Chapter 1529 Horror Beast (Ⅱ)

The brown liquid ejected from the skull of the Dread Beast seemed to be highly corrosive. When it touched the skin of the Protoceratops, it made a hissing sound, and the strong sour smell drifted over with the wind.

Joan and the others could smell the pungent smell from a long distance away, and quickly covered their mouth and nose to avoid inhaling the uncomfortable sour smell.

The face of Protoceratops, which was sprayed with acid, was in unbearable pain. Although this degree of injury is not life-threatening, it is enough to dispel their fighting spirit, and they immediately turned around and fled whining.

The rest of the Protoceratops on the meadow were also frightened, and flew away in groups away from the dire beast.

These protoceratops who were eager to escape did not realize that they were running towards the direction that the male dire beast intended to drive away, and not far ahead, beside their only path, there was a more cunning creature lurking in the bushes. of female dire beasts.

The panicked herd of beasts rushed past the bushes one after another, and the eyes of the protoceratops that landed at the end were burned by acid, perhaps because of impaired vision, and they seemed to stumble when running.

Hiding in the bushes, the female Horror beast pressed down on her neck, aimed the hole in her forehead at the lone prey, and suddenly let out a "chirp", ejecting a stream of strong acid from the skull hole.

Joan raised his eyebrows in surprise.

He noticed that the acid sprayed by the female dire beast did not disperse, but condensed into a stream of high-pressure liquid, hitting the face of the passing Protoceratops 50 feet away with precision like an arrow.

The Protoceratops uttered a horrified cry. The eyes that had been stinging to the point of blindness due to the infiltration of acid were hit by a more violent high-pressure acid, and the eyeballs burst on the spot. The strong acid penetrated into the body through the wound, and half of the face was corroded and bloody, which was horrible.

Driven by the survival instinct, the ambushed Protoceratops was still struggling to run forward, trying to keep up with the large army, while howling for help from its own kind.

However, the Protoceratops running in front seemed to be scared out of their wits, and no one turned to look at the companion who was alone, let alone turn around to rescue.

The scene in front of her made Audrey, who was observing secretly, feel chills, and couldn't help but whisper in Joan's ear:

"If Protoceratops worked together and turned around to help their injured companions, it would not be a problem to drive away those two dire beasts. Unfortunately, they are too selfish and stupid. They only care about running for their own lives, but they don't want to think about what happens if they are also killed by the dire beasts in the future. What can I do if the beasts stare at me?"

Audrey's sigh echoed in her ears, Joan hesitated to speak.

He does not deny that Her Royal Highness's idea is indeed more beneficial to the Protoceratops group, but from another perspective, abandoning injured and weak companions to predators will also help other healthy individuals in the group escape safely.

This way of living may be a bit cruel, but it is also a manifestation of wisdom, and it has long been proven to be effective-otherwise the Protoceratops group by the lake would not have been able to reproduce for countless centuries.

As for the evaluation of social morality such as "selfishness", it is meaningless to wild animals like dinosaurs that have no concept of good and evil.

Only when a kind of intelligent creature forms a highly cooperative social community, will it produce a group consciousness such as morality and regulations, and the reason why this kind of consciousness can be implemented is often based on the empathy of oneself and others.

Just like what Audrey said just now, if Protoceratops had a more developed imagination, could put themselves in the shoes of the injured and left alone companion, and think about how to survive in the other party's predicament, there would naturally be assistance Thoughts - if you are in that kind of predicament, you also desire the help of others of the same kind.

It's a pity that Protoceratops doesn't seem to have such a developed thinking ability, and even in human society, not all individuals can do to others what they don't want, and selfish people can often benefit in the game of survival.

If we use the standards of human society to evaluate this group of wild dinosaurs, it is true that we have indisputable goodwill, but it is not a prejudice based on our own sense of superiority.

Watching the two dire beasts chase the injured Protoceratops away, Joan stood up and said to his companions, "I'll go over and have a look. Do you want to go with me, or stay here?"

"It's not interesting to stay here, let's follow along to watch the excitement, I really want to know how to eat with the deformed mouth of the dire beast." Hailar said excitedly.

Pinkerton and others have the same intention. Everyone left the bushes where they were hiding, and followed the figures of the protoceratops and the dire beasts that were drifting away.

Joan turned into a bee man and flew into the sky, Ruby turned into a half-mosquito half-human hybrid form, and Holden spread his dragon wings and flew with him at low altitude.

Audrey summoned her exclusive mount "Lafayette", and rode this celestial Pegasus into the sky.

Pinkerton, Hyrule, and Karl don't have the ability to fly, and they don't want to waste spell slots, so they gallop on the ground.

Fortunately, they are all extraordinary professionals, their running speed is not much worse than that of dinosaurs and dino beasts, and their physical stamina is enough to support long-distance off-road tracking.

Qiao Anfei was at the forefront of the team and followed for about half an hour. From a distance, he saw that the injured Protoceratops finally couldn't hold it up, wailed and fell to the ground, lying on the grass by the lake and groaning in despair.

The two dire beasts following the prey vigilantly outflanked it, as if worried that the Protoceratops was playing dead, they lowered their heads and sprayed acid from a distance of 60 feet.

Two streams of strong fluid hit the Protoceratops's face, making a hissing sound, but the dying beast was unable to struggle, its acid-soaked face quickly eroded and deformed, pus and blood dripped down on the grass along the bone plate, and was beaten Corroded weeds quickly turn yellow and wither.

Seeing this scene, the dire beasts were convinced that the prey had completely lost the ability to resist, so they approached cautiously, buried their heads against the unrecognizable head of the Protoceratops with their tubular mouthparts, and licked the flesh that had been corroded into a paste.

Joan spread his wings and hovered above the lakeshore, overlooking the scene of the dire beast eating, and the previous guess was verified.

This magical beast with a peculiar mouth structure can only suck liquid food like a fly, and the acid sprayed from the cranial hole can dissolve the tough muscles of the prey into a puddle of pus and blood, ensuring that they can eat smoothly.

It can be seen that there is a close relationship between the acid of the Horror Beast and its specialized mouth, but Qiao An is still unable to say what is the cause and what is the effect of the two.

While the beasts were concentrating on eating, Joan issued a mental command, and the remote control blood mosquito agent quietly landed on the neck of a beast, sucking blood with its mouthparts.

The mouthparts of ordinary mosquitoes cannot pierce the tough scales of the beast, but the blood mosquito spy created by Joan's magic is different-the mouthparts are equivalent to a miniature magic weapon, sharp enough to penetrate the scales, and penetrate deeply into the horror. Beast skin, sucking blood greedily.