40. Epiphylla
"Zhou Yu, we still need time to find an exit, but these sandworms are a big problem, let's burn them with a fire! Otherwise, the effects of the tranquilizer bombs have passed, and they will come back against us. Wu Yun picked up his bottle of vodka and shook it.
Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "This can't be done, we don't know how much oxygen is in the cave, it's different from the Tree Castle here." If we burn them all, we'll suffocate to death. â
"Then hurry up and find an exit." Wu Yun said as he kept stepping on the linear sandworms on the ground, thinking that he would step on them more if he could, so that when the anesthetic ammunition had passed, at least there would not be so many enemies.
Zhou Yu fired a second flare, trying to get a complete view of the terrain while the cave was still bright.
The skeleton of that giant creature occupies 2/3 of the space in this cave. Zhou Yu quickly looked around, and there were no traces found on all the cave walls or even on the top.
Xiao Chen and Wu Yun also observed carefully.
When the light gradually dimmed, our eyes looked disappointed, and Xiao Chen also shook his head at Zhou Yu, and nothing was found in the entire cave.
The walls of the cave are integral.
Zhou Yu narrowed his eyes and looked up at the skull of the huge creature, constantly changing his angle as if looking for something.
Its head and cervical vertebrae are connected together, making it appear as if it is still alive.
"What's wrong Zhou Yu, have you found anything?" Wu Yun walked towards Zhou Yu and looked at the past from the same angle.
"I'm thinking this creature is so big, it's dead...... How does its neck stay upright to support its skull? â
Xiao Chen also walked over curiously: "Huh...... Yes! You see, its neck is not straight, but a little curved, and its skull doesn't look like it's embedded in the top of a cave, because it's incalculated, so that the whole body doesn't collapse, and the bones can stay upright. â
Zhou Yu looked at Wu Yun and nodded vigorously.
They all suspected that the entrance to the cave was blocked by the creature's skull, which was embedded right in the entrance, creating the confined space.
Zhou Yu took out the rope and shot it high in the cave. The other end of the rope just fell around the monster's eye, Wu Yun stepped forward and grabbed the other end of the rope, and the two of them pulled the rope down with force, trying to pull the creature's skull down.
But the skull of this creature, I don't know how many years it has been there, may have grown with the mouth of the cave a long time ago, how easy is it to bring it down with the strength of the two of them?
Xiao Chen also understood what Zhou Yu and Wu Yun were thinking and rushed over to help, but unfortunately it was useless.
The blood vessels on Zhou Yu's arm were about to burst out, and his back was sweating profusely, but the skull didn't move at all. Not even a single small stone that fell.
At this time, Mo Ye ran up and bit Zhou Yu's trouser leg with his mouth.
Zhou Yu stopped to look at Mo Ye, who looked at him with wide eyes.
"I can't do it anymore, I'm so tired! I'm going to rest, so I think we're going to blow this bone open with a blaster! Xiao Chen sat down on the ground weakly, as a researcher, he was able to contribute like this.
"Unless you want to bury yourself here." Wu Yun also sat down, he was too tired to have the strength to drag it anymore.
All three sat on the ground resting, and the ends of the ropes hung down from the ground.
Mo Ye went over and bit one end of the rope, ran to the other side, bit the other end of the rope into his mouth, and then suddenly ran forward with all his might.
When the ropes at both ends were tightened, Mo Ye's front and back paws were digging the ground, making a sound of crackling stones being trampled, it closed its eyes and seemed to use all its strength, a pair of wings opened and flapped vigorously, and the skull actually sounded as if it was about to crack, and the sand and stone fell.
Wu Yun dragged Xiao Chen up and looked up, Zhou Yu was also surprised, he didn't expect Mo Ye's strength to be so great.
"My God, what did you eat for Xiao Moye? Today it was really brave! â
Although the skull was loose, Mo Ye seemed to have exhausted its strength, and it loosened the rope, opening its mouth, and panting as if it was very tired.
Zhou Yu came to it, knelt down on one knee, stroked its head, and hugged it in his arms: "It's okay, Mo Ye!" Have a good rest, and Wu Yun and I will continue to come for the rest. â
Mo Ye, who protects himself like this and does his best for himself, is the first time Zhou Yu has seen it.
This time when he came to Yeling Island, Mo Ye suffered a lot and was even injured, which made Zhou Yu extremely distressed.
Mo Ye let out, "hum" twice, rubbing his head against Zhou Yu's arms, as if he was coquettish.
Then it left Zhou Yu's embrace, bit the rope again, and pulled forward hard. Those eyes looked ahead, with an unwavering look, as if it would not give up until it achieved what Zhou Yu wanted to do.
"Hmm-" Moye's voice was like the sound of a human gritting his teeth after great pain.
Zhou Yu glared at Wu Yun fiercely: "Don't come over to help!" â
Wu Yun and Xiao Chen had long been stunned, they suddenly came back to their senses and rushed over to help pull the rope with Zhou Yu.
More and more rubble fell, and a faint ray of sunlight finally came through a gap between the giant creature's skull and the opening at the top of the cave.
Xiao Chen and Wu Yun, who felt hope, pulled the rope even harder.
Ink Ye let out a low muffled grunt, and the lines of its back tensed, and with all its might, only to hear a loud bang, and the giant creature's skull and gravel fell.
"Be careful!" Wu Yun knocked Xiao Chen down, and he was almost hit by the monster's skull.
Zhou Yu and Mo Ye also quickly dodged.
When the monster's skull hit the ground, there was a clattering sound, and the entire cave shook. It rolled in a big circle, and it crushed a lot of linear insecticides.
The entrance of the cave can accommodate three or four people entering and exiting at the same time, but the position is relatively high, and the sunlight falls down, forming a circular spot of light at the bottom of the cave, and the dust dances wildly.
"Great! Finally saved! Xiao Chen was about to cry with joy.
"Don't waste time! Let's get out of here! The anesthetic will dissipate from the hole, and the sandworms will wake up! Zhou Yuyi reminded Xiao Chen that the situation was grim.
Just as Wu Yun was about to shoot the rope out of the hole, one of the eggs attached to the skeleton of the giant creature suddenly fell and fell to the ground, the shell of the egg cracked, and there was foul-smelling pus flowing from it, and some immature creature, like a giant fly, struggled in it and then quickly died.
Xiao Chen looked stupid, and Wu Yun couldn't help but speak: "I'...... That's right, what's in these eggs is still alive? â
"Don't worry about that! Let's go! â
Zhou Yu had just taken a step when the remaining skeleton of the monster suddenly scattered as if it had lost its balance.
Loud noises echoed in the cave, and the eggs fell down one after another, crackling like eggs that were constantly being smashed, and the sound of cracking was inexplicably terrifying.
In the space formed by the ribs and sternum of the giant creature, the eggs hung and swayed, and only a continuous popping sound was heard, and countless flies the size of fists flew out.
"Suffered! These are epiphysis flies! â
Finally took out the pistol on his waist, quickly pulled the trigger, and after three or five shots, several appendage flies were shot and fell.
Wu Yun also shot without hesitation, and Mo Ye spread his wings and kept flapping the approaching bone-catching flies.
The creature lays its eggs on the bones of a dead animal, and one end of the egg goes deep into the bone to absorb nutrients from the bone marrow for the embryo to grow.
It's just clear that the bones of this giant creature have been trapped in this cave for thousands of years, when did these appendage flies land on this bone? If it had been in recent years, the bone marrow of this creature would have dried up long ago. If it was a thousand years ago, these boneflies stayed quietly in the dark, waiting for a chance to wake up?
There are more and more boneflies hatched, and the sound of their wings vibrating makes people's ears tingle, and Zhou Yu can feel that many of the air flows in the cave are because of the wings of these appendage flies.
Once they bite into it, a large chunk of flesh is missing.
If this continues, not only will the bullets run out, but even those sleeping linear sandworms will wake up at any time, and when the time comes, they will not be able to cope with the enemy on their backs.
And in order to protect them, Mo Ye has been bitten several times by the bonefly.
"Damn, we're going to blow up that skeleton for him! Blow up all the larvae that haven't hatched yet! "Wu Yun was almost annoyed to death by these boneflies.
Zhou Yu shot with one hand, took off his coat, and used his coat to swing in the cave to swatt the appendage flies away.
Seeing that a small group of appendage flies were about to rush in front of Xiao Chen, the sound of their wings vibrating made people feel tinnitus. Wu Yun didn't have time to protect Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen hugged his body in fear and screamed.
"Ahh
In Xiao Chen's screams, the wings of the appendage flies that flew towards him broke apart one by one and fell to the ground one after another.
Xiao Chen didn't care about 3721, rushed up and stepped on it for a while.
Wu Yun was a little distracted at that moment: "What kind of situation is this?" â
Zhou Yu reacted: "Xiao Chen continues to scream!" Don't stop! These appendage flies are afraid of sounds! â
"What?" Just before Xiao Chen could react, a small swarm of appendage flies rushed towards his back.
Without Zhou Yu reminding him again, Xiao Chen screamed wildly, and the decibel was obviously higher than just now. As the appendage flies vibrated their wings, they cracked, and their brains burst out, and they fell, and they fell to pieces.
"What? If screaming helps, I'll give it a try! â
Wu Yun let out a roaring roar, which was very intimidating, but those appendage flies surrounded them as if they didn't feel anything. Wu Yun's bullets are about to run out.
Xiao Chen screamed again, and the appendage flies departed far away, clinging to the cave walls and hiding among the sternum of the giant creatures.
Xiao Chen kept screaming, and his voice was getting hoarse.
Wu Yun hurriedly shot the rope out of the hole overhead.
He tightened the rope and beckoned to Zhou Yu and Xiao Chen: "Let's leave now!" â
Xiao Chen coughed twice, and those appendage flies were about to fly over again, and Xiao Chen quickly screamed again.
Wu Yun quickly tied one end of the rope to Xiao Chen's waist, climbed up first, and then pulled Xiao Chen up.
Xiao Chen did not leave after going up, but continued to scream at the entrance of the cave.
Zhou Yu also climbed up, and he said to Mo Ye as he climbed: "Mo Ye, you bite the other end of the rope, and I will drag you up!" â
But he didn't expect Mo Ye to run, his front paws were on Zhou Yu's shoulders and then his wings were fanned, and he borrowed his strength, but he went out of the cave one step ahead of Zhou Yu.
It lay at the entrance of the cave and looked at Zhou Yu, and seemed a little proud.
The group of three plus Mo Ye finally crawled out of the hole, and there was a feeling of escape.
Xiao Chen was afraid that the appendage flies would chase him out, and he still shouted at the entrance of the cave.
Wu Yun plucked out his ears and took out a blasting bomb from his backpack: "Okay, okay, don't shout!" If I shout again, my ears will be deaf! â
Zhou Yu nodded, understanding what Wu Yun was going to do.
Wu Yun threw the blasting bomb towards the hole, picked up Xiao Chen, and ran out with all his might.
Zhou Yu and Mo Ye also spread their legs and ran hard. There was a loud bang, coming from below, and the crackling stones were sinking downward, like an earthquake, deafening.
When the ground under Zhou Yu's feet collapsed, he leaped sharply, grabbing the edge of the crack with both hands. Mo Ye landed steadily on it, and it bit Zhou Yu's shoulder and pulled him up.
When they looked back, they realized that a huge crater had been blown out. And the skeleton of the giant creature was blown to pieces.
"Actually, I've always wondered how this giant creature got into this cave when the entrance to the cave is so small?" Xiao Chen was a little puzzled.
"yes, how did this giant creature get in?" Wu Yun clapped his hands, his body was covered with ash, and Xiao Chen's question also aroused his interest.
"If it weren't for the geological changes, the hole where you could enter would be closed, and I think of another reason." Zhou Yu looked at the bones of the giant creature for a long time, and said, "Maybe when he was a cub, he fell into this cave. The night spirit that lives here has been raising it and letting it grow little by little. Until the Eidolon here is dead, it can't leave this cave and dies here. â
Wu Yun hugged his arm and trembled: "In other words, this big guy may still be a pet raised by the night spirit?" â
"Maybe the night spirit raised it to guard this cave!" Zhou Yu said.
"You mean there might have been anything in this cave...... Is it very important to the Eidolon? Wu Yun asked.
"I guess so, the Eidolon generation is guarding S-class creatures. Perhaps, there were once unhatched embryos or cubs of S-class creatures here. Zhou Yu turned his face to look at Mo Ye, and he found that Mo Ye had been looking at the skeleton of the giant creature for a long time, as if he was missing something, and sometimes he was a little reluctant.
"Moye, do you know what that creature is?"
Mo Ye raised his head to look at Zhou Yu, and then tilted his head.
"That's it! All right! Don't think about it so much, let's go find the helicopter and fly back! This task is so unlucky! Anyway, why can Xiao Chen's scream shock those appendage flies? My roar didn't work! â
"Maybe it has something to do with the frequency of the sound. The frequency of Xiao Chen's screams is just right to kill the appendage fly, but your roar, although it sounds imposing, is not on the right path. Zhou Yu replied.
The helicopter came to an oblique halt in the gravel.
Wu Yun exhaled, hugged his head and said, "It's okay...... Our helicopters are still there! â
At this moment, Mo Ye suddenly stopped, raised his face, showed a calm expression, and then ran in another direction.
"Ink Night!" Zhou Yu shouted its name, but it didn't react at all.
Zhou Yu had no choice but to chase after him, and turned back as he ran and said, "Wu Yun, you take Xiao Chen back to the helicopter immediately!" You guys come to us in helicopters! â
Wu Yun pointed at himself in a daze, and then looked at Xiao Chen: "Do I look like I can fly a helicopter?" â
Xiao Chen shook his head.
The speed of the night spirit was already very fast, and it didn't take long for the shadow of the ink night to disappear.
It's dangerous here, not to mention the dendrites, other creatures are also dangerous.
Zhou Yu was lost in a wood, and he remembered that Carlos had installed a locator for Mo Ye, so he quickly began to locate it.
A few minutes later, Zhou Yu finally found Mo Ye.
It stood on a rock facing the sea, the sea breeze hunting, Mo Ye half-tilted its head, tilted its ears as if listening to something, its wings raised, as if it would turn into the wings of a kunpeng at any moment.
The expression was very focused, and there was a bit of loneliness.
"Ink Night?" Zhou Yu slowly approached.
Mo Ye is very sensitive, so he can easily jump on the reef that towers in the middle of the sea. But for Zhou Yu, this distance is a bit far, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the sea.
Suddenly, there seemed to be some kind of illusion in the air in the distance, sweeping in, majestic, like a hideous beast, and like a cracked mountain.
This air flow is getting closer and closer, Zhou Yu's eyes widened, and he waved his arms: "Mo Ye!" Ink Night is back! â
Mo Ye looked at the air flow as if he couldn't hear any sound.
It's getting closer, and the wind is getting stronger.
Zhou Yu subconsciously squatted down and raised an arm to block his face.
The air roared like a running beast about to crush the island.
Mo Ye tilted his head, and his posture did not even change.
Eventually, the air flow rushed in front of Mo Ye, and its strength decreased sharply, it was like a conversation from ancient times, I don't know if Mo Ye's ancestors passed on something in this way.
The illusion created by the air flow spreads out, as if there was no zĂ i.
It was the first time Zhou Yu had seen such a strange scene.
Moye turned around and jumped back.
Its wings spread out and glide through the air.
The gesture was so fluid.
Zhou Yu felt that Mo Ye's black body seemed to glow with silver light in the daylight, and he was a little more cold and sharp than the usual well-behaved and sticky Mo Ye.
It landed on the ground, ran towards Zhou Yu, and was about to jump into Zhou Yu's arms. When Zhou Yu caught it, he staggered back two steps.
The strength of this little thing is really getting bigger and bigger.
But Mo Ye quickly broke free from Zhou Yu's embrace, jumped to his feet, bit his trouser legs, and pulled forward.
Its expression was stern and worried.
"Do you want us to get out of here right away?" Zhou Yu asked.
Mo Ye nodded.
And the alertness and worry in Mo Ye's eyes made Zhou Yu wonder: "Isn't it dangerous here?" â
Mo Ye nodded again and ran off the same way.
Zhou Yu found that as long as they followed Mo Ye, it seemed that no creature would approach them. I don't know if it's because of the intimidating power of Ink Night as an A-class creature, or if it's because of the Night Spirit, and the creatures on the island are naturally in awe of it.
Wu Yun had already taken Xiao Chen to the helicopter, and they were waiting for Zhou Yu.
As soon as Zhou Yu stepped into the cockpit, he began to take off.
Mo Ye jumped in and climbed into the co-pilot's seat.
"What's wrong?" Wu Yun asked.
"We must get out of here now, Moya thinks it's dangerous."
"What does Mo Ye think? You are the only one in this world who can understand what Mo Ye said, right? Wu Yun said funny.
Xiao Chen had long wanted to leave, and when he heard that he could leave immediately, there was a glimmer of hope in his frightened eyes.
They grew taller and taller, looking down at the island, which was illuminated by the sun and looked peaceful.
But this is such a peaceful burial of a whole escort team.
As they rise higher and higher, their horizons become broader.
The waves in the distance were surging as if a tsunami was brewing.
Wu Yun became nervous, if it was really a tsunami, their helicopter would not be able to resist it at all.
"That...... It can't be a tsunami...... The signs of a tsunami are not like this......" Xiao Chen said in a trembling voice.
There is neither a fast low tide nor fish floating onto the beach.
As the waves drew closer, they saw a large golden creature in the water, and the part of it that emerged from the water resembled a giant insect in armor forged from gold in Egyptian legend, buzzing as it moved.
Its mouth is round, with a full circle of fangs, and it is impossible to see its eyes and nose. There seems to be another mouth inside this mouth, exhaling a powerful air current, hitting the Isling Island.