"This special animal feeds on plant leaves, and its feces are an excellent fertilizer and hormone, which can stimulate the rapid growth of this plant and supply its needs..."
Leylin guessed, "And this kind of plants and animals constitute the bottom of all food chains in the ecosystem..."
Only in this way can it explain why the cycle in the ecosystem can last for such a long time.
After all, this place is just an ecological laboratory, not a huge resource-based secret realm. Although the area is vast, it is not enough to support an ecological circle.
Now it seems that without the supply of outside experimenters, the creatures here have evolved a unique ecological system on their own.
"moo moo..."
At this time, a low-pitched biological roar came.
Leylin immediately hid his figure and watched the species approaching gradually.
This is a creature similar to a plesiosaur, but there is a huge black carapace on its back, and the barbs with cold light are densely covered on it, which makes it look indestructible.
Its head is very small compared to its body, with two short bumps on the back of its head, and a long nose. The cry just now came from its nose, with a strong trill.
Boom! Boom!
The weight of this creature is not light, at least more than three tons, and the ground will shake slightly every time it takes a step.
It slowly came to the plant where Leylin was hiding, its small eyes looked graceful and lazy, stretched its neck from time to time, and gnawed on the huge plant leaves.
And on the edge of the leaf it had eaten, there were bite marks similar to the bite marks Leylin had seen before.
"Chip! Record the biological image and compare it to the database!"
Leylin secretly ordered.
"Ding! The mission is established, start scanning and imaging, and compare it with the database..." The chip faithfully carried out Leylin's order, and got the answer almost instantly.
"There is no image matching this creature in the database, start looking for the one with the highest similarity for comparison..."
The sound of the chip machine sounded.
"After database comparison, the creature is suspected to be a snake-necked tortoise, with a similarity of 87.9%!"
Subsequently, the chip gave specific information on snake-necked tortoises.
"Snake-necked tortoise: an ancient creature, now extinct, is an omnivorous animal with a mild temper. The carapace on the back has amazing defensive power. It is the raw material for many defensive witchcraft. After adulthood, the snake-necked tortoise has no less than The strength of a second-level wizard."
Leylin carefully looked at the image of a snake-necked tortoise given by the chip. This is an illustration in an ancient book recorded by the chip and has been kept in the database.
"Hmm! The difference between this creature and the snake-necked tortoise is that the carapace on the back is a different color, and there are more barbs, and the head is also a little different. It should be some kind of mutation..."
Leylin wasn't surprised by this. In this ecological environment, the ancient species that didn't actively evolve would have died out long ago. It's normal to mutate a little, and maybe there are some secret pushes from those members of Quicksand.
On the contrary, if it can still maintain the same ecological signs as in ancient times, it will be abnormal.
"If that's the case, let's call you the snake-necked tortoise!" Leylin made a decision. Anyway, the snake-necked tortoise outside has long been extinct, and he has no right to protest.
"Momo..." At this time, the snake-necked tortoise next to him hadn't noticed Leylin yet, but he had already finished eating, roared a few times, and was about to leave here.
Leylin's heart moved, and he secretly followed up.
"Shadow Lurking!" Although it is only a first-level witchcraft, under Leylin's control, especially with the promotion of gasification spiritual power, the effect it exerts is even higher than many second-level witchcrafts. .
Leylin's body fell into the crack of the shadow, and even climbed directly onto the back of the snake-necked tortoise.
The solid carapace is very stable to step on, giving people a sense of security. Leylin looked around, and there were wide and thick leaves and huge trees everywhere, and the vines hung down like many tassels. Huge drops of water rolled on the leaves and vines, exuding a charming brilliance.
And many flower buds that are bigger than ordinary people are blooming, the colors are extremely bright, and there are all kinds of sweet smells, which are attractive and dangerous.
Leylin's nose twitched: "Psychedelic pollen, and this kind of fluctuation similar to spiritual suggestion, I am afraid that third-class apprentices or even official wizards come here, and they will be tricked if they are not careful..."
This place gave Leylin the feeling that it was like the primitive tropical rainforest in his previous life, where species were extremely prosperous and filled with a primitive atmosphere.
The snake-necked tortoise obviously didn't notice Leylin on its back, but fulfilled its duty as a vehicle very well, leading Leylin to move forward.
Its footsteps were very steady, and Leylin on his back didn't feel the slightest jolt. About half an hour later, the snake-necked tortoise carried Leylin to the side of a lake.
Next to the lake is an open space, and upstream of the lake, a white river like a jade belt flows slowly, pouring into the lake, bringing fresh water here.
"moo moo..."
Here, many snake-necked tortoises gather together to form a huge group. Numerous snake-necked tortoises swim happily in the lake, sometimes dive into the water, pop their heads out suddenly, and make huge splashes. At the same time, two water jets are sprayed from the nose, like a fountain.
The snake-necked tortoise that Leylin was riding on was also very excited and crawled towards the lake.
"This number is about seventy-five snake-necked tortoises!" Leylin's eyes flashed.
Snake-necked tortoises were not very well-known in ancient times. Not only was their own strength weak, but they didn't even have any strong blood in their bodies, so they were completely useless to Leylin.
But they have one advantage, very high fecundity!
Normal snake-necked tortoises have a very long estrus period, and during the estrus period, they can lay nearly a hundred turtle eggs every other month, and the survival rate of turtle eggs is relatively high, if the predation by natural enemies is not counted , at least half of them can be successfully hatched, as long as there is enough food, they can grow into adults after three years and continue to reproduce the group.
"This is the law of the biological world. It is difficult for powerful creatures to reproduce, even if they give birth to offspring, it is difficult to support them. However, the low-level creatures are just the opposite, with incredible fecundity and activity..."
Leylin suddenly thought of the rats in his previous life. The reproduction and adaptability of these creatures were abnormal. Even if a nuclear winter happened, they would still be the animals most likely to survive.
"As for the mutated snake-necked tortoises here, I can feel that the life activities in their bodies are more intense. It is estimated that it will take less than a year from turtle eggs to adults..."
Leylin rubbed his chin. Obviously, for the survival of the race, the reproductive ability of these mutated snake-necked tortoises has been enhanced. This is also their acquired choice.
From these evolutionary choices, it can be seen that the snake-necked tortoise is definitely not a top-level existence in this ecological circle, but is the lowest level of the food chain, the existence of predation.
"Chirp!"
Just when Leylin was about to get some snake-necked tortoise blood back to see if he could find anything, an eagle's cry came from a distance.
This kind of voice is extremely high, with extremely powerful penetration.
Many snake-necked tortoises became agitated, and quickly rushed towards the lake, while those of the same kind in the lake dived deep into the bottom of the lake, never daring to show their faces again.
The cries became louder and louder, and with Leylin's physical fitness strengthened several times, he could already see a smear of blood shooting from the distant sky.
It was a huge eagle-like creature. The feathers on its body were hard and smooth, blood-red in color, and there were several clusters of strange golden feathers on the top of its head, forming the shape of a crown.
"Blood Vulture! An ancient creature with a sonic attack that can manipulate the blood in the target's body. It has a strong interest in various precious bloodline items. It is a group creature. Evaluation: Extremely dangerous!"
The chip immediately projected a document in front of Leylin.
"Blood Vulture!?" Leylin's face showed a look of shock, and then it turned into a look of joy.
"This kind of creature has unimaginable sensitivity to those unusual blood vessels, and has high-altitude vision. It can even see a strand of hair on the ground at an altitude of more than 10,000 feet. It was often kept in captivity by ancient warlocks. , to find some bloodline wonders!"
"It's just..." Looking at the extremely dangerous strength evaluation given by the chip at the end, Leylin hesitated again.
This blood vulture alone exudes a powerful force that Leylin dare not ignore. According to the classification of human beings, it has at least entered the third-level realm.
Moreover, the chip said very clearly that this blood vulture is a group creature, and there must be many third-level members in its lair, and even the king among the blood vultures! As the leader of the entire group, the Blood Vulture King is definitely a third-level crystallized existence, even if he has reached the fourth-level morning star realm, it is very possible!
"Chirp!" The blood vulture hovered in the sky, and occasionally uttered a few cries, which made the snake-necked tortoises on the ground flustered, but the voice of the blood vulture became more and more excited.
Snapped!
Behind many snake-necked tortoises, a thinner tortoise seemed to have a leg injury, but was squeezed by other tortoises and fell to the ground.
After playing with these snake-necked tortoises enough, the blood vulture flapped its wings and swooped down.
The strong wind alone made Leylin's face change a little, and as the blood vulture continued to descend, its figure became bigger and bigger, far exceeding the figure of a snake-necked tortoise.
Originally at high altitude, this kind of body shape contrast was not very obvious, but now in comparison, the huge snake-necked tortoise is as big as a mouse in front of the blood vulture.
"Chirp!" The blood vulture stretched out its giant claws, and directly opened a big mouth on the neck of the fallen snake-necked tortoise, and the blood flowed straight!