Chapter 178 Tyrannosaurus Rex (Part 2)
In prehistoric times 65 million years ago, not only were the days shorter than they are now, the nights were shorter as well.
Yu Yiyun lay quietly under the tree, pretending to be a harmless big rock of a dragon beast, and by the way, helped his ancestors drive away various small pterosaurs and reptiles that were foraging at night.
Listen to the ancestors chattering about "I met a good dragon today" and "You are a great dragon."
In the blink of an eye, a streak of white appeared on the edge of the sky.
Yu Yiyun stood up slowly and looked towards the place where the sun was rising.
Even though more than 60 million years have passed, the sun seen by dinosaurs and humans is no different; it is still the same hot and bright star.
The pig dragon was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes.
It wasn't because he finally found something familiar in this strange environment, but because he was finally sure:
Over there, it’s East!
Yu Yiyun, who finally figured out the directions, excitedly wagged his tail and ran slowly towards the sun, letting the first rays of morning light shine on him.
In the warm sunlight, the huge little Tyrannosaurus Rex squinted its eyes comfortably and walked farther and farther away unknowingly.
When he came to his senses again, he looked into the distance with his excellent eyesight and cried out inwardly, "Oh no!"
I've wandered too far. Where is this place?
When Yu Yiyun left the wooded area, she realized that it was most likely the ivory tower that the mother dragon had found for her. There were almost no large dinosaurs anywhere.
After climbing over a few slopes, a large open grassland appeared in front of us, and the surrounding trees were violently broken.
Several giant dinosaurs, which must be over 20 meters long, were foraging on the grass.
A certain pig dragon lay down timidly, hoping that the giant dragon would not notice him.
The prehistoric world also followed the laws of nature. Herbivorous animals could obtain nutrients directly from plants. There were no middlemen to make a profit from the price difference, so it was not uncommon for extremely large individuals to appear.
When carnivores kill herbivores, the utilization rate of food is naturally reduced.
For example, cattle and sheep in the same area are often much larger than cats and dogs.
In the era when Tyrannosaurus Rex was active, there were Poseidonosaurus and Alamosaurus on land, both of which were giant dinosaurs with a body length of up to 30 or 40 meters.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex, which was only more than ten meters long at its peak, looked particularly small in front of them, not to mention that Yu Yijun was still a cub.
In those past worlds, cattle used beatings to teach Yu Yiyun that being herbivorous does not mean being docile.
Even if the herbivorous dragons have no interest in eating children, once they discover the young of their natural enemies, they will definitely kill them without mercy.
While the dragon wasn't paying attention, Yu Yijun used his short limbs to wriggle away from the giant dinosaur's territory.
In the open area with lush vegetation, giant dragons may fall at any time, and a few pterosaurs will refresh in the sky from time to time.
Yu Yiyun looked pitiful, with his tail between his legs, carefully avoiding the numerous natural enemies.
Finally, after walking for a long time, he heard a familiar howl.
“Roar——!” cub!
“Wow——!” Mommy!
The mother and son responded to each other loudly and began to run slowly in both directions.
The mother dragon found the cub and rubbed his body with her thick tail, probably as a way of expressing affection within the family.
"Roar." Baby, are you hungry?
"Haha!" Mom will take you to a big dinner!
After the mother finished her long roar, she turned around, and Yu Yiyun saw that there were several wounds on her back and buttocks, each of which was several dozen centimeters long.
Throughout evolutionary history, predators have had to pay a price to get their prey.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons excavated by humans later had various injuries on the body, and a complete skeleton has not been pieced together to this day.
Obviously, the mother dragon was used to being wounded and showed no pain at all. She excitedly called her cubs to enjoy the prey she had obtained.
Yu Yiyun followed her mother slowly, and it took her half an hour to walk just a few thousand meters.
The pig dragon was thinking about the feast, and he became more and more bored as he walked. There was even a kaleidoscope in his mind, and he missed the years when he was a cat and a bird.
Even during those years when I was a panda, it would take less than ten minutes to travel a mere few thousand meters.
After crawling slowly for a while under the scorching sun, the mother finally stopped and howled at her cubs twice.
Yu Yijun raised her eyes and looked forward. Two aunts were guarding a triceratops and tearing flesh with their bloody mouths.
Triceratops has three spear-shaped horns on its head and a fan-shaped bone shield around its neck, which allows it to attack or defend. It is a very distinctive herbivorous dinosaur.
An adult Triceratops is generally six to seven meters long, weighs nearly ten tons, and moves in groups.
It would be as difficult for a Tyrannosaurus Rex to catch a Triceratops as it would be for an African lion to hunt a wild buffalo.
Triceratops is not only ferocious, but also united.
Once they encounter a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the entire group will rise up in resistance.
If a Tyrannosaurus Rex hunts alone, it can easily be killed by a Triceratops.
Tens of millions of years later, humans discovered through scanning the brain bones of Tyrannosaurus Rex that its cerebral cortex had 3.3 billion neurons, and its intelligence level was equivalent to that of a chimpanzee.
Chimpanzees are only one step away from Homo sapiens and are quite smart. This level of intelligence is enough to support Tyrannosaurus Rex's ability to cooperate and design tactics.
By working together, three female Tyrannosaurus Rex successfully captured a Triceratops from the dragon group.
There were bloodstains and some body parts left at the scene, which gave one an idea of the cruelty of the war.
In addition to Mommy, the two aunts also suffered injuries of varying degrees.
They were also used to the days of scars, and saw the sisters bringing the cubs over and making high-frequency sounds to invite the cubs to eat together.
Yu Yiyun was starving, but she didn't eat immediately after coming to them. She rubbed her aunt's neck and licked her aunt's wound.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex has thick skin and extremely hard armor, and is less sensitive to slight touches.
Reptiles in nature rarely express intimacy through hugging and licking like mammals do.
The two big dragons didn't understand the little dragon's behavior and stared at the cub in confusion.
Mother Long came out from behind and licked her sister's wounds, imitating what Little Dragon had just done to her.
Although it was just a minor flesh wound, it was not a big problem for the huge predator.
But after being licked by her cub, the mother dragon felt that the pain seemed to be alleviated a little, so she did the same to her sister.
"Buzz."
“Roar!”
The two aunts still didn't understand, but they respected Xiaolong. They rubbed him awkwardly and moved away to let him come over to eat.
This Triceratops was very huge, weighing several tons, enough for at least three adults and one child to enjoy for ten days.
Yu Yiyun held it down with his short front paws, opened his mouth wide and bit it with his long nail-like teeth, easily tearing off a large piece of meat.
“Wow~”
Delicious~
Dinosaurs are reptiles, and their appearance is similar to that of crocodiles or lizards.
But they are not cold-blooded animals and need enough fat in their bodies to maintain calories.
The great gourmet Yu Yiyun tasted the meat carefully and, based on his experience of eating countless kinds of meat, concluded that dinosaur meat was similar to a combination of seal and free-range chicken.
Seals have fat beneath their skin and can be called nature's calorie bomb.
Yu Yiyun ate and savored the food carefully, and soon her belly was full.
No matter what animal it is, it wants to sleep after eating.
Yu Yijun licked his lips and was about to fall down when he heard a buzzing sound near his ear. A dense army of flies flew over following the scent and flew around the little Tyrannosaurus Rex's head.
Yu Yiyun slowly turned over and waved his short front paws, but it had no effect at all in driving the beast away.
"Roar!" It's so annoying!
Unable to sleep because of the flies, Yu Yiyun even had a vicious idea.
Why couldn’t there be just one more fly during the mass extinction of prehistoric creatures?
Flies may seem inconspicuous, but in fact they are true living fossils in the biological world, and their existence can be traced back to the Permian period 400 million years ago.
During several subsequent mass extinction events, flies always found a way to survive.
Yu Yiyun even suspects that even if humans become extinct, flies and cockroaches will still exist and evolve stronger adaptability, eventually dominating the entire universe.
Yu Yiyun, whose vitality was far less tenacious than that of a fly, resigned himself to his fate and got up.
The reason flies fly around you is simple.
I.
It's dirty.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was so huge that it was difficult for it to clean itself like a cat washing its face.
Yu Yijun had just finished eating meat, his body was covered in blood, and there were food residues between his teeth. No wonder flies were flocking to him.
How could a mysophobic pig dragon tolerate flies treating it as a garbage dump?
Even though he was full and sleepy, he still managed to get up, said hello to his sleeping mother and aunt, and set out on his fooling around alone.
On the way here just now, Yu Yiyun faintly heard the sound of water, so there must be a water source nearby.
In prehistoric times, the distribution of continents and oceans was not as familiar to humans.
The distance between continents was not that wide, the Atlantic Ocean was less than 50% of its current area, and there were many large shallow seas on land.
Yu Yiyun followed the sound of flowing water and came to an endless body of water, where many giant dragons were drinking water on the shore.
Giant dinosaurs were huge in size and must have had a great demand for water, so they generally lived near water sources.
The small fish, which was only five or six meters long, did not dare to provoke the big guys and went around the edge of the shallow sea to clean its body.
He opened his mouth wide and drank the water, letting the flowing water wash away the residue in his mouth.
After gargling a few times, Yu Yijun raised his head and saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex of similar size to himself appear on the other side of the river.
Xiaolong on the other side stared at him for a while, then imitated Yu Yiyun, opened his mouth and put his head into the water, spitting out bubbles.
Yu Yiyun guessed that Xiaolong on the other side probably thought this was some fun game.
It turns out that Tyrannosaurus Rex also had a strong ability to imitate.
After a while, the little dragon on the other side got tired of playing and raised his head and called out twice.
A tall and strong male dragon appeared on the shore, behind the little dragon.
Yu Yiyun looked at his figure and subconsciously judged that he was Xiaolong's father.
After taking a closer look, I felt that he should be Xiaolong's brother.
The male dragon looked very new, with few scars from hunting, and was probably just an adult.
The male dragon walked behind the little dragon on the other side, saw Yu Yijun, looked at him warily, and his eyes fell behind him.
Yu Yijun followed his gaze and looked back. It turned out that it was her aunt who followed her.
I don’t know if he was worried about the cubs or just came here to drink water.
"roar!"
The male dragon roared loudly, scaring away several giant dragons that were drinking water not far away.
Despite their huge size, they are still below Tyrannosaurus Rex in the food chain.
Here are two powerful Tyrannosaurus Rex, herbivorous dinosaurs that instinctively avoid danger.
"roar!"
My aunt yelled back, not wanting to be outdone, as if they were scolding each other "What are you looking at?" and "What's wrong with me looking at you?"
Since ancient times, "kings do not meet kings" has been the consensus in the beast circle.
A powerful and ferocious beast like Tyrannosaurus Rex naturally pays special attention to boundaries.
After all, the biggest enemy of Tyrannosaurus Rex is the more powerful Tyrannosaurus Rex.
As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain. If two Tyrannosaurus Rex appear in the same area, a conflict between kings may occur if one is not careful.
Hearing the quarrel between his aunt and the male dragon, Yu Yijun was so scared that he didn't even take a bath. He turned around and hooked his aunt with his tail, trying to take her away from the crime scene.
The aunt was obviously getting carried away. She jumped into the water and continued to call out to the male dragon, regardless of the cubs' attempts to stop her.
The male dragon also jumped into the water and swam towards my aunt with its short claws flapping.
Tyrannosaurus Rex looks huge, but its bones are hollow, which makes it easier for it to swim in water.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was strong enough to even cross the ocean.
The two Tyrannosaurus Rex ran in opposite directions and soon swam together, which made Yu Yijun horrified and the little dragon on the other side looked confused.
The aunt came in front of the male dragon and looked down at the young man.
Judging from her physical characteristics, the aunt is several years older than the male dragon and is in her prime.
Dinosaurs are the ancestors of birds.
It is well known that many female birds in nature are larger than males, and the same is true for some dinosaurs.
The weight of female Tyrannosaurus Rex is about 10% more than that of male Tyrannosaurus Rex, not to mention females in their prime and males that have just matured.
In terms of momentum, the young male dragon is a head shorter.
Yu Yiyun felt a little relieved.
Even if they fight, my aunt won't suffer any loss.
"Roar!" The male dragon was not willing to be outdone and roared again.
"roar!"
“Roar~”
“Roar~”
The two dragons roared a few times at close range, and the male dragon suddenly approached my aunt and rubbed the base of her tail with his thick tail.
The aunt tilted her tail to one side and let the male dragon lie on her, doing some things that are not suitable for young dragons.
“…”
Yu Yiyun was stunned.
It was a pity that he was so worried just now. After all this time, it turned out that the two dragons were not angry with each other, but they were attracted to each other.
Yu Yijun looked at her strong aunt and wanted to ask, "Aunt, what do you like about him?" "Is our Tyrannosaurus Rex so picky?"
The male dragon was not as strong or powerful as my aunt, at most he had handsome features.
Theresa said: I don’t even talk to younger men.
Who would have thought that, going back 65 million years, the dinosaurs would be picked up and talked about.
The male dragon lay on top of the aunt, holding the female with his short front paws, raising one of his hind legs and circling his tail.
Even if the movements of these two huge creatures were not violent, they would make the nearby water surface turbid.
Yu Yiyun, who had just washed herself, climbed ashore and lay on her back like a turtle to bask in the sun, admiring up close the "dragon film" that modern humans would never dream of seeing.
After a brief moment of bliss, the male dragon seemed unsatisfied and wanted to get closer to the female dragon.
The aunt instantly turned hostile, yelled at him twice, and swung her tail to greet her dragon cub.
Yu Yijun slowly got up, turned around and looked, and saw the male dragon returning dejectedly to the little dragon on the other side.
"roar."
He growled in grievance, complaining that his wife came and went quickly.
The little dragon didn't understand the male dragon's troubles at all. He blinked his big eyes naively and asked the male dragon why he lay on the beautiful dragon just now.
"roar!"
Children are not allowed to ask so many questions!
"Wow." Goodbye.
Yu Yiyun wagged his tail and followed his aunt back to the food.
There was a bloody smell around the food, which attracted many flies.
Yu Yiyun found a shady spot a little further away, climbed down and took a nap comfortably, sleeping soundly under the protection of the three big dragons.
Happy days are always very short. The Triceratops was soon eaten up, and mom and aunts had to look for new prey.
The last time they went out to find food, they left Yu Yiyun in a safe place.
This time, the mother called the cub and used her tail to signal him to follow her hunting.
It is hard to say whether it is because the mother feels that the cubs have reached the age to learn hunting, or because the aunt is starting to carry eggs in her belly, and this team of female dragons cannot take care of Yu Yiyun wholeheartedly.
In short, the mother brought him with her with an obvious intention, which was to teach the cub hunting skills.
Considering that there were cubs around, the female dragon did not target large dinosaurs, but instead looked for smaller dinosaurs.
Tyrannosaurus Rex moves slowly and it takes a relatively long time for it to find prey.
After circling around for a while, the female dragon army encountered a group of duck-billed dinosaurs in the distance, about seven or eight of them.
The duck-billed dinosaur had a flat and wide mouth and webbed feet, which were estimated to be swimming claws.
It has a raised crown on its head and more than 2,000 teeth in its mouth, so its fighting power is relatively weak.
But hadrosaurs often moved in groups and could run at speeds of dozens of kilometers, which made Tyrannosaurus Rex stay away.
The mother dragon stared at the duck-billed dinosaur for a while, and finally withdrew her gaze silently, as if she felt that this group of dragons were not suitable teaching materials.
After searching for a while, Yu Yijun heard a sound from afar: a family of ankylosaurs were playing not far away.
Ankylosaur is a medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur covered in armor. Its most obvious feature is the bulging "hammer" on its tail.
When the mother dragon saw them, she immediately perked up.
You know, Ankylosaurus is bulky and its speed is about the same as that of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Moreover, among this group of ankylosaurs, there are several underage cubs, which are perfect for training their claws.
Mama Long locked onto her target, slowly looked at her eldest aunt, then at her second aunt, and they reached a tacit understanding without words.
Seeing that the ankylosaurs were either sleeping or lying down, the eldest and second aunts tried to move more quietly and went around to both sides to approach the group of ankylosaurs.
After they were in ambush, my mother rushed over from the front.
This is the most common hunting method used by many Tyrannosaurus Rex. They pounce on their prey from several positions to avoid being trapped in a pursuit battle that they are not good at.
When the ankylosaurs discovered the three Tyrannosaurus Rex, they were so scared that they immediately fled in panic.
A few little ankylosaurs were having a great time, but when they encountered an enemy beast close up and using its ultimate power, they didn't know what to do for a moment.
In the panic, a small ankylosaur about four years old left the main group.
Ankylosaurs are not small in size, and their juvenile stage also lasts until about ten years old. A four-year-old Ankylosaur is equivalent to a human elementary or middle school student.
Seeing its companions getting farther and farther away, the Ankylosaurus became extremely frightened and let out a loud cry.
When the mother Ankylosaurus heard her cub crying, she immediately tried to return to rescue it, but was blocked by the elder and younger aunts on both sides.
Although the Ankylosaurus had armor and a hammer, facing two ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex, an adult Ankylosaurus had no chance of winning.
The mother Ankylosaurus tried several times, but her survival instinct overcame her maternal instinct, and she chose to leave her child behind and join the main group.
The little ankylosaurus roared until his voice became hoarse, and his hammer-like tail swung back and forth on the ground, leaving several fan-shaped marks.
The mother dragon approached from behind, intending to wear down the little ankylosaur first, and then let the cub take the field when the danger level decreased.
Our cub is not much bigger than the small ankylosaur and is still a baby.
The mother dragon dotes on her children very much and doesn't dare to let the cubs take risks...ugh.
She didn't let the cub take risks, but the cub insisted on taking risks.
It has been ten days since I turned into a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The dragons I encountered were either huge, ran very fast, or had wings and could fly.
Except for the Quetzalcoatlus that treated him as prey on the first day, Yu Yiyun didn't catch any prey and had to keep his tail between his legs wherever he went.
Having finally become the strongest predator on land, Yu Yiyun's hunting desire has reached its peak and he can't wait to show his prowess.
Seeing her mother and aunt separating the ferocious big ankylosaurus, Yu Yijun immediately rushed out to face the small ankylosaurus that was three meters long.
Herbivorous animals absorb nutrients directly from food, without middlemen making a profit from the nutritional difference, so they grow faster.
The little ankylosaur was not yet an adult, but the hammer at the tip of its tail was already very hard, and it made a banging sound when it hit the ground.
The early development speed of carnivores is much slower than that of herbivores.
Although Yu Yiyun is larger than ankylosaur, its development level is less than 50% of that of an adult dragon, and its claws and teeth are far inferior.
If the little ankylosaurus used all its strength to hammer Yu Yiyun with its tail, his bones would be cracked if not broken.
If it were any other small Tyrannosaurus Rex, it might really be helpless against the Ankylosaurus.
Fortunately, our Pig Dragon has rich hunting experience and can cleverly avoid the tail hammer attack of the Ankylosaurus.
After maneuvering around for a few times, Yu Yijun saw that the little ankylosaurus was exhausted and gasping for breath, so he seized the opportunity and knocked it to the ground.
The huge dragon's body was too heavy, and it was difficult for Yu Yiyun to subdue the enemy by jumping or pouncing. His expertise in tree climbing was also useless here.
Fortunately, the environment was fair to both hunters, and herbivorous dinosaurs were also restricted by their huge bodies.
Once it falls to the ground, it is difficult to get up easily.
While it was struggling, Yu Yiyun bit through the ankylosaur's neck with incredible precision.
He bit down so hard that one of his teeth lodged deep into the bone.
Yu Yiyun pulled out the tooth and tasted the blood at the root, only to find that the tooth was deeply embedded in the ankylosaur's body.
"Wow!" Tooth!
"Wow!" My teeth!
Yu Yiyun panicked.
Teeth are vital to any beast.
Without teeth, it is impossible to bite and cut prey, and even eating is difficult.
I’m so young and I’ve lost my teeth. How am I going to live my whole life?
The little Tyrannosaurus Rex was very sad and opened his mouth wide and cried for comfort.
The mother couldn't understand her son's sadness, so she imitated him by opening her mouth and trying to tease him on purpose.
Yu Yiyun was no longer sad when she saw a few sharp teeth just emerging from her mother's mouth.
I almost forgot, Tyrannosaurus Rex is a reptile and its teeth are a renewable resource.
The teeth of Tyrannosaurus Rex have a longer growth cycle among dinosaurs, with teeth being replaced approximately every 700 days.
Dinosaurs had a short tooth replacement cycle, even replacing their teeth every two weeks.
Yu Yiyun licked his teeth, and his thoughts flew away again:
Perfect senses, smart brain, top-notch body, and good family relationships...
Born as dragons, what weaknesses do we have?
Oh, there are still some.
Yu Yiyun suddenly thought of what happened later.
The probability of instantly rewriting the entire Blue Star game rules is small, but it is not zero.
One hundred million years ago.
An asteroid belt has formed between Jupiter and Mars, 320 million kilometers away from the Earth.
One of the planets broke away from its original orbit and began a 100 million-year journey towards the fifth largest planet in the solar system.
It’s about to rewrite the rules.
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