Professor Zhao calmed down, took a closer look at the towering trees, and said: "Looking at the shape, it should be, but the redwood trees don't glow. If you really want to explain it, it should be a mutated redwood tree...
"
Professor Zhao seemed to be a little unsure when he said: "Sequoia trees are very rare in China. Only in Yunnan there may be a small number of sequoia trees, which are rare species. However, the number in California, USA, is lower than that of sequoia trees."
There are so many. I didn't expect that there would be redwood trees growing in this sinkhole. This is really strange.
After hearing this, Ning Xiaofan smiled noncommittally. If there were not many strange things he encountered when entering this sinkhole, what's so strange about the redwood trees growing here?
Professor Zhao exclaimed: "This is an ancient species. It can be said to be a living fossil in the plant world. If an ancient species like redwood trees can appear here, I somewhat believe that there are really older dinosaurs living here?"
Ning Xiaofan's heart moved: "Professor Zhao, are you saying that there are probably dinosaurs here?"
"It's hard to say for now, but look at this forest. Apart from the redwood trees, what's growing there? Ferns. Those are not ordinary ferns, but ancient ferns that flourished in the Carboniferous period.
This ancient fern has long been extinct. Before this, no living species had ever been found outside the sinkhole. Even if it was found, it was only a fossil."
Professor Zhao said with an incredulous look on his face, then pointed to a few plants beside the fern and said: "And look at those trees, you should recognize them, right?
Ning Xiaofan looked in the direction of his finger. The plants were straight and cylindrical. The branches at the top were evenly spread out. The leaves on the branches were dense and green, evenly distributed among the spread out branches.
On the branches, at a glance, it looks like a peacock spreading its tail, a bit like a coconut tree, but much more pleasing to the eye than a coconut tree.
Looking at the shapes of those plants, Ning Xiaofan was not unfamiliar with them, but when Professor Zhao asked this deliberate question, he was a little unsure and said: "Is that... a philodendron tree?"
Professor Zhao smiled and said: "You are right, it is a cypress tree. The cypress tree is also an ancient species. It has not become extinct so far. It is distributed all over the world. However, those few cypress trees belong to a long-extinct species called
Fish-scaled algae."
"Fish scales?"
Professor Zhao nodded and said: "Yes, look at the lines on the tree. Do they look like fish scales? That's why the fish-scaled Erythrocarpus was named after it. This kind of fish-scaled Erythrium was once one of the most prosperous species on the earth during the Mesozoic period.
, later affected by the changes in climate and geographical environment, especially during the Quaternary Ice Age, a large number of Ichthyophora species died and eventually became extinct. Haha, it is amazing that this species is preserved in this tiankeng..."
When Ning Xiaofan heard this, he was still a little confused. He had no idea or understanding of these so-called ancient species, but he was quite interested in the words that came out of Professor Zhao's mouth from time to time.
800 million years? Mesozoic? Glacier?
When I heard the name of this ancient and unfamiliar era, and then thought of the "such era" and "that era" that Fatty once said, wouldn't it be consistent with the era of spiritual stones that I wanted to find?
In other words, in this weird and magical sinkhole, ancient species that have become extinct outside can be found. Then, can we find magical spiritual stones that existed hundreds of millions of years ago?
With something in mind, Ning Xiaofan couldn't help but glance at the fat man. It happened that the fat man seemed to have listened to Professor Zhao's words and was thoughtful there. When the fat man noticed Ning Xiaofan's glance, the two of them
Their eyes met, and there was a hint of excitement in their eyes...
Gugu...gugu...ta da da da...
Suddenly, a strange cry came from the lush ferns.
Everyone could hear it clearly and couldn't help but feel shocked. God knows what kind of monster would appear in the depths of this sinkhole that was full of weirdness.
Gugu...
As the cry sounded again, there was a hint of movement in the fern, and a pointed head emerged from the curled stems and leaves. The exposed head was very small, only about an inch long, with eyes like mung beans and a slender mouth.
It looks a bit like a miniature crocodile head.
The extremely compact little head poked its head out, and with a sudden movement, it sprang out from the ferns. It was so fast that everyone's eyes were dazzled, and the strange-looking little thing landed firmly on the ground.
What kind of monster is this?
When everyone saw the whole picture of the little thing, they couldn't help but be stunned.
The skin of this little monster is green, smooth and hairless. At first glance, it looks a bit like a lizard, but it is quite different from a lizard. It has a head like a pocket crocodile, a narrow jaw and a thin neck, a slender body, extremely slender front paws, and very thin lower limbs.
It is obviously one size bigger, can support the body upright, and has a tail that is longer than the body.
"Holy shit, I've seen this before," the fat man suddenly shouted.
The fat man screamed, which startled the weird little creature, but it didn't run away. It just shrank back a few steps warily, staring at the fat man with its small mung bean eyes, and making a "gurgling" sound in its throat.
The sharp mouth faintly revealed a row of sharp teeth.
This little thing was actually not afraid of people and seemed to be quite aggressive. Ning Xiaofan saw this and felt a little nervous in his heart: "Fat man, where have you seen it?"
When Ning Xiaofan first saw this strange creature, he was sure that he had never seen it before, but it felt very familiar.
"In the movie, Jurassic Park, I saw it in the Jurassic Park movie," the fat man replied quickly, but there was a hint of fear in his eyes.
Jurassic Park? Ning Xiaofan's mind flashed, and he immediately remembered it. He had also seen that movie. No wonder the weird little creatures looked familiar.
"Yes, I've seen that movie too. This thing looks exactly like the little dinosaur in the movie."
As Hou San echoed, perhaps because the movie "Jurassic Park" was so famous, everyone present looked surprised.
"Compsognathus, this is Compsognathus... It's really incredible..." At this time, Professor Zhao murmured, staring at the weird little creature.
"Professor Zhao, what do you think this is? Compsognathus? What is Compsognathus? It can't really be the little dinosaur that appears in the movie, right?" Ning Xiaofan looked surprised, and the Compsognathus belt
The word dragon, and then thinking of the small dinosaurs that appeared in Jurassic Park, for a moment, he couldn't believe it was true.
Professor Zhao said in a trembling voice: "Not only have I seen the movie you are talking about, I have also seen the complete fossil of Echinosaurus. If I were not dazzled, this little thing is really Compsognathus..."
At this time, the fat man interjected: "Old man Zhao, whether what you said is true or not, I would like to ask, is this thing meat-eating or vegetarian? You must know that the small dinosaurs in the movie are not only the number
There are so many that they even eat people.”
As soon as the fat man said this, everyone present looked horrified. Li Wanting, who had been standing next to Ning Xiaofan, seemed to be shocked. She couldn't help but lean towards Ning Xiaofan, and a delicate hand quietly grabbed his arm.
Clothes corners, it seems that this is how you feel safe.
Professor Zhao shook his head and said: "What is shown in the movie is probably not true. Compsognathus generally feeds on insects. As you have seen, with such a small body, it cannot cause harm to humans."
When everyone heard what Professor Zhao said, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Gugu... da da da da
Suddenly, the little monster in front of me poked its head and made strange noises again.
Only then did everyone see clearly that the "coo" sound came from the little monster's throat, and the "da-da" sound was caused by the two bubbles formed when the sides of the little monster's cheeks vibrated, which was like the vibration sound of bubbles.
At this moment, as the strange cry of the little monster rang out, a "cuckoo" echo came from the ferns. Listening to the sound, there were not many little monsters hidden in the ferns.
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw pointy little heads poking out from the ferns.
The number was a bit large, and everyone's expressions changed slightly. Although Professor Zhao said that these little things seemed to be harmless to humans, they still involuntarily took a step back.
Huhuhu——
One, two, three... I saw green shadows flashing past, and little monsters sprang out one after another. In the blink of an eye, dozens of little monsters sprang out.
Cuckoo cuckoo... da da da da
Accompanied by bursts of weird noises, these little monsters didn't seem to be afraid of people at all. They jumped around in front of everyone and poked their heads out. They seemed curious, but the hidden sharp teeth of the little monsters and the small mung bean eyes revealed
Everyone noticed the cold look, and felt a chill and numbness on his back.
Not only that, little monsters kept flying out of the ferns, and after a while, there were almost hundreds of them. These hundreds of little monsters gathered together, and at a glance, they were densely packed, and they were in front of everyone.
They were jumping around in front of them, their bodies were light and agile, and several of them even cautiously jumped in front of everyone's feet, a bit like a test.
"Old man Zhao, are you really sure that these little things only eat insects?" The fat man's voice was trembling.
"It should be like this..." Professor Zhao has been observing these little monsters, but his tone is not sure.
Seeing that Professor Zhao's tone was uncertain, the fat man frowned slightly: "What do you mean should? Make no mistake, this is not a joke."
Professor Zhao's old face turned red and he explained hurriedly: "It's not wrong. This is a conclusion reached by foreign biological experts. It has scientific basis."
Scientific basis? Is there any scientific basis for this damn place? The fat man's little eyes flickered a few times, and he felt that it was better to stay as far away from these little monsters as possible, so he quietly took a few steps back.
Ning Xiaofan also felt that something was wrong with these little monsters at this moment. He caught a glimpse of the fat man shrinking back quietly, and then he pulled Li Wanting back without revealing anything, and slowly moved back.
As the saying goes, the stupid bird flies first. Ning Xiaofan knew that running away was not his strong point, and he learned it well. No matter what, he could never go wrong by staying consistent with the fat man.
