Chapter 1002: Parasitic Fungi
It is only in the extremely humid environment of the spiral basin that this strange creature exists, and the thick mucus on their bodies is the characteristic that ensures that they survive on land and will not be parasitized by parasites.
This kind of catfish is huge, with an average weight of 20 kilograms, but it is not dangerous to people, and everyone was amazed when they saw it, and they watched them jump away.
It may be that they have entered their habitat and encountered more and more marbal catfish, probably because they have not seen many humans, these marble catfish not only do not attack people, but because of their dense numbers, their mucus is covered with wet ground.
Fu Bin was in a hurry, but unfortunately stepped on a lump and slipped hard, although he tried his best to avoid the ugliness of gnawing on the mud, but he also rolled in the mud in embarrassment.
The little hair on his shoulders was caught off guard, and he also rolled off Fu Bin's shoulder, and he plunged headlong into a cave with a big head. The edge of this burrow is smooth and is clearly the entrance to the nest of scavenging fire ants.
After a little speculation, it seems that these catfish are actually hunting fire ants, although the scavenging fire ants have the ability to be extremely difficult to mess with, but this kind of dry catfish is really their natural nemesis, their mucus can not only keep out the fire, but also stay on the ground and even stick to the fire ants like flies sticking to flies.
"It's broken!" Wind and rain life screamed.
Scavenging fire ants are called scavengers, but that doesn't mean they're not interested in live prey, and if they come across a target they can bully, their first instinct is to kill and drag them back to their nests.
Fu Bin reacted, ignoring the big disgusting gelatinous matter on the ground, quickly leaned over and threw himself down, reaching into the hole with one hand to prepare to fish out Xiao Mao. But it turned out to be a step too late, and only a terrible scream was heard, and there was a faint flickering fire in the cave, and there was a smell of burnt fur, and then there was only no sound.
Fu Bin was greatly annoyed, this hyena has made a lot of contributions since he started to follow him, although it has not been of much help recently, but it also has a certain feeling, and he can't imagine that he has made a mistake on his part.
"Little hairy it...... Dead? "The night is dreamless, and I want to cry. Other people, including the interpretation of the virtue of good life, that is, his face is a little serious, especially in the eyes of Emperor Yan, it doesn't matter at all, it's just a pet, what a big deal.
Although Fu Bin was annoyed in his heart, he was helpless, even if he had the ability to dig up the nest and slaughter the nest of fire ants, it was impossible for him to really avenge a pet and forget to save people. For Yun Huaxue, dying once is not a big deal, but if she is allowed to fall into the hands of those scumbags, he is a little afraid to think about the consequences. I could only sigh, shake my head, and continue on my way.
Then several other people followed in Fu Bin's footsteps and staggered, only Shi Fa and Ye Wumeng did not fall on their heels, which made everyone have to be careful again. With such a delay, it took the team two hours to reach the edge of the rift valley with great difficulty.
However, the Great Rift Valley here looks like a stream, only about 10 meters deep and more than 30 meters wide, with a slightly turbid torrent underneath. The spiral basin is so wet, but there are no lakes, not even larger waters, because the precipitation is drained through this rift.
There are still some traces left by pedestrians on the shore, which disappear into the rift. These trampled fungi seem to grow particularly fast in the rain, and the newly grown caps have broken down and covered the fallen "predecessors", making it difficult to spot without looking closely.
Fu Bin didn't care so much for now, and jumped off the rift in a few steps, washing the disgusting dirt mixed with mud and slime on his body by the way. Seeing this, the others jumped down and followed suit, the water here was fast, but it was very shallow, and it didn't seem to hide any dangerous creatures, so they didn't have any scruples. However, the water level is slowly rising, and as the rain becomes heavier, it is likely to turn into a flood after a while.
However, looking downstream, the width of the rift valley expands dramatically, reaching the edge of the basin to be several hundred meters wide, and the water flow will be more dispersed. So everyone casually washed off the mucus on their bodies, and was about to go downstream, but they heard a rapid sound of water downstream, and the six of them immediately entered a state of alert.
In the rain and fog, a large group of catfish jumped over, it seems that the name was obtained incorrectly, and the fish should be amphibious. However, this group of fish did not seem to be attacking themselves and others, because most of them did not jump towards people, but jumped forward in parallel, more like they were running away from something.
However, in order not to be stuck to their bodies, several people casually slapped away the catfish that jumped on them, but they did not break them in two, so as not to attract any other creatures from the smell of blood.
After this wave of fish jumped by, what appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a person, it was the Chinese who had run away in the pit earlier, numbered A118418. He was taken aback when he saw Fu Bin and the others again, but his footsteps were only a little pause, and he continued to run this way.
Fu Bin just wanted to go up and stop this person, but he shouted loudly: "Run, there is a group of entropic creatures behind!" ”
Entropy organisms are not very common, but there will be a group of them? Although Fu Bin suspected that this person was cheating, the group of fish just now obviously could not be driven away by him alone, although the aqua catfish did not attack people much, but it was not a kind creature that could be bullied by others, so there was indeed something powerful behind this person.
However, Fu Bin and the others would not let this person over, and Hengjian said: "Stop, make it clear!" ”
A118418 stopped and said eagerly, "It's too late!" It's really not the time, if you want to die with me, just stop it, it's you who will suffer anyway! ”
"Less nonsense!" Emperor Yan shouted, "What the hell is it?" ”
"Parasitic fungi, you know?"
"Parasitic fungus!" Fengyu Sheng exclaimed: "How could this rare creature appear on the edge of the basin?" ”
Fu Bin was also a little surprised, as far as he knew, the parasitic demon fungus is the topmost creature of the food chain in the spiral basin, known as the king of parasites, it is a real entropy energy organism, and it is born with an ability similar to "entropy change", their ability is not as different as Fu Bin's primary entropy change, but it is very extreme, so in a single purpose, the efficiency is much stronger than Fu Bin's primary entropy change.
However, as terrifying as this thing is, it is extremely rare, because their parasitic bars are very harsh, and they can only be parasitic in the body of another strange creature, the Gemini.
Gemini, as the name suggests, are not a pair of siblings, but a second-class organism, born from a mother, hatching from the same egg in no more than 16 larvae, and the number will only be even.
The first peculiarity of this insect is that their identical siblings are not identical, but must be two forms in pairs, and if one of them dies during the hatching process, the other must also die. In the process of growing up after birth, the opposite is true, if one of them dies, the other will hide in a safe place and split into two, but the life span of the pair will be shortened.
The second peculiarity of the twin worms is that the nest of worms born from this egg is extremely cooperative. They act in pairs, sometimes alone, but as soon as they find food, other individuals immediately flock to them, and similarly, if one is in distress, the others will come quickly if they can save it, and scatter and flee if they can't. With the first ability, their team will soon be full again.
The third peculiarity of the twin worms is that they only reproduce when the number of swarms is reduced to three pairs or less, and the breeding method is quite normal, that is, they mate with one pair of twin worms with another, and each pair of twin worms will lay an egg.
However, in this way, the gender and personality of the twin worms are very vague, some people believe that in fact, a twin worm is not a complete life form at all, only a pair or even a group of twin worms, is a complete life system, and there is evidence that a group of twin worms has only one consciousness, they are a whole, and the individual is just equivalent to different limbs.
Parasitic magic fungus is a special parasitic individual that parasitizes a group of twin insects at the same time, and to do this, it can only be parasitic in the eggs of the twin insects, and then split into hyphae, and parasitize this nest of insects at the same time, but do not directly invade their bodies, but latent, and wait until they reach adulthood, and then invade their bodies, which only an equally peculiar spiny nail parasite can do.
The spiny nail parasite is a split-parasitic fungus, both ability and appearance are very different from other parasites, the hyphae they split out have a strong connection with the body, will form a parasitic group, and the parasitic way is not like completely invading the host's life, but like a fusion, which can retain most of the host's abilities.
Therefore, they parasitize on different organisms, and have different abilities and appearances, among which they can combine with the twins and have magic-like abilities, so the so-called parasitic magic fungus refers to the twins parasitized by the thorny nail parasite, or it can be said that they are combined to form a composite organism.
Because of this harsh parasitic condition, parasitic magic fungi are extremely rare, and it is generally difficult to find them. At the same time, they are also highly valuable, eating this creature has the effect of enhancing brain power, and can also be used to make some special potions and tools.
However, this strange creature is also very powerful, in addition to the hard shell unique to the stingy nail parasite, their ability is more equivalent to an authentic fourth-level combat skill, and in an extreme environment like the Spiral Basin, it may wield even more terrifying power. Therefore, if you want to hunt them, the difficulty is still above that of the giant armored beast, not to mention the special environment of the spiral basin, even if you hunt successfully, it is difficult to take away the prey.
"How do I know! Anyway, that's what I've seen with my own eyes turn a large strip into an ice sculpture. Let's go, they're really coming soon! A118418 yelled urgently.