Bab 105: Chapter 104
Lin was a little confused about the crystal worms she found in the food pouch.
The food pouch was usually where food was stored. Some creatures would not digest the food they ate so quickly and would be sent to the food pouch first. But why were there so many worms about 5 centimeters in length in the crystal scale lizards' food pouch? They were too big to be parasites, and they did not damage the inner wall of the food pouch. If they were eaten by the lizards, they would not be so whole and alive, right?
These bugs looked rather strange as well. Most arthropods had six to ten arthropods, but they only had four limbs. The ends of their forelimbs were hollow. They looked like little beetles with crystal carapaces. When they were illuminated by Lin's lantern, they were frightened and curled up into a ball. They kept making small noises. Even if Lin threw them to the ground, they wouldn't run away.
Could it be that they had a symbiotic relationship with the lizards?
Forget it, it's not a very important question anyway … Since there are so many crystals here, I can mine them here. This way, the green carpet on the ground will expand faster.
Lin began to move all the sappers from the other branches here, preparing to thoroughly excavate the crystals here. Perhaps this could turn the Dark Plains into another Shining Woodland.
As for the strange worms in the lizards' food pouches … Lin would just dissect them and see if their organs were any fun.
Just as Lin was about to let the sappers eat the worms, the lizards that were curled up motionlessly on the ground suddenly let out a sharp cry.
The cry echoed throughout the crystal cave. Lin deduced that they were probably calling for their companions.
As expected, as soon as the thought appeared in Lin's mind, the pile of branches beside her suddenly scattered. Several crystal lizards rushed out from the scattered branches and directly pounced on Lin's engineers and rockcrushers.
There were more than a dozen of these three-meter-tall lizards. Lin immediately ordered the sappers to spread out. The sappers were only 30 centimeters long and were no match for the lizards, and there was only one Rockbreaker here. However, the lizards were fast enough to catch up to the sappers. As soon as they caught up, they used their big jaws to crush the sappers. At the same time, the Rockbreaker was also surrounded by two other lizards.
They seemed to be quite smart. One of the lizards pretended to attack in front of the Rockbreaker, and whenever the Rockbreaker moved forward, it would retreat, allowing the other lizard to attack from behind.
Therefore, Lin pretended to attack the lizard in front of her. When the lizard behind her tried to bite her, she immediately turned around and flicked her horn at the same time. A powerful blow instantly knocked the lizard's jaw to the side. A few of its fangs were also sent flying.
The injured lizard screamed as it retreated, but several more lizards had already surrounded it. The Smasher could not fight against so many opponents at the same time.
In the end, the Shatterer was also torn apart, and not a single one of Lin's troops in the crystal cavern remained.
This was quite interesting.
This was Lin's first thought after her army was completely wiped out.
In fact, Lin hadn't done this for a long time. Other than when facing a disaster, very few creatures could cause much damage to her army. But this time, they were all wiped out? Although it was just a small excavation team that wasn't used for hunting.
These lizards might be very interesting creatures …
In the battle earlier, when the sapper was bitten by the lizard, it spilled a lot of blood. Lin quickly formed a small eyeball before the blood dried up, and it once again saw the scene in the crystal cave …
Hmm? Why is this place bright?
In the battle just now, even the lantern was bitten to pieces, but Lin's eyes found that the cave was still bright, and a few gigantic lizards were swaying back and forth in her vision.
For some reason, the lizards had formed a circle, as if there was something in the circle. However, Lin's eyeball was blocked by a lizard, so she couldn't see it.
However, Lin had already thought of this problem a long time ago, so the small eyeball she formed had wings.
The small eyeball flew into the air, and Lin saw the situation in the center of the circle of lizards.
Aren't they the crystal beetles I found in my food pouch?
In the circle of lizards, the few crystal beetles had been making clicking noises, seeming to be communicating with each other.
They weren't the only ones. Lin noticed that there were a few of these crystal beetles on top of each lizard's head. They didn't seem to be participating in the conversation and were just watching.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Crack! Crack! Crack! Suddenly, a larger-looking crystal beetle in the center of the circle let out a series of monosyllabic sounds. Lin noticed that after it finished, it suddenly raised its head. Its two crystal-like eyeballs were staring at Lin's small eyeball in the air.
Was I discovered?
The crystal beetle suddenly raised its forelimb and pointed in her direction. Lin clearly saw a crystal spike shoot out from the hollow end of the beetle's forelimb.
The crystal spike instantly hit the center of the small eyeball. Lin immediately felt a burst of pain, and then lost the vision of the small eyeball.
Lin could feel the small eyeball falling to the ground, and then being torn apart by the beetles.
To be able to discover such a small eyeball in the air, this detection ability was quite powerful.
So, what should she do next? These beetles seemed to have the ability to control the gigantic lizards. It felt quite special, so Lin named them 'Qibucha Beetles'. It seemed that these creatures were quite smart.
However, the crystal cave seemed to be their territory, so Lin didn't want to dig in there.
Although Lin was used to fighting back after being attacked, it was only against individual creatures. It would be quite troublesome to fight against a group like this.
If it was a group fight, it was very likely that there would be a situation of extinction in the end. It didn't seem worth it to kill all the species with research value just because of the loss of a small excavation team.
Moreover, it was rare for interesting creatures to be so close to each other. This was quite rare, so it would be good for research.
It was fine to dig somewhere else first. Lin Sheng decided to observe them first.
The night passed, and when it was daytime, Lin created a few flyers on the ground, intending to go deep into the cave to observe the Qibucha Beetles.
What Lin didn't expect was that before she went down, the Qibucha Beetles had already come up.
Lin had a huge excavation system under the Shining Glade. There were dozens of forks, and a main path connected them. Every fork had more than ten engineers and a Rockbreaker digging. They would transport the crystals they excavated to the main path, and finally transport them to the green carpet on the surface.
The main path was filled with visual lanterns. Not only could they illuminate the place, but they could also observe if there were any abnormalities in the tunnel. Just as Lin was about to send the flyers down, the lanterns noticed a large number of abnormalities.
A large number of crystal-scaled lizards were rushing up from the bottom of the main path.
These lizards came in a menacing manner, crushing all the lanterns along the way. They also quickly split up and rushed into every fork, killing the engineers and Rockbreakers inside.
After the engineers in the last fork were killed, the lizards did not rush up to the surface. Instead, they all retreated into the main path, retreating deep into the ground and disappearing …
That's quite impressive …
While they were attacking, Lin did not do anything. She only observed from the side.
It wasn't a big loss, even for all the excavation teams.
It wasn't strange that Lin's team in the crystal cave was wiped out by them, because that was their territory. But now, they all rushed out and killed all the engineers. What was the meaning of this? Did they think Lin was a threat nearby?
If that was the case, it could be considered a war.
It couldn't be helped. Although they were interesting creatures with research value …
At first, Lin was very happy to encounter them. She didn't expect there to be so many of these intelligent creatures, and there was one right below the base. The lizards were definitely not creatures of the Qibucha Beetles' species. Endoskeleton creatures were very different from arthropods. The Qibucha Beetles must have thought of ways to control the lizards. This ability was quite rare.
That was why when Lin's team was wiped out, she did not immediately counterattack. Instead, she wanted to continue studying them.
But it was different now.
Since they wanted a war, she would give them a war.
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Thank you ~ Lich Tear ~ 1888 ~!
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