This time, the changes in the climate anomaly zone were not as obvious as last time. Whether it was the western border river or the Loess Plateau, it was as if a line had divided two worlds.
Before them lay a grassland, not as lush and green as some photos depicted, but still clearly a grassland. Only the season seemed a little off.
Moreover, Chen Yang found that his breathing suddenly became heavy, and it didn't feel as smooth as before.
"This is a plateau, the air is very thin," Chen Yang said. "It feels comparable to the altitude of Tibet."
The average altitude in Tibet is over 4,000 meters, and the air is very thin. Although the Loess Plateau also has a high altitude, it is only around 2,000 meters.
Chen Yang's outdoor watch played a significant role at this time. According to the air pressure detected by the watch, the altitude here should be around 4,500 meters, which is already quite high.
Although they had been climbing hills for the past two days, Chen Yang was certain that they hadn't climbed that high.
"Let's take it easy. Coming to the plateau so suddenly might cause altitude sickness," Chen Yang said.
Severe altitude sickness can even be life-threatening. Entering a high-altitude area so suddenly can cause more severe altitude sickness than flying directly to the plateau, as there is no acclimatization process. Therefore, they must take it seriously.
On the plateau, there are very few usable resources; there are hardly any trees, and most of the land is grassland and bare rock.
“Our water supply will only last for about three days,” Li Su’er said.
Along the way, they kept looking for water sources, but clean water sources were scarce. They had last replenished their water supply two days ago. The horses were carrying a relatively high load, so they could carry more water.
Water sources are sometimes hard to find in high-altitude areas, and they must take this issue seriously.
"Let's rest today. We won't explore any further for now. We'll just spend a day there and then come out," Chen Yang said.
The plateau may indeed have abundant resources, but they don't have the resources to develop them. Chen Yang planned to see if there was anything he could easily bring back to the camp; if so, he would take it; if not, he would consider it a trip.
After a change in mindset, the scenery in your eyes will become more beautiful.
In the past, when he went out, he needed to observe and look for usable resources. Therefore, he couldn't appreciate the scenery around him with an appreciative eye.
This time, his primary goal was simply to enjoy the scenery; resource hunting was secondary.
The scenery on the plateau is always captivating. Here, the clouds are low and the sky is so close that it seems you could almost touch it.
After resting for a while, they rode their horses around as if taking a leisurely stroll.
“There’s a wild rabbit, an alien named Yang,” Li Su’er said, pointing in a direction.
As soon as Chen Yang looked over, the wild rabbit hid in its burrow; it had also discovered Chen Yang and the others.
However, this wasn't the first or second time Chen Yang had caught rabbits. He blocked several of the surrounding holes, leaving only one exit, and then slowly began to smoke them out.
He tried to minimize the smoke, letting it drift slowly into the hole. He didn't want the rabbits to die from the smoke inside; digging them out would be a huge hassle.
Li Su'er used the bamboo baskets they brought to block the only entrance to the hole, waiting for the rabbits inside to walk right into her trap.
They were lucky; the rabbits quickly and frantically ran out of their burrow, and three of them did so at once. They jumped into the bamboo basket and were caught on the ground by Li Su'er.
"We'll have rabbit meat for dinner tonight," she said with a smile.
They haven't had much fresh meat lately, so this litter of rabbits is their biggest harvest in the last few days.
It was already dusk when they caught the rabbit.
The sunset on the plateau is exceptionally beautiful. The afterglow paints the clouds floating overhead with a golden-red hue, making them look like golden dotted clouds.
"Looks like tomorrow will be a good day," Chen Yang said.
How did you know?
"As the elementary school textbook says, 'Red sky at morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, sailors' delight.'"
"It seems so."
Chen Yang smiled and then started a fire to roast the meat.
Although there are no suitable shelters here, and it is not convenient to build shelters, they still have to stay in the Microworld overnight.
Bringing horses was convenient, but the price was that they had to guard those two horses. The plateau wasn't entirely safe; they had to be wary of predators.
After finishing the rabbit meat, Chen Yang went to find enough firewood before laying out a mat next to the fire to prepare for sleep.
While he was enjoying his leisure time, things were still busy at the camp.
Transporting these thylacines back was extremely difficult. They only made it halfway, and in the end, they decided to bring back only three: one male, one female, and one cub. The female was the one that was pregnant.
They also considered releasing the other two, but since they had captured and imprisoned these two alive for a day, given the intelligence of the Tasmanian tigers, they might have the misconception that the group wouldn't kill them, since they hadn't killed a single one during the hunt.
The pack of Tasmanian wolves that had already fled were terrified of the flames and would probably not approach humans with flames again, but it's uncertain what would happen if these two were let go.
Finally, feeling rather guilty, the group decided to eat two of the thylacines.
“I never imagined in my life that I would eat an extinct creature,” Onggi said.
He wasn't a pedantic researcher; he understood that the Tasmanian tiger wasn't as worthy of protection in the microcosm as it was on Earth.
If we had to say, the human population would probably be the smallest in the microscopic world.
So, this scholar, who was dedicated to nature and animal conservation, also ate the flesh of extinct animals.
To be honest, it actually tastes pretty good.
They spent the whole day working on the Tasmanian tiger, only to manage to put it in a cage and transport it a short distance. Just making the cage took half a day.
“I really look forward to seeing what it will be like after we bring the Tasmanian wolf back,” Ongi said, looking at the Tasmanian wolf in its cage.
The others didn't have such fervent hopes. Everyone had different goals. For example, Guo Zifeng hoped to find a way to transplant a thousand-year-old tea tree, but there was no hope for that at the moment.
"Hopefully, Chen Yang's abilities will continue to grow stronger, enabling more items from the Micro World to be transported out."
“Speaking of this, don’t you guys think that the idea that Chen Yang is an alien is just a lie? There are too many inconsistencies. His father’s existence is very illogical. Isn’t it supposed to be that his family has a long history of aliens? I didn’t see any signs of that. Amnesia is an explanation, but it’s still strange,” Ding Qihan said.
"I've had a feeling about it for a long time, but I can't think of any other reason to explain the existence of the micro-world."
"That's true. They're either aliens or a supermodern civilization."
As researchers, Ding Qihan and Weng Ji could only think of these two possibilities.
Sometimes, the micro-world will have functions similar to a game system, and it will also give a prompt when you exit. This can be explained as the rules of another world, but it feels more like something customized by some entity.
"Forget it, we're not physicists, there are too many fields to study across, let's just enjoy ourselves."
After taking a bite of meat, Wengji said.
In this world, you can experience everything that is most natural, which is truly enjoyable.
“By the way, I have a suggestion. What do you think about us making a documentary?” Wang Bing suddenly said.
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this idea. Yes, they could totally make a documentary.
(End of this chapter)
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