The End of the Paleozoic Era Chapter 2010: Shriveled

"Veronica... this place seems a little scary... I feel like a ghost might come out..."

Under the shining stars, Lin and Bilu, wearing protective suits, are moving in a pile of... ruins.

This place has a name 'Research Station 10'.

However, what Lin and Bilu saw at the moment were only some abandoned buildings.

These buildings are very much like... containers, with openings and cracks all over them, as if they had been torn apart by some ferocious beast.

According to the research manual, this place is not destroyed. Instead, it is said that this is a research station with many researchers...

In other words, this place must have been attacked recently.

Bilu followed Lin with fear, and Lin walked to a broken building and looked inside through the cracks in the shell...

You can see scattered daily necessities everywhere, such as beds, chairs, and the skeleton of Ershimin.

"Wow, there are bones!" Bilu said, "but it's not a ghost. I was scared for nothing."

"..."Lin continued to look for a few seconds, and when she didn't find anything interesting, she turned and walked to the other side.

The buildings here... are all in similar condition, it looks like there's nothing special about this research station... whatever attacked them is probably gone.

Lin decided to go to the next location, which was more than ten kilometers away from here, so Lin wanted to find...a means of transportation.

Looking around, Lin soon found an all-terrain vehicle not far away, with a skeleton lying on the main driver's seat.

"It seems to be able to still drive." Lin took Bilu to the vehicle, poked the driving panel and found that the fuel inside was almost running out, so Lin moved the skeleton lying on the car away and sat on it.

"This car looks quite new, like a small tank!"

Bilu jumped onto the passenger seat. In fact, it was just a small car that was moved by a belly belt and could only accommodate two people.

Starting the vehicle's engine, Lin and Bilu left the ruined research station and drove outside.

Leaving the research station built in the small valley, the car moved quickly on the gravel plain. Although Lin was driving, she was not looking forward, but mainly paying attention to the environment on both sides.

Here you can see a lot of small luminous objects floating in the air. Their shapes are different, making Lin feel that this is a bit like a deep-sea environment. These luminous objects... are like creatures in the deep sea.

It seems that there is indeed a rich variety of creatures here.

"What? Did Veronica say anything?" Bilu suddenly said this to Lin.

"...No." Lin glanced at Bilu, who looked around with a puzzled look on her face, but she was not looking at the scenery, but...

"It seems like there is a sound..." Bilu kept looking around, and suddenly it turned its head to the front and shouted, "Be careful!"

A huge rock appeared in front of the vehicle, and Lin immediately turned around and avoided it.

...a little strange.

Because this car has an intelligent system, nothing will happen no matter the direction Lin drives it, but just now... it seemed that the system failed.

The turning vehicle drove into a valley. Some sharp stone pillars appeared in front from time to time, and Lin had to maneuver to avoid them.

It seems... the system really failed. If Lin doesn't take any action, the vehicle will not dodge automatically.

"Be careful! There's a hole there!" Bilu suddenly shouted, but Lin didn't see the hole in front...

"Strange? This car can even float over the hole?"

Bilu said this when the vehicle passed a flat ground ahead.

Lin turned her head and looked carefully at Bilu's eyes. Lin noticed that there were some...light and shadows flashing in them.

I see.

Lin took out the lightsaber that had been hanging on her waist, opened the shining blade, and chopped it directly at Bilu's head...

"Bang!" However, before that, Lin's hand was hit and the lightsaber in her hand flew into the air.

Lin could see...that this was caused by a strange-looking creature.

Its shape somewhat resembles a shriveled and skinny... old Ershimin, less than one meter tall, who is now standing on the trunk of a car.

Because the car had no roof, it stood there just enough to knock the lightsaber out of Lin's hand.

...Is this also a local organism? It looks quite like a cellular organism.

"Wow! A monster appears!" Although Bilu was not hit by the lightsaber, it seemed to have returned to normal. It took out the blade and looked at the shriveled creature.

The shriveled creature suddenly jumped backwards, rolled off the moving car, and avoided Bilu's slash.

"Don't even think about running away!"

Bilu screamed and jumped off the car. Its physical strength allowed it to land steadily on the ground. Then Bilu chased the creature that jumped out of the car and ran away.

At this time, Lin also stopped the car, got out and chased after Bilu who was chasing the creature.

"Don't run! I'm going to kill you!"

Bilu yelled, the low gravity environment here gave it much greater speed than before, and that shriveled creature...

Run slower than Bilu.

So it was quickly caught up by Bilu, who raised his sword and was about to chop it down...

But before that, a ray of light flashed across Bilu's head.

"Ouch? What happened to me?"

Bilu was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Lin holding the lightsaber and said, "Classmate Veronica... am I..."

"It's all right now."

Lin put away her lightsaber and looked at the shriveled creature in front of her.

This creature was almost chopped by Bilu just now, and now it is lying on the ground in fear...

Lin thought she could study it first.

Looking closely, this creature is indeed very... shriveled. It looks like a creature that was originally full of water but has lost its water. This appearance can cause fear among the Ershi people.

But now Bilu is not very scared.

Just when Lin was about to reach out to grab it, she found that it suddenly made a strange movement.

It raised its dry hands to a level higher than its head and shook them continuously.

This gesture means surrender to the Ershi people, but to this kind of creature... it seems like summoning companions.

Because Lin discovered that there were many of these creatures around.

They slowly approached this side, while making the same shaking hand gesture.

"Hehe, do you think you can scare me like this?" Bilu pointed the blade at the creatures around her and said, "Classmate Veronica, let's show them what the real ..."

"Wow!" Suddenly, a scream rang out, interrupting Bilu's voice.

To be precise...it wasn't really a scream, but a kind of...

An effect that rings directly in the brain.