The swamp is a bit far from the area where Zhao Qian and others live, so it took Zhao Qian and Yu a lot of time to enter the swamp.
As soon as he entered the swamp, Zhao Qian noticed that something was wrong. The primates and various snakes that could be seen everywhere in the swamp trees seemed to have disappeared, and the entire swamp became extremely quiet.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Qian's uneasiness became stronger and stronger, and he felt that something big was going to happen.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for the two races living in the swamp to disappear at the same time.
"Let's split up... forget it, follow me closely. If you find something wrong, run away immediately."
When you don't know what's going on, it's safer to walk together so that you can take care of yourself even if you encounter danger.
Zhao Qian and Yu quickly shuttled through the trees in the swamp, trying to find the creatures living in the swamp. However, they searched for a long time, but could not find even a primate or a snake.
The entire swamp, just like the area where they lived, seemed like all living things had disappeared.
unusual!
How abnormal!
Zhao Qian became more and more frightened, his limbs felt cold and his head felt dazed.
"It's impossible for any creature to be able to kill all the primates and snakes living in the swamp at the same time, and I didn't see any blood or corpses."
Zhao Qian explored the swamp several times in a month, so he was very familiar with the two races living in the swamp.
For primates and snakes living in swamps, if we only look at strength, swamp snakes are stronger than primates.
After all, two of the three most powerful creatures in the swamp are snakes, and the only primate is Gigantopithecus himself.
However, primates are intelligent and know how to unite, so snakes are often suppressed by primates.
The gibbon didn't capture Yu for no reason. It was mainly because the gibbon felt the aura of Titanoboa on Yu's body, so it wanted to capture Yu and take credit.
And the reason why the more powerful Titanoboa rushed into the territory where the great ape lived was that he felt the aura of his mate, thought that the murderer was the great ape, and went out for revenge.
It's just that they don't know that it's all a misunderstanding.
"If they were not killed, then there is another possibility that they all fled the area."
Zhao Qian frowned, pinched his chin and guessed: "What kind of creature can allow primates and snakes living in swamps to escape?"
Pure blood beast?
impossible……
Unless it is a Yuan Beast that is more powerful than a pure-blooded Yuan Beast.
Unfortunately, the current conditions are too few to support Zhao Qian's analysis.
Wow...
Hua Hua Hua...
Just when Zhao Qian was deep in thought and at a loss, the sound of fish flapping in the water suddenly sounded in his ears.
Zhao Qian quickly looked at the swamp below, and soon saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure in the water of the swamp.
This is an extinct imperial crocodile. It was the largest crocodile that ever lived on the earth. Smaller dinosaurs were the food of the imperial crocodile. This shows how ferocious this crocodile is.
"No wonder the gorilla disappeared instantly after falling into the swamp. It turns out that king crocodiles lived in the swamp water."
In Zhao Qian's mind, he recalled the scene that day when Titanoboa fought against the great ape, all the gorillas that fell into the swamp were eaten.
Now it seems that they are all the work of imperial crocodiles.
"Although the Imperial Crocodile is very powerful, it is just an ordinary creature, not even a hybrid beast. It is impossible to drive away primates and snakes."
Zhao Qian quickly judged the strength of the Imperial Crocodile. Any one of the original Titanoboa and Gigantopithecus could easily kill this Imperial Crocodile.
"Hey, what is it eating?"
When Zhao Qian observed the emperor crocodile, he found that the emperor crocodile was eating.
These fluffy things floated over from afar. There were only one or two in number at first, but as time went on, more and more came over.
Naturally, the king crocodile would not let go of the food that was automatically delivered to his door. He swallowed each one in one mouthful and kept devouring it.
"Is this a mouse?"
Zhao Qian's initial height was too high and he couldn't see very clearly, so he went to a lower position and found that the creatures floating over turned out to be creatures that looked very similar to mice.
"No, this is not a mouse, this is a lemming."
When Zhao Qian saw the appearance of these creatures clearly, his eyes suddenly widened.
Lemmings belong to the rodent family Hamsteridae. Judging from their appearance, they are better looking than mice. They are furry, like hair balls.
Lemmings can reproduce almost all year round, and their reproductive capacity is extremely strong. They can give birth to twelve pups in one litter, and seven or eight litters in a year.
The most terrifying thing is that it only takes twenty days for the cubs to mature... mature means that they are ready for reproduction.
Someone once made a calculation. A pair of lemmings starts giving birth in March. Assuming that there are six males and six females each time, it only takes until the end of August or early September for this pair of lemmings to grow to 1.65 million.
Just a huge group of people.
Even excluding those who were eaten and those who died of illness, there are nearly a million lemmings surviving.
Of course, lemmings will not continue to reproduce forever. When the number of lemmings in an area reaches a certain level, lemmings will actively seek death.
Lemmings will deliberately expose themselves to natural enemies and lure them to devour them, thereby controlling the number of lemmings in the area.
However, when natural enemies are not enough to reduce the number of lemmings, lemmings will commit collective suicide.
A large number of lemmings gather together, and the number can reach millions. They keep running in one direction, and finally they all jump into the sea.
"Did I encounter the phenomenon of mass suicide of lemmings?" Zhao Qian frowned and said in confusion: "Even if the lemmings commit mass suicide, it is impossible to scare away primates and snakes, right?"
Zhizhi...
Zhizhi...
Just when Zhao Qian couldn't figure out the reason, the lemmings floating on the swamp water suddenly made an extremely subtle cry.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Qian saw that these lemmings seemed to be dying and swam towards the king crocodile.
At the beginning, the king crocodiles refused to accept any comers and ate as many as they came, leaving not a single one left.
But as time went by, the number of lemmings increased, and the emperor crocodile became full and could not eat more lemmings.
A reversal happened at this moment. The lemmings actually climbed onto the crocodile and began to bite the crocodile, which was much larger than them.
The extremely hard skin of the king crocodile was like paper under the lemming's teeth. It was easily bitten and blood flowed out.
The king crocodile rolled over in anger and even dived into the water, only to attract more lemmings.
These lemmings completely covered the emperor crocodile and kept eating the flesh and blood of the emperor crocodile. After a while, the huge emperor crocodile was eaten clean, leaving only the skeleton.