Chapter 281 Dragon Skeleton
After a night's rest, the practical course officially began.
Yang Qianqi took the students to visit the archaeological research site, and then let some students try it out.
Of course, this was all done outside the archaeological site, in a place specially for students to practice.
It is impossible for students to do it at a real archaeological excavation site.
On the third day, we went to visit the unearthed objects of the ruins, the legendary extinct snake pets.
In a large earth pit, you can see a long spine, winding and twisting.
"This is the remains of an extinct snake creature. You just watch from the side, don't get too close."
"This snake bone has several characteristics, with a single horn on the head and hard scales."
"Our staff found many similar skeletons here, which are about the same size as python snake bones, but they are slightly different. There is a single horn on the head, and some have claws under the body..."
Yang Qianqi led the students to walk slowly on the edge of the ruins, while introducing them to the image of the skeleton in the ruins.
"What kind of snake is this? It's so strange!" Chen Xingyu said in surprise.
She lived in southern Xinjiang and had seen all kinds of snakes, but it was the first time she saw this big snake with claws and horns.
"It looks like a snake, but it's not a snake. Snakes don't have claws or a single horn." Yang Ruxue said.
"It's really strange. It's different from all the known snakes."
Zhou Ziqi searched in his memory, but there was no creature that matched the skeleton in the ruins.
"Otherwise, how can you say it's an extinct creature?"
Long Ze didn't care. Since it was extinct, it must be different from the existing creatures. It's normal not to find a corresponding creature.
While several people were discussing, Li Qingzhou's heart was in turmoil.
Others didn't know what the skeleton in the ruins was, but he knew.
This skeleton was not a snake skeleton, but a dragon skeleton.
The characteristics on the skeleton matched those of the dragon.
The dragon is a form of snake creatures in the process of evolution towards dragons, a state between snakes and dragons.
It has already initially possessed the characteristics of a dragon, with a single horn and dragon claws. It only needs to go through a heavenly tribulation to completely ascend to become a dragon.
The divine dragon in this world has become extinct, and I didn't expect that the Jiaolong has also become extinct.
If the Jiaolong also disappears, then the path of snake creatures to the evolution of true dragons will be completely cut off.
"Hey, Li Qingzhou, why are you in a daze alone?" Chen Xingyu noticed Li Qingzhou's abnormality and asked.
They were discussing the possible types of bones in the ruins, and the discussion was in full swing, but Li Qingzhou stood aside and stared at the bones in the pit in a daze.
"Oh, I'm thinking about something." Li Qingzhou smiled.
"What's the matter? What kind of snake skeleton do you think this is?" Chen Xingyu asked.
"This is not a snake skeleton!" Li Qingzhou said, his tone was very affirmative.
Yang Qianqi in front also heard Li Qingzhou's words and cast an interested look at Li Qingzhou.
"My classmate, what kind of creature do you think this is?" Yang Qianqi asked.
He wanted to hear Li Qingzhou's answer.
In fact, when the skeleton was discovered, many people speculated that it was not a snake skeleton.
After all, there are many places in this skeleton that do not match the characteristics of snake creatures, such as the single horn on the head, the claws under the body, etc.
But this skeleton still has the characteristics of most snakes, only the spine, skull and coccyx are consistent with snake creatures.
Because it has most of the characteristics of snake creatures, it is called snake bones.
The archaeologists on the scene speculated that it might be a special snake creature, or some unknown mutation had occurred.
"This should be the evolutionary form of snakes." Li Qingzhou said.
"We have also made relevant speculations, but so far no snake evolution has been found to grow horns and claws." Yang Qianqi said.
"Perhaps this is an evolutionary route that does not exist now. Now snake creatures no longer have this evolutionary condition." Li Qingzhou had a guess in his mind.
The true dragon is extinct, and the route from snake to dragon is completely blocked.
So for hundreds of years, Jiaolong could not evolve into a true dragon, so it became extinct.
After that, no more snakes evolved in the direction of Jiaolong, because this was a dead end.
"These speculations are still under study." Yang Qianqi said a few words, and then continued to take the students to visit other places.
Showroom.
There are many items on the rows of display shelves.
There are ceramic pots, weapons made of stone, armor, some rusty ironware, and some huge skeletons.
These are all items unearthed from the ruins.
Yang Qianqi looked at the display shelf and said: "These items show that there were once human settlements here, and the extinct snake creatures were human pets."
"It's just that for some reason, they were destroyed together."
As Yang Qianqi explained, the students looked at the items on the display shelf curiously.
Li Qingzhou noticed a huge skull with two huge fangs on the upper jaw and a row of sharp teeth on the lower jaw.
On the head, there is a protruding horn.
The more Li Qingzhou looked, the more convinced he was that this was the skeleton of a Jiaolong.
This should be a tribe, and the pet beast controlled by the tribe members is a dragon.
But if the pet beast is a dragon, then the strength of this tribe should be even stronger, why was it suddenly destroyed?
Li Qingzhou pondered.
He remembered the scene he saw when he was meditating while holding the dragon ball in the secret realm pendant.
The golden dragon flew in the air and then forced to land in the Longyan Mountains.
At that time, he seemed to see some vague black things.
Is the destruction of this relic related to the injury of the golden dragon in Longyan Volcano?
Just as Li Qingzhou was thinking, Yang Qianqi had already led the students to the next exhibition hall.
Li Qingzhou followed the students, walking and looking around aimlessly.
"Classmates, have you ever seen a weapon pet?" Yang Qianqi looked at the students behind him with a smile and asked.
Many students shook their heads, only Longze and Zhou Ziqi nodded.
"At the excavation site of historical relics, you can sometimes encounter weapon pets. They have bred spirituality over a long period of time and become intelligent creatures. They can fight spontaneously and sign contracts with humans."
Yang Qianqi explained.
"Teacher, are there such weapon pets here?" Chen Xingyu asked curiously.
She had never encountered a similar pet, so she was curious about what it was like.
A flying sword, a gun that can attack automatically, or a bow that can shoot arrows spontaneously...
It's very interesting to think about it.
"At present, no one has been found." Yang Qianqi said.
Chen Xingyu showed a trace of disappointment on her face.
"The intelligence of weapons is not easy to breed. It takes a long time and a certain opportunity. Maybe in a dozen historical sites, you can find a weapon pet." Yang Qianqi said.
Li Qingzhou was also a little disappointed.
He had met a contestant holding a weapon pet in the Chaoyang Pet Promotion Field before, and it was still very handsome.
It would be nice if he could meet a sword here.
Unfortunately, he didn't meet it.
