With the huge size of the monitor lizard and its agility of up to fifteen points, even if it walks slowly, it is not slow at all.
Every time he climbed a mountain, Luo Yuan quickly drew a sketch on the bark of the tree according to the terrain. The terrain here is too complex. Sometimes they encounter some particularly steep peaks or cliffs, and they have to go around them far away. Without comparison and correction again and again, I am afraid they will soon get lost in this endless forest. .
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the monitor lizard walked into a valley with cliffs and rugged rocks on both sides. The valley was very deep. As it moved forward, there was an obvious downward slope. It was not a bad idea to call it a canyon.
The air here is humid and humid. Even in the afternoon on a hot day, the air is still filled with a moist mist. A huge broad-leaved forest is lush and vigorous. However, perhaps because of the back sun, the trees seem a bit sparse and mutually exclusive. There is a huge gap between them.
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"Boss Luo, look, are those footprints?" Huo Dong said suddenly, his voice trembling.
Luo Yuan quickly looked in the direction Huo Dong was pointing. His expression suddenly became solemn. He saw several pairs of huge pits nearly two meters wide tens of meters in front of him. The pits were extremely deep, and the deepest part was actually It is up to one meter long, and the bottom shows a claw-like shape, which is undoubtedly a footprint.
Luo Yuan quickly asked the giant lizard to stop, with a heavy expression on his face. Even the sea creatures he had seen last time did not have such huge footprints. Compared with it, the monitor lizard's footprints are a bit miniscule.
He couldn't imagine how huge this creature was.
Everyone's faces turned pale, and the atmosphere suddenly seemed a little tense.
"How about we go around?" Huang Jiahui said suddenly.
Luo Yuan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "This area is almost full of cliffs, and no matter how bad it is, it's also a steep slope. If we have to take a long detour, we don't know how far we have to go."
If the monitor lizard has any weakness, it is that it is not strong in climbing ability. On an average slope, it can still walk on flat ground, but once the slope reaches forty or fifty degrees, it is a little reluctant. If it is steeper, it will Nothing can be done.
The reason why we walked through the canyon here was that we took a long detour to find the only passable road.
"Actually, you don't have to worry too much. With the size of this creature, even if the monitor lizard is not much bigger than a cat, as long as you avoid it carefully, it should be fine." Luo Yuan pondered for a while and said.
Just like humans deliberately targeting ants, creatures that are too large may be safer for humans.
"Luo Yuan, it's better not to take risks. We would rather we go around for a few more days." Huang Jiahui advised. She glanced at the footprints and couldn't help but swallow. This was really scary. The footprints were already like this. What about the body? It's so huge, if one kicks it down, even the monitor lizard will be destroyed.
Luo Yuan took a look at everyone and found that everyone was a little panicked. They had been frightened by the huge footprints. Obviously, more than one person had such an idea as Huang Jiahui.
He was a little hesitant, feeling vaguely that he had missed something.
"No! The food chain in nature is rigorous and orderly, with one link within another, showing a perfect pyramid distribution. And if such a large creature is a carnivore, it will probably be devastating to the creatures in this area. Disaster, or even no survival at all.”
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the top of the big tree where the footprints were.
Sure enough, not only this one tree, but also all the young leaves at the treetops within a radius of several hundred meters had disappeared.
This is obviously not a carnivore, but a herbivore.
Luo Yuan quickly explained his findings in detail, and everyone who was originally nervous suddenly relaxed. Compared to the aggressive carnivores, herbivores are much docile. As long as you don't provoke it, it usually won't attack.
But even so, Luo Yuan asked the giant lizard to stay away from these footprints to avoid touching each other. With the size of this giant beast, no matter how docile it is. It's extremely dangerous to get close. Maybe just by walking around unconsciously, terrible disasters will fall from the sky.
After walking for more than ten minutes, he felt that the ground began to vibrate rhythmically. It was slight at first, but soon became more and more intense. The giant lizard snored a little irritably. The originally noisy and active giant ape, He suddenly became quiet and followed the crowd obediently.
Along with the shaking of the ground, a breeze blew from the jungle at some point, and soon it turned into a light breeze. The leaves were rubbed, making a rustling sound, and then the sound of breaking trees was heard.
The sound gradually became louder and louder.
A few minutes later, a figure as big as a mountain came slowly from a distance. Because of the obstruction of the trees, it was difficult to see its full picture. Only the four thighs as thick as the stone piers of the viaduct were walking slowly. , displayed in front of everyone.
This slowness refers to the frequency of its movements, but because of its huge size, its speed is not much slower than that of a giant lizard running wildly
There were no scales on the surface of the thigh and it looked extremely rough. The upper and lower parts were covered with thick dark gray cuticles. Luo Yuan estimated that it would take a lot of effort to even use a sword to break through its defense.
Through the mottled leaves, he discovered with horror that this giant beast was at least tens of meters tall, just like a skyscraper with more than ten floors. Even if he just watched from a distance, he still felt extremely shocked.
It was still one kilometer away from Luo Yuan and the others. It passed by and soon disappeared without a trace. Only a gust of wind remained, and it disappeared faintly. Everyone was stunned for a while before setting off again.
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When it was close to three o'clock, Luo Yuan and others finally walked out of the valley. There was a sunken basin in front of them. After walking for more than three hours, the sun began to set in the west and the sky gradually turned gray.
"Just rest here for the night!" Luo Yuan looked at the surrounding environment and made the giant lizard stop.
The trees here seem to be of the same species, with aerial roots covered with fine tentacles hanging down from the branches. From a distance, you can see pythons hanging upside down. The dense leaves are airtight, blocking out the afterglow of the sunset. It's so tight that when you're in it, you feel like you're stepping directly into the night.
Luo Yuan jumped down first, using his sword to cut off a section of the air roots that were densely packed nearby and difficult for people to pass through, and the space suddenly became spacious.
"Why does it feel a bit eerie here!" Wang Xiaguang jumped down and looked around. It seemed to be a psychological effect, making him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Me too!" Wang Shishi followed up and said. She kicked the huge tree roots under her feet. There was almost no soil here, only the extremely twisted and knotted tree roots, entangled with each other. Moreover, the common grass and shrubs under the ordinary woods are nowhere to be seen here.
"Luo Yuan, is there no danger here?" Huang Jiahui asked.
"Don't scare yourself, but everyone should be more careful at night!" Luo Yuan frowned and said. For some reason, since he stepped here, he felt like he was being spied on. This feeling was extremely vague, and It was everywhere, making him nervous and highly nervous all the way, but he never found any danger.
He looked at the sky and gave up the idea of leaving here, maybe it was psychological.