"Put down the crystals!"

With a shout, a group of standing scorpions placed the large crystals they were carrying in their hands on the ground, each of which weighed about a ton and was basically square, the best material for absorbing light.

Lynn's spies also followed the group as 'leaders' of the group carrying the crystals, and Lin thought that if she followed them, she would be able to leave the cave...... Lynn originally thought so.

But this place is still in the cave, this place is like a large circular area, and there is no passage through the surrounding cave walls to the outside, why do they stop and put crystals? There wasn't even a shred of sunlight here, only the dim glow of the crystals carried by the scorpions......

These crystals are about to be extinguished, and if their brilliance is gone, the scorpions will be in darkness forever.

Speaking of which, the scorpions that Lin had seen before were luminous because they had a small luminescent creature on their bodies, but the scorpions that lived in the 'red village' did not have this kind of biological symbiosis themselves, and I don't know why this happened, so they also needed something else to illuminate them.

"Dig!" After placing the crystals, a standing scorpion climbed onto a piece of crystals and shouted around, at which point some of the standing scorpions holding the crystallized spears began to dig into some of the softer parts of the ground with the tips of their spears.

After spending more than ten days and nights with them, Lin began to understand their language better, and they had a more complex language system, but Lin hadn't asked them exactly where they collected light, after all, it was really strange for the 'leader' to ask these things, and Lin thought that they would collect crystallized light energy outside. Now it seems that they are going to be collected in a different way.

In fact, Lynn barely communicated with them during the days and nights she spent in the colony. But these scorpions don't usually need to be commanded by a leader. They do their own thing, and they still see spies as their bosses.

Perhaps the leader is more of an 'object of worship' than a 'conductor' to these scorpions.

'Click. ’

Thinking of this, Lin suddenly heard a sound from the ground, and saw some small holes cracked in the ground of the cave, and some red caterpillars covered in crystals came out of it.

The caterpillars are small, about 10 centimeters each, but there are quite a few of them. Countless holes were cracked in the ground, and thousands of caterpillars kept coming out of the ground, reflecting a bright red luster in the dim light, like a large pile of rubies emerging from the ground.

…… Speaking of which, what is a ruby? Is it the same type as red crystals?

"Don't step on it! Don't move! Some of the standing scorpions shouted loudly, it seemed that these caterpillars were the key to their access to light energy, it seemed ...... Lynn still has to go the old way out.

The caterpillars on the ground shrank into a ball as soon as they came out, as if something was changing inside them, and they also emitted a faint light.

Lynn had already basically guessed what was going on.

"It's coming! Protection! Suddenly, a standing scorpion shouted, and a huge number of black shadows appeared around the cave. Countless small creatures burst out of the cracks in the cave walls, grabbing the caterpillars and dragging them back.

These creatures are...... Mao Yu? Lynn looked closely. The small figures of these attacking caterpillars were all hairy jade with bright red fluff, this was probably the largest hairy jade that Lin had ever seen, each of them was about seven centimeters long, and they could easily bite these immobile caterpillars in two.

The common Mao Yu is very fragile, and this is the first time Lin has seen Mao Yu on the 'attacking' side.

The standing scorpions are constantly stepping on the Mao Yu running around on the ground with their feet, trying to drive away these Mao Yu, but there are too many Mao Yu, they have caught a lot of caterpillars, and some even eat directly on the spot, tearing the caterpillars into pieces, this battle lasted for hundreds of meters and seconds, until the Mao Yu finally retreated, the caterpillars in the field were already half less.

Lin didn't move, just stayed there and watched, these standing scorpions were too stupid to drive away the little creatures, and some of the caterpillars were stepped on by them instead of Mao Yu.

After finally driving away Mao Yu, these caterpillars on the ground finally began to change, only to see that their backs began to slowly crack, and in the cracks, bursts of light were emitted......

I see......

In the crack behind it, first a pair of glowing wings stretched out, and then the entire body, a new type of creature emerged from the caterpillar's body.

The caterpillars appeared one after another on their backs, and the whole cave was illuminated as bright as day by the light they emitted! All the scorpions cheered, and the light energy emitted was slowly being absorbed by the crystals.

Lin caught one of these insects, and quickly ate it without the other scorpions noticing, and then quickly decomposed it, just as Lin thought, this should be their breeding period, this kind of insect is currently called 'red stone butterfly', they don't have a structure like a feeding mouth, and now it seems that many insects have developed into this form, they mainly live in the larval stage, and when they finally grow into adults, they don't eat, they just fly for reproduction.

Mao Yu also knows their breeding period, so he rushed out to hunt on a large scale at this time.

Speaking of which, most of these insects have a 'pupae' stage, but this redstone butterfly does not, and the larvae directly become adults.

The redstone butterflies born on the back of the larvae stayed on the ground, waiting for their wings to slowly engorge and expand, and they spread their wings one after another, and at this moment, the entire cavern was like countless twinkling stars flying.

Under their flight, all the crystals slowly lit up, these redstone butterflies emitted a bright light, their energy was stored in the larval stage, and now they will bloom here to their heart's content, in order to produce more offspring, and the light energy they emit will also be replenished by the crystals of the scorpions.

I don't know how long this breeding activity lasts, although there are many redstone butterflies, but the light is still far less than the sun's light.

All the scorpions were cheering, and looking at such a beautiful view, Lin quietly retreated from here with Susumi.

It's time to leave...... Let's go back the way you started, and although you have seen a lot of interesting things, you have been here for too long.

These scorpions don't need a leader to develop, so let's see what they grow into.

"Chief?" And just as Lin was about to walk out of the place, a standing scorpion noticed Lynn's spy.

The scorpion chased after him in confusion and asked the spy, "Chief, where are you going?" ”

"......" Lin was a little hesitant to say it, because Lin didn't know what it would be like for them to lose their leader, and their lives were perfectly fine for now, but ......

'Boom! ’

Just as Lin was about to say something, the entire cave suddenly shook violently, and a large number of red stone butterflies that had been gathering and flying suddenly flew away.

All the scorpions looked around nervously, and the cave was still trembling slightly, as if some huge creature was moving underground.

"Run!" I don't know which scorpion screamed, and all the scorpions panicked, and they scrambled to the entrance of this cave......

As they fled, they lost their previous cooperation, and the scorpions all pushed each other, and many of them fell to the ground, but fortunately Lin moved faster, and before they could panic, the spy had already rushed out of the cave.

With the sound of shaking, the rock layer on the roof of the cave began to crack, and countless sand and stones fell off the top of the cave, leading the entire cave to collapse together, and the sand and stones instantly buried the standing scorpions that had no time to escape, as well as those glowing crystals......

The scorpions that managed to escape looked at the place buried by the rocks in a daze, as if they didn't know what to do for a while, and during the collapse process just now, the red stone butterflies also flew out of the cave, and they flew around on the top of the cave, continuing their previous breeding activities.

The scorpions around Lin were still stunned, as if this was the first time this kind of thing had happened, they didn't know what to do, and they were only afraid and confused......

'......Boom'

The cavern continued to tremble, and suddenly, a large hole exploded in the ground, and a huge worm rushed out of the ground, its jagged mouth wide open, looking around at all the standing scorpions around it.

All the surrounding scorpions fled in terror, and the redstone butterflies on the top of the cave were also frightened by the worms, and the entire cave was instantly darkened.

The scorpions were already frightened and couldn't move, and suddenly, in the dark space, a scream rang out, and then quickly subsided......

The scorpions were a little puzzled, and the screams they heard were not from the scorpions, but ...... Worms.

At this time, a light suddenly lit up in the cave, and the darkness subsided, and I saw that their 'leader' was emitting the same light as crystals, and under it there was a large pool of blood that stretched all the way to the hole where the worm had come out, as if the worm had been beaten away by the 'leader'.

The scorpions looked at the leader, and Lin felt the fear in their hearts slowly dissipate......

"Chief!" "Chief!" The scorpions all gathered around the Spy, cheering incessantly.

The Spy raised all his forelimbs and shouted like a true leader, "Get out of here and chase the sun!" ”

"Oooo At the spy's words, all the surrounding scorpions began to cheer!

Speaking of which, Lynn didn't know why they didn't go out to live, maybe because they had to pass through the territory of the 'crazy scorpions', but it was time to take them out with them.

Under Lynn's command, the scorpions walked back into the village, where they took their crystallized spears and lined them up neatly in front of Rin.

"Let's go!" (To be continued......)

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