No knowledge in this world is useless.
If this seemingly correct nonsense were spoken in front of many self-righteous people, they would probably be ridiculed and tried to refute it. However, like many important pieces of knowledge, it is a concept that is obviously correct but is always ignored and ignored. ridicule.
But such an incredible scene is precisely because the knowledge that is correct at the level of "truth" does not necessarily conform to the "common sense" correctness of the current environment.
——And "common sense" is often developed by society.
Human beings are a very peculiar creature. The longer a country has a history, the easier it is for it to develop common sense and customs that are incomprehensible to others and even go against the nature of the creature.
There is an old saying by Kazuto: "If Prince Ping has a thin waist, many people in the palace will starve to death."
It refers to the fact that there used to be a feudal king in the northern domain whose personal preferences forced his subordinates to artificially conform to his aesthetics and violate the natural laws of human beings, which ultimately led to the destruction of individuals.
The restraint and destruction of the body are achieved at the cost of destroying health in order to achieve a certain appearance that can achieve a higher status and more survival resources in the current society. This kind of violation of the natural ecology of human beings is precisely proof that human society has separated from nature and formed a special living environment.
And when you use the correctness in the natural ecology to try to warn them that all this is incorrect, they will inevitably use the correctness in this social ecology to refute and laugh at you.
This completely different ideology and way of survival is precisely the unique passion and passion of short-lived species that are quick-thinking and reproduce quickly and change generations very quickly - but let us return to the original point.
——Ling is a Dr. Xingyong, and the sage himself is also a person with countless knowledge.
But the latter's level of respect among the team far exceeds that of the former.
This is not actually discrimination caused by gender or other factors - because although Henry is a man and Aya is a woman, he is a helpless foreigner and she is the noble scholar with the highest status in this country.
Judging from the basic starting point, Aya is even higher, but as someone who also has a wealth of knowledge, she is more like a mascot than a sage, and gradually becomes the center of the team.
The most fundamental reason is this.
Henry had force.
In a small, tight-knit military-related team, those who can do things are always more respected than those who can talk.
A being who can beat ten people with a big sword and even make ghosts admire his power is the one that the samurai would sincerely want to obey and follow - but they are by no means contemptuous of Miss Doctor.
Because like what was said at the beginning:
No knowledge is useless.
"The abdomen drags the ground, consistent with typical reptiles." The doctor, who was holding on to the railing of the carriage, with dark blue hair swaying slightly, stared at the huge creature weighing several tons with shining eyes.
"It's not good at running long distances, keep walking!" She shouted loudly, and everyone who heard the statement felt relieved.
Even if it is huge and has six limbs and four eyes, as long as it is still a living thing, it must comply with the laws of biological evolution.
Just like weapons.
The knife is good at chopping because the back of the knife is thicker and can bring stronger inertia. The sword is better at piercing.
A long, heavy weapon will hit harder than a short, light weapon, but will also be harder and slower to swing.
Creatures don't evolve certain physical traits unless it's vital to their survival; wild goats have narrow, scary pupils and their eyes are spread out on the sides because they need to see a wider area around them Whether there are predators; lions, tigers and bears have their eyes forward, because this visual range is easier for predators to locate prey.
It needs to attract the opposite sex to grow colorful body colors; living in an environment where there is always dead grass will grow a yellow-brown epidermis; and the green epidermis is to hide in the forest.
Creatures that are good at running for long periods of time and traveling far distances often have their trunks far away from the ground, their legs and feet are long and slender, and they can cover a large distance with each step while their trunks are not hurt or hindered by debris on the ground.
Like a horse, like a wolf, like a human being.
The huge body of this salamander has an orange appearance that is very bright to humans, which means that its native place must not be a land as green as this forest.
And just like an ordinary lizard, its belly is close to the ground and its six limbs are widely spread, almost like crawling on the ground, which also shows that it is not used to running or migrating over long distances.
This is an ambush predator.
It is good at detecting the movements of its prey, approaching it, and then using its huge body and ability to move at high speeds in a short period of time to move up and deliver a fatal blow.
It is a good sprinter, but its endurance is not very impressive.
"Dong dong dong dong dong————!" The salamander, which twisted its body back and forth in an S shape while its six thick limbs were scratching, quickly closed the distance. The speed of the carriage was almost the same as it - it could not He caught up with him, but the group couldn't avoid it.
"Keep running!" Miss Doctor said as she made her own judgment as a biologist.
"Give me wine." Henry, who was sitting in the back carriage seat, handed the reins to Lao Qiao. When the latter moved his buttocks and reached the middle, the sage shouted to Mr. Jian in the front carriage. One sentence.
"Take it!" The old man dug out the relevant things from the medicine cabinet and threw it to the sage. Henry, who took it, grabbed the toes of the side of the carriage and flipped it over to the top of the carriage.
He stepped on the car frames on both sides, because the wooden carriage with temporary supports might not be able to withstand the weight of the nearly two-meter-tall sage.
But even so he remained steady.
"Tear, crack -" Tear off the strip of cotton and linen clothing, turn it over and let the disinfectant spirit soak the strip, then take out the flint in your pocket and hit it a few times to light it.
"Sir, what is this?" The people in the car in front were confused, and the doctor at the back of the car behind saw the salamander running and seemed to be almost unable to catch up with them. When they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, Henry on the roof of the car suddenly shouted loudly. One sentence.
"Get down!"
The huge orange reptile's back sail was fully unfolded, and it suddenly stood upright, and then the skin of its entire throat became bloated, as if a toad was inhaling in an attempt to make its body swell larger to scare off predators - —but the similarity is clearly only visual.
Because this is a multi-ton apex predator.
It has little need to scare other creatures.
Due to the urgency of the situation, there are two facts that the group did not have time to think about:
First, if it is attracted by the roar of the little devil, and the latter can obviously fly, then how can this giant creature that can only crawl on the ground catch them.
It is a good sprinter, but without any special means, it is obviously still very awkward to deal with winged creatures.
two is:
Why is it called a salamander?
In the eyes of the sage, whose eyes were glowing blue, the surrounding air began to gather into the mouth of the behemoth.
Inhale, store.
Immediately afterwards, breath mixed with some kind of green liquid came out, but before that, the sage accurately threw the flaming wine bottle.
"Bang bang!!!" "Hissing...!!" The huge shock wave caused the entire rear half of the carriage to lift up and then fall back. It frightened the horses and also caused considerable damage to the axles and wheels. Hurt, and the people among them fortunately accepted Henry's earlier suggestion and lay down. Even if there was a slight bump in the car, it would only be a few bruises.
The sage himself retracted back to the front the moment he was thrown out and was not blown away by the blast wind.
The breath that was deliberately detonated in advance blew a big hole in the salamander's entire jaw. The violently burning viscous liquid leaked out and stained the front half of the salamander's own body. It roared in pain and rolled and scratched crazily on the ground. The dirt tried to put out the fire with them, and part of the dorsal fin even burned a hole through the fin membrane.
"Roar!!" A huge roar echoed under the giant forest, and it took him a while to finally come back to his senses. While the others were checking each other's injuries, they poked their heads out of the carriage to take a look, but Miss Doctor, who had lost sight of the injured beast, was stunned for a while, and then she realized what she was doing and ran forward while crawling. He opened the window and looked at the sage.
"It can't resist its own ejecta? It's true that almost no life can withstand high temperatures."
"That is to say, the liquid was supposed to be sprayed out at a certain distance and then ignited by volatilization when it came into contact with the air? And you detonated them in advance?" She asked at a very high speed, and the sage only had time to nod. , Miss Doctor then seemed to ask him or said to herself: "In this case, there should be some kind of organ inside its mouth to prevent the backflow of liquid, a closed type, like a person holding his breath, and then when it is gone It detonated before it could be sealed and caused huge damage."
"It's gastric juice." Henry said in a calm tone with a huge temperature difference compared to Aya.
"Its gastric juice is highly volatile and corrosive, and can then splash out for a long distance. It uses this method to prey on creatures that are faster than it." He said this, and Aya Chicken nodded thoughtfully. : "But it can't produce a lot, right?"
"Um."
"So it will first try ambush and sprint pursuit, and then change its strategy when it finds that it can't catch up with the prey - ah, this also explains why it is attracted by the defensive scream of the little devil, because as you said Said it was a means of self-protection in extreme circumstances.”
"That is to say, this cry means that the little devil is in danger and is in a fight. If the salamander hears this sound and comes over, there will be injured or dead prey that can be eaten directly."
"Highly acidic gastric juice is also a characteristic of scavengers. In order not to get sick -" She read almost all the knowledge she knew, and finally concluded with the spirit of a girl from Luo'an who is not inferior to us: "What a fascinating creature!"
"You are like that." The white-haired girl stared at the doctor lady who was supposed to be an elegant lady, but before she could say more words, she was lifted up and dropped in the blast. The wheels of the approaching carriage made a sharp and harsh "squeaking" sound, followed by a "clicking" sound. The whole vehicle tilted over, and the broken axle dug into the ground and drew a deep trench.
“Stop, stop!” Henry and Old Qiao, who urgently pulled the rope to stop the horses, got out of the car to check, but the damage was greater than expected.
The car in front and the ghost clan responsible for guarding also stopped.
"At least we should be thankful that the salamander probably doesn't have the strength to catch up for the time being, although it probably won't die." The sage said, and after they used the salamander's own breath to blow it down, they continued to run and walked some distance away. At least you can't smell the sulfur smell now.
"You won't die even if you do this." Mira grabbed her arm and felt goosebumps. The explosion just now was enough to lift the back half of the fully loaded carriage, but it couldn't kill the salamander, and the most powerful one among them was The strong long-range power—the short spears thrown by the ghosts—cannot even penetrate its hard skin.
"Go to the front to investigate." The great shrine maiden ordered Teruyuki and other ghost warriors to move forward. At the same time, Narumi also directed the samurai and his party: "Spread the formation. Archers, please do not relax your vigilance and be alert."
"It can be repaired with the sleeves and spare materials prepared in advance, but it probably won't be able to run at full speed." Old Qiao, who turned into a coachman, said that although the wheel had cracks, it did not disintegrate. The main reason was that the axle was broken. They had expected this to happen before, so they asked the village blacksmith to knock out some metal hoops of similar sizes, and also prepared some shorter log posts.
As long as the section is sawed off, the two pieces of wood are joined together with metal hoops, and then nails are fixed, it can be repaired.
But after all, the strength cannot be compared with the axle that was integrated at the beginning, so it can only move forward slowly.
"It's such an inexplicable situation." The great god sighed beside him.
At the beginning of this journey, they were only prepared to deal with bandits or some human pursuers, but along the way they seemed to have fought against all kinds of monsters and monsters. Now we have arrived at the elven ruins with such a different style, where we are fighting against alien creatures that are very strange at a glance.
Not only was this beyond their training, it was even beyond their imagination.
In fact, many people, including A Yong and the young master, have given up trying to understand. Anyway, there are two people in the team, Henry and Miss Doctor, who can see each other clearly. They only need to react based on what they say. That’s it.
——But this is obviously not over yet.
Teruyuki and others who went to investigate came back with gloomy expressions.
"It's ahead."
"How to describe it."
"prairie?"
“It’s more intuitive for you to come and see for yourself.”
Behind the huge trees was a grassland that was taller than the Oni clan, and you couldn't see anything clearly if you entered it.
They may also have been artificially planted, as the grasses formed a very good border around the giant cedar trees.
They are tall and dense, and it is difficult to maintain a formation if you walk among them. Combined with the sentry towers high above the elves seen before, they are obviously used as a defense line for this settlement.
"Either go in, or go back and face a giant lizard with a hard scalp, injured but not dead, and obviously very angry, right?" Mira slapped her forehead and rolled her eyes.
"Risk it."
"It's not easy, is it?"
