Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 226 Snake-like structure
The venomous snake that popped up above his head did not escape the White Bear Knight's perception. Although he did not notice it at first, he still sensed the danger when the snake attacked.

However, just when the white bear knight was about to use his trick to catch the snake, a shout of "be careful" suddenly came, and a dart flew from a distance, knocking the snake away in one fell swoop.

Seeing the snake that was blown away, the White Bear Knight didn't care to see who threw the dart. He jumped up from the snow and ran over to see if the snake that was blown away was dead.

Seeing that although the snake was curled up on the ground, it didn't seem dead and was still twisting energetically. He felt relieved and quickly reached out to grab the snake and put it in a cloth bag. got up.

When the person who threw the dart saw his action, he suddenly felt a little dissatisfied, so he rushed over and asked him: "What's wrong with you? You were almost bitten by a poisonous snake. Instead of caring about yourself first, you care about yourself first." That snake?”

"The order I received was to catch snakes. I was too happy to meet a snake. But thank you for your help. Even I would be very troubled if I was really bitten." Only then did the White Bear Knight have time to look up. He turned to the person who saved him, and standing in front of him was a girl wearing local indigenous costumes and decorated with horsehair. She was holding the dart used to save people just now.

This kind of dart, White Bear Knight knows, is a throwing weapon used by local indigenous people. Because of its unique structure, it can fly back by itself after being thrown. It is a very strange weapon.

Obviously, the girl just used this weapon to knock away the snake and save herself.

But when faced with the White Bear Knight's thanks, the girl looked unhappy and accused the White Bear Knight: "You white people are always like this, asking for more from the forest than you need to survive. Sooner or later, all things will be destroyed." The spirit takes revenge.”

Faced with the girl's accusation, the White Bear Knight was not angry.

But no matter what, thank you for saving me once today. I am Charlie from the White Bear Knights. I give this to you as a souvenir. "

You have your way of living, we have our way of living, it makes no difference.

This is just like the original world before Perficott traveled through. There was a time when people would look down on people who spoke in dialects and despised them as just being ignorant.

The white bear knight named Charlie said, and gave the dagger in his hand to the girl as a thank you to her for saving him.

On the other hand, the White Bear Knight didn't actually feel anything about what the girl said, and even couldn't understand her Victorian language mixed with the local language.

This is one of the reasons why the native people of the empire look down on the colonists. They feel that the Victorian language spoken by the colonists is full of slang and local indigenous dialects, and is not so standard.

On the one hand, the girl had saved him just now, so there was no reason to be angry at such an accusation.

However, the White Bear Knight didn't mind that the girl's Victorian language was not standard, and just said to her: "I caught this snake because my lord has a need, not because I want to satisfy my appetite.

Immediately, Charlie was ready to return to the territory and take the snake he caught to report.

Although the snake had been beaten, he had just checked that it was still alive and there was nothing wrong with it.

According to Charlie's experience, there are usually no two snakes in an area at the same time, unless it is mating season, so there should be no snakes around. If you want to catch another one, you may not be able to find it after dark, so it’s better to return early.

In addition to the cold and deadly nights in the north, the animals that still appear in winter are also dangerous. Even an extraordinary knight like him will be in danger if he is not careful.

Therefore, no one is willing to spend the night in the wild if it is not necessary, even the indigenous people living there are no exception.

Facing the dagger sent by Charlie, the girl hesitated for a moment, but still took it, and then said to him: "I am Lily from the Wildmane tribe. If you really want to thank me, you will be less likely to be in the forest in the future." Kill as necessary, white warriors."

After saying that, the girl turned around and left.

Charlie quickly returned to Eagle Mouth Cliff with the caught snake, and delivered the caught snake to Perfectcott.

Faced with the snake caught by Charlie, Purficott showed a strong interest. Although the snake seemed to be in a bad state after being bitten, under the infusion of a tube of life potion by the master of alchemy and the two-pronged treatment of alchemy, it The snake quickly recovered and became more energetic.

Purficott asked someone to bring some food and feed it to the snake, and then began to study the movement of snakes.

The advancement of snakes mainly relies on the friction generated by the scales on the abdomen and the ground on the sides. Through different muscle contraction methods, they can perform four different movement methods: linear expansion and contraction, lateral fluctuation, lateral bending and meandering.

These four modes of movement are formed through the unique bone structure and muscle distribution of snakes, as well as the scales on their abdomen and sides of their bodies.

Taking linear telescopic advancement as an example, snakes achieve contraction and expansion of their bodies through the simultaneous contraction and relaxation of all muscles. During contraction, the snake's front abdominal scales will fix the ground, and the contraction of the body will pull the rear body forward.

When relaxing, the scales on the back abdomen are used to fix the ground, and the front end of the body is stretched forward as much as possible to achieve straight forward movement.

This is actually similar to the way annelids move forward, except that annelids rely on the setae on their abdomen to provide friction, instead of relying on the scales on their abdomen like snakes.

When bending sideways, snakes rely on the lateral scales on both sides of the abdomen to provide friction. They control the expansion or retraction of the scales on the flanks by contracting and relaxing on different sides, thereby providing friction during contraction. , reducing friction when relaxing and providing forward thrust through asynchronous landing.

This way of movement and body structure greatly inspired Perficott. She quickly tried to design a mechanical device that simulated the snake's body structure, and then made a set of models.

This set of models simulates the movement patterns of snakes very well, and can easily achieve the curved forward movement and even spiral movement required by Purficott.

But Purficott soon discovered another problem, that is, it is actually difficult for snakes to retreat. Their body structure determines that the speed of such creatures when retreating is far slower than moving forward.

But this was not a problem for Purficott. She re-analyzed the characteristics of the snake's body structure and made a structure that imitated the snake's abdominal scales into a 180° turnable one, thus solving this problem.

(End of this chapter)