The mountains are against the meteors, and the carpet is silent.

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Xinglan looked around, and the mountains at the end of her line of sight were endless.

According to the historical records of satellites in space, the fourth large-scale orogeny on the surface of Lanxing ended about 2 million years ago, and most of today's mountain ranges were born from that large-scale geological change, including the submarine seamounts covered by colorful marine plants.

After passing through the dense anchor grass forest that can completely obscure the view, what appeared in front of the peak was such an endless mountain, this was not the direction where Xinglan had followed the sea giant into the village, but came out from another direction that was about 160 degrees apart, so as soon as I came out of the anchor grass forest, I saw this strange world.

Even the outside world was approaching dusk, and the underwater world should have been plunged into complete darkness, but in fact, it looked brighter than before.

When night comes, it's time for the ocean's plankton to revel. Luminescent creatures as dense as the stars in the sky began to swim out of their hiding caves, moving upwards to surface to feed, outlining the terrain of the mountains ahead.

The sparkling brilliance is like a reverse meteor shower flying upside down, beautiful and spectacular.

This scene looked so dreamy that Feng, who had just managed to escape from the village, was a little stunned for a moment, standing there staring at the gorgeous night scene in front of him. Although it was not the first time he had left the village, the sea giants did not let their children venture out close to night, and usually went out hunting instead of the rugged terrain here, but from other gentler directions.

"Don't be in a daze, it's time to go." Xinglan controlled the Aurora Fish to swim in front of him from the back of the peak, and suddenly flashed a colored light, "Don't forget that this place is not really safe, if you keep standing here like this, it will be easy to be caught by those adults." ”

"Yes." Being reminded of this, Feng also reacted suddenly, looked back at the dense anchor grass forest surrounding the village with a little reluctance, and then carefully smeared the light fungus stained in the palm of his hand into a few gaps in the carapace on his chest, and then picked up some small prey minced meat from the bag, skillfully kneaded it into meat puree, and then smeared it near the light fungus, "It's time to go, you must ...... I'm sure I'll be able to come back safely. ”

The photobacteria that have been placed in a special location and have a supply of nutrients quickly begin to change their brightness...... Sea giants use neural connections to influence the secretion of chemicals in those crevices, and these chemicals in turn regulate the brightness of the photobacteria, allowing the two species to work well together.

Feng didn't control the brightness of the photobacteria too strongly, he was not strong enough to expose himself so arrogantly, but he was only able to light the road in front of him to ensure that he would not stumble, so that the speed at which the photobacteria on his body consumed food fragments would be correspondingly slower, and of course he could save money in the face of an unknown future.

Soon, he was in dire straits: the road ahead of him had several sharp downward slopes, and those that could have been gently descending were abruptly disconnected.

"No wonder no one in your village wants to take this road when they go out hunting." Xinglan, who relied on swimming and completely ignored the terrain, quickly jumped down and walked around a few laps before muttering next to Feng's ear, "The terrain here is indeed bad enough, even if you catch prey, it will be difficult to bring it back." ”

Feng nodded silently, walked to the side of those broken mountain roads and looked down, now the brightness of the light fungus illuminates the distance of ten meters at most, and he can't discern the details of the farther places, so he doesn't know what awaits him under those broken slopes.

"If only I could fly......" Feng glanced at Xing Lan, with some envy in his eyes, "Then don't worry about how to get there." ”

For sea giants, being able to swim in the water at will is basically the same as flying, and their desire for this is no less than the desire of earthlings to fly, but unfortunately the average density of their bodies far exceeds the density of water, which dooms them to be unable to swim with their own bodies no matter how hard they try.

"Why do you have to go this way? You must have done this on purpose, to make it easier to avoid the search of adults? Looking at the very embarrassed peak, Xing Lan couldn't help but ask curiously.

"No, this is guided by legend." As for Xinglan, an outlier who does not belong to the same race, Feng easily stated part of his plan, "To solve the problems that the village is facing now, you must find those things according to the legends. ”

The problem facing the village? A guide to the legend? It looks like the whole thing is getting more and more interesting, and it would be even more fun to have a treasure map or something.

Seeing Feng trying to lower his body to see the scenery below, Xinglan, who was in a good mood, simply took the initiative to help: "I'll go below to reconnoiter the terrain, don't be so troublesome." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Feng to react, Xinglan quickly rushed into the darkness that the light fungus could not illuminate, and bursts of dazzling electric light flashed all over her body to illuminate the surrounding environment, although it was not as durable as the light fungus, but the short-term lighting was enough.

"Rest assured, there's no dangerous terrain or creatures down there." Xinglan, who had been wandering around for a while, returned to the side of the peak, flicked his tail, and continued to use the signal to pronounce in his ear, "It's that the vertical height is about ...... in some places." It's about five times your height. ”

"Is that all? That's fine. Feng relaxed when he heard Xing Lan say this, he felt that Xing Lan didn't need to lie to him at all, "Then jump directly." ”

After walking to the point where the road was broken and squatting down slightly, the foot covered by the cyan carapace kicked the ground violently, and Feng jumped directly off the road so simply.

Even if you can't swim, there is a big difference between walking in the sea and walking on land. If it were in an air environment, I am afraid that any animal similar to the size of a sea giant would not dare to jump down to a place five times its height so openly, but in the sea, almost no animal can fall to death.

Yes, you can't die if you fall, no matter how high you fall from a place, when you reach the level of resistance and gravity in the seawater, this is already the limit speed, and if this limit speed can't fall to death, then it is absolutely impossible to fall to death in the seawater. The huge resistance of the water makes this ultimate speed much smaller than the ultimate speed in the air, but the resistance of the creature has not been weakened by this, so even the sea giant is unlikely to fall and be injured in the ocean, and the only thing he cares about before the peak is whether there will be dangerous creatures or some bad natural terrain hidden in the darkness below.

The process of falling down did not take long, and after a few seconds, Feng successfully landed, and the light of the light fungus on the armor began to illuminate the environment here, but the touch of the landing place was not as solid as Feng imagined, but as slippery as greasy, and he almost slipped and fell to the ground when he first tried to take a step.

Bending down in some surprise, Feng found that the rocks were covered with a layer of viscous translucent substance, which was the culprit that caused him to almost slip, and when he reached out and touched it slightly, something slimy was on his fingers.

"What is this? Looks weird. "The adults hadn't talked about this weird gelatinous substance, and after shaking off the mass of stuff on his fingertips, Feng couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when he looked at the similar substance all over the ground, "It looks terrible......

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, it's okay." Xinglan chuckled, this strange thing on the ground was not unfamiliar to her, "It's just a large number of tiny blanket insects that form something like a fungus blanket, and there is no danger." ”

"Blanket bugs? Fungus blanket? Many of the strange words that Xinglan had created after directly turning up the frequency were completely unfamiliar to Feng, and he didn't understand them at all, but he at least understood that there was no danger, so he began to continue walking on this wide blanket insect field with confidence, and a large number of slimy blanket insect blocks were then stained on the cyan carapace of his feet, leaving footprints one after another in place.

In a sense, the blanket worm uses other large organisms to help migrate, similar to many plants.

The viscous translucent substance didn't stop the sea giant from walking normally, but after walking a few hundred meters, Feng couldn't help but stop, looking back at the way he came, as if trying to see something in the darkness where only a few fluorescent creatures could be seen.

However, this was in vain after all, even Xinglan could not rely on visible light alone to distinguish anything in the distance from that pitch black environment.

"At this moment, the village has probably begun to be chaotic." Xing Lan also stopped, and whispered in Feng's ear, "The mysterious disappearance of a little child is a serious matter for this village of only a hundred people. ”

Hearing this, Feng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, clenched his fists slightly, and then resolutely turned around and continued to walk forward: "I will definitely go back, and go back with hope." ”

"Why don't you tell us about your plans?" Xinglan felt that the child in front of her was really interesting, and she wanted to help him more and more.

"There will be no one to support me, they will definitely think I'm crazy and lock me in the house and forbid me to go out." Feng shook his head, as if he was a little sleepy, "Almost no one will believe in that legend, and even if they do, they don't dare to try it, but that is the only hope at the moment, otherwise the village that has lasted for hundreds of years may be completely destroyed." ”

"Tired? This side shouldn't be easy to spot. The signal quickly swept forward over the terrain of hundreds of meters, and Xinglan simply swam to the carapace on the shoulder of the peak, "Go a little further, there is a small cave on the rock wall on the left, just spend the night and rest there." ”

"En......" Feng, who felt more and more sleepy, nodded, it is true that he must take care of his spirits and be able to travel better tomorrow.

"The little ones should sleep well tonight, don't think too much." A series of faint electric lights flashed in the transparent body of the aurora fish, "As for safety, I'll help you keep vigil......