Chapter 60: Predation
Early in the morning, the airship arrived at the location of the second test, and at the same time, the captain woke up the candidates who were still asleep through the whole announcement.
Rhodes rubbed her sleepy eyes and half-awakened as she walked down the elevator to find the airship landing above a canyon, and a cold wind blew away her sleep.
Rhodes suddenly came to his senses, and ran to the edge of the steep with a lively run, and looked down into the distance, surrounded by endless mountains, with ups and downs, and steep peaks.
But instead of paying attention to the surrounding mountains, she looked south, and through the cliffs, Rod could vaguely see a large dense jungle there.
"It's strange, this seems to be the Nazka ruins that Uncle said."
As more and more candidates stepped off the airship, the sharp-eyed Rod found Lucy in the crowd and hurriedly waved his hand and shouted:
"Brother Hades, here and here!"
Lucy yawned and walked up to her, glanced down, estimated the height, and raised an eyebrow:
"This place is a full kilometer above the ground, what are you sending us here for, is the question of the second exam to throw the other candidates down?"
Hearing his malicious words, several candidates next to him couldn't help but shudder, and subconsciously took a few steps away from him.
"Hey, you're scaring them! How can the hunter exam be so simple," Rod glanced at the candidates with a smile, and then squatted on a half-human-high rock on the edge of the cliff, not worried about falling at all:
"Anyway, I seem to know where this place is~"
Lucy looked at her curiously, and Rhodes explained:
"For the information of that continent, Uncle Martyr has been to the discovery sites of many ancient ruins in the past ten years, and he has also told me about this."
"Originally, I wasn't sure, because I hadn't been here before, but the shape of the jungle below was highly consistent with a place in my memory, and if the exam questions given by the examiner were related to that jungle, I would be 100% sure!"
Lucy then noticed the small patch of dark green on the south side, and he touched Rod's head and smiled:
"If you can be sure, this exam may depend on you."
"Hee-hee!"
Rhodes seemed glad that she could help Lucy, even though she knew that it would be dispensable to Lucy.
It was at this moment that Pariston and the hip-hop examiner followed the last group of people off the airship.
The hip-hop examiner first counted the number of people, and after confirming that it was correct, he pointed to the bottom of the canyon and said straight to the point:
"I'm Pacha, the examiner for the second test, and this test is about exploring ruins."
"All you need to do is to descend from this canyon, through the jungle of vines, watch out for snakes and beasts along the way, and finally find the Lost Temple, located deep in the swamp. Candidates can go alone or in a team, allowing them to use all weapons and tools, and finally enter the temple within a limited time to pass the exam. ”
"It should be noted that although the traps of this temple have been eliminated by the guild's relic hunters, all risks encountered on the way to the temple will be borne by you, and we will not tell you the exact location of the temple, and it is up to you to find it through the treacherous jungle and in the vast swamp."
"It's 48 hours, and I'll be waiting for you in the temple, good luck to everyone."
Pacha raised his wrist to look at the time, then pressed the timer to announce the start of the exam.
Pariston on the side looked like a good old man, and kindly reminded:
"An hour back from here, there is a staircase that has been dug out to the ground, but it is at the back of the mountains, about a day's journey from the jungle. If you want to save this time, you can also climb down the cliffs here. ”
When Parisstone's words fell, the candidates immediately looked at each other, and after a commotion, someone questioned:
"What are you kidding, it's at least a thousand meters above the ground here, it's easy to say, if you fall, you'll die without a whole body!"
But some people immediately took action, a big man with an inch head and a sturdy body laughed, took out a powder bag from his backpack, sprinkled the magnesium powder in it on his hands, and then walked to the edge of the cliff, turned to face the candidates on the top of the cliff, and soon disappeared.
"Yo, you're pretty capable!"
Lucy whistled, looked at the figure of the examinee Lisuo below, and said with interest:
"Is this a climbing expert, it feels more agile than a monkey."
The inch-headed man continued to move down the cliff like a spider, his hands and feet were like iron nails firmly inserted into the cracks of the stones, and seeing that everyone on the top of the mountain gradually turned into small black dots and disappeared, the inch-headed man showed a smug smile on his face:
"The peak that is too high for ordinary people to stop is like walking on the ground in my eyes, and I accepted the first place in this exam!"
His smile lasted only a second, and when his right foot stepped on a rock jutting out between the mountain wall, it was like triggering a switch, and a spider the size of a bull with dark green eyes appeared in front of him, and the inch-headed man only had time to glance at the cave exposed in the upper right corner of the cliff before his body was torn apart by the sharp mouthparts of the multi-eyed spider.
With the screams of the inch-headed man, this originally intact cliff suddenly opened one by one, and a large number of multi-eyed spiders crawled out of it, densely covering a large part of the cliff. They waved three pairs of mouthparts, as if they smelled human scents, and frantically climbed towards the top of the mountain.
However, before they could climb to the top of the mountain, they were devoured by the heads of huge insects sticking out dozens of meters below the cliff. These strange insects that looked similar to pythons and were dozens of times their size were extremely fast, and none of those spiders could escape their hunting, and in just a moment, the hundred or so spiders were swallowed into their stomachs.
The lower half of the strange insect seemed to be connected to the cliff, and after devouring the spiders, it shrank back, leaving only the smell of blood in the air to remind of the killing.
"Tsk, what a show."
Lucy, who took all this into his eyes, was amazed, "These ugly bugs can really bear it, I thought they would eat that climbing expert, but I didn't expect them to hold back, and instead used him as bait to catch more food." ”
Several candidates beside him who had witnessed the horrific hunt in just one minute were already pale with fright, trembling all over, and even bent over and vomited.
"Rod, I'm interested right now, what kind of ancient ruins can breed such a dangerous creature? Can you lead me to that temple? ”
Rod smiled sweetly: "I'm happy to serve you!" ”
With a smile on his lips, Lucy took Rod's hand to the edge of the cliff, and under the incredulous gaze of the examinee behind him, the two jumped straight down.