Natural God's Gift
#159 - Falcon
Standing at the foot of the mountain, Siyue climbed a tree to look at the two peaks. These two peaks were very large, seemingly no smaller than the mountain at the ancestral land of the Kingdom's Abyss. It would probably take a while to search them completely.
Siyue planned to build a nest first, so it wouldn't have to be exposed to the wind and rain every day. Since this was the Kingdom's territory, logically, spiders should have lived here before. It would be great if it could find the old spider nests, maybe there would be something left behind.
However, nearly twenty thousand years had passed. The world had changed, and the power of nature was much stronger than the strength of the Zerg warriors. Volcanoes, earthquakes, and rainstorms could all change the terrain. No one knew if the old nests were still there.
Siyue climbed up the mountain. It had always lived by the sea and had never experienced the feeling of living on a mountain. This time, it could try the feeling of seeing all the mountains as small.
"Hou—." Just as it hadn't climbed for long, it suddenly heard the cry of an eagle from the mountain.
"Eagle?" Siyue raised its head and looked up at the birds of prey circling in the sky. Its super vision could vaguely see that it was also holding prey in its claws. After the hawk circled in the sky, it spread its wings and disappeared into the mountain.
"There are also hawks here," Siyue muttered. Its current location was still very close to the Kingdom.
It was just that the Kingdom's focus had not developed in this direction, so it seemed a bit desolate, but it would develop sooner or later.
The territory currently controlled by the Kingdom was only that small. If there were more spiders, would it be necessary to expand?
Like Siyue and the others, when they grew up in the future, maybe the territory would be divided here and they would be allowed to develop the forest on their own. As for what to do with the life seeds planted in the center of the Kingdom?
There was no need to worry about that. The center of the Kingdom was much safer than this insect-free zone. The only trouble was that they might need to run a few more trips when taking care of the life seeds, but when they became mountain masters, what would these distances matter?
As for large birds of prey like hawks, staying near the Kingdom could easily harm junior warriors. The flame spiders would kill them whenever they saw them.
The main reason was that junior warriors couldn't beat them, and intermediate warriors might be injured if they were unprepared. However, with precautions, they would basically not be injured, but it was still a safety hazard. To take a step back, the most numerous creatures in the mountains were small flame spiders, and they couldn't accept the idea of their own kind being eaten.
Looking at the direction where the hawk disappeared, it should be on the east side of the mountain, which was the main place it wanted to search. Whether it was for the Kingdom's safety or its own self-preservation, it had to deal with it.
Looking at the high mountain, the hawk should have a nest, right? If it could borrow the other party's foothold, maybe it could even save the trouble of building a nest.
Siyue was not in a hurry to go up the mountain. It climbed to the top of a tree and pulled up a spider web between the trees. It was preparing to make a hundred-meter-sized four-leaf clover spider web symbol. As long as Danggui wasn't blind, it could basically see its spider web.
It was currently only a first-instar intermediate, and it was a bit difficult to deal with a hawk. The main thing was that the hawk could fly, and it needed a helper in case of an accident.
Siyue pulled up a thin but conspicuous four-leaf clover symbol spider web, marking its location, and then went to the mountains and forests to find the God-given seeds on its own. The main thing was that it didn't waste any time. What if it could find one in this free time? Who could say for sure?
Siyue kept searching in the mountains until evening. Before it returned to the spider web with the symbol, it heard a loud and piercing cicada's cry.
Siyue ran a few steps quickly and met Danggui, who was standing on the treetop.
"Danggui, you're here?" Siyue said a common but useless piece of nonsense.
Danggui: "I came all the way along the signs you made. I met Baizhi on the way. It told me you were on these two peaks. I flew over and saw the spider web symbol you weaved, so I knew you must be here."
"As expected of Danggui," The two insects had been together for so long, and they had some understanding, not to mention such obvious hints.
Danggui: "Siyue, are you planning to look for God-given seeds on these two mountains now? These two mountains are not small, it is estimated that it will take two or three months to find them."
"Don't worry," Siyue shook its antennae: "I found a hawk on this mountain. If I encounter it or get attacked while searching for God-given seeds, it's hard to say who will eat whom."
"Hawk?" Danggui was a little surprised, but not surprised. It had been flying around here for several days,
and had seen all kinds of animals. It was not surprised that there were birds of prey here. What was surprising was that the two peaks Siyue randomly selected had this kind of raptor.
"What should we do?"
Siyue looked at it strangely and said as a matter of course: "Of course, find its nest and eliminate this safety hazard to the Kingdom."
Siyue instructed: "That hawk is on the east side of the mountain. Danggui, go over there and take a look. There will always be traces of its comings and goings. It should be easy to find."
"Got it," Danggui stopped chirping, quietly spread its wings and flew towards the east side of the mountain.
Siyue sat cross-legged on the spider web and waited quietly for Danggui to come back. Danggui might not be so good at managing the territory, but when it came to survival, Danggui was much stronger than spiders.
Danggui's whole body carapace was quite hard. After many evolutions, it could already be compared with many beetles of the same level that were good at defense. The only weak point, the membranous wings, had also been toughened after eating a lot of Eucommia ulmoides seeds, so they would not be torn easily.
Faced with an ordinary hawk, even a one-on-one fight should not be a defeat, not to mention that this was just reconnaissance.
Without letting Siyue wait too long, Danggui quickly flew back and reported the results of the investigation: "They built a nest on the cliff on the east side of the mountain. It's not one hawk, it's two hawks. It looks like they are incubating eggs.
They have a clear division of labor. One hawk incubates eggs peacefully, and one hawk looks for prey. It doesn't feel very good to solve. It flies much faster than me, I can't catch up with them in the air."
"Then wait until the hawks return to their nests at night before going up the mountain."
"Okay."
"
The two insects were dormant in the middle of the forest, waiting to act at night,
The spring night was pitch black, and it was a rainy day, without any starlight or moonlight. There were fewer birds and insects chirping in the mountains and forests, only some wild animals that traveled at night occasionally roared twice, which seemed a bit silent.
For the convenience of action, Siyue hid the Poseidon's Horn and many silk pouches at the bottom of the tree, and took them out after the action was over.
It took out a special silk pouch, which it made some time after returning from the island last time. After it put it on, its eight legs and head were exposed, and there was also silk thread that could be lifted with claws on the back.
Mountain Master Huzhang said that there was a record of this alien civilization creation, called clothes, which can keep out the cold, but very few insects wear it.
This dress is still quite elastic. It was made by it in the early eighth instar, and it can also be worn in the intermediate first instar.
Angelica flew behind Fourleaf, its six legs hooked onto the silk threads on Fourleaf's back, slowly ascending along the mountain slope. It didn't fly too high, mainly because it was afraid that if it lost its footing, Fourleaf would fall from the sky and be killed.
Angelica carried Fourleaf for quite a while before flying to the cliff face on the eastern side of the mountain peak. After finding a spot to put Fourleaf down, Angelica raised a claw and pointed to a cave, saying, "I think the hawks and falcons are coming out from here."
"Alright, leave the rest to me." Fourleaf didn't have much time to play the hawk-taming game here. To solve the problem, it had to be done once and for all.
This mountain slope was very steep, covered with jagged rocks, and devoid of any vegetation, let alone paths.
Nothing could be seen in the darkness.
However, this wasn't a problem for spiders. Their vision was sharp, not much different from daytime vision, and besides, Force Warriors possessed mental strength.
As for these jagged rocks, spiders could walk by climbing the cliffs. These small slopes were nothing.
It slowly crawled to the cave entrance. Spiders had good eyesight, and the hawks and falcons' eyesight wasn't bad either, so it had to be careful.
Fourleaf didn't enter the cave at the entrance, but quietly set up a spider web at the entrance. The spider silk mixed with Primal Energy was extremely tough. Its spider silk was only intermediate-level, not as flexible as the King-level, but it should be able to withstand the hawks and falcons' tearing.
It set up three or four layers of spider webs. Even if the hawks and falcons could tear through these spider webs, it was estimated that it would take a lot of effort. By then, it could just harvest their heads outside. There was no need to fight them to the death. Its main goal was the God-given Seed, and it was best not to get hurt.
After setting up the spider webs, it released its mental power and asked Angelica to call out a few times.
Angelica immediately chirped, and in the dark and quiet night, the cicada's chirping sounded particularly harsh.
The sound echoed throughout the entire mountain forest.
The two hawks and falcons resting in the nest chamber were instantly awakened. They keenly sensed the danger, flapped their wings and rushed out of the cave, but the entrance had already been sealed off. They could only use their claws and beaks to tear at the spider web with all their might.
Fourleaf stood calmly at the entrance of the cave, watching them tear at the spider web while chirping chaotically.
Angelica had been paying attention here with its mental power. Detecting that Fourleaf was standing at the entrance of the cave, it also chirped and flew over.
The loud noise made the hawks and falcons even more terrified. They desperately wanted to tear open the spider web. The two insects just stood outside and watched, letting them toss and turn.
Angelica didn't keep calling out all the time. It would call out once to make the hawks and falcons flutter in terror, and then call out again when the hawks and falcons wanted to rest. The purpose was to prevent them from resting and exhaust them.
As Fourleaf and the others wished, when the light of the sun slightly emerged on the sea surface, and the sky was dimly lit, the two hawks and falcons had struggled from night to dawn and had exhausted all their strength.
Fourleaf slowly dismantled the spider web at the entrance of the cave. It had to be said that these two hawks and falcons were quite powerful, and they had forcibly torn through two layers of spider web containing Primal Energy with ordinary claws. Of course, this was also related to its low strength.
After the spider web at the entrance of the cave was removed, the two hawks and falcons still wanted to make a final desperate attack. Angelica, who had been watching for a long time, struck out sharply with its claws. Primal Energy gathered between its claws, and one claw each crushed the hawks and falcons' heads.
After killing the two hawks and falcons, Fourleaf and Angelica walked into the cave. In the middle of the cave was a rather large hawk nest built of branches. There were also three bird eggs the size of seven or eight centimeters in the nest, which were estimated not to have been incubated for long.
There was also a pile of animal bones in the corner of the cave. Fourleaf and Angelica looked at it and didn't feel anything cruel. This was how nature was. Rabbits ate grass, hawks ate rabbits, and hawks died on the grass. Everything was arranged by the God of Nature.
In the eyes of the Flame Spiders, only warriors with Primal Energy had a noble status and were protected by the God of Nature and could not be harmed at will.
Angelica pulled at the bird eggs: "Fourleaf, do you want to taste what bird eggs taste like?"
Fourleaf waved its antennae: "Three bird eggs, one for each of us, and the remaining one will be given to Bai Zhi to taste later. Before that, we can eat the two hawks and falcons first.
Also, first dismantle and clean up the animal bones and bird nest in the cave, and clear out the nest chamber to rest."
"Okay!" The two insects began to busy themselves cleaning up the cave.
What disappointed Fourleaf was that this cave was not built by Flame Spider warriors, but just an ordinary cave, but it could still be used as a temporary nest chamber.
Fourleaf had long heard in the kingdom that earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, river diversions, and other problems would occur in the Primal Energy Star Realm every once in a while. Sometimes, the Flame Spider Kingdom would undergo a drastic change, requiring the Flame Spiders to re-explore it bit by bit.
After eighteen thousand years, the entire Primal Energy Star Realm did not know how much it had changed. Even if there were traces of Flame Spider warriors living there, it was estimated that they had long been worn away by time in history. Without traces of Flame Spider warriors, Fourleaf no longer had any hope.
Fourleaf and Angelica cleaned the cave. The original rotten smell of meat and bones inside gradually dissipated after the bones were cleaned out.
After solving the threatening hawks and falcons, Fourleaf and Angelica also relaxed. They hadn't slept for a day and a night, and they were a little tired.
As their mental strength became stronger and stronger, the time they spent sleeping became less and less.
Originally, insects had to sleep for ten hours a day. The higher the degree of evolution, the less time they spent sleeping. They could even go without sleep for ten days or half a month.
Of course, if it was similar to a traveling merchant, who had to carry a large amount of Primal Energy food around every day and also had to use mental defense to maintain a perfect state of one-third of their energy, then regular sleep was still very necessary.
Angelica asked: "Fourleaf, are we going to search for God-given Seeds in this area next? Will there be any here?"
‘Let's stay here for a few months. As for whether there will be God-given Seeds here? Only the God of Nature can answer this question.’
Angelica: "Then let's start searching from the east? The weather is clear, it's a good time to look for God-given Seeds."
Fourleaf: "Don't rush, let's first bring up the Primal Energy food we put down the mountain and store it."
"Okay," Angelica flapped its wings to bring up the Primal Energy food stored down the mountain. The most important thing was the Sea God Horn, which was a great weapon for finding God-given Seeds.
If Fourleaf was not still small, it was estimated that one use of the Sea God Horn's mental power would be able to cover the entire mountain peak. Why would it need to search bit by bit like this?
Angelica quickly brought up the Primal Energy food. The two insects dismembered the hawks and falcons and ate their fill with the Primal Energy food.
After finishing breakfast, Fourleaf stood at the entrance of the cave to digest. The morning light of the sun just shone on this area. Looking at the vast sea of forest shrouded in clouds and mist under its feet, it felt that the scenery here was indeed good.
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