Chapter Fourteen: Sunlight Falls Upon My Shoulders—the Upper Limit of Childhood! (Please Bookmark and Vote for Recommendations)
[ Ding! You have hunted a gar. Evolution points +5. ]
[ Ding! You have hunted a gar. Evolution points +5. ]
The two gars brought Chu Xu an unexpected delight, providing not only additional food but also a total of ten evolution points.
He continued to the river area where water lilies grew. Chu Xu picked leaf after leaf of lotus leaves, then bit the two gar carcasses into several pieces, wrapping them carefully in the lotus leaves to carry away.
Back on the riverbank, he treated the rest of the fish carcasses the same way, finally packing the lotus leaves full and holding them in his mouth, returning home fully laden.
As Chu Xu set off on his journey back, the gentle spring rain had already ceased.
After the rain cleared, sunlight once again bathed the earth, and all living things appeared refreshed by the wash. Crystal-clear droplets hung on tender green branches and leaves, sparkling faintly, while the air was filled with a fresh and invigorating scent.
Animal activity increased after the rain. Sleeping Dragon Mother awoke and slowly propped up her large dragon body, preparing to go out hunting again, hoping for some luck.
After rising, Dragon Mother looked at her three young tyrannosaurs as usual but saw only Longyue and Liuxing still sound asleep.
Where had the eldest gone again?
“Roar~~”
Just as Dragon Mother grew confused and anxious, a familiar roar rang out. Turning toward the sound, she saw Chu Xu hurrying back, seemingly carrying some kind of plant in his mouth.
Good heavens, the eldest was so hungry he had started eating grass!
However, when Chu Xu dropped the object on the ground, it was filled with fresh, plump fish meat, causing Dragon Mother’s eyes to widen.
So the eldest had been hunting after all—and had caught so many fish!
Dragon Mother’s limited intellect could not comprehend how Chu Xu had managed this, but it did not matter. She only knew that with food before her, there was no reason not to eat.
Excited, Dragon Mother opened her large mouth wide and devoured large chunks of fish meat greedily.
In all her life, this was the first time Dragon Mother had eaten fish so heartily and thoroughly.
During the warm and humid Late Cretaceous, river and lake wetlands were abundant and densely networked, naturally rich in fish. Yet fish rarely appeared on the tyrannosaur’s menu because they were not adept at fishing.
Moreover, most fish were mere morsels; the effort to catch one was not worth the meager reward, insufficient even to fill a grown tyrannosaur’s mouth. Thus, fishing was a last resort, seldom considered prey for them.
Meanwhile, Longyue and Liuxing were awakened by the sound of Dragon Mother eating fish.
Finally, there was food to eat. Their eyes shone bright, and like starving ghosts reincarnated, they pounced immediately, devouring the fish meat eagerly, their faces radiating pure happiness.
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Under the sunlight, a brilliant rainbow stretched across the horizon. Dragon Mother, Longyue, and Liuxing gathered together, sharing the food Chu Xu had brought back—a picturesque and serene scene.
A little tired, Chu Xu leaned against a large tree, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth as he quietly watched this beautiful moment.
Sunlight warmed his shoulders—free and romantic.
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“Deep Blue, add some points for me!”
At nightfall, after daily training concluded, Chu Xu as usual reviewed his gains, allocating the over thirty evolution points earned from fishing. He reserved some for later, converting the rest into attribute points to strengthen his four-dimensional attributes.
“Show me my attribute panel.”
[Name]: Chu Xu
[Age]: 6 months
[Species]: Rex Tyrannosaurus (Male)
[Growth Stage]: Juvenile
[Four-Dimensional Attributes]: Strength 120, Agility 120, Constitution 130, Spirit 125
[Evolution Points]: 5
[Skills]: Claw Swipe, Bite Crush, Fierce Ram, Acceleration
[Achievements]: Tyrant Potential (Basic), Clairvoyant Perception (Basic)
[Next Evolution Form]: Agumon
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[Ding! The host’s current attribute values have reached the juvenile stage limit; further point allocation is temporarily unavailable. Spend 100 evolution points to complete the first evolution.]
After finishing the allocation, an unexpected system prompt rang out.
“So I’ve finally met the evolution criteria and can evolve into Agumon?”
Chu Xu felt a surge of excitement and delight.
Since he could no longer increase attributes for now, his next goal was clear: gather 100 evolution points as soon as possible to complete his first evolution!
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The next morning, Dragon Mother once again led the three young tyrannosaurs out to hunt.
The recent streak of bad luck had been only temporary. Soon after beginning their search within their territory, Chu Xu’s family discovered the tracks of a Parasaurolophus herd.
In the Hell Creek ecosystem, Parasaurolophus ranked fourth in population, after Triceratops, Edmontosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus, with a wide distribution.
As typical ornithopods, Parasaurolophus walked on strong, powerful hind legs.
However, they lacked the formidable defenses or counterattack weapons of Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, or Pachycephalosaurus, and did not possess the massive size of Edmontosaurus. Their femur being significantly longer than their tibia indicated they were not well-suited for running.
Only the bony plates beneath their dorsal skin provided some protection against predator attacks and bites.
But this defense was limited to ordinary predators; before a fully grown Tyrannosaurus, this protection was essentially meaningless.
Thus, Parasaurolophus were actually the most successful prey for Tyrannosaurs.
This particular Parasaurolophus herd was composed of several small family groups, totaling over ten individuals, including subadults and juveniles.
As they walked, they used their front claws to forage in the forest for food, accepting everything from seeds, fruits, roots, and tender leaves to small insects and lizards.
Their bluish-gray skin color blended perfectly with the surrounding trees and vegetation, making them difficult to spot without careful observation.
Not far off, Dragon Mother, having locked onto the target, quietly approached the herd with her three young tyrannosaurs. Finding a good hiding spot, they observed the herd’s every move in silence.
As predators, judging wind direction is an essential step to conceal oneself.
Most dinosaurs had highly sensitive olfactory senses; if predators hid downwind, their scent would be carried directly to their prey, revealing their location.
With experience, Dragon Mother could judge wind direction by the way her fur fluttered in the breeze, moving accordingly as the wind shifted.
Though Dragon Mother could not express these details verbally, they were deeply engraved in Chu Xu’s mind.
“Yawn~~”
Suddenly, the adult Parasaurolophus leading the group seemed to sense something amiss, turning its head toward the hiding place of Chu Xu’s family.
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