flstandardbreds Chapter 174 The Second Stage of Natural Evolution!
Chapter 174 The Second Stage of Natural Evolution!
Yo~!
Yo yo yo~!
As dusk approached, Cangnian was swimming in the water, preparing to return home, when he heard a series of terrified cries of deer coming from the dense forest ahead.
"Are Tiger Dad and the others hunting? But didn't I tell you that I'd take care of the prey from now on?"
Hearing this commotion, Cangnian was quite puzzled.
There are almost no large carnivores in this territory.
In particular, after the great battle when the pine cones matured, evolved creatures within a radius of hundreds of kilometers were attracted to the vicinity of the pine trees and participated in the attack on their own territory.
As far as Cang Nian is concerned, evolved creatures such as tigers and brown bears should have all been killed.
Besides these two carnivores, are there any other carnivores that can cause trouble for large deer?
It's important to know that with the spiritual energy revival reaching this stage, many deer have doubled in size, with the largest individuals now exceeding one ton.
After evolution, the intelligence of evolved creatures increases, and they also possess more complex emotions.
Like a family, with ample food, they changed the solitary lifestyle of the Siberian tigers and started living together as a family.
Other evolved organisms have also come to realize the importance of sticking together.
Deer, which are already social animals, became even more united.
Among them, powerful individuals will actively drive away or even kill predators when they hunt offspring or small individuals.
Moreover, the other deer will cooperate in a simple way, protecting the fawn in the middle, taking the initiative to attack and defend, and working together to drive away predators.
This greatly increases the difficulty of hunting for carnivores, but has little impact on the Cang Nian.
Faced with absolute power, numbers and unity are insignificant.
However, now it dares to hunt deer, and judging from its voice, it seems to be one of the largest elk...
What kind of creature is this?
This piqued Cang Nian's curiosity.
So he got out of the water and followed the sound.
He wanted to see what kind of animal was hunting its own staple food on its own territory.
After the battle to ripen the pine cones, the amount of food in their territory had decreased considerably.
If this wave hadn't attracted creatures from within a hundred kilometers, Cangnian probably would have completely emptied his territory.
I won't allow other creatures to hunt me.
Thinking this, Cangnian had already arrived near the deer herd, and upon looking around, he saw that it was indeed a herd of elk.
A quick glance revealed a large group of dogs—no, wolves—working together in an orderly fashion to drive the herd of deer.
Cang Nian counted them and found that there were quite a few wolves, more than thirty in total, and each one was huge, about the same size as himself, weighing more than 200 kilograms.
The deer herd, although all of them except the calves weighed over 300 kilograms, had never experienced a situation where dozens of wolves were hunting them, so they were extremely panicked and their formation was scattered.
Yo~!
At this moment, the strongest and leader of the elk herd let out an angry howl and then charged towards the well-coordinated wolf pack!
Whoosh~!
But just then, a huge figure burst out from the shadows of the dense forest and then disappeared!
Even Cang Nian, who was watching from the sidelines, frowned.
He recognized the enormous figure that had charged out; it was a giant wolf, far larger than its kind, estimated to weigh around 400 kilograms.
Even he couldn't see how that guy disappeared!
Yo~!
But the next second, the lead deer let out a shrill cry, as if it would shake the air apart!
Cang Nian quickly looked over and discovered that the giant wolf had appeared behind the lead deer at some point and had bitten between its two hind legs!
"Ouch...that must hurt so much...this thing isn't a wolf, it's a hyena, isn't it?"
Upon seeing this, Cang Nian subconsciously squeezed his legs together.
The deer, whose genitals were bitten by the giant wolf, immediately lost its ability to move and knelt on the ground.
The giant wolf immediately released its grip, nimbly leaped in front of the deer, and precisely slit its throat!
The strongest alpha deer in the entire herd died suddenly before it could even use its special ability.
Seeing this, the other deer panicked completely and scattered in all directions.
This was exactly what the wolves wanted, so they immediately began hunting.
After a chase and hunt, the pack of more than 30 wolves, apart from the lead deer killed by the giant wolf, also hunted five elk with an average weight of more than 400 kilograms.
Clearly, this was an extremely successful hunt.
With so much prey, they could have a full meal.
It can be seen that their hunting is not only orderly, but also quite planned.
Even though they are strong enough to hunt more prey, they restrain themselves and only hunt enough to satisfy their hunger, never killing more than necessary.
The giant wolf, meanwhile, began to devour the food with great gusto.
It is very hungry.
In just two and a half minutes, it devoured about 250 kilograms of flesh and blood, like a starving ghost reincarnated.
But at that moment, a cold glint appeared beneath its throat!
Stab-! ! !
With just one blow, blood gushed from the giant wolf's neck. If it weren't for its thick fur, it would already be a corpse.
The excruciating pain instantly brought it to its senses. It staggered backward, its pupils dilating rapidly as it looked at the black, white, and orange figure that appeared beside the deer carcass!
"I was right, it really has just evolved to the second stage..."
Cang Nian gently licked the blood off his claws and nodded in satisfaction.
Upon seeing the giant wolf's size, he was certain it was a second-tier wolf.
However, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that although it appeared to have a large frame, its fur was very loose.
Later, seeing how hungry it was, it was clear that this guy had just broken through to the second tier.
Although natural evolution relies on the food chain to spread evolutionary factors, when the amount of evolutionary factors is large enough, it naturally progresses to the second stage.
However, the qualitative change at the second stage usually causes evolved creatures to grow in size dramatically, which consumes the energy stored in their bodies.
Therefore, whether by taking evolution factors or through natural breakthroughs, one will need to eat a lot after evolving to replenish the energy consumed during the evolution process.
This is completely consistent with the giant wolf's current state and behavior.
Meanwhile, the giant wolf on the other side was terrified.
There are tigers here!
Moreover, it almost killed its newly evolved self!
However, seeing Cangnian's size, it became somewhat puzzled.
After evolution, it has developed a considerable level of intelligence.
Since all animals grow up, tigers, which are at the top of the food chain, should also grow up, right?
Before the spiritual energy revival, tigers weighed three to four times as much as large wolves!
But why is this tiger smaller than me?