It was time to go out now.
Lin and Tucker were on top of a salt lake. Above the lake, the brilliant sunlight shone down and illuminated the darkness.
Lin had created some floating balls and tied them to Tucker. They were not enough to make him float, but they could greatly reduce his weight so that he could climb up the cave walls with ease.
But before that, Lin would use the Display to show Tucker the final ending of the Skeletal Dragon.
When Tucker first saw the Display, he would think it was real. Although it was much better now, he would still be angry when the Skeletal Dragon was shown.
Lin's connection between the Skeletal Dragon and the fungus was based on her imagination and speculation. They did not leave behind any paintings or statues to tell their history. Everything seemed to have happened very quickly.
Lin felt that this history had to be connected from the moment they landed on the continent.
Tucker's history was relatively simple. They had just been wandering in the wilderness. The Skeletal Dragon, on the other hand, might have had a longer history. They should have flown across the rift valley of the dinosaur continent to the other side of the rift valley, which was the outermost part of the continent. It was a wasteland, a world destroyed by the fungus.
In the outermost area, there was a kind of smaller Skeletal Dragon that built a nest with bones to resist the fungus. It was originally thought to be a relatively small Skeletal Dragon, only about one meter long, while the larger Skeletal Dragon was two meters long. Now Lin thought that it might be an abandoned baby.
In the beginning, the Skeletal Dragons should have crossed the rift valley from the inner continent to live. After being attacked by the fungus outside, some adult Skeletal Dragons crossed the huge rift valley. They returned to the inner continent. They might have reached a symbiotic relationship with the Wyverns at that time.
The relationship they reached might not be the usual symbiotic relationship. It was very likely that they picked up the Wyverns' baby and raised it, just like the brainworm was now.
The Skeletal Dragons with the Wyverns were obviously the strongest hunters in this area. They were invincible in this world, which allowed the Skeletal Dragon community to develop rapidly. They were more aggressive creatures and were very hostile to Tucker's Skeletal Dragon. This was a relatively common phenomenon among creatures. Perhaps the two had a competitive relationship a long time ago.
The white Skeleton Dragons and the skeleton dragons should be at the same level. But the turning point was when a certain White Skeleton Dragon raised a young Wyvern. After that, everything was different. Tucker's Skeleton Dragon tribe could only be slaughtered. When the White Skeleton Dragons became the top hunters on the continent, they discovered some problems …
The fungus was still following them.
At first, when the Skeletal Dragons discovered that some of their companions were infected by the fungus, they immediately killed them and buried them underground in the Salt Wasteland.
The White Skeleton Dragons discovered that salt could also prevent the spread of the fungus.
But later, more and more people were infected. Later. The infected had all moved to the bottom of the salt cave, which was filled with salt. That way, the fungus wouldn't spread …
The underground Skeleton Dragon Gate had also begun its final life. Here, the fungus still erupted. They killed a large number of Skeleton Dragons, and only a small number of them escaped.
However, the ones that escaped were also infected, so they were swallowed up by the meat cutting ants to prevent the fungal infection from spreading.
Regarding this, they might have willingly allowed themselves to be swallowed up by the meat cutting ants because the battles along the way showed that the White Skeleton Dragons were a race that was quite good at using sacrificial tactics …
In the end, only a very small number of them were left, which were the few that Tucker and Lin saw.
Of course, there were many questions, such as why were there so many eggs there, why were the fungus petrified, and why was such a large wyvern here …
But one thing was certain, this group of White Skeleton Dragons did indeed migrate underground for some reason, and a huge amount of fungus had once exploded underground, but in the end, they couldn't crawl to the surface.
This fungus was a little different from the plague fungus, but it should be a very similar species, or a mutation of the plague fungus. It was confirmed that the meat cutting ants were not infected, and the spread of the fungus was limited.
The White Skeleton Dragons were not extinct, and there should still be some living in other places. If they encountered them, they might be able to solve some of the later mysteries, but they had to understand the situation here, and … Tucker had to not kill them.
Now, Lin thought that it was time to leave this place. The pompom slowly retracted its tentacles. After Tucker finished watching, he was quite happy about the deaths of the White Skeleton Dragons, but he didn't seem to understand things like fungi.
These things had to be taught slowly, yes … there was quite a lot to teach them.
Tucker climbed up the wall of the cave, and he was quite surprised by the floating pompom that stuck to his body, but because there seemed to be too many surprises, he no longer danced every time he saw a surprise.
Lin's pompom also slowly floated up from the cave. A height of a hundred meters was not far, and soon, Tucker and Lin were once again under the sun.
"Oh!" When Tucker crawled out of the cave, he shouted excitedly at the sky. His shout was mixed with a lot of happy emotions, mainly because he had learned about the demise of the White Skeleton Dragons. Tucker's hatred for this species had reached the level of "hatred". However, Lin felt that it was a pity. The demise of the White Skeleton Dragons had also buried their history.
Nevertheless, Lin could let Tucker and his race create a new history.
Now, the scorching sun shone on the barren land. Looking around, there was no end to the white salt ground. Dry smoke and dust were blown away by the hot wind, and this place was constantly emitting the smell of death.
No wonder the White Skeleton Dragons chose this place. Even the plague fungus could not spread out from here.
Tucker looked around, and then lay on the ground and sniffed. Lin saw that he was hesitating, and Tucker seemed to be lost.
In that case, they should go in the direction of the race. They seemed to be tens of kilometers away from here. The parasite that Lin put down was still on the cub, so she could pinpoint its exact location.
"Squawk!" Suddenly, Tucker cried out and rushed in a direction, as if he had discovered something.
Lin followed him, and she also noticed that there was the smell of rotting corpses in the salty hot wind.
Corpses could be used to replenish nutrients. Although they were more hydrated now, Lin and Tucker had not eaten for a long time.
After moving forward for more than ten seconds, Lin saw a red object in the white salt dust. It looked like … a plant.
Right, it looked like six open white leaves. The color was almost the same as the salt ground. Each leaf was more than two meters long and half a meter wide. The whole plant was emitting an extremely strong rotten smell.
Tucker did not seem to notice the plant's camouflage. He ran towards the source of the smell. The moment he reached the center of the six leaves, all the leaves immediately closed up, completely trapping Tucker inside.
A few seconds later, a crack appeared on one of the leaves. Tucker used a sharp stone to cut the leaf open and crawled out.
It was indeed a trap plant. This kind of plant should be completely dependent on creatures like the pterosaur that scavenged for rotten meat in the barren land for food. Lin noticed that it did not even have roots. It was not easy for it to evolve so purely.
Tucker, who did not find any food, was disappointed. However, he seemed to have discovered something new and walked in another direction …
In that case, Lin decided to follow him. She used to follow him when she used the pterosaur. She rarely led the way for Tucker and the others.
Lin followed Tucker as they slowly moved across the desert. The scorching sun in the sky began to dim, and when everything turned dark, the light of the stars replaced the light of day. The hot environment became cooler, and even colder.
Tucker did not like to move at this time. He lowered his body and dug in the ground as if he wanted to dig a hole to live in.
Now seemed to be a good time to teach him.
But what should she teach him? Language? Building all kinds of nests? Or … fire?
Judging from the way Humerus Dragons lived, Lin believed that they might need some special development methods if they wanted to progress quickly. The best way to do it was to teach them how to gather a larger community, plant and other things to achieve a long-term way of life.
Currently, Lin only taught Tucker some common knowledge such as language. She would have to wait until they met his community.
The night slowly passed under Lin's teaching. Tucker pushed back the time of his sleep. When he came out of the nest made of salt sand, half of the day had passed.
Then, Lin began to lead the way to find the community of Humerus Dragons.
Lin and Tucker did not encounter any other problems after crossing the entire salt field. There were almost no living creatures here, only the trap plants from before. Lin called them 'salt cages'. Sometimes, she would see pterosaurs flying into these cages and being trapped inside, unable to escape.
After crossing dozens of kilometers of salt, the environment slowly changed. Occasionally, huge plants would appear on the ground. These plants were covered with poisonous thorns. They were relatively rare photosynthetic plants that did not prey on animals.
At the same time, Lin also saw the community of Humerus Dragons. They did not seem to be doing well. There were thirty members before, but now there were only a dozen left. Most of them looked weak, even their leader was the same.
About half of the cubs were gone, but the one Lin located was still alive.
It seemed that they had encountered a lot of things along the way. Rather than hunger or lack of water, it seemed more like they had been attacked by something.
"Gah!" As soon as Tucker saw them, he roared and rushed over. The few Humerus Dragons were shocked. The leader even threw a wooden thorn at him out of reflex.
But this time, Tucker did not fall for it. The wooden thorn flew past him and stabbed into … Lin's velvet ball. Velvet Astronomy.
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