The End of the Paleozoic Era Chapter 2048: Gathering Mist

"Our civilization has developed to a very high level, and the pace of progress is increasing."

"But the more we know, the smaller we find ourselves."

"We have to find a way out..."

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"Killed."

"Killed? Veronica, what killed someone?"

This is... a cave.

Lin's Veronica and Bilu had just found this place in the gravel wasteland, so they stayed here to rest temporarily.

While staying here, Lin was also paying attention to the situation in the distance, which was the ball of fluff that had just been sent out.

When the ball was observing the activities of the group of "rats", he found that a cloud of fog was approaching him. This cloud of fog... was actually very dangerous.

It wrapped around Lin's pompom and began attacking the pompom's epidermis from the outside.

In fact, its attack method is very simple, which is... explosion.

This ball of fog will continue to explode, blasting the ball of fluff from the outside to the inside, and because this ball of fluff has no special defensive capabilities... it can be easily destroyed.

However, what Lin found more interesting was that when this fog approached, Lin would feel a "cold" feeling.

This feeling is not actually cold, but an emotional feeling similar to cold...

This effect was very interesting, and Lin wanted to study it more, but the mist blew the pompom away.

I have seen a lot of similar fogs before, but they were not aggressive, while this one was aggressive... But Lin felt that they were all the same.

Because before being blown up, Lin also detected the characteristics of these fog balls, and they were actually very similar to... the shadows of corpse-crafting insects.

They should be phenomena unique to local organisms. There are many tiny particles in their bodies, which will float out under certain circumstances.

The corpseworms seem to be able to actively control the release of these particles, while other creatures such as mice cannot.

Lin also noticed that the mist they produced would drift towards one place.

"Veronica, there are a lot of...ghosts outside."

Lin heard Bilu's voice, so she walked towards the entrance of the cave where Bilu was.

When I arrived at the cave entrance and looked out, I could see large clouds of fog in the sky. They were flying in groups over the wasteland, and all flying in one direction.

Here you can also see the targets they are flying to.

It was a huge rock more than a hundred meters away. The rock was more than ten meters high and six meters wide, like a pillar with many holes on it, and the fog balls were all drilling into the holes.

"This is quite spectacular, Veronica..." Looking at the fog floating in the sky, Bilu exclaimed, because this phenomenon... is indeed quite special.

"Who...are you?"

A voice suddenly came from behind Lin and Bilu. It came from an Ershi people.

This Ershimin... was dragged all the way here by Lin, and it finally woke up.

With a puzzled look on its face, it walked behind Lin and said, "Where is this place? Where on earth am I..."

"...It seems to be fine." Lin poked its head and said, "Don't you feel any strong thoughts?"

"Strong thoughts? What does that mean?"

It seems that this Ershimin... maybe because it has left the village, it will not have the 'symptoms' of recovering its memory.

When they were in the village before, they would recover their memories when they came into contact with the protective clothing, but it was not just the memory that was restored, there were also some other side effects.

That is to create a very strong desire...to make them want to run away.

And this thought was not caused by the protective suit, but by some... things there.

There are many other creatures there, not just rats, but they are not so conspicuous...

Lin felt that some of the houses there were 'alive'.

"Do you remember everything now?" Bilu said to Ershimin, "For example, who are you?"

"I... I remember!" Ershimin suddenly said excitedly: "We have been locked up, and then..."

This Ershimin recalled everything that had happened before, and these things were similar to what Lin knew.

That is... they were imprisoned, and then they encountered creatures who came to discuss civilization with them, and they kept losing their memories until now...

Ershimin thought about recent events and let out a cry of surprise.

"And then we were attacked, and then...what the hell is going on? How did I get here?"

"You were dragged here by us." Bilu briefly told the Ershimin what had happened before.

The more Ershimin listened, the more surprised he became, and a very sad expression appeared on his face: "This... Could it be that all my companions have already..."

"Yeah, those little mouse-like monsters are so..."

'Boom!' Suddenly, a vibration interrupted Bilu's voice.

Along with this vibration, the shadows of the fog floating in the sky also underwent... changes, and their flying speed became much faster.

It flew towards the stone with many holes in it at almost twice the speed as before...

And that stone also underwent some changes.

It began to shake, and cracks spread rapidly around it. It looked like a large part of the stone was underground, and it was now trying to twist its body to get out.

"Boom!" With another tremor, the cracks exploded.

That piece of stone...also suddenly rose from the ground, and along with it, the huge...body buried underground.

This looks like a giant...creature.

This creature is as big as a hill, more than 30 meters tall, and looks very much like... a creature called the loblolly bug.

However, its skin is exactly the same color as the ground and appears to be made of rock.

There are many protruding stones on its back, and the largest one is the one that was standing on the ground and into which many fog balls flew.

Because of the densely packed stones on its back, Lin thought it looked like... a bug.

Otherwise it's just a stink bug.

It was buried in the ground just now, with only the largest pieces exposed on the ground, as if it was specially used to collect fog.

I don't know if it's for eating or has any other uses.

"It... is it!" Seeing this creature that looked like a giant bug, Ershimin, who was standing behind Lin and Bilu, seemed very... excited.

"It was the one that discussed...civilized matters with us before!"

"What? It's this?" Bilu asked doubtfully, "Are you sure it's this...monster?"

"Yes, my memory was always vague before..." Er Shimin said, "But when I saw it, I remembered it. It must be this, but..."