Chapter 236 Deep Under the Salt

"It's...the taste of meat..."

This is a dark cave.

Although the time should have come to daylight, the place was still dark, and only the light of the video device in his hand could barely illuminate the surrounding environment.

Scholars have experienced two days and nights in this dark environment.

It found water and food here. In front of the scholar, there was a small pit that looked like a dry pool, and a strange plant grew in it.

The scholar chased Yanyu to this place before, and although he lost it, he found that this plant was edible, and it tasted a lot like... meat.

So the scholar had satisfied its own hunger, but it soon encountered a new problem... the problem of energy.

Its video installation is almost out of power, and scholars rely almost entirely on this thing, whether it's to scare off predators, or find water, or "No", find food and lighting, etc. things must be done by the device. Finish……

Without it, scholars feel like they can't survive a day and a night.

Therefore, it has to find a way to get out of here, and only by contacting the light can it replenish its energy.

Thinking, the scholar stood up, although it felt a little tired, but now is not the time to sleep.

It has to find a way out faster...

...One step, two steps, the scholar walked in the cave tunnel covered with soft white sand, it remembered that it had encountered many cave openings leading to the ground before, but now it has no way to get there.

Because it lost its way while chasing Yanyu. It has no idea where it is now. Although it is said that the image has the function of recording the map. But because of energy, scholars have not turned on this function very much.

So, it doesn't know how to go now...

"here is……"

While thinking about it, the scholar found that he had come to a wonderful place. The ground here was covered with sharp stalagmites. These stalagmites were generally one meter high, and some stalagmites were hung with something like pieces of meat.

"It smells so good..."

at the same time,

Scholars smell the fragrance. It approached a stalagmite with a piece of meat stuck at the tip, which was dry but had a faint aroma on it.

Makes scholars want to... take a bite and try.

However, it will not eat such strange things casually. How this thing came from is still unclear. It may be the trap of some creatures. In this non-random world, everything appears. Not surprisingly.

The scholar continued to walk deeper into the cave. There are more and more stalagmites here, and every ten stalagmites has a piece of meat stuck in it.

The taste of these pieces of meat tempts scholars. But the scholar held back his thoughts of wanting to eat. These stalagmites looked too suspicious. Although they looked like stones, the scholar felt that they were like creatures waiting to be hunted.

Scholars think that the Xumin race has not eaten real meat for a long time, and the 'meat' eaten now is basically synthesized by algae, so the allure of meat will not be so great...

"what!"

While thinking about it, the scholar found that he accidentally kicked a stalagmite. The stalagmite instantly opened into three petals like a flower, each petal was full of serrations, and it bit the scholar's leg in one fell swoop.

The scholar slammed hard at the 'stalagmite' that was biting his leg. It suddenly let out a strange cry, released the scholar's leg and shrank to the ground.

"Sure enough..."

The scholar quickly took a few steps back while examining the wound on his leg.

These things are quite dangerous...but their hunting method seems to be aimed at small creatures, so it can't swallow the scholar in one bite, just bite the leg.

Looking at the injury on the lower leg, I confirmed that there is no major problem. This is one of the advantages of dense bone creatures, and it is not easy to hurt them with ordinary attacks.

The scholar immediately accelerated and walked forward. It carefully avoided the stalagmites. The scholar found that as long as they approached a little, the stalagmites would respond, and they would vibrate slightly, as if preparing to attack...

Finally, after walking for a while, the scholar left the stalagmite area, and there was a downward slope in front.

"After walking for so long, did it go deeper and deeper..."

Looking at the slope ahead, the scholar hesitated whether to go down. If he went back, he would have to pass the place where the stalagmites hung with meat...

There's no way... thinking, the scholar walked towards the slope.

"Ah!" At the moment when he stepped on the slope, the scholar suddenly felt his foot slip, and his entire body rolled down with it!

In the rapid rolling, the scholar tried to grab the ground to stop his body, but he found that there were very slippery sand particles under him, and he couldn't stop at all.

'Boom! ’

It wasn't until the scholar bumped into something that its stature stopped.

"This is..." The scholar scratched his head and felt a little dizzy. After it stood up, it found that there were a lot of white stones in front of it.

The scholar grabbed a stone, and when it was squeezed with a little force, the stone was crushed into powder in one fell swoop.

"So that's it... There was supposed to be a big, but very brittle stone here, and I knocked it apart after hitting it?"

The scholar patted the dust on his body and stood up. It looked around. It was a white cave again, but this time it seemed that it didn't need to turn on the video device for lighting.

In front of the scholar, countless fluorescent objects filled his field of vision. On the walls of the cave, a large number of fungi grew. These fungi had various shapes and exuded brilliant light.

Watching their radiance, the scholar walked over slowly, and under the illumination of the fungus, it took out the video installation.

The fluorescence of the fungus should have no way to charge the device, but the scholar still wanted to test it, so he came under the biggest "fungus wall".

There are huge numbers of fungi, of different shapes and types, covering the walls of the cave with various colors.

Under this wonderful scene, the scholar took out a video device to charge the fungus. Generally speaking, most light can be charged, but it needs to be strong enough.

While charging, scholars were also observing these creatures, and it suddenly discovered a very wonderful scene.

"This mycelium... is moving?"

On the walls covered with tiny mycelium, scholars found that they were wriggling little by little, intertwined, and felt like a large pile of tiny worms.

"Is this... impossible..."

The scholar has read the information on the plague fungus, and some things in the information are very similar to the situation here... The scholar couldn't help but take a few steps back when he thought of this, but it quickly calmed down.

Because, the scholars thought of the information of another kind of creature. That kind of creature is also a fungus. Although it can also creep, it is not so dangerous. However, this kind of creeping fungus cannot grow by itself. They need specific creatures to grow them. that is……

"Guru?"

There was a sound behind the scholar, and the scholar hurriedly looked back, and it saw a small creature.

This creature is ten centimeters long and looks like a beetle, but the strange thing is that they only have four limbs, which may be the arthropod with the fewest limbs.

Moreover, the shell on its body emits a star-like fluorescence, which looks almost exactly the same as the light of the fungus.

Just as the scholar saw the creature, the creature noticed the scholar, and under its strange cry, more beetles appeared around.

"This is... Chibcha worm!" Scholars have read the information on these creatures.

These creatures were first discovered on the Northern Continent, but there are similar subspecies on other islands, one of which once had a symbiotic relationship with the plague fungus.

But after the plague fungus disappeared, they still didn't get rid of the fungus completely, they planted another fungus, entered a new symbiotic relationship with that fungus, and lived somewhere.

Where exactly they lived, scholars have not seen the relevant information, but from the current point of view, they obviously live in this place, and their body size has changed from what the scholars see in the materials.

But only one arthropod has so few limbs that scholars can be sure of their identity.

Chibcha worms have gathered more and more now, and they seem to be very curious about scholars gathered in this place, and scholars also know that they should be intelligent creatures and should be able to communicate.

But how should we communicate?

"Kickkick..."

Suddenly, a Chibcha worm made a strange sound, which seemed to be produced by rubbing the elytra behind them against each other, and when the first worm made a sound, other worms made a similar sound.

"Kickkick..."

Strange voices echoed throughout the cave, making scholars feel uncomfortable listening to them.

"This is!" The scholar suddenly felt something behind it, and when he turned his head, he found that the fungal wall behind him was also covered with a large number of Chibcha bugs.

While making noises, they slowly surrounded the scholars...

………………

"Where is this place?"

When he opened his eyes again, the scholar found himself in a strange place.

It was still dark around it, apparently still in a cave environment, but there was a faint light illuminating the surroundings, allowing it to see clearly.

"I remember……"

The scholar remembered that it was surrounded by a large number of Chibcha worms, and then passed out for some reason, and then...

"What is this?"

The scholar suddenly noticed that the surrounding light seemed to be emanating from his body. The scholar quickly raised his hand to take a look. (To be continued...)

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