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Chapter 236
Unlike later artificial forests with a single tree species, natural forests are leafy and chaotic. In primeval forests dominated by broad-leaved deciduous forests, there is almost no scene where an entire mountain is covered by a single vegetation. Hundreds of thousands of plant species are present in the Here we take root, everyone relies on their abilities and competes fairly.

The exception is the bamboo forest.

Strictly speaking, the bamboo forest cannot be called a "forest" because bamboo is a herbaceous plant, not a woody plant. The bamboo forest is actually a tall and hard grass.

Bamboo is not a dominant species in this area, but as long as it establishes a firm foothold on a certain mountain, it is almost impossible for other plants to compete with it. In terms of biodiversity, it can almost be said to be a green desert.

The reason why bamboo is so domineering is not only because it is the fastest growing plant in the world. As long as the water and heat conditions are suitable, it can grow more than one meter high overnight. Another more important reason is that bamboo never fights alone. , people are playing with the "nation-wide system."

A bamboo is not an independent living entity, but the entire bamboo forest is. All bamboos are pulled out from the same underground network of bamboo whips, just like different branches pulled out from a tree, but the "trunk" of the bamboo forest is hidden in The underground cannot be seen directly.

After the bamboo grows, it will not continue to grow taller or thicker. The nutrients synthesized by photosynthesis are basically transmitted back to the bamboo whip network underground, used to expand the body, seize living space, and be concentratedly supplied to Hsinchu in spring, that is, Bamboo shoots are used to grow rapidly in order to compete for the most precious resource - sunlight.

Other new plants rely on their newly grown young leaves to accumulate nutrients little by little, and they may not be able to stand out after ten years of cold weather. How can they compete with the "top rich second generation" like bamboo shoots?
Zhang Tian and others explored from north to south and found several bamboo forests.

Bamboo has many uses. As a building material, its advantages are that it is easy to obtain. Compared with wood, it is easier to mine and process. It is light in weight, has good elasticity, high strength and strong regeneration ability, and does not require high construction technology...

The weather has entered autumn, and if you want to build a shelter before winter comes, bamboo is undoubtedly the most ideal building material.

The problem now is transportation. The bamboo forests they found are all located in old forests deep in the mountains. Although these hills are low, there is still a relative height difference of one or two hundred meters. The mountains are densely covered with vegetation, making walking difficult, let alone carrying a heavy load.

You still have to go by water.

Bamboo likes the tide, and there are many streams in the bamboo forest, but most of them are shallow streams, which are not enough to carry out the function of transportation. The few streams with sufficient water flow are not in the right direction, and almost all flow to the mountain valleys.They came here to farm, so it was naturally impossible to build a camp in a valley.

Fortunately, Huangtian paid off his hard work. After several days of exploration, they finally found a stream with sufficient flow that flowed to the eastern plain.

Zhang Tian declared: "Wherever this stream leads, that is our new home!"

Except for Lin Yu, no one else knew what he was doing, except that he had received guidance from the sky again.

The stream flows slowly along the gentle slope towards the foot of the mountain.

A large group of outsiders were walking through the lush forest. The strange combination of Twolegs and wolves attracted everyone's attention. There was an uproar in the peaceful forest. Birds were chirping vigorously. Information was transmitted far away along with the sound waves. The animals ran away. Run, hide, and disappear without a trace in the blink of an eye.

There are also bolder ones, such as the squirrel, which flew towards the treetops and made a squeaking sound to warn a certain foreign macaque not to touch the nuts it had hidden at the roots of the tree.

It obviously doesn't know the macaque well enough. The more it refuses to do something, the more it will do it.

Seeing the dead monkey dig out and steal the winter rations it had worked so hard to save, the squirrel screamed angrily. The next moment, its voice suddenly stopped, and an arrow shot through its waist, carrying a huge kinetic energy. Its body drew a graceful arc and fell onto the pile of fallen leaves.

After the winter rations were used as wedding clothes for others, it itself became food for others.

The animals that were watching in secret were frightened, and their curiosity disappeared. They quickly shrank their heads and held their breath.

A group of top predators are coming to the mountain forest!I'm afraid the days ahead will be difficult.

Everyone swam back down, approaching the foot of the mountain, the trees began to become sparse, the air became more humid, and the ground under their feet seemed to be able to produce water.

When they walked out of the forest, they saw an open water surface, and the stream flowing from the mountain happily merged into it, like a child jumping into the arms of its mother.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

This is a swamp in a completely wild state, with the most primitive natural scenery, with willow trees and lush vegetation along the coast.

Wild ducks play among the mosses and reeds, fish suddenly jump out of the water, and vultures hear the footsteps on the shore and stretch out their long necks to reach the sky.

The land is covered with cattail grass, and the water is a world of various algae; schools of fish can be seen everywhere in the ponds.

There are deer tracks on the shore, and roe deer, herons and cormorants thrive here. There are also many fat-headed and big-eared muskrats. They slap their tails on the water and send out strings of clear warnings, echoing the sweet calls of orioles.

In this beautiful scenery, of course, the unknown mother river in front of us is indispensable. Her water surface is wide, winding, and the river is bottomless.

"Master Wizard, have you been here before?" Gu asked, "What is the name of this river?"

Everyone looked at Lin Yu, but Lin Yu looked to the southwest, frowned, and remained silent.

"Master Wizard?"

"Ok?"

Lin Yu came back to his senses and cast doubtful glances at everyone.

Gu had to repeat the question.

Lin Yu shook his head and said: "This is my first time coming back here, but this river should be the same one we saw in the northeast of Zhemu Mountain. This is the upper reaches. As for the name, it is on the south side of the big river, so it is called Xiaonan River. ,How about it?"

Everyone agreed.

Hutou asked: "The stream flows into the river, so this is our new home?"

Zhang Tian didn't answer, just said: "Let's go to the other side first."

Still crossing the river from the ground, there are isolated hills scattered on the other side of the river. These isolated hills and Zhimu Mountain surround a huge low-lying land.

The moist texture of the soil under his feet told Zhang Tian that during the spring and summer flood seasons, this depression would be completely submerged by the surging river water.

This place is obviously not suitable for setting up a camp.

Passing through these isolated hills and continuing south, the land gradually becomes dry and the wet vegetation gradually transitions to terrestrial vegetation.

Not long after, the hills in the south came into view, but it was already two or three hours before they actually arrived.

Lin Yu named this hill "Daxiong Mountain".

The scale of Daxiong Mountain is far less than that of Zhemu Mountain. You can see it all at a glance. If Zhemu Mountain is compared to a pimple on the face of the earth, Daxiong Mountain can only be regarded as a pimple at best.

But there is nothing more majestic within fifty miles.Everyone climbed to the main peak of Daxiong Mountain and looked around. Zhimu Mountain in the distance was far away from Daxiong Mountain. There were a series of low hills scattered in the west. This was a C that was surrounded by three mountains and opened to the plain to the east. In the shape of a basin, the Xiaonan River originates from Zhemu Mountain and meanders from southwest to northeast.

This mountain basin alone is at least hundreds of square kilometers in size, and most of it is land suitable for farming. Many streams in the mountains converge here, with rich water systems and convenient water transportation.

That's it!
Zhang Tian showed a satisfied smile and turned around to see Lin Yu frowning even more tightly.

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?"

"No..." Lin Yu hesitated slightly, "This place is very good, very good."

"But you don't look good. Are you uncomfortable somewhere?"

"Maybe I'm tired, I feel a little dazed."

Zhang Tian smiled and said: "You have been using your abilities frequently recently, so it's time to take a good rest. Let's go down the mountain."

Everyone camped at the foot of the mountain.

Zhang Tian announced that this is their new home!
"Hutou, take two people back tomorrow and bring the tribe here. It's faster to walk along the Xiaonan River."

"Let the big snake take the people back." Hutou said, "I want to stay to protect you and Lin."

Zhang Tian nodded in agreement.

Early the next morning, everyone returned to the foot of Zhimu Mountain along the original route, and the big snake led the people away along the Xiaonan River.

"feelling better?"

Zhang Tian looked at Lin Yu with concern. He planned to discuss the future arrangements with her and divide the work. Winter was coming, and there were many things to do, and he couldn't finish it alone.

Lin Yu stared blankly in the direction of the upper reaches of Xiaonan River, and said in a daze: "I seem to understand."

"Understand what?"

Zhang Tian was confused and said to himself that you are a good little girl and you don’t want to imitate me. You should imitate me and be the Riddler, right?

Lin Yu said: "I understand why I was in a trance yesterday, but I'm not sure yet. Come with me to the upper reaches to have a look. I should be sure after reading it."

The group of people walked upstream of the river.

After walking for half an hour, we arrived at the source of Xiaonan River: a lake accumulated in a depression in the mountains!
The area of ​​the lake is quite large. Of course, compared to famous lakes such as Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, this lake is not even a sesame seed. But in the eyes of this group of primitive people who have never seen the world, this lake is simply like The ocean in the story is so vast that everyone is stunned.

The hills block the wind from all directions, and the lake is calm all year round. Groups of gulls and herons hover in the blue sky and water. Sometimes they shrink their wings and swoop down like cannonballs. When they are about to fall to the lake, they suddenly open their wings and cling to them. Skimming across the lake, its long and flat beak dipped into the water to fish for fish, catching them all accurately!

Just from the number of birds that live here, it is not difficult to imagine how rich the fish and shrimps are in this lake!
Lin Yu's expression became more determined and he said, "Let's cross the river."

After crossing the river, we walked along the lakeside near Zhimu Mountain. The farther west we went, the higher the terrain became.

After the weather turned cooler, the area of ​​the lake also shrank, revealing a large piece of soft beach. All kinds of crabs, shrimps, clams, and snails were exposed on the beach, and people picked them up as they walked, just carrying baskets on their backs.

"Look! There's ground in the lake!"

Gu pointed at Xiaozhou in the center of the lake and shouted excitedly.

Gu Jiji was young and could not hold his breath. He was always yelling and screaming along the way. There were so many novel things that really opened his eyes.

Lin Yu continued to walk higher, climbed the nearest hill, and looked into the distance.

"Look over there—"

Zhang Tian looked in the direction of her finger and saw that the rocks on both sides gradually narrowed to form a valley. The lake continued into the valley and was invisible further in.

Lin Yu said: "That valley is the birthplace of Xiaonan River and this lake. The streams first gather in the valley from all directions, then flow from the valley into this lower depression to form a lake, and finally flow from various rivers to the vast Plains.”

Hearing what she said so eloquently, Zhang Tian couldn't help but be a little surprised and asked, "How do you know?"

Lin Yu sighed softly and raised a wry smile: "Do you still remember the tea town ruins?"

"It is said to be the most important archaeological discovery of this century. Our time travel is related to it. How could I forget it?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Tian suddenly thought of something and said in a surprised tone: "You don't want to tell me that this is..."

Lin Yu nodded vigorously and said in an unquestionable tone: "This is the location of the tea town ruins! Although this lake has disappeared more than 1 years later, and the water system distribution and vegetation types are also very different from now, the topography and landforms are almost no change!"

Even though he had thought about this possibility, Zhang Tian was still shocked and speechless when he actually confirmed it from Dr. Lin's mouth.

If you think about it carefully, the tea town ruins are indeed located in northern Hebei, and at least the geographical location is consistent.

"Yesterday, when I climbed Daxiong Mountain, I had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu. I always felt like I had seen this place before, but I couldn't remember it. Now I know. When my mentor and I were surveying the surrounding environment of the tea town ruins, we climbed the Crossing the same mountain, standing in the same place, and seeing the same scenery, even though the scenery will be very different 1 years later."

"It seems that we were destined to migrate here from the beginning..." Feeling the trick of fate, Lin Yu felt a little angry, "Damn it, wouldn't it be better for us to just come here! We still have to carry such a big bag? circle!"

Zhang Tian is more concerned about another question: "What did you find at the Tea Town ruins? I saw that the report only mentioned some stone tools and pottery, nothing else?"

If the tea town ruins discovered by later generations were created by him and Lin Yu, they would certainly not only contain stone tools and pottery.After spending their whole lives, they can't even make bronze vessels, right?Could it be that just by memorizing it, I will never be able to find copper mines in my life?

"As of the time I traveled through, apart from the white stones, the only ones that had been excavated were stone tools and pottery. Archeology is no different than tomb robbing. It requires protection while excavation, so it is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive. A major archaeological discovery on the scale of the Tea Town ruins , there is nothing that cannot be done in 30 to [-] years. It was only two years ago when I traveled through time, so it is normal not to be able to dig out much."

"Is it large?"

Zhang Tian immediately grasped the key points.Although it has not yet begun to develop, this does not prevent him from wanting to know the results in advance.

"It's huge!" Lin Yu was also a little excited. "Because we haven't finished digging yet, no one can tell exactly how big it is. But based on the current research results, it can be determined that the scale of the Tea Town ruins is larger than any prehistoric ruins excavated before. Big! What’s more important is that this is a site dating back 1 years in prehistory. This time point alone is enough to shock the past and the present!”

(End of this chapter)