Chapter 6
Chapter 6
In the days that followed, the weather became warmer and warmer.
This has brought a lot of benefits to the emperor penguins.Most notably, as temperatures rise and the edges of the polar ice caps begin to melt, petrels bring news of the calving of distant glaciers.As a result, penguin parents who need to travel between breeding grounds and the ocean have to travel less on ice - because the chicks cannot go to sea to fish yet, they must feed their young until they are almost completely out of down feathers. Only when.
Of course, there are also disadvantages.It is that although Claudio is gone, more other skuas flew to the hinterland of Antarctica.Their purpose is obviously the little penguin.
From the previous point, Felix didn't think it was doing him any good.Because, unfortunately, his mother was an emperor penguin of extraordinary ability—as evidenced by the fact that she was one of the first females to return to the Icefield at the onset of spring, and her fishing The ability is greater than the ability to recognize the way (to be honest, it is rare in the emperor penguin group).As for his father, although he is easily irritated and stubborn, he can be sure from his strong figure that he must be able to catch enough fish to feed a little penguin.
Therefore, there is absolutely no possibility of Felix being starved.This has attracted the envy and jealousy of many little penguins, but only he himself knows that the whole thing is that the mute is suffering from eating coptis and cannot tell.
What?If you don't eat, don't you eat?This is too unprofessional!Even if he lacked affection, it was not to the extent of spoiling other people's kindness.And to be honest, if he can grow up without eating, then he can really be prepared to be seen as a monster by other emperor penguins—however, he must persist until he goes into the sea.
At last Felix thought of a good way.His ability is enough to divide the food in his stomach into molecular sizes invisible to the naked eye, and then use the energy source to send them to the stomachs of some little penguins who are about to starve to death due to accidents.Claudio stayed on the ice sheet for a whole winter, which also increased the number of eggs that were trampled in panic.
And from the latter point, Felix finally met the other two skua families.Only the Skull family's skua feathers are snow-white except for the tail feathers, the Sinister family is all gray, and the Medirs family is light brown gradually to black at the end.The skuas of the latter two families have black beaks, which look more menacing than the pale yellow of the Skool.
Because of this, if Felix is caught in a group of little penguins, he will be chased by skuas at least three times a day.
"This is no fun game!" Hamm gasped after one attack.Because they have grown up enough, they can finally come down from the soles of their parents' feet, with real ice under their paws. "They are much more dangerous than Claudio!"
"Because he only had one then, and now we're facing a pack," Felix said wisely.And what he hasn't said is that Claudio is actually a very picky eater. He likes fish more than penguins.By the way, his relationship with penguins is not bad, because most emperor penguins are easy to deal with by nature.
"Yeah, we still owe it to your good luck." Hamm finally breathed. "You managed to escape every time!"
"Yes, it must be safe to follow Felix!" The other seven or eight little penguins in the same group also agreed.
Now they all doubt whether the theory of ice eggs is true, because Felix obviously inherited the advantages of his parents, he has a sharp response, and he has good luck every time he breaks—even if he is caught by the neck of a skua, the next moment he will die. It must have lost its feathers and the bird ran away-as expected of the emperor penguin whose name is destined to be lucky!So although the feathers on the back of Felix's neck protruded dangerously a little, it still didn't detract from his tall image in their hearts.
And also, Felix spoke quite normally among them, but when he was talking to the skuas, he usually choked the bird to death with one sentence, of course it was the bird on the opposite side.Outwitting old rivals the skuas in a verbal battle is simply more exciting for the relatively dumb emperor penguins than they are chasing each other off their territory.
But of course, the hair loss was not an accident, but the most reasonable escape method calculated by Felix.It was intentional to be last, because even if he could use shadowless kick or scud, the emperor penguin couldn't.As for eloquence... Even if the smart camera should not have any personal feelings in theory, so what if he just doesn't like skuas?
At this time, another gray skua fell from the sky.Harm was caught off guard, and with a curse, he panicked and plunged his head under the belly of an adult emperor penguin nearby.But most of his body, covered in gray down, was still exposed, with his rear facing the skua.
And he's not the only one doing it.Seeing the bob-tailed buttocks around him, Felix silently wiped his sweat in his heart.It looks like he still has a long way to go before he can leave alone...
In this way, the spring is slowly passing by the countless back and forth between the emperor penguin parents on the beach and the ice field and the battle of wits between the little penguins and the skuas.Felix was the fastest growing of the little group of little penguins, and soon became the little leader of the group.Even if he deliberately fell into the mouth of the skua several times and escaped, he suffered much fewer accidents than other little penguins.
Because in addition to the attack of the skua, some emperor penguin parents who accidentally lost their children are also quite lethal.In this case, unless there is a life-threatening situation, robbing other people's children is the default behavior.In other words, if a childless emperor penguin can get a little penguin under its belly and watch and feed him, the leader and elders don't care about this kind of thing.
Felix is especially grateful for his status now.Because when Fale or Fatina is around, usually no skuas choose to attack them.But of course, Felix couldn't be with them all the time.But he also has a very obvious feature-different from the black eyes of other penguins, he has blue eyes.
Generally speaking, it is normal for emperor penguins to have dark blue eyes when they are young, but he has always been blue.But at the same time, he had no other abnormalities. In the end, the other penguins unanimously recognized that this was probably the sequelae of coming out of the eggshell after all the hardships.
In this way, the number of times Felix was chased by birds every day was almost cut in half.However, he still couldn't hold back when he saw a group of emperor penguins two to three meters chasing a semi-large penguin (Ham) one meter high and running wildly. The movement was so loud that white fog appeared on the ice sheet. I wiped my sweat.This has been chasing for at least half a month, should he boast that this is really motherly/fatherly tenacity?
However, although the possibility of being robbed can be avoided, there is one thing that cannot be avoided-that is, meeting relatives.
All emperor penguins have the surname Impel, so you can imagine how intricate the relationship is; any penguin can pull out a relationship with another penguin if it wants to, even if there are many generations in between.Felix is so special that visitors keep coming.What they said on the surface was to talk to Fale or Fatina, but in fact they kept their eyes on Felix almost the whole time.
"Dear Felix! I am your aunt! Call and listen!"
With a puff, a pointed thing poked on the belly, it was a beak.
"Dear Felix! I am your grandfather's cousin! Let me take a closer look!"
With a bang, the pointy thing poked the side of the neck.
"Dear Felix! I am your cousin's cousin's sister. . . Oh, what a beautiful eye color!"
Puff—very well, if Felix hadn't been quick-witted this time, the beak would have been poked into the eye.
...Can I call for help?Isn't this really murder?
According to Felix's prediction, he will stay on the Impel Icefield for three or four months to learn a little about the animal population structure of this planet, and then he will be able to go to sea alone when he reaches the beach, and follow the ocean currents to other places on this planet Continue to investigate.He thinks that after going to sea, there is nothing to worry about in the first three or four months.But the result was that before he was out of the shell, he was jumping around in all kinds of ways——
First, Claudio, the tossing guy, then a group of relatives who like to say hello with their beaks (pointy poke faces are very uncomfortable!), then a large group of skuas who like to play the real eagle and chicken game, and finally There are also neighbors who love their children so much that they can snatch other people's children.Ice storm?That kind of stuff is considered normal and cannot be included in accidents.
After calculating these, Felix suddenly wanted to look up to the sky and sigh.Why is it so difficult to pretend to be a harmless emperor penguin these days?Damn interstellar secrecy regulations!Damn setting!
Of course Felix, who was so cursed, didn't know that he designed this cheating plan himself.We'd say it played an indelible role in keeping him happy and upbeat in the days to come.
Anyway, on days like this, the sun slowly rises.When it was suspended for half a day, the down feathers on the little penguin's body had begun to fall desperately, revealing the new feathers that had just grown underneath.They generally grow to more than two meters, and they are almost as tall as their parents.
Fale and Fatina came back from the sea together this time and brought Felix the last supper.Of course, this is not what they said, but what Felix noticed.Because according to tradition, the little penguins have to go to the beach by themselves.Maybe a few adult penguins in custody, but certainly not all parents escorting along the way.
"Are you full?" Fatina looked at him with worry in her eyes, but she didn't dare to show it too obviously. "When your mother and I are away, I want to be with Ham and the others!"
Felix nodded vaguely.Isn't it just walking to the beach?He can finally get rid of those troubles!
"Don't be alone, you know?" Farrer was much more worried than she was, and the implication was much more obvious.
Felix nodded again, pretending not to notice.He wished he could, but he couldn't say that.
Fale and Fatina gave him some more instructions, and then they were about to leave like they used to hunt for food.But they all know that when they return to the ice sheet it will be the next breeding season, and they don't know if their babies will make it to the beach safely.Under the influence of this emotion, after walking a few steps, they turned their heads reluctantly.
Even if it is a machine, it should be touched by this time, and Felix feels that he is already an intelligent machine.He controlled his urge to rush over, and only shouted loudly: "I'll be fine! Mom and Dad should also pay attention to safety! Have a good journey!"
But the feeling in the eyes is very strange, is there something wrong with the control ability?
The author has something to say: Let me explain, the commonality of Raysenal people is: to control particles; the stronger the person, the higher the control ability, the more the number and types of particles that can be controlled, and the wider the control range.Manipulating particles to condense into human beings is a basic skill that everyone knows; therefore, #这文真无人兽/北人/兽兽#
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