Chapter 1326 The Past of Valley Village (Ⅱ)

Qiao An has long heard of various legends about the princes of the Far East. In the past, she always felt that these legends were too outrageous, and they were more likely to be fabricated by literati.

Listening to Mr. Malik's account of the past events he witnessed with his own eyes, Joan had to admit that His Royal Highness the Prince of the Far East is indeed an extraordinary figure comparable to the mythical heroes in ancient epics.

"The legendary experience of His Royal Highness Roland and his companions is indeed admirable, but having said that, since the cockatrice near Valley Village has been killed by His Royal Highness, where else can we go to find this rare creature?" Meddy Ya looked sad.

"Miss Gauguin, you don't need to worry about this at all. His Royal Highness Roland and his traveling companions just slaughtered a group of cockatrices that attacked them four years ago. In the valley deep in the forest, there are more cockatrices living there." Serpent."

Mr. Malik put away his smile and became serious.

"When the railway was being built this spring, a large group of cockatrices ran to the construction site to make trouble, and most of them were wiped out by the villagers led by Nicholas' brother. The remaining cockatrices fled back to the depths of the dense forest. Just when we thought these monsters had finally learned their lesson, not long ago someone saw a cockatrice wandering around on the railway, almost startling the Ross beast pulling the cart!"

Magistrate Nicholas nodded, and continued Mr. Malik's words: "I went to the scene and found a few cockatrice feathers, which shows that the witness's testimony is credible."

"A creature like the cockatrice was slaughtered twice to almost extinction, but within half a year, it will flood again, which shows that its reproductive power is super strong."

"It's not surprising, Mr. Nicholas. The cockatrice is a supernatural egg-laying bird. If there is a female cockatrice in the group, it will lay eggs every day like a hen. When there is a full nest of eggs, they will all be hatched." It becomes a small cockatrice, and the reproduction speed is very fast." Qiao An made an analysis in due course.

"I said a long time ago that this group of monsters should be completely wiped out, even the chickens and eggs must not be spared, but Bafula forbids us to do this, and even talked about 'maintaining ecological balance' nonsense, It's just inexplicable!" Peter complained angrily.

Bafula gave him a blank look, and explained with a guilty conscience: "They didn't say that cockatrices can't be killed, but they don't want to kill them all, otherwise there may be more dangerous monsters occupying this ecological niche. Or those pests that were preyed on by cockatrices, took advantage of the opportunity of the destruction of natural enemies to flood, maybe it will bring us more trouble..."

From the perspective of a druid, Bafula's point of view makes sense.

Joan respects her idea of ​​maintaining the natural ecological balance, but it is not enough to have a good idea. It is necessary to conduct quantitative empirical research on the correlation between the cockatrice group size and ecological balance.

For example, what is the average birth rate of the cockatrice per unit cycle?

What is the maximum number of cockatrices that the local environment can accommodate?

Based on these observation data, the reasonable number range of cockatrices is calculated, and then it is calculated how long it will take for cockatrices to reproduce naturally without external interference, which will cause harm to humans and even the local ecology, and need to be hunted and killed.

Only with comprehensive empirical data can we reasonably maintain the ecological balance.

Even if they are unable to carry out these empirical studies, at least they should establish isolation zones and erect protective fences along the railway lines where cockatrices frequently appear, otherwise cockatrices suddenly hit the trains, causing traffic accidents, and the consequences would be disastrous.

If these things are not done, and there is no good idea, then not only is it worthless, but it will be harmful to human beings.

After all, human beings are also a member of the natural world. Some people who keep on maintaining ecological balance are like those "telescopic philanthropists". I am afraid that they rarely consider how to protect the right to survival of the poor compatriots around them.

Joan has always disapproved of this kind of hypocrite. Of course, he didn't think Bafra was that kind of person, otherwise Miss Catwoman wouldn't be able to become a druid—one can never become a "child of nature" without a heart that loves nature.

"Well, I have to admit that the expansion speed of the cockatrice group has exceeded my expectations, and there may be some unexpected variables in it."

Bafula sighed, and said to Joan and Medea: "I will go deep into the jungle early tomorrow morning to check the situation of the cockatrice. If you two are not afraid of danger, you can go with me."

"Sister Catwoman! Brother Qiao An is a genius mage, and sister Medea is a high-level magician. They are not even afraid of the green hag, so they are not afraid of the cockatrice!"

Bafra was amused by Ruby's childish demeanor, and stretched out her hand to hug her and caress her.

"Little sister, are you afraid of the cockatrice?"

"Ruby, of course I'm not afraid!" "Miss Ruby" declared solemnly, "Tomorrow I will follow you into the mountains and catch cockatrices as pets!"

The little girl seems to be addicted to keeping pets. It is not enough to have a unicorn rabbit, and she wants to raise a cockatrice.

Nicholas frowned, and said to Joan and Medea: "Actually, there is no need for you to go there yourself. Tomorrow, Peter and I will accompany Bavla into the mountains and try to capture two cockatrices alive and bring them back to you. Children, you shouldn't go to such a dangerous place."

Medea smiled gratefully, and told the magistrate calmly: "Mr. Nicholas, thank you for your thoughtfulness, but for the sake of scientific research, Joan and I should accompany you on a trip in person."

"If Ruby really wants to go, it's okay to go with us. You don't think she is young, but she is actually very powerful. At least there is no problem in protecting herself."

Nicholas was still a little worried, but seeing that she insisted on going with her, it was inconvenient to persuade her any more.

Peter stood up and said with a smile, "How about setting off at eight o'clock tomorrow morning? If everyone thinks it's all right, I'll go upstairs to work first. The magic phototypesetting machine broke down again. Get it fixed before tomorrow's morning sample arrives."

Hearing the uncommon and lengthy phrase "magic phototypesetting machine", Joan's ears immediately perked up, and his staff also jumped up.

"Mr. Peter! Please stay!"

The young pastor was taken aback by his call without warning, and turned to Joan, "Mr. Vida, what's the matter?"

"Is it convenient for Fang to take me upstairs for a visit, I'm very interested in the magical machine you mentioned just now." Joan asked eagerly.

Peter nodded readily: "Of course, Mr. Vader, please come with me!"