The temperament of these giant dragonflies is not bad, otherwise they will not let the people in the advance team take a ride.
Looking at the style of the advance team, this is not the first time they have used this method to go down the mountain, and these giant dragonflies may not be unimpressed by them, but according to the tower, as long as they don't take the initiative to provoke them and don't attack, they will fight against each other. The hitchhikers don't mind and are willing to take a ride.
Looking down from the back of the dragonfly, the forest below looks very peaceful. Of course, this is just the surface. The land below is even more dangerous than the mountains and forests that I passed through on the last hunting route.
The law of the strong food of the weak also applies here. In some places where the trees are too dense, there will be great competition for the absorption of nutrients. Shao Xuan can occasionally see some withered trees. The trees are very large and seem to have a history of a hundred years, with intertwined roots. . It was such a tree, but it withered, there was no wormhole, and the trunk did not crack, but the tower told Shao Xuan that it had been "killed" by the other surrounding trees.
The battlefield of plants may be on the ground or underground. If you cut the ground, you will see that the roots of the dead tree are all broken by the roots of other surrounding trees.
"Attention, get ready to go!" Ta reminded Shao Xuan.
It is impossible for them to follow this group of dragonflies all the time. The destinations are different. After a ride, they parted ways.
The dragonfly swarm was huge, and not all of the forty or so members of the advance team were gathered together. Even if the dragonflies were next to each other at the beginning, as the dragonflies flew and their formations changed, they soon became invisible.
"Jump!"
Shao Xuan did not exert any strength at all, and was carried by the tower and jumped down.
The landing place chosen by the tower was a plant that stood there like a tall building, and fell on a huge leaf near the top. The buffer of the leaf removed some of its strength, and the tower was waiting for the group of dragonflies to fly a little. It jumps down when it's low, so it won't hurt.
After landing safely, Shao Xuan was also put down.
The leaves under the feet are a little cool and not smooth.
In other positions in the air, the team members continued to find a suitable landing point and jumped down.
"Let's go."
The tower greeted Shao Xuan to follow, but he did not carry Shao Xuan this time, but he had promised the witch would bring Shao Xuan back safely, so he had to keep an eye on it.
"Be alert to the surroundings and react quickly." Ta urged.
"Well." Shao Xuan followed the tower, jumping from the upper leaves of the plant to the lower leaves, and had to be careful not to roll off the leaves.
The plant only had leaves near the top third, and further down, there was only the thick stem.
The tower deliberately slowed down, and Shao Xuan followed him and slid down the stem.
The trees near the ground are not as bright as the ones above, the plants are too dense, the branches block the sunlight too much, and only a small part is projected from the gap. It was obviously cooler below, but the light was enough for Shao Xuan to see the surroundings.
Here, Shao Xuan has a feeling that he has become smaller, or the world has become larger.
The last time I went out hunting, I saw many ancient trees and large beasts, but I didn't feel as small as I am now.
Even mushrooms have the shape of a wooden house, don't you feel small
Next to the rhizome of the tall plant near the ground, the tower whistled to summon the others who landed.
The whistle is a little lower, not as good as the whistle of other hunting teams, such as the chirping of birds and deer. This is used exclusively in this area.
The subtle sound is heard from not far away, and it is difficult to detect if you don't listen carefully.
Shao Xuan turned his head to look over, and found a few thin vines like straw ropes rapidly extending here.
Both Shao Xuan and the tower were standing in the direction of the vine spreading, but Shao Xuan felt that the target of these vines seemed to be himself.
Whoosh!
A small stone knife was nailed to the ground, and it also cut off the tip of the vine that was stretching here.
The vines that were cut off immediately stopped extending to this side, but quickly retracted, as if they were afraid.
Tower took back the stone knives in the past and said to Shao Xuan, "Don't treat them as dead objects, or you will die. Moreover, many of them know how to avoid the weak and avoid the strong. The weakest in our team is you."
Sure enough, it became a target again.
The fierce beasts in the forest will attack the cubs of other races when they find an opportunity, and here, even these plants know how to pinch softly, and they can't handle too strong.
Shao Xuan had heard people say in a previous life that plants also have five senses, including sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, but many people just didn't pay attention. But now, Shao Xuan deeply realized the five senses amplified by these plants.
Not long after, other soldiers who landed in various places also gathered here. After counting the number of people, they continued to set off. However, this time, they were divided into two teams, and they went from two directions to find the task from Wu Fa.
In this way, there are only twenty people in Shao Xuan's team.
For this vast green area, it is impossible for the advance team to be familiar with every inch of the land, but they can identify the direction, as long as there is sunshine, they will not get lost, and their route is basically unchanged.
In the woods, birds and insects can be heard, and there are various sounds made by some plants. Sometimes it is like knocking on a door, and the tuk-tuk-tuk sound echoes in the forest, and sometimes the sound reminds Shao Xuan of the mast. The sound of the wedge turning.
Following the tower and the others running in the woods, Shao Xuan saw all kinds of plant weapons. One moment was quiet and peaceful, and the next moment became bloody.
Shao Xuan once saw a plant whose originally smooth leaves can be turned into saws or cutters in an instant, chop up animals or other plants that intrude around it, and then bury it in the ground around it to add nutrients to it. .
There are also direct carnivores, some are similar to sundew, pitcher plants, etc. I have seen in my previous life, and some are more ferocious, they are active attack type, the general kind, the advance team will avoid, that type of plant is generally Not easy to mess with.
"Take a rest, Tuohe is going to fetch water." After rushing for a long time, the tower said to him.
What Wu was looking for was not here, and they would have to run for a while to meet it.
There is no river around here, not even a stream. Shao Xuanzheng was puzzled, when he saw Tuohe Nii Ni came under a plant with thick leaves, and used a stone knife to split the surface of the stem. Only a few consecutive knives can break the seam. With only one knife, the wall is too thick to cut open. , even if the gap is cut, it will quickly close.
The green liquid flows out from the slit, with a faint sweet smell. Tuohe took the kettle and collected the liquid that flowed out.
Those liquids would also attract other insects, so except for Tuo He Ni Ni and Shao Xuan who went to fetch water, everyone else was on guard around them, killing one bug when they came. Some people are guarded against the sky, and some are guarded against other directions of the forest. When they are allocated, they can only spare two people to fetch water.
"A Xuan, throw the kettle over here!" said Tuo, who was fetching water over there.
Tuo did not let Shao Xuan get close to the plant, so Shao Xuan stood ten meters away. Hearing Tuo's words, Shao Xuan threw the empty gourd over.
When it was full of water, Tuo threw the gourd over and continued to call for the next player to throw the water bottle.
Those greenish liquids attracted many insects, all of which were relatively large, and any beetle was nearly one meter long.
"Hurry up!" urged the tower over there.
There was a swarm of insects flying towards this side in the distance, and the twenty of them could not hold the group of insects.
When the last pot was finished, the group of worms were still about 200 meters away, enough for them to leave.
"Walk!"
After taking the water, of course you have to leave immediately.
"What are those?" Shao Xuan asked while resting on a leaf of a plant after leaving a certain distance.
"We call it the ripper. The plant we fetched water just now can recover quickly, the incision will heal, and the water that flows out will be reabsorbed by it, and then protected with a thick wall. When it gets up, many bugs have no way to take it, or leave after no smell, but the ripper is different, and the plant will most likely die when it encounters the ripper." Tuo said.
That kind of insect called a ripper, as the name suggests, has a blade-like forelimb for biting and cutting. Shredders do not avoid meat and vegetables, they will suck plant sap, and also suck the blood of animals, and often fly in groups.
The people in the advance team didn't want to confront the Shredders. One is that the Shredder Swarm is too lethal, and the other is that the bugs are too smelly. If they get on the smell, they may not be able to go back after hunting. eliminate.