Chapter 600 Golden Silk Thread

Pig Chop's safe return finally put Gordon and his team's worries at ease.

When the former reported on the underground cave, Gordon specially called Ms. Duda over.

Exploring unknown areas is what the scholars of the Dragon Calendar Academy are most concerned about. They dream of discovering some new relics.

But after listening carefully to Pig Chop's report, Ms. Duda frowned.

"According to the description, the caves under this relic do not look like man-made relics, but more like naturally formed hollow landforms.

Little Pig Chop, have you found any traces of man-made creations?"

"Yes, meow!"

Pig Chop pulled out the map it drew, "In these areas, meow, I found many man-made remains, meow, brick and stone building fragments, large metal components, all of them, meow."

Speaking of this, Pig Chop thought for a while and added, "The areas where these man-made objects are distributed overlap with the areas where those golden beetles appeared, meow.

I don't know if there is any connection between the two, meow."

Ms. Duda nodded slowly, "If so, it is also possible that ancient craftsmen built something around this naturally formed cave."

After Ms. Duda finished speaking, Gordon also spoke.

Compared to the ruins, he was more concerned about those golden beetle monsters.

"Pork Chop, do those golden beetles communicate with each other?"

"Meow?"

"Let me put it more directly. Do you think these monsters are social? Do they live in groups like the velociraptors? Or do they fight alone or even compete with each other?"

Pork Chop scratched his beard, "I'm not sure, meow. Should they live in groups? But not necessarily, meow. Those beetles are not too close to each other."

"I hope they don't live in groups, otherwise it will be a lot of trouble if a fight breaks out." Ansel whispered.

Speaking of the unknown golden beetle, Ms. Duda also seemed to be quite concerned.

Although her main research direction is in archaeology, as a scholar of the Dragon Calendar Institute, she also has a deep understanding of the types of monsters and their evolution.

"From the sketch Ansel drew for me before, this creature, which is suspected to be a beetle, has a very primitive body structure and is likely to be an ancient species that has become extinct or has never been discovered.

If there is a chance, I hope you can bring back some specimens. The old guys in the paleontological research department will be very happy, and the chief researcher will not be stingy with rewards."

If you say that, we won't be sleepy.

Gordon exchanged glances with Ansel and prepared to find a chance to kill one, at least bring back a leg.

After the report, Gordon asked Pork Chop to go to bed early, and he discussed with Ansel and Ms. Duda until late at night to determine the exploration process of the underground cave.

He had a hunch that some surprises were waiting for them in the underground cave.

In the pitch-black cave where humans could not see their hands in front of their faces, a spark lit up.

"Squeak."

Gordon lit the flint and ignited the wick of the kerosene lamp. The orange-red flame drove away the darkness within a range of dozens of meters.

"Swoosh~."

Gordon whistled, "This underground cave is really higher and more spacious than I thought."

An Xier also lit a kerosene lamp, but he didn't hold it himself. Instead, he hung it on Liefeng and used it as a mobile light source.

Looking around with the light of the fire, Gordon quickly came to a conclusion, "It is a naturally formed cave. I don't know whether the ancients built a fortress on this unstable terrain intentionally or accidentally."

An Xier ignored Gordon's sigh. He was a very efficient person. "Pig Chop leads the way. Let's go to the place where you said that the man-made remains were found first."

"Okay meow!"

The group moved in a compact formation.

Unlike the previous cautious exploration alone, this time with companions around, Pig Chop led the way quickly.

Not long after, they came to the cave area where the man-made objects in Pig Chop's mouth were scattered everywhere and golden beetles were active. The exploration operation officially began.

There are all kinds of messy building fragments and metal structures nearby, but no trace of golden beetles was found.

Gordon guessed that it might be because of the time.

Yesterday, when Pork Chop explored the ruins, it was afternoon to night, and now it is morning, those golden beetles may have gone to other places.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for hunters.

Although they did come with the idea of ​​"taking some biological specimens back", it is better to do it before leaving the underground cave.

Otherwise, the movement of the battle is likely to attract other beetles and affect subsequent exploration.

What is this thing? It looks like a wheel made of steel? The diameter is almost 20 meters, so big!

What is this thing? Is it a bronze statue?

Why is there a cannon? !

The more Gordon explored, the more strange it felt. These metal structures have no connection with each other, and they are all very heavy. They should not appear together.

Could it be that this underground cave is a garbage dump where ancient people discarded metal waste? Or a smelting site for recycling metal?

"Gordon, come and take a look."

Gordon, who was looking around the large-caliber artillery, heard Ansel's call and walked over quickly.

"Take a look at these." Ansel pointed to a large piece of building debris in front of him.

This building debris, which was as big as a two-story house, was built with gray-yellow bricks. Gordon frowned and felt a sense of déjà vu.

"Is this true?"

"Well, it should be part of the city wall of the ancient village ruins. The specifications of the bricks and the degree of weathering are the same." Anhil said while touching the broken pieces of the city wall.

Gordon squatted down, inspected the section of the lower city wall fragments, and then emphatically confirmed the condition of the ground beneath the lower city wall fragments.

His expression gradually became serious, "The cross section is relatively new. Judging from the traces on the ground, it should have just fallen here not long ago, if I am not wrong."

"Yes, it should be part of the ancient wall of the ancient village that was eaten by the mechanical beast before." An Xir continued.

After that, he tilted his head towards Gordon and said, "Let's take a look at this again."

Anhil led Gordon to a much smaller piece of building debris. Gordon's brows furrowed even more.

Different from the gray and yellow bricks that can be seen everywhere in the ruins of the ancient village, this building is made of broken pieces and blue stone bricks, which obviously came from elsewhere.

"This kind of bluish-gray stone is not found in desert areas, but it is more common in the Xiuret area in the northern part of the continent, all the way to East Dorumana." Anhil added next to him:

"Not to mention other pieces, this fragment alone weighs at least several tons. It is not easy to transport, and no one will spend a lot of effort to transport these worthless building fragments."

"It must be that mechanical behemoth. It has the habit of destroying city walls and devouring them. It may have chewed them off from other places and vomited them here."

"What an incomprehensible habit."

"yes."

"Woof!"

Gordon and Ancil were discussing when they suddenly heard the barking of the strong wind.

The big dog ran over, grabbed the edge of Ancier's armor, and dragged him to a huge stone pillar lying on the ground.

It slapped the stone pillar with its paws and stuck out its tongue, as if asking for credit.

Gordon looked intently.

By the light of the oil lamp, he discovered that there were some golden silk threads stuck to the place where the strong wind beat.