Chapter 142 Primeval Forest
After arranging the work at the base, Gu Ming wanted to go out again to look for meteorites. This time he was going to the largest primeval forest in southern Hunan Province, Mangshan National Forest Park.
Why go to Mangshan Forest Park? Because when Gu Ming passed by the road on the edge of the forest on his way back, the meteorite radar showed a signal of a meteorite, and the location of the meteorite was in the center of Mangshan Forest Park.
If the chariot cannot enter, then the combat power of the chariot cannot be used. Gu Ming can only take Gu Xiao and Wangcai with him this time. After all, he does not know what dangerous mutant beasts will be in this primeval forest.
If Wangcai is brought out, the daughters will have no bodyguards, and Ye Xianhong also needs a bodyguard. Gu Ming exchanged two female robot bodyguards from the system store.
As for the source of the female bodyguards, the girls tacitly did not ask. Anyway, if they asked, Gu Ming would not tell the truth, so it is better not to ask. ✰
There are already seven female robot bodyguards in Yuanxin Base. Their strength is much stronger than Zhang Henghui, and their killing skills are superb. It can be said that they are the greatest security guarantee that Gu Ming gives to his relatives.
No one in the Yuanxin base can cross the female robot bodyguard line and threaten the safety of Gu Ming's relatives.
The chariot traveled more than 100 kilometers and arrived at Zhangyi County, the southernmost part of Binzhou City. Gu Ming planned to enter Mangshan Forest Park from here.
Mangshan Forest Park can be said to be the largest park in southern Hunan Province. It is known as the "second Xishuangbanna".
Mangshan Forest Park is a forest with primitive features, covering an area of about 20,000 hectares, that is, about 200 square kilometers. It is also the largest forest park in the south of Xiaguo.
The forest coverage rate of Mangshan Forest Park is as high as 93, and there are countless animals and plants.
There are about 2,700 species of higher plants, 1.68 million cubic meters of standing timber, more than 300 species of vertebrates, including more than 50 species of key animals and plants under national protection.
Of course, the most precious animal is the Mangshan iron-headed snake, which is listed as an "endangered" species in the Red List of the World Conservation Union.
The Mangshan Ironhead Snake is a giant venomous snake species unique to the Xia Kingdom, commonly known as the "Little Green Dragon".
The Mangshan Ironhead Snake can reach a total length of more than two meters. It is a venomous snake with tubular teeth. The whole body is dark brown, interspersed with very small yellow-green or rust-colored spots, forming a fine mesh impression; part of the dorsal scales are yellow-green, clustered together, forming lichen-like spots, which are equidistantly spaced with black-brown and run vertically through the body and tail; the left and right lichen-like spots are connected at the midline of the back, forming a complete horizontal stripe or slightly staggered front and back. The head is triangular, slightly larger, with cheek pits, and looks like a piece of iron, hence the name.
The Mangshan Ironhead Snake is the largest snake species known among venomous snakes. The heaviest living Mangshan Ironhead Snake that has been found is 85kg.
In addition to a large number of plants and animals, Mangshan Forest Park also has a relatively complex terrain. There are 150 peaks with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, and the highest peak is 1,900 meters. Every year when the rain is sufficient, the vegetation and animals here will be well moisturized, so it is also known as the most intact primitive forest on the same latitude on the earth.
Gu Ming is not afraid of other dangers. He has been afraid of snakes since he was a child. Maybe there will be a group of Mangshan iron-headed snakes waiting for him in the Mangshan forest.
Gu Ming got goose bumps all over his body as long as he thought of the python disaster in the movie.
Gu Ming got off the chariot, and Gu Xiao and Wangcai followed behind. Wangcai's size is only larger than that of an ordinary dog, about the same as an adult Tibetan mastiff, so it can get off the car behind Gu Ming, otherwise it can only get off from the back with its previous size.
Although Wangcai has become smaller, he is the strongest among them. He is super fast and much stronger than Gu Ming and Gu Xiao. Gu Ming feels that even if he strengthens his body to the limit, his strength may be lower than Wangcai.
It is snowing outside. Gu Ming only wears a set of warm clothes inside and a set of special police uniform outside. He is not afraid of the low temperature of minus 40 to 50 degrees Celsius. Gu Xiao and Wangcai are even less sensitive to the cold.
I don’t know if it is because a lot of dust in the troposphere is brought down by rain and snow. If it was in the early morning every day before, it is at night shortly after the sun sets today. The sunlight can slightly penetrate the thick dust in the stratosphere and shine on the surface of the earth.
If ordinary people couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces before, now they can see the scene ten meters away. This is good news for humans. Although I don’t know how long it will take for the dust in the stratosphere to disappear, at least there is hope for the future of humans.
After thinking about it for a while, Gu Ming perked up and looked at the trees in front of him.
The trees were taller and more luxuriant than those Gu Ming had seen before the apocalypse. The treetops were covered in white. Because the trees were too luxuriant, most of the snow could not fall down from the treetops.
The entrance to the forest was like the entrance to hell. Most people would not dare to go in and die, but Gu Ming was not an ordinary person, and Gu Xiao and Wang Cai were even more extraordinary.
"Let's go."
The chariot stayed at the entrance of the forest. Because they were afraid of encountering snakes head-on, Gu Ming asked Gu Xiao to lead the way. He and Wang Cai followed behind Gu Xiao, and the two of them and the dog plunged into the Mangshan forest.
It was damp, and the snow on the ground could not cover the protrusions of the tree roots. The tree roots were like pythons lying on the ground in a mess. Gu Ming and his men were jumping on the tree roots at a rapid speed. It felt like they were not on Earth, but in an alien civilization.
Many trees have mutated. If it were still like before the doomsday, Gu Ming suspected that all the plants on the earth would be frozen to death. Fortunately, they mutated, and not many plants were frozen to death. Plants can produce oxygen without photosynthesis, which is the best news for humans and other animals.
Otherwise, a large number of animals on the earth would die due to lack of oxygen.
The road was not peaceful. Many mutant beasts, such as mutant hares, mutant pheasants and some mutant birds, attacked Gu Ming and his team, but they were not a big threat to Gu Ming and his team. There were more corpses of mutant beasts in Gu Ming's system space.
"Stop, leader, something is rushing over."
Gu Xiao didn't need to say it. Gu Ming saw that the trees in front of him fell down one by one as if they were hit by a truck. He guessed that a big guy was coming.
After a few minutes, a group of wild boars the size of a truck rushed over. The wild boar in the front was the largest, five meters tall and ten meters long. It was covered with black hair like steel needles and mud, as if it was wearing a thick layer of armor. The other wild boars were not smaller and not that big. These wild boars should be a family.
Experienced hunters know that in the wild, they would rather meet tigers and lions than wild boars. The impact of wild boars is too strong. They can fight tigers and lions alone.
"Roar--"
As soon as they saw Gu Ming and his group, the wild boars rushed over like a death squad. Gu Ming and Gu Xiao immediately jumped to the side, and Wangcai jumped directly to the head of the largest wild boar and bit its nose.
"Ah--"