Chapter 182 Tyrannosaurus Rex (VI)
Yu Yiyun's perception of the environment is far inferior to that of authentic wild animals.
He did not notice the abnormality of the climate, and only relied on his intuition and instinct to stay up all night in the scorching sun... uh... and not forget to stock up on food.
Weak, pitiful, but a big eater!
Due to the extraordinary efforts of the pig dragon, the mother and aunts soon discovered something unusual.
There is not enough food at home.
Although they maintained their original hunting routine and frequency, the family's food consumption rate was more than twice as fast.
I used to be able to eat meat for half a month, but now I can’t even last a week.
Currently, the three female dragon sisters have to raise 12 cubs and one adult cub in the growth stage, so it is normal for them to eat food quickly.
But the dragon cub is less than two months old. No matter how much it eats, it is too outrageous for it to eat two tons of meat in three days, right?
There's a black hole in Long Jun's stomach, right?
My aunt fell into a drowsy sleep. When she woke up, she found the pig dragon lying next to its prey, licking the dragon bones that had been eaten clean. She couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Buzz?" Where's the meat?
When my mother and aunt heard the sound, they also opened their eyes.
The female Tyrannosaurus Rex opened her eyes as big as grapefruits, but could not see the meat that should be hanging on her dragon bones.
Even the three-headed dragon was confused.
Did we go hunting the day before yesterday?
Or is it that the prey this time only grows bones but no flesh?
Dalong, who has little social experience, doesn't understand the principle of 'it's hard to guard against a thief within your own home'.
Even if you are full of doubts, you still have to hunt.
The three female dragons managed to stand up and went out in the scorching sun to look for prey.
Yu Yiyun, who had hidden the food secretly, felt guilty, so she followed her mother and aunt, walking at a duck pace to go hunting.
Half a year has passed since Yu Yiyun came to the prehistoric era. He has seen many Tyrannosaurus Rex hunting scenes. It can be said that he has eaten dragon meat and seen dragons run.
He was not yet an adult, and his body size was several times smaller than the three big dragons. His movements were slightly more agile, and he raised his big head in a very professional manner to search for prey.
After walking for a while, Yu Yiyun heard a sound from afar: a large group of triceratops were hiding in the shadow of the protruding stone wall.
Those big guys were equally huge in size, equally slow in movement, and unwilling to face the fierce sun.
The grass covered by the shadows had been eaten clean, even the soil had been dug up.
Most Triceratops would rather hide in the shade and stare blankly than stick their heads out to nibble on the grass that has wilted in the sun.
Only the young Triceratops still maintained its energy and played around the big dragon.
Children are creatures that can act naughty regardless of their species, and they always make their parents worry.
Mom and the aunts noticed the dragons and prepared for action in tacit understanding.
It’s just that prey in a quiet state is more difficult to catch than prey in a moving state.
Unlike large cats, the T. rex could approach its prey silently and pounce with the explosive power of a startled beast.
Due to the huge size of the dragons, they are destined to be far from the word "silent" and it is very easy to alarm the prey.
Moreover, the Triceratops were relatively scattered when grazing, so it was easier for the Tyrannosaurus Rex to isolate one of them and then encircle and attack it.
Now they were all lying there, pressed against each other, leaving the Tyrannosaurus Rex no room to move its claws.
Mom and Auntie looked at the large group of Triceratops and seemed to hesitate, wondering whether they should take the risk of launching an attack.
After searching for half a day, the female dragon finally found the trace of her prey. How could she bear to give up?
However, there were so many enemy beasts that the Tyrannosaurus Rex had already consumed a lot of physical strength. If it was besieged by dozens of Triceratops, it would probably be seriously injured.
If you get injured in summer, the wounds are prone to rot and are difficult to heal.
Before they could figure out the result, Yu Yiyun had already circled around, using the surrounding environment as cover, and approached the Triceratops cub stealthily.
No matter what prey you are dealing with, it is easiest to catch it by starting with the cubs.
Compared to the huge Triceratops, the newly hatched cub looks very new, like a dinosaur figurine made by humans.
They are in the cognitive stage, full of curiosity about the world and never at ease.
Yu Yiyun saw several cubs gathered in a circle, nudging each other with the pointed little horns above their noses.
When Triceratops attacks enemy animals, it usually does not use the tip of its nose horn to hit the opponent.
Compared to the brow horns growing on both sides of the skull, the nose horns of Triceratops are shorter and directly connected to the head bones.
Dinosaurs have a special bone structure, with thin bone walls and limited hardness.
In a fierce struggle, it is easy for a Triceratops to break its nose horn or knock it into the skull due to the reaction.
Therefore, the little Triceratops started learning early on how to use the base of its horn to pry or push away enemy animals.
Several little Triceratops fight with each other and accumulate combat experience in this way.
Suddenly there was a strange noise nearby. They turned around and found a green monster with horns, smelling like food.
The little Triceratops was fighting vigorously and was easily lured over and was about to attack the green monster.
Just at this moment, Yu Yiyun, who was hiding behind the stone wall, showed his sharp claws and pounced on the reckless Triceratops from behind.
"oh!"
“Ohhh!”
The little Triceratops screamed in fear, ran away several steps, and rushed towards Yu Yiyun with its sharp horns.
Yu Yiyun dodged skillfully, and the little Triceratops crashed into the stone wall, the tip of its eyebrow was instantly broken, and it screamed even more miserably in pain.
The giant triceratops that were resting in the shade heard the cubs crying and started to get up one after another to check on the situation.
They began to move, and the originally dense group relationships were naturally broken up.
Mom and aunt seized the opportunity and pounced from the front and side, isolating the Triceratops that was farthest away from the group.
The Triceratops realized that it had fallen into a trap, and immediately assumed an attacking stance and called for help from its companions.
However, at the same time, several dragons called for help.
Among the dragons, the cubs had a higher priority, and the big dragons rushed over to rescue the cubs, ignoring the wailing of the big dragon.
Yu Yiyun led the big dragon away, and saw her aunt and mother surrounding the prey. The experienced one stayed away from the huge group of dragons and ran over to help.
The Triceratops is strong and healthy. It has just been resting and is full of energy.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex had been trudging for half a day and its strength had been almost exhausted. Its reaction was far less sharp than that of the Triceratops.
It fought desperately, scratching my mother and aunt with its sharp horns.
The two female dragons were used to it, circling around to avoid the Triceratops' horns, ready to wait until it ran out of energy before launching an attack.
Triceratops is the equivalent of a bison among dragons. Not only are they similar in appearance and temperament, they also have similar endurance.
Although her aunt and mother didn't know why the Triceratops group was dispersed, Yu Yiyun knew.
Once the dragons find that the cubs are not in danger, they will definitely rush over to help their companions.
They have limited time, this fight must be ended quickly!
"Wow!" Enemy beast!
Seeing the Triceratops roaring and charging wildly with its horns, the three female dragons were afraid to get close.
Yu Yiyun rushed over and circled around in coordination with the movements of the Triceratops.
When the trapped Triceratops saw another dragon, it let out an unfriendly roar, trying to intimidate the enemy dragon with the sound.
Yu Yijun had heard many roars before, so she didn't take the Triceratops's cursing seriously at all, and continued to circle around at a distance.
Triceratops is well-informed and knows the attack patterns of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
A single Tyrannosaurus Rex attacks a Triceratops, mainly using a head-on approach.
If there are two or more Tyrannosaurus Rex, one will hold them back while the other will attack from behind where the Tyrannosaurus Rex is unguarded.
Therefore, the Triceratops had to be vigilant at all times and not let the Tyrannosaurus Rex get around from behind and attack its body which had nothing but armor.
"howl!"
Seeing Yu Yijun circling around him like a fly, the Triceratops became a little anxious and its calls became more and more anxious.
Yu Yiyun knew that its patience was gradually disappearing and it was about to achieve its goal.
In fact, if you observe the Triceratops carefully, you will find that the dragon in front of you is not yet an adult and it is difficult for it to pose a threat to the Triceratops in its peak period.
He approached the Triceratops recklessly with only one goal:
Attract the Triceratops to attack you.
Whenever a Triceratops attacks, its back is exposed.
The three dragons who were watching seized the opportunity and pounced on it, biting it to death.
How could the Triceratops have guessed such a despicable tactic?
He was annoyed by Xiaolong's naughty look and finally couldn't bear it anymore and pounced on him.
As soon as it paused, my aunt seized the opportunity and she and my mother bit the Triceratops' abdomen from the left and right.
My aunt used her body size advantage to pounce on the Triceratops' back and bit its neck hard under the protection of its round shield.
The Triceratops rolled over in pain and made the most fatal mistake.
Many reptiles have hard scales covering their bodies, which act like armor and protect them from harm.
For example, crocodiles have rugged and hideous bodies and look difficult to attack.
Once it turns over, the scales on its abdomen are soft and thin and provide almost no protection.
The scales on Triceratops' abdomen are also soft.
It was so soft that it couldn't even withstand the attack of a small Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Yu Yijun seized the opportunity, opened his mouth wide and bit its abdomen hard.
In the distance, the Triceratops, having confirmed that the cub was fine, were preparing to rush to rescue their companion.
Suddenly, the cries for help stopped.
The Triceratops naturally understood what had happened and turned around silently, not intending to risk death to rescue its dead companion.
In the silent hunting ground, only four Tyrannosaurus Rex were left, surrounding their trophies.
"Wow."
Yu Yijun lay on the Triceratops and shouted excitedly.
You know, this is his first time to truly participate in hunting.
The mother and aunt were equally excited. At least for the next few days, they and their cubs wouldn't have to go hungry.
Yu Yiyun felt more at ease stealing the meat that he had helped to hunt. After eating, he carried a large piece of it to Longlong Kindergarten.
In the blink of an eye, the cubs have been living in the cave for more than half a month and have fully adapted to the living environment in the cave.
Dragons often come to the water area next to the cave to drink water, and dragon cubs can see all kinds of monsters through the slanted entrance leading to the ground.
Some dragons, while drinking, wanted to find some snacks to go with their drinks, so they started hunting right on the shore.
Some dragons hadn't come over yet, but the dragon cubs had already felt the violent vibrations from the ground dozens of meters deep. When it really came over, the small area of the cave entrance was not enough to see the whole dragon.
Some dragons are not big in size but have wings, and can carry small dragons into the sky to experience a unique and extreme flight.
After seeing so much of the outside world, Xiaolong finally had some idea of his own strength and would not leave the cave unless it was necessary.
Every day when Yu Yiyun comes to feed them, it is the happiest time for the little dragons, as it means they can leave the cave and play with their brother.
Yu Yiyun approached the cave with footsteps. As soon as he gave the signal, a big head popped out of the cave entrance, followed by the second, the third...
The 12 cubs scrambled out and were taken to a safe area by Yu Yiyun, where they lined up and waited for their brother to feed them.
“Chirp~”
"Gugu~"
The dragon cub opened his watery eyes and acted like a little bird.
No wonder it looks like a black chicken...
Maybe Tyrannosaurus Rex is not extinct at all, and black chickens are their descendants.
Yu Yiyun's mind was full of wild imagination and his mouth never stopped talking. He tore the meat into small pieces and fed them to the dragon cubs, fearing that these little ancestors would starve.
After feeding all the cubs, they were still unsatisfied and surrounded Yu Yiyun, not planning to go back to the cave for the time being.
As night fell and the temperature dropped below daytime levels, most dinosaurs began to rest.
Yu Yiyun simply took the cubs with him, like a big duck leading a group of ducklings, and started their night adventure shakily.
In prehistoric times, the inhabitants of the earth did not even master the use of "fire", let alone the more advanced "light".
Yu Yiyun raised her head and looked at the sky which was not affected by any light pollution. The stars were extremely bright.
65 million years seems an incredibly long time to humans.
But in the context of the entire universe, it is just the time it takes to take a nap.
Yu Yiyun looked up at the sky, pointed at the stars with his short front paws, and explained to the cubs.
“Wow.” That’s the Big Dipper, shaped like a spoon.
“Chirp?”
"Gugu?"
The dragon cubs don't know the 'Big Dipper', and they don't even have the concept of 'stars'.
To them, the night sky looked like fireflies flying in the sky.
However, seeing that Yu Yijun spoke so vividly, the dragon cubs also listened with great interest.
"Wow." That is the North Star, and I once reached the North Pole under its guidance.
"Wow?" Do you know the North Pole? It's a very, very cold place.
At this point in time, the Arctic had not yet been fully formed, and the climate was different from what it would be later.
The dragon cub, born in the scorching heat, blinked its eyes and had no concept of "cold" at all.
The cold they understand is at most like a cave with a cool breeze blowing through it.
Yu Yijun knew that the dragon cubs didn't understand, so she lay down, let them all gather in her arms, and told the cubs about the changes in the continent.
He told the cubs that the largest landmass on Earth was called "Panga", which was the Pangu who created the world.
Later, after hundreds of millions of years of changes, it became what it is today.
The continent will also undergo changes and be divided into seven continents and four oceans, evolving into various landforms and nourishing a variety of creatures.
“Chirp?”
The dragon cub learned many things beyond his imagination, and his big eyes were full of curiosity.
She moved her tail, startling the little creature that had just emerged, and it was so scared that it quickly crawled back into the hole.
Yu Yiyun often moved around at night and had excellent night vision, so she recognized it as a shrew.
Shrews, the earliest mammals to appear on Earth, have ecological characteristics similar to those of mice.
The mammals that lived at the same time as it have either become extinct or evolved, but the shrew remains active and can be found in modern civilized society.
Yu Yiyun studied biology, which included evolution.
As far as he knows, the main reasons why organisms stop evolving include environmental stability, strong stability and adaptability of their own genes, etc.
Murids and related species are at a relatively low level of evolution and have maintained the same form for thousands of years.
In other words, they are in their ultimate form that is most adapted to the environment from the beginning.
"Wow!" Boss!
Yu Yiyun looked at the group of shrews that were peeking out, wishing she could learn rat language right away and interview these living fossils on how they had successfully achieved "peak at debut" on the tree of life with countless branches.
The shrews are only 4 or 5 centimeters long. In front of a behemoth like the Tyrannosaurus Rex, they are so fragile that they can't stand a single blow. They are also looking at these giants with curiosity.
At this moment, they may envy the Tyrannosaurus Rex for its might and strength, as it does not have to hide like itself.
More than 60 million years later, a famous writer Lu Xun said: Human beings’ joys and sorrows are different.
In prehistoric times, animals also had different joys and sorrows.
Yu Yiyun saw that the group of shrews were timid and did not dare to come out to look for food.
He got up, shook off the dust, and took the little dragon away from the shrew's activity area.
The strong vitality and environmental adaptability of rodents give many little people a headache.
Not only are they ubiquitous, but they can also spread disease.
The most serious plague in the Middle Ages was the Black Death, which was spread by rats.
Yu Yiyun also suffered from the trouble of rats.
Not only humans can be infected with diseases by rats, but animals can too.
Moreover, the current treatment measures for animals are far from perfect.
The probability of a South China tiger being killed by a rat is very low, but definitely not zero.
Even though he was deeply troubled by rats, Yu Yiyun had to admit that the rat family and its related species were definitely the strong ones in nature.
It is because of their existence that the entire food chain is completed and countless animals are fed.
So no matter how troubled he was, Yu Yiyun never thought of exterminating all the rats.
After walking a few hundred meters with the dragon cub, Yu Yijun looked back at the busy shrew and actually felt a little envious.
It would be great if our Longlong family could have such strong vitality.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in the world.
Yu Yijun rubbed one and then the other lovingly, and continued to set out into the night with the dragon cubs, starting the first adventure of their lives.
After walking for a while, Yu Yiyun returned to the woods where he started.
Not far from the woods, a few Quetzalcoatlus that had eaten before stopped there and chirped hoarsely.
Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs, but most of their habits are similar, and they are also accustomed to being active during the day.
Those pterosaurs stay awake most of the night, probably because they are controlled by hormones.
The courtship ritual of Quetzalcoatlus was similar to that of sea lions.
During the breeding season, male Quetzalcoatlus will fight for breeding rights.
The winner can fly to the middle of the female dragons and mate with as many of the opposite sex as possible to continue his own bloodline.
The losers can only retreat to the margins and try hard to show themselves, hoping to attract the favor of the opposite sex.
There are only a few old or injured male Quetzalcoatlus left in the bare rock area, and all the female pterosaurs have flown away, which means the breeding season is over for this year.
The male pterosaur who failed to find a mate did not give up and continued to sing day and night until the end of his life.
Yu Yiyun was attracted by their voices and saw that the pterosaurs were crying so pitifully, so she decided to help them with practical actions.
A few hours later, at daybreak, Yu Yijun was holding a pterosaur in his mouth, and the cubs were carrying two pterosaurs, grunting and walking happily back to the burrow with duck steps.
Yu Yiyun sent the reserve food into the cave to appease them.
"Wow." Don't be sad, Long.
"Wow." I will definitely find a wife in my next life!
Pterosaur: ...
It passed away peacefully, and was no longer able to utter any bad words.
Yu Yiyun placed the stored food in a well-ventilated area to prevent the dragon meat from rotting too quickly.
After a short rest of two hours, Yu Yiyun was still a little sleepy, and lazily crawled out of the cave to check the situation outside.
It's getting hotter.
The water area has shrunk to 1/3 of that in spring. Yu Yiyun dived to the deepest point, but it was barely submerged up to her neck. There was no way she could float in the water and pretend to be a rotten piece of wood.
At noon, the sun was at its hottest and the nearby dragons didn't want to come out.
Yu Yiyun hesitated for a moment between "foraging" and "returning to the nest to sleep", then gritted his teeth and decided to go out foraging again.
There is a lot of food reserve in the cave, enough for himself and his cubs to enjoy for a month.
Yu Yiyun couldn't explain why the desire to hunt was so urgent, as if something was driving him.
Yu Yiyun was lying in ambush beside the water, lying quietly pretending to be a broken stone.
The dragon that came to the shore to drink water had no doubt about the stone.
After all, the weather is so hot that normal dragons all hide in the shade.
Only someone whose brain has been stepped on by a dragon would lie on the scorching ground pretending to be a stone.
A newly-adult duck-billed dinosaur came to the water's edge without any precautions.
It was so thirsty that it stuck half of its body into the water and drank the water in big gulps.
After taking the third sip, the duck-billed dinosaur suddenly felt its whole body sink.
The stone that had been lying on the shore had climbed onto its body and crushed the unlucky dragon so hard that it could not breathe.
The duck-billed dinosaur realized it was in danger and immediately began to struggle for help.
However, the hot weather prevented the duck-billed dinosaur's companions from coming to help, and they could not arrive in time.
It can only rely on its own strength to drive down the bad dragon.
The dragon lay on its back, and the duck-billed dinosaur rolled over, revealing its belly hidden underneath.
It thought that the dragon lying on its back would be crushed by it.
It turned out that Yu Yijun had been waiting for this moment. He stretched out his neck nimbly, opened his mouth wide and bit the duck-billed dinosaur's soft belly, hitting its most fatal part.
After successfully killing the duck-billed dinosaur, Yu Yijun lay over the prey for a long time.
It wasn’t because he was tired, but because he had been exposed to the sun for too long, causing Yu Yiyun to feel dizzy.
Through personal experience, Yu Yiyun confirmed one thing:
Dinosaurs can also suffer from heatstroke.
He had no time to celebrate his great discovery. He quickly called the dragon cub and dragged the prey back to the cave.
Looking at the full store of food, Yu Yiyun did not feel satisfied, but even more anxious.
Yu Yiyun comforted herself that it was normal to be dissatisfied.
Just like Little Man, he never feels that he has enough money.
I'm just old and have developed a hoarding habit.
Yu Yiyun tried hard to convince herself to stay calm and play with the cubs as usual.
He had thought that this was just an ordinary day in a dragon's life, no different from what he had experienced 150 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs.
The sun will still shine tomorrow.
But Yu Yiyun never expected that the sun might rise tomorrow.
But tonight the sun has not set yet, illuminating the entire earth with a fiery red glow.
After a long journey of 100 million years, the asteroid, which is about to reach the fifth largest planet in the solar system, is burning up at an altitude of 40,000 meters above the earth.
Yu Yiyun was not the first dragon to discover something unusual, but he was definitely the first dragon to know what was about to happen.
This disaster clearly gave signs, but it did not give the dinosaurs a chance to survive.
In a trance, Yu Yiyun heard the words of the Voice of the World:
[You can do whatever you want]
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