All Heavens: Starting with the Predator, I'm No Longer Human

With everything ready, Chu Cige didn't waste any time and flew his aircraft toward the location marked "Alice".

It felt as if some ferocious beast was behind them.

For the past two weeks, Rena and Nettini have been so incredibly thirsty, treating him like a milk cow, always wanting to milk him. Who could stand that?

Let's go outside and avoid this place for a while!

The aircraft was very fast, and with its stealth capabilities, it did not encounter any other flying beasts along the way. On the way, he also encountered Icaran (High Mountain Spotted Stream Beast), which was similar to Leon-Styrax in bloodline.

It is a medium-sized flying predator with four wings (two pairs of wing membranes), strong hind limbs, and a tail for balance.

Its most distinctive features are the brightly colored fan-shaped crests on both sides of its head and its hard, sharp beak, like a bird's beak.

Their skin color is predominantly blue, but with bright yellow, green, or purple stripes, and there are significant individual differences.

They inhabit the cliffs of the floating mountain region of Pandora.

They are fierce carnivores that feed on other flying creatures in the air and small land animals.

They have a strong sense of territory and usually live alone.

Chu Cige recalls that in the movie, for the Na'vi tribes such as Omatikaya in the rainforest, successfully taming an Ikalan was a symbolic ceremony marking their formal adulthood, known as the "Ikalan Dance."

The taming process is not simply a matter of feeding or training; it requires the Na'vi to climb a cliff alone, provoke and defeat an Ikalan.

They must fight it and eventually connect their neural braids to the tentacles on the head of the Ikaran, establishing a lifelong neural connection.

Once the bond is established, the Ikalan will only accept this rider for the rest of its life, and the rider will usually only ride this one Ikalan.

Unlike the Heavy Armored Beast, which can be ridden by thousands, even if you tame a Heavy Armored Horse, others can still link up and ride it.

The connection with Ikalan is a unique, lifelong bond based on spiritual connection.

Icarus is very similar to Leon the Stingray, but the size difference is huge. Icarus is a common mount used for daily life, equivalent to a personal "warhorse" or flying machine.

Leonopteryx is a massive, legendary red flying predator. Taming it is a once-in-a-century feat, symbolizing the birth of the "Phantom Knight" who can unify all tribes.

In the movie, the male protagonist tames a Leon-striker, thereby gaining the approval of the new Na'vi chieftain who had been targeting him.

He then delivered a speech that not only earned him the adoration of all the Na'vi, but also rallied other Na'vi tribes in the vicinity to fight against the human invaders.

In the movie, Leon the Stingray performed quite well. It could even drag human aircraft, which shows that it is quite strong. Apart from the fact that the bone above its eyes obstructs its vision, this creature can be said to be a perfect predator.

Moreover, it was precisely because his vision was obstructed by the sky that the male protagonist had the opportunity to subdue it. With the help of Icarus, he flew above Leon the Stingray.

Finding the right opportunity, he leaped off Icarus, landing precisely on Leon-Styrax's back and subduing it in one fell swoop.

When Chu Cige watched the movie, he truly admired Chu Cige's courage. This was no joke; one wrong move and you could be dead, with no trace of your body.

Aside from the obstructed view, the Leon Stingray doesn't seem to have any major drawbacks. As for the limited aerial vision, that only applies if you can fly higher than it, since generally, the Leon Stingray is the one hunting other creatures...

Chu Ci Ge believes that the ancestors of Ikalan and Leon-Style should be the same, but due to different choices on the evolutionary path, they became two organisms with huge differences in size.

Having witnessed the Leon-Striker's arrival first, he wasn't particularly interested in Icarus. After flying alongside it for a while and admiring its graceful flight, he left.

The view of the landscape from high above along the way gave him a profound sense of awe.

He also had to admit how foolish it was that he had been so engrossed in the beauty of women on the spaceship that he had missed the magnificent scenery of Pandora.

Only now, alone, does he realize that, compared to beauty, the wonders of nature can also bring joy.

A massive rocky island, with steep, knife-edged edges and waterfalls and vines covering its base, floats silently in the clouds.

They are not stationary, but rather slowly "float" or "drift" in the air, as if they possess life, following the strong magnetic field of Pandora.

Because the rock formation is rich in water, countless waterfalls cascade down from the edges of the floating mountain.

However, not all of these waterfalls fall into the rainforest below. Many are blown away by strong winds along the way, turning into swirling clouds and rainbows, creating a dreamlike scene where "aerial waterfalls" and "waterfall clouds" intertwine.

The mountain's rocks contain abundant superconducting minerals (which triggered the human invasion). Due to the strong magnetic field interaction between Pandora and the planet Polyphemus (its giant gaseous parent planet), the mountain's surface is often shrouded in a ghostly blue electromagnetic halo, especially at night, flickering like breathing.

Unique plants adapted to the high-altitude environment grow on the mountainside—glowing mosses, ferns, and huge "elf leaves" that resemble pine trees in Chinese ink paintings. They stubbornly extend from the rock crevices, their rugged shapes adding to the ethereal and ancient atmosphere.

As Ikaran's main habitat, the "Floating Mountains" are said to be inspired by Zhangjiajie in China.

Countless blue flying predators nest, court, and soar here, their shrieks echoing through the valley, infusing the tranquil spectacle with wild vitality.

Numerous luminous "wood spirits" and jellyfish-like "whirlwinds" float in the air, forming flowing ribbons of light as they move through the clouds and mountains like schools of fish in the ocean.

The scenery is beautiful, but the environment is extreme.

The intense turbulence, the hidden magnetic storms, and the territorial aggression of Ikaran make this a territory that only the bravest Na'vi riders can venture into.

The Leon-Striker that "Alice" found mainly operated in the most remote and treacherous areas of the Floating Mountain Range.

There are the highest and most isolated floating giant rocks that serve as nests or patrols for their territories, far from the Na'vi's daily paths, overlooking the entire cloud world.

Its environment is extreme and the air currents are complex, making it impossible for ordinary organisms to reach.

Due to the enormous size of Leon-Striker and its flight method, which requires the help of Pandora's strong magnetic field, their habitat is likely to highly overlap with the "magnetic nodes" on the planet where the magnetic field energy is strongest and the superconducting minerals are most concentrated.

This results in the areas where they fly often being accompanied by stronger electromagnetic glow and disturbances.

Fortunately, the Ironblood Clan's technology is advanced, so Chu Cige doesn't need to worry about the spaceship crashing due to magnetic field interference after flying over.

Otherwise, he would have to do what the movie does: get an Ikalan or find a path to climb up himself, which would waste so much time!

In the time he would have spent climbing that mountain, he could probably have played a couple of games with Nettini...