Chapter 433 The Giant Black Beetle
In the underground world, the number of creatures is unimaginable.
Basically every ten meters, at least one giant bug will appear.
Come to think of it, bugs exist in large numbers no matter what world they are in.
Bugs above ground level are only small, so they are usually ignored.
But in this underground world, bugs are often three to four meters long, bigger than Mimi Silver King.
There are also those strange and weird appearances. Xu Xin will feel a little bit of physical discomfort every time he sees them.
Big bugs and such are indeed much scarier than big brown bears and tigers.
Although they shouldn't be that lethal.
After all, bugs, most of them feel soft.
Except for those big beetles.
He didn't walk very fast, but moved through the jungle at a relatively constant speed.
The underground world also has soil.
These vines and giant plant-type monsters all grow in the soil.
But...
Xu Xin squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil.
The soil is dark red.
[Completely contaminated soil (ash): Soil infected by unknown forces has been completely eroded and is useless to survivors. 】
Really?
He just looked around with his discerning ability, and found that the soil here was completely colorless.
There is gray, useless soil everywhere.
"Huh...?" Coco also used her little paws to stir up the dark red soil in his hand.
Xu Xin was slightly confused.
By the way, where does this soil come from?
Underground...
There shouldn't be soil, right?
Isn’t soil a substance that only exists on the surface of the earth?
Could it be that someone carried it underground?
Shaking her head and no longer thinking about it, Xu Xin stood up and continued walking forward.
The surroundings are not all gray and polluted soil.
There are also a lot of blue-level resources here.
For example, any stone on the ground is blue level.
However, Xu Xin was too lazy to pick up these things. Li Wenxi has complained to him more than once, saying that there are too many rocks as a by-product of mining.
There are already too many stones to use up. He doesn't waste time anymore.
The pace of his feet was a little faster, because he found that this section of the road was much easier than Xu Xin imagined.
The giant beasts and large monsters around him seemed to have little interest in him.
Every five or six hundred meters, one or two giant beasts at least twenty or thirty meters tall will appear.
Although these giant beasts look extremely ferocious, they do not kill each other, and they all keep a relatively long distance.
Looking at it like this, they seem to have divided their territories, do not invade each other, and seem to be somewhat harmonious.
The creatures in this underground world should really form a food web of their own.
Foreign humans like Xu Xin are not in their diet at all, and they have not provoked them, so they basically don't care, and entering their territory is not considered an intrusion at all.
Just like a tiger would not consider a butterfly flying into its territory an intrusion.
It's too weak, I don't know if it tastes good, and it's not tasty enough to fit between my teeth, so I'm not interested.
Therefore, he felt that it didn't matter even if he didn't wear the cloak of the Invisible.
As long as he doesn't run too fast and arouse the behemoth's curiosity, there won't be any problems.
This is best.
Although he thought so, he still walked cautiously.
After all, there are too many monsters in this underground world.
There is no guarantee which giant beast is more curious, so we will take action against him.
For example, right now, about two hundred meters to his left, there was a giant rhinoceros the size of a heavy truck lying on the ground.
It was lying on a pile of struggling mutated vines, its body remained motionless, and it was eating these moving vines leisurely and contentedly.
The surrounding mutated vines that were not suppressed launched various whip-like attacks on the giant rhinoceros, but the rhinoceros didn't care at all.
Because these attacks can't cause any damage to its armor-like thick skin.
Not even a trace is left.
After observing for a while, Xu Xin breathed out gently.
It's too strong, he can't deal with it at all.
Perhaps Ma Hongwei's new heavy crossbow bolt, the delayed explosive heavy crossbow bolt, can cause damage to this rhinoceros.
Keep walking forward.
Ahead, there is more than just a huge rhinoceros.
Because, far away, he heard the sound of trickling water coming from ahead.
The underground world also has rivers and lakes.
Xu Xin took two steps and was stopped by Coco's "squeak".
Its little paws pressed against his breastplate, and its little head kept shaking: "Ugh..."
It seems that it is very dangerous over there, Coco can feel it.
No matter on the ground or underground, no living thing can survive without water. Therefore, various creatures usually gather along rivers and lakes.
Including powerful beasts.
There are dangers along the river, that's for sure.
But...
"There is no way, Coco, we must cross this river." Xu Xin looked forward, "This river has blocked our way."
"Ugh..." Coco whispered, expressing her helplessness.
Although there were thorns and vines in front of me, and there was no river in sight, the sound of trickling water, the sound of water splashing in the water, and even the sound of something unknown jumping into the water came from the front.
This front includes all directions ahead.
This means that the river lies in front of them.
Keep walking forward.
Because of his increased hearing, even though he can no longer observe the surroundings through maps underground, he can still identify the locations of surrounding animals through hearing.
Most of them are bugs, basically nothing to worry about.
Along the way, not only the giant beasts, but also these big insects had no desire to attack him.
Soon, he walked to a position only thirty or forty meters away from the river and saw the river.
"Ugh!" Coco yelled, expressing surprise.
"...This is really..." Xu Xin frowned slightly.
The river is very wide, at least fifty meters wide.
Compared to the creek next to his tree house, it was much wider.
The river is not turbulent and flows smoothly.
But from now on, there is nothing unusual.
But the biggest exception is the color of the river water.
The water flowing in the entire river appeared light red under the shining white light in the sky.
That’s right, this river is no ordinary river!
This should be a polluted river!
This can be seen from the vegetation along the river.
Xu Xin has been walking for so long, and most of them are ordinary, unmutated thorn vines, and the number of mutated vines is relatively small.
But all the vines along the river are mutated vines!
The branches of these vines stood up and swayed in the air.
It was this mutant vine that the giant rhinoceros just ate.
Compared with the mutated vines on the ground, these vines by the river are not much thicker, that is, less than twenty centimeters in diameter, which is almost the same as the vines that Xu Xin encountered on the ground that were enhanced in special areas.
Moreover, the blood patterns on their vines are not as bright as the special areas on the ground, but rather dim.
These vines are probably the bottom of the food chain in this underground world, right?
It is equivalent to the grass on the ground.
Although there are vines that have not mutated in this underground world, just like the vine bush where Xu Xin was hiding just now, it is just a pile of vines that have not mutated.
But he seemed to have never seen other creatures eating those unmutated vines.
Whether it's giant beasts, giant bugs, or vegetarian animals, they basically eat these mutated vines.
It feels like they need to use these mutant vines to supplement something, something that ordinary vines don't have.
Thinking of the madness of these underground creatures when the Silver King appeared, Xu Xin seemed to understand.
"...Is it still mutant energy?" Xu Xin said to herself.
These giant beasts really lack mutant energy.
In their eyes, things without mutation energy are not worth looking at.
For example, Xu Xin now.
There was another burst of joy in his heart.
This is also thanks to Lou Fei'er and his bracelet, otherwise, he might not be as relaxed as he is now.
I just hope nothing happens to Lou Feier.
Holding the halberd in his hand tightly, he walked towards the vines.
"Ugh...!" Coco suddenly shouted, and at the same time, he stopped.
He heard the splash of something emerging from the water.
Through the gap between the vines, he saw a three-meter-long pitch black beetle emerging from the river.
Just after it came out of the water, its body was shining, and the two dark horns on its head also reflected a metallic luster.
Then, walked towards him.
...Is this guy coming for him? !
It soon approached the cluster of vines.
At this time, the rhythmic vines gathered in groups and attacked the pure black beetle!
However, it is impossible for the lowest end of the food chain to stand up.
Even if it's just a relatively "ordinary" giant black beetle.
The two horns on the beetle's head did not move, and the mutated vines that were thrown were thrown on top, and they were cut into two pieces as if they were thrown on the blade of a knife.
But those thorny mutant vines were completely unable to break through the beetle's defense.
The pitch-black carapace was like an extremely powerful alloy, and these mutated vines were completely unable to leave any traces on it.
"How pitiful..."
"嘤......"
These mutated vines that dominate the ground and serve as killers of survivors in dangerous areas are actually so humble in this underground world.
No one can beat this.
The vines still wanted to fight with the beetle, and countless vines wrapped around the dark beetle, trying to tie it up.
But the beetle immediately spread its wings and flew!
Xu Xin's eyes widened.
This beetle also has wings! I didn’t see it at all!
Under the high-frequency vibration, the surrounding vines were shattered into powder!
On the riverside, an entrance of about four meters has also been cleared.
The other vines did not dare to continue attacking the beetle, they all retreated silently and continued to swing.
The beetle landed slowly, retracted its wings, returned to its original appearance, and walked towards Xu Xin and Coco again.
"Hey..." Coco shrank in Xu Xin's arms.
Xu Xin took out his halberd, held it tightly in his hand, and stood still.
Once this beetle takes action, he can just fight back.
However, he had no intention of attacking.
After all, this place is full of dangers, and finding enemies for oneself is really impatient.
Moreover, bugs usually live in groups. If you kill one and lead to a bunch of them, then he is really in trouble.
Is this guy really here for him?
Why did it emerge from the river?
But things didn't seem to be what he imagined.
This jet-black beetle, which was at least three meters long, passed him by.
Just as he was passing by, the jet-black beetle tilted its head and glanced at him, opening and closing its mouthparts slightly.
The wings vibrated slightly and made a somewhat clear sound.
Then, the giant beetle ignored Xu Xin, turned its head and crawled away.
"...Huh?" Coco looked at the back of the giant beetle, tilted her little head, and shouted with some doubts.
Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
This giant beetle is too easy to deal with the vines, and its true strength is probably very strong.
If he were to fight alone, he wouldn't be afraid, but with so many monsters around, it would be better not to fight them.
So, this big beetle just comes to the river to drink water?
"嘤嘤嘤!" Coco pushed Xu Xin, pointed at the big beetle that just left, and then made gestures with two small claws, "嘤嘤嘤!"
Xu Xin was slightly startled, and then his pupils shrank.
He turned back sharply to look at the giant black beetle.
But in just a few seconds, the beetle was gone.
"...You mean, that beetle just made a sound to tell us...not to enter the river, otherwise there will be danger?"
"Hey!" (End of this chapter)