Chapter 226 Imitation Snake Structure
The poisonous snake popping 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, hitting the snake in one fell swoop. flew out.
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 huddled 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. Put it in a cloth bag.
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? "
"I was ordered to catch the snake. I was not happy enough to see the snake, but thank you for your help. Even I would be very troubled if it was bitten. ." Only then did the White Bear Knight have time to look up at the person who saved him. Standing in front of him was a girl wearing local indigenous costumes and decorated with horsehair. She was holding the handgun she just used. The dart that comes to the rescue.
This kind of dart is known to White Bear Knight. It 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, you will be retaliated by the spirit of all things.”
Faced with the girl's accusation, the White Bear Knight was not angry.
On the one hand, the girl saved him just now, so there is no need to be angry at such an accusation.
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.
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, despising them as just being ignorant.
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 needs, not because I want to satisfy my appetite.
You guys have Your way of survival, we have our way of survival, it is no different.
But no matter what, thank you for saving me once today. I am Charlie from the White Bear Knights. This is a gift. Here it is, as a souvenir."
The white bear knight named Charlie said and gave the dagger in his hand to the girl as a thank you for saving him.
Immediately, Charlie was ready to return to the territory and take the snake he caught to make a 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 being deadly cold at night in the north, the animals that still appear in winter are equally dangerous. Even an extraordinary knight like him will be in danger if he is not careful. .
So if it is not necessary, no one will want to spend the night in the wild, 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 Wild Mane 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 and left.
Charlie quickly returned to Eagle Mouth Cliff with the captured snake, and delivered the captured snake to Perfectcott.
Perfect showed a strong interest in the snake caught by Charlie. Although the snake seemed to be in a bad state after being bitten, it was infused with a tube of life potion by the alchemist master and alchemy. Under the two-pronged treatment, the snake quickly recovered and became lively and vigorous.
Perficott 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 the body.
Take linear telescopic advancement as an example. Snakes achieve contraction and expansion of their bodies through the simultaneous contraction and relaxation of all muscles. When contracting, the snake's front abdominal scales will fix the ground and pull through the contraction of the body. 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 progress.
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 kind of movement and body structure inspired Purfict a lot. She quickly tried to design a mechanical device that simulated the body structure of snakes, and then made a set of Model.
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)