The four-legged snake left the range of the radar chart. Shen Cong immediately opened the skylight and jumped out. He then searched visually and found no trace.
Then the DJI Phantom 8 drone was launched and the drone was used to observe the four-legged snake's path.
In the drone footage, traces of the four-legged snake soon appeared, with waves of snowflakes rising high near Zhangshan Township, about 4 kilometers away.
Break the waves and move forward.
"Look at the direction, the four-legged snake entered the mountains along Provincial Highway 312." Shen Cong compared the map in his mind and figured out the direction of the four-legged snake's movement.
The four-legged snake may be heading into the 20-mile long mountain in the Jianghuai watershed.
Basically, heading north from Lai'an County, there are more mountains and hills, which is the Jianghuai watershed area. The south of the watershed belongs to the Yangtze River Basin, which has a subtropical climate, and the north is the Huaihe River Basin, which has a warm temperate climate. Passing along the Jianghuai watershed, you can clearly feel the difference in climate between the north and the south.
In Shen Cong's plan, he wanted to pass through Shili Changshan Mountain along Provincial Highway 312, transfer from Banta Town in Lai'an County to Busan Town in Tianchang City, and then turn from Busan Town onto the Changshen Expressway.
He frowned: "This four-legged snake may be a big threat."
There are always some ferocious and huge golden beasts that do not stay near the oasis, but move around. For example, the golden dragon that Shen Cong encountered before was seen moving from barren to rich areas.
Moreover, the Xuanwu discovered in the eastern theater and the Earth Dragon discovered by the Death Eaters were of nuclear magnitude, two orders of magnitude higher than the Golden Jiao, and were still active in the barren zone.
It is difficult to define how these super-large golden beasts were born, and whether they are related to meteorite fragments.
After finding traces of the four-legged snake, Shen Cong controlled the drone and circled around.
The picture is white, a vast expanse of white.
Except for the four-legged snake that was drifting away, there was no living creature. The world seemed to have suddenly fallen into static white, except for the occasional flying snowflakes.
There was a gust of wind, blowing flakes of snowflakes on the ground, floating like mist.
"Crisis averted."
Shen Cong used the walkie-talkie to contact the military jeep.
Old Wei, Zhao Zilong and others immediately walked out of the snow cave. Old Wei was familiar with it personally. After approaching Shen Cong, he asked loudly: "Colonel Chen, what kind of golden beast is it and how big is it?"
"A four-legged snake, no matter how big it is, there are traces of a golden beast a hundred meters ahead. You can go and check it out." Shen Cong pointed forward.
He also walked over and personally inspected the traces left by the four-legged snake.
In the snow, you can clearly see that the place that seems to have been stirred is very huge. The imprint of the claws is the clearest. The traces of the front claws can be seen, which are five splayed toes, long and thin, with claws at the tips. The length of the toes is two meters; the hind claws also have five toes and are at least four meters long. .
The body width of the four-legged snake is at least five meters and its length is about forty-five meters.
"Hey, dear, how big is this four-legged snake in such a big pit!" Old Wei looked at the traces of the four-legged snake rolling around and marveled, then asked Shen Cong, "Colonel Chen, who is this four-legged snake?" What does it look like, is it a snake with four legs? Is there really a snake with long legs? Metal radiation can stimulate the snake to grow legs?"
Shen Cong did not answer, and had no idea of popularizing science to others.
However, Zhao Zilong pondered for a moment and said: "The four-legged snake is not a snake with legs. It is the common name of a lizard, also called a skink. However, the four-legged snake that Colonel Chen mentioned, judging from the traces on the snow, has similar body proportions The snake should be a grass lizard, and probably this golden beast is a mutant of the grass lizard."
Lizards and snakes are two completely different animals. However, the phenomenon of convergent evolution is obvious. Many lizards and snakes look more and more alike. The grass lizard is one of them. If the legs are cut off, most people will not be able to tell that they are lizards. Instead, they will look like lizards. Looks like a snake.
There are also some lizards, such as snake lizards, eel lizards, and blind lizards, that have no legs and are almost the same as snakes.
Of course, snakes don't blink, and they don't have ear holes. If you see a snake blinking, it's definitely not a snake, but a lizard.
In nature, the phenomenon of convergent evolution is not uncommon.
Whales and dolphins have convergent evolution, one is a mammal, and the other is a fish; anteaters, aardvarks, and pangolins have also evolved convergently, one is a chamomile, one is a tubeodont, and one is a lepidoptera; moles, The marsupial mole and the golden-haired mole also evolved together, but one is a mole, one is a marsupial, and the other is a hedgehog.
"It turns out to be a lizard. The earth dragon was also transformed from a lizard. The lizard family can really mutate." Old Wei sighed.
Zhao Zilong explained: "Lizards are the most diverse group of reptiles. They are large in number, widely distributed, have complex diets, and are very adaptable. It is very normal to see mutants of lizards in the apocalypse."
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The appearance and departure of the four-legged snake was just an interlude. After studying the traces of the four-legged snake, Shen Cong returned to Donkey Kong and prepared to start today's siphon upgrade method.
Once every half an hour, ten stops, exactly at noon.
It increased from 2.526h to 2.662h, and the physical fitness stabilized at the strength of twenty cattle.
Eat, sleep, and rest in the afternoon to recover from damage to body organs.
After lunch, the snow had stopped.
The long-lost sunshine appears in the blue sky, the temperature rises and the snow begins to melt. Shen Cong cleared away the snow around Donkey Kong, opened the photovoltaic wings, and started charging.
The power stored in the car is less than 50% and needs to be replenished urgently.
At night, Shen Cong started a new round of siphon upgrade method again, once every half an hour, and stopped ten times.
I increased my activity level to 2.798h, which is not far from the 3h mark. The physical fitness of twenty cows is starting to move again, and it seems that it will be further improved with the strengthening of the amount of activity. It's a pity that Shen Cong feels that his physical strength has been tapped to the extreme.
No matter how much progress you make, you can only improve your five senses.
"Although my physical fitness seems to be at its peak, I should be able to enter the level 1 era tomorrow! The siphon upgrade method is indeed very effective. I should have tried it earlier and should not be afraid!"
"The golden beasts are improving every day. The golden and iron men in the war zone may also be improving. Even the death eaters may rely on c1 to make rapid progress. I can't stand still. No matter whether this catastrophe brings about evolution or extinction, I have to face it positively and welcome it!”
"Is it the explosion of life or the mass extinction of life? The old era is being erased or the new era is coming. It doesn't matter. What's important is that when I have the opportunity, I will become a predator at the top of the food chain at all costs! "
Shen Cong's goal is still clear and firm.
A peaceful night.
The next day, December 15, the sun shone brightly and the snow began to melt rapidly. However, the snow that is more than 4 meters deep cannot be melted just by melting it. At the current rate of sunlight and temperature rise, it would take at least three days to melt most of it and reveal some traces of the ground.
Shen Cong set the time to set off in two days. He would rely on King Kong's herringbone shovel to shovel away the melted snow, and then use the sun to determine the direction, find Provincial Road 312, and leave here.
In these two days, Shen Cong is preparing to hit the lv1 era! (To be continued.)