This was a world without light. In complete darkness, there was only a storm of sand and stone fragments. The storm was accompanied by extreme cold, echoing on the ground.
Tap, tap …
In this environment, a group of creatures was moving on the barren rocky ground. They kept leaving soft footsteps, as if they were not afraid of the harsh environment.
They were three meters long and had flat bodies. This group of creatures was called … Void Cockroaches. They were part of the Inca insect group.
This name meant that they were adapted to the environment of the Void. No matter how high the pressure and gravity were, or how low the temperature was, they could adapt well. Although this world of darkness was not the Void, it was very close.
In this extreme environment, ten Void Cockroaches were crawling forward quickly. They waved the antennae on their heads and scanned the surroundings.
Suddenly, they stopped. They had detected … … something had appeared in the vicinity.
Although everything was covered in pure darkness, the Void Cockroaches could clearly feel that something was slowly approaching them ten meters in front of them.
This thing seemed to be a very large and thin object. When it was unfolded, it was more than ten meters long and wide, but its thickness was estimated to be only a few centimeters.
Its body fluttered in the wind like a piece of skin.
However, the Void Cockroaches believed that something that could float in this world of darkness was definitely not an ordinary piece of skin. They did not know what it was trying to do, but this piece of skin … had its eyes on them.
Whoosh … The whirlwind continued, and the piece of skin floating in the air drifted in front of the Void Cockroaches.
It felt like … The 'skin' was just floating in the wind. However, the Void Cockroaches had already noticed that the skin was constantly changing its posture, using the wind to change its speed and direction.
It … was flying around the Void Cockroaches in the air. It kept going in circles, as if it would pounce on them at any time.
The Void Cockroaches remained motionless. The piece of skin was also flying around. It did not attack. However, it did not leave.
Tap. One of the Void Cockroaches took a step forward.
Whoosh! All of a sudden, a gust of wind blew, and the skin that was floating in the wind swooped down, covering the Void Cockroach that had left the group in an instant.
The covered Void Cockroach felt pain, as if its whole body had been pierced. When it felt the pain, it immediately sent an order to its companions around it.
It was like a cell being eaten, and the other cells around it were notified.
At this moment, all the Void Cockroaches rushed up and pounced on the piece of skin. They used their blade-like mouths to bite the … skin.
This piece of skin was like real skin. Whether it was the texture or the softness, it was not very hard. The Void Cockroaches had already eaten it and found that it was not made of cells.
But its softness, it was unable to resist the attacks of the Void Cockroaches, so the piece of skin began to struggle.
It kept flapping and shaking its body, trying to fly up from the ground. It continued riding the wind. However, the Void Cockroaches realized Pi's intention. They quickly scattered. A few Void Cockroaches climbed to the edge of Pi and used their legs to hold on to the ground. At the same time, they bit Pi hard to prevent it from flying away. The rest of the Void Cockroaches kept attacking Pi.
They were looking for the weak points of the skin, so they tried every part of it, trying to bite the skin to death.
Who would have thought that they would actually succeed?
One of the Void Cockroaches had bitten somewhere. The piece of skin suddenly lay on the ground and stopped struggling.
Then, the Void Cockroaches moved the piece of skin and the corpse of their first companion in the same direction.
…
It was still the same world. It was still cold, and the sound of the wind could still be heard.
But it was no longer dark, because it was an underground cave. A five-meter-long firefly was lying on the top of the cave. Its glowing abdomen lit up the entire cave.
In the center of the cave, a huge silver creature was lying on the ground. It was the Earth Splitter.
It made the ground crack and found the cave. Because the outside environment was too dangerous, they decided to build a temporary base here for the insect army to rest.
There were other insect armies here. They were all different, and they were all looking at the same place.
At the entrance of the cave, the Void Cockroaches that went to explore had returned. They were dragging a huge thing. It looked like the skin of a large creature, and there were many fine hairs on it.
Although this piece of skin did not have any cellular structure, it attacked them. This puzzled the Inca insects.
There were not many troops here, and their intelligence was limited, so they did not think too much. They decided to lock up this piece of skin and wait for its reaction.
But, where should they lock it up?
"Found you."
Just as the Inca insects were hesitating, they suddenly received a signal from the entrance of the cave. They saw an aircraft made of metal parts and three pom-poms flying in.
"What are you doing here?"
Finally, they found the Inca insects. Lin asked them this question, although she had already guessed the answer.
The Inca insects were surprised, so they replied to Lin's question and said that they wanted to build a new base here.
Although there was nothing in this cave, the Inca insects thought that they could add a lot of things. This way, they would have a base, and they could send troops to explore at any time and come back for treatment and rest.
Lin looked on the ground and saw a creature that looked like a piece of skin.
This was the first creature that Lin had encountered here. They flew with the wind. Although they were non-cellular, they seemed to be hostile to all kinds of creatures. They would look for opportunities to attack them.
Lin and the Memory One's aircraft had been attacked by them before. In the process, Lin learned some of their habits.
They had a very close connection with their companions. Lin could know the location of other skins through a piece of skin. She could also know their status, and even know if they were dead or not.
Lin thought that the Inca insects had also been attacked by skins, so they came here. This piece of skin showed that this was not the only place.
Lin could also find other places through it. Some places were suspicious, and there might be more creatures there. There should be more creatures in this dark world.
Clack.
While Lin was thinking this, she suddenly heard some sounds.
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