RoleplayNovel Chapter 20, Point 3: Intervention Points
Chapter 20, Point 3: Intervention Points
The dragon chieftain raised his forepaw, signaling the tribe to slowly retreat towards the dry highlands.
The dromaeosaurids maintained a tight formation, with each adult dromaeosaurid protecting the cubs and the wounded in the middle to prevent the anacondas from appearing.
Inside the observation room, Bai Zhou frowned slightly as he watched the three dead dromaeosaurs.
It's not like draconic dragons haven't died before; even more have died fighting cheetahs and packs of wild dogs.
But there has never been a situation like this before, where three enemies died but not a single enemy was killed.
"Ambushing them underwater and in the mud, Mickey figured out that Chilong wasn't good at fighting in those two places."
Bai Zhou pulls up a holographic map. To the west of Zebra Territory is an area where rivers and swamps intertwine, gradually transitioning to dry grasslands to the east, and to the north is a forest, the home ground of the anaconda.
If the dromaeosaurs continue to stay here to drink and hunt, they will continue to be assassinated by the anacondas.
But retreating meant abandoning this fertile, pasture-rich area with abundant prey.
Bai Zhou's gaze fell on the zebra herd and the buffalo herd.
After a moment, Bai Zhou made a decision: "We cannot back down."
"If we retreat, it will mean handing over this hunting ground to anacondas and cheetahs. Dromaeosaurs need food to continue evolving, and zebras and buffaloes are the best sources of nutrition at this stage."
Bai Zhou relayed an instruction to the Chilong leader: "Drink in batches, only in shallow, fast-flowing areas with little silt, and no more than ten at a time. When hunting, avoid the edges of swamps and dense forests."
The leader of the Chilong tribe raised his head and let out a series of short roars, and the tribe immediately sprang into action.
Instead of rushing to the riverbank all at once, the twenty strongest dromaeosaurids formed a "guard team" that patrolled back and forth along the riverbank, while the rest of the members took turns drinking water quickly.
In the forest, Mickey grinned as he watched the dromaeosaurids' response on the screen. "Pretty quick reaction."
Mickey turned to Li Zhengtai and said, "Have your cheetah keep an eye on them and see where they go next. If they dare to go into the forest... my little darlings are all hungry."
Li Zhengtai's face was gloomy, and he did not reply.
"You'd better not underestimate Chi Long," Li Zhengtai finally said, offering a reminder.
"They can wipe out a combined force of wild dogs and cheetahs on the grasslands not just because of brute force, but also because of tactics and the speed of evolution."
Mickey waved his hand dismissively: "The grassland is the grassland, and the forest is the forest. Here, my anacondas are the kings. They can strangle crocodiles, so why would they be afraid of a few chickens with long claws?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a strange movement appeared on the screen.
A reconnaissance team discovered a anaconda resting on a tree trunk at the edge of the forest.
The Chilong Squad did not attack rashly, but retreated quickly while issuing a specific warning shout.
A moment later, the leader of the dromaeosaurs arrived in person with fifteen of the strongest dromaeosaurs.
Startled, the anaconda quickly slid down the tree trunk and swam deeper into the forest.
The leader of the Chilong clan did not give chase, but stared intently in the direction where the anaconda had disappeared.
In the following period, the Chilong group established itself firmly in the Zebra territory.
They improved their hunting methods, specifically targeting lone or weak zebras with high-speed encirclements to avoid getting stuck in mud or dense forests.
After each successful hunt, they would quickly drag the prey back to an open area to eat in batches, with one-third of the members always on guard.
The deaths of the three dromaeosaurids did not break the group; instead, they made them more vigilant and more united.
Bai Zhou watched as the Chilong swarm gradually stabilized, but he knew in his heart that this was only a temporary calm.
Anacondas are incredibly powerful; even ferocious beasts like cougars and caimans would be defeated by them.
Not to mention the cougar, whose one-on-one fighting ability is not even half as good as the cougar.
In other words, under normal circumstances, it would take five or six or even more dromaeosaurs on Baizhou to defeat a single anaconda, and that's on land.
If it's in a swamp or water, the situation is even more serious; eight or nine dromaeosaurids might not be a match for an anaconda.
Even if Bai Zhou gains some intervention points after the three million-year timeframe, he is not confident that he can make Chi Long defeat Sen Jiao.
Unless we go through another million years of aging, there is no other way.
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The timeline for the return to the ancient continent has quietly reached the point of three million years, and the intervention points have been credited.
The number of dromaeosaurids remains around four hundred, with casualties and newborns basically in balance.
As they continued to prey on zebras and buffalo, their size increased slightly, with an average weight of 45 kilograms, but their rate of evolution slowed significantly.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest, the anaconda population in the Kangaroo Kingdom had grown to more than sixty individuals, the longest of which exceeded seven meters.
One morning, thick fog enveloped the grassland.
Three anacondas quietly slipped out of the forest and disappeared into the lower reaches of the drinking river frequented by the dromaeosaurs, lurking in the silt.
This time, their target was not a lone dromaeosaurid drinking water, but the entire dromaeosaurid herd drinking water.
As usual, the leader of the Chilong clan first sent out a small team to scout. However, the dense fog reduced visibility, and the team failed to find anything unusual downstream.
As more than twenty dromaeosaurids began to drink, three anacondas suddenly sprang into action!
Water splashed and silt churned.
One anaconda coiled around the hind limbs of two dromaeosaurids, another lunged at the dromaeosaurid leader, and a third swept horizontally, attempting to drive the dromaeosaurid herd into deeper water.
"roar!!"
The dragon leader roared and stabbed its scythe claws into the side of the anaconda, but the scales were slippery and tough, and it failed to cause a fatal wound.
The anaconda contracted its body, its grip tightening, and the bones of the dragon leader cracked.
The other dromaeosaurids pounced and bit at it, but the anaconda rolled around in the mud, dragging the dromaeosaurids deeper into the mud.
In just three minutes, two dromaeosaurids were strangled and drowned, while the dromaeosaurid leader escaped with serious injuries but suffered a broken forelimb.
The anaconda paid the price of a minor injury and calmly retreated into the deep water.
Inside the observation room, Bai Zhou's expression was solemn.
This attack was clearly an organized tactical probing, and there must be someone directing the anaconda swarm.
If they continue to defend passively, the horde of dragons will be continuously depleted, and they will eventually lose this hunting ground.
Inside the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room, viewers were extremely anxious:
Anacondas are too effective against dromaeosaurids; they simply can't win in the water!
Should we temporarily abandon the zebras' territory and migrate to drier areas?
No, we might encounter other species during the migration, which would be even more risky!
Inside the observation room, Bai Zhou shifted his gaze from the heavily injured leader of the Chilong to the northeast of the holographic map.
That area is a dry savanna, bordering zebra territory but far from rivers and swamps.
The anaconda's strangulation ability and aquatic advantage have become almost perfect over the past three million years. Even if the newly acquired 1 intervention point is used to enhance the dromaeosaurid's bite force or size, it will be difficult to change the battlefield ecology.
Therefore, the only option is to lure the snake out of its hole and choose the most suitable combat environment for the dragon; only in this way can they have a chance of winning.