The height of the redwoods cannot be appreciated unless you see them with your own eyes.
As for the dense forest that Ye Qiong first entered, the height of the trees was only about five meters high.
The slightly lonely figure quickly disappeared at the end of the water...
In order to better absorb the light of stars, the vines in the dense forest all climb very high. They do not grow any branches and leaves closer to the ground. Instead, they keep climbing up and only spread when they reach the top. A lot of branches and leaves have come out. The large leaves can effectively absorb light. In summer, the growth rate of these vines is amazing.
The big trees that are climbed are more unlucky. This is one of the reasons why they cannot grow too tall. Big trees that lack calcium since they were young and lack love when they grow up will be trapped when they grow to a certain level. Forced to become the host of those vines around the water.
but……
It's not like he's going to die, but he just can't grow to incredible heights like the big trees in the Dinglong Mountains.
After the leaf dome goes a little deeper, you can see the giant tree that can reach more than two hundred meters in height, and the diameter at the bottom can reach about ten meters.
If you dig out the middle and decorate it a little, you can create a house with three bedrooms and two living rooms, nearly 100 square meters.
The top of the trees is very lush, but the bottom of the trees is a bit sparse, and many small beasts as big as palms can be seen running around inside.
Ye Qiong held the bone crystal longbow in his left hand, and drew an arrow from his back with his right hand, so that he could open a way when no monsters jumped out.
The iron arrows were quite sharp. With Ye Qiong's arm strength, he could easily cut off the roots of the vines below with the iron arrows.
The deeper you go into the Dinglong Mountains, the taller the trees become, and the number of vines begins to decrease. However, in the larger rivers that branch out from the water, the number and density of vines on both sides remain the same. a lot of.
Ye Qiong is now walking downstream along a branched river. In this case, first of all, he can be sure that he will not lose his way.
After entering the Dinglong Mountains, especially deep into the dense forest, the surrounding mountains cannot be seen in the dense forest that blocks out the sun. There are only seemingly endless large trees and various strange vegetation. These colorful vegetation, They come in all kinds and colors, and they completely block the view.
After entering the dense forest, if you look up, you can only see a very small area of the sky above you. Everything above your head is completely covered, and you cannot see what is above the sky at all.
In this environment, if it is dark cloudy weather, it will be difficult to identify the direction. It has become a very difficult thing. Only by climbing to some very high tree trunks can you see the sky. If you want to To see the iconic mountains around you, you need to continue climbing very high.
For normal humans, it is a very dangerous thing.
Ye Qiong walked down the river and cut off some vines stretching out from the bank. The seemingly slender arrows were now like a sharp sword in Ye Qiong's hands.
After walking about two kilometers, Ye Qiong found a tree with a wider view to hide, and then stared at the water.
Ye Qiong is waiting for an animal...
Herbivore!
As long as it's bigger, that's fine.
After waiting in the tree for about two hours, I saw a herbivore about one and a half meters tall.
Ye Qiong knows this kind of herbivore, it's called 荭㺠, and it's not a complete herbivore. It's an omnivore. It eats vegetation in the summer, but in winter, it digs carrion from under the snow. Eat, a close relative of the scavenger. In winter, it will be directly hunted by humans as a scavenger.
Ye Qiong looked at the wild cat that was drinking water by the river, with a smile on his lips, but he had no intention of hunting.
After the wild cat drank the water, Ye Qiong quietly followed it.
Whether you can find salt depends on whether it wants to eat salt today.
In order to maintain the acid-base balance in their bodies, 荭㺠 needs to lick some rocky areas rich in salt during the summer.
There are many kinds of beasts like 譭㺠 that can lead humans to find salt veins on Snow Planet.
Today Ye Qiong met them. They are smaller in size. The larger herbivorous beasts on Snow Star are all about three meters tall. Because they don’t eat meat, it is very difficult for them to survive the cold winter. Only small ones can For some, eat less in winter to survive on plants like edelweiss that grow slowly in winter.
Once the size of a herbivore exceeds three meters, it will be difficult for it to survive the long cold winter, unless it is deliberately kept in captivity by humans.
Only with human feeding can we survive the cold winter safely.
Although it is difficult for herbivorous beasts to grow to more than three meters, but...
The reason why many species can still survive on the snow planet is because herbivores generally have a characteristic, that is, they grow fast!
They will pair up in pairs at the end of winter, and then give birth in spring when everything recovers. There are usually more than five babies in a litter. In just a few months, the size can grow to about 1.5 meters.
After Ye Qiong jumped down from the tree, he followed the child directly into the depths of the forest. In order to prevent himself from losing his way, Ye Qiong had decided not to follow for too long. He would come out before dark and then go back along the river. .
Being alone, Ye Qiong doesn't want to take any risks now.
Once you get deep into the jungle and encounter rainy weather, it will be very troublesome to find the cabin you built.
The jungle with high vegetation is much scarier than the maze.
Ye Qiong's figure followed the wild cat about fifty meters away. Judging from Ye Qiong's tracking ability in the jungle, there was no need to look where the wild cat was.
By relying on the traces of its body shape along the way, it can easily follow.
Such as footprints, broken branches and leaves along the way, and excrement of feces, etc.
Ye Qiong just needs to speed up a little from time to time to make sure he's not losing track.
After walking for half an hour directly following the wild duck, I saw that this guy had actually returned to where he lived. There was a hole in the root system of a big tree with a diameter of two people...
It is blocked by a few red rose plants. If you don't look carefully, you really can't see it.
"Gugu..."
Niu shouted twice inside, and soon there was a response from inside, but the voice was much softer and more immature.
Five small 荭㺠, about one meter in size, crawled out of the hole one after another.
It can be seen that the children of the 荭㺠 are already quite young at this time. It is almost the day of weaning. Their size will grow to about 1.5 meters in two months.
After Ye Qiong saw the scene in front of him, he did not turn back in a hurry, but continued to wait patiently, found a big tree, and climbed up directly.
The body of a young herbivore that has just left the lactation period needs to replenish salt.
Therefore, Ye Qiong concluded that it won't be long before the wolf will take its five cubs to eat salt.
