While they were fooling around, Lin Chuyin suddenly shone the light across the stream and looked carefully for a while. Then, she squatted down and carefully touched it, then insipidly said, "Oh, there's a small hole in front, but we can't go in."
"Where is it, where is it?" Hong Dali moved closer to Lin Chuyin and looked in the direction of the light. "It's true. That small hole … isn't it a little too small? Only snakes can crawl in, right? "
It was no wonder Hong Dali was so shocked. The small hole was about the size of a human head. Actually, it wasn't a big deal. The problem was, a slight breeze blew out from the hole from time to time. It was obvious that there was a passageway inside. As for what exactly was inside, it was hard to say. As Hong Dali spoke, he gently inhaled the air around him. He felt that the air here was fresher, like the forest after a rain. It could even make people feel energetic. The environment didn't seem too bad.
Lin Chuyin touched left and right again and suddenly said, "Snakes often pass by here. Let's see what's inside."
As she spoke, she took out her laptop and the flying recording device from her bag. After activating it, a slight buzzing sound could be heard. Lin Chuyin controlled the flying device and flew into the hole.
As the flying device flew in, Lin Chuyin's laptop displayed the image taken by the flying device.
The surroundings of the image were pitch black. There was no light at all. The light from the lighting device in the middle could only illuminate a distance of about three meters in front. Beyond that, they couldn't see anything.
Everyone held their breath and quietly watched the image on the screen.
At first, it was just an extremely small passageway. The position of the passageway was about the size of a human head. The deeper they went, the wider it became. But after about ten meters, the space suddenly widened. At this time, it was enough for an adult man to walk upright. After going further in and turning a corner, everyone was stunned.
When the light illuminated half of the space, even though Hong Dali and the rest were mentally prepared, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them.
In the slightly shaky light, Hong Dali saw that the flying device was in an extremely large space. The plaza in front of his family's Hongwu Villa was quite spacious. It was two hundred meters long and one hundred meters wide. However, from the reflection of the dim lights, the size of this underground cave was not much smaller than the plaza in front of his house. In fact, it was even larger!
Lin Chuyin controlled the flying device to slowly fly up and illuminate the surroundings. The environment of the cave was divided into two parts. On the left was a large piece of land, while on the right was a bottomless abyss. The light was dim in the distance, and it was hard to see clearly. However, there seemed to be a huge cave entrance.
After scanning the area, Lin Chuyin aimed the camera of the flying device at the center of the cave.
At first, they could vaguely see a round object about three to four meters in diameter on the ground. The top was big, and the bottom was small. Everyone was very confused. At present, they really couldn't think of anything that would have such a shape. Moreover, this thing didn't seem to be man-made. It was more like it was standing there on its own.
To be more specific, this thing was like a huge bowl that was placed in front of him.
The flying device slowly moved forward. When it neared, everyone exclaimed in surprise! Tang Muxin said, "What a big turtle!"
Tang Muxin said, "What a big turtle!" Ling Yi said, "What the heck!" Du Xinzhen said, "God, this must be from our ancestors' generation, right?" Hong Dali said, "What a big turtle!"
It was an unimaginably huge tortoise.
A real giant turtle.
It had a huge shell that was at least three meters long, comparable to the length of a medium-sized car. What was strange was the appearance of this huge tortoise. The upper jaw at the front of the mouth looked like an eagle's beak. Looking from below, there were three longitudinal ridges on the carapace, and there were many tooth-like protrusions on the edges, like saws. There were also protrusions on each shield of the carapace. The closed eyes were on the side of the mouth, and there were many skin protrusions on the side of the head, chin, and neck, which looked like the bumps on the body of a toad. There were also many tentacles as long as a child's arm on the head, neck, and abdominal carapace.
"Oh, so it's this." Lin Chuyin controlled the flying device and scanned it from top to bottom. Then, she slowly said, "It's an alligator snapping turtle. En, it looks quite old."
"Alligator snapping turtle?" Seeing that Lin Chuyin recognized this thing, Hong Dali hurriedly asked, "Chuyin, this alligator snapping turtle, what species is it?"
Lin Chuyin was indeed a technological geek with an IQ of 180. She seemed to have come into contact with this thing before and remembered it very clearly. "Alligator snapping turtle, also known as crocodile-biting turtle, alligator shell turtle. It's a freshwater turtle that doesn't have high requirements for its living environment. It hibernates when the water temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius, hibernates when it's below 15 degrees Celsius. It can move a little at 15-17 degrees Celsius, eats normally when it's above 18 degrees Celsius. 20-33 degrees Celsius is the best temperature for movement and eating.
"The alligator snapping turtle has a huge body. An adult turtle can be up to 75 centimeters long and weigh up to 100 kilograms. The shell of the alligator snapping turtle is 60 to 80 centimeters long. It can camouflage itself well in the water, and its tongue looks like a worm. It usually stays still in the water with its mouth open and swings, waiting for greedy fish to fall for it.
"However, this alligator snapping turtle should be from the southeast of Merika. It's hard to say how it got here and grew to such a big size."
So it was this thing. Hong Dali gave a rather reasonable explanation as to how it grew to such a big size. "A thousand-year-old tortoise and a ten-thousand-year-old turtle. This old fellow seems to have lived for at least a thousand years. It's not strange for it to grow to such a big size. What I'm curious about is, how did it get itself into such a state? "
It was no wonder Hong Dali felt that it was strange.
Such a big fellow that exceeded the limits of human imagination was actually lying on its back in the middle of this underground cave. It was unknown whether it was dead or alive. Otherwise, why would it be said to be standing there like a bowl. Students who raised turtles at home could try it …
Therefore, this was the magical part of this super huge alligator snapping turtle.
Just lying there, it was actually close to two meters tall. Looking at its body size, it probably weighed at least a few thousand kilograms. Who knew what happened to be able to turn such a huge body over.
While everyone was watching, suddenly, the super large alligator snapping turtle seemed to have sensed something buzzing around it. It suddenly opened a pair of huge football-like eyes, giving everyone a fright.
Although they were far enough away, Tang Muxin still let out an "aiya" and hid behind Hong Dali. As for the others, those who were less courageous simply sat on the ground, trembling all over.
"Roar —!!!"
The camera of the flying device and the eyes of the alligator snapping turtle looked at each other for a moment. Suddenly, the originally tightly shut mouth of the alligator snapping turtle suddenly opened and let out a rumbling roar. The entire cave seemed to tremble, causing everyone's eardrums to go numb.
The roar was long, but it was filled with a strong sense of unwillingness.
Hearing the roar coming from the laptop, Tang Muxin, who was previously extremely afraid, desperately shook Hong Dali's arm and begged pitifully. "Dali, look at how long it has been staying here. It's so pitiful. Let's save it, okay?"
Actually, even without Tang Muxin's words, Hong Dali had already planned to save this super rare giant alligator snapping turtle.
After all, this was definitely the first time Hong Dali had seen such a rare beast. What was especially rare was that it had a super huge turtle head (Hong Dali liked this word very much). There were faint scales growing on it, and it looked like it was about to become a spirit. It was definitely a divine creature. If ancient people saw it, they would probably think it was one of the four holy beasts, the Black Tortoise.
However, although Hong Dali felt quite worried looking at it, he thought for a while and still shook his head. "Don't be anxious. Such a big fellow seems to weigh at least a few thousand kilograms. Let's not talk about whether we can save it or not. Even if we can save it, we better not be eaten by it or sent to the laboratory to be dissected for research. If that happens, we will be sinners for all eternity."
He wasn't exaggerating. Although the chances of this alligator snapping turtle eating him weren't high, other situations could still happen.
If such a huge tortoise was taken to a laboratory to be dissected or put on display in a zoo by the government because of them … then they would definitely be sinners for all eternity — this giant tortoise was really thousands of years old!
Hearing Hong Dali's words, Tang Muxin could only nod.
After all, she was a rather smart lass. How could she not understand what Hong Dali meant? Just by looking at the appearance of this alligator snapping turtle, she knew that it was definitely not a creature to be trifled with. What if they flipped it over and couldn't control it? What if it bit anyone it saw?
For a moment, Tang Muxin was also helpless. She was struggling in her heart whether to save it or not. In the end, Tang Muxin could only look at the laptop screen and softly said, "Big turtle, if we save you, you will definitely not cause trouble everywhere, right? You will definitely not eat us, right? "
As she said that, the flying device really let out her words.
Speaking of which, it was strange. After hearing Tang Muxin's words, the giant turtle actually opened its mouth again and let out a happy cry.
"Haha!" This time, Tang Muxin couldn't be happier. She cheered and said, "Dali, it can understand what I say! I knew it, such a cute big fellow definitely isn't a monster, hehe. "
It seemed that this thing had really become a spirit from living! Although it might not be able to understand what Tang Muxin said, it shouldn't be a problem for it to understand what Tang Muxin meant!
This alligator snapping turtle had lived in this world for thousands of years. It was probably the first time someone said that it was cute. In an instant, it actually got angry. It stretched out its limbs and waved them randomly in the air. It looked like it was quite angry.
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