Nature is truly a miraculous workmanship. The sun is like the hand of nature, possessing magical power. The area that was dark and scary just now, like a demon world, is actually colorful now. Under the sunlight, the caves show brilliant colors.
Blue, green, purple, yellow... the stalactites show their original colors under the sunlight. The water source next to them is a natural mirror, magnifying their brilliance ten times and a hundred times, exaggerating the presentation, as if the entire cave is.
turned into color.
Countless beasts in the dark forest made inexplicable roars, seeming to welcome the rarely seen sunlight. Overcoming their previous fear, they ran out of the depths of the forest one by one, stood in the sunny place, and screamed in excitement.
Of course, dangers are everywhere. One day, carnivores are waiting for an opportunity to come out to look for food. The little beast standing in the sun is their target. For a while, a faint smell of blood also floats out.
"Let's go, take advantage of the sunshine and get to the cabin halfway up the mountain." Li Qingyun shouted, picked up Michelle, who was admiring the wonders of the cave, and ran on the path.
The light at this time was better than the combined power of their torches and searchlights. Not only could we clearly see the thick layer of branches and leaves on the ground, but we could also see the dead bones and animal feces of many small animals.
It can be inferred from this that this huge underground cave should have formed its own unique small ecological environment. I don’t know whether it is balanced or not, but as long as there are enough small beasts, there should be no shortage of large carnivores standing at the top of the food chain.
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A clouded leopard with colorful patterns poked its head out from behind the treetops and jumped to where Li Qingyun had been standing just now. It sniffed and let out a low groan, a bit like a cat meowing.
Although the clouded leopard also bears the word "leopard", it is different from the leopard. It is a small and medium-sized carnivore. It only weighs 20 to 30 kilograms and has a body length of only about one meter. It is quite different from a real leopard. Its tail is almost as long as its body.
They are equally long and hidden in trees, making them almost impossible to spot.
With Li Qingyun's eyesight and hearing, he couldn't find its hiding place just now.
The clouded leopard only stayed on the ground for a moment, then jumped onto a tree branch because it heard a group of monkeys approaching from a distance. A naughty little monkey landed on the tree branch where the clouded leopard was hiding. Before he could react, the clouded leopard pounced on him.
, biting its head, and disappeared deep into the woods in an instant.
The other monkeys screamed loudly and slapped the branches and branches vigorously, trying to catch up with the clouded leopard, but its shadow was long gone.
Li Qingyun didn't know what was happening behind him, because there were still many dangers in front of him. There were always fights on this path, but it was even more dangerous deep in the forest.
He didn't know how long the sunlight above his head would last. He had to reach the cabin on the mountainside in the middle of the cave before the sunlight disappeared.
A white wild horse curiously ran out of the depths of the forest and followed Li Qingyun and Michelle, making a loud "stomp" sound. When Li Qingyun turned around, the wild horse not only did not restrain itself, but felt proud.
Even neighed a little.
These horses are very powerful and have huge frames, like Tibetan horses. In ancient times, they have been used as war horses. Because in the records of Sichuan and Shu, there are no local wild horses, let alone such tall wild horses. There are no wild horses further away.
In the south of (Yun), the wild horses produced are relatively short, and they are too far away from here.
Li Qingyun glanced at the wild horse in surprise. He didn't know what was wrong with this guy, and he actually followed him. But a single wild horse couldn't survive here, there should be a group of wild horses.
Sure enough, a majestic and loud wild horse neighed from deep in the forest. The lively and somewhat naughty white wild horse was stunned for a moment. Unwilling to do so, it raised its two front legs, neighed the same, turned around, and rushed into the depths of the forest.
Well, even the almost impossible herd of wild horses appeared. Li Qingyun felt that this underground cave must be too small, and the age of its formation was beyond his ability. Even if a few tigers appeared, he would not be surprised.
Under the protection of a shotgun, he repelled the attacks of several ferocious beasts like small wolves, and successfully reached the bottom of the steep hillside where the wooden house was located before they formed a siege.
After arriving here, Li Qingyun took a breath and thought about the unknown number of ferocious beasts just now. He felt that they were more like the legendary jackals. They have been rarely seen in recent years and are now listed as national second-level protected animals.
Jackal is also known as jackal, red-haired dog and red-haired wolf. Its appearance is similar to that of dogs and wolves. It is smaller than wolves, with a body length of about one meter and a weight of about 20 kilograms. The jackal has a square mouth and a very ferocious temperament. It likes
They lived in a group, but they failed to form an encirclement just now. It may be that the members of the group did not come together, which allowed Li Qingyun to escape smoothly.
Jackals are not only ferocious in temperament, but also very bold. They are afraid of all animals they encounter. They are usually very silent and alert, but they can make summoning howls when hunting. Hunting is mostly in the early morning and dusk.
Sometimes it is also carried out during the day. It is good at chasing prey and often hunts in a siege manner.
They are very agile and good at jumping. They can jump more than three meters on the spot. With the help of fast running, they can jump over ravines five or six meters wide, and can also jump over rock walls and low walls more than three meters high.
Its flexibility is better than lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other beasts, but close to the most flexible lynx and clouded leopard among cats.
There were only three or five jackals that I saw just now. Due to their extremely fast speed, they were scuttling behind the trees and making strange noises. With Li Qingyun's eyesight, he actually couldn't count how many there were. Michelle fired a few shots decisively, frightening the pursuers.
The one at the front seemed to have injured its leg and screamed, and the pursuit slowed down.
"Oh, I'm so exhausted... What the hell were those damn little wolf-like beasts just now? Why do they look like jackals?" Standing on the hillside under the wooden house, Michelle held on to an unknown small tree next to her.
The tree gasped in shock.
"No need to doubt, they must be jackals! I haven't seen them in the area for many years, and I didn't expect to see them in this underground cave." Li Qingyun answered, but he was observing the steep hillside in front of him.
This hillside is very steep, almost close to 70 degrees. However, there are traces of manual excavation on the hillside. It is not deep. Every step has a footing of more than ten centimeters, which leads directly to the top of the mountain like a ladder.
There are not only countless stalactites in this underground cave, but also more than ten hillsides. This hillside is closer to the edge of a corner. I wonder if the person who originally dug this path wanted to follow this hillside and climb from the top.
Escape through the gap?
Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard a shrill "wow" sound coming from the forest behind him. It was like a wolf's cry, but a bit sharp and high-pitched. A brown-red jackal head that was slightly larger than an ordinary jackal appeared in front of him.
Behind the tree on the roadside, more than ten common jackals of different sizes appeared.
The jackal head, also called the jackal king, is the leader of a group of jackals. Not only is his physical strength stronger than ordinary jackals, but his intelligence is also slightly better. If the jackal king appears, it means that all the fighting members of the group of jackals have been gathered.
Li Qingyun had a headache. Meeting these jackals was really scarier than meeting a pack of wolves. I heard an old hunter in the village say that jackals over thirty can kill tigers. Even though they are small, as long as there are enough of them, the entire group can stand upright.
At the top of the food chain.
Li Qingyun had seen a foreign video before, in which a group of jackals actually killed and ate an elephant. The scene was so shocking that it was still fresh in his memory. However, those jackals were a little different from the local jackals, and he had no idea just now.
Think of it.
"Oh my god, they are actually coming after me." Michelle was very nervous when she thought of the temperament and characteristics of jackals.
"You climb up first, and I'll come to the rear." As he said that, he took the shotgun from Michelle's hand and pointed it at the Jackal King.
"Well, be careful. If they don't attack, don't shoot. You have to save bullets, and it takes time to load bullets." Michelle didn't waste any time, and started climbing as she spoke.
She knew that ordinary jackals could easily jump to a height of three or four meters, and she had to climb higher to be relatively safe. However, this hillside was too steep, and there were some slippery water droplets seeping out of nowhere.
, it has been attached to the groove of the hillside and is very difficult to climb.
Li Qingyun held the gun, very calm, not as nervous as Michelle imagined. Of course, Michelle didn't know, he was wondering whether he should summon the golden python to help fight. With the huge size of the golden python,
, should be able to swallow several ordinary jackals in a row.
However, after much thought, Li Qingyun believed that if he summoned the golden python, it might scare Michelle to death... If the situation was really dangerous, it would be better to use the power of a small space to collect all the attacking jackals into the small space.
In a small space, tie them one by one to the sun stone to bask in the oil.
The jackal king was a little anxious when he saw humans actually starting to climb up. He ran out and walked around for a while, then returned to the tree and gave a sharp yell. Suddenly, more than a dozen brown-red jackals jumped out at extremely fast speeds.
With a jump, like the wind, it was approaching a hundred meters in an instant.
Li Qingyun's marksmanship was not as good as Michelle's, but after shooting at the pack of jackals randomly, it was difficult to miss. After a few "oows", two jackals fell down, blood gushing from their bodies, and their screams gradually became weaker.
Can whine and neigh.
The sound of gunshots echoed in the huge cave, startling the few jackals at the front. Known for their ferocity, they were startled for a moment and stopped halfway.
The jackal king hiding behind the tree roared angrily, urging them to continue attacking. At this time, the jackal group seemed to have forgotten their fear and danger, and swarmed forward.
Li Qingyun's bullets had been used up. Without stopping at all, he turned around and jumped onto the groove on the hillside. Using his hands and feet together, he climbed to a height of more than ten meters in a few seconds and had already caught up with Mixue.
Behind the child's butt.
The fastest jackals had already chased them to the side of the hillside and jumped up. Their sharp claws were able to climb four or five meters before they ran out of momentum and were unable to climb such a steep rocky slope.