Chapter 136: The Escaping Test Subjects
After a prolonged period of intense heat, the external environment began to cool significantly, with temperatures soon plummeting below freezing. The combination of darkness and cold caused a mass die-off of vegetation.
Large herbivores, such as Triceratops, relied on consuming hundreds of kilograms of plants daily to sustain their massive bodies. Once the plants withered, it wasn’t long before these giants began succumbing to hunger one by one.
Their corpses became the final feast for carnivorous dinosaurs.
After the large herbivores perished, smaller plant-eaters followed closely, dying in droves from starvation and cold. Once the carnivorous dinosaurs finished their feast, they too faced extinction due to the lack of food.
In contrast, small omnivorous creatures managed to survive. Feeding on leftover carcasses, buried plant roots, and insect larvae, they found ways to endure.
From his underground haven, Luo Wen monitored the outside world daily through the eyes of surviving bugs scattered across the globe. His primary focus was on the escaping experimental subjects.
The conditions near the impact zone were particularly harsh, given the proximity of the test site to the asteroid’s core. The small dinosaurs, despite their sharp teeth, communication abilities, and tool usage, lacked the ability to dig burrows.
Some of the smarter individuals tried to use sticks and stones to dig pits, but their claw structures rendered such efforts inefficient.
Unable to stay in one place for long, the harsh environment forced them into constant flight. Along the way, they found temporary refuge in caves or the burrows of other animals.