"Ah —!"
The screams echoed on the salt land.
The creature named Tarantula, who had the title of Scholar, was surprised that the little flower beside it could make such a sharp and loud sound.
But it was even more surprised by the group of huge creatures in front of it.
These creatures had just drilled out of the ground. Their skin was white, and there were many cracks and lumps on it. It looked like … the surface of this salt land.
And their bodies were more than two meters long. Their legs were almost short and were pressed under their bodies. Their bodies were also close to spherical.
All this proved that this was a kind of jade.
Many jade had evolved into various forms. Some had even completely broken away from their previous appearance. And some jade retained their 'original form' during the ice age. That was, big and round bodies, small eyes, and short legs. Even if their bodies had become very large, they had not broken away from this appearance.
And this kind of jade, Scholar had also read the information. They were called 'salt jade'. Their dry skin was hardened by a large amount of salt.
They would swallow a large amount of salt and then excrete the salt on the surface of their skin. The salt would solidify on their skin, forming this' shell 'full of lumps.
Any predator would refuse to kill the 'salt jade' because it was too salty. They could even roll around in a colony of meat cutting ants without being bitten at all.
And the prey of the salt jade would usually die because it was too salty.
Scholar knew that the salt jade was a carnivorous creature. They had a special 'salt gland' in their body. They could inject a large amount of salt into the target they bit. Then. It didn't matter even if the prey escaped. Because a large amount of salt was injected, the prey would soon die.
In this wasteland without water, this was a very good way to hunt. Because of this ability, they were also one of the few creatures that lived very happily on the salt land.
Looking at the approaching salt jade, Scholar took out its video device. As usual, it played the sound of a flying dragon.
But accompanied by the roar of the flying dragon. The salt jade did not retreat because it was not afraid of flying dragons … They were almost fearless because they were too salty!
One of the Jade Salt swung its little legs and leaped towards the Scholar! These creatures seemed to have short legs, but when they jumped, their legs were much longer than their bodies.
The Scholar hurriedly retreated, but the jade salt had already jumped in front of the Scholar and bit down hard on his arm.
The Jade Salt had a pair of needle-like injection teeth, which were used to inject water mixed with high salinity into the body.
However … The Scholar's hands were covered in armor, which was made of wood. However, the Scholar managed to block Salt Jade's attack. The Scholar then took advantage of the opportunity to land a punch on Salt Jade's face.
Slap! The salt wrapped around the Jade Salt's face burst and splashed everywhere. The Jade Salt hurriedly retreated, and the Scholar entered a safe state for the time being.
But the salt jades didn't retreat. They continued to stare at the Scholar like they were ready to launch a second attack. But because the first one had failed, the salt jades were hesitant.
"What should I do …"
Looking at the siege of the salt jades, the Scholar couldn't help but retreat a few steps. The armor on his hands was made when he was piecing together the aircraft, but the salt jades' teeth had already cracked it because these creatures not only had injection teeth, but also broken bones. In addition to hunting, they often looked for corpses on the salt ground to eat, so they were very good at breaking bones.
"Crack —"
The Scholar couldn't help but take another step back, but at this moment, there was a sound under his feet.
The Scholar glanced down and found that there were a lot of cracks under his feet …
"This place can't be …"
Boom! Suddenly, the ground under the Scholar's feet burst open, and he fell down …
…
"Where is this … That … What is this …"
When it opened its eyes, it found that it was in darkness.
However, it was not completely dark. In front of him, there was an object emitting a ghostly light.
The light was very soft, not dazzling, not dim … Its special luster made the Scholar support his tired body and walk toward the object emitting the light.
"So beautiful …"
This was the only thought in the Scholar's mind. As he approached, the object emitting the light became clearer and clearer.
It was a tree about five meters tall.
Unlike ordinary trees, its body was not green at all. Instead, it was a combination of blue and purple. Its soft, fluorescent limbs hung around the branches like tentacles.
Its light attracted the Scholar step by step, and he couldn't help but want to touch the tree. He felt that his body was going out of control …
Patter. When the Scholar reached the bottom of the tree, he suddenly heard a sound. He turned around and saw the skull of a creature. Its empty eye sockets stared straight at the Scholar, and for a moment, the Scholar felt a trace of fear.
It was this little bit of fear that woke the Scholar up. It hurriedly took a few steps back. Only then did it see clearly that there was a skeleton hanging on the tree in front of it. The skeleton's head had just fallen off, awakening the Scholar's thoughts …
The Scholar took a few more steps back, and after making sure that he was safe, he sighed in relief.
"It seems that I've fallen into a strange place …"
The Scholar looked up and found the hole he had fallen into. It was not high, only about ten meters. Beside the hole, the few salt jades were still looking in his direction, but none of them seemed to want to jump in.
The place where the Scholar landed was covered with a large amount of soft sand, so he was not injured.
In order to not tempt the salt jades to jump in, the Scholar left their line of sight and walked toward the tree that had attracted him earlier.
The Scholar had read some information about this tree. It seemed to be a subspecies of a plant called the 'Medusa Tree.' It had a very strange … hunting ability.
As long as he did not get too close, he should not be in danger.
However, the Scholar was most concerned about water. After the previous events, he was very thirsty. He had to find a water source quickly, or else …
"I have to hurry …"
The Scholar looked around and found that he was in a cave. The ground was covered with soft sand, and there were many passages around.
Judging from the skeleton on the tree, there should be creatures living here, so he should be able to find a water source.
However, to find a water source, he had to rely on the imaging device in his hand. This device was quite useful. It could detect the amount of water in the air, and find places where there might be water … It was an astronomical device.
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