Chapter 171 The Difficulty of the Dragon King Whale
As the temperature gets lower and lower, the vast white snowfields of the northwest gradually come into view.
Putting on thick fur suits at the outpost outside the ice field, Li Xiao and the two rode the pterosaur and flew straight to the ice field.
The pterosaur was very fast, but soon the two of them slowed down their flight speed.
I can't help it, it's too cold!
The cold wind on the ice sheet cut into their faces like a sharp knife. In a short while, their eyelashes were covered with a layer of white frost.
Flying at high speed in ice and snow without any protection is not simply a matter of freezing.
Although flying mounts are cold, the benefits are also reflected.
Looking down, I saw a group of direwolves hunting prey on the snowfield, while several woolly rhinos were also watching with eager eyes.
Flying further north, Li Xiao even saw a Tyrannosaurus rex!
Fortunately, there are flying mounts, otherwise these creatures would be dangerous blockers if we walked on the ground.
Li Xiao's plan was to first go to the northwest to collect crude oil, and then go to the edge of the ice sheet to tame a mammoth on the way home.
The speed of the mammoth is really a disadvantage. Taming it at the edge of the snowfield saves you the trouble of crossing the snowfield.
Wandering, the two crossed the northwest snow-capped mountains and arrived at the deepest part of the ice field.
Looking to the north, it seems as if a piece of land has been cut off, forming a cliff more than ten kilometers long, and under the cliff is the sea covered with thick ice.
On the edge of the cliff, there are scattered pieces of black oil rock with white snow, and more oil rock deposits are on the ice on the sea.
Li Xiao drove the pterosaur and led Zhou Qing directly to land on the ice.
Looking around, there were no other creatures within a few hundred meters except for some scattered ancient penguins.
After all, this smooth ice surface is not land, and most creatures cannot move on it.
Although it is a bit slippery to walk on, there is no need to worry about the ice breaking. At such low temperatures in the ice field, the thickness of the sea ice is a full five to six meters. Even a small car can drive on it, not to mention the weight of two people.
Li Xiao and Zhou Qing first worked together to collect a huge oil rock mine that was two people tall. After putting all the oil rock in the inventory, the two of them dispersed and each collected some small oil rock minerals.
"Collect as much as you can and try to fill the inventory before dark. We can tame the mammoth tomorrow morning." Li Xiao arranged.
With Zhou Qing's help, the inventory capacity was doubled. Li Xiao estimated that the crude oil collected this time would be enough for them to use for a long time.
With a clank, pieces of oil rock were knocked into small pieces and put into the inventory one by one by Zhou Qing.
Several ancient penguins half as tall as a man were very curious about Zhou Qing's work and staggered towards her.
These ancient penguins are very similar in appearance to penguins on Earth, except that they are larger and have longer beaks.
The ancient penguins held their bellies full and swayed when they walked. They were so honest and cute.
Zhou Qing, however, impatiently swung the metal pickaxe to disperse the group of guys who were disturbing her work.
Li Xiao saw this scene from a distance, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Sometimes, it was difficult for him to regard Zhou Qing and Zhou Yi, two people with completely different personalities, as the same person.
But in fact, they are the same person.
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Li Xiao was concentrating on collecting oil rocks, but the whole place was shaken by vibrations coming from under his feet!
Terrified, Li Xiao quickly stopped what he was doing and held on to the oil rock mine next to him.
Looking at Zhou Qing, he found that Zhou Qing was also looking at him with a puzzled face.
earthquake?
No, this is on the sea. Is it a tsunami?
Boom!!
Just when I was wondering, the ground shook again.
A low crashing sound came from under the ice, and Li Xiao and Zhou Qing stood unsteadily on the ice again.
Li Xiao looked at his feet. Through the thick ice, he vaguely saw an extremely large beast in the ocean under the ice.
Looking at the body shape, this huge creature is in the shape of a streamlined strip, with a body length of almost twenty meters!
In the ocean of Arkworld, there are not many marine behemoths with such huge size - there are only three creatures: plesiosaur, mosasaurus, and Basilosaurus!
These three huge marine behemoths are quite different in appearance.
Looking at the black shadow under the ice, it looks like a Basilosaurus whale!
Basilosaurus is a kind of docile and huge Ark marine creature. This creature feeds on filter-feeding small fish and shrimps in the ocean and never attacks other creatures.
Crash into thick ice for two players? You shouldn’t!
Li Xiao's head whirled and he thought of a very possible reason.
Basilosaurus is a close relative of modern whales on Earth and is also a mammal.
Although they are marine animals, they still need to surface from time to time to breathe air——
This Basilosaurus whale probably strayed into the ice sheet and was trapped under the ice, unable to breathe before it hit the ice!
It can only be said that Li Xiao and Zhou Qing's luck is really bad.
Click!
Basilosaurus collided violently again, and with this impact, the ice layer up to five or six meters thick also cracked!
And the center point of these cracks is coincidentally at Zhou Qing's feet!
"Be careful! The ice is about to collapse! Get out of there quickly!!!"
Seeing Zhou Qing still holding Youyan to steady himself, Li Xiao hurriedly shouted.
Zhou Qing heard Li Xiao's reminder, let go of the oil rock mine, and rushed towards Li Xiao.
Unfortunately, although the fur boots were warm, they were not slippery. Zhou Qing stumbled and fell to the ground.
Struggling to get up, Zhou Qing just ran a few steps when the Basilosaurus under the ice hit the ice again, causing her to lose her balance again and fall to the ice.
The cracks visible to the naked eye gradually expanded, and the ice layer with a radius of 100 meters in front of Li Xiao was covered by these cracks.
Boom!
As if it felt that the oxygen in its body was getting less and less, the Basilosaurus under the ice accelerated the intensity and frequency of collisions.
After another violent impact, the cracks in the ice increased again!
Click!
Suddenly, the ice collapsed!
In front of Li Xiao, a circular ice pit about fifty meters in diameter suddenly collapsed!
The ice in the ice pit instantly shattered into large and small ice cubes!
A soaring water column rushed from the sea to the sky, and the Basilosaurus was out of trouble!
But on the ice, Zhou Qing suffered an unexpected disaster. The ice block she was on flipped over due to gravity, and Zhou Qing successfully slipped into the cold sea water!
If you fall into the sea in this cold northwest ice sheet, you can imagine the danger!
The sea surface was still churning, and the broken ice cubes split and rolled, causing the seawater in the entire ice pit to churn. In the blink of an eye, Zhou Qing's body was swallowed by the seawater.
When Li Xiao saw this scene, his eyes were about to burst.
In the cold sea water, even if he could swim, he would not be able to maintain his own body temperature. He was afraid that Zhou Qing would die in less than half a minute!
