After the tournament is over, Sandstone, on behalf of the Badlands Guardians, invites Gordon and the others to their camp.

After thinking about it, Gordon politely refused.

At present, it seems that the Detter who guards the clan and the Oddface clan led by the Golden Priest are likely to be in competition or even hostile relations.

The festival of the Strange Face Clan will start the night after tomorrow, so don't have any more surprises, let's reduce contact.

After separating from the Detters who guarded the clan, it was still relatively early, and according to Gordon's original idea, he could actually ride the pterodactyl all the way to the southern swamp.

It's a bit far, but at the speed of a pterosaur, it should be possible to reach it shortly after nightfall.

As you can see from the map, the investigation team also has a camp in the swampy area in the south of the wasteland, and the itinerary is perfect when they go to the camp there for a night's rest, play all day tomorrow, and come back the day after tomorrow to participate in the Odd Face Clan Festival.

However, after discussing it, it was decided not to be so prodigal.

Although the main purpose of this mission has been basically achieved, they are escorts after all, and it is really a bit too much to sneak from the northern wasteland of the Great Ant Mound to the southern swamp.

Mr. Monroe, if there is something unexpected on their side, let alone rushing back in time, I am afraid that they will not be able to find them.

"Let's go to the swamp next time." Hayatta comforted Gordon, "There will be a chance in the future." ”

Gordon was a little helpless in the face of her childlike tone, "I don't want to go to the swamp 'that much'.

There are also a lot of things to see in the northern part of the Great Ant Grave Wasteland, and we have been walking around here for the past two days. ”

"Didn't you say that the night view of the big ant mound is very special?" Pork Chop suggested, "It just happens to be hot now, can we go back to the camp to rest first, and then come out after nightfall?" ”

Gordon Hayatta looked at each other.

"That's it!"

The sun has completely set.

The temperature difference between day and night is not small, and when the sun is strong during the day, the throat is a little hot when you take a deep breath, but the temperature drops quickly after nightfall.

Of course, there is still a gap with the extreme temperature difference in the Dede Desert of the Old World, where not drinking cold drinks during the day can cause people to sunburn, and not drinking hot drinks at night can freeze people to death.

But there is also a feeling of moving from midsummer to autumn quickly.

After resting for the afternoon, Gordon and Hayatta walked out of the camp one after another, and they climbed along the rock wall, leaving the small canyon where the camp was located, and looking at the world before them.

There was a brief silence.

"That's it?" Xianglan opened her mouth and said their hearts, "That's it?!" ”

The weather tonight is not bad, there are no clouds in the sky, and the sea of stars is as bright as ever.

Well, although the starry sky is beautiful, it is no different from the sky you saw when you were in the starry stronghold, and it is a bit too much to say that the aesthetic fatigue is too much, but it does feel like you are used to it.

The scenery on the ground can only be described as unsatisfactory.

Gordon is very fond of the desert scenery of the sand sea under the moon, the desert under the starlight and moonlight will take on a dark blue color, and if there is no wind, the endless undulating sand dunes will look like a still ocean.

During the night hunt of the Battle of the One-Horned Dragon, the night scene of the Great Desert left a deep impression on him.

But the scenery in front of him made him a little unappreciative.

Large rock platforms, rocky mountains eroded by wind and sand into strange shapes, and tower-shaped ant mounds divide the wasteland in front of you into pieces.

During the day, it still gives people the amazement of "nature's miraculous workmanship", but at night, the rest is only treacherous.

The rocky mountain is hollow, the edge of the stone platform and other areas that cannot be covered by starlight are full of shadows, and it seems that some monster will pounce at any time, which is a headache to watch.

"Actually, you can't say that the scenery is ugly." Taking a deep breath of the cool night breeze, Hayatta commented, "I've heard more than one person say that the night view of the Great Ant Tomb is extraordinary, and the expectations are a little too high." ”

"yes." Gordon shrugged, "Maybe it's just that the scenery isn't good enough on our side, so let's go further north?" I feel like there's a wider view. ”

"Hmm."

The two of them and the two cats held a negative mentality of "coming and coming" and started their night tour.

They didn't call for pterosaurs, so they ran all the way north, obviously with the mentality of playing at first, but they just ran out of a feeling of late-night cross-country training.

The mood is a little delicate.

The night gradually deepened, the stars became more and more bright, the temperature gradually dropped to about 20 degrees, and the late night breeze was very refreshing, and the disappointment in the hearts of Gordon and the others also dissipated.

Even if you don't have much to enjoy, it's good to go for a night run once in a while?

Their pace began to pick up, and finally they simply raced.

With the sound of pork chop, "Meow!" ”。

The two Ailu suddenly ran on all fours, "Meow hahaha!" The ground sprang out, followed by Hayata, who was also giggling.

Only Gordon, whose speed is weak, was left behind, angry but helpless, but could only bury his head and run wildly.

Just as he grabbed a few tree fruits growing on the vines by the roadside, hung up the projector, and prepared to turn the race into a prop race.

A glittering shadow crashed into his field of vision, and he subconsciously raised his voice and shouted, "There is a situation!" ”

Hayatta, who had already run a long distance, immediately stopped and gathered around them in a vigilant posture.

Gordon looked warily at a huge anthill not far away, the size of two houses stacked together.

He'd just seen that this thing was glowing.

That kind of light reminded him of the thunder light worm on the thunder wolf dragon, and the moment he just turned his head to the side to take the tree fruit, he even thought that there was a thunder wolf dragon lying in the shadows.

Hayatta and the others gathered together, and after listening to Gordon's words, they also set their eyes on the ant mound.

"Where is the light meow?" Xianglan tilted her head to look at Gordon, "Could it be that you can't outrun and make a trick?" ”

Gordon flicked Pandan's skull, then made a "silence, hide" gesture.

The two of them and two cats squatted on the spot, staring at the ant mound dozens of meters away.

After waiting quietly for a long time, a few inconspicuous fireflies shone from the ant mound, and as time passed, more and more light lit up.

The fireflies flickered and flickered, and when you looked at it suddenly in the dark night, it was indeed easy to mistake it for a living thing.

"Why didn't we notice Meow just now?" Pandan licks her paws.

Hayatta thought for a moment, and suddenly clapped his hands a few times.

The sensitive little creatures on the ant mound were frightened, and the little fluorescent light dissipated in an instant.

"Maybe we just laughed too loudly." Hayatta said with a dry smile: "When they are not shining, these ant mounds are no different from ordinary mountain stones, so you can't notice them. ”

"Let's stop running, be quiet, and go quietly." Gordon suddenly smiled, "This should be what they call a 'special night scene'." ”

They crept over to the big anthill.

If you look closer, you can see that there are many finger-length worms crawling on the large anthill, with huge chelicera, and their soft bellies that glow with fluorescence.

Tempted by these fluorescences, the carrier ant larvae in the mound are attracted out, and then they are chewed by these worms with large claws.

Strangely, the adult transporters still fed the larvae on the mounds as if they were not visible at all.

The ant mound in front of it alone shone with thousands of fireflies, each of which was a trap, and at every moment, hundreds of carrying ant larvae were preyed upon and devoured by these shining worms.

"Damn meow, if you go on like this, the larvae will be eaten up!" Xianglan felt a little pity for the headless and brainless carrier ant larvae, and stretched out her claws, trying to catch the glowing worms.

Hayatta pressed its paw, "It's part of nature's self-regulation.

If it weren't for them, it would have been the entire Great Ant Grave Desert that would have been eaten. ”

Gordon whistled and motioned for his companions to turn around.

Everyone looked into the distance, as far as the eye could see, it was as small as less than a person high, as large as a towering mountain, and thousands of fireflies were shining on every ant mound.

Under the fireflies, countless brutal killings are going on.

But this is the starlight of life.

Ps.

I didn't notice the scene of the flash insect-eating larvae of the big ant mound predating and transporting the ant larvae when I was playing the game, and then I noticed it when I watched the ecological video of "Roman Investigator 027" at station B.

The night view of the Great Ant Mound Wasteland is indeed not pretty, but with this ecological detail, it feels like everything else is not important.

(End of chapter)