Chapter 521 The Immovable Mountain God

"A white mammoth?" Pork Chop asked Gordon in confusion.

Gordon put away the telescope and his expression became slightly excited. "Well, it's white, and it's a circle larger than ordinary mammoths. We should have hit the jackpot."

Seeing that Pork Chop still didn't understand, Gordon explained: "This is what I saw in the research notes of the scholars of the Dragon Calendar Institute. It said that the cubs of the giant beasts are white and will blend into the mammoth group to reduce the probability of being attacked by predators.

At the same time, the giant beasts are also very responsible "parents". They will not leave their cubs too far, which also protects the safety of the mammoth group to a certain extent. It is a kind of incomplete symbiotic relationship."

"In other words, the giant beast cubs were found, meow?"

"It should be right. It's not necessarily an albino mammoth, right? Let's go down and confirm it up close."

Gordon and Pork Chop began to climb down the ridge. The slope was steep, which took them a lot of effort.

Fortunately, the mammoths move slowly. After more than half an hour, they are still wandering in the same place, using their tusks to lift the snow layer and digging the thick green moss underneath to eat.

The hunter and Elu approached quietly at the foot of the mountain. After careful observation for a while, Gordon nodded.

"It is a giant beast cub, and bone armor has been born on its forehead. Mammoths don't have this structure." Gordon estimated the size of the giant beast cub.

"It should not be the first year. According to the research data, the newly born giant beast cub is not much bigger than the mammoth cub. This one is bigger than an adult mammoth."

"We still can't find the giant beast meow, and it's getting dark. What should we do now meow?" Pig Chop asked in a low voice.

Gordon thought for a moment, "Pork Chop, you rush into the mammoth herd and scare them to see if you can attract the giant beasts."

"Okay."

Pork Chop, who was used to being a bait, moved his limbs, and then rushed into the mammoth herd, whining and waving his weapons like he was crazy.

Among small animals, mammoths are considered large and weigh several tons, but they are very timid, like spirit deer.

Any movement can scare them, not to mention that Pork Chop picked up two unpleasant mammoths and chopped them a few times. Stimulated by the smell of blood and wailing, the mammoths fled in all directions.

The giant beast cub did the same, it raised its nose and howled, and then ran.

Gordon, who was lying in the snow, narrowed his eyes slightly, alert to every movement around him, especially in the direction of the snow forest.

He believed that with the size of the giant beast, as long as he got a little closer, he would be discovered.

"Boom boom boom!"

A sound like an avalanche came from behind.

Gordon turned his head suddenly and was surprised to find that a large area of ​​"mountain" covered with thick snow at the foot of the mountain was actually moving.

Large chunks of snow slid down, revealing the thick red and blue fur underneath. The huge head, which was completely covered by thick bone armor like mountain rocks, shook. This simple and casual movement brought a gust of wind pressure.

"This is too big!" Gordon couldn't help but swear.

According to ecological data, the size of adult giant beasts often exceeds 25 meters, and the largest can even exceed 30 meters.

At first glance, this data is not very exaggerated. After all, large flying dragon species such as armored dragons and ceratopsians have an adult body length of more than 20 meters. The green water dragon, which is famous for its size, also has a body size of more than 30 meters.

But! As a giant beast of the tooth beast species, the body structure is completely different from those flying dragon species and ichthyosaur species.

Take the ceratopsian as an example. Of the 20-meter body length, 7 to 8 meters may be the tail, 3 meters or more are the protruding horns, and the rest is the trunk length.

Even if the behemoth is straightened, the tail is only about 3 meters long. A large part of the protruding fangs overlaps with the skull. The core trunk length alone is more than 20 meters.

The back height of the behemoth is even more amazing.

Taking the ceratopsian as an example, the back height of the ceratopsian is about 5 to 6 meters, while the behemoth, taking the one in front of us, according to Gordon's visual estimation, the back height is more than 15 meters, about 16 or 17 meters.

It is three times the former, and the whole looks like a meat mountain!

"Roar!"

In the low roar, the earth was shaking, and countless snows slid down the hillside, forming a small avalanche.

The behemoth stood in the snow waves like an immovable mountain god. It shook its huge body and looked like it was enjoying it.

"This is really a 'heavyweight' opponent."

Facing this mountain-like monster, Gordon was eager to try.

However, the sunset glow that was about to completely extinguish in the sky, more than half of the supplies in the prop bag were consumed, and his own insufficient physical strength made him stop the urge to rush up immediately.

Take a deep breath, calm down, and throw a dye ball with force.

"Pork chop, retreat first, and come back to deal with this big guy after dawn tomorrow!"

"Meow!"

When we returned to the camp, it was already late at night.

The ice and snow in the snowy mountain area are like smooth mirrors, reflecting the light of the stars and the moon, and reflecting everything under the night sky into a faint blue.

It is not difficult to see things at close range, but the extremely cold temperature, which is much lower than that during the day, and the roaring night wind make hunting at night much more difficult.

If the opponent is a snow lion king or something like that, it will be easy, but facing a giant beast like a behemoth that is almost impossible to hunt in one day, it is better not to be so anxious.

Seal the cave entrance with snow, then use flint to ignite the dry moss for kindling, light a bonfire, and the cave gradually becomes warmer.

Gordon and Pork Chop sat by the campfire, discussing the next hunting plan, and roasting snow deer meat that was already frozen hard.

"What a big cat. I feel like among the monsters we have faced, apart from the super-sized Lingshan Dragon, this beast is the biggest, meow." Pig Chop meowed while roasting his snow-covered hair. .

"Um."

Gordon slowly turned the piece of meat over, "What we discussed before, the tactic of focusing on a certain leg to force it to fall is too natural.

Not even an avalanche could hit that guy, his center of gravity was too heavy and stable. "

"But it's really bulky, meow. It didn't take much effort to get rid of it when we retreated, meow." Pig Chop, who was almost burned by the bonfire, rubbed his beard back.

Gordon snapped his fingers, "This is the point!"

"What's the point, meow?"

"With the weight and size of a giant beast, even the most basic walking will consume a lot of energy. Coupled with the bloated size, it will be very difficult to dissipate heat from the internal organs. No wonder they only appear in the cold snow-capped mountains."

"Gordon is saying that it will tire easily?"

"Well, although the skin is rough and the flesh is thick, physical fitness should not be the strong point of the giant beast."

Gordon smiled and said: "There is a lot of evidence. Ecological data mentions that giant beasts feed on trees. This kind of food has low energy density and takes a long time to digest.

Coupled with the scarcity of resources in the snow-capped mountains, energy saving has become the survival instinct of this monster.

Therefore, even though behemoths are extremely territorial and will actively fight intruders, they rarely pursue them. "

Pig Chop also added: "Yes, meow! That big guy is squatting and sleeping at the foot of the mountain. Judging from the thickness of the snow on his body, he was already squatting there before the snowstorm, meow!"

It's saving energy, so we haven't seen a single footprint in the past few days! "

"That's right."

Gordon picked up the almost roasted venison, blew on the hot air twice, took a big bite, and said vaguely:

"So the tactics are very simple. Find a way to bleed it, and then keep dealing with it without giving it time to rest and eat. If one day is not enough, just two days, and if two days is not enough, just a week, drag it to death."