Chapter 397: Probing
While Su Wen noticed the pupa that had turned into slag, Ellie calmed down, endured the unpleasant smell and goosebumps on her body, and tried to secrete a cleansing substance.
The final result was okay, and the traces of unsightly color were directly eliminated. It's just that there is still a faint stench that never goes away.
"You said those monsters, could it be that they escaped because of this stench?" After hard work, Ellie was finally able to put away her visor and reveal her true face, but there was still a piece like a mask on her nose and mouth.
After all, for Ellie's sense of smell, this faint stench is still terrifying.
"It may be possible, but the ordinary individuals we eliminated before don't smell like this. Su Wen said: "But I just took a look at it, and this group of insect demons is much weaker than we imagined. “
"I think it smells bad...... A lifetime of scars!"
The thought of roasting the chrysalis to eat it all the time ago gave Ellie goosebumps and shivered.
The two are now caught in a strange circle.
Because no matter which clue you look at, the insect demons in this cave should be terrifying monsters with a high degree of threat. But in fact, after witnessing it with my own eyes, I found that this group of insect demons seems to be the same as most insect-shaped monsters, only simple pinprick or bite type attacks, of course, this is in addition to the "leader" among them.
But no matter how much Su Wen investigated, he still couldn't find out the strange places on these bugs.
This point made Su Wen more entangled.
What bothered him even more was the decoration around the wall, but among these metal plates, there was never any information that Su Wen wanted. It's like some games that are beautiful, gorgeous, have a story, and have connotations, but they can't be interacted with.
"Did you see that little hole?"
"Look, it's just some crystals. These crystals probably have some value, and I wonder how the hell these insects turn these creatures into crystals......"
Ellie leaned over and took a look at the hole.
"It's strange that there are no eggs here. Ellie looked puzzled.
"Eggs, oh! Strange place is here......"
No matter what kind of organism, as long as a group is formed, its composition is never single. In addition to the two genders, the age structure is also an important part.
In other words, in a group of monsters, in addition to strong adult monsters, aging monsters and monster juveniles should also exist in a group.
The same applies to worm-shaped monsters.
It would be strange if the bottom of the pit was a lair of these worms. Because except for these adults who look similar and the pupa that has been beaten into sauce, the two of them didn't find even a single egg!
There are too many possibilities like this. The first is that this is not their nest at all, the second is that they are the first generation of a group, or they have not yet reached the time to lay eggs, and the third is that these things are extremely long-lived, or have a different way of reproducing than common sense......
The phenomenon of "shouldn't ......" obviously doesn't match Ellie's common sense: "You go down and see if there's anything missing?"
"I don't want to go down. Su Wen said unusually calmly.
"......" Ellie choked, then glared at Su Wen: "Then I won't go either." ”
The reason why neither of them wants to go down is the same.
Because part of the juice that the chrysalis exploded from the chrysalis just now dripped into this small hole, even if Su Wen exchanged his qi with wind magic, he still couldn't blow away the stench wafting out of the hole.
Even if there is no dripping insect juice, this little hole full of weirdness is still an existence that makes people resist.
Although it looks like there are crystals, who knows what kind of scene lies beneath those layered crystals...... You know, so far, Su Wen hasn't even found a little bit of insect droppings......
"That'...... Finish work?"
"Call it a day. Su Wen agreed with Ellie's statement and looked up at the top of the big hole.
"What about these little bugs?
"Let's burn it down when we get up. Su Wen's method is also quite straightforward: "Then even if the cave is detonated and causes a collapse, we will have time to leave." ”
“...... Whatever you want, I'm okay anyway. ”
"I remember, you must have inherited some of the characteristics of the Fire Demon...... It should be easy to set a fire or something, right?"
"But I won't use it......" Ellie pulled the back of her head into a bun and tied it up with a piece of armor.
"Forget it, you go up first, and my temple will set fire later. ”
"Oh. ”
When Ellie heard this, she jumped on it.
Su Wen was just about to follow, but saw Ellie jump onto the stone wall, and with the help of the stone wall, she bounced back and fell, and returned to the bottom of the cave.
“...... Is there anything else you haven't done?"
"I almost missed something...... Ellie threw down a sentence, and jumped straight into the small hole, and after rummaging for a while, she jumped out again, and there was an extra crystal in her hand.
"What's this?"
"Your memory gem!" Ellie threw the crystal directly to Su Wen.
The moment he touched this crystal, that familiar feeling returned to Su Wen's mind again. Streams of memory, with wisps of glimmer light, poured from the crystals to Su Wen's mind.
Taking advantage of the gap in his memories, Su Wen also distracted his attention and saw the smug expression on Ellie's face that almost said "Aha, I'm doing meritorious service again!!" If it weren't for me, you would have missed something important!.
Su Wen closed his eyes and concentrated on feeling the memories that returned to his body.
One second, two seconds, and then, Su Wen opened his eyes.
"Eh, why are you so fast this time?" asked Ellie, with an innocent and strange expression, asking the somewhat ambiguous question.
"......" Su Wen was silent for two seconds, and then smiled bitterly: "This is empty." ”
"Empty!?"
"Hmm. Su Wen nodded while organizing the language of the explanation: "This thing is a memory gem, right...... But the memories that came over this time were a big blank...... Nothing. ”
"Huh!?" Ellie pouted slightly in disappointment.
"Thank you anyway, though. Su Wen thanked Ellie seriously.
After all, the environment in this small hole cannot be called comfortable, and neither of them has the desire to go down to investigate carefully, but Ellie jumped down without saying a word after feeling the breath of the memory gem, which still made Su Wen feel a little relieved and moved inexplicably.
"Wow, why are you so polite......"
Ellie's reaction was exactly the same as Su Wen's conjecture.