Chapter 63: The Tyrannosaurus Rex Queen! Battle of the Kings!
The main river basin of the Missouri River.
Across the vast and boundless delta plain, the Missouri River meanders westward and turns eastward, winding like a jade dragon in motion. Carrying snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains, magma from the Yellowstone volcanoes, and the hopes of all living creatures, it has silently flowed through this land for tens of thousands of years.
Almost all northward-migrating dinosaurs would trace this mother river all the way upstream, just like pilgrimage devotees marching step by step toward the sacred sanctuary in their hearts.
At this moment, a massive migrating horde of herbivorous dinosaurs was marching northward along the main channel of the Missouri River.
Compared to the southward migration when they first arrived, this return journey northward was much easier. At least the terrifying dry season had passed, and the lush vegetation in the north had regrown, eliminating any need to worry about water and food along the way.
The only thing that still required concern was the hunting of carnivorous dinosaurs.
Having stayed in this delta plain for so long, many herbivorous dinosaurs had heard whispers of her—the Tyrannosaurus Rex queen who reigned supreme over the Missouri River main basin!
She ruled over a territory of more than 100 square kilometers within the Missouri River main basin, which was the zone with the most abundant natural resources on the delta plain.
Scarcely any prey targeted by her could escape. Adult Edmontosaurs, adult Triceratops, and even subadult Alamosaurs had all perished in her jaws.
The number of fellow Tyrannosauruses she had hunted and killed reached double digits, enough to pile their corpses into a small mountain.
Those rival Tyrannosauruses were mostly ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, trespassing into her territory as poachers. In the end, they were brutally slaughtered one by one by the Tyrannosaurus queen, who left their corpses exposed in the wilderness as a warning to others.
Therefore, even though so many herbivorous dinosaurs were now active in the Missouri River main basin, not a single Tyrannosaurus could be seen.
Even Nanotyrannus and Dakotaraptor dared not show their faces; at most, smaller carnivores like Stygimoloch and Troodon were stirring restlessly.
"Roar—!!"
Right at this moment, a high-pitched, resonant roar pierced the clouds, causing the otherwise calm ground to tremble violently!
The migrating herbivorous dinosaurs turned their heads in alarm one after another, looking with uneasy doubt toward the direction from which the sound came.
Soon, they saw a gigantic female Tyrannosaurus Rex slowly emerge with lazy and casual strides.
Her body length reached 13 meters, her head height exceeded 6 meters, and her skeleton was exceptionally massive, making her physique far sturdier and more rugged than ordinary Tyrannosauruses. Lumps of explosive muscle rippled with every step, and her tonnage was definitely over 10 tons, approaching the racial limit of the Tyrannosaurus species!
Her sheer size was only one aspect. In her yellowish-brown vertical pupils lay a look of supreme arrogance, as if all animals within her field of vision were merely lambs waiting for slaughter.
This was the true royal aura belonging to a Tyrannosaurus Rex—aloof, proud, and looking down upon all living beings!
Following behind this Tyrannosaurus queen were two juvenile Tyrannosauruses, aged around 4 to 5 years old, nearing the age of independent living.
Today happened to be the day the Tyrannosaurus queen would lead her children through their final hunting test. As long as these two juvenile Tyrannosauruses passed the test, the queen would rest assured and let them begin their independent lives.
"Roar!!"
At the command of the Tyrannosaurus queen, the two juvenile Tyrannosauruses immediately launched a rapid attack, each seeking a suitable hunting target.
After all, limited by their size, the hunting targets they could choose were restricted to small and medium-sized herbivorous dinosaurs.
Even so, intimidated by the terrifying reputation of the Tyrannosaurus queen, all the nearby herbivorous dinosaurs, large and small, fled in panic, not daring to linger for a moment longer for fear of becoming ghosts beneath her bloodthirsty maw.
Meanwhile, the Tyrannosaurus queen merely followed leisurely behind her two children, showing no intention of joining the fray. From time to time, she opened her mouth to yawn, seeming to find this low-level hunting game far too boring.
It was not until a scent belonging to an unfamiliar member of her own species drifted through the air that the Tyrannosaurus queen was suddenly galvanized into alertness, her expression instantly turning furiously wrathful.
Another suicidal Tyrannosaurus dared to invade her territory!
Without a second thought, the Tyrannosaurus queen broke into a long stride and hurried toward the direction of the scent.
It seemed she had not stretched her muscles for too long, causing those nearby Tyrannosauruses to think she had grown old.
Today, using the corpse of this intruder, she would once again declare to all the Tyrannosauruses on the delta plain—the majesty of the queen brooks no violation!
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Meanwhile, two uninvited guests, one large and one small, had intruded into this rich and bountiful Missouri River main basin.
"I just caught the scent marker of another Tyrannosaurus. It seems this belongs to its territory... Not bad, the resources here are indeed much more abundant."
Chu Xu, the intruder, muttered to himself while tensing the muscles throughout his body, preparing to enter combat status at any moment.
This time, leaving his own territory and trespassing into another Tyrannosaurus's domain had only one purpose!
Territory expansion!
His previously resource-poor territory could no longer satisfy Chu Xu's growing demand for hunting and evolution points, leaving him with only one choice before him: expand his territory and seize more resources!
"Roar—!!"
Having set his sights on this territory, Chu Xu stood on ceremony, tilting his head back to emit a resounding roar that directly signaled an invasion to the lord of the territory, acting much like delivering a battle challenge to his opponent.
"Squeak..."
The small Cretaceous beast following behind Chu Xu also sensed the murderous intent permeating the air, and hurriedly began digging into the ground, hiding its entire body deep within the soil before feeling a fraction more secure.
"Roar!!"
Soon, Chu Xu heard the response from the lord of the territory, accompanied by the thunderous roar of the ground violently trembling as the opponent charged toward him.
As his spiritual perception was released, Chu Xu captured the opponent's figure from afar, and his pupils involuntarily shrank slightly.
This was the first time he had ever seen an adult Tyrannosaurus of such exaggerated proportions!
The normal size range for an adult Tyrannosaurus is a body length of 11 to 12 meters and a weight between 7 and 9 tons, with females often being somewhat larger than males.
Yet this female Tyrannosaurus far exceeded the normal range in both length and weight, approaching the absolute limits of her species—she was a behemoth among Tyrannosauruses, a queen in every sense of the word!
Far from being alarmed, Chu Xu was actually delighted. Ever since hunting that one-eyed Tyrannosaurus, he had indeed encountered quite a few other adult Tyrannosauruses, but they had all been too fragile, battered into submission before the warmup phase even ended.
This Tyrannosaurus queen looked far stronger than ordinary adult Tyrannosauruses; she should barely be able to put up a decent fight, right?
The Tyrannosaurus queen soon appeared within Chu Xu's field of vision, her gaze carrying a hint of astonishment.
She had never seen a Tyrannosaurus with such a strange appearance before.
However, regardless of the opponent's appearance, his identity was unmistakably that of an intruder, and her attitude toward intruders was singular!
"Roar!!"
The Tyrannosaurus queen opened her blood-drenched maw, exposing her lethal banana-shaped teeth. Her hot breath baked the wild grass and shrubs on the ground, and her sturdy hind legs planted firmly on the earth were like pillars cast from steel.
Her talons unsheathed, digging into the mud; her thick tail stood erect and rigid like a spear—this was the standard pre-combat offensive posture of a Tyrannosaurus.
A deafening roar rang out, naturally carrying an awe-inspiring majesty and dominance that could freeze the soul!