Chapter 42: The male lizard is cold and the female lizard is warm
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Touching her little nose, Xue Xichen had a sudden thought. "How about we make a fishing rod and catch the ice lizard like fishing..."
Phantom rolled his eyes and despised a certain woman's wishful thinking. "Let's not talk about whether the ice lizard will take the bait. It's just the bait used to catch the ice lizard. What are you going to use? Do you know what kind of food the ice lizard likes."
"this……"
Xue Xichen was speechless.
However, standing here all the time is not an option. You have to find a way to take action.
Phantom observed the deep pool carefully. Suddenly he pointed to a place under the water and said to Xue Xichen: "Xichen, look there."
Xue Xichen followed the phantom's direction and observed carefully. He discovered that a white snake flashed past under the water at an extremely fast speed. However, the ice lizards were not afraid of the white snake and ignored the white snake.
"There is actually a water snake."
Xue Xichen was surprised. "Does water snake eat ice lizard?"
"It's not like that." Phantom shook his head. "If the white snake eats the ice lizard, then the ice lizard should be extremely afraid of the white snake. However, the white snake swam past the ice lizard and ignored it. It can be seen that the white snake does not eat these ice lizards."
"Since you don't eat ice lizards, why do you have to wander among ice lizards? There must be something interesting in this."
Xue Xichen thought carefully and suddenly came up with a sudden thought. "Is it because I like the cold air emanating from the ice lizard's body?"
Phantom glanced at Xue Xichen in surprise. She didn't understand why she came to such a conclusion. "Xichen, why do you think so."
Xue Xichen said: "I remember Yuan'er once said that the pool water alternates between hot and cold. The water temperature is extremely weird. Now the pool water in front of us is freezing cold. If it is because of the ice lizard, then why is it warm? It will be because of this White snake?"
"But, didn't you just say that the white snake likes the coldness of the ice lizard?" Phantom pointed out the contradictions in Xue Xichen's words.
Xue Xichen thought for a while but could not come to a conclusion. She said: "In short, in a word, our target is the ice lizard. It has nothing to do with the white snake. As long as the white snake does not hurt us and we can catch the ice lizard safely, it will be fine. .”
"Now, our question goes back to how to capture the ice lizard. Xichen, have you thought about it?"
Xue Xichen touched her little nose. "Use a fishing net. Use a fishing net to catch it like this." She gestured. "It's done."
Phantom asked: "Deep in the mountains and wild forests. Where can we find fishing nets?"
"this……"
Xue Xichen scratched his head and was speechless.
"It seems that we can only go into the pool."
She helplessly shrugged her shoulders. "Ying, how are you?"
The phantom did not answer. He observed the pool carefully. Suddenly he found a small hole on the mountain wall deep in the pool. A faint red light flashed in it. The phantom looked confused. He tugged on Xue Xichen's sleeves and motioned for her to look in the direction. There he said in confusion: "Xichen, guess what that glowing red object is."
"Woo..." Xue Xichen groaned. She followed the phantom's gaze. Sure enough, she saw the red light. She found that the red light overflowed and the icy mist was much lighter than other places. Xue Xichen looked down. He leaned close to the water and observed carefully. The appearance of the object was exactly the same as that of the ice lizard, but its body was two or three times larger than the ice lizard. Xue Xichen guessed, "It could be a female lizard."
"Female lizard." Phantom thought about it. It was indeed possible. He said: "If it is a female lizard, that can explain why these male lizards are lingering here. They must be waiting to mate with female lizards. Xichen, you Have you noticed that the cold air in the water surface where the female lizard is is dissipated a lot. I speculate that the female lizard and the male lizard are just opposite sexes. The female lizard is hot."
"This can explain why the water surface where the female lizard is located is much less cold than other places." Xue Xichen said. "Male lizards like cold and female lizards like warmth. Male lizards will only approach the female lizard when mating. This is It’s really interesting. What about the white snake? Why is it lingering here and not going away? Could it be that it wants to eat the female lizard?”
"Why do we only eat female lizards and not male lizards? Is it because the female lizards are warm and the male lizards are cold?" Feelings. This white snake still likes warmth and is afraid of the cold. Phantom couldn't help but shake his head.
"Now our question is whether we should catch these males or the female in the cave." Xue Xichen touched his chin, with a look of confusion on his face, because Shui Yuan'er didn't explain it clearly before leaving. Now. Encountered this problem. It really stumped her.
Phantom said: "Catch a few males and females each. This will save us from having to make another trip if we catch the wrong one."
"Um."
Xue Xichen nodded, thinking that what Phantom said made sense.
She tilted her head. The question arose again. "But, how should we lure out the female lizard?"
The phantom said: "The white snake is here. The female lizard dare not come out of the cave. To lure the female lizard out, we must first kill the white snake."
"Okay. Then we will kill the snake."
Having said that, killing snakes is not an easy job, especially since they still don't know whether this white snake is venomous or not, so they dare not act rashly.
"Ying, I suddenly thought of it." Xue Xichen smiled mischievously. "Go out and find some vines and strong branches."
Phantom glanced at Xue Xichen with a strange expression. Obediently, she went out to chop down vines and pick up branches.
When she was young, Phantom brought in a lot. Xue Xichen took off her outer clothes, wrapped them with rattan and tied them firmly. Then she tied the branches and made a long handle. A simple fishing net was completed.
Although simple, it is very practical.
"Try it."
Xue Xichen handed the fishing net to Phantom.
Phantom marveled at Xue Xichen's clever ideas and exquisite craftsmanship. He used a fishing net to stir up the pool water for a while and tried to fish it out. The animals in the deep pool have probably never been caught by humans in their lives. Even though Phantom stirred up the calm pool, There was such a big movement, but it still did not make these animals panic or scared. Even some bold ice lizards swam around the fishing net curiously. Phantom easily fished out one and held it in his hand. It was indeed bone-chilling cold. Xue Xichen opened the water jar that had been prepared long ago and put the male ice lizard in it.
"Great. Now all we need is a female."
Xue Xichen showed a happy smile and held the jar carefully as if it were the most precious treasure in the world.
Seeing Xue Xichen happy, Phantom also showed a satisfied smile on his face. He touched Xue Xichen's hair and focused all his attention on how to deal with the white snake in the water.
"Shadow, you lure out the white snake. I'll shoot it."
Xue Xichen took out a small golden crossbow and nodded to the phantom. The phantom understood. The fishing net in his hand swept towards the white snake. The white snake was nimble and swam by the fishing net repeatedly. The phantom was not in a hurry and was very patient. It chased the white snake step by step. Approaching. The white snake is approaching the water inch by inch.
The white snake twisted and shook its head and made a harsh hissing sound. It kept dodging the fishing nets that were chasing after it. Unable to bear it, it suddenly jumped into the air and jumped out of the water.