Behind this layer of silk, Shao Xuan didn't find anything special at the angle between the protruding rocks and the mountain wall. There were only some crawl marks.
He looked carefully again, but didn't find even a single piece of shit.
He thought he would find some treasure, but he didn't expect the white worm's nest to be so clean.
Shao Xuan looked down the steep slope again, but didn't find any traces of the white worm. It was obvious that the white worm hadn't come down recently.
After finding the white worm's nest and finding nothing else, Shao Xuan decided to go back. After taking two steps, Shao Xuan stopped and thought for a moment. Shao Xuan walked behind a protruding rock not far from here. Before he left, he cleaned up his tracks and leaned against the rock to wait.
Although Yang Guang was there, the ice pellets that fell from time to time weren't enjoyable. The temperature didn't rise, but when Yang Guang gradually disappeared, the temperature dropped sharply.
However, for Shao Xuan, who was used to the temperature at the top of the mountain, this temperature was still bearable and he could sleep.
When the sun only left a faint light on the horizon, the white worm returned.
Because every step it took was tightly wrapped around the ice and rocks, it naturally made a sound. Shao Xuan was resting with his eyes closed, but when he heard the noise, he quickly looked over.
From the angle that Shao Xuan chose, he could clearly see the white worm's movements outside and inside the nest.
Although the sun had already set, the two moons in the sky provided enough light for Shao Xuan to see the situation over there.
After eating its fill and returning to the nest, the white worm excreted.
One by one, white translucent balls of ice came out from its tail.
After the white worm finished excreting, it kicked the balls of ice down the mountain one by one.
Shao Xuan: "… …" This worm was really obsessed with cleanliness. It even knew not to dump feces in its "nest".
After eating and drinking its fill, the white worm laid down in the nest and didn't move.
Shao Xuan didn't look again and leaned against the rock to sleep.
The next day, before the sun completely rose, the white worm left the nest.
After it, Shao Xuan also went up the mountain.
In the next few days, Shao Xuan did not go down the mountain, nor did he follow the white worm. Instead, he continued to explore other places on the ice field. After familiarizing himself with the terrain, Shao Xuan also sped up.
A few days later, Shao Xuan returned to his original location. He didn't turn back, but because this ice field was circular, he would naturally return to his original location after walking around. During this process, Shao Xuan encountered a few more insects that looked like the white worm, but he didn't spend any more time tracking them.
Shao Xuan returned to the starting point, but he didn't see the white worm anywhere. He looked around and didn't see any traces of the white worm.
Curious, Shao Xuan went down the mountain and went to the white worm's nest to investigate. He happened to see the worm that had just finished shedding its skin.
The shed skin was the same color as the silk it spat out, transparent.
Perhaps because it had just finished shedding its skin, it was a little tired. After resting for a while, it moved and kicked the pile of skin out of the nest.
Shao Xuan wanted to take the worm skin to see. The tribe was too short on resources, so if there was something good, they would try to get it. That worm skin might be a rare treasure, but the white worm didn't care about it and kicked it out of the nest.
At first, Shao Xuan was worried that the worm skin would be blown away by the strong wind, but the next moment, the worm skin that was kicked off fell straight down and hit the ice below with a bang.
Looking at the hole made by the worm skin, Shao Xuan was stunned.
Even the worm skin was so heavy, so the white worm itself must be heavier. He really couldn't tell.
Shao Xuan couldn't directly go over and get the worm skin now. The white worm was still resting in the nest and had to wait for an opportunity.
And this opportunity had been waiting for an entire night.
When the sun rose again, the white worm that had shed its skin for a night climbed up the mountain like a ghost. Shao Xuan went over and picked up the worm skin that had been smashed into the snow. After a night, the worm skin was covered with ice and snow.
Brushing away the snow, Shao Xuan picked up the worm skin. The heaviness in his hand was completely different from the appearance of this worm skin. However, for people who often moved stones in the tribe, this weight was still bearable.
Shao Xuan held the transparent worm skin in his hand and could clearly see the lines on his palm. He pulled hard and didn't tear it.
It was indeed a good thing.
Shao Xuan rolled up the worm skin and tied it with a leather rope from the animal skin bag.
Looking around the nest, Shao Xuan didn't find any other worm skin, so he cleaned up the surroundings and went up the mountain.
After that, Shao Xuan went to look for other white worms. Following their footsteps, he found the nest and picked up two more worm skins. He didn't see the rest. Maybe they hadn't shed their skin yet, or maybe they kicked it too far away and the worm skins weren't around. They could even be wrapped in snow and rolled down the mountain. Shao Xuan saw traces of snow sliding down the mountain in several places. Shao Xuan couldn't do anything about it.
While Shao Xuan was looking for worm hives and collecting worm skins, Shao Xuan noticed that the white worms' bodies were becoming transparent. They were originally snow-white, but gradually, they became translucent, and their transparency increased day by day.
Finally, one day, the white worms all disappeared. Shao Xuan saw the worms that had turned into cocoons in the nest. There were no cocoons, but the layer of silk around them was thicker.
The cocoons were also transparent and had edges. At first glance, they looked like transparent ice. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to see that there was a cocoon there.
He didn't know how long this cocoon would last.
Shao Xuan would go down the mountain to have a look every few days. He knew a few stone worm nests, and the detailed locations were recorded in his mind, so it wasn't hard to find them. At other times, Shao Xuan would slowly absorb the energy from the ice on the ice pillars. He found that in this place, when he calmed down, his heart was very peaceful. It was very suitable for absorption.
The energy on the ice wasn't ordinary energy. It was different from the energy contained in the fire crystal, and it wasn't pure either. However, the energy of the fire crystal could only play a supporting role for Shao Xuan. The totem in his sea of consciousness didn't change at all. This was the difference between Shao Xuan and the others in the tribe.
Every time the ice on the pillar absorbed the energy, there would be a very small amount of energy gathered in the totem. This was the fundamental reason why Shao Xuan was able to operate the totem's power.
The two moons in the night sky gradually became full, and the night became brighter as they got closer.
On this day, the two moons overlapped.
Shao Xuan walked out of the clouds on the top of the mountain, and looked at the moon in the night sky.
When he was in the tribe, he could hear the roars of the beasts in the forest far away. But here, it was very quiet.
He couldn't hear any birds or beasts, as if he was isolated from the world.
From the first hunt of the year to now, the two moons overlapped. In the blink of an eye, nearly half a year had passed.
Suddenly, Shao Xuan felt that something seemed to be happening at the bottom of the steep slope.
Thinking of the white worms that had turned into pupae, Shao Xuan decided to go down the mountain to have a look.
This night, under the overlapping moons, everything was as bright as day.
This night was unusual for the beasts and ferocious beasts.
Therefore, Shao Xuan was extra careful when he went down the mountain.
When he finally came near the white worm nest, Shao Xuan saw a much smaller worm coming out of the nest. It looked like a butterfly without wings, with two club-shaped antennae.
When it climbed out and climbed up the protruding rock, white light like electricity was emitted from its body, forming the shape of a wing, and stretched out.
The wing grew bigger and bigger, until it almost covered the protruding rock.
The white fluorescent wings slowly flapped twice, and then rested for a while. Then, the worm jumped down from the rock, flapped its wings, and flew away.
Looking at the distance, there were also some white light spots, which were the white worms in other parts of the mountain.
Those white worms that had turned into pupae all turned into butterflies at the same time.
There was no starlight in the night sky, and these white butterflies were like the stars in the night.
There was still a cold wind with ice and snow, but it didn't seem to have any effect on them, and they continued to fly steadily, further and further away.
Shao Xuan stood there, watching the light spots become smaller and smaller until they disappeared. Then, he retracted his gaze and looked at the white worm nest.
The silk was still there.
If it continued to stay there, and no one touched it for a long time, the silk net would be blocked by the wind and snow. When the white worms turned into pupae, there would be a thick layer of ice and snow on the silk.
Shao Xuan went over and pulled the silk. These silk were not easy to cut. During this time, Shao Xuan had studied the worm's skin, and he found that the wrinkled worm's skin was not easy to flatten, but it was much easier if he instilled totemic power into it.
Shao Xuan used the same method to get the silk.
Originally, the silk was tightly attached to the rock, almost as if it was one with the rock. After Shao Xuan instilled totemic power into it, he pulled it off with a little force.
Unlike the heavy skin that the white worms shed, these silk were very light, which made Shao Xuan even more happy.
There was nothing left in the stone worm's nest, not even a broken pupa. He didn't know if it had been kicked down the mountain early, or if it had decomposed on its own, or if it had been eaten by the white worms?
It didn't matter if he couldn't find it, for Shao Xuan, getting these silk was already the biggest gain of the night.
He went to a few places, raided the white worms' nests, and got quite a lot of silk. Of course, the white worms didn't care about these silk. If they did, they wouldn't have left it here. In some of the nests, the silk nets had been cut and bitten, and then the white worms had let them flutter in the wind.
Shao Xuan's operation of collecting the silk lasted for two days, and at this time, new giant eagles arrived.
Just like when Chacha and the other eagles came, these giant eagles were very tired, and looked like they were in poor health, like old men in their twilight years.
The continuous arrival of these giant eagles made Shao Xuan know that perhaps, Chacha and the rest would be back soon.
Because the giant eagles had gathered on the ice field again, Shao Xuan didn't run around anymore. He waited at the place where he and Chacha and the rest stood, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible.
Shao Xuan chewed on some ice, while paying attention to the giant eagles that passed by.
While chewing, Shao Xuan felt that something was wrong. He looked up and saw a giant eagle fall, and with a bang, it fell in front of Shao Xuan.
The eagle's head was not far from Shao Xuan, so he could see it very clearly.
For a moment, big eyes met small eyes.
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