Monster life starting from picking up materials

Obviously, he just let them chase the ruins of the city without much contact, but nearly ten years have passed, and the body of the mantis and the hunters of the past still make Ji Jie feel quite fond of time.

In the last battle, he was only controlling the situation with his perception and had no chance to calmly observe the hunter in front of him. Now, he could use his extraordinary memory to match every new wrinkle and healed scar on the hunter's face.

"Want to dance, Hunter?"

Then, the mantis screamed, opened its arms that were crossed in front of its chest, and flipped its claws that were flashing with cold light, reaching forward and extending an invitation to the astonished hunter.

Hubble looked at the Mantis King's request, his shocked expression turned into solemnity, and he slowly lowered his body and chose to retreat out of the other party's sight. His every move seemed like a minister retreating from the court with reverence.

If it were more than ten years ago, young people with high spirits might really accept the invitation.

But now, his mission to find out the situation of the abandoned city has been completed, and he has realized that his strength is not enough to escape from the clutches of the Mantis King.

He had to go back and share his findings with his colleagues and share their gains. This was what he should do.

Ji Jie tilted his head slightly, feeling the hunter's thoughts churning through his mind at the moment, and understood what he was thinking. He just watched him go away silently.

However, the hunters' pursuit to this point also reminded him that they had stayed in this area for too long and could set off again to explore somewhere else.

He jumped down from the ruins of the city. The mantis's body expanded and its limbs twisted. Its soft wings spread out from its shell, and its elastic tail tentacles touched the ground to sense changes in the environment.

The Xialong, having entered into mimicry, took stiff and silent steps, heading in the direction the hunter had left.

Xia Bao folded her wings and hesitated between following the hunter and returning to his side. Then, as if receiving a signal, she returned to his side.

Ji Jie opened his mouth and spewed out white mist, flapping his wings to disperse it. Xia Bao also imitated his movements, and the mist in the forest became a little thicker.

The two of them followed the hunter in front together.

On the other side, the compiler came to the location of the remains of the crab and saw the crab's head shell turned over on the ground.

The originally dark blue head shell was burned to the same red as the shield crab, and the smell of the flames lingered for a long time.

"It's Yangyanlong."

He squatted down and swept away some dust from the ground with the hem of his clothes.

Looking inside the crab's head shell again, he took out a peeling knife and pried up the black substance that was close to the head shell. He observed it carefully and sniffed it, and his expression couldn't help but tremble.

This wasn't the crab's original body tissue, but rather the charred remains of the crab roe and meat...

He walked into the skull and searched carefully. Looking at the food residue scooped up by the peeling knife, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Looking at the remains of the main body of the crab, it is easy to see that all the meat has been removed.

The author crawled down again and probed under the main body of the crab, and saw the limbs that were twisted off at the joints.

An eerie sense of déjà vu came over him, but first, he swallowed.

The compiler remembered how he ate shield crabs and how humans ate shield crabs.

And the crab in front of us, with its indestructible shell, was being hunted just like the shield crab, being preyed upon by a more powerful being.

The form of predation is also worth studying. This is not some barbaric and primitive predation. There are also traces of the Yangyan Dragon roasting it with flames.

A powerful monster preys on the crab and then roasts it with the Yangyan Dragon?

"This way! This way!"

A shout came from not far away. The compiler looked in the direction of the shout. It was his companion who had also explored the vicinity. He seemed to have found some new traces?

The author finally photographed the last remnants of the crab with an observation tool, swallowed his saliva, and ran towards the hunter.

When he was halfway there, he saw clearly what the hunter had discovered.

A large mass of black, sticky substance.

"Do you know what this is? It looks just like oil."

The hunter was squatting next to the sticky substance, dipping his peeling knife into it and examining it.

The compiler took a closer look, thought for a moment, took out a match, lit it, and carefully touched the black sticky substance on the peeling knife.

After coming into contact with the heat source, the black sticky substance began to burn, rapidly releasing high temperatures, forcing the hunter to throw it on the ground and stomp it out.

"Obviously, this is the oil, some kind of processing house."

The compiler's gaze shifted from the oil to the claw marks not far away.

Paw prints like never before.

565

Chapter 565 The Disappearing Potatoes.

Julius moved carefully through the woods.

Compared to the others who headed towards the direction of the abandoned city or the remains of the fortress crab, he followed the direction and route in his memory and came to the bottom of the mountain where the abandoned city was buried.

The abandoned city has been reactivated by Ge Mantis. The area under the mountain is now empty, but if you search carefully, you can still see some inconsistent broken bricks and small parts.

After a quick look, he chose to explore along the traces of activities after the revival of the ruined city.

Where the giant footprints paused, he saw traces of corrosion by strong acid, mixed with corroded building materials and metals.

It is the strong acid of the crab.

In nature, many organisms have evolved strong acidic body fluids as biological weapons, but the concentration and amount of strong acid in the armored crab are far beyond the reach of other organisms.

It is said that a group of soldiers were collectively hit by the strong acidic fluid of the fortress while defending the fortress, and then they were corroded along with the fortress until nothing was left of their bodies. It was a very horrifying sight.

Not long after Xucheng resumed operations, it suffered such a strong acid attack, and it was bound to suffer heavy damage.

After carefully collecting a portion of the strong acid and photographing the entire trace with observation tools, Julius searched the surrounding area and found some footprints and manes of the Flame Queen Dragon.

"Ancient Dragon."

The young hunter was a little excited to find these traces, but he suppressed his reckless heart and began to walk back with a more cautious attitude.

He had already paid the price for his youthful recklessness. His master, Cambe, faced the Flame King Dragon head-on to rescue him, and was injured and had to retire.

By the time Julius returned to the agreed gathering camp at night, everyone else had already arrived.

"Are there any signs of corrosion in the ruined city caused by the fortress crab attack? And the appearance of the Flame Queen Dragon? Well done, you've filled in a missing piece of the puzzle."

"Judging from the age of the traces, the first thing that happened should be the reappearance of the Mantis King and the revival of the ruined city."

"Then a battle broke out between the Fort Crab and the ruined city... In the end, the Fort Crab was eaten. The details of the battle are still unclear."

The compiler compiled the clues in his own book, and in addition to the main timeline, he also interspersed traces of the activities of Xialong and Yangyanlong.

"Could it be that the mantis killed the crab?"

Hubble scratched his bald head, quite interested in the battle between the two arthropod monsters of huge size differences.

"That shouldn't be the case. The crab's limbs were broken. I found claw marks nearby that I've never seen before. The traces of activity were accompanied by a kind of oil. The limb structure is also a bit strange, like it has six legs."

The compiler Kuang did not even raise his head, but continued to write the additions on the paper.

"Huh? Six legs? Weird."

"There are more unknowns. I just hope it won't affect our mission. Is there anything else you want to add?"

"The Mantis King, the Mantis King saw me and stretched out his claws towards me, as if it was an invitation."

Hubble spoke with his head lowered, making it difficult for his companions to read his expression.

"Invite? Do you agree?"

Julius on the side widened his eyes and asked curiously.

"Hey, I'm back safe and sound, so of course I ran away!"

Hubble muttered, then continued:

"How should I put it? It felt strange at the time. It was as if he recognized me and seemed in a very good mood."

"Could it be that he saw that the armor you were wearing was made of the same armor as the Mantis Queen? Did he mistake you for a female? That's why he was so sexually aroused."

Julius rubbed his hairless chin, thinking seriously.

"How is that possible! Look at me, I don't look like a mantis at all, I'm even wrapped in a layer of Dark Lantern Dragon's Phantom Veil!"

Hubble retorted in dissatisfaction, while the hunter and compiler laughed.

Julius wanted to laugh, but suddenly felt an unfriendly gaze falling on him. He stopped laughing and looked around, but did not notice the source of that feeling.

"It seems he really has extraordinary intelligence. He is a special monster."

The author actually believes what Hubble said.

Because the investigation team against the Pavilion Mantis King back then was the only four people who had close contact with the Pavilion Mantis King, and they had even fought against the Old Mountain Dragon and the Pavilion Mantis Queen.

In contrast to the attack on the settlement by the Mantis Queen, the Mantis Queen really looks very special, very special.

This specialness might be the reason why the four of them failed to break out of the golden cocoon.

"Ancient dragons also possess extremely high intelligence. The Yangyan Dragon couple who migrated back from the New World also possess wisdom. It's hard to imagine what kind of sparks will be sparked and what kind of impact will be caused by the collision of their wisdom."

The compiler changed the subject and couldn't help but sigh. As a former member of the Ancient Dragon Investigation Team, he knew more than others in this mission.

"Maybe we should ask that scimitar crab what it thinks."

Amidst the chatter, Hubble rummaged through the campfire and finally dug out a roasted potato.

Others followed suit, digging out the buried potatoes, picking out the burnt parts and eating them.

"This roasted sweet potato smells pretty good, damn!"

Ji Jie smelled the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes and couldn't stop saliva from flowing.

Looking at Xia Bao again, he was also curious about the food that the hunters dug out from the ground.

Medicinal herbs and plants that grow underground have always been on Xialong's diet.

The two dragons looked at each other, and the smoke in the area became a little more hazy.

"Why are my potatoes gone? They were just here!"

"I didn't take it, mine is gone too!"

"The fog is getting thicker."

The hunters looked at each other. Hubble looked at the hazy mist burned by the flames and spoke slowly.

"Is it Xialong?!"

Julius immediately stood up and looked around.

"Hey, sit down, sit down."

Hubble reached out and pulled the young hunter down, and everyone held their share of food in their arms to avoid further theft.

"Well, I have an idea."

Hubble thought for a moment, took out a baked potato, skewered it with a branch, and casually stuck it aside.

Everyone immediately understood what he wanted to do, and their eyes were focused on the bunch of potatoes, wanting to see how the potato would disappear.

But after watching for a long time, the baked potato was almost cold but it didn't disappear.

After Julius finished eating the food in his hand, he lowered his head to look at the food in his arms, and was surprised to find that there was less food in his arms.

He quickly spoke up to remind everyone, and everyone reacted and had a clearer understanding of the wisdom of the Xialong.

"Okay, just treat it as a treat and stop staring at me."

Hubble skewered another potato and stuck it on the side.

Everyone stopped looking and quietly ate their own portion.

When they looked at the two bunches of potatoes again, the potatoes on the ground had disappeared, leaving only a few prop bags.

"My props!"

The group then realized that what they had lost was not just food.

"It seems to have come back after eating potatoes? How interesting, it's like paying protection money."

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Chapter 566 The missing dragon scholar.

"What does it mean?"