As if to confirm what Black Glasses said, before he could finish his words, he saw the ground below churning, and giant shrimp balls emerged from it.
The reason why it is called prawn balls is because the shrimp balls that appear here are much larger than the ones Chen Ziyan and the others saw last time. The body length is not less than ten meters, and the body shape is thicker.
However, it was the appearance of these prawn balls that made Chen Ziyan and the others discover that the ground below was not the ground at all, it just appeared more solid. The bottom was actually a wet and muddy swamp.
Although the size of these shrimp balls was more terrifying, Chen Ziyan and the others did not pay too much attention because they knew the habits of these things and knew that the other party would not take the initiative to attack them, and they were on the umbrella cover of the Emperor Mushroom.
Even if the ball wants to do something, it is powerless.
But everyone did not relax their vigilance because of this, because everyone knew that although the shrimp balls were also strange creatures, they were definitely not what Black Glasses said, and there were probably unknown dangers hidden here.
What's more, in the eyes of some predators, creatures like shrimp balls are completely mobile delicacies, which undoubtedly adds support to their speculations.
Facts proved that Chen Ziyan's guess was not wrong. Not long after, they saw hundreds of little fox-like creatures appearing in the open space not far away. It was the Diguanyin that Chen Ziyan was looking forward to.
These Guanyin were not affected by the terrain at all, and quickly used their bodies to build a white wall, tightly surrounding a lone prawn ball in the middle. The discipline they showed at this moment,
This made Chen Ziyan even more determined in his thoughts.
After surrounding the prawn balls, a Diguanyin with silver hair emerged from the team. It looked like the leader of the group of Diguanyins. It stood upright with its front paws raised and used
He pushed the ball of prawns with his paws and barked a few times at the rest of the Guanyin.
As if they had received the order, the other Guanyins rushed towards the prawn ball who was in a defensive state. Through the gaps in the Guanyin group, we could see that these little guys were lying on the prawn ball and started to move.
Blow into the cracks in the shrimp carapace.
After a while, the prawn ball stretched out its tight carapace as if it couldn't stand the itch. The Guanyin people did not miss this opportunity, and immediately gathered their strength to overthrow the prawn ball that had lost the ability to resist.
Land.
After the prawn ball on its back recovered, it began to struggle hard, but it was too late. At this moment, it could only be slaughtered by the Guanyin.
The poor prawn balls were just like the prawns on the dinner plate. The shell was peeled off in an instant, revealing the translucent meat inside. But what others didn't expect was that these Guanyin were removing the prawns.
After the ball was defended, they did not immediately swarm over and start feasting.
Instead, they cut the meat of the prawn balls into pieces and then carried them away in pairs.
Except for Chen Ziyan, who had expected it, everyone else looked at each other in shock when they saw this scene, not knowing what to say.
They may not care about the huge number of Guanyin, but they cannot ignore such humane behavior. This behavior is no longer an abnormality!
After a moment of silence, Wang Kaixuan broke the silence. He looked at the busy Diguanyin below and joked: "Don't these guys know that the price of goods has increased significantly recently, and want to stock up on some in-demand supplies in advance?" p>
Hu Bayi rolled his eyes at this guy: "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't say that these are just a bunch of wild beasts. Even if they are all transformed into spirits, they will not understand what rising prices mean."
"In the materials that record ancient rituals, I have seen similar cases more than once. In ancient times, there were special methods to drive wild beasts. I think the behavior of these Guanyin should be related to this." Shirley Yang said. Hearing Shirley Yang's words, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but glance at her.
He remembered very clearly that he had never mentioned the Diguanyin. He did not expect Shirley Yang to recognize this thing.
But this is not a rare thing. Although Diguanyin is rare, it is not a rare thing. It is possible that Shirley Yang has seen it in other places.
Aren't they surprised that they didn't see Hu Bayi? Obviously, even if they haven't seen him, they have heard about it.
"They should collect food to supply upper-level creatures." At this moment, the blue-robed Tibetan suddenly said.
"Upper creatures? You mean... there are other creatures here?" Chen Ziyan turned to look at him and asked.
"Di Guanyin is not a race that hoards food, and it doesn't look like there is a shortage of food here. I can't think of other possibilities." The blue-robed Tibetan said softly.
He also made this speculation based on the environment here.
Chen Ziyan nodded when he heard this. He also thought it made sense.
I don’t know how many prawn balls there are. You can eat fresh ones anytime you want, so there’s no need to hoard them.
"I don't know what these little guys will provide food for, but it certainly won't be the lizards over there." Wang Kaixuan suddenly said leisurely.
That lizard over there?
Chen Ziyan immediately followed Wang Kaixuan's line of sight and saw a group of red salamanders appearing at the edge of the mushroom jungle.
These creatures, which retain many of the ancient characteristics of the post-glacial period, are currently intercepting Diguanyin on her way to evacuate. They are like wolves entering the flock of sheep, suppressing Diguanyin who are far more numerous than themselves.
However, Chen Ziyan noticed that these salamanders did not deliberately kill Di Guanyin. Their purpose was just to snatch Di Guanyin's trophies. As long as Di Guanyin put down the shrimp balls he was carrying, the salamanders would ignore them.
"Why are there such ruffians everywhere!" Wang Kaixuan couldn't help complaining: "These lizards are bigger than those little things. If you want to eat them, you can catch them yourself!"
"Although these salamanders are bigger, they may not be able to catch shrimp balls." Chen Ziyan was not surprised.
Di Guanyin can easily subdue Shrimp Balls entirely because he has mastered Shrimp Balls' weaknesses, but this does not mean that these salamanders can also do the same thing.
Although the shrimp balls have little fighting power, they cannot withstand other people's strong defense. As long as they form a ball in time, these salamanders may not be able to break through the thick carapace.
You must know that judging from the external appearance, the prawn balls below can compete with the striped dragon.
"Eh? These lizards didn't eat the meat, so it looks like they want to take the meat away?" Hu Bayi couldn't help but be surprised when he noticed that the salamander had bitten the stolen shrimp meat in its mouth, but had no intention of chewing it.
Sound.
This situation was something he didn't expect at all.
"It seems like there are upper-level creatures behind these salamanders," Chen Ziyan said.
He has now agreed with the idea of upper-level creatures, because he is the only one who knows that the size of real salamanders is not inferior to that of striped dragons. Most of the ones that appear now are just immature larvae, at the bottom of the entire group, responsible for providing the group with
The strong provide the food.
"So behind the Guanyin and the Salamander, is there a more mysterious creature each?" Shirley Yang looked at Chen Ziyan and asked.
It can be seen from what just happened that Salamander and Diguanyin are not the same group, so according to him, there should be a mysterious creature behind them.
"Based on the current clues, it should be like this." Chen Ziyan nodded.
He is now quite curious as to what the mysterious creature behind Di Guanyin is.
"Master Chen, do you think we should go and have a look?" Hu Bayi glanced at the salamanders starting to evacuate below and suggested.
Whether it's the Earth Goddess of Mercy or the Salamander, they all leave in the same direction, which means there is definitely something worth exploring in this direction.
And he felt that the mysterious creatures behind the two were probably guarding something, most likely the altar they were looking for.
Although this is just a guess, for them, it is totally worth a try!
"This is a good idea, but there is a problem that must be solved, that is, how should we walk below?"
Chen Ziyan also thinks that Hu Bayi's proposal is feasible, but the first thing to solve is how to walk on the swamp.
From what we have seen so far, it is obvious that there is a swamp-like terrain below. They are not the creatures that live here. If they accidentally fall into it, they will be in trouble.
Everyone else also understands that this problem needs to be solved urgently, otherwise even if we don’t track it now, we will have to solve it later if we think about it.
"Shall we go from above?" Black Glasses suddenly said after looking around.
While speaking, he pointed to other emperor mushrooms next to him.
The height of this mushroom jungle is uneven, but the range is very wide. If you can really move on the emperor's mushroom canopy, you can also achieve the desired purpose.
After taking a look, Chen Ziyan found that the idea of black glasses is indeed very feasible. The distance between these emperor mushrooms is not far, and most of them are from high to low, which reduces the difficulty. p>
"It's worth a try." After making a simple calculation in his mind, Chen Ziyan nodded and agreed.
Since there is more than 50% chance, it is worth trying.
Everyone else also knew what was going on and immediately nodded in agreement.
After reaching a consensus of opinions, everyone put aside the matter of Di Guanyin and Red Lizard for the time being and began to plan the next course of action.
The first thing they need to ensure is that they can walk smoothly. They cannot just find an Emperor Mushroom and jump over it. That is purely causing trouble for themselves.
However, this matter was not difficult for them. After brainstorming, they quickly planned a safer route.
After reviewing and calculating, and confirming that there was no problem with the planned route, Chen Ziyan and the others started taking action without stopping.
During the tracking process, Chen Ziyan discovered that there were not only prawn balls in the swamp below, but also a hotbed for the previously large fluorescent mayflies. Along the way, he could see many corpses of larvae that had not shed their shells smoothly, showing the survival of the fittest in nature.
Brilliantly.
As their horizons expanded, they also had a clearer understanding of the specific landforms of this unknown area.
Next to the swamp where the mushroom jungle is located, in addition to the underground river extending from the waterfall, there are several huge natural tunnels around it. The water in the underground river flows for a while and then flows in, combining with the deeper underground waterways.
, forming an intricate underground water network.
At the end of the mushroom jungle, these underground rivers converged again, forming an underground lake at the gathering point.
At this moment, I can no longer see the figure of Di Guanyin, and I don’t know where those guys have gone, but I can see that the salamanders have entered the underground lake and are swimming towards the center of the lake.
Standing on an emperor mushroom at the outermost edge of the mushroom jungle and looking towards the center of the lake, you can vaguely see an island in the center of the lake. The shape of this island in the center of the lake looks like a raised cone-shaped mountain.
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After seeing the island in the middle of the lake that looks like a cone-shaped mountain, everyone felt a sense of joy in their hearts. Regardless of what was on the island in the middle of the lake, their trip to the island in the middle of the lake alone was not in vain! <
/p>
They actually have no way out now, so what they lack most is this kind of discovery.
However, Chen Ziyan and the others did not rush into the water. Instead, they first found a rock to stay by the lake, planning to wait until all the salamanders in the water were gone before jumping into the water and swimming across.
After all, these salamanders don't look like irrational beasts, so it's always good to be careful in order to avoid alerting the snake.
After waiting for a while, they felt that the heat was almost there, so Chen Ziyan and the others tidied up their equipment and swam towards the small island in the middle of the lake.
The journey to the island in the middle of the lake went smoothly. Not only did we not encounter a salamander, we didn't even encounter any aquatic creatures.
After setting foot on the island in the middle of the lake, they discovered that the shape of the island was very unique, with no buffer at all up and down, and it looked like the top of a mountain.
"This is an underground extinct volcano. Our location should be the crater, and the real main body is below the water surface."
After taking a look at the rocks under her feet, Shirley Yang shared her findings.
She has been to similar places before, so she knows very well that such rock structures can only be formed after being washed away by magma.
Shirley Yang told everyone that although the island in the middle of the lake looks unattractive, the density of the rocks is very high, making it a good place to build buildings.
This means that there is probably the altar they are looking for here.
Without staying too long at the edge, a few people began to climb towards higher ground.
When passing through one of the rock crevices, they discovered some decayed hard cypress. This discovery made everyone even more delighted!
Because this means that there have been signs of human activity here.
And in this case, even if the altar you are looking for is not here, there may be other discoveries.
After all, according to Shirley Yang, this special high-density area can exist for a long time and is undoubtedly a good place to keep secrets.
Thinking of this possibility, everyone felt a burst of power from the bottom of their hearts, and couldn't help but speed up the climb, wanting to reach the crater as soon as possible to see what secrets were hidden here.
But what they didn't expect was that when they reached the top of the extinct volcano, they were greeted by the salamanders they had been waiting for!