The middle and rear feet of the insect-like creature climbed over the city wall, revealing its claw-like tail.
Different from ordinary insect-shaped creatures, this claw-like tail is thicker than the trunk, and the sharp hooked spines on the outer edge all grow upward, and as the insect-shaped creature moves, it slowly opens and closes like breathing.
Viewed alone, the claw-like tail looks more like a sharp golden claw lifted upward.
Stab! Whoosh! Stab! Whoosh!
Under the sand layer, dozens of golden silk threads appeared straight and straight. Follow the threads to the source of intersection, which is the center of the end of the claw-like tail of the insect-shaped creature.
The entire monster has been completely exposed to the sight of the investigation team.
In the center of the protective array, two investigators, a man and a woman, looked at each other for confirmation and immediately started collecting information.
The male investigator took a deep breath and described seriously: "The body length is about 17 meters. It is speculated to be a beetle creature. The body surface is brilliant gold, which is very inconsistent with the protective color of the carapace of common insect creatures. The sensing organs are unknown.
However, there is an organ at the end of the tail that can eject a large amount of silk thread. According to the situation at the scene, it is speculated that the silk thread is used to tie objects and form a trap area similar to a spider web, so as to sense foreign enemies or hunt. However, the web-laying ability is very different from that of the shadow spider.
, the silk threads laid out cannot seal the area at all.”
The female investigator who was taking notes one by one saw that the male investigator suddenly stopped describing, so she raised her head to check.
I noticed that the male investigator was closing his mouth and taking a breath. The next moment, the female investigator also smelled a very strong aroma.
"Emits pheromones that humans can easily detect."
At this moment, the male investigator looked confused.
The reason is that the beetle monster in front of us is too abnormal in terms of ecological performance.
The gorgeous golden carapace seems to be afraid that other creatures will not notice it.
The dispersion of pheromones, which even humans can easily detect, is equivalent to broadcasting its location at all times.
Generally speaking, monsters with these bold and bold characteristics in ecology are all ancient dragon-level existences.
Otherwise, it would have been eliminated in the ecological circulation long ago.
The treasure hunting team, who are still looking for an infiltration route, naturally cannot ignore the bright golden color in the desert on a moonlit night.
"It's exactly like the monster in Li Fan's painting, meow!"
After Bao Bao finished speaking, he immediately stopped infiltrating because the purpose of the treasure hunt team's trip was to observe the other party.
"Because the monster's ecology is very special, it is tentatively designated as a five-star monster and it has started eating!"
The male investigator was assessing the threat level when he saw the insect-shaped creature piercing the gray insect wings with its forelimbs and hooking them up, then putting them into its mouthparts to bite and chew.
I couldn't help but get excited, and even many people within the investigation team couldn't help but sigh.
The first reason is the harvest of unknown monster eating information.
For investigators, it is commendable to obtain a certain amount of certified ecological information even for unknown species with extremely low threats.
As for the unknown and tentatively determined five-star monster, any information collection can be regarded as a huge achievement in an investigator's career.
The second reason is even more exciting. The investigation team basically confirmed that it can be safely evacuated.
The reason is that with the exception of some exceptions such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex, monsters that can eat normally in front of humans are not hostile.
Of course, the premise is that humans must never do anything to offend each other.
"The transparent part looks like the wing membrane of an insect. It doesn't look like a beetle. Does anyone know what kind of monster material this is?"
The male investigator looked at it and asked anxiously.
The middle-aged male leader stared for a moment and said suddenly: "Many years ago when we went deep into unknown areas, the investigation team I was in seemed to have killed this kind of insect. By the way! The appearance is somewhat similar to the beetle monster in front of us, but the size is larger.
It's a lot smaller, but unfortunately after I completed the mission and returned to the branch to submit an investigation report, I found that this species had already been included, but it was very rare. It had been lost for a long time at that time. If I remember correctly, its name is gray mantis."
After listening, the male investigator began to speculate: "Is it an older or special individual that is devouring the same kind of people?"
The female investigator who recorded the record said suddenly: "If it is a species of beetle, could it be cannibalistic?"
"You mean the monster in front of you is a female gray mantis?"
the male investigator asked.
"It's just a speculation. Judging from the appearance, this monster is really far from the one named Gray Mantis."
The female investigator could not give any guarantee.
"Now that the preliminary observation has been completed, we should evacuate immediately and leave the analyzed information to the guild."
The male leader gives instructions.
"Captain, since the other party is not hostile, why not try to collect some traces before leaving? This monster, which is suspected to be a gray mantis, has no wings, does not pose much of a threat based on its size, and its ability to arrange silk threads is even worse."
The male investigator tried to dissuade him, obviously not satisfied with leaving like this.
The male leader hesitated for a moment, but finally insisted on evacuating.
The unknown creature didn't care about the investigation team's movements, and walked along the landing point of the gray mantis wings, eating them while walking leisurely.
"Don't look at Jin Yin Miao! Li Fan said that after seeing the Pavilion Mantis, he would retreat as soon as possible!"
Cai Bao said, raising his cat's paw and wiping the saliva from Jin Yin's mouth.
"It's so beautiful, meow, it feels more gorgeous than gold."
Jin Yin looked at it foolishly.
"There's really nothing I can do about you, Pearl Meow! Emerald Meow! Let's take it away for Gold and Silver."
At Cai Bao's call, the three cats worked together to lift up the gold and silver with stars in their eyes and take them away to escape.
After the field investigation team withdrew a certain distance, the middle-aged male team leader gave the suggestion to divide the troops into two groups.
Some members returned to East Doruma with the collected information to report, while others stayed behind to continue observation at a distance.
But even if the camp material support is lost, making it extremely difficult to stay in the wild, most investigators still want to stay and observe.
The middle-aged male team leader persuaded half of the investigators to go back after a long time of persuasion.
The ancient city fell into silence again, with only bursts of crunching sounds echoing continuously.
With a sufficiently safe observation environment, investigators discovered many things they could not understand.
If this is a ruins in an unknown area, it is normal for unknown monsters to exist for a long time.
But it is only four or five hours by land from Dongdoruma.
Many residents in the city want to experience the desert ecology and even come to nearby villages and towns for vacation.
As for ecological or archaeological surveys, we will visit frequently.
How did the other party manage to stay here without attracting any attention?
As for the insect wings of the gray mantis, it is even more incomprehensible. After all, even if it is really a cannibal of the same species, where are the other parts of the body?
As the observation progressed, the remaining members of the field investigators discovered to their dismay that their doubts had not diminished, but had actually increased.
Time passed little by little, and just when the mantis pierced the last insect wing and raised its hook sickle to enjoy it, its head with purple compound eyes slowly moved up and looked up at the night sky.
"Giggle."
Sofia, who heard two dry noises, came to the edge of the city wall to investigate.
Seeing the mantis raising its head and staring at the sky, she also raised her head curiously.
"How can this be!"
Sophia looked at the long tail of red meteors in the sky and exclaimed.
However, what was even more shocking was what happened later. The red meteor increased in height and then dived downwards.
During the sprint, two sharp red stars were thrown out, and then the altitude was quickly increased, climbing rapidly at a vertical angle.
"Dodge! Get out of the way!"
Sophia shouted down.
The mantis didn't move, and a rainbow light flashed on its purple compound eyes, which were composed of countless tiny grids.
Whizzing!
On the surface of the sand, a silk thread stirred and rose, instantly tightening to the extreme.
Bang! Buzz!
A steel beam of the same size as it is spiraling into the air under the drag of wrapped silk threads.
The claw-like tail is slightly raised, lightly lifting the steel beam upright.
Squeak!
The upwardly arched hook and sickle press the joints with the forefoot against the silk thread, and the straight silk thread immediately stretches diagonally.
When the hook and sickle are touched lightly, the worm silk is stretched again, and is continuously wrapped around the tip as the hook and sickle rotates.
After probably wrapping it around for more than a dozen times, the mantis raised the hook and sickle wrapped in insect silk and swung it around quickly.
Huh~huh~huh~huh! Buzz!
The huge steel beams and columns quickly rotated into a ring.
The strange thing is that the mantis is as light as a tree branch when swinging, but the wind stirred up by the swing becomes more and more violent and terrifying.
The two scorching carapace, with red stars shining at the tips, got closer and closer, but the mantis did not retreat.
Phew~
The whirling sound stopped suddenly!
The steel beam was pulled out violently by the silk thread.
Boom! Boom!
A huge metallic buzzing sound sounded, and two balls of red flame exploded.
A piece of scorching carapace was shot away and changed its path of descent, directly inserted into the wall of the ruined castle.
After the other piece was knocked away, it flew into the air again and fell quickly while flipping.
"Evacuate!"
The leader of the investigation team saw that the parabola was coming towards him and quickly gave instructions.
Pah! Pah! Pah!.
The scorching carapace penetrated directly into the sand where a few people were hiding just now, blasting a hole.
A large ball of electric light with red and black dragon energy spread out from the center of the scorching carapace.
"Huh~huh~ It's too dangerous. If it's a direct hit, I might not be able to escape."
The leader of the investigation team, who was breathing heavily, looked at the pothole and said with lingering fear.
"Captain, if you look at it this way, wouldn't the power of that unknown creature be even more outrageous?"
The male investigator could not hide the shock on his face.
"Then let's change the initial threat assessment to six stars."
Just as the leader of the investigation team was about to redefine the threat of the Pavilion Mantis, an extremely high-pitched roar came from the ruins of the ancient city.
Buzz~buzz~
After a while, a continuous shaking feeling was transmitted to the feet.
On the broken walls of the ruined ancient city, ashes and sand continued to spread outwards with tremors.
Just when the investigation team members thought that a sandstorm was coming, the trembling debris outside the ancient city suddenly collapsed on a large scale.
But what they couldn't understand was that the collapse was not a bottom-up collapse, but was caused by missing paragraphs.
It was as if something was taking away part of the large piece of debris by pulling out blocks.
The wreckage could not maintain support, so it collapsed.
As the accumulated ash and dust continued to spread, the view was soon completely blocked.
"Why is Tian Hui Long coming? What happened in the ruins of the ancient city."
The leader of the investigation team stared blankly at the ancient city swallowed by dust, unable to think of any clues.
The experience accumulated over many years of field investigation seemed to have all expired at this moment.
"Captain! Let me go and have a look!"
The male investigator took the initiative to speak out.
"No, if you go now, you will die!"
The head of the investigation team firmly denied it.
"This is the last chance. Otherwise, when the sandstorm comes, we may not even be able to determine our location."
The investigation team leader's eyes twitched slightly, and he finally squeezed out two words helplessly.
"All right."
"Well, trust me."
Seeing the investigators running quickly towards the sandstorm, the leader of the investigation team gritted his teeth and issued an evacuation order.
Just as everyone was retreating, the female investigator partner suddenly turned around and chased after her. She waved the heavy record book and shouted: "Someone has to record it for him!"
"come on."
The leader of the investigation team finished reading and led everyone to evacuate quickly.
The East Doruma Guild headquarters was in chaos because the Sky Comet Dragon was observed passing above.
It's not that the emergency response capabilities are insufficient, but that the guild has exhausted all its energy to deal with the Laoshan Dragon, Steel Dragon, and unknown monsters. The appearance of the Sky Comet Dragon is really beyond expectations.
The only good thing right now is that judging from the intelligence that has been collected, it seems that the Sky Comet Dragon is just passing by from above.
The ruins of the ancient city, in a secret room inside the castle.
The sound of crying brought by the wind and sandstorms kept ringing in the house.
Sofia used the oil lamp on the table to quickly read through her editor's notes.
After reading for a long time without any clue, she closed the notebook, turned off the oil lamp, and kept shaking her head and chanting in the darkness.
"It's impossible for the Sky Comet Dragon to appear at this point in time, let alone attack Shining. Its target should be other ancient dragons, and Shining is the least likely target to be attacked. This is unreasonable! Why!"
Sophia was very emotionally unstable.
It wasn't until I touched the frog stuffed bag beside me that I felt a little relieved.
She reached into her bag and took out a white rectangular object.
Snap! Thin white fingers split the white rectangular object from the middle.
The light from the square screens above and below reflected on Sophia's face.
She skillfully pulled out a touch pen and kept sliding on the screen below.
In the middle of the screen above, a black straight line with countless nodes, each node containing a large amount of information, is moving sideways and flying backwards.
Arriving at the node called Silver Winged Evil Star, Sophia clicked to expand it with a touch pen.
After carefully reading the above information, the unfolded white rectangle was closed, and the secret room fell into darkness again.
"The timeline in 3DS cannot be wrong. The Sky Comet Dragon did indeed attack the Wind Shen Dragon and the Thunder Shen Dragon. What went wrong?"
Just as Sophia was clenching her fists and thinking, she suddenly noticed an anomaly in the 3ds.
Snap! 3ds is expanded again.
At the end of the timeline that appears in front of you, there are only three nodes left: Steel Dragon, Laoshan Dragon, and Ge Mantis.
This was nothing different from what Sophia had seen before.
But the words at the top of the screen have changed slightly.
