Chen Yang led the ape and continued their journey toward the back of the snow-capped peak.
The other side of the snow-capped peak was easy to descend, and we soon arrived at the foot of the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, there is no direct connection to the Arctic Ocean, but rather a barren, rocky area.
The gray-blue stones stretch for kilometers, are very flat, and thousands of penguins rest on them.
After researching online and verifying with Weng Ji, Chen Yang confirmed that the penguin he saw was indeed the extinct Arctic penguin.
As we all know, penguins are only found in Antarctica, but few people know that penguins also existed in the Arctic a long time ago, only to become extinct due to hunting.
These penguins were quite bold, showing no fear of Chen Yang and the ape's approach. They continued to play and call out on the rocky ground, occasionally diving into the water to catch fish.
Further away, Chen Yang saw a group of walruses lying on the edge of the icy ocean. They were huge, and their skin was almost blending into the rocks. If he hadn't had good eyesight, he might have mistaken them for walruses.
A giant Arctic penguin walked up to Chen Yang and looked at him arrogantly.
Before Chen Yang could react, Cang Yuan slapped him. It seems this guy's cultivation with Master Chanshan was really just for fun; he has no Buddhist nature at all.
The Arctic penguin was slapped down and immediately let out a loud cry before fleeing as fast as it could, waving its sword as it ran.
Chen Yang was on guard. If thousands of penguins attacked, he would really have no choice but to run. Although these penguins were not that terrifying in combat, a peck would still hurt. If thousands of them attacked at once, Chen Yang would not be able to withstand it.
However, none of the thousands of penguins paid any attention to the one that was making the loud noise. Seeing that its companions ignored it, the Arctic penguin dove into the water.
Are all Arctic penguins this unique? Or was that penguin not a QQ member (or a premium member)?
Chen Yang was speechless. He led Cang Yuan through the group of Arctic penguins, but few of them paid any attention to him. A few young Arctic penguins, however, circled around him, making themselves dizzy and unable to keep up with him.
Just when Chen Yang thought he was about to safely cross the area inhabited by the Arctic penguins, an accident occurred.
A group of seals swam towards them, and the Arctic penguins panicked instantly, running around in all directions. Several of them bumped into Chen Yang, whose panicked emotions could be clearly sensed through his intermediate-level intuition.
Seals may look cute, but they are no less ferocious. The leopard seal that is now in front of them is a rather vicious type, often wantonly killing penguins, and not even for food.
Thousands of penguins, like dumplings being cooked in a big pot, splashed and ran into the sea, disappearing completely from the rocky beach like a black and white torrent.
Some leopard seals went after the penguins, but two leopard seals came towards Chen Yang and Cang Yuan.
"One seal should be enough for a leather jacket. Seal fur jackets are very warm and waterproof," Chen Yang muttered.
The two seals weren't moving very fast on the rocky beach, but their presence was still quite impressive.
With a roar, the ape charged forward and knocked one of the other unconscious. Seeing this, the other turned and ran without hesitation. The ape wanted to press its advantage, but Chen Yang stopped it.
He figured that the pelt of one seal should be enough.
If they had to continue north and there was no other way forward, he would send the ape back to the snow mountain to wait for him, while he would try to find an ice floe to paddle across.
There aren't many trees here, so forget about building a bamboo raft.
However, making ice floes is also very dangerous. Ice floes don't have the stability of bamboo rafts, and they might melt as soon as the weather improves.
However, he couldn't paddle on those large, non-melting ice floes, so Chen Yang would have to choose ice floes that he could paddle on.
With its fur, the ape would surely die if it fell into the water. Chen Yang himself was in danger at that time, so he couldn't take the ape with him on the risk.
He can simply process and cut the skin of this leopard seal to make a leather jacket. It's quite waterproof, and seal skin is very warm.
The others didn't choose to attack Chen Yang; they caught two penguins and left.
Chen Yang dug a snow cave and then began to deal with the seal.
The meat shouldn't be wasted; it can be used as dinner for myself and the ape. However, cutting the hide into a leather coat is a bit of a hassle.
Chen Yang decided to study it further tomorrow and consult Li Sen. He would skin the seal today, process it, and then let it dry.
Since they didn't have a fire, they could only let the food dry naturally.
In the middle of the night, Chen Yang couldn't sleep much, so he got up and touched the seal skin.
The light breeze in his hands can speed up the drying of the seal skin so that it can be used later.
In the middle of the night, his snow cave welcomed an uninvited guest: an Arctic fox.
It must be said that this snowy region is rich in species, and is a melting pot of Arctic and Antarctic organisms.
Although the climates of the North and South Poles differ, they are both polar climates, and their organisms share many similarities, so coexistence is not a major issue. However, due to the equator, the North and South Poles cannot communicate with each other, as these polar organisms cannot cross the hot equator.
When passing through the walruses' territory, Chen Yang was careful and kept a distance from them, but the walruses did not intend to attack him.
He slowly walked halfway around the coastline of the Arctic Ocean, but still couldn't see a way forward, so he began to look for suitable ice floes.
He told Cangyuan to go back, but Cangyuan indicated that he wanted to wait for him there.
Given the ape's abilities, it should be able to survive here for a while without any problem, so Chen Yang let it be.
Finding suitable ice floes isn't easy. You need to find ones that are hard enough, frozen for who knows how many years, and large enough for a person to move around easily.
He began looking for suitable ice floes and also discovered many polar creatures.
This place is a melting pot of Arctic and Antarctic life. In addition to Arctic penguins, Chen Yang also discovered Antarctic penguins.
He also saw a polar bear.
Polar bears are the undisputed apex predators of bears, far surpassing other bear species in both strength and speed.
However, polar bears live in the Arctic and have little opportunity to directly conflict with other creatures that are well-known to the public, so there is no basis for comparison.
In terms of strength, Chen Yang is no match for the polar bear, but he is still confident that he can defeat the polar bear in a one-on-one fight.
Polar bears can reach speeds of around 60 km/h, but this speed is not sustained, and they are far less experienced than tigers in hunting.
In a head-on fight, neither Siberian tiger nor polar bear can defeat a polar bear, but if a Siberian tiger launches a sneak attack, killing a polar bear is not difficult.
Of course, they could never meet; the one who is meeting the polar bear now is our alien Yang.
I recommend "A Fantasy Continent Ten Thousand Years Later" by Mo Han Qiu Yu. It's a very engaging author with a lot of material. It's a new fantasy book, so feel free to add it to your collection and recommend it to support it. Read it after it's fully developed.
By the way, this chapter is a make-up for yesterday's; there are two more chapters coming today.
(End of this chapter)
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