章節 104: Chapter 103
Crystals, these special objects that absorbed light, were scattered all over the Shining Woodland. The deeper they went, the more abundant they became.
Thus, the 'engineers' of Lin's excavation team continued to dig deeper into the ground. After creating many forks, a huge main path that led straight to the underground appeared. This main path had a diameter of about two meters, and led straight to the underground abyss that was hundreds of meters deep.
In the dark underground, Lin placed a lantern every short distance to illuminate the area, just like street lamps. Underground, Lin discovered many creatures without eyesight. Most of them relied on their sense of smell or touch to move around. Although Lin could do that too, Lin was quite disgusted by the loss of her eyesight. Lin herself did not know why.
Engineers were a type of troop that was 30 centimeters long and shaped like beetles for digging. Their forelimbs were shaped like saw-toothed shovels and were very suitable for digging. At the same time, Lin also discovered that the structure of beetles was very suitable for using hydraulic systems. In fact, beetles were the most powerful of all the creatures Lin had discovered.
Lin would usually dig a section of the path and transport all the crystals in that section back before digging the next section.
While Lin was studying the various information received by the Brain Reader, the engineers dug deeper and deeper. On a certain night, they discovered something … special.
After one of the engineers dug away some soil, it discovered that there was a layer of crystals in front of it. It was like a wall blocking the excavation team.
At first, Lin didn't pay it much attention because the crystals that appeared at this depth were getting bigger. To deal with these large crystals, Lin specially prepared a type of unit — Rockcrusher.
It was actually a modified version of the previous Rockcrusher. It had the same shape as a beetle, but its body was one meter long. The cone on its head could instantly spring out with the help of a hydraulic system. It was used to shatter various rocks and large crystals underground.
But when it shattered this wall-like crystal, an unbelievable scene appeared before Lin's eyes.
An underground cavern appeared behind the shattered crystal wall …
When several engineers entered the cavern with lanterns, Lin discovered that the cavern was large and spacious. It was about five meters high and its width was beyond the range of the lanterns.
But most importantly, the walls of the cavern were all made of crystals. There were also large rhombus-shaped crystal pillars protruding from the ground. This was a world made of crystals!
Although the Brain Reader's work was still ongoing, Lin had completely turned her attention to this world of crystals.
The engineers held the lanterns and slowly advanced on the ground of crystals. Lin didn't know if this place was created by living creatures or natural.
Speaking of which, the word 'natural' seemed to refer to non-living things, but it didn't seem to have anything to do with the sky. So why was it called natural? Forget it, let's not care about that.
The cavern was quite spacious... The engineers walked for a while.......
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The engineer immediately turned the light to the target, and under the light, Lin found some small creatures moving around.
These creatures were similar to the Ice Monsters, their bodies were covered in crystallized armor, reminding Lin of the creatures in the Crystallized Land in the sea.
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. What are they doing? Lin noticed that there were many small holes in the ground formed by the crystals, and there was a considerable amount of dust near the holes. It seemed that the crystal scorpions were digging up the crystals on the ground. They were probably using their pincers to dig up the crystals and then crushing them into smaller dust.
Lin.... Lin... The crystal scorpions. They were small, but they were fast. However, the crystal scorpions didn't seem to know how to hide behind the crystal pillars. They also didn't scatter. Instead, they ran in a straight line, so they were easy to chase.
After a while, Lin... Lin.. A huge shadow. The crystal scorpions... disappeared into the shadow.
What was that? Was it a big monster? In the process of chasing, the engineers did not bring lanterns. Instead, they relied entirely on their hearing and smell to chase. Therefore, they could only see the blurry shadow of this thing through the sparse light from the lanterns placed in the distance.
Wait, it wasn't an object …
Lin. Lin. One of the engineers brought the lanterns to her. Under the light. Lin... No, it was a pile of things... It was a pile of tree branches..
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The surface of the Dark Steppes was littered with piles of tree branches, but the glittering ground was covered in moss. Lin had been wondering where those tree branches had gone. So they had all been transported to this deep underground?
That means there's a passage to the surface in this crystal cave. Did a creature transport the tree branches down here?
Lin... This cave must have been dug out by a creature...
At this moment, Lin discovered that all the branches piled up seemed to have been cut. The bark was peeled off, and all of them were cut into cylindrical shapes, appearing very neat.
That means there must be a creature in the underground that can digest wood...
Just as she thought of that, a huge creature suddenly rushed out from the pile of wood in front of her. It looked like a reptile, but the scales on its body shone like crystals. The creature was about three meters long. It instantly rushed towards the nearest soldier holding a lantern, opened its jaws, and swallowed it whole before biting it into pieces.
Lin decided to call this reptile the 'Crystal Lizard'. She decided to kill it.
Lin... Every time she saw a new creature, she would wait and see. But if it attacked, she would fight back.
After devouring one of the sappers, the crystal-scaled lizard immediately turned its attention to the other sappers. At the same time, Lin had all of the sappers rush forward, pouncing on the lizard and using their digging forelimbs to attack its body.
However, the crystal lizard's carapace seemed to be very hard. Unlike ordinary crystals, it must have been reinforced. It shook its body violently and threw all the sappers off. Then, it opened its jaws and bit the nearest sapper.
But before it could close its jaws, a sharp conical horn hit the side of the lizard's abdomen. It immediately let out a scream from its mouth. At the same time, its whole body tilted to one side and retreated a few meters away.
A huge wound appeared on the right side of the Crystal Lizard's abdomen. The scales on the wound shattered as if they were hit by a heavy blow. Blood flowed out uncontrollably.
The Crystal Lizard turned its attention to the beetle that injured it — Rockbreaker.
The Rockbreaker had a super strong ability to shatter armor. Although it was not made for combat, its cone, which was specially designed to shatter rocks, could easily shatter the crystal scale lizard's scales.
Lin didn't wait for the injured lizard to move. Rockbreaker charged at it again.
The Crystal Lizard roared angrily. It opened its jaws and rushed forward.
Lin had Rockbreaker lower its head, retract its horn, and face the incoming lizard head-on. When the lizard bit Rockbreaker's head, the horn was also pressed against the lizard's upper jaw.
Bam!
The retracted horn popped out with the help of the hydraulic system. A bloody hole appeared in the Crystal Lizard's upper jaw. The sound from inside told Lin that the horn broke the bones in the upper jaw.
The lizard immediately spat out the Rock Breaker. It let out a miserable cry as it retreated. Although it was more than three times the size of the Rock Breaker, it was now like a weak prey.
Lin didn't stop attacking. All the engineers and Rockbreaker charged at the Crystal Lizard again. The engineers used their pincers to open up the Crystal Lizard's wound. The Rockbreaker was responsible for crushing the Crystal Lizard's limbs and breaking its carapace.
The Crystal Lizard that was killed quickly became nutrients for Lin's excavation team.
While dissecting the Crystal Lizard, Lin didn't find any special organs. Apart from its crystallized carapace, its structure was very similar to that of a normal reptile.
But there was something strange about it …
In the Crystal Lizard's food pouch, Lin found many small insects with crystallized carapaces.
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