Courtship Period

What about the black dragon?

Ban Xia sat up, and under him was the wooden kang he built for the winter vacation. The wooden kang was only covered with thin animal skins, and there was no quilt.

In the past, when he was sleeping, the black dragon would cover his body with its tail, which was the warmest quilt.

Now the black dragon is not in the lair.

Ban Xia walked off the wooden kang barefoot, stepped on the flat ground of the nest, and walked towards the entrance of the nest.

After coming to this planet, I don't know whether it is because I exercise more, or the food or water here can improve my physique. Pinellia feels more and more obvious that her physique has been strengthened.

Even if it can’t be said that the cold and heat are not invaded, Pinellia’s ability to adapt to temperature has been greatly enhanced. It will not feel hot when working under the scorching sun at noon, and it will not feel cold when walking barefoot in the cave late at night.

Ban Xia stood at the entrance of the nest, raised her hand to push aside a few hanging vines, and looked out.

The stars are bright, the jungle is quiet, and there is no black dragon.

Because he is often pulled into dreams by the dragon people, Ban Xia sleeps very hard every night, so he doesn't know if the black dragon has the habit of going out at night.

Maybe the black dragon was just hungry and went out to look for food.

The black dragon is definitely more familiar with this jungle than he is. Coupled with its huge size and powerful combat power, the black dragon is like the overlord of the jungle. He has no need to worry about the black dragon.

Standing in place and enjoying the night, Banxia still didn't see the black dragon, and turned back to the wooden kang.

Thinking about not writing a diary for a long time, Ban Xia sat cross-legged and took out her monocle from her pocket.

"j03."

The lens gradually lights up, floating in front of Ban Xia's left eye.

[The optical brain has been activated, j03 is at your service. 】

Ban Xia dragged out the light screen, opened the previous document, and simply wrote down the experiences of these days.

The nest was extremely silent, only the occasional sound of the vines shaking slightly when the wind passed by.

The black dragon hasn't come back yet. After recording the experience of these days, Ban Xia created a new document, listing and describing the creatures he has seen after coming to this planet.

A long-necked bird with vermilion feathers, long neck and legs; a long-haired beast with thick and long hair, with fancy hair on the head and back neck; with thick scales and gorgeous wings, it will pick up "cubs" of other tribes to feed The huge black dragon...

Ban Xia found the black dragon image taken by the lake a few days ago, and imported it to the right side of the "Black Dragon" related introduction.

If they can return to the league, the School of Biology will definitely be very interested in these materials.

Pinellia recorded the animals and plants she met on the planet by category.

The surroundings are getting brighter and brighter, the stars are rising, and the warm sunlight shines into the nest. Ban Xia's mood has also changed from calm at the beginning to gradually restless.

Turning off the optical brain, Banxia looked up and looked around. The dragon's nest was already big, but now that there was no black dragon, it suddenly seemed particularly empty.

Ban Xia frowned slightly.

Usually at this time, he has already woken up from his sleep. There has never been a day when he wakes up and the black dragon is not by his side.

Very strange.

What situation will make the black dragon disappear overnight?

be lost?Encountered an unbeatable beast in the process of foraging?Or... the body is uncomfortable again, so uncomfortable that I can't fly back.

One by one guesses emerged in his mind, making Ban Xia even more restless.

He had to find the black dragon.

Ban Xia neatly put on her coat, put on her shoes and socks, took some food from the closet in the cave and put it into the space bracelet, and then climbed down the mountain wall by stepping on the vine ladder.

Banxia knew the places where the black dragon had been looking for food, so he chose a direction intuitively and walked in that direction.

There are many ferocious beasts in the jungle, this time there is no black dragon by his side, Ban Xia cautiously releases his electronic eyes to explore the way.

The strange thing is that Banxia didn't encounter any beasts along the way, even in the thermal images sent back by the electronic eyes, there were only some cautious animals, and it was difficult to see even large herbivores with a gentle personality.

A trace of doubt arose in Ban Xia's heart, but soon there was speculation.

The black dragon often flies over the nearby jungle these days, and occasionally falls down to eat a "snack". Probably the beasts in this area were either eaten by the black dragon or scared away by the black dragon.

Ban Xia walked for a long time before reaching the place where the black dragon used to hunt, but there was no black dragon here.

A group of white long-eared beasts were eating leisurely on the grass. Some long-eared beasts noticed Banxia. They stood up and watched Banxia vigilantly for a while. They probably didn't feel the hunter's breath from him, so they lay down again. Go down and continue to eat grass.

Ban Xia looked at the lush grass with a dignified expression.

If the black dragon had been here last night, with the black dragon's huge size, there would definitely be traces of a large piece of green grass being overwhelmed.

Heilong didn't come here last night.

There are several places where the black dragon often hunts, and there are other places besides this one. There is a one-in-ten chance, and it is normal to not hit the right one.

It was getting dark, Ban Xia chose the latter without hesitation between resting for the night and continuing to look for the black dragon.

But walking on his two legs was too slow, Ban Xia shifted his gaze to a nearby long-eared beast.

Probably sensing his gaze, the long-eared beast's ears stood up nervously, and the speed of eating grass was much slower.

Ban Xia took out a few red plant roots from the space bracelet and threw them on the ground.

Hearing the movement, the nearby long-eared beast immediately ran away.

Ban Xia stood still, and after a while, several long-eared beasts moved their noses slightly, sniffing the smell in the air, and slowly approached.

The eyes of the long-eared beasts gradually focused on the red objects on the ground. They opened their legs, leaped and approached with big strides, bit the red plant roots, and were about to run away with them.

Ban Xia moved a step faster, he spotted the strongest long-eared beast, quickly stepped forward, and jumped onto the back of the long-eared beast.

"His-"

The rest of the long-eared beasts had already run away with the red plant roots in their mouths. The long-eared beasts ridden by Banxia uttered warning calls, twisting and jumping constantly, trying to throw off the aliens.

Banxia grabbed the thick hair on the back of the long-eared beast's neck with one hand, stroked the space bracelet with the other, and took out a wooden stick with a large red root.

Pinellia stretched out the wooden stick, and the red root tied to the front of the stick fished down and dangled in front of the long-eared beast.

The long-eared beast no longer turned its body around and jumped, its eyes were focused on the red root, and it jumped towards your root.

Fleeing in vain, he jumped up again with his long legs.

"Cuckoo——" the long-eared beast that failed to eat the food made an angry sound, its eyes fixed on the food in front of it, and its long legs moved fast.

Long-eared beasts have the advantages of fast speed, strong battery life, good night vision, and low employment costs.

Ban Xia led the long-eared beast to other hunting places of the black dragon, and the reward was to drop a few red plant roots every time it went to a place.

In just one night, he ran all over the hunting places that the black dragon often goes to.

But... no black dragon, not everywhere.

Not even a fresh trace left by the black dragon exists.

Perhaps the black dragon has returned to its lair.

With the last hope, Banxia waited for the long-eared beast to finish eating the rhizomes on the ground, then fished up the big red rhizome again, and guided the long-eared beast to run towards the dragon's nest.

When we reached the cliff where the dragon's nest was located, it was already dawn the next day.

Probably because of his improved physique, Ban Xia didn't feel tired after two days of sleep. He dropped the fishing rod and a few red roots in his hand, and quickly climbed up the vine ladder.

Climbing into the lair, Ban Xia stood still at the entrance of the lair, and at a glance confirmed that the black dragon was not in the outer lair, he quickly walked to the inner lair where the black dragon used to sleep.

After Banxia's cave under the cliff was almost filled with food, she moved back to the original dragon's lair with the black dragon.

And Pinellia didn't like a place that was too dark, so he built a wooden kang in the big nest outside.The black dragon wanted to stick to him again, and finally they all slept outside, and the built-in lair where the black dragon used to sleep was vacant.

Pinellia walks through the spacious passage to the entrance of the built-in nest.

Since the black dragon has not slept in the inner lair, it's another place to store food.

With the help of the fluorite inlaid on the wall, Banxia could clearly see the dried meat, preserved fruit and fur neatly arranged in the cave, but there was no black dragon in short.

The food in the cave is untouched...

Ban Xia went back outside and carefully looked at the furnishings in the nest.

Everywhere is the same as when he left, and there is no trace of the black dragon returning.

Ban Xia stood silently for a long time.

He thought of the black dragon collecting food frantically during this period, but only collected what he ate, and remembered that the black dragon stopped collecting food the day before yesterday and stuck to him all day long.

It was as if Heilong had been planning to leave long ago, and being with him all day yesterday was the best farewell.

But, why did it leave?

Ban Xia was full of bewilderment, he stood alone in the empty nest, he just felt that the nest was too big to make people uncomfortable.

After a long time, Ban Xia was drawn back by the hunger in his stomach. The food he brought had been eaten yesterday, and he hadn't eaten all night.

Ban Xia walked slowly to the closet, picked up a plate of dried meat, took a piece of fruit, turned around and walked to the wooden kang to sit down.

Casually gnawed a mouthful of fruit, Banxia woke up the optical brain j03, dragged out the virtual light screen, and entered on the page of dialogue with the optical brain intelligence: "Under what circumstances, the female animal will leave the cub it feeds?"

Without Xingwang, Banxia doesn't expect j03 to answer his questions accurately, he just wants to ask questions.

So when the little blue chrysanthemum turned around, there was a sentence [Sorry, I can't explain your confusion], Ban Xia was not surprised at all.

Just as he was about to swipe back, Ban Xia saw a line of words appear again.

[j03 automatically extracts the following content from the local database for you, I hope it will be helpful to you. 】

【Information [-]:

Most beasts are very weak during their cubs. Females will take good care of their cubs, hold them in their arms and lick and kiss them constantly, groom their fur with their tongues, and hunt the best food to feed their cubs. Beasts also teach their young to avoid predators and hunt.

……

But generally females don't take care of their cubs for a long time. When the cubs have the ability to survive on their own, the female beast will no longer stay with the cubs. 】

【Information [-]:

When some wild beasts foresee that they are about to die, they will leave the herd and go to the cemetery of the group, or die on the way...]

Banxia forced her eyes to move away from the second document, and landed on the last sentence of the first document.

When the cub has self-survival ability, the female beast will immediately cub.

The reason why the black dragon left should be this.

After all, before the black dragon started to collect food frantically, he was already able to spear a fish while fishing, and he could also fish and feed the black dragon. The black dragon felt that he no longer needed to take care of him, so he left.

But... If Heilong left because he could live alone, why did Heilong hoard food for him before leaving?Is it because you are worried that he can't bear him?

The black dragon has left, and Banxia has no way of knowing what the black dragon thinks, nor the reason why it left, but Banxia hopes that the black dragon will leave because he can live independently.

This is better than the black dragon's physical discomfort. He felt that he would not live long, so he left for the so-called "ethnic cemetery".

After filling his stomach, Ban Xia sat on the wooden kang, not knowing what to do for a while.

Keep hoarding food?Now he is alone, and the food is enough for him for hundreds of days.

Set up the nest again?Make a set of tables and chairs or a low-profile water system.

Ban Xia kept herself busy and stopped thinking about unnecessary things.

When night fell, Ban Xia lay down on the wooden kang, subconsciously wanting to say good night to someone, looking at the empty nest, his lips moved slightly, and the back of his mouth was tightly pressed.

Remembering that the records of the past two days have not been written, Ban Xia wakes up the light brain j03, pulls out the light screen, and clicks on the document of daily records.

"4.7, sunny..."

Ban Xia thought for a long time, and finally wrote: "My dragon...is lost."