Their way of life …
That was a big problem. Lin was thinking about it as she watched the Humerosaurus drag a type of prey called the Moth Dragon back to their nest in celebration.
Humerosaurus basically lived like this. They lived in one place, and when they realized that there was less prey, they would move to another place. Their way of living was not fixed, and they did not wander around randomly. Instead, they lived in a few fixed places. Regardless, their lives were not safe. Although their brains were bigger, Humerosaurus spent most of their lives avoiding predators and searching for food. They did not have as much free time to think as the 'brains' of other branching species.
She had to let the Humerosaurus settle down, and that required a stable source of food …
If they stayed in one place for a long time, it would obviously cause the surrounding resources to slowly dry up. If they wanted to live in the long term, there were many ways. In short, they had to maintain a constant supply of resources …
Planting or rearing other creatures was a common method. The Inca swarm and the Cerebrum used a similar method. In fact, they were not the only ones. Some small branching species could do this as well. However, these branching species could enter a state of hibernation when they were not active, and their energy consumption was extremely low. For example, the Inca swarm's rearing pit of more than thirty meters in diameter was enough to replenish the energy of the swarm in the three Hometrees.
They would only consume more energy when they were fighting, and the endless forest around them was to provide them with temporary energy.
However, the Humerosaurus did not seem to be able to do this, and there were many problems with simply rearing or planting. The main problem was the need for an open space. This would push away the living space of other creatures. In the end. A large area would only be left with the creatures they planted, just like the Aztec swarm of spikes.
Lin did not want to raise such a species, so they needed a better way of life.
Usually, planting was to cultivate plants and harvest them at a certain time. It was fixed. Although it could also be used as a long-term food source, it was more troublesome because there was no cooperation between the plant and the grower. It was more like a relationship called 'slavery' …
There was a better way to obtain food that was more effective than regular planting, such as … a symbiotic relationship.
Symbiosis was a very strange relationship … Generally speaking, two species would start living together, and then both would discover that the other could provide them with benefits. Some plants that lived in symbiosis with a living creature would grow special structures to 'repay' the living creature, and the living creature would also clean up the plant's enemies. This was probably the most common type of symbiosis.
Lin wanted to establish a symbiotic relationship between Skeleton Dragon and some kind of plant. This would be much more efficient than planting plants. Planted plants could only be harvested periodically, while symbiotic plants could provide food all the time.
Moreover, both sides needed to be taken care of. Obviously, it was better to live in symbiosis. It could even co-evolve with plants …
Of course, it was not easy to form a symbiotic relationship with a plant. It might take a long time, maybe even decades or centuries, which was too long for a Humerus Dragon. Therefore, a faster method was needed.
In fact, it was quite simple …
He did not need to stay with the plants for a long time. He only needed to do one thing, which was to find some plants that had a symbiotic relationship with a certain animal, and then let the Humerus Dragon replace that animal.
Lin was not asking them to exterminate the animal, but to take a few of the plants and use them. Lin believed that if the Humerus Dragon could do everything that the symbiotic animal could do, the plants would also provide food for them.
Lin could also play the role of the plants herself, but she did not want to do so.
It was time to eat. A few of the Humerus Dragons went to the edge of the grassland to collect salt, while the rest gathered by the lake to cut up the goose dragon that weighed more than a ton.
This was the most sumptuous meal they had hunted since coming here. Tucker was often acknowledged by the Humerus Dragons as the creator of the final blow. However, Lin did not join them. Instead, she flew into the sky to see if there were any similar plants …
There were many symbiotic plants in this place. At least, Lin had seen them in the forest earlier. Lin wanted to find a perfect plant, such as a large one that could not only provide food for the Humerus Dragon, but also provide a place to live. How would the winter here be like? Would it snow? Or would something interesting happen? However, the moon should not affect this place. It would be great if this symbiotic plant could continue to grow in the winter …
That seemed to be asking for too much … This' perfect 'plant might not be easy to find, but it should be easier to find one that could provide food.
The food provided by the plants might not be enough to satisfy the Humerus Dragons, but at least they would not have to constantly be on the move to hunt, nor would they have to leave so soon. They would have more time to think.
Aside from obtaining food, the Humerus Dragons also needed to learn how to store food. Humerus Dragons usually made salt and dried meat, but only when they were traveling. Under normal circumstances, they would finish all the prey they hunted and wait for their next hunt. Lin believed that they should store some food. Even if they only stored a piece of meat at a time, it would slowly increase the amount.
Creatures usually only liked to store food in times of emergency. It was rare to start storing food when there was plenty of food, but some creatures still had this habit to deal with all kinds of situations.
But for now … let's find the symbiotic plant first.
Lin's pom-poms circled around the grassland. Tucker and a few other Humerus Dragons were looking at them worriedly, but they did not restrict the pom-poms' movements.
There were some tall trees on the grassland. The pom-poms flew towards the nearest tree.
This tree was very thick, about three meters in diameter, but it was also very short, only six meters tall. The pom-poms pierced a tentacle into the bark to observe the internal structure.
The internal structure of this tree was like that of a common plant. It did not seem to have any symbiotic species, and it was highly poisonous. It was completely unsuitable.
Lin continued to slowly search the grassland. There were not only tall grasses here, but also many other plants. However, most of them were too small, so even if there were symbiotic species, they would not be suitable.
Speaking of which, there were quite a lot of plant species here. It probably had something to do with the herbivores. Lin wandered here for a few hundred seconds and saw more than a hundred types of plants and dozens of small herbivores. There was quite a variety of species here …
In the end, because she could not find any suitable targets in the grassland … Lin's pom-poms looked in the direction of the forest.
When she saw the forest, Lin instantly noticed a type of plant …
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