Interstellar Gardener Life

Chapter 412 Weaving the Web—————————————————

The howling of wolves echoed each other, and it was desolate and long, knocking out curling echoes in the undulating mountains.

Dongming could hear clearly.He also heard that the pursuer behind him slowed down a bit, and immediately rushed forward faster and harder.

Fortunately, the destination is ahead!
This is a dense vine, from the trough to the uphill, all over the mountains and plains.The thin ones are about the size of a child's finger, and the thick ones are about the size of an adult's forearm.There are pustules-like scars on it.

Unlike other vines, they don't grow many leaves, so they don't rob the support tree of the sun to wilt or die—in fact, their support trees are strong.

Still, these quirky vines are doing just fine...

Or rather, they grow too good!It's just spring, but they are so lush and green that it seems to be summer.This is especially strange in the early spring when the snow is still snowing.

Their name is Weaving Net Vine... No need to ask, this is a name given by a senior.Maybe he has no talent in naming, maybe he is just tired of naming - as the pioneers who first entered the "playground", they have to face many animals and plants without names.

Animals and plants certainly don't mind their anonymity, but humans need a set of names to easily distinguish them.

The namer's reason for staying in the record is that the vines are tough when dried and are good material for traps, hammocks, etc.

That senior probably used it a lot?

However, what the net-weaving vine is best at is definitely not being woven into a net!
……

When Dongming saw them, he didn't stop, aimed at the gap, and slammed into it!
Then the two wolves rushed in, full of murderous intent.

But the leading male wolf stopped suddenly!

It barely stopped outside the large stretch of vines, frightened, lingering anxiously, whining lowly against the ground, calling for his son, his young wife—its second wife.Its ex-wife has returned to the earth in the last winter.A young couple, living and dying together, can't resist the ruthless winter.

no respond.

Only the never-ending wind blows through the forest, bringing the endless rustling of leaves, and the singing of birds and insects.

The male wolf called again and again.

However, the answer it got was only rumors.

The dense vines blocked the view, but as time passed, the wind brought a smell from the dense vines—the smell of blood, mixed with a strange sour smell.

The male wolf gave a low cry, it twitched its nose, and stared up at the vines in front of it—it was familiar with the smell of wolf blood: when wolves hunted, their partners were often injured or even died.

As for the taste of this mix...

It also smelled.

In the second summer after its birth, when it was still with its parents, it smelled it.

At that time, they had three brothers and sisters—it was originally five brothers and sisters—and ambushed a fat rabbit.The two brothers, one on the left and the other on the right, successfully drove the rabbit to the place where the sister was lying in ambush.Then it watched its younger sister fly out, and ended up biting the rabbit and rolling into the vines downhill.

this is nothing.It's just a few rolls.Very common in hunting.

The problem is, the bush of vines moved for a while, but its sister didn't come out with the rabbit in its mouth for a long time.

In fact, never came out again...

The two brothers thought at first that their sister was starving and was eating alone!They are also hungry!So they rushed over in a rage.

But when they ran downhill and approached the vines, they were frightened by the vines that suddenly "lived"!Never dare to approach again...

At that time, the wind was hotter than now, and the wind also carried this smell in it!

So the male wolf knew very well that he would never see his wife and son again—just as he never saw his sister after that summer and that hunt.

After a brutal winter and the loss of two children.

In a hunt that had an absolute advantage.

So the male wolf gradually became restless.It glared at these shiny green vines, its yellow-green eyes flushed a little bit.It tries to attack the outermost vines.But after it bit off a vine in a sudden attack, the whole piece of vine began to "live" and swept towards the intruder.

As a result, the male wolf had to jump back and back away.

It grabbed the ground a few times, stretched its neck suddenly, raised its head and howled!
There is a response from afar.Its mates are calling it.

This made the male wolf calm down a little.In the end, the male wolf did not challenge this invincible opponent any more.

It turned around dejectedly, and walked back with its tail dragging.

alone.

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Dongming galloped among the dense vines.

There is always a gap, there is always a foothold.

Countless vines swept towards Dongming's heels, but they were always a little slower.Their range of motion was limited, and if they missed a hit, they would lose their chance, and could only return to calm angrily.

Dongming never looked back.In fact, Dongming only stared ahead, concentrating on finding the narrow way out in the dark light; he didn't even pay the slightest attention to what happened behind him.

He can't stop, can't slow down.Any hesitation, the slightest slowness, will make him fall into a whole and never recover!
He is gambling!
Bet on whether the reaction of these vines is faster or his speed.

This is the advantage of being the first to rush in - no matter how strange these vines are, it always takes a little time to react.This is determined by their physiological mechanism, and no one can get rid of it.

And this time difference is his opportunity!
The web-weaving vine reacted quickly enough, he could pull two backs... originally thought there would be three.But two are not bad.

The webbing vines can't react fast enough, and he can escape!

It's hard.After these strange plants grow up, they will be large and capable of hunting any beast below level [-].However, for Dongming, this is much better than facing the hunt of the deputy leader of the wolf pack - the chance is greater!
The light ahead is getting more and more abundant, and the vines behind him are getting closer and closer.

Dongming passed by quickly, and there was no shadow.

Hundreds, dozens...the last six vines were all empty!
Dongming threw himself out of the vines.

The webbing vine regained its composure.

Dongming lay on the ground, very happy - but he didn't dare to laugh like Tang Ni.

Tang Ni has a will to die, is determined and desperate, so she is not afraid of attracting other hunters.But Dongming had just escaped a catastrophe, and he didn't want to attract the attention of the natives.

In the jungle, camouflage is not only about color and shape, but also about keeping quiet, not emitting strange smells, and moving slowly.

And here, where the net-weaving vines are almost out of reach, it is relatively safe—because of the existence of the net-weaving vines.The experienced beasts here dare not approach, and the inexperienced...

Dongming can easily fool them to the net-weaving vines.

So Dongming didn't rush to leave.He checked the map in the recorder, thought for a moment, and sent Jiang Ling a message.

Although Baldr and Mace couldn't send them back to Monkey Valley because of people from other civilizations, they clearly saw the sphere of influence of the natives when they were moving around, and made records, and then copied them to Jiang in private. Ling—Among them, the information from the Wolf Cave to the Monkey Valley is much more detailed than other directions.

They didn't bother to clean it up.Because even if they are completely killed, after a few days or ten days, new natives will occupy these territories.So instead of letting this place fall into the chaos of fighting for territory, it is better to maintain balance and stability.

Now, Dongming can easily see these data from the recorder.

Valuable information.

Dongming is familiar with them.Knows well.

There was no way, it was a matter of habit, he had already memorized them.

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The golden sunset glow burned a small half of the sky red, and the sun slowly sank towards the west mountain.

It was evening, and Jiang Ling read the message from Dongming again, and immediately lay down on the back of the female great horned rhino boredly, enjoying the last sunshine of the day.

Jiang Ling didn't regard the great horned rhinoceros as Dongming.It’s just that this posture is low in height, which is good for concealment in the rhino group, and it is easy to control the balance. Even if the female rhinoceros runs, she is not afraid. Skin folds, Jiang Ling can find it as a handle.

Plus, how warm it is to bask in the sun!

After doubling the compensation for a broken branch and bribing a bunch of man-eating vines, Jiang Ling deeply felt the need to appease her young heart that had been slaughtered...

……

The half-year-old male rhinoceros is bouncing in front of and behind the female rhinoceros.It doesn't know how to be jealous; as a great horned rhino, it can't lie on its mother's back.

So it has no objection to Jiang Ling's position.

The female rhinoceros, it is very satisfied with the mountain reed roots that Jiang Ling dug to feed the male rhinoceros.

The female rhinoceros does not understand food quality, nor does it understand adjectives such as "white, crisp, sweet and tender".But its survival experience and its wild intuition tell it that these foods are good.very good.

very good.

Will make its children stronger!
Therefore, as a mother, it is willing to provide Jiang Ling with some help within its capacity.

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Night falls.

Dongming found a small slope not far from the net-weaving vines, and dug a hole on the leeward side of the high place, extending obliquely into the hole in the soil layer, and burrowed into it to sleep.

This is better than a hammock.

The early spring is cold and the tree canopy is uncomfortable at night.That's right, Dongming is not afraid of the cold, but it's not like he can't feel the cold!
But the earth is always so warm, so sleeping in the arms of the earth will be very comfortable.And, once there is any movement, the earth will always remind its children at the first time—whether they are hunters or escapers.

So Dongming dug an earthen pit and buried himself: He stepped backwards into the hole, with his head facing outwards, one ear pressed to the ground, curled up in a comfortable position, and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

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When the light of the star shines on the earth, the rhinoceros group slowly set off to find sweet shoots and roots.

They are nocturnal animals.

So the whole day just past, they've been rolling in the mud and sleeping.

Jiang Ling tied herself to the back of the female rhinoceros with a protective belt, and fell asleep.

She didn't do anything, really!
In addition to letting the shoots grow along the road - along the line from the mud to the monkey valley, all the way.

(End of this chapter)