Chapter 322
Words:1527Update:22/06/30 12:58:13
Along with the shaking of the sand, a huge creature emerged from the sand. The moment it came out, it happened to meet the eyes of Lin's Assassins.
This creature was about six meters long. It was a powerful sea creature that Lin had seen before. It was called the 'Mantis Shrimp'.
Lin had only seen this kind of creature in the deep sea before. She didn't expect them to be able to move on land. However, this one seemed different. Its limbs looked quite thick, allowing it to move on land. Its flat abdomen, which was originally used for swimming, had also become thicker. It seemed like it could be used for moving on land.
This creature was obviously evolving into a land creature. The shell of this Mantis Shrimp was gray and somewhat transparent. The color of its eyes was somewhat like a rainbow. This creature's eyes were the most evolved of all the species that Lin had seen so far. It might be able to see many lights and colors that ordinary creatures couldn't see. From its structure, it could also be seen that it wasn't infected by the plague fungus.
Did this Mantis Shrimp just happen to come out of here? The Assassins at the front and the Mantis Shrimp looked at each other for a while. Lin saw that the Mantis Shrimp was slowly curling up its tail.
Lin ordered some of the Assassins to continue staring at it, while the others climbed up the crystal. Lin wanted to quickly dig out the crystal and see what was going on inside.
At this time, the Mantis Shrimp's bulging eyes turned. When it saw the Assassins climbing up the crystal, it suddenly stretched out its curled tail. In an instant, the Mantis Shrimp rushed towards the Assassins like a launched bomb.
Boom!
The next moment, a loud noise resounded through the entire underwater cave. A large number of crystal fragments flew everywhere. A hunter was turned into minced meat in an instant. The surrounding Assassins were also sent flying. Now, a sizable hole had appeared on the crystal.
Its attack power was quite interesting.
There were usually two kinds of Mantis Shrimp. One was claw-type, and the other was hammer-type. Its attack method was somewhat similar to the Crusher. It used a strong pressure system and muscles to bounce out its hard forelimbs, causing an extremely powerful impact. Many creatures had evolved strange structures. The Mantis Shrimp seemed to be an example of an extreme attack power.
After smashing the crystal hard, the Mantis Shrimp turned around and pounced on the assassins around it. Lin immediately ordered the Hitmen to disperse. The Mantis Shrimp was stunned for a moment when it saw the Hitmen's expressions, but it quickly regained its composure. Its forelimbs shot out again, and with a loud bang, an Hitman in front of it was instantly smashed into pieces.
It could clearly see the assassin's change in color. As expected, his eyesight was very different …
Lin had done some research on the small mantis shrimps in the sea, but she had yet to create a similar pair of eyes. If she could study this big one, she might be able to create an unparalleled pair of eyes …
The Mantis Shrimp looked around at the Assassins around him. Their color changes seemed to have no effect at all. The Mantis Shrimp might have found them through some kind of light, and this kind of arthropod was very intelligent.
Lin ordered the assassin to slowly retreat. He retreated out of the open space where the huge crystal was placed. The Mantis Shrimp didn't chase after him. Instead, it retreated and circled around the crystal.
Seeing this scene, Lin felt a little strange. This Mantis Shrimp … seems to be protecting the crystal? It didn't eat the Hitmen that it had smashed just now, and after Lin retreated, it didn't attack anymore.
It looked like that was indeed the case. It was very suspicious. That thing didn't look like its nest. Lin felt that its nest might be somewhere else. The Mantis Shrimp's gills were very moist. It needed water to live, which was good evidence that it wasn't infected.
Lin ordered a few Hitmen to walk over. The Mantis Shrimp immediately assumed an attacking posture and rushed forward, but when Lin ordered the Hitmen to retreat, it ran back.
It was really guarding the crystal. Why would it do such a thing … Could it be …
Tap, tap.
Some strange sounds suddenly rang out. Lin saw a group of Ancient Abyssal Squids behind her. They were actually crawling between the clusters of crystals. The Ancient Abyssal Squids seemed to be better at moving on land than the Ancient Squids of the Northern Land. Their tentacles were much thicker, and Lin also noticed that they were dragging some fish about a meter long …
Ancient Squids and other soft-bodied creatures were very strong. One of them could drag something five times bigger than itself. Even so, they dragged in a group because it was much easier.
A large group of Ancient Abyssal Squids dragged some fish, starfish, shellfish, and snails slowly through the area filled with clusters of crystals and echo eggs. Because Lin's Hitmen were in their color-changing state, they didn't seem to notice. Lin watched as they dragged these things directly to the open space in the center of the area and walked in front of the Mantis Shrimp …
Strangely, the Mantis Shrimp didn't attack them. The Ancient Abyssal Squids piled the fish, shells, and other things in front of the Mantis Shrimp. The Mantis Shrimp immediately lowered its head and ate.
Did this group of Ancient Abyssal Squids have a special symbiotic relationship with the Mantis Shrimp? Why did they give it so much food?
Lin looked at it curiously, but the mantis shrimp didn't do anything special. It quickly ate all the food, and then the mantis shrimp crawled back to the place where it came from and quickly disappeared.
Did they give it food just to make it leave? Then, the group of Ancient Abyssal Squids did something even stranger. They placed the only starfish that weren't eaten by the Mantis Shrimp in a circle around the crystal. Then, they placed some small stones in the circle, which looked like a strange pattern.
Then, the group of Ancient Abyssal Squids did something strange in front of the pattern. They arranged themselves in rows, ten in each row, for a total of ten rows. When they were arranged, they began to wave their tentacles in the direction of the crystal. Their bodies also began to change color. Lin noticed that the way they waved their tentacles and the color change on their bodies were exactly the same. It looked … extremely strange.
Lin watched as they continued to perform this strange action. They seemed to have some sort of water pouch on their bodies that allowed them to leave the water for a long time, but they still hadn't stopped after over a thousand seconds. Lin felt a little … 'impatient'.
Lin let an Hitman quietly approach the last row of dancing Ancient Abyssal Squids. They seemed to be so focused that they didn't notice the Hitman's change of color.
The Hitman extended its sharp claws with paralyzing toxins, then … gently poked the Ancient Abyssal Squid.
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
