You can evolve by surviving in the Ark

Flying cautiously around the mangroves in the Pteranodon, the three finally saw the giant ground sloth.

This behemoth that once existed in the history of Aquamarine has become even more powerful and strong after being genetically modified by Ark.

In this world, the giant ground sloth, which can stand upright on its hind legs, is six meters tall. Long red, brown, and gray hairs grow interlaced and messy on their bodies, making such tall and majestic beasts look plush and somewhat naive.

However, the rough long hair and the keratinized hard skin under the hair give the giant ground sloth strong resistance and defense. Just one look at the well-developed cylindrical forelimbs and no one will doubt that it contains the power to crack monuments and crack stones. The giant claws up to [-] centimeters long growing on it can also provide enough deterrence to other predators.

As an omnivorous mammal, ground sloths are usually peace-loving and do not like to actively hunt other creatures - except insects. Of course, this could just be because they are lazy. The essence of giant ground sloths is giant sloths. They eat well but are lazy. Eating and sleeping are the things that giant ground sloths like to do most.

But with its size like a siege tower, no carnivorous dinosaur dared to provoke them.

Below, there are seventeen brown-red earths living lazily together. What the three of them saw was not only the group of giant ground sloths, but also the tribe not far away, with human figures passing between them and smoke curling up from cooking stoves.

Qiao Liang frowned.

The entire tribe below was surrounded by a solid wooden wall. Except for the direction of the giant ground sloth group, rows of resisting horses were also set up. On the periphery of the living area, there are more than 20 terror birds that have obviously been tamed in the stables. As the dinosaur doors open and close from time to time, terror bird knights are busy coming in and out - this shows that the number of terror birds may be more than [-]. These are in front of you.

Although Qiao Liang saw that the working units below were basically manpower, and had not yet consciously captured tool dragons such as the star-tailed beast Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus that could be used as labor force, it is conceivable that the level of technology must be limited.

But the ability of such a large tribe to develop in such a dangerous area as the mangroves should not be underestimated. At least, in terms of combat, it must be very powerful.

He glanced around and saw that on the left side of the tribe was a winding stream that connected to the swamp. There is no shortage of water sources around the mangroves, but since there are water sources, there must be a large number of dinosaurs coming here to drink water every day.

It is indeed much easier to squat near a water source and hunt approaching herbivores than to hunt and chase them all over the mountains and plains. But it's not just herbivores that need water, but also ferocious carnivores. It is conceivable that this tribe must have been hit with great intensity every day. The cruelty of the battle was far beyond what Di Lunbu's tribe could compare to at the time.

Such a tribe lives together with the giant ground sloth group. If they want to tame the giant ground sloth, they must not avoid it. However, if they negotiate well and both parties can unite and cooperate, this tribe will definitely be able to provide a powerful boost to Ascension.

Qiao Liang thought and realized that Li Hongying and Tuo Tuo were looking at him. He pointed downward: "Let's go down and take a look first."

"Are they really not going to attack people?" Tuotuo looked at the two-story giant beast and asked with some fear.

"Normally not." Qiao Liang smiled, "Well, unless you eat bugs."

Tuotuo was silent. She pursed her lips and thought for a moment, ah, eating bugs is really disgusting. If it were her, she would be so angry that she would want to hit someone.

"What's going on?" Li Hongying asked. She could see how powerful the ground sloth was. If he was attacked like this, even if he had a gun, the consequences would probably be disastrous.

"The main food of the giant ground sloth is plants and insects." Qiao Liang explained while trying to remember the settings of the giant ground sloth.

"Maybe there is some kind of substance in the flesh of insects in this world that will stimulate the giant ground sloths and make them violent, and they will actively attack everything nearby except the same kind. The change in this state should be quite obvious, uh..."

Qiao Liang remembered that in the game, a giant ground sloth that had eaten the insect buff would be immune to 75% damage, increase damage to any target by 250%, and increase damage to insect targets by 375%, which lasted for 2 minutes. The game's special effects are in the form of a red light. As for what it will look like now... he doesn't know yet.

"Anyway, go down and have a look. Just don't get off the pterosaur. If you feel danger, take off immediately."

Qiao Liang said, then took the lead and flew downwards.

This is the edge of the mangrove, and they can't hover over other tribes, so they go around to the other side of the giant ground sloth tribe, so that they can be a little further away from the tribe and be more alert.

The ten pterosaurs circled the towering mangroves and slowly lowered their altitude. During this process, the three of them did not relax their vigilance to the surroundings. Qiao Liang glanced around and saw the fallen clumps of trees leaning against the towering mangroves. Above them, a black shadow was about to move.

"Tuo Tuo! Stay away from the mangroves!"

He only had time to shout, Tuotuo had already driven the pterosaur away from the mangrove tree immediately.

But it was too late, the black shadow climbing on the mangrove tree suddenly rushed toward her. The creature was as big as an elongated sports car. It was caught off guard, and Tuotuo felt like she was hit by a sports car with full accelerator. The huge kinetic energy made her mind go blank. She couldn't hold on to the saddle on the pterosaur, so the creature held her in its arms, and she fell towards the ground!

thump!

What happened in the flash of lightning still made Tuotuo a little confused, and then she fell from the air into the water, making her choke hard. The creature in front of me looked like a lion without a mane, or a striped tiger...but whatever it was, it was too big. The huge mouth full of fangs was now opened to the limit and roaring at her. Tuo Tuo felt that he could even open his mouth and stuff her head directly.

Thylacine!

This powerful creature has sharp claws and can climb trees as nimbly as a cat. Marsupial lions tend to lurk patiently in trees and swoop in to ambush passing prey.

Targets hit by such a large creature often don't have much chance of survival. The marsupial lion locks onto struggling prey with its steely grip, then uses its fangs and claws to tear the prey into pieces.

Right now, that's exactly what it's doing. Tuotuo could feel the armor on his body deforming and shattering under the huge force of the marsupial lion. She gritted her teeth, struggled to free her hand, and pushed the shotgun into the mouth of the marsupial lion.

Tuo Tuo, I am definitely not a kind person!

Tuotuo shouted in his heart and pulled the trigger. But the expected scene of the Thylacine being headshot did not appear. She was now thrown into the water, and the soaked gunpowder could not ignite at all.

After realizing that he couldn't shoot, Tuotuo hit the marsupial lion hard on the face with a pink fist. But such behavior is of no use to the marsupial lion. A sharp pain came from underneath him, making Tuotuo tremble all over. She was still trying to press the shotgun against the thylacine's fangs, but the blood had already smeared in the water, dyeing her vision red.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Tuotuo is going to be eaten by the big cat. He is going to be eaten by the big cat! ! !

boom!boom!

Two shotgun blasts, and the marsupial lion roared in pain. Behind it, Qiao Liang, who had landed on the ground, was holding a shotgun with smoke still floating from the muzzle.

Because Tuo Tuo was located on the upper body of the marsupial lion, Qiao Liang was afraid that the bullet would pass through the body of the marsupial lion and hurt Tuo Tuo, hitting its lower body. But he was overly worried. The Thylacine's powerful bones and flesh could not even be penetrated by bullets, so they were all locked inside its body!

The severely injured marsupial lion looked back and saw Qiao Liang, and let out a deafening roar. But the next moment, a figure with sword light crashed down like thunder, causing the roar to stop abruptly.

The original intention was inserted into the huge head of the marsupial lion. It was Li Hongying who jumped from the pterosaur and stabbed it into the head with a sword using gravity.

Li Hongying waved her hand and spilled the blood on her original intention. She stopped looking at the dead marsupial lion and hurriedly tried to lift Tuotuo up from the water.

But Qiao Liang was faster and had already picked up Tuo Tuo one step ahead of her. The iron armor on Tuo Tuo's body had been broken, and the broken iron pieces stabbed into her body like daggers. At this moment, the blood flow continued.

"I...I'm fine...I'm sorry...I'm sorry...Wow!"

Tuo Tuoqiang braced himself and wanted to say something else, but he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Don't fly too low in the mangroves, otherwise you'll be pounced upon by a marsupial lion. Of course, Qiao Liang had emphasized this to her, and she was on guard against it. Just before landing, she clearly saw that there was no marsupial lion lurking in the mangrove tree, but in just a blink of an eye, it emerged from the red branches and leaves in the distance, jumped between the branches and came to the tree near her... ...This is different from what was promised!

After all, she felt very sorry and did not open her mouth to defend herself. She just felt that she was holding herself back again, causing her teammates to come to rescue her. Moreover, even if there was a gap, Li Hongying came to save her without hesitation.

"Okay, okay, shut up." Of course Qiao Liang knew what she meant, and he laughed out of anger and said with some distress.

He glanced at Li Hongying, who was hesitant to speak, and said, "It's better for me to do it. If we are in danger, we still need you to protect us."

Li Hongying looked at him, then at Tuo Tuo, who was being held in his arms by An Ran, and nodded.

They are now on the ground, covered in the smell of blood, making them easy targets for carnivorous dinosaurs. The seriously injured Tuotuo didn't look like she could ride a pterosaur, and it wasn't easy to just use a pterosaur to lift her up.

The blood on her body was flowing out uncontrollably. You need to find a safe place as soon as possible to remove all the iron fragments from your body.

what to do? Qiao Liang took off Tuotuo's helmet, fed her a sip of medicinal wine, and thought in his mind. The most ideal place is naturally the tribe ahead, but... can those people be trusted?

There were footsteps. Qiao Liang turned around and saw two people riding terror birds coming out, and his heart sank. If a fight breaks out like this, Tuotuo will be really in danger.

"Junior Brother Lu?"

Qiao Liang heard Hongying next to him making a startled sound. He turned his head and saw Li Hongying taking off the iron helmet that obscured her face, and her long black hair poured down Li Hongying's back like running water.

Then, he heard one of the Horror Bird Knights respond. In addition to surprise, the voice also contained too many emotions.

"Senior Sister?!!!"