The exploration was swift; Lin Qian returned to the waterfall after three days of wandering through the forest, and the tigers gradually returned as well.
Tiger Dad was the last to return, because his patrol area was the largest.
After patrolling the area assigned to them in the bamboo forest, the mother panda and her cub returned to the bamboo forest early and nestled in a vine-covered hut to enjoy their precious time.
One of the tigers held a small meeting, mainly to talk about the changes they encountered during their patrol and to exchange information.
This was also initiated by Lin Qian. After becoming spirit beasts, the tigers in the family were all quite intelligent, so they naturally needed to increase their interaction, which would also promote their communication skills.
As a result, the chipmunks became more and more lively; the more they interacted, the less unfamiliar they felt with each other.
The impact of heavy rain is naturally enormous, and the changes in plants and animals are becoming increasingly unusual. Many plants are even undergoing mutations that are no longer limited to their original characteristics.
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For example, ordinary thatch grass, just like mimosa, instantly hides when it encounters a living creature, and hides very thoroughly, shrinking into the soil in a flash, so that it cannot be found without digging.
However, this thatch is at most a low-level mutated plant; it has no offensive capabilities, but it has evolved the ability to protect itself.
There are also quite a few mutated plants with offensive capabilities. Most of them, like mutated vines, have the ability to attack autonomously. However, as long as you don't get close to their attack range, you'll be fine. After all, plants cannot move their positions automatically, which limits the danger level of mutated plants.
As for spiritual plants, not a single one was found.
The only spiritual plant in the forest occupied by the tiger family is a mutated vine.
This surprised Lin Qian. He had thought he would be able to harvest a lot of spiritual fruits and plants after the heavy rain, but it seemed that his luck was still a bit bad.
Tiger Dad and the others were also disappointed; they were still thinking about it.
As for the mutated vines that have evolved into spirit plants, Lin Qian and the others naturally wouldn't make a move on them. The main reason is that these things don't bear fruit yet, but there are six flower buds about a meter above the base of the plant. They don't know if they will bear fruit after they bloom.
After Lin Qian returned, he carefully studied the vines. He still couldn't identify what kind of plant they were. Judging from the vines, they were just ordinary vines with no special features.
The newly formed flower buds were only the size of a fingertip, tightly wrapped in a green coat. The flowers hadn't bloomed yet, so you couldn't tell what they looked like. But even if they did bloom, Lin Qian probably still wouldn't be able to recognize them.
Although he used to enjoy watching documentaries, he had no interest in plants and did not usually grow flowers or grass, so he had almost no knowledge in this area.
Upon examination with spiritual sense, the vines showed no special characteristics, being no different from the spiritual plants they had eaten before. The spiritual energy they contained was extremely pure, and they had not developed any consciousness.
After checking a few times, Lin Qian stopped paying attention. He figured he should just let it grow as it pleased, as long as it wasn't dangerous. The tigers were looking forward to the flower buds on the vines, each one wanting to eat the fruit, but they weren't too concerned. They wouldn't care much until the fruit ripened.
Only the chipmunks would come over every day and pry at the vines, their little paws holding the vines that were more than twice as thick as before, their eyes shining.
The vines, probably used to being bullied by the rat, would sway and quickly shorten themselves each time, only revealing the section with flower buds.
The chipmunk glared at the flower bag, its little paws twitching, but in the end it gave in.
The mouse also wants to eat fruit, but we'll get the woven vines later!
After the heavy rain, the basin quickly returned to its former tranquility and prosperity. The trees had grown several meters taller, the vegetation was lush, and the animals were strong and large, but it seemed that nothing had happened. Everyone seemed to be living their lives as before.
But if you look closely, you'll find that there are differences.
Deep in the forest, there are many areas that ordinary animals avoid because there are mutated plants that "hunt" there. After many unfortunate animals have been killed, the animals in the forest have all sensed the danger.
These mutated plants are like bandits who claim territory, and passing animals consciously detour around them, not venturing into their domain.
Of course, there are many animals in the forest. Once one group learns its lesson, another group of fools will naturally come close. However, as time goes by, the number of animals that willingly walk into the trap will decrease.
However, this does not have much impact on the mutant plants, as they still mainly rely on their root systems to absorb nutrients and continue to be naturally nourished.
The attack methods that plants have evolved do not seem to be for predation, but for self-defense. Currently, most mutated plants only attack animals that are relatively close to them.
After all, there are plenty of herbivores; if you don't attack them, you'll only get eaten.
As the sun rose and the moon set, several days passed in the blink of an eye.
Lin Qian looked at the golden sun overhead, a hint of worry in his eyes.
These past two days, the sun's rays have been acting strangely again.
It was hot, extremely hot.
This heat is different from the dry heat before the heavy rain; it's pure heat, as if the sunlight suddenly turned several degrees hotter, and the temperature is rising every day.
"Splash splash splash—"
The waterfall's water reflects the sunlight, sparkling like the Milky Way.
The water cascades down into the pool below, and upon closer inspection, one can see several tiger heads lounging contentedly on the rocks in the pool.
That's right, the whole family went into the water, even the stepmother who's always got air conditioning.
The panda mother and cub were also swimming in the pool to cool off. The cub floated on its back, its round belly wet, and its two little paws occasionally slapped the surface of the water, having a great time.
The temperature rose a bit today, which led to this scene of everyone taking a bath.
"Squeak..." The chipmunk popped its head out of the pool, leaped up, and didn't shake its fur, which was still wet.
It's so hot that even the chipmunks need to soak in the water now.
Although the ice cubes from my stepmother are useful, they are not as comfortable as soaking in water. Immersing the whole body in cool water is the most comfortable thing for an animal with a furry body.
Looking at the lush green canopy, Lin Qian wondered if Hu Sheng was afraid of the sun.
It's true that plants need sunlight, but if the temperature is too high, they can get sunburned!
But now, he sees that these trees are in very good condition, each one is incredibly lush, and the fallen leaves are all green and lush, without a single sunspot, clearly not afraid of the high temperature at all.
Of course, Lin Qian also checked with his spiritual sense and found that the trees were full of vitality and there was indeed no problem.
This puzzled Lin Qian. How could they have all mutated after getting caught in a downpour and absorbing that energy?
Lin Qian couldn't understand the changes in the plants, but he didn't intend to study them. As long as there was no danger, that was fine with him.
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