my stealth fighter

Chapter 1349 Blind
Everything I saw was extremely surprising. This underground lake is very large, but it is not as vast and unobstructed as the surface lake. Due to the special underground situation, there are many stalactite pillars coming out of the lake. It rises, connects and supports the dome, but it is precisely because these stalactite columns block the view that it is difficult to fully grasp the area and more details of the underground lake.

There seemed to be many self-luminous stones placed in the dome. Each stone was as big as a pot lid or a millstone, much larger than the small stones placed in tunnels and warehouses. A faint light shone from the bottom of the dome. Although the light was weak , after being reflected by the lake water, I could barely get a rough look. If he hadn't seen the strange flying mount, Jiang Chanji would have definitely wondered how the apes placed the stone at such a high place.

There was more than one small boat fishing in the lake, and the fish caught were all white blind fish with no scales or eyes. These fish had probably survived in this underground lake for at least tens of millions of years before evolving like this.

What Jiang Chanji is most concerned about is the flying mounts that look like manta rays. As far as he can see, they are hanging on the cave wall very close to the side. They have no feathers on their bodies, but are covered with a thin and fine layer of down. This layer The fur looks oily and shiny. It is probably like the fur of a platypus or otter, which secretes oil to act as a hydrophobic. Otherwise, in the humid air near the underground lake, even if the fur is wet, they can fly. It’s also very laborious.

The path ahead was cut off by an underground lake. It was unknown whether there were roads on the left and right sides of the lake, and the ape-man team leader he had just followed had already run to the side of the flying manta rays. There was probably a trainer there who was in charge of the management. The two apes exchanged a few words with each other, and the trainer made a whistle, and the nearest flying manta ray landed from the cave wall to the small platform where they were.

It happened that the fishermen in charge of fishing brought a basket of blind fish. The trainer took out a blind fish from the basket and threw it at the flying manta ray, just like a sea lion show in the ocean park. The lively blind fish was fluttering in the air, and before it hit the ground, it was swallowed by the flying manta ray with its big mouth open.

The wings of each flying manta ray are at least several meters when fully extended. Such a fish is definitely not enough for it to eat. The trainer fed it two more as usual, but I am afraid it is still half full. It is still waiting with its mouth open. eat.

Jiang Chanji wanted to observe the flying manta more carefully, so he quietly got closer, and then he discovered something that surprised him even more - the flying manta's eyes were blind!

The body color of flying manta rays is close to pure black, and their eyes are very inconspicuous. However, as a fish-eating flying animal, they must have eyes, otherwise even if they have acoustic radar similar to bats, they will not be able to detect the water. The position of the fish - Jiang Chanji did see its eyes. They are not located on the sides or above the head like most animals, but below the head, just next to the big mouth. This must also be for the purpose of flying. Observe the evolution of the fish in the water below.

However, both eyes of this flying manta ray were blind, or were gouged out, leaving only two ugly scars in the eye sockets. Looking at the other flying manta rays hanging on the cave wall, it was also... All of this proves that the blindness was not caused by an accidental injury.

Jiang Chanji suddenly felt a shudder. He understood how the apes had domesticated this strange flying animal. The apes must have blinded the eyes of the flying manta rays when they were young, so that they could not prey on fish in the lake. If If the apes don't feed them, and they can't find other food underground, they will starve to death. In order to survive, they can only obey the apes' orders.

Human beings have domesticated many poultry, livestock and livestock since ancient times. They not only use them for work, but also often kill them for meat. Therefore, from a human standpoint, he seems not qualified to blame anything, but he has treated a domestic animal since he was a child. Or something like animals being blinded... It still made him feel uncomfortable. He couldn't help but substitute these flying manta rays for Frigga, and he couldn't imagine Frigga's eyes being blinded.

For hundreds of thousands or even millions of years long ago, flying manta rays may have been the rulers of this underground world. Until the arrival of apes, their rule ended. After all, this kind of flying manta rays even have teeth. No, he swallowed fish wholeheartedly. How could he be a rival to the apes? He was suddenly transformed from a ruler to a pet, and he was a miserable pet at that.

The trainer fed the flying manta ray three fish and then stopped feeding it. The team leader turned over and sat on the flying manta ray, held the reins and shouted, and the flying manta ray reluctantly took off - —It may be because the ape-man is relatively stocky and heavy. Although the flying manta ray has a wide wingspan, it took off directly without a run-up. It was quite strenuous to carry the ape-man. After jumping forward and leaving the platform, it fell first. After two or three meters, they fluttered their wings and barely pulled them up. At this time, you can see that the structure of their wings is probably similar to that of bats. The slender bones are covered with fascia, all to reduce weight. If they fly freely, they will definitely Very elegant.

Although the eyes of the flying manta ray were blinded, Jiang Chanji observed that it did not fly like a headless fly. The team leader on its back did not need to give it instructions, and it could avoid Lin Li on its own. The stalactite pillars, it seems that besides vision, it does have other means of finding the way. After all, in this dim underground world, they cannot survive for so long just relying on vision.

But then the question came to Jiang Chanji. The core area of ​​the ape people's lair should be on the other side of the underground lake. If he wanted to go there, he could only fly there, but invisibility and telekinesis cannot coexist. If you break away from invisibility and fly, will you be tamed? What did the animal master and the fishermen on the lake find?
He looked at the remaining fish in the basket, and then at the remaining flying manta rays hanging on the cave wall. He couldn't help but come up with a bold idea. It was all about taking risks anyway, so why not play something interesting - taming the animals just now? He saw all the movements of the master. Apart from not knowing what it was shouting, it had no technical content. There was no need for it now. No matter how he planned to get to the other side of the lake, it must die.

The next moment he lost his invisibility in front of the trainer, before it could cry out, he used telekinesis to break its neck. This time, his guilt had been greatly reduced. Maybe it was the misery of these flying manta rays. The treatment helped a little.

(End of this chapter)