
At the top of the mountain, illuminated by the sun in the distance, several flying black shadows loomed in the light.
Looking up, it is like a giant bowl buckle above the sky, the night is low, the heavens and stars still occupy most of the entire firmament, only the east is a little bright, the mountain top and mountainside on the east side of this distant peak mountain sprinkled with sporadic golden ......
These creatures flew freely and frolicked freely in the golden...... Like a playful child......
Combined with the towering peaks and the hazy light of the rising light, these flying figures form a breathtaking and magnificent scene......
In front of such a beautiful scenery, everything in the mortal world is so ridiculous, and no matter how big the troubles are, they can disappear......
Li Xiao's face couldn't help but show a little heartfelt smile.
To be honest, there were many moments when Li Xiao had an urge to stay on Ark Island forever! But he immediately shook his head and banished the terrible thought out of his mind!
"I'm not happy to be a bachelor for the rest of my life! Besides, my parents are still waiting for me at home! ”
From time to time a few hawk-like cries came from the mountainside, mixed with a little joy!
It was this voice that woke Li Xiao up just now.
Sure enough, those creatures were griffins!
Li Xiao was very excited. "Sure enough, there are griffins!"
It's a pity that the distance is too far to see the specific appearance of the griffin, Li Xiao decided to set off to the mountain peak to see these creatures that are so free that people can envy them up close.
The foot of the mountain is not steep, Li Xiao easily reached the halfway point of the mountain, but it is a little difficult to climb up further......
The southern slope of this peak is steep, and the mountainside is full of steep cliffs.
There are only two ways to go up, one is to go around to the north slope of the mountain and go up from a relatively gentle terrain.
The second is to directly venture rock climbing, which is a cliff with an angle of nearly 70 degrees to the ground!
It's a waste of time to go around the north slope, and as for the south slope of rock climbing......
Li Xiao looked up at the peak, looked left and right, and didn't find anything easy to climb.
"Well, it looks like the plan to climb the mountain to see the griffons has failed......"
The mountain climb failed, Li Xiao could only prepare to return the same way, but as soon as he turned around, the scene in front of him almost gave him a heart attack!
"I'll go!" Li Xiao subconsciously shouted.
I saw that five or six meters in front of him, a dinosaur had its back to him, wandering aimlessly.
Look at the appearance of that back, it is the dangerous carnivorous dinosaur - the bull dragon!
At first, the bull dragon didn't notice Li Xiao, its attention was all focused on finding the prey around it, Li Xiao stood there and raised his head and didn't move, the bull dragon didn't notice him.
But the bad thing was Li Xiao's subconscious throat, which completely alarmed this bull dragon.
It turned its body away, only turning its head.
Then in the next second, he had an intimate look with Li Xiao who was looking at it!
Like a relative who had not seen him for many years, this bull dragon was very excited, it had red eyes, opened its big mouth full of fangs and roared, and rushed towards Li Xiao.
Its drooling with excitement is dripping down!
It seems that it hopes that Li Xiao will give it a big, eager, and fierce hug!
But Li Xiao is a ruthless person, I saw him turn around without hesitation, and jumped onto the mountain wall with one flying body, three steps and two steps, like an ape in the jungle to climb this steep rock wall!
The sensitive figure did not have the slightest hint of the cowardice that had just stopped.
Niu Long rushed over, but only saw Li Xiao's back, and this back was getting higher and higher......
It was very sad, and roared at Li Xiao, as if asking why Li Xiao was avoiding it!
And Li Xiao on the mountain wall was startled again by the roar of the bull dragon, and the stones in his hands fell off and almost fell.
Looking down, he saw that the bull dragon could only pace at the bottom of the cliff, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After climbing up again for a while, Li Xiao leaned against a thirty-centimeter-wide stone platform on the cliff wall, and finally had a moment to rest.
Li Xiao looked down at the bull dragon that had become a little smaller, and his head was dizzy.
"I'll go, that's too high, isn't it?!"
I've been worshipping those gods who climb rock with bare hands and play extreme sports from the video, and now I'm here myself!
He knew that he would never envy those people in the future-
"What kind of extreme sports is this? That's playing with your life! ”
complained a word, but Li Xiao didn't dare to look down anymore, he was afraid that his young heart would not be able to stand the stimulation.
You don't have to think about going down, don't say you can't go down, it's going down, and there is a bull dragon on the ground waiting for a meal!
You can only keep going!