Chapter Eighty-Six: Welcome to the ...... of the Star Continent
The foliage forest is a herd of rising sun beasts, and the giant wings of metal wreckage cover the sky.
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Lanxing, Northern Hemisphere, Star Continent.
Compared to several other continents, the most unique thing about Star Continent is naturally its cluster of islands. These islands are not only scattered on the outer periphery of the continent, but even in the inland sea within the continent, there are countless islands, or it can be said that the entire star continent is made up of countless huge islands.
"Is this a shift from the equator to the temperate zone?" After Xinglan came out of the entrance of the underground passage, she began to look around, the pipe system composed of fallen trees was very close to the coast at the exit of the Star Continent, and she could even directly see the golden sand beach that was slapped by snow-white waves not far away, "Mystery Xin's behavior...... It's kind of weird. ”
It had spent so much effort to travel from one continent to another, but it always carried the corpse of the white puffin, which was a bit contradictory to Xinglan's previous guess of what it was used for. If it was just to store food, then there was no need to cross a continent to hunt.
This is the dirt floor that begins to appear at the end of the beach, and the wooden exit of the tunnel across the sea grows quietly on this yellow-brown ground, surrounded by a forest, but not the tropical rainforest of the Macrocontinent.
Trees are leafy, but they are not verdant. These leaves are covered with regular stripes, each of which takes on a distinct color. These different colors are not progressively excessive, but rather a strong chromatic aberration that suddenly appears at the edges of the stripes.
"It's called ...... Striped leaf tree. Xinglan quickly came up with a name for the temperate trees found on the Star Continent, "If the leaves of these trees are cut along the stripes and then connected...... You can make beautiful streamers directly. ”
Unlike Xinglan, Mystery Xin's attention was obviously not attracted by the color of the leaves of the Leaf Tree, but instead stood in place, closing her jewel-like eyes, as if silently sensing something......
After a pause of a minute or two, Mystery Xin opened her eyes suddenly, and her paws lightly clicked on the ground, soaring into the air as light as a feather, once again exerting its ghostly speed, turning into a phantom and shuttling between the leaf trees.
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Star Continent, which is the most mysterious continent in the history of the Lanxing civilization, because of some factors, the Star Continent has become the only continent that cannot be investigated in detail by the intelligent creatures of Lanxing, and the rumors about it have always been confusing.
The countless secrets that have been buried by history in later generations are vividly presented in this era at this moment. On that dotted island, there are living legends.
Not far from the coast, there is a tall land mountain range. On the verdant mountains, the distribution of trees is still very dense, and the sun still stubbornly does not miss any opportunity, spilling into the forest through the gaps in the leaves, leaving a dappled light and shadow, like a dream.
The blue-gold beast also seemed to feel tired, and instead of galloping in a hurry, it took a leisurely walk in the forest, its blue-gold fur dancing under the action of static electricity.
The low roar of the beast came not far from the woods, and although it was not loud, it seemed to be so pervasive that it was impossible to perceive its specific source in detail.
Mystery Xin's footsteps suddenly stopped, some of the muscles on his forehead were slightly deformed, and his blue eyes immediately turned to a certain direction in the dense forest without hesitation......
There seemed to be a faint burst of electricity in the air, and Mi Xin stepped forward and jumped lightly onto the trunk of a tree several meters high. Although it walks through the leaves, it does not need to use the gaps in the leaves to peek into the scene ahead, as if it does not need the help of its eyes to see everything in front of it.
The low roar became a little dense, one after the other, not the terrifying roar of the predator, nor the warning of the defender trying to repel a strong enemy, but just the ordinary sound of communication.
Xinglan accelerated forward, and the diffuse signal particles pierced through the material entity, and a group of four-legged beasts about half a meter tall and two meters long suddenly appeared on the ground in front of them. Their skin is orange-red, and they are flanked by large fiery red dots with radial lines all around.
Probably because it does look like a stick figure of the sun, the creatures have a cool-sounding name: Sunbreaker.
Of course, although the name is mysterious, Sunburst does not have any special abilities other than the patterns on its body, they are just a very common and numerous...... Herbivore.
The Sunbreakers were enjoying their leisurely time, and now was the day when there was plenty of food, and they didn't have to travel long distances in search of food or water, it was a paradise of bliss.
However, everything will end in an instant.
When Mi Xin jumped out of the leaves, the Sunburst instinctively swung its bulky head and began to turn and run away, but the speed of the two was obviously not at the same level at all, and the blue-gold figure of Mi Xin's rapid movement easily caught up with an orange-red Sunburst and jumped up and pounced on it.
The Sunburst swayed from side to side in a panic, but was clutched by a small beast that was only a quarter of its size, and it was clear that the powerful muscle system of the Mystery Xin was not only manifested in the legs, because when it opened its mouth, a sharp tooth bit into the throat of the Sunburst Beast, and even the sound of bones shattering could be faintly heard......
A life feels the fear of imminent dying, and is thus caught in the final frenzied struggle. Completely oblivious to the damage inflicted on itself, Sunburst slammed into the trees again and again, just to be able to shake off the terrible foe on its neck, but this tactic was obviously not a threat to Mystery Xin, whose agility was far above it, and it easily avoided the point of impact, and in the end it was only Sunburst itself who was unlucky.
Sunburst's eyes were red, not because of anger, but because a large amount of blood had seeped directly from the wound into the eyeball. The blurred vision seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back, and after a terrible scream, the orange-red creature finally collapsed to the ground, leaving only its muscles twitching slightly.
"Mystery Xin, this is in ...... Hunting? Xinglan watched with some uncertainty as Mi Xin circled around the corpse of the Sunburst Beast, and instead of rushing to feast, it seemed to be observing something......
After a while, as if he had made up his mind, Mi Xin stretched out his sharp claws, stabbed shallowly into the Sunbreaker's skin from the side, and then slowly slashed through it, cutting through the outer skin.
The movements are very careful and careful, not like they are preparing to tear apart their prey, but rather like they are making some beautiful work of art.
Eventually, Mystery used her claws to completely peel off the sun-shaped skin on the side of the Sunburst, gently separating the connection between the skin and the flesh, and it became a separate piece of leather.
At this time, Mi Xin picked up the white puffin corpse that had been placed on the ground before, and used the cooperation of its claws and beak to completely wrap it in leather, like a beautiful gift.
Yes, gifts. Xinglan really couldn't give any other explanation for Mystery Xin's behavior, and it even made a beautiful package for it, could it be that it was intended to ......
Mystery Xin picked up the white puffin corpse wrapped in the beautiful skin of the Rising Sun again, and didn't even look at the Sunburst that had fallen in place, obviously not having the slightest interest in its flesh. The smell of blood has attracted predators from afar in the woods, who will soon come here to share a delicious feast.
Free food will always attract predators more than food that needs to be wrestled to get.
Mystery Xin, who was just about to leave, suddenly paused, as if he felt something, and rolled to the left without looking back......
Xinglan quickly turned her perspective for a brief moment, everything around her seemed to turn into slow motion again, and her gaze crossed the lush rainforest, scanning the area in a three-dimensional perspective perspective, quickly locking onto a striated leaf tree a few meters away......
A round insect about five centimeters in length uses three pairs of sharp claws to hold itself firmly to the tree, and at the joint of each of its feet is a black eye, and its large back is inlaid with a transparent prismatic crystal.
The insect's cold gaze passed through the gap in the trees, firmly locked on the mystery Xin, and when the mystery Xin rolled to the left without looking back, the insect arched its body suddenly, and countless ripples flashed in the huge crystal on its back, and then ......
Hiss!
A low sound of burning air sounded, and a thin green light suddenly flashed from the huge crystal, and it instantly crossed the distance in the air at a speed that Xing Lan could not see, narrowly brushed past the back of the mystery Xin, and then directly penetrated three or four large trees, leaving a tiny penetrating wound on the trunk.
It's a laser!
Xing Lan, who was taken aback, immediately made a judgment, although the killing caliber of this laser beam is very small, once it hits the brain of a large creature, it is still a very deadly attack!
The amount of energy required for a laser attack is huge, and no matter how the bug managed to achieve such a high instantaneous power output, it obviously didn't have the power to strike a second blow. Mystery Xin, who successfully dodged the sneak attack, quickly turned around, and didn't know how it located the other party's position, so he rushed over without hesitation and slapped the daring bug with one paw...... Well, let's call it a laser bug.
"However, there are some things that are more concerning than the insect that can use crystals to create laser attacks......" Xinglan watched Mystery Xin continue to move forward, "Mystery Xin didn't look back at all just now, how did it know that there were signs of attack in the rear and quickly make evasive moves?" ”
Naturally, Mystery Xin would not answer Xinglan's question, and it continued to run through the forest as always, until its attention was attracted by something it had never seen before, and then it slowed down and slowly approached.
It was something that shouldn't belong in the woods.
Curiously, Mi Xin stretched out his claws and tapped against the smooth surface, making a crisp crashing sound. The badly soiled surface still stubbornly reflects the sky with the last hints of metallic luster.
"It's ...... No way? Xinglan recognized the metal object that appeared in the forest at a glance, it was an autonomous robot she sent to collect biological samples, but at this moment, only a third of the robot was left, and the exposed wires still emitted a trace of sparks from time to time, which was obviously completely destroyed.
"The data chip is completely damaged beyond repair, and the internal system continues to leak electricity...... The damage time will not take more than 15 minutes! Xinglan quickly made a judgment, but the wreckage of the automaton that fell in the forest shrouded the calm woods with a veil of mystery, "Anyway, this is also made of metal alloy, and it is also equipped with self-defense weapons, and it can quickly retreat with self-judgment, so what will ...... it?"
Suddenly, Mi Xin's hair exploded all over her body, and she stared warily ahead. A huge infrasonic whisper exploded from the front and swept in all directions!
Even creatures that can't hear infrasonic waves can feel the trembling of their bodies in the infrasonic waves and the violent shaking of the earth at this moment, and some small creatures even die directly from the rupture of their internal organs!
In the woods of striated leaves that shook the earth, Xinglan looked ahead and suddenly stretched out a pair of huge membranous wings, with a wingspan of almost ten meters, followed by a second pair, a third pair, and a fourth pair......
Finally, staring blankly at the countless membrane wings in front of her as they exploded in the huge wind pressure, Xinglan muttered to herself, "This...... What the hell is this......"