Chapter 864 Giant Beast Canyon

"Are those glowing bacteria poisonous?" Leah whispered.

Zero shook his head and said, "Look carefully, not all the moles are dead."

Sure enough, only some moles died, but some moles were contaminated with glowing bacteria, but they did not die, still gnawing on full root. After a full meal, they walked around slowly, but turned a blind eye to the bodies of their kind. After being eaten by giant rats, the dried mushrooms began to produce a thin layer of fibers to seal the "wound".

Look at the dead moles, whose bodies are rotting. The decay speed is very fast, and the changes that can only be completed in a few days will be completed in just a few tens of seconds. However, on the rotting corpse, the glowing bacteria gradually disappeared. Instead, there are some small germ buds, which further decompose the corpses of the moles and turn these animals into fertilizer for the land.

"A symbiotic system." Moni suddenly said, "In the dark two years, I have also seen some plants use this method to prolong the lives of themselves and their descendants. They will attract nearby animals with aroma or color, and then sprinkle seeds on these animals. Some animals will die for no reason, and their corpses become fertilizer for plants. But others survive, and they can get the gift of plants.

"Those surviving animals left soon after and took the seeds of the plant to other places to reproduce their offspring. For this method of plants, the Amanda people call it a symbiotic system. Moni finally said.

"We don't want to eat these giant mushrooms. I hope it doesn't treat us as animals." Jin looked worriedly at the glowing bacteria on the mushroom cap above his head for fear that they would fall off.

Everyone laughed at it, and Moni said, "Don't worry, plants can tell whether you are their diners by smell. Otherwise, they wouldn't have wasted seeds on you.

"Plants can also distinguish smells. The world is really crazy." Kim is a little crazy.

Zero shrugged his shoulders and said, "How has the world been normal?"

Suddenly, the color of the glowing bacteria on the mushroom cap changed. No matter what color they used to be, they are gradually fading, followed by bright red color. No matter how you look at it, it's like a plant calling the police. Finding the change in the color of the light bacteria, some moles raised their heads alertly, then "squeaked" and turned around and ran away.

Something is coming!

The idea began, and there was a cry like a blue whale in the dark. Then the sound of breaking the air, like something passing through the space at a high speed. Unfortunately, the things in the dark are so far away that even Zero can't see each other.

A mole seemed to be scared, and it was dizzy and ran in the direction of zero. Zero's eyes are ready to kill this fat rat, otherwise it will attract unknown creatures. But before he could take action, an octopus-like tentacle suddenly jumped out of the darkness. It passed through many giant mushrooms, as flexible as a snake, and hit the mole with incomparable accuracy.

The ground shook slightly. According to the shock of the ground, all the people present are high-level, and it is not difficult to reverse the power of the tentacle. Not to mention the Mole, even a piece of iron plate has to be deformed. Sure enough, when the tentacles were raised slightly, the mole had turned into a ball of meat paste. The tentacles rolled up the rat corpse, shrank back with a shout, and disappeared into the darkness in the distance in an instant.

The scream of the mole kept coming nearby. It was not until a moment later that the sound gradually stopped, and the light bacteria on the giant mushroom also changed color. The red light gradually faded away, and then emitted other soft colors.

The hunter has left.

"Let's go." Zero said.

"What was that just now?" Haiwei couldn't help asking. Of course, she knew that there was no answer to this question.

"Some kind of large predator, as long as it doesn't stand in our way, let's ignore it." Zero, then recognized the direction of the sound of water and set off with the team.

The sound of water is approaching, and the mushroom forest is far away.

It is far away. On the contrary, with the Mengmeng* emitted by the whole mushroom forest, you can see that a mountain-high figure is moving slowly in the mushroom forest. It can't see its appearance clearly, but from the outline, it reminds people of a snail. The obviously round body and the high head in front of it are indeed similar to the appearance of a snail.

The biggest snail I have ever seen is the overlord snail, but compared with the mushroom forest, the overlord snail is simply a small witch. However, that thing may not be a snail. Who has ever seen a snail with tentacles, so in the end, Zero can only attribute the * in the mushroom forest to the giant species.

After leaving the mushroom forest, you can clearly feel that the soil on the ground is gradually getting wet, and then gravel begins to appear. Finally, they come to a stone beach. Far from the stone beach, the sound of a stream was in an uproar. The water came from behind them and flowed forward along the terrain. It seems that this river should be an underground branch of the entrance lake and then pass through the surface to form such a river.

The river has its own creatures, and some strange fish with several glowing tentacles are residents in the water. They are small and slender. The speed of swimming in the water is very fast. If you swim along the water, it is estimated to reach 30 kilometers per hour. This is very fast. Although it can't swim for such a long time, it can avoid the attack of some predators when necessary.

The predators in the water are animals like water snakes that come out of the stone crevices on both sides of the river. These animals have snake-like bodies, but their skin is transparent and the surface emits a glow. There are three pairs of feet, with a toe structure like a frog, with webbed between the toes. When the strange snake stretches flat to its feet, it can use the webbed between its toes to float on the surface of the water, shaped like a glowing branch.

It uses its specialty to attract some bearded fish. At the moment when the prey approaches, the strange snake will suddenly roll into a ball, hang the prey, and then drag it into the stone crack to enjoy.

Zero When they were resting by the river, they just witnessed the whole hunting process. From the mushroom forest to this stream, they have seen that the underground world has its own independent ecosystem. In this ecosystem, predators and prey are fighting all the time. As long as either side is relaxed, it may be a disaster.

Competition is everywhere.

This is the most peaceful portrayal of the new world. From Proseus and Agradis, to human beings and aliens, even in this independent space under the ground, there is no competition between creatures.

Everything is just for survival!

After a 10-minute break, the team set off again. Walking along the river, the terrain is from high to low, but the slope is gentle. If you don't distinguish carefully, it is difficult to detect that you are going to the ground. Walking in the dark is poor, and after losing the obvious reference, the perception of time gradually becomes blurred. The road ahead is always in darkness, and there seems to be no end in the beam of light.

Endless darkness engulfs everything.

Just when they thought the road would never be finished, Zero suddenly stopped. In front of the terrain, the slope suddenly intensified, and the river flowing down turned into a waterfall, turning into a roaring sound of rushing water.

"Light bomb!"

You can't see anything in front of you. To be safe, you obviously can't be stingy with a flare. When the flare took off, everyone held their breath. Where they are now is a cliff about 20 meters from the ground. The river falls here like a mercury flowing into a lake below.

The lake is not big, and it is estimated to be about dozens of meters. The lake water keeps splashing all the time. Under the lake, there must be a underground waterway connected to other places, otherwise the lake cannot remain normal. After the lake is a mountainous area, with strange rocks on the ground and some glowing moss. Where the light of the flares is not enough, there is a faint halo in the dark.

And behind this mountain, through the light of the illumination bomb, you can faintly see some strange outlines.

Like the ribs of the giant beast, the structure of things bending inward from the ground on both sides is recorded in the mural of the shadow clan, and it is also the second forward node after the giant mushroom forest. Through this canyon, you can reach the plain where the lizard's nest is located. After the lizard's plain, the Titan Hall is not far away.

The light of the illumination bomb is gradually weakening, and they are not idle and jump directly from the cliff to the lake below. When he swam out of the lake and landed, the underground world was shrouded in darkness. A moment later, the light of the glowing moss appeared in the darkness, and they were like a glowing carpet, marking the direction of zero lines.

With these glowing moss, the light source is simply turned off to save energy, and other people have also applied. Everyone walked on the carpet of light, and the sharp blade hunters were scattered on both sides of the team as guards. The team advanced towards the giant beast canyon unimpeded all the way.

When approaching the Giant Beast Canyon, the number of glowing moss is decreasing, and it seems that the soil of the canyon is not suitable for this plant. The soil on the ground is also soft and hard. When you come to the entrance of the canyon, you can pick up a stone and find them as hard as steel. Under such a molecular structure, it is no wonder that the glowing moss cannot extend its territory into the canyon.

The whole canyon is full of emptiness and the smell of death.

"Be careful." Zero whispered, reopened the light source, and walked to the canyon first.

The canyon is very spacious, and the rocks on both sides are curved like the bones of giant beasts. From time to time, a very strong wind will blow from the other end of the valley. The temperature of the wind is hot and contains some hard gravel. Zero and Jin had to walk in front, open the force field, and open both sides of the wind and gravel self-reliance field. But I don't know where the wind comes from under the ground.

It can be known that it is precisely because of these hot winds and metal-like gravel that create such a special landform as the Giant Beast Canyon. It can be imagined that at the beginning, maybe it was just an ordinary underground canyon. There is no special appearance now, but I don't know when, with the burning wind and iron sand, they gradually eroded the landform of the canyon and formed a mountain wall like the ribs of giant beasts.

Fortunately, the wind does not blow continuously. Occasionally, it will come for a long time. The longest time is about 40 minutes. Zero walked in the canyon for nearly two hours, but only encountered three or two waves of such a burning wind. But the journey of the canyon still seems to be very long, at least they can't see the end. After walking for a while, Zero stopped the team to rest.

Eat some food, replenish water, and restore energy. When exploring under the ground without light, they consume much more energy than the ground. The most consumed of this comes from vigilance against unknown darkness. Therefore, you can't march for a long time, and the necessary rest is an important guarantee for safe arrival at the destination.

Haiwei is a girl who can't stay idle. While eating, her feet sitting on a stone still shake from time to time. Suddenly, something touched her toes, and she looked down and let out a short scream.

It turned out that there was a skull under the foot. It's just that the shape is a little strange. I don't know what kind of animal's skeleton it is. But people soon found that on the ground of this canyon, the skull of an animal like a certain animal, or other bones of the body can be seen almost everywhere under the gravel. This is almost a cemetery of animals with countless bones.

Zero said in a low voice, "Be careful, everyone. We seem to have entered the territory of some kind of predator."

After he finished speaking, Leah stood up and said, "Something is approaching us."

"Location!"

"Two o'clock direction, no... it moves very fast. It's very close..."

When Leah exclaimed, the sound of breaking through the air above everyone's head sounded, and the fishy smell came from top to bottom. Zero raised the lamp and looked up. Under the light, a black shadow rushed down from the wall of the mountain where they were resting, bringing gravel flying around. Jin reacted very quickly and immediately pressed his hand on the mountain wall. Suddenly, a rock surface in the middle of the mountain wall burst and blew it away and dropped a little blood stain.

The shadow fell to the ground and rushed towards them. His four feet flew, and the gravel of the canyon flew up. Zero was the first to meet, but this thing was extremely flexible. The sudden brake and turn kill, leaving a surging wave in the air, and have bypassed Zero and crashed into the rear team.

It rushed straight to Leah, awe-inspiring, like a smart species. It seems that Leah sensed it in advance, so she was included in the must-kill list by it. The speed was amazing, zero boredom, and he was about to jump through the space. Suddenly, there was a scream in the team, and a cold light flashed like autumn water and plunged straight into the dark shadow.

It's Moni!

She combined the death assault into the shape of a blade and accurately penetrated the shadow with the tip of the gun. But the strong impact still made her slide back on the ground and didn't stop until the pink back hit the mountain wall. The limbs of that thing are still twitching from time to time, and the nerve endings are still working. Moni put down the blade of the gun, stepped on it and pulled out the death attack, and immediately filled the ground with blood.

This is a rat-headed man with short dark brown hair. The eyes are degraded, but the nose is particularly large. From the top of the head to the tail, there is a row of dark red thorns all over the back. The body looks a little thin, and you can clearly see the human-like physical characteristics, especially the shape of the ribs, which is no different from human beings. However, there are *-like claws on the hands and feet, a thin and long tail, but there are bone needles at the end of the tail.

Looking at the specialty of this giant beast canyon, he dismembered it with the dagger in his hand in order to understand the physical structure of this thing. Where the blade comes, the flesh and flesh are immediately divided. Under the zero knife, the mouse-headed man soon became a piece of part. It is not difficult to see from its body structure that this thing has evolved to a considerable extent. Its brain is very developed, and the brain groove inside is deep and dense, which is the characteristic of intelligent life.

The bones are as light as the fishman bones found before, which greatly reduces the weight of the rat. But the most developed is its muscles, especially the femoral muscle of the hind legs, which has a lot of fibers and delicate and tight muscle bundles. This allows the rat to make a difficult action of rapid steering when needed. Whether it is avoiding danger or hunting prey, it is an extremely rare skill.

Finally, there are its four-legged knife-shaped claws, and Zero found a muscle bracket on its claws. Squeezing hard can spew out the claws to hurt the enemy, and the effective killing distance is about 10 meters. The tail needle is also a very powerful weapon. There is a poison sac at the end of the needle. It seems that after being plunged into the hunting object, it can be hydraulically squeezed through the flow of blood vessels to inject some toxins.

Zero carefully breaks the poison sac and flows out of the turquoise and fluorescent solution from it. As soon as he touched the gravel of the canyon, the stones sizzled, and after a moment, they were all black. This is a very powerful biological toxin, but the toxin is so small that it can squeeze out a little. But this toxin is enough to put down many creatures.

Overall, this is a higher-level predator than the sarogena dragon. And wisdom has evolved, making them more dangerous. The giant beast canyon may be the territory of this kind of rat man. If you continue to go deep, it is inevitable. The characteristics and structure of the rat man were explained to everyone, and then the team went on the road. They walked close to the side of the mountain wall to avoid surprise attacks to the greatest extent. However, Zero is very clear that the movement of his team can't be hidden from the residents in the canyon.

Because he has found that on the other side of the mountain wall, in the darkness that the light can't reach, there is something watching their team. Although rat people's eyes have degenerated, underground creatures naturally have a perceptual system. Or shock, or smell, those perception systems that are not affected by sight must make them evolve to a higher level.

The trip to the canyon will never be calm, and Zero has expected this. But when Leah projected a picture scanned by a spirit in the minds of Zero and others, they were still deeply shocked. On both sides of the canyon, dense light spots appeared within 300 square meters. Each light spot represents a creature, and there are thousands of such creatures.

If all of them are the kind of rat people who move like the wind, even the zero team will feel quite a headache.

As for the short thorn on the back, the purpose is unknown.