Chapter 600 Golden Thread
The safe return of Pork Chops made Gordon and the others finally feel relieved after worrying about it for a long time.
When the former reported on the situation in the underground cave, Gordon specially called Ms. Duda over.
Exploring unknown areas is what Longli Academy scholars are most concerned about. They all dream of discovering some new ruins.
But after listening carefully to Pork Chop’s report, Ms. Duda frowned.
"From the description, the caves under this ruins don't look like man-made ruins, but more like naturally formed hollow landforms.
Little Pig Chop, have you found any traces of man-made creations?"
“There’s a meow!”
Pigpa pulled the picture it drew, “Here it is In several areas, many artifacts were found, including masonry building fragments and large metal components. "
Speaking of this, Zhupa thought for a while and added. , “The areas where these man-made objects are distributed coincide with the areas where golden beetles appear.
I don’t know if there is any connection between the two. "
Ms. Duda nodded slowly, "In this case, it may be that ancient craftsmen carried out some construction around this naturally formed cave. "
After Ms. Duda finished speaking, Gordon also spoke.
He paid more attention to those golden beetle monsters than the ruins.
"Pig Come on, do those golden beetles communicate with each other? ”
"Meow?"
"Let me put it more directly. Do you think these monsters are social, living in groups like velociraptors? Or do they fight alone or even compete with each other?"
Pig Chop scratched his beard, " I'm not sure, maybe it's a gregarious cat? But it's not necessarily a gregarious cat. Those beetles are not too close to each other."
"I hope they are not gregarious, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble if a fight breaks out. ." Anhil said in a low voice.
When it comes to the unknown golden beetle, Ms. Duda also seems to be quite concerned.
Although the main direction of her research is in archeology, as a scholar of the Ryūli Academy, she also has a fairly in-depth understanding of the types of monsters and their evolution.
“Judging from the sketches that Ancil drew for me before, this suspected beetle-like creature has a very primitive body structure and is probably some kind of ancient creature that has become extinct or has never been discovered. Species.
If you have the chance, I hope you can bring back some specimens. The old guys in the paleontological research department will be crazy about it, and the chief researcher will not be stingy with the reward."
䱱If you say so, we won't be sleepy.
Gordon and Ancil exchanged glances, ready to find one of them if there was an opportunity, at least bring one leg back.
After the report, Gordon asked Pork Chop to rest early, while he discussed with Ancil and Ms. Duda late into the night to determine the exploration process of the underground cave.
He had a hunch that some surprises were waiting for them in the underground caves.
In the dark cave that is invisible to humans, a spark lights up.
“Bah.”
Gordon lit up the flint and lit the wick of the kerosene lamp. The orange-red fire drove away the darkness within a few dozen meters.
"Huh~."
Gordon whistled, "This underground cave is really higher and more spacious than I thought."
Ancier also lit a fire He did not hold the kerosene lamp himself, but hung it on Li Feng, using it as a moving light source.
Looking around by the firelight, Gordon quickly came to a conclusion, "It is a naturally formed cave. It is unknown how ancient people built a fortress on such an unstable landform. "Is it intentional or accidental?"
Anhil ignored Gordon's sigh. He is a very efficient person. "Pigcho will lead the way. Let's go to the place where you mentioned that the artifacts were found." Look.”
"Good meow!"
The group moved in a compact formation.
Different from being cautious when exploring alone before, this time with companions by his side, Pork Chop led the way very quickly.
Not long after, they came to the cave area where artificial objects were scattered around the pig's mouth and golden beetles were active, and the exploration operation officially started.
Around here, there are all kinds of messy building fragments and a lot of metal structures, but no trace of the golden beetle was found.
Gordon guessed that it might be because of time.
It was afternoon to night when Pork Chop explored the ruins yesterday, and now it is morning. Those golden beetles may have gone to other places.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for hunters.
Although they did come with the idea of "taking some biological specimens back", it was best before leaving the underground cave.
Otherwise, the noise of the battle may attract other beetles, affecting subsequent exploration.
What is this thing, like a wheel made of steel? The diameter is almost twenty meters, so big!
What is this? A statue made of copper?
Why are there still cannons? !
The more Gordon investigated, the more strange he felt. These metal structures had no connection with each other, and they were all very heavy. They should not appear together.
Is it possible that this underground cave was a garbage dump where ancient people discarded metal scraps? Or a smelting plant that recycles metal?
"Gordon, come and take a look."
Gordon, who was looking around the large-caliber artillery, heard Ancil's call and walked over quickly.
“Look at these.” Anhil pointed at a large piece of building debris in front of him.
This building fragment, which is the size of a two-story house, is made of gray-yellow bricks. Gordon frowned, feeling a sense of déjà vu.
“Is this true?”
"Well, it should be part of the city wall of the ancient village ruins. The specifications of the bricks and the degree of weathering are the same." Anhil said while touching the broken pieces of the city wall.
Gordon knelt down, inspected the cross-section of the lower city wall fragments, and emphatically confirmed the condition of the ground beneath the lower city wall fragments.
The expression gradually became serious, "The cross section is relatively new. Judging from the traces on the ground, it should have just fallen here not long ago, if I guess correctly."
"Yes, that should be it. A part of the ancient wall that the giant mechanical beast had eaten before." An Xir continued.
After that, he tilted his head towards Gordon again, "Let's take a look at this again."
Anhil led Gordon to a much smaller piece of building debris. Gordon's brows furrowed even more.
Different from the gray and yellow bricks that can be seen everywhere in the ancient village ruins, this building fragment is made of blue stone bricks, which obviously came from elsewhere.
“This kind of bluish-gray stone cannot be seen in desert areas, but it is more common in the Xiuret area in the northern part of the continent, all the way to East Dorumana.” Anhil added next to him:
"Not to mention the other ones, this piece of fragment alone weighs at least several tons. Transportation It’s not an easy thing to get up, and no one will make great efforts to transport these worthless building fragments.”
“It should be the mechanical beast, which has the ability to destroy the city wall and devour it. Habits, these may be vomited here after chewing them from other places.”
"What an incomprehensible habit."
"Yes."
"Wow!"
Gordon and Ancil were discussing when they suddenly heard Gale's roar. Barking.
The big dog ran over, tugged at the edge of Ancier's armor, and dragged him to a huge stone pillar lying on the ground.
It slapped the stone pillar with its paws and stuck out its tongue, as if asking for credit.
Gordon looked attentively.
By the light of the oil lamp, he discovered that there were some golden silk threads stuck to the place where the strong wind beat. (End of this chapter)