Chapter 144

With the passage of time, the human civilization of the Old World has once again returned to a considerable level, but the sightings of the Sea Kings are now more and more of a legend - it is better to say that the seas of the Old World are getting closer and closer to the long ago past. Whether it's the sea or the land, it's gradually becoming safer, so much so that in just two or three generations, many people have come to regard those monsters and the like as folklore.

But in fact, there are many strange creatures in their daily lives, but they are not regarded as monsters - such as the algae that absorb heavy metal poisons everywhere, such as a certain leech that spontaneously filters clean fresh water without sucking blood, and even the perennial tree rice that has now become an important crop...... These are strange creatures, but the old world doesn't see them as monsters.

Of course, there are creatures like rabbits about the size of horses, and some new carnivores. In short, most places in this world are quite normal.

Human nature is to love war, and as time goes by, wars arise between countries that have restored basic technology because of interests and beliefs. And this time, there was a professor specializing in "folklore" who found something interesting, and some people sent him some information anonymously. And in the information, he found a peculiar location.

It was an island in the middle of what is now known as the South Pacific, but it is not shown on the map, which is the source of a terrible tropical storm from the South Pacific on various maps. Whether the rumors are true or false, or even joking, is it hard to determine, but that doesn't stop the professor from taking one of his students to see it.

Anyone who studies this thing has a rich or expensive family, and the same is true for this one. After leaving a note for his family, he hired a boat and a helicopter to enter the documented location. The ship reached a certain point where it could not be entered—the complicated sea conditions and the stormy waves made it impossible for him to break in by helicopter.

Originally, the pilot refused to take the risk, but he compromised with a large sum of money, and when the helicopter rushed through the storm under the adrenaline-pumping pilot's death-defying flight, the clear clouds and the huge island in front of him were revealed. On the edge of the island, on the flat ground, the helicopter landed. The professors and students were so happy, "It's true! It's true!"

The ships in the open sea waited for twenty-four hours, which was already beyond the agreed time, and then there was no response from the radio call - they knew that it was an island and had successfully landed, but so far there was no response. I am afraid that the situation is serious, so they have to call the police......

By the time his family had paid for a rescue team, it was already a week after the accident. The people who also ventured into the storm found the helicopter parked on the beach by four of their helicopters, the search and rescue crews who landed found no damage to the helicopter, and the experienced personnel found the departing footsteps and trailing tracks.

"There are beasts here. Someone said, "Hold your weapons, it looks like we're in trouble." "The team made their way along what could have been a beast path, and after passing through a series of caverns, they were greeted by a view of the interior of the island. It is a beautiful water town with rolling water and scattered hills. But those present also knew that there must have been a lot of terrible things beneath the beautiful scenery - poisonous snakes, mosquitoes, blood-sucking leeches, and other things.

But the search for people still had to be found, and as they were advancing along the road that was outcropping, in front of the people to the left, the water suddenly bulged, and a huge back and horn covered with aquatic weeds and moss appeared in front of the people—it was a buffalo that was so huge that it had never been seen before, several times larger than an elephant. A buffalo with a mouth that chews on aquatic plants.

"If I were you, it would be time to turn around and go back. It's not a touristy place. A voice rang out from beside the people who were watching the buffalo in a daze. It was a man of no apparent age, as if he were forty or fifty years old, but as if he were only twenty or thirty years old, and this man stood on the water, rippling slightly from the bottom of his feet.

It's always a good thing to be able to see people, and to be a civilized person who can talk, and although this person is very strange and can stand on the water, since they have guns in their hands, it is not very scary. So one of these people went up to talk to the professor's family and wanted to ask about the situation here.

The man didn't say who he was, but he gave them an answer, "Go back, the person you said didn't have time to be saved, he should have died." This is not a place where humans should set foot here, and you better not ask about the secrets here, and forget about this place when you go back. This is not our place, but theirs. The man stretched out his hand and motioned for the men to quickly turn back, "The weapons in your hands are useful, so be sure to pay attention to your surroundings...... If I were you, I wouldn't have to fire first if I noticed something unusual. ”

The family refused to accept such a conclusion, still hoping to go in and find it, and the man shrugged his shoulders, "This is not my territory, you can go in if you want." Follow this path. Goodbye guys. Then the man turned, walked to what looked like a rock crevice, and disappeared into it.

The apprehensive crowd continued on their way, but until they had passed through the entire paddy field, they had not encountered any more dangerous creatures than buffaloes. Until they entered the jungle....... "What is this!", and as the trees shook, someone listened and opened fire first, and a strange-looking creature emerged from the trees, falling to the ground and convulsing - its bodily fluids flowed from its smashed body. "What a big praying mantis, this should be a praying mantis, right?" no one approached, but each kept their opinions from a safe distance.

It was indeed a praying mantis, but it was too big, more than four meters long, and its forelimbs looked quite terrifying—they were all sharp thorns and blades. However, the body of this praying mantis is different from the usual one, it looks like a bumpy and slimy body, perhaps this is why it has grown so big and can still absorb enough oxygen. It's not just the praying mantis, as they get deeper into the jungle, the people find that the insects here are unusually large......