Falling into the Cretaceous

Just as everyone was wondering, the bushes in front of them started to move, and a large section of them shook!

Everyone was terrified and froze on the spot.

"Find cover!"

Shen Ye quickly gave instructions, and he himself had already slipped behind a cedar tree to the side.

The others also sought cover in the surrounding area.

Some people crouched behind a moss-covered rock, some hid behind a clump of dense cycads, and others hid next to a three-meter-tall tree fern.

Each person gripped their spear tightly, their eyes fixed on the bushes that were being crushed three meters ahead, accompanied by a dull, thumping sound.

As the entire fern leaf was suddenly pushed up, the first thing to emerge was the giant head covered with thick bony plates—the bony spikes on the side of the neck looked like a row of short spears polished by the mud, with broken vines and damp moss hanging from them.

At just one glance, Shen Ye recognized who this big guy was.

This isn't a large lizard with bony plates; it's the famous Edmonton Ankylosaurus!

Judging by its appearance, it was about 1.5 meters tall at the shoulder. Although its huge body was not fully exposed yet, Shen Ye knew from the data that this guy was at least six meters long!

The weight of an adult human can reach 3 to 4 tons!

Its weight is approximately equal to that of an adult African elephant!

This behemoth doesn't even need to launch an attack; just standing there and letting delicate humans take a look is enough to terrify them!

At least, right now, Shen Ye and the other ten people's hearts are pounding in their chests.

Its head, which it had poked out, swayed from side to side.

Its heavy eyelids blinked, like a slow-witted beast, clearly searching for the ten people who had just made the sound!

Fortunately, the Edmonton Ankylosaurus was not a predatory dinosaur; otherwise, its sense of smell would have easily detected their scent.

"This is an Edmonton Ankylosaurus. It's huge and slow-moving. It won't attack us unless we provoke it!"

After overcoming his initial nervousness, Shen Ye boldly spoke up.

As soon as the voice fell, the giant beast merely glanced at Shen Ye without walking over, and then lowered its head to eat the shrubs, cycads, and fern leaves on the ground.

Its teeth are small and leaf-shaped, and it has no chewing ability. It cuts plants with its horny beak at the front of its mouth and snout, scraping off patches of ground vegetation.

Seeing this, everyone became convinced that this frightening thing really didn't attack people.

They all breathed a sigh of relief and came out from behind the cover.

"Brother Ye, this thing is terrifying! How do you know it won't attack people?"

Zhou Jian wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked.

"Its weight is too great. Animals generally follow the principle of minimizing energy expenditure. We are not on its menu, so it will not attack easily. It has too many bone spurs and plates, and its defenses are maxed out, all to minimize movement and eat quietly."

Shen Ye said.

Sure enough, the big guy just glanced at Shen Ye and his group of ten with curiosity for a few moments, and then went back to eating.

It ate as it walked.

This enormous body was like a human tank, crushing everything in its path.

The side thorns grazed the surrounding trees, leaving scratches.

The six-meter-long body walked past the crowd, and Shen Ye even boldly reached out and gently touched the terrifying bone spurs and the small cone-shaped bone protrusions on the armor skin.

A sense of primitiveness and wildness washes over you.

As a paleontologist with a PhD, the excitement of seeing a real Edmontosaurus in person is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Others followed suit, reaching out to touch its armored skin and bone spikes.

The sensitive tactile nerves in the fingers feel the rough texture created by the magical power of nature.

The six-meter-long body moved over.

Its tail swayed gently from side to side to maintain its balance.

The tail possesses some offensive power; unlike an ankylosaur, it cannot attack with its tail club. Its primary offensive power comes from the bony spikes on its shoulders. This is because the Edmonton ankylosaur belongs to the nodosaur family, not the ankylosaur family.

"Brother Ye, can this thing be tamed like a cow? If I rode this thing out, I would feel incredibly safe!" Zhou Jian asked excitedly.

"Haha, what a damn thought! This isn't just about feeling incredibly safe; a dragon knight, how majestic would that be!"

Mike also became interested and joined the discussion.

The tense atmosphere had eased, but the Korean man remained highly vigilant, unable to blend in.

I didn't notice, but the reporter and his photographer actually took out their phones and snapped a picture of what just happened. Professional habits are hard to break.

The two engineers, however, were discussing a different issue.

"What are you discussing?"

The reporter approached curiously and asked.

"We're wondering, we've been in this world for over twelve hours, but modern people can't contact us at all. Could it be because they simply don't know where we are?"

"That's what the squinting engineer said."

"Isn't this normal? We're separated from the modern world by more than 80 million years. What way could we possibly have to contact people from different times and spaces? Does this even need discussion?"

The professional agent who had been silent all along spoke.

"They can't contact us, but we can contact them," another young engineer said.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at the two of them.

"You guys aren't kidding me?" Mike asked seriously.

Even the Korean man looked over with a puzzled expression. Shen Ye was also slightly surprised. Could it be that this engineer really had some means to contact modern people?

"I'm not kidding. As long as we can leave behind fossil evidence, future humans who dig it up will know we were here and our coordinates. If their technology is advanced enough, they might be able to rescue us!"

"That's what the young engineer said."

"Brother Ye, where can we get fossil evidence?" Zhou Jian asked excitedly.

"Don't get your hopes up too high. Even if we get fossil evidence, people from the future won't be able to travel back in time to find us," Shen Ye said, shaking his head.

"Bullshit! If we can come into this world, why can't they?"

The young engineer directly refuted Shen Ye's statement.

"Let me tell you, we didn't travel back to the Cretaceous period in the past, but to the Cretaceous period of a second universe. This is proposed by conformal cyclic cosmology. Besides, for your theory to hold true, the past, present, and future must simultaneously exist in the block universe theory of four-dimensional spacetime..."

Shen Ye recounted Roosevelt's account and also mentioned the block universe theory mentioned by the young engineer.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent once again.

The young engineer was no longer as certain as before.

Shen Ye sighed and said, "If both the block universe theory and the conformal cyclic universe theory hold true, then mathematically we could go back to the past, but physically it would be almost impossible; even if we could go back to the past, we couldn't change any facts."

"So you mean we can't go back?"

The young engineer asked.

"No, I think it's still possible, just reopen the white hole that sent us to this world!" Shen Ye said.

Everyone fell silent again.

"Alright, I don't think now is the time to discuss this!"

The Korean man said this somewhat irritably.