That pterosaur has always been vigilant about its surroundings, and for Shao Xuan, who has been feeding it for the past few days, although he has gotten a little closer, he is still more afraid.
After a few days, the pterosaur has roughly recovered to its pre-frozen state, and its reaction and perception have been much quicker. As soon as there was movement at the door of the secret room, it sensed not only Shao Xuan, but also more unfamiliar people. The breath exists, so he hides so quickly.
This way of hiding is not like a bat, but when it used to live in the mountains and forests, it would hide in the bushes when it was in danger, behind the leaves or behind the dense branches. After all, it is small, not like those As unscrupulous as the large pterosaurs that dominate the sky.
Yes, after this period of time, Shao Xuan discovered that this pterosaur might have belonged to a small pterosaur, and he probably couldn't see the large pterosaurs he imagined that could be compared with chacha.
When Shao Xuan brought out the pterosaur hiding under the table, the others gathered around the table to take a closer look at this ancient creature.
"This is the... pterosaur you said?" Zheng Luo looked at the pterosaur on the table, "It looks really weird, not like a bird, nor a bat."
"Does it really come from a long, long time ago?" Ao wanted to reach out and pull its wings, but was dodged by it.
It can feel the power of the flaming horn fire, and can feel the similarities in other flaming horns. Although the shape is different, the breath is similar.
similar
This is its first thought.
Although I don't understand why the looks of the guys in front of him are so different from him and their bodies are so different, this does not prevent him from knowing what to do. Shao Xuan has been training him these days and told him with his actual behavior. , attacking people with a similar fire breath will be punished, so it does not dare to attack, it can only avoid it, and its eyes are still vigilantly staring at the surrounding people.
"It's hard to believe that it has been frozen for so long and hasn't died. It's just such a small thing." Duo Kang raised his hand and gestured, it was not as big as the two spike-toothed beasts he gave to Shao Xuan, it was an amazing vitality.
"Since you found one, Ah Xuan, what happened to the other beasts that lived in that era?" The retired old man Wu stroked his beard, "From those insects and beasts in the ice, and the recovery of From the perspective of this pterosaur, the beasts of that era are likely to be very different from those of today."
"Yes, the beasts at that time were indeed different from those of today, but why they disappeared, I don't know. However, I have some ideas these days." Shao Xuan said.
The people in Yanjiao didn't ask how Shao Xuan knew about this, because they didn't think it was important. Even if they asked, Shao Xuan said that the ancestors told them, and they would definitely believe it. What they thought was important was just what Shao Xuan said. , not where Shao Xuan learned about it.
Hearing what Shao Xuan said, the two retired witches became interested, and the others also looked at Shao Xuan, waiting for what Shao Xuan said next. Shao Xuan said that these ferocious beasts like pterosaurs may have lived earlier than the ancestors of Yanjiao.
"You said, why did they disappear?"
"It may be because of the fire." Shao Xuan said.
"Tinder?" Others wondered, what is this about Tinder
"I found out in the past few days that this pterosaur is very afraid of fire flames. On the contrary, ordinary firewood burning flames, although they will avoid it, do not respond so strongly." When trying that special kind of slavery Shao Xuan discovered this phenomenon when he was using the method, and tried it several times in the next few days, each time with the same result.
"Afraid of the flame of fire? Other beasts don't matter, but don't you say that it can recover, or because of the power of fire? And it also has the aura of fire with horns in its body, how can it be afraid?" People of different tribes will reject the fire of other tribes, but people or beasts with the same fire power in their bodies should not behave like this. For example, the few that have been engraved in the tribe, they are not afraid of the fire of the horns. .
"For this, I think, it should know that the fire flame I sent can't hurt it, but the fear response seems to be an instinct. As long as there is a fire flame, it will desperately want to stay away and hide. .I guess, before it was frozen, did it see something about fire?" It's like a conditioned reflex, feeling fire and wanting to avoid it.
"Wait!" The two witches took out the pen and the animal skin scroll at the same time, quickly recorded it, and then said to Shao Xuan, "Continue."
Professional response, even after retirement, the two old people are still very interested in some things related to history. What Shao Xuan said, even if it is a guess, they will record it, so what if they can't prove it, maybe the descendants of Yanjiao will be able to Find the answer
Looking at the records of the two old men, Shao Xuan continued.
"If, I mean, if this pterosaur had seen fire before it was frozen, and it was not long before it was frozen, then its reaction like this would make sense. After a long time, its memory will fade, but if it was seen not long before it was frozen, it is more likely to have such a reaction after waking up. Generally speaking, the fire of the tribe will be placed in the fire pit. After all, in such a long time, it should be There has not been a phenomenon of Tinder fusion."
Everyone nodded in unison. Of course they understood what Shao Xuan said. Even on the other side of the sea, the time for fusion of fire would not have been 100,000, 1,000,000, or even more than 100,000 years ago. If it really existed at that time, only Can be the state of the original Tinder.
"Although I don't know what happened at that time, I guess it should have been brought by the original fire, otherwise it wouldn't have made it so afraid. The eyes it looked at the fire were not unfamiliar, but it seemed to see something familiar. It's the same horrible thing." Shao Xuan couldn't perceive the thoughts in the pterosaur's consciousness like he could perceive sapphire, that special enslavement method is only for bones, not consciousness, what the pterosaur was thinking, Shao Xuan really doesn't know, so he can only judge and guess based on some details.
Shao Xuan's statement was accepted by everyone. In their hearts, fire is the most powerful thing in the world. If there is anything that can make all the beasts who lived in that long era disappear, it is probably only fire. For other reasons, they Do not accept, is there anything more powerful than Tinder? They don't believe it.
"However, guessing is guesswork after all, and there are still many things that don't make sense, but no one can know what happened at that time, except for it." Shao Xuan pointed to the stone table and was still watching the pterosaurs around him vigilantly. said.
Because he had used a method of enslavement, Shao Xuan was not sure that he could successfully use the enslavement method that enslaved Sapphire before to enslave it. The two methods of enslavement are too different. If one is not careful, the pterosaur will explode directly. , in that case, not even a bone slag can be left. Besides, after all, that was a long, long time ago, there is no need to focus on figuring it out, they are not archaeologists, and if they have the energy, they might as well go to the Yanhe River to dig a channel and build a house.
Everyone in Yanjiao was just curious for a while, and had no intention of continuing to ask.
"Be sure to take good care of it! Ah Xuan, if you can't take care of it, you can let us two old guys come. It's an ancient beast that has seen fire a long time ago, and lived before the ancestors! It's alive!" Before leaving the secret room , the two resigned witches reluctantly turned their heads to look at the stone table. Among all the people here, apart from Shao Xuan, the only ones who were most interested in the pterosaur were the two old men.
According to the meaning of the two witches, there is a lot of meaning to use this pterosaur as the mascot of the tribe, but Shao Xuan has no such idea. This guy is not big, but his temperament is quite ferocious. Is he a mascot? It's good enough not to hurt people.
After everyone else left, Shao Xuan looked at the pterosaur who jumped off the stone table and gliding to the ground to find food. According to its performance today, it should be able to be taken out in a few days.
Five days later, Shao Xuan left the underground room with a cage made of new bronze.
The cage was covered with a thin layer of cloth, and there were still some holes in the cloth. People outside could not see the situation in the cage from those small holes, but inside the cage, there was a pair of eyes curiously looking out from the holes. Voila.
Shao Xuan did not open the cage in Yanhe Fort, but kept carrying the cage out of the trading area, walking from the Yanhe Bridge to the Yanjiao headquarters.
The Yanhe River is digging a channel, and the people involved include Yanjiao people, Taihe, Mo tribe, Yu tribe, and some people from surrounding tribes, and even a few far-travelers can be seen.
Digging the river channel requires labor, and these laborers cannot all be from Yanjiao and Taihe. After all, there are other things in other places, and Taihe is still under construction, so there are only a few people that can be allocated, so only a few people can be hired. There are some people around who are very willing to work, and they can also use their labor to exchange a lot of things from Yanjiao, and Yanjiao also manages two meals a day.
There are other people from the long-distance team who want to join, but unfortunately they are one step behind, they have recruited enough people, and they are starting work recently.
The stone bridge on the Yan River directly intercepts the water surface of the Yan River. If you want to pass the boat upstream and downstream, it will be quite troublesome. Therefore, after the re-planning, a river will be dug, bypassing the petrochemical area from the upstream, and connecting the downstream. The amount of work is not small. But they are in no hurry.
I have dug artificial lakes before, and Yanjiao has some experience in this area, so I don't find it troublesome.
When Shao Xuan passed by, the digging was hot.
Shao Xuan handed them a fierce beast brought over from the trading area as food for this morning's snack. I asked about the progress of digging the river channel and whether there were any problems. After listening to the person in charge over there saying that everything was going well, Shao Xuan didn't stop there too much, and left with the cage in his hand, heading towards the Yanhe Bridge.
"What is that on the hand of the elder?" A flaming horn warrior looked at the back of Shao Xuan's departure and asked his companion next to him.
"I don't know, but I can feel that there seems to be the aura of our flaming horns in it. It's really strange. Could it be that the elder has engraved a fierce beast?"
"How big is the cage? The inside is even smaller. Could it be a beast?"
"What else can it be if it's not a fierce beast? The Great Elder shot, can it be just an ordinary beast?"
"That's... hey, we'll find out later, the Great Elder will definitely release it."