They had a delicious breakfast. As for the fruit wine brewed by those forest apes, in fact, compared with their appetite, Ye Qiong and Qing Zhi's combined eating and drinking was not much.
After drinking and eating, Ye Qiong was not in a hurry to go back. The thunder had not flown back yet. It was estimated that it had just arrived at the waterfall base and it would be a while before it flew back.
The young Gale Golden Eagle flew here with Qing Zhi. For it, the physical exertion was not small, so when it flew back, although there was no weight, the speed was slower.
Lei Lei had no choice but to fly slower in front so that the Gale Golden Eagle cub could keep up.
Naturally, Ye Qiong didn't have to do things like clean up the pots and pans by himself. While Qing Zhi continued to work, Ye Qiong walked towards a big tree with a diameter of more than ten meters.
After arriving, I raised my head and looked up...
In the dense forest area outside the Dinglong Mountains, the diameter of the trees is generally about half a meter to one and a half meters, and the larger ones are two or three meters.
A large tree with a diameter of two to three meters actually looks very huge. For humans, it is difficult to see the top of the tree even when standing below or looking up.
This big tree is the main load-bearing body of the Tree Palace. What is puzzling is that although its diameter is terrifying, its height does not protrude.
Looking down from above, there is nothing special about the dense forest area next to the Tree Palace. No one would have thought that there is such an area in the dense forest.
When he first came here, Ye Qiong noticed this giant tree, but at that time, his attention was more on those forest apes. After all, it was the first time he saw such intelligent beings that could communicate with humans. biology.
That contact actually directly refreshed Ye Qiong's knowledge. After all, before coming into contact with the ancient forest ape, Ye Qiong had the impression that humans belong to a special species. Although some monsters are very intelligent, But I still haven’t awakened my self-awareness, and do many things that are still genetic instincts.
Even with the tacit understanding between Daidai and Ye Qiong, they can already communicate without any physical barriers in many cases.
But this kind of communication is essentially different from the kind of communication between humans.
After meeting the forest ape, this idea was broken. Ye Qiong knew very well what the existence of the forest ape meant to humans.
It breaks the oneness of consciousness in a sense.
All things have spirits, but those who can develop self-awareness to the level of humans, forest apes already have this tendency.
The intellectual gap between forest apes who can sign language and humans is already very close.
This kind of understanding is actually of great significance to Ye Qiong. It means that human beings are not the only ones...
In Ye Qiong's memory, there are actually many animals on the earth, and their intelligence is not low.
The more representative ones are elephants on land and dolphins in the ocean.
Elephants have a racial system. Elephants that live in groups and have larger groups can even be said to have a rudimentary form of civilization.
What makes them different from other species is that knowledge can be passed on, and it is not the kind of genetic instinct. The mother elephant will spend a lot of time and energy to pass on the knowledge she has learned to the baby elephant.
Elephants have super memory and are regarded as representatives of intelligent creatures in many countries.
However, the intelligence of elephants is not the most powerful on land. The most powerful creature is a close relative of human beings, a primate, the chimpanzee!
Also called dwarf chimpanzees, they are recognized by humans as the most intelligent creatures besides humans. Chimpanzees in some groups have even learned to use tools.
At present, apart from humans, chimpanzees are the species most likely to evolve civilization on the earth. Perhaps the seeds of civilization have been ignited by them, but it will take a very long time to reach the heights of humans.
On Snow Star, Ye Qiong will not doubt it at all now. The forest apes that have lived in dense forest areas for generations have already had civilization. Up to now, in addition to being unable to speak, they already have certain systems. .
The essential level of civilization of this system is not even low. It is not just as simple as being able to use weapons. In the Tree Palace, some forest apes have even learned to make weapons!
Those black weapons were not made by Xinka and the others, but the tree palaces and some simple wooden and stone tools were made by the forest apes.
In addition to being able to make tools, forest apes also have a good ability, that is...
Build a house!
When he was in the dense forest with Xinka and the others, Ye Qiong never thought about accommodation at night.
After all, for forest apes, as long as two of them work together, they can build a simple wooden house that can protect them from wind and rain in a short time.
The key is that it is very strong. In the dense forest, even in blizzard weather, it is very stable.
This kind of talent is really something that humans cannot envy!
The talent of the ancient forest apes is also related to their strength. For them, the tree trunks in the dense forest, which are as thick as human thighs, can be broken directly with a little force with both hands.
Coupled with the vines in the dense forest, it is very convenient to build a wooden house.
Many vines in the dense forest are still alive in winter. Even the interior will not freeze in a low temperature environment of tens of degrees below zero, and they have very tenacious vitality.
Several ancient forest apes were looking at Ye Qiong under the tree, as if they were curious about what Ye Qiong was looking at.
Ye Qiong's eyes were now focused on the wooden house in the center of the big tree.
There are now less than twenty adult forest apes in the tree palace. Some forest ape babies have been born in the past two years, but the number of this group still does not exceed fifty.
The remaining forest apes, under the leadership of Xinka, and Qing Lie and Qing Zhi, have been stationed in the waterfall base for a long time.
Now they are half of the guardian beasts of the waterfall base. The reason why they are half is because they are between the Ye Qiong tribe and the forest apes in the tree palace. At this time, Qing Lie and Qing Zhi still have to maintain the relationship and become A bond-like existence links the forest ancient ape and the Yeqiong tribe together.
As time goes by, the stickiness of this bond will become higher and higher, and as long as there are no problems between the two people, it will remain.
Ye Qiong looked at the tree house above the big tree, came to the wooden hanging ladder below the treetop, and started to climb up...
