Chapter 624: Distant Claw Marks

Walking among the undulating hills and valleys of the Relics Ridge, Gordon felt a little numb on his scalp.

During the time he stayed in the Dragon Calendar Institute, he had done a lot of tasks such as investigating various relics or escorting the archaeological team to excavate relics. He had been to countless hunting grounds with relics.

Latio Volcano, ancient fortress ruins, ruins plain, underground caves

But the density of relics here is the highest.

Even in the Relics Plain named after "Relics", various relics can only be seen everywhere, dotted on the plain.

And the Relics Ridge can basically be regarded as a whole, a group of super-giant relics, which may be ancient cities or some facilities, covered by the dust and vegetation of time.

No matter where you stand, you can always see bricks after digging a few meters down.

This greatly increases the difficulty of the investigation.

All the hunters on the Dragon Knowledge ship were dispatched, and there were less than 30 archaeologists who were traveling with them. How long would it take to explore the area of ​​nearly 100 square kilometers?

"Don't worry too much."

Ms. Duda, who was traveling with Gordon and Anshil, was not a nerdy scholar who didn't understand the ways of the world. She saw Gordon's worries.

"The Relics Ridge is too big. We certainly can't investigate it all in a dragnet manner."

Climbing down the mountain and the valley, Ms. Duda was much more agile than the hunters imagined. She explained while flexibly climbing over a broken wall:

"In fact, before the Dragon Calendar Institute became independent from the Scribes, archaeological surveys on the Relics Ridge had been conducted several times.

It's just that the Relics Ridge is too high. Even if you don't consider climbing the peak, it's very difficult to send people up.

In addition, this relic is not valuable enough. It's difficult to discover any meaningful relics or technology. There is no profit and lack of sponsorship, so it will gradually stop."

This statement made Gordon think of the ancient fort ruins.

"What is valuable?" Anshil, who was responsible for vigilance in the rear, asked casually.

"It's hard to say. This is a rather vague concept. You know the so-called 'Ancient Era', right? At that time, the level of development of human civilization was far beyond the current level. There were too many technologies that modern people cannot fully understand. For example, the epitaph sword behind you, Gordon.

There are not many ancient era relics with great excavation significance. The scattered ruins of the Latio Volcano count as one, the Sky Corridor in the Sea of ​​Trees counts as one, and the Sky Mountain counts as one. The pyramid of the Submerged Forest is relatively late, so it can barely be counted. By the way, there is also the one that Lingfeng just discovered in the past two years.

These ancient relics have high archaeological value, such as the inexhaustible protective stones of the Latio Volcano, the alchemy and aviation technology extracted by people in the Sky Mountain ruins, the records of the history of dragon creatures in the Sky Corridor, and so on.

Of course, it is not absolute. For example, the biggest gain of the Submerged Forest Pyramid is only murals and stone carvings, which is more 'artistic'. ' aspect. "

Ms. Duda came to a high point, pulled out a telescope and looked into the distance, then continued:

"As for the so-called 'worthless' relics, some are not old enough, only hundreds to thousands of years old. The civilization that created these relics is the same as ours, and the technology is also inherited from the same lineage. There are not many things that can be extracted in reverse, such as the ancient fortress relics.

Some of them also originated from the ancient times, but they may be residential areas, such as the relics of the Yiqun Ridge where we are currently. Apart from the architectural relics themselves, there are not many valuable things.

According to the sponsor, it is just a pile of useless broken bricks.

Although we archaeologists are very interested in relics, it is difficult to advance large-scale archaeological activities without funding. "

Gordon shrugged. If he was a sponsor, he would not be too happy to pay for these old bricks under his feet.

After confirming the location, Ms. Duda put away the telescope and said with a smile: "However, these so-called 'worthless' ruins often have some interesting things because they are not thoroughly investigated."

"For example, the ruins of Ge Mantis?"

An Xier chuckled and continued, which earned a roll of the eyes from Ms. Duda.

"In short, the excavation value of the Yiqunling is not high, well, at least in the eyes of the sponsor, but the archaeologists at that time also marked some key locations.

Our task is to investigate those key locations. You two guys are upper-level hunters, so our group is assigned to a more dangerous area."

"How dangerous will it be?" An Xier asked.

"Not sure." Ms. Duda replied: "There are many peach-haired beasts nearby, but it is said that Tyrannosaurus Rex has also appeared."

". Then we really have to be alert."

"Wait a minute."

Gordon, who was walking in front to clear the way, suddenly raised his hand. Duda immediately stopped, and An Xier also deployed the heavy crossbow to guard.

Gordon came to a corner of a brick column, where there was a huge claw mark.

He roughly estimated the size and depth of the claw mark with his palm, and then looked at the surrounding environment for a few times, and Gordon's expression became strange.

Anxier came to him with Duda as a guard, glanced at the claw mark, and frowned.

"What's wrong? What kind of monster's scratch is this?" Duda asked in a low voice, with a hint of nervousness in his tone.

Anxier whispered to Gordon: "It doesn't look like a flying dragon species. A flying dragon species shouldn't leave scratches at such a high position?"

"Well, sometimes the fire dragon will rise up in the air and scratch its claws, but the shape of the fire dragon's claw marks is not like this."

"Beast dragon species? Teeth beast species?"

"I also thought of the Dino Tyrannosaurus and the Peach-Hair Beast King. The Dino-Tyrannosaurus could catch it here when it jumped up, but it would probably break along with the pillar, while the Peach-Hair Beast King's claw marks would not be so deep.

Do you think it's more like, well, a tooth dragon species? "

"You mean Thunder Wolf Dragon?" Ancier looked even more surprised, "Can Thunder Wolf Dragon come here?"

"That's why I find it strange, but don't you think the claw marks are similar in shape?"

"Indeed."

Anhil pinched his chin. During the time they were in Jieyun Village, they hunted a lot of Thunder Wolf Dragons, and they were very familiar with the shape of the Thunder Wolf Dragon's claw marks.

Pig Chop sniffed around, "It smells like urine, and the smell is very similar to that of a cat. It could really be a thunder wolf dragon cat, and it could be a mark of its territory."

Gordon stared at the claw marks and muttered to himself: "The guild said that the thunder wolf dragons were spreading in all directions, but they didn't expect it to spread so far.

Can that thing cross the sea?

In a few years, won’t we be able to see their footprints even in the New World? "

An Xil thought for a while and said: "It's possible that there have been people who have migrated away from their original place of residence. Isn't there already someone near Yanhuo Village?

It's just that the number is very small, and they went to the deep mountains and old forests, so no one discovered it. After the chaos in Lingfeng, the group really spread. "

"Too."

Noticing Ms. Duda's nervousness, Gordon smiled and comforted, "It's okay, it may be a five-star dangerous monster. Even if we encounter it, it won't be difficult for the two of us to deal with it.

Just in case, Ms. Duda, you'd better ride on Gale's back. That monster is very fast, but the Tooth Hound can ensure your safety. "

"All right."

Ms. Duda carefully climbed up Lifeng's back, and Lifeng turned around and licked her. Although the saliva dripped from her mouth was a bit disgusting, the tension in her heart also dissipated a lot.

"Pork Chop Gale, pay attention to the smell. Ancier is alert to the rear and the air. We will complete the investigation as soon as possible."