Was this the reason for the scream?
Lin floated to Tucker's side and saw that he was smashing an egg with a rock, but he couldn't break it open no matter how hard he tried. This egg was much bigger than the others. It was about 30 centimeters tall, while the average skeleton dragon egg was only 10 centimeters tall. This egg was very hard, even the rock would crack under Tucker's smashing, but it still didn't budge.
This egg obviously belonged to another creature, but Tucker still wanted to smash it to death.
"Stop."
Following Lin's voice, Tucker immediately stopped. Then, Lin's fluffy ball extended a few tentacles to touch the egg, probing it subtly.
The moment the tentacles touched the egg, Lin was shocked. This was … a shell structure she had never seen before!
This shell was very hard, like a mixture of many high-hardness substances. If one had to say it was similar, it was somewhat similar to the shell of a Purgatory Worm.
This kind of shell couldn't be obtained from the body of an ordinary creature. The egg's creator was probably the same as the Purgatory Worm, collecting this kind of shell in a special place to create such a hard egg.
But in terms of hardness, it was just that it couldn't be broken. The dissolving liquid was still effective against it.
Lin's tentacles released a dissolving liquid, which slowly dissolved a small hole in the shell, allowing the tentacles to enter.
The egg was dead, but the thing inside hadn't decayed. Perhaps it was because it was sealed too well?
Inside … Lin discovered that there were many creatures inside. Normally, there would only be one creature in each egg, but here, there were a lot of them, and Lin was very familiar with them … Wyverns!
The wyverns were only a few centimeters long. So, there were ten wyverns crammed in here!
Wyverns' eggs were so strange? Not only were they hard. There were a lot of them crammed together … But unfortunately, this was the last wyvern. All of them were dead.
All the wyverns seemed to share a nutritional structure in the center of the egg. Lin believed that they couldn't break open such a hard shell by themselves, so they might need the help of the adult wyverns.
Why were there wyverns' eggs here? Speaking of which, Lin didn't find any eggs in the crater where she thought the wyverns' nest was, but here, there were eggs … In other words … the adult wyverns weren't far from here.
Lin looked at the cracked wall in the distance … There was something behind it!
With that thought, Lin flew over there, and Tucker stopped smashing eggs and followed her. He was in a better mood because he had smashed a lot of eggs just now.
But Tucker didn't completely settle down. Along the way, it purposely kicked or stepped on the eggs around it. Lin felt that if it had the chance, it would smash all the eggs in the area to pieces.
Now Reen's pom-poms and Tucker came to the wall. Tucker saw some adult skeletons around, and Reen felt a sudden rage come over him. He walked over and stomped on the skulls.
As expected, it felt hatred towards these creatures.
Hatred is an emotion that can sometimes be used to eliminate threats, but it can also cause a creature to go mad. This was a rather troublesome emotion.
.....
The pompom stretched out its tentacles and slammed them on the wall, causing the fragile cracks to collapse and scatter. Another cave appeared in front of Lin.
. This cave … is really strange …
Lin slowly drifted into the cave. The entire cave was covered in white sand. Skeletons of different parts could be seen in the sand, but they were all skeletons of Skeletal Dragons. On the white walls of the cave, there were many protruding huge mushrooms. Among these mushrooms, there were many bones sticking out. It was as if they were stuck in the mushrooms …
Lin reached out her tentacles and grabbed some of the sand on the ground. Lin found that it wasn't sand, but a large amount of fungal dust. But the fungal dust had hardened, and none of it was alive.
Some of the skeletons on the ground were even wrapped in mycelium, as if … they had been attacked by plague fungi.
The fossilized fungus and plague fungi here should be two different species. The structure of the fungal dust was very different, but did they have the same infection ability as plague fungi?
Tucker didn't seem to care much about the fungus. He probably hadn't seen it before. Instead, he was happy to see so many skeletons.
He seemed to be happy that so many wyverns had died … It was an emotion that was hard to understand.
The deeper she went, the more fungal fossils she saw. Large amounts of mycelium were displayed in front of Lin's eyes as if they were alive. Most of them wrapped around skeletons, and some fungi grew on the skeletons. But without exception, all of them had hardened, as if they had been poisoned by petrification toxins.
This probably had nothing to do with the Dumetha Tree. It couldn't have petrified all the fungi here, unless …
That was …
Lin found that in the deepest part of the cave where the light shone, there was a huge carcass lying there … It was … the corpse of a wyvern!
This wyvern was a complete adult, about twenty-five meters long from head to tail. It was the largest wyvern Lin had seen so far. The scales all over its body were pale, as if they had faded. There were many traces of mycelium covering them, and even some small mushrooms growing on them.
There was a hole in the wyvern's head where the eye should have been. The flesh inside was probably gone, but the scales on its body were preserved.
The moment Tucker saw the wyvern, he was so scared that he ran away frantically. However, after running for more than ten seconds, it seemed to have discovered the problem and ran back. At this time, Tucker slowly approached and carefully observed the wyvern. After knowing that it was dead, he regained his peace of mind...
So Tucker was that afraid of wyverns? They weren't even afraid of the Tyrant Lizard.
There were many skeletons of wyverns around the giant wyvern's carcass. Most of these bones had some small mushrooms or were covered in mycelium. They seemed to have been killed by fungi.
Pompom reached its tentacle with a glowing eyeball into the wyvern's eye hole to take a look. It found that the eye hole was filled with hardened white substances, probably mycelium or something. These structures supported the wyvern's carcass so it didn't collapse.
It seemed that the fungi had eaten up the wyvern's carcass. Lin suspected that these were plague fungi, or a species related to plague fungi. They had destroyed the wyverns here, but did not spread to the land. Was it because this place was full of salt? Or was it too dry? But why did they turn into fossils? This was obviously different from normal fossils. They were hardened under certain circumstances.
Tucker paced around the wyvern's carcass. Lin noticed that he was both angry and afraid of the wyvern, but the latter seemed to be more afraid. He must have seen these creatures before. Lin could somewhat guess why he wanted to capture the young wyvern.
Lin continued to look around. The cave wasn't very big. The ground was covered in dust. There were skeletons and fungal fossils everywhere, and the carcass of a giant wyvern …
They must have a special history. It would be interesting to study their history, but what should she do? These wyverns didn't like to make statues.
Maybe she should look for other caves. Maybe they used other methods to record their history …
But for now, she should study the things here first. For example, this wyvern …
Wyverns' scales were very strange. Even after being dead for so long, they still retained a high degree of hardness. Just like the egg outside, they were made of an unusual shell material. This kind of shell material was very light, but also very hard. This made it easy to fly and also guaranteed its defensive capabilities. The wyverns Lin had seen before didn't have this kind of scale, probably due to their age.
Lin took some of the fragments as a 'sample'. She would see if she could find similar shells in the future. If she couldn't find them on normal creatures, she could go to volcanoes to look for them.
Then, Lin observed the other parts of the cave. This seemed to be the end of the cave. There was no path leading to other places. The cave here was relatively narrow. Logically speaking, a wyvern shouldn't be able to enter. Perhaps it had filled in the hole, or perhaps it grew up here? This was unlikely.
However, the wyverns and wyverns must have some kind of close relationship. That was why Tucker was angry at them. Tucker was now digging the dust around the wyvern, as if he was looking for something.
"Gah!" Tucker suddenly cried out. He dug out a … head from the dust?
"Gah gah gah!" Tucker held the head and began to jump. He seemed very happy to see it. Lin found that the head was like a wyvern's. The scales on the outside didn't disappear, but the flesh inside was empty. Therefore, she could still see the appearance of the wyvern when it was alive. This was obviously a wyvern. There were many scars on its scales. It gave off the feeling that it had been through hundreds of battles.
Maybe it was a leader or something? Was Tucker happy because its leader was dead?
After jumping for a while, Tucker threw the head against the cave wall and smashed it into pieces. The bacterial dust inside flew out like snow and scattered everywhere.
The dust here should all be dead. Otherwise, it would be very dangerous.
Then, Lin took Tucker out of the cave and returned to the place where the eggs were everywhere. Since they had finished exploring this place, they should leave.
Lin could basically guess what had happened here. What was the relationship between the wyverns, wyverns, and Tucker? It might also be related to the plague fungus. However, she had to ask Tucker about some parts.
Tucker didn't seem to want to leave. After returning, he continued to smash the eggs everywhere. Lin stopped him and began to teach him more vocabulary.
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