Chapter 137 Going hunting (8)
Ye Nai, who was peeping with a telescope not far away, gave a complete biological observation lesson on spider mating. She just wished she didn’t bring a camera, otherwise she would film it and hang it on the Internet as if it were natural. Selling observation or biology class materials will definitely make money.
Seeing this, she basically understood. The female spider guarded the nest and waited for the male spider to come with prey. If she was satisfied, she would mate.
It is said that in order to lay eggs, female spiders in the breeding and mating period urgently need energy-rich food to lay healthy follicles. This is the time of the year when the meat is the most delicious and the price is also the most expensive.
I'm lucky enough to meet one, don't you want to try how delicious it is?
After five or six minutes, the two big spiders separated, and the male spider left. The speed gave Ye Nai the feeling that he was running for his life, as if he was afraid that if he took a step too slow, he would be left behind and eaten by the female spider.
However, the female spider did not chase the male. She turned around and entered the burrow, whether to rest or eat.
At this time, in the soil around the cave, mycelium is gradually forming and connecting.
Ye Nai left it alone for the time being to see if there would be a male spider coming to mate later. She then released a new wave of spores to chase the male spider that ran away and took it in directly. Space is dead.
Then, she rode a motorcycle and wandered around the area, and accidentally found a small lake with clear water. Standing on the lakeside, she could easily see the other side of the lake, and there was a lush tree beside the water.
She just came over when she saw the big tree, and then she saw the lake.
Ye Nai threw out a large number of spores and built an underground mycelium wall around the woods and small lake.
No matter what kind of fish, shrimps, crabs, amphibians, aquatic plants, and microorganisms are in the water, it is right to circle the place first.
The growth of spores takes time. Ye Nai set up a tent under the shade of a tree, took out his computer, and opened the medical courses downloaded in advance for offline learning.
After an hour, Ye Nai got up and moved around. She sensed that the mycelium in the soil had been roughly connected. She gave them a new order and found the water injection port of the lake, following the underground water veins. Growth, looking for the source of water, or the end of the secret realm.
The alien enemies that were raging on the land disappeared without a trace after being driven back to the secret realm. From top to bottom, the whole country believed that they must have returned to their own world through the secret realm. People all over the country wanted to find this mysterious way to the other world. Passage past for revenge.
Tracking the source of the water system has always been an effective method, but it is not successful in the secret realm because the open rivers on the ground are all in sections, accounting for only a small proportion. A large proportion are actually underground rivers. The trend of veins in the underground is complex, and the rock layer in many places is very thick, blocking the detection of instruments.
Short-term, small-scale searches have always been carried out, but the short time means that there are not many useful clues that can be found, and there is not enough evidence to organize large-scale official detection.
In addition to professional researchers, people who protect researchers also need to come in. Once there are more people, money will start to be burned.
The vehicles, tools, instruments, food, water, and medicines that you carry are essential, and you are going to places where there is no communication. You also need a dedicated team to provide communication support. The longer you stay, the more you spend. .
Therefore, large-scale official actions with large numbers of people only took place in the first few years, and then disappeared. Over the years, they gradually turned into short-term actions by small groups.
Of course Ye Nai wants to find the source of the water veins for her own sake. She regards this secret realm as her own property. Isn't it right to know the details of her own property?
She stayed under the shade of the tree for most of the day, and the mycelium captured four male spiders for her. When she was packing her things and preparing to return, the female spider welcomed a fifth male spider, also the same one. After collecting the prey for mating, the male and female collect it into the space together.
By the way, collect the prey brought by the fifth male spider, which the female spider did not have time to eat.
At the end of the day, the mycelium has grown into the crypt, and there is nothing valuable.
The prey sent by each male spider is promptly eaten by the female spider after mating. After eating, it returns to the entrance of the burrow with a plate of eight legs, waiting for the next male spider to come.
The female spider needs to save energy for laying eggs. There is no leftover food for the mycelium to pick up, so this last prey is left for the mycelium to wait.
When he was about to leave this mycelium territory, Ye Nai ordered to continue searching for spider nests and catch more males and females, especially females. Once the eggs are laid and hatched, the entire land will be covered with spiders. A paradise for families, a sanctuary for predators and humans.
When the intercom that had been quiet for a day started to buzz with noisy voices again, Ye Nai stopped her motorcycle and pressed the call button on the intercom.
"Hey, everyone." "Wow, little Ye Zi, you finally showed up."
"Where's the spider? You said you were catching a spider, but you ran out of communication distance again."
"We're waiting to see your push-ups and frog jumps at night."
" The spider was caught, five males and one female. Let’s eat spider legs tonight.”
The intercom was silent for two seconds, followed by a tsunami of cheers.
Ye Nai said she wanted to continue on her way, hung up the communication, and ran at full speed.
More than an hour later, she returned to the camp and was warmly welcomed by everyone.
“I’m back, I’m back!”
“Oh, I hope I’m back!”
Facing the crowd surrounding me, Ye Nai didn’t hesitate and stopped with a smile. After getting out of the car, he immediately threw out the six big spiders for everyone to enjoy.
Six spiders pose in a long pendulum, and the contrast is obvious.
The only big one is the female spider, and the other five smaller ones are all males.
“You can’t see it individually, but when put together the male and female are so large in size, it looks like the female is raising her cubs.”
“I have never seen this pattern before.”
"Different species of giant spiders also have separate territories?"
"Haha, it's possible."
"Which one will you eat tonight?"
"Eat the male, keep the female. If we can catch another female, we'll eat it."
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Who doesn’t know that the leg meat of female spiders is the most delicious in this season, but with this one, you have to restrain your greed and eat the male ones, the males are enough.
The logistics team members who had space stepped forward and took away the male that everyone selected. Ye Nai collected the rest and returned to his tent in the camp to rest.
An hour later, everyone gathered in the middle of the camp to have dinner around the campfire.
A spider had eight legs. The logistics team chopped off all of them, but only steamed three of them. Together with other dishes, it was enough for everyone to have a full meal. The remaining spider body and the other four legs were still handed over to Ye Nai helped to keep it and eat it next time.
After eating and drinking, everyone gathered again to take stock of today’s hunting harvest.
Ye Nai took out piles of hares, pheasants, and eggs of various sizes like pouring beans.
“Wow!”
"Did you dig out their nests?"
These were all the hyphae picked up for her. Ye Nai didn't know the specific situation. She just shrugged, acquiescing to everyone's statement.