"These locusts actually built their nests in magma caves. The magma caves here are at least as big as a large football field. Is it formed naturally or was it dug by locusts?"
Shen Congyi, an expert in art, was bold and quietly went inside the cave.
The cave is similar to the crater commonly seen in movies, except that it has the top of the mountain as a cover, and there is a circle of platforms around it for ancient locusts to walk. In the center is the mouth of a magma channel with a diameter of tens of meters. The bottom of the channel is similar to the mouth of a beer bottle, and it is getting thicker and larger. Larger, at least a hundred meters in diameter.
Amazingly majestic scene.
The temperature of the entire cave is at least more than 70 degrees, and the oxygen in the air is very thin.
The smell of sulfur is strong, and you can feel the presence of small granular objects being breathed into the lungs when breathing.
If you were an ordinary person in the old world, you would probably be poisoned within thirty seconds of entering.
But nothing will happen to the ancient locusts living here. Shen Cong will also be fine. He is a particle-level mechanic, and his body is a high-strength metal machine. All kinds of resistance are guaranteed. Don't talk about such an environment. Throw him into the lava and he'll probably be able to swim normally for a few minutes.
The temperature of the magma overflowing from the surface of the earth is greater than or equal to 115°C, white is greater than or equal to 109°C, orange is greater than or equal to 900°C, cherry red is greater than or equal to 700°C, and dark red is between 55° to 625°C.
It is about to cool down, and the red color is faintly visible, probably greater than or equal to 475 degrees Celsius.
Shen Cong walked through a nursery, passed an ancient locust with a talent of about 3.3 hours, and came to the center of the cave, looking down at the magma more than ten meters above the rock wall.
Burning heat can be felt on the face.
"It's probably between orange and golden yellow, about a thousand degrees. If I fall into such magma, it won't matter. I won't die. Hell plants can resist it."
After first judging the threat of magma and coming to the conclusion that it was not very harmful, Shen Cong was able to appreciate such wonderful magma.
This isn't the first time he's seen magma.
When the earthquake exploded, cracks were created, many volcanoes erupted, and magma could be seen almost everywhere. However, in order to avoid the cracks at that time, Shen Cong had no intention of enjoying the volcanic eruptions.
There is no way to appreciate the lava at such a close distance.
Magma is liquid, and it runs out from time to time, rolling in the channel in a very slow and viscous state. From time to time, flames and smoke will appear in some places.
Like a pot of thick soup being cooked.
In the middle of the thick soup, there was a huge rock of unknown structure floating, but it did not melt along with it.
"It's probably a kind of metal ore. The melting point of metals is very high, and the melting point of metal compounds is even higher. Because the magma here is close to the surface, the temperature has dropped to only about a thousand degrees, so it cannot melt the metal ore." Shen Cong analyzed.
at this time.
Suddenly, a burst of bubbles violently emerged from the edge of the metal ore, and immediately, the magma was broken open, and a huge head protruded from the magma.
Then came the huge body, and then jumped onto the metal ore.
Lava waves splash.
"this!"
Shen Cong immediately calmed down and stared carefully at the thing crawling out of the magma.
This monster diving in magma, after shaking off the magma from its body, turned out to be a locust. Judging from its size, it was obviously an ancient locust.
"Chirp!" The ancient locust lay on the metal ore and screamed loudly.
This is the unique cry of locusts.
But it puzzled Shen Cong: "Ancient locusts actually bathe in magma?"
Before he could think clearly about the problem, he seemed to hear the cry of ancient locusts. Chirping sounds came from various passages in the cave. Then one by one, the ancient locusts woke up and came to the platform of the magma cave.
One of the ancient locusts jumped to where Shen Cong was.
He was about to suppress Shen Cong.
Shen Cong had to move out of his disguise, but he did not appear. Instead, he took a step forward and instantly fell into the magma channel. At the same time, he inserted his hand into the wall of the channel and hung above the entrance of the channel.
Heat waves scorch the body.
There was a little movement. An ancient locust approached and seemed to hear the movement. It looked at Shen Cong's original position, but found nothing.
I can only "chirp" and ask about the ancient locusts that jumped over.
The meaning is probably to ask if it is causing the noise.
The ancient locust jumped over, thinking that the opponent was going to provoke him, and immediately "chirped" to fight back. Shen Cong's cicada language enveloped the entire audience, and he quickly translated the ancient locust's emotional content, which roughly meant "get out of here."
Then two ancient locusts quarreled.
"Chirp."
It means what are you looking at?
"Chirp."
What are you doing!
"Chirp."
Take another look and try!
"Chirp."
Just try it.
However, the two of them only quarreled for a few words. The quarrel was quickly smoothed over by the "chirping" sounds of other ancient locusts, and they did not start fighting even after they disagreed.
Shen Cong breathed a sigh of relief, he was not discovered.
His mind was spinning violently, constantly converting the emotional thoughts of these ancient locusts into locust-cicada language, and then making a comparative analysis in his mind: "The ancient locusts gathered together for a strange meeting, and the content of the meeting turned out to be about locust reproduction and evolutionary problems. ...The wisdom of these ancient locusts is astonishing!"
Immediately, Shen Cong suppressed his surprise and began to listen carefully to how they discussed the meeting.
"Magma gives me a new life, I can't live without it!"
"We will lose our wings because of the magma. This is not what we need. We must correct it."
"You can correct me, but I won't. I like lava bathing my whole body, which makes me feel more active in my thinking. I am becoming smarter and smarter."
"But we will lose the ability to reproduce."
"Bath in the river of fire, we will not die!"
"The locusts outside will lay powerful eggs and continue our population."
"What do those eggs have to do with me!"
"Yes, I am me. I am not one of those stupid bugs. I have evolved from ignorance to the present. I have seen the ruins of human cities, buried under the dust. Those patterns fascinate me. I have captured humans and learned Beyond human knowledge, I am a new life, I am a... locust demon!"
This sentence was spoken by an ancient locust crawling out of the magma, and it seemed to be the vague leader of this group of ancient locusts.
Although they are not divided into superiors and subordinates to each other, other ancient locusts are all centered on him.
This was the case at this time. When the ancient locusts in the magma mentioned "locust demon", more than twenty ancient locusts suddenly shouted "chirp, chirp" in excitement.
Their thinking is repeating a simple word.
"Demon!"
"Demon!"
"Locust demon!"
"Locust demon!"
"Demon!"
The word "demon" is a name that Shen Cong guessed based on the context. The locust groups outside are all evolved beasts. The ancient locusts think that they are new lives, so Shen Cong treats them as beasts and become refined demons. Just call it the Locust Demon.
"These locust demons!" Shen Cong silently summarized the information, "The locust demon on the metal ore has captured humans, learned human knowledge, and also understands the patterns carved on the ruins of human civilization. It is obsessed with it. His intelligence is no different from that of humans!"
Take a deep breath of the sulfur-smelling hot air.
Shen Cong looked gloomy: "Wisdom, really, is no longer exclusive to humans..." (To be continued.) 8