In this world, the modern civilization of the past has disappeared and has been replaced by the current super-powered civilization, also known as the New World.

There are works of this era, such as the "New Japan Archipelago Museum", which is a detailed account of the efforts of many historical, biological, and Chinese scholars to explore the etymology of "Hibaku".

From the conclusion of ancient times, people seem to think that "Lingbai" should be the abbreviated form of "Lingdaiyi". That said, I can't find a book that explains what a "substitute for clothes" is, so I can't explain it in detail here.

蓑白みのしろ蓑代衣みのしろごろも

In addition, there are also the theories that "Lingbai" is not an abbreviation of "Lingbai", but the combination of "Lingbai" and its white body color and the name "Lingbai", the "Spirit Generation" theory derived from the belief that the soul of the deceased stays in Lingbai, and the "Sea Society" theory derived from the habit of returning to the ocean when they usually live on land to lay eggs, all of which are very convincing. The "Umi no Society" also has a description that "Demoiselle lays red and yellow egg masses on seaweed and corals such as sea pines, just like the ornaments of Ryugu".

In the past, there were scholars who believed that it was called "Mino Castle" because of the fact that it was used as a symbol of the beast's head and tail when it encountered an enemy, similar to the animal head tile ornament on the castle tower of the ancient castle. However, later research determined that Nagoya Castle, which resembles a beast-headed tile, was in neighboring Owari Province rather than Mino Province, and this group of scholars lost its momentum.

Kokuku refers to the reiki state of ancient Japan, which is equivalent to a prefecture in China. The territory of Owari Province is about the western part of present-day Aichi Prefecture, and it was once the base of Oda Nobunaga's fortune, and the current capital is Nagoya. Mino Province is located in the north of present-day Gifu Prefecture, and Oda Nobunaga built Gifu Castle here, which is the origin of the prefecture's name. In addition, Nohime, who appeared in Sengoku Musou, was born in Mino, whose original name was Gui Die, and was the wife of Oda Nobunaga.

There are even countless sayings that "white" is an abbreviation of "Shiro", and if it is more than one meter long, it is called "Sankashi Shiro" (three is three times the width of the cloth, about 180 centimeters). As for the jumble of the countless tentacles that squirmed as snakes and calling them "巳 (snake) no Shiro" these nonsense statements make it impossible to clean up the discussion about the etymology of Lingbai.

These names are pronounced the same as Lyrobai in Japanese.

It is still barely rumored that Shiro is said to be the name of a young man who appeared in ancient legends, and the idea of being transformed into a white white due to the white snake has been misplaced, but because the rest of the content has been dispersed, it is impossible to distinguish the authenticity.

Either way, I think there is a reason for it. At least it's much better understood than the etymology of the toads bouncing around Mt. Tsukuba in the same book, "use gas to pull the worms closer and eat them." Who would believe the myths that toads have magical powers?

There is another mystery of Lingbai: even if you search through the ancient documents, you can't find a single word mentioning Lingbai. In particular, many books published thousands of years ago were banned from reading, but the word "white" could not be found at all. If this were the case, it would have been in the world for hundreds of years, and it is difficult to imagine that a whole new species could have been created in such a short period of time, according to the common sense of evolution.

In fact, it's not just the white, there is a huge fault line between the fauna between civilizations thousands of years ago and the present. It's not surprising that the pre-existing animal population has gone extinct over the ages, but hundreds of creatures, including the Demolique, have come to this world as if they had fallen from the sky. 、

In recent years, new hypotheses have become mainstream about this phenomenon. That is, a large number of organisms, including Lycoria, have suddenly and dramatically accelerated their evolution due to the unconscious activities of human beings.

However, this view is too radical. Here, let's first explain the fact that it has recently been found that Fang Zongchong and other places inhabit the direct ancestor of the manatee. Although it is impossible to imagine that a small animal with a body length of only about three centimeters can evolve into a giant lily white, when I see the protrusions of the gill that gave it its name, I have to admit that they are indeed very similar. If the manatee is indeed the ancestor of Lingbai, their names share the word "Ling", and the origin of their names, "Lingdaiyi" or "Lingbai", which may be correct circumstantial evidence. Further research is urgently needed on this matter.

The reason why we are introduced here is because Yuan Tianhua, Zaoji and others met Pseudo Celestial White when they were camping in the summer, and in order to better understand the existence of Pseudo Celestial White, we must first have a correct impression of its mimic Demoiselle.

If they didn't exist a thousand years ago, they could be extinct a thousand years later. Although I have written about the white white many times, I would like to explain to you again about the creature of the white white.

The appearance resembles taro insects and horses, and the body length is about tens of centimeters to about one meter. Two large Y-shaped tentacles protrude from the top of the head, and there is a pair of small tentacles at the front end. The eyes are small and hidden on the inside of the skin, so the pale vision should only be able to distinguish between light and dark. The lower part of the abdomen is lined with short walking limbs that resemble taro worms or horselands (unlike gastropods such as manatees) that allow them to walk quickly. Based on the movements of most of the walking limbs, it can be described as marching. On the back of the white mantle, there are many brightly colored tentacles and spiny-like protrusions such as white, red, orange, and cyan, which are spread all over the back like a lily coat. The tentacles are translucent, and the tips can emit a strong light like a firefly.

It is an omnivorous animal, and its main food is moss, lichens, fungi, insects, centipedes, spiders, small animals in the soil, and plant seeds. Even poisonous substances can be eaten without care, and then wrapped in small cells and stored in the body. Therefore, it has the effect of purifying the soil. After eating, the body color changes significantly depending on the food eaten. Especially after eating moss, the whole body will turn bright green. These characteristics are very similar to those of the manatee, which feeds mainly on sea anemones.

In addition, when encountering an enemy, Lingbai will intimidate with handstand tentacles and thorns, as if there are countless snakes dancing with teeth and claws on his body. Animals that ignore threats and dare to approach will be "entertained" by the venomous stinging cells. However, Demoiselle will never raise its arms against humans, for a special statement.

There are many other subspecies in the family Lycopodaceae, such as Onigosa (a rare species with a body length of more than two meters and a body covered with silvery bristles), Erythrophyllum (a translucent red body), Celestial white (blue at the tip of the tentacles), and Rainbow white (with fine hairs like butterfly scales and a beautiful rainbow luster).

Because of its size and highly toxic and unpleasant smell, it has few natural predators. The only animal that can prey on the white is the tiger crab that lurks on the beach. It returns to the beach during the annual spawning season, and it is not uncommon for tiger crabs to be attacked.

Just in case, here is also an introduction to tiger crab hunting. It is a ferocious carnivorous crab that is generally considered to be the ancestor of the sea-dwelling three-wart crab. The dorsal carapace is sharp, diamond-shaped, with a mixture of greenish-brown and sand-colored camouflage, and can reach forty-five to one hundred and twenty centimeters wide. The crab claws are long and large, and the teeth are sharp. There are three spines on the forehead, and the front end of the carapace is serrate. When hunting, tiger crabs cleverly use their fourth foot for swimming to burrow in the sand to hide themselves, and once the prey approaches, it jumps out of the sand and jumps more than two meters high to attack the prey. It is commonly found on the Hazaki coast and other places, and there are also records of expeditions to grasslands, forests, and halfway up the mountainside. Whether it is frogs, lizards, snakes, or small mammals, seabirds, dolphins washed ashore, giant whales and other sea beasts, tiger crabs are all taken as planned. The carapace is thick and hard as metal, and ordinary animal teeth and claws cannot penetrate. Although tiger crabs kill and devour each other when they see their own species, they do not pose a threat to humans.

Once she is attacked by a tiger crab and a part of her body is tightly clamped and cannot escape, there will be a very intriguing and unique scene.

In the early summer of the year before graduating from Heguiyuan, he happened to witness the whole process of being preyed upon.

"Early season, look at that!" Truth whispered.

"What?"