"Ah!"
Screams echoed across the salt flats.
The creature called Tarantula, who had the title of Scholar, was surprised that the small 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 ground.
Their bodies were more than two meters long, and their legs were almost 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, while some jade retained their original form from 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.
The Scholar had also read the information about this kind of jade. 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 the meat cutting ant colony without being bitten at all.
And the prey of the salt jade would usually die because it was too salty.
The Scholar knew that the salt jade was a carnivorous creature. They had a special salt gland in their bodies. They could inject a large amount of salt into the target they bit and then. It did not matter even if the prey escaped because a large amount of salt was injected and 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 ground.
Looking at the approaching salt jade, the Scholar took out its video device. As usual, it released the sound of a flying dragon.
But accompanied by the roar of a flying dragon. The salt jade did not retreat because it was not afraid of flying dragons. Because it was too salty, it was almost fearless.
A salt jade swung its legs. It suddenly kicked the ground and pounced on the Scholar. These creatures seemed to have short legs, but when it jumped, its fully extended legs were much longer than its body.
The Scholar hurriedly retreated, but the jade salt had already jumped in front of the Scholar and bit him hard on the 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 was wearing armor. Although it was made of wood, it blocked the attack of the salt jade. Then, the Scholar punched Salt Jade in the face.
The salt wrapped around the Jade Salt's face exploded and splashed everywhere. The Jade Salt hurriedly retreated, and the Scholar entered a safe state for the time being.
But Salt Jade did not retreat. They were still glaring at the Scholar like they were ready to launch a second attack. However, it seemed that because of the failure of the previous attack, the salt jades were hesitant.
"What should we do?"
Seeing the Jade Salt attack, the Scholar could not help but take a few steps back. The armor on its hands was made when it was pieced together to build the aircraft. However, Salt Jade's teeth had already cracked because these creatures had more than just injection teeth. Other than hunting, they often looked for corpses on the salt ground to eat, so they were very good at crushing bones.
The Scholar could not help but take another step back. But at that moment, a sound came from under his feet.
The Scholar looked down and saw that there were a lot of cracks under his feet.
"This place can't be …"
Boom! Suddenly, the ground under the Scholar's feet cracked, and he fell down.
"Where is this place, and what is that?"
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."
That 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 whole body did not have a trace of green, but a combination of blue and purple. Its soft limbs emitted fluorescent light and hung around the branches like tentacles.
Its light attracted the Scholar step by step. The Scholar could not 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 at the Scholar, and the Scholar instantly felt a trace of fear.
It was this 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 steps back. After confirming that he was safe, he sighed in relief.
"It seems that I fell into a strange place."
The Scholar looked up and found that the hole he fell into was not high, only about ten meters. Beside the hole, the Jade Salt were still looking at him, but it seemed that none of them wanted to jump in.
The place where the Scholar fell was covered with a lot of soft sand, so he was not injured.
In order to not tempt the Jade Salt to jump in, the Scholar left their sight and walked toward the tree that attracted him.
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.
However, as long as he did not get 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 be quick."
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.
From the skeleton on the tree, there should be creatures living here. 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 very useful. It could detect the water content in the air and find places where there might be water.
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