Chapter 9 The thriving world, the hunt is on!
The sun rises and the moon sets, and the stars move.

Half a year has passed since Chu Xu was born. Autumn is coming to an end, but what is coming is not the cold winter, but the warm spring when all things come back to life.

The larch forest has shed all its withered yellow leaves and put on a new coat of green. The tender leaf buds flutter in the wind, as crystal clear as emerald green.

In the Late Cretaceous, large-scale volcanic eruptions occurred all over the world, with an average scale of 10 times that of modern times, causing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air to reach 4 times that of modern times. The resulting greenhouse effect led to global warming, with the average temperature 5 degrees Celsius higher than modern times.

Alaska and Greenland within the Arctic Circle are home to lush temperate forests, and the Antarctic Circle is also home to dinosaurs.

The diversity of life reached its peak at this time. Dinosaurs still occupied an undisputed dominant position. After more than 1 million years of development and evolution, they became more diverse and reached their peak.
The blue sky was ruled by pterodactyls, but their status became precarious due to the rapid development of birds, and they gradually lost their air supremacy.
In the deep ocean, a new generation of top predators, the Mosasaurus, was born. With its unparalleled strength, it wiped out the once powerful ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.
There are also small and delicate mammals, which, although still living in the shadow of dinosaurs and enduring humiliation like sewer rats, are quietly flourishing in corners unknown to the dragons.

Finally, various types of flowering angiosperms emerged rapidly and co-evolved with insects, subtly changing the pattern of the entire ecosystem.

Amidst the thriving world, the last dinosaur kingdom of the Maastrichtian period of the Late Cretaceous is bursting with vitality.

However, only Chu Xu knew clearly that all this prosperity would end due to an asteroid fragment from outer space. For all dinosaurs, that would be the real doomsday.

Of course, this is a story.

At dawn, the morning mist filled the air. Chu Xu climbed up from the soft vegetation mattress, stretched his body, and relaxed his muscles.

"Check my properties panel."

[Name]: Chu Xu
Age: 6 months
[Race]: Tyrannosaurus Rex (male)
[Growth Stage]: Infancy

[Four-dimensional attributes]: Strength 105, Agility 105, Constitution 115, Spirit 110
[Evolution Points]: 5
[Skills]: Scratch, Crunch, Ram, Accelerate

[Achievement]: The Talent of a Hegemon (Primary)
[Next Evolution]: Agumon

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In just a few months, Chu Xu's four-dimensional attribute values ​​more than doubled, breaking through the three-digit mark.

With the rapid increase of the four-dimensional attribute values, Chu Xu's body size also experienced rapid growth. His body length was already over two meters, his head height exceeded one meter, and his weight reached at least three hundred kilograms.

It has a heavy head, a short and thick neck, a mouth full of fangs shaped like small bananas with dense blade-like serrations on the edges, sharp claws like hooks, a long tail like a halberd, and an increasingly sturdy physique, exuding a strong and domineering aura.

It’s hard to imagine that Chu Xu is just a Tyrannosaurus Rex cub that has just reached half a year old.

In comparison, the dragon sister Longyue and the dragon brother Liuxing are less than one meter long, their heads are less than half a meter high, and they weigh only about fifty kilograms. The two dragons combined are still not as heavy as Chu Xu.

This also puzzled Longyue and Liuxing. We are of the same roots, so why is there such a big gap between us and our eldest brother?

In this regard, Chu Xu just wants to say that Long Sheng, who is cheating, needs no explanation.

In addition, the skills that Chu Xu practiced tirelessly every day have also been upgraded, and now he has mastered four basic skills.

Scratching randomly, with the improvement of proficiency, Chu Xu can now swing his claws 5 times in an instant, and the attack speed has reached the millisecond level;

Bite to pieces: At the moment of opening the mouth to bite the enemy, the bite force can be temporarily doubled;
Slam, use all your muscles to charge at the enemy, and temporarily double your strength;

Acceleration, while running, can temporarily double your speed.

"It's time to try real hunting." Chu Xu's eyes were bright and he was eager to try.

Although he had made many hunting attempts before, the targets he chose were all small prey such as insects and lizards, which were not challenging at all, and the evolution points he obtained were pitifully few.

In order to accumulate more evolution points, and more importantly, to consider the independent life he will have to face in the future, Chu Xu also wants to master more hunting skills and accumulate more hunting experience as soon as possible.

The young Tyrannosaurus Rex, which are already half a year old, are almost old enough to learn hunting.

"Roar!!"

On this day, the Dragon Mother, who was out hunting, let out a deafening roar, and left home with Chu Xu and Longyue Liuxing, ready to formally teach them hunting skills.

"Finally, I'm going to start learning how to hunt!"

Chu Xu was excited. For a predatory dinosaur like Tyrannosaurus Rex, hunting was naturally the most important skill for survival.

So, how did Tyrannosaurus Rex hunt? Is it the same as what later paleontologists have speculated?
He was also very curious about this, and this time he could follow the Mother of Dragons to find out.

Chu Xu followed closely behind Long Ma, carefully observing her every move.

As she walked, the Mother of Dragons held her huge head high, looking forward, with her back and tail stretched in a straight line. Every step she took was steady and slow. Her eyes, nose, and ears were always paying attention to any movement in the surrounding environment.

What the Dragon Queen searches for is not only living prey, but also the traces left by the prey, such as hair, footprints, urine, feces, etc.

Obviously, with her experience, she can judge the specific identity and route of the owner based on the traces of these scales and armor, and then consider whether to list him as a target.

As the undisputed top predator in the Hell Creek Formation's food chain, Tyrannosaurus Rex's diet included most of these creatures.

The most popular ones are the herbivorous dinosaurs with huge size and delicious meat, especially Edmontosaurus, Triceratops and Strange Dragon.

Chu Xu firmly memorized these hunting techniques and key points.

On the other side, Long Yue and Liu Xing obviously didn't know that the purpose of Long Ma's trip was to bring them to learn hunting. One of them was still sleepy due to lack of sleep, and walked too slowly and fell behind by a large distance;

The other one could no longer control his wild dog temperament and ran around in panic, startling many birds and beasts.

The Dragon Mother was concentrating on searching for prey and had no time to care about Longyue and Liuxing, so only the eldest brother Chu Xu took action. He first helped Longyue to cheer up, and then pulled Liuxing back. After a beating, the man became much more obedient.

At this moment, the Mother of Dragons stopped and saw a messy and overlapping patch of large three-toed footprints on the soil not far ahead. It seemed that they were left not long ago.

A discovery has been made!

The Mother of Dragons let out a low roar, and led her three little Tyrannosaurus Rex to speed up and rush in the direction indicated by the footprints.

Soon, the owners of these footprints appeared before their eyes. They were a group of Edmontosaurus!

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(End of this chapter)