Chapter 1281 Return to Baden Wetland

Medea nodded in agreement, and then asked him where to find the other two petrified creatures—"kistas" and "petrified cows."

"Sista is the only marine creature among all the fossilized creatures that we know of."

"It is said that this strange creature looks like a huge sea snake. The front part of the torso is forked, and two snake heads extend out. At the node of the fork, there is also a human-like face."

"This human face in the center of the body, if you open your eyes, you can shoot out a sight that turns you into a rock in an instant," Joan said.

"This sounds like another version of 'Petrified Gaze'." Medea said softly, stroking the snake's hair.

Joan nodded, and continued: "Although Kista looks vicious, it is not an evil creature. In a place called 'Eagle Island' in the North Bay area of ​​the Old World, someone once saw it in a nearby harbor. Kista's trail."

"Northern Gulf is located in the northernmost part of the Far East. Let's go to Gudi Village to inquire about the habitat of the cockatrice, and then send it to North Gulf to try our luck. It happened to be on the way."

Medea has no objection to Joan's planned travel route.

"As for the last experimental subject, the 'Petrochemical Bull', also known as the 'Bronze Bull' or 'Steel Bull', is said to be a powerful monster that looks like a bull and is covered in metal armor. Contains potent toxins."

"If the creature that inhales this poisonous smoke is not strong enough, its flesh and blood will harden in just a few seconds and it will turn into a stone statue."

"The petrified cow's attack method is different from other petrified creatures. It does not cause petrification through wounds, nor does it transmit magic power through sight. It sounds like a respiratory infection... But in general, it is still closer to the unicorn and chicken. The petrification mode of snake beasts is, after all, a poison attack."

"Petrified cattle usually live in desolate mountains or plateaus. Unfortunately, the exact sighting location is not given in the literature, and I don't know where to look for this very rare magical beast."

Joan closed the notebook helplessly.

Medea seemed quite optimistic, and said with a smile: "Let's get rid of the unicorn, cockatrice, and Kista that have clear sightings first. As for the petrified cow, just inquire slowly in the future, and we will always find it."

Qiao An nodded silently. There are only so many clues at present, so he can only take one step at a time.

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In the midsummer of August, under the scorching sun, the vast Baden Marsh is shrouded in smoky moisture. Through the transpiration, lush rushes and reeds can be seen everywhere.

The accumulated water in the wetland flows eastward slowly. The closer to the estuary where Asa Bay is located, the higher the salinity in the wetland, and the local vegetation also changes accordingly. The freshwater shrubs gradually become scarce, replaced by large patches of roots Overgrown mangroves.

Surface time, August 8th, ten thirty in the morning.

In the hinterland of the swamp, which has always been inaccessible on weekdays, a beam of bright teleportation light suddenly rose, and four figures appeared from it.

The one who performed the "teleportation technique" was a slim girl in a green slim-fit robe and a white headscarf.

Following the pretty sorceress out of the beam of light was a stone-blind barbarian female warrior with light gray complexion and a black ribbon covering her eyes, and a dark sound-deaf monster with an obsidian collar on her head and neck.

The last one to appear was a handsome young man, wearing a black cloak-style robe with silver trim, indicating that he was a student of the Academy of Arcane Law of Midgard University.

"Joan, is this the Baden Wetland?" Medea looked around with great interest, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes, "The wetlands in the surface world are indeed different from our abyssal mud, with brighter light and different types of plants. More."

Joan straightened the hood of the cloak with his backhand, and a red mosquito flew out from the hood whistling lowly. Its tiny body swelled into the air, and in a blink of an eye it became a hybrid form with a mosquito head and a human body with wings on its back. .

"Brother Qiao An, this place looks familiar! If Ruby remembers correctly, flying more than sixty miles northwest from here is the hot spring town resort. We can go to the 'Happy Palace' Hotel to soak in the hot springs, by the way Eat a big watermelon to satisfy your hunger!"

"Miss Ruby" shouted excitedly, eyes shining.

"We're not here for vacation. We don't have time to soak in the hot springs. It's more important to get down to business." Joan said to Ruby.

Gray Bird stood behind Ruby, looking dazed and at a loss.

Since she was born, this was the first time she had left the Underdark and set foot on the surface world. She was bathed in the summer sun and was warmed by the scorching sun from head to toe. The underground environment is so different that it feels unreal, like being in a dream.

At this moment, Ruby's surprise cry came from Gray Bird's ear.

"Sister Gray Bird, look at Gray Bird!"

Gray Bird was at a loss, and didn't understand what Ruby meant by this. Could it be that he was joking with himself with homonyms?

In an instant, she heard a crisp chirping sound in her ears.

In Gray Bird's memory, there is no creature in the underground world that can make such a melodious call. Maybe this is the kind of surface bird named "bird" that Ruby mentioned just now?

Gray Bird held his breath, using his sense of hearing and smell to feel the bird that was about 20 feet away from him, standing on a bush branch and chirping. Using echolocation, he traced the shape of the bird in the consciousness space contour.

The real bird is not quite in line with her previous imagination, but Gray Bird is still very happy, after all, it is the first time in her life that she has seen a living bird, and she has a new feeling for her name——Grey Bird. understand.

Joan looked at the little bird on the branch, and after a little observation, he recognized that it was a gray magpie. No wonder Rubit reminded the gray bird to pay attention to that "gray bird".

"What a beautiful little magpie! The color of the feathers on the back is the same as the skin color of Sister Gray Bird, which is a soft light gray with luster, the feathers on the head are dark brown, and the feathers on the wings are bright steel blue." Ruby excitedly say.

Medea glanced at Gray Magpie, smiled wryly and said, "Ruby, your description is very vivid, but it's a pity that Gray Magpie can't understand the colors you mentioned."

Regardless of relying on smell, hearing, or tremor perception to replace vision, "blindsight" abilities have an insurmountable drawback. They can only roughly trace the outline of objects, but they cannot distinguish rich and vivid colors like healthy eyes.

When Ruby described the gray magpie's feathers, what colors were "dark brown" and "steel blue"?

Gray Bird couldn't imagine it at all.