Chapter 624 Distant Claw Marks
Walking among the undulating hills and valleys of Yiqun Ridge, Gordon's scalp felt a little numb.
During this period of time spent in Ryūliyuan, I did a lot of tasks of investigating various ruins or escorting the archaeological team to excavate the ruins. I also visited countless hunting grounds with ruins.
Latio volcano, ancient village ruins, ruins plain, underground caves
But the density of ruins here is the highest.
Even in the ruins plain named "Relics", various ruins can only be seen everywhere, dotted on the plain.
The Yiqun Mountains can basically be regarded as a whole, a group of super giant ruins, which may be ancient cities or some facilities, covered by the dust and vegetation of time.
No matter where you stand and dig down a few meters, you can always see bricks.
This greatly increases the difficulty of investigation.
All the hunters on the Longshi ship were dispatched, and there were less than thirty archaeologists in total. How long would it take to explore an area of nearly a hundred square kilometers?
"Don't worry too much."
Ms. Duda, who was traveling with Gordon and Ancil, was not the kind of nerdy scholar who didn't understand the world. She could see Gordon's worries.
“The Yiqun Ridge is too big, and of course we can’t survey them all by dragging a net.”
Climbing the mountains and down the valleys along the way, Ms. Duda’s skills were more agile than the hunters imagined. Many, she explained while nimbly climbing over a remnant wall:
“In fact, in the era before Longliyuan became independent from the scrivener team, the archaeological investigation of Yiqunling was Already done several times
It's just that the altitude of Yiqun Ridge is too high. Even if you don't consider climbing the peak, it is very difficult to send people up.
In addition, the ruins are not valuable enough, and it is difficult to discover any meaningful remains or technologies. There is a lack of profits and sponsorship, so it will be gradually discontinued. "
This statement made Gordon couldn't help but recall the ruins of the ancient village.
"What is considered valuable? "Anhil, who is responsible for guarding the rear, asked casually.
"It's hard to say. This is a relatively vague concept. You know the so-called 'Ancient Era', the development of human civilization at that time. The level is far beyond the current level, and there are too many technologies that modern people cannot understand at all. Well, for example, Gordon, the epitaph sword behind you.
There are not many relics from the ancient era that are of great excavation significance. The scattered relics of Latio volcano count as one, the Sky Corridor in the Sea of Trees counts as one, the Sky Mountain counts as one, and the Pyramid of Shuiwulin is from a later period, so I can barely count, right. , and the one that Lingfeng just discovered in the past two years.
The archaeological value of these ancient ruins is very high, such as the inexhaustible protective stones of Latio volcano, the alchemy and aviation technology extracted from the Sky Mountain ruins, and the history of dragon creatures in the Corridor of the Sky. records and so on.
Of course, it is not absolute. For example, the biggest gains of the Shuimeilin Pyramid are only murals and stone carvings, which are more 'artistic'. "
Ms. Duda came to a high point, pulled out the telescope and looked into the distance, and then continued:
"As for the so-called 'worthless' ruins, some of them are not old enough. , the age is only hundreds to thousands of years. The civilization that created these ruins is from the same origin as ours, and the technology is also the same. There are not many that can be extracted in reverse, such as the ancient village ruins.
Although some of them also originated from the ancient era, they may be residential areas. For example, in the Yiqun Ridge where we are currently, apart from the architectural ruins themselves, there are not many valuable things found.
According to the sponsor - it's just a pile of useless bricks.
Although archaeologists like us are very interested in ruins, it is difficult to promote large-scale archaeological activities without funding. "
Gordon shrugged. If he were a sponsor, he would not be too happy to pay for these old bricks under his feet.
Ms. Duda, who had confirmed the location, closed Telescope, smiled and said: "However, among these so-called 'worthless' ruins, some interesting things often appear due to incomplete investigation. ”
"For example, the market city of Ge Mantis?"
Anhil chuckled and continued, earning a blank look from Ms. Duda.
“All in all, the excavations at Yiqunling are not of high value, well, at least in the eyes of the sponsors, but the archaeologists at that time also marked some more key locations.
< br>Our task is to investigate those key locations. The two boys are high-level hunters, so our group is assigned to a more dangerous area."
"How dangerous will it be?" Asked a question.
"Not sure." Ms. Duda replied: "There are a lot of peach-haired beasts around here, but it is said that a tyrannosaurus has also appeared."
". Then you really need to cheer up."< br>
“Wait a minute.”
Gordon, who was walking ahead to open the way, suddenly raised his hand, Duda immediately stopped, and Ancil also deployed his heavy crossbow to guard him.
Gordon came to a corner of a masonry pillar. There was a huge claw mark on it.
He roughly estimated the size and depth of the claw mark with his palm, and then looked at the surrounding environment a few times. Gordon's expression became strange.
Anhil escorted Duda to his side, glanced at the claw marks, and frowned.
"What's wrong? What kind of monster's scratches are these?" Duda asked in a low voice, with a hint of nervousness in his tone.
Anhil whispered to Gordon: "Unlike the flying dragon species, the flying dragon species should not leave scratches at such a high position?"
"Well, the fire dragon Sometimes he would lift up and scratch his claws, but the shape of the fire dragon’s claw marks was not like this.”
"The beast type? The fang type?"
"I also thought of the Dino Tyrannosaurus and the Peach Hair Beast King. The Dino Tyrannosaurus could catch it here when it jumped up, but it would probably break the pillar with it. , the peach-haired beast king's claw marks are not so deep.
Do you think that? More like, um, a tooth dragon species?"
"You mean Thunder Wolf Dragon?" Ancil looked even more surprised, "Can Thunder Wolf Dragon come here?"
"That's why I find it strange, but don't you think the claw marks are similar in shape?"
"Indeed."
Anhil pinched his chin. During the time they were in Jieyun Village, they hunted a lot of Thunder Wolf Dragons, and they were very familiar with the shape of Thunder Wolf Dragon's claw marks.
Pig Chop sniffed around, "It smells like urine, and the smell is very similar to that of a cat. It may be a thunder wolf dragon cat, and it may be a mark of its territory."
Gordon stared at the claw marks and muttered to himself: "The guild said that the thunder wolf dragon group was spreading in all directions, but they didn't expect it to spread so far
Can that thing cross the sea?
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In a few years, won’t we be able to see their footprints even in the New World? "
Anhil thought for a while and said: "It is possible that there have been people who have migrated away from their original place of residence. Isn't there already someone near Yanhuo Village?
It’s just that the number is very small, and they went to some deep mountains and old forests, so no one discovered it. After the chaos in Lingfeng, the ethnic group really spread. ”
“Yes. "
Noticing that Ms. Duda couldn't hide her nervousness, Gordon smiled and comforted, "It's okay, it may be a five-star dangerous monster. Even if we encounter it, it won't be difficult for the two of us to deal with it." .
Just in case, Ms. Duda, you'd better ride on Gale's back. That monster is very fast, but the Tooth Hound can ensure your safety. "
"Okay. ”
Ms. Duda carefully climbed onto Liefeng’s back. Liefeng turned around and licked her. Although the drool was a bit disgusting, the tension in her heart also dissipated a lot.
< br>"Pork chop gale, pay attention to the smell, Anxier is alert to the rear and the air, we will complete the investigation as soon as possible. "(End of this chapter)