Chapter 248: Chapter 247
The pit was only twenty centimeters in diameter and five centimeters in depth. It was too small for one ancient squid to squeeze in, but Ika still let ten ancient squids squeeze into the pit.
Because they didn't have a skeleton, they could still shrink a little. Here, they replenished the most important water. Ika's attitude was different from when she opened the way in the beginning. This time, Ika squeezed to the deepest depth first, where it was least likely to be affected by the dryness. Because some time had passed, the night was no longer calm.
The cold wind blew through the canyon, echoing with the sound of 'hu … hu'. To the ancient squids, this sound was like the shriek of death. It was as if it was constantly sucking away the life force of the ancient squids, causing the water in the puddles to rise into the air bit by bit, dissipating away …
The ancient squids could only shrink deeper, waiting for the airflow to stop …
However, the cold wind in the canyon continued. It made the ground even drier and cracked, and the water even thinner. The bodies of the two ancient squids that were leaning on the surface of the water were already out of the water. Although they were covered by shark skin, the water was still being blown dry.
The wind continued for about 10800 seconds. After feeling that the wind had stopped, Ika decided to continue the journey. Obviously, they couldn't stay in this small pit any longer.
When Ika was ready to take her group out of the puddle, two of her kind had already died at the top. Ika looked at them for a full ten seconds and finally made a decision.
Eat them.
Ancient squids generally didn't eat their own kind, but it was different at the critical moment. They quickly swallowed the corpses of their own kind to restore their strength for the next journey.
The time to set off soon came. Ika took her group out of the puddle. Moving on to the next target.
Where was the next target? In the dark night where the wind had stopped. Ika crawled in front, using her sense of smell to guide her direction.
At this moment, they were passing through an area full of gravel. The sharp gravel could scratch their tentacles. There was also a creature hidden among the larger gravel ….
This creature was called the Shadow Seer. It was an extremely terrifying creature. It could do it silently … without any trace …
"Gu!" Suddenly, there was a scream. An ancient squid walking behind the team disappeared … But when Ika and the other ancient squids turned around, they saw nothing.
Coo! There was another scream. Another ancient squid walking at the back disappeared. It disappeared in the eyes of Ika and the other ancient squids, as if it was directly dragged into the shadow.
Ika instantly turned into a colorful color, which was a sign of escape. Seeing this, the other ancient squids immediately got up. Although their speed was not very fast, they had already used all their strength …
Screams of agony kept coming from behind them. Death followed them in the shadows of the night. When Ika and her people escaped from the rubble, there were only five Ancient Squids left, including Ika.
Ika's escape was not in vain. Not far from the gravel area, there was a small puddle.
This puddle had a diameter of 30 centimeters. Although it wasn't as big as the first one, at least it was more comfortable.
Because they had eaten the corpses of their own kind before, they were not hungry now. Ika looked at the night sky where the stars were slowly fading. It knew that the journey of the night was over. The sunlight during the day made it impossible for them to move. It had to wait for the next night … the next windless night …
The sun during the day rose, rolled, and fell. It seemed to be a very simple thing, but the sun during the day seemed to be particularly hot. Its light made the water temperature in the puddle slowly rise. Ika and her people were like purgatory, but they had nowhere to go.
Fortunately, when the temperature was high enough to kill the ancient squids, the sun slowly rolled out of the canyon. Finally, the darkness of the sky symbolized the arrival of the night.
It was time to set off again.
Ika put on the shark skin and continued to climb out of the puddle. Its people followed. Ika did not know which direction it was going. It only knew that it had to keep crawling in the night, looking for puddles one after another. Until it found a puddle that was large enough to live in, it might wait for rain there.
It might never be able to return to the sea, but it would lead its people to live hard!
Ika was now crawling on the dry sand with difficulty. Every time it moved forward, its goal was the 'smell of the nearest water,' so no matter how difficult the journey was, it would try to get there.
There was a strange 'ah ~ ah ~' sound in the air. It was the sound of a creature called flying lizard, which could evolve to fly in the air for a short time.
But Ika had no time to worry about the lizard, because a nine-centimeter-long sand cricket appeared in front of its eyes.
Although the large arthropods were no longer there, for the ancient squids, the small ones were more threatening than the big ones. The cricket's eyes stared at Ika, its hind legs slowly folded, and it was about to launch a jumping attack …
'Bang!'
Suddenly, a black liquid streaked across the air and hit the back of the cricket accurately. The rancid smell on it made the cricket feel extremely uncomfortable and it began to wipe it frantically with its legs. At this moment, another sharp stone flew and pierced the cricket's head.
This attack was not made by Ika, but by … other ancient squids.
Behind the cricket, a group of thirty Ancient Squids appeared. They were all following behind a huge Ancient Squid.
So Ika had reached this position?
The leader of this group of ancient squids was called 'Tucker' by the brain worm. They were also one of the ancient squid groups willing to move out of the pit, but because the pit they were in was relatively large, a huge water storage point with a diameter of more than seven meters and a depth of more than one meter, they did not look for the pit everywhere like Ika. But after the food in the pit was eaten up, they still came out to look for food, and because the group was huge, Tucker could hunt a lot of food.
Tucker's group acted as if they didn't see Ika's group. They dragged the killed crickets back, and Ika immediately followed them to the huge puddle.
When they saw the huge pit, Ika and its group jumped in without hesitation. Seeing them follow in, Tucker finally had an opinion. He rushed in front of Ika, constantly changing gorgeous colors to express something.
Obviously, Tucker did not want them to enter the pit, and there was a possibility of killing them.
Although the pit was big, there was still a limit to the resources.
Therefore, Ika did not agree. It also emitted the same gorgeous colors, indicating that it wanted to challenge Tucker!
When the brain worm saw this, the image suddenly disappeared.
"We're here, Maya."
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