Chapter 599 Pork Chop’s Underground Exploration
Gordon patted Ancil on the shoulder.
Anhil, who has always been in a light sleep state, opened his eyes. As if he had never fallen asleep at all, he picked up the heavy crossbow that had never been put away without any confusion, and locked the sight into his sight. That touch of gold.
It was an unknown insect-like monster. It looked like a combination of a beetle and a praying mantis. It was not too big, about four or five meters long, and could barely reach the sides of the large monster. It was similar to a beetle. size.
“Bang.”
The muzzle fire of [Shigure] flashed at the fierce moment, and a dye bomb shot out, accurately hitting the target, leaving a bright pink mark on the carapace that seemed to be made of gold.
“叽——!” The mysterious monster suspected to be a beetle was frightened, and after a sharp hiss, it began to burrow into the ground.
"Keep it!" Anhil shouted.
The fierce storm barked and turned into an afterimage and rushed upward.
Unfortunately, it was a step too late. The golden monster burrowed into the ground very fast, and it had already penetrated into the ground before the strong wind bit it.
It even didn't forget to use its sharp hind legs to stir up the sand and cover the passage it dug into the ground.
"Urululu——"
The gale roared angrily, and frantically dug at the pile of slightly frivolous sand.
Some tooth hounds are indeed good at burrowing into the ground, but the strong and strong Gale obviously does not belong to that kind. When Gordon and the others rushed over, it could barely get out enough to bury its big head. Go to the shallow pit.
Pork Chop looked at Gordon, his intention was obvious.
Before Gordon could say anything, Ancier spoke first, "What is basically certain at present is that the bottom layer around this building is relatively solid. There is no need to worry about quicksand, otherwise the thing would not come here specifically to drill in. Get out.
But it's not appropriate or necessary to pursue it now. I've already given it a ride. If you have dyed bombs, don’t worry about it running away.
My suggestion is to go back to the camp first, rest, adjust the state, and replenish props. We are not sure whether or when we will encounter the mechanical monster during the pursuit, so maintain your state. It’s very important.”
Gordon thought for a while and agreed to Ancil’s suggestion.
“Let’s go back to the camp first.”
In the camp organized by the advance team, they slept until the afternoon and ate a hot meal after waking up. Gordon and others immediately felt full of energy.
Pork Chop once again took the initiative to request an attack, and this time Gordon did not object.
Among the two people, one cat and one dog, only Pork Chop is good at digging in the ground. It's a pity that Pandan and Amber are not here, otherwise they can still help.
With Gordon and Ancier’s repeated instructions, Pork Chop set off alone.
It first came to the building where the golden beetle was found last night, sniffed around and found nothing unusual.
He tightened the fixing straps of the cat armor and cat sword, and made a final check on the status of his personal props. After confirming that everything was correct, Pig Chop dived into the ground.
The smell of dye bombs mixed in the sand guides the route of the golden beetle as it burrows into the ground.
The pork chop dug all the way down along this route. After a few minutes, the front of it was empty and it almost fell straight down.
“Meow meow!”
Zhupa screamed in surprise and quickly grabbed the rock crevice outside the cave with his sharp claws, thus avoiding falling.
This is a dark underground cave.
At this time, it was hanging upside down on the rock wall at the top of the cave, swaying.
Pork Chops stabilized his mood, and the cat's focused eyes quickly swept around. No danger or living things were found for the time being, which made him feel slightly relieved.
Climbing down the rock wall, Pig Cho shook off the sand on his body and observed his surroundings.
As Gordon guessed, the ground near the ruins of the ancient village is empty.
Large and small crypts, caves, and tunnels are connected in series to form a huge and complex underground space.
Similar landforms are very common in desert areas.
It can be said that the sand sea on the surface and the lava caves underground together form a seemingly barren ecosystem in the great desert, but in fact it is full of diversity.
After taking out a small book and briefly recording the terrain with a compass, Pork Chop followed the smell of the dyed balls.
Every two or three hundred meters it walks, it will pause and continue to draw the terrain map. At the same time, based on its number of steps and direction of travel, it will roughly confirm the position of the surface corresponding to the area it is currently in.
This will help it complete the main purpose of this reconnaissance - to find a suitable entrance and exit for Gordon and the others to enter the underground cave.
Just like this, while chasing the smell and moving forward according to the map, Zhupa couldn't tell how long he had been in the underground cave.
The dark environment always makes it easy for people to forget the passage of time, and the sense of direction gradually becomes blurred in the darkness.
Zhupa continued to move forward, and finally found traces of the golden beetle in an underground cave that was very wide and probably covered an area of tens of thousands of square meters.
It is lying motionless on the rock wall, seeming to be sleeping.
It was not the only golden beetle similar to it. In this giant cave and several caves in the nearby area, Pig Chop also encountered several monsters of the same kind.
They should be the "masters" of the nearby cave. I wonder if they have any relationship with the mechanical behemoth?
After a moment of hesitation, Pig Chop began to test - it tried to get close to these creatures.
These golden beetles have vision and a very keen sense of vibration. They do not move very fast and are not very aggressive. Even if they attract their attention, they can easily escape.
After walking with these unknown monsters for a while, Pig Chop suddenly raised his body.
The sensitive beard trembled twice, feeling a breeze.
The wind often means there is an entrance or exit.
It searched carefully, and soon found a huge stone crevice high on the nearby rock wall.
The breeze blows in from there.
This rock wall is not vertical, and the surface is uneven. Even humans without sharp claws will not find it difficult to climb.
If the crack in the stone really leads to the surface, Gordon and the others should be able to get down through it.
Pork Chop made a mark on the topographic map again, and then climbed along the rock wall to the crevice.
Only when he got closer did he realize that due to the viewing angle, this stone crack was wider than he thought. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a tunnel. Even a big gale should be able to pass through it freely. .
"I hope everything goes well." Pig Chop got into the passage inside the stone crevice and ran upwards.
A few more minutes passed, and it saw light at the end of the passage.
Pork Chop was very excited and accelerated his pace further.
“.Where is this place?” Pork Chop emerged from the crack in the stone and looked around for a while, a question mark appeared above his head.
Surrounded by masonry walls more than ten meters high, the clear sky can be seen above the head, and the moonlight shines down, illuminating the place.
Pigpa scratched his ears, climbed up along the wall, and soon reached the surface.
Looking back, Zhupa suddenly realized and said to himself: "It turns out to be a well cat, a pretty big cat."
After observing the mottled and weathered buildings around, Zhupa was very sure that they had never been to this place before, but it was definitely within the ruins of the ancient village.
Climbing along the wall to a higher place and looking around, Pork Chop finally figured out where it was at this time.
“You’ve actually come to the castle in the center of the ruins, meow?”
After confirming the direction, Piglet slid down the city wall and ran towards the direction of the camp.
Ps.
Those who like to understand settings will probably guess that the two chapters I am writing about are male pavilion mantises, which do not appear in the game, but only appear in the settings.
In the first case, the male Pavilion Mantis was planned to appear as a vassal monster, but it was later canceled. Regarding the male individual, I could not find any picture information, so I could only write vaguely. There is a setting that I am not sure whether it is an official setting. It is said that the male mantis is golden and the female is brown. As the female eats more and more males, the color will become more and more golden, which is a way to judge its age. This method has been mentioned by two ups who are engaged in mh ecology, but I have not found such information myself, so I have not applied it yet
(End of chapter)