Chapter 304: Hole of the Earth, Ant Country
Next, the flow of fire was really much more careful, and Changyue collected a lot of sand crocodile corpses as a result.
She put the sand crocodile into the mirror of everything, and let the brocade skin and take the meat, the crocodile skin can be kept to make light armor, leather whips and other utensils, and the meat is all thrown into the man-eating flowers, so that the cannibal flowers can have a delicious meal.
I don't know how long I walked, and I don't know how many sand crocodiles I killed, Changyue and Liuhuo were already in the hinterland of the sand crocodile mounds, and as far as the eye could see, there were all large and small sand dunes around, and there was nothing else.
"Chirp~~~" How is this sand crocodile mound boundless?
Flowing Fire couldn't help but complain, after walking here for several days, looking at one sand dune after another, it was already aesthetically tired.
"I don't know." Changyue shook her head, she took out the booklet she got from Qianjinfang, flipped through it, and there was indeed a record of the sand crocodile mound, but it didn't say how big the sand crocodile mound was.
It's really a first-class dangerous place in Zhongzhou, I'm afraid no one has really explored the sand crocodile mound!
One man and one bird continued to walk forward, if at first they could still meet some adventurers hunting in the sand crocodile mound, then when they arrived here, it was really difficult to see human tracks.
Moreover, the strange beasts encountered along the way are no longer limited to the sand crocodile, in this regard, they may have walked out of the sand crocodile hill.
No, he had only taken two steps when a sharp hiss suddenly appeared.
Rustling ~ the sound of sand flowing.
The sound of hissing ~ snake chirping.
A giant snake with a yellowish body and a single horn on its forehead appeared in front of a man and a bird, its mouth kept swallowing bright red snake letters, and a pair of black vertical pupils stared directly at the long moon and the flowing fire.
Quicksand snake! A strange beast at the pinnacle of the Great Zhou Heavenly Realm.
"Hiss~~"
After the quicksand snake hissed, it opened its bloody mouth and bit at Changyue and Flowing Fire.
The flames fluttered their wings and disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the long moon quickly retreated.
The quicksand snake plunged headlong into the yellow sand and pounced, and as soon as it pulled its head out, a long emerald green spear suddenly appeared, piercing its neck in an instant.
The spear was transformed by the stems and leaves of the Lotus Lotus.
"Hiss~~"
The quicksand snake screamed wildly, and it didn't die immediately after being pierced through its throat, its body writhed wildly, slapping the quicksand, countless sand and stones were rolled up by it, and large strands of blood flowed out of the wound in its throat.
After a long while, the quicksand snake gradually stopped moving, and at this time, the surrounding sand was already red with blood, and the rich bloody qi spread out to all sides.
Just when Changyue was about to put away the quicksand snake corpse, suddenly black ants came out of the sand, densely packed, and they couldn't be counted.
They converge on the quicksand snake and break down a quicksand snake of more than ten meters into sections at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Blackstone ants?
Changyue was surprised, this is a material for refining Gu worms, presumably Xiaobai will like it very much.
"Chirp Chirp~~~" Bold! Dare to snatch food, see that I don't burn you to ashes!
Seeing that the black stone ants were about to leave with the carcasses of the quicksand snakes, the flowing fire was furious, and immediately burned them to death with fire.
"Wait!" Changyue stops the flow of fire.
"Chirp?" Flowing Fire looked at Changyue suspiciously.
"We follow them." Changyue said that if you can find the old nest of the black stone ant, you will definitely be able to get ant eggs or larvae.
Although Flowing Fire didn't know what Changyue was going to do, he still nodded, flapped his wings and landed on Changyue's shoulder.
There were a large number of black stone ants, gathered together, almost forming a black river, the long moon and the flowing fire convergence aura followed them, I don't know how long they walked, the surrounding sand dunes gradually disappeared, and suddenly the ant colony stopped.
The ant colony crawled quickly, and in a short time it gathered into a huge circle, the tentacles on their heads kept swinging, and finally, under the surprised gaze of Changyue and Liuhuo, a quicksand vortex slowly formed, and the center of the quicksand vortex was a dark cave, about the size of a wellhead.
The ant colony carried the carcass of the quicksand snake back and forth into the quicksand whirlpool, and then disappeared into the quicksand.
When all the black stone ants disappeared and the quicksand vortex began to shrink rapidly, Changyue glanced at the flowing fire and said resolutely, "Let's go in." With that, she leapt into the cavern in the center of the whirlpool.
"Chirp~~"
Flowing Fire screamed anxiously, and finally flapped his wings helplessly, and followed him into the cave.
It's really an uneasy host, how can you casually drill into that kind of unknown place?
To Changyue's surprise, after jumping into the cave, it turned out to be a tunnel with nine curves and eighteen bends, and she slid all the way down the tunnel, as exciting as a roller coaster, while the flowing fire followed behind with "chirp" and kept chasing.
I don't know how long it took to slip, Changyue felt that her head was dizzy.
Thump~~
With the sound of falling water, Changyue finally slipped out of the tunnel, and she was caught off guard by the water, struggling twice before she floated out of the water.
Fortunately, the fire braked in time and was suspended in mid-air before falling into the water, otherwise it would have fallen into the water as a fire beast.
After surfacing the water, Changyue looked at her surroundings in surprise and saw that she was in a glittering lake.
Not only the lake was glittering, but the rocks above her head, the sand on the shore, the moss on the rocks...... All exude a crystalline yellow-green glow, embellishing this underground world like a dream.
Is there such a place under the desert? Changyue really didn't expect that she picked up a pool of lake water with her hand, and found that although the lake water was clean and clear, it did not shine itself, and what really made the lake shine was actually the stones laid on the bottom of the lake.
"Chirp~~~" Changyue, come up quickly, how long do you have to stay in the water?
Flowing Fire began to urge, it really didn't like the wet environment.
Crash~~
Changyue jumped out of the lake and landed lightly on the edge of the lake, stepping on the soft sand, which felt very wonderful.
After a mist rose around her, her hair and clothes instantly returned to dryness.
Changyue looked around, but didn't see the end of the lake, so she simply walked along the shore of the lake for a while.
Buzz~~
Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound of wings vibrating, followed by a long group of dragonfly-like creatures waving their wings and landing on the edge of the lake.
These dragonflies vary in color from red, yellow, orange, green, and purple...... There are also white and black ones, all in all very good-looking.
The dragonflies opened their mouths and slowly ate the sparkling sand by the lake, and when they were full, they drank a full stream of water before leisurely flapping their wings and leaving, ignoring the long moon not far from them.
Changyue recognized this dragonfly, although they looked like dragonflies, they were actually flying ants, an advanced form of the black stone ant.
The black stone ant is a strange beast that goes through three forms in its lifetime.
Born in worm form, they are carnivorous creatures that rely on the flesh and blood of other alien beasts to survive their juvenile years.
When the juvenile stage passes, they will metamorphose into blackstone ants, at which time they no longer need to eat flesh and blood, but feed on all kinds of sand and ores.
When it reaches full maturity, the black black stone ant will grow transparent wings, shed its pitch-black shell, and become elegant and beautiful.
At this time, they are not called black stone ants, but rainbow ants, and you can know why they are called by looking at their colorful wings.
Seeing the rainbow ants flying away, Changyue thought about it and flew behind them.
The iridescent ants fly lightly against the surface of the lake, occasionally tapping the surface of the lake with their slender bellies, leaving ripples on the calm surface of the lake.
I don't know how long it flew, but there was an island covered with green moss in Changyue's sight, and the surface of the moss emitted a faint light, the same as the light emitted by the stones at the bottom of the lake.
Nagatsuki guesses that the reason why moss glows may be because it grows on glowing rocks and ingests the components that make them glow.
After the rainbow ants flew up to the island, they quickly disappeared, but Changyue did not rashly follow the rainbow ants deep into the island, but landed lightly on the edge of the island.
The moss under his feet is very soft, like a very textured blanket, and it also exudes a fresh smell.
"Chirp~~" is such a beautiful place.
The Drift Fire landed on Changyue's shoulder, and said in an amazed tone, although it didn't like the wet environment here, it couldn't deny the beauty here.
Changyue looked around and saw that there didn't seem to be any danger, so she raised her feet and walked forward.
"Hiss~~"
After taking two steps, a faint hissing sound sounded at Changyue's feet, and she looked down to see a small green snake lying at her feet.
Unlike ordinary snakes, this snake has no scales, and its body is furry, very similar to the moss at the feet of Changyue, but it does not shine like moss, and its body made of moss is also dotted with small light pink flowers, which is very cute.
It is precisely because it is so close to the moss that Changyue did not notice its existence.
"Chirp~~" is a green snake!
Flowing Fire said.
The green furry snake, a very weak wood-walking beast, because it is difficult to give birth to spiritual wisdom and does not know how to cultivate independently, so most of the cultivation is wandering in the open pulse realm, and this one in front of Changyue is no exception.
Because the green snake looked so cute, Changyue couldn't help but squat down and stretched out her hand to it, and the green snake was not afraid of life, spitting out the green snake letter, and slowly swam to Changyue's palm.
Sure enough, the touch is also fluffy, like a small grass that has just sprouted in spring, soft and tender.
Not only that, the green snake also exudes a faint fragrance, which is the breath of plants and trees, and the breath of life.
Seeing that it was so cute, Changyue couldn't help but take out a pill and feed it to it.
The green fluffy snake opened its mouth and swallowed the elixir, and then rubbed Changyue's thumb with its little furry head, it was too small, and it was no more than the size of Changyue's palm after curled up together, and a pair of emerald green eyes were as bright as gems.
The little guy is quite spiritual.
"Chirp~~" is so cute.
Flowing Fire couldn't help flapping his wings and came over.
However, the green snake is a wood-walking beast, and it is naturally afraid of fire-walking beasts, so the moment the flowing fire leans over, the little snake immediately curls up and trembles in Changyue's palm.
"Chirp~~~" What, am I that scary?
Seeing this, Flowing Fire said dissatisfiedly.
Changyue stretched out her finger and lightly nodded on Liuhuo's forehead, "Aren't you scary?" ”
"Chirp~"
Flowing Fire's face stinked away from the green snake, and fell back on Changyue's shoulder.
Changyue stood up with the green snake in her hand, and asked suspiciously: "Chirp~" You want to take it?
Changyue asked rhetorically, "No?" ”
"Chirp~~" It's not impossible, it's just that this little guy looks very fragile, what's the use of raising it?
Flowing fire is incomprehensible.
"Do you have to be of any use to raise it? Isn't it useful to look at it in a good mood and make the mirror of all things lively? "Changyue Road.
"Chirp tweet~" Okay, you can raise it if you want, it's not that you can't afford it anyway.
Flowing Fire said indifferently.
Changyue stretched out a finger and touched the back of the green snake, and said softly: "There is already a red jade at home, you can call it Jasper." ”
Although the little guy has spirituality, he is not intelligent, and he does not understand Changyue's words, but looks at Changyue with a pair of small emerald green eyes.
Changyue sent it into the mirror of everything, and then continued to walk deeper into the island.
Jasper landed among the herbs in the peach house garden, looked around blankly, and then swam slowly through the grass, and finally swam under the Vientiane tree, coiled up and fell asleep.
Changyue had just fed it an elixir that made it drowsy at this time.
After walking for a while, a large tree that was not particularly tall, but its crown was unusually dense, appeared in Changyue's sight.
Because it was underground and had a limited height, the tree grew horizontally, and if it weren't for its thick trunk, Nagatsuki suspected that it might not be able to support its exaggerated canopy.
Of course, Changyue said that this tree is not tall, compared to the Vientiane tree of his father Li Xuan's body, compared to ordinary trees, it is actually quite tall.
The moss carpet under the trees is densely packed with white eggs the size of ostrich eggs.
It is the eggs of the black stone ant and the rainbow ant.
Puff~
There was a movement, and an egg burst open, and a wet white worm crawled out of it, the larva of the black stone ant.
After the larva hatched, it writhed its white and chubby body blankly, and instinctively gnawed at the egg shell that was still covered with mucus.
After eating and drinking, and having physical strength, the larva lay on the ground and buffered for a while, and then seemed to be inspired by something, and slowly crawled towards the big tree with its wriggling body.
"Let's take a look." Changyue said to the flowing fire, and then walked over the eggs in the direction of the big tree.
When she walked directly below the tree, she saw countless rainbow ants lying motionless on the trunk and branches of the tree.
Buzz~~
The arrival of the long moon and the flowing fire instantly attracted the attention of the rainbow ants, and as a rainbow ant flew up from the trunk of the tree, countless rainbow ants flew into the sky in an instant, gradually converging into a tornado.
Long Moon and Drift Fire were surrounded.
The rainbow ants can ignore the long moon outside, but now that the long moon has invaded their old nest, of course they can't be indifferent.
The rainbow ant tornado hovered above Long Moon and Flowing Fire, as if it had really converged into a giant dragon, and their bodies shimmered with colorful light, which was a sign that they were about to attack.
"Quack Quack~~~"
Flowing flames flew up from Changyue's shoulders, and in an instant they regained their own size, and countless red gold flames poured out of their bodies, ready to attack at any time.