"Crack —"
One of the gemstone creatures turned into a large number of fragments and scattered in the air.
The cause of this …
It was the Incan bugs that they had just attacked.
A Void Cockroach suddenly emerged from the ground and attacked the gemstone creatures.
In fact, there was more than one.
A large number of Void Cockroaches seemed to have been hiding underground, and now they had all emerged.
The gemstone creatures' transparent shells were as fragile as glass. As long as the Void Cockroaches bit them, they would instantly crack open, and the liquid inside would splatter everywhere.
"Those bugs!"
Seeing this, the Ershi Min retreated in fear. The five gemstone creatures had all been killed … They had no choice but to raise their weapons and prepare to shoot.
"Don't fire!" The leader's words made the Ershi Min's hand that was about to pull the trigger stop.
While saying this, the leader slowly approached the group of Void Cockroaches. He retracted his hand into his protective suit and reached into his helmet.
Then, the leader shook his two strands of hair with his hands, swinging them continuously.
"…" The group of Void Cockroaches didn't attack him, nor did they attack the other Ershi Min. After a few seconds, they all jumped to the surrounding rocks and ran away.
"They … Why didn't they attack us?" The Ershi Min was puzzled.
"…" The leader didn't explain. Instead, he looked at a nearby rock and said, "Let's continue moving and leave this place."
Lin knew that the leader … was trying to communicate with the bugs just now.
The way he shook his hair was imitating the movement of the Void Cockroaches' antennae. This was one of the communication methods of the Incan bugs.
In fact, it was an emergency communication method.
If the Inca swarm's collective consciousness was accidentally disconnected, then they would use their body movements, such as the movement of their antennae, to inform their companions. This allowed them to cooperate to a certain extent even when their consciousness was disconnected. Even when their consciousness was disconnected, each individual of the swarm still possessed a certain level of intelligence … They could observe the movements of their companions' antennae to determine what they should do.
The leader had done a similar thing by shaking his hair. This way, he could communicate with the bugs.
Although this method could only transmit very simple information, it was enough.
It was telling these Void Cockroaches that Ershi Min were very dangerous, and if they fought, it would lead to serious casualties.
The Void Cockroaches understood what it was trying to say, so they decided not to fight for the time being and retreated.
Lin felt that this place was quite interesting. This meant that … Ershi seemed to understand the Inca insects quite well.
Perhaps a similar species had appeared on Ershi.
Then, the leader continued to lead the group of Ershi Min to the next place … Their destination was a floating piece of pipe …
Lin also saw that the fragment was quite big, about three kilometers in diameter. There were many buildings on it, like the ancient Ershi Min stone houses.
Due to the long distance, Lin continued chatting with the team leader on the way.
However, this time, many Ershi Min chimed in.
"Who … are you talking to?"
Because the Ershi Min couldn't see Lin's pompoms, they felt strange.
"Don't worry about it, just follow me," the team leader replied.
"…" The Ershi Min didn't say anything else, but continued to listen to Lin.
However, they soon chimed in again.
"My protective suit is running out of energy … We need to find a place to recharge it!"
At this time, Lin heard the emergency beeping sound of many Ershi Min's protective suits.
The protective suits they were wearing were powered by a type of … high energy battery. Once they ran out of energy, they would die in the void.
"Yes," the team leader said. "Then let's find a way to recharge it."
It didn't seem to want to ask Lin for help. Instead, it looked at a floating object next to the pipe fragment.
That floating object … looked like a part of a warship. Lin remembered that it belonged to a civilization.
"There should be something useful on it." After saying that, the team leader led the group of Ershi Min and jumped toward the warship …
The overall length of the warship was more than five hundred meters, and it was olive shaped. There were many cracks on the smooth outer shell, and it seemed that they could enter through these cracks.
However, the team leader only led the Ershi Min to a floating rock next to the warship, and didn't jump onto the warship.
"Why don't we go in?" One Ershi Min said. "There might be something useful in there …"
"It's about to explode."
"Explode … How did you …"
'Boom —!'
Before the Ershi Min finished speaking, the warship in the distance suddenly exploded. Countless fragments flew in the void, and the group of Ershi Min were so scared that they quickly lay down on the ground.
The small propulsion backpacks on their backs helped them to instantly lay down, so none of the Ershi Min were injured. Most of the flying fragments hit the floating objects nearby or flew into the void.
"If you found out that it was going to explode, you should have said so earlier!" One of the Ershi Min who was scared stood up and complained.
"I just found out too," the team leader said. "But you all survived."
"There's still a little time … The energy will be used up soon," another Ershi Min said. "We …"
"Let's use this last bit of time to think of a way to survive," the team leader said, and then jumped to their original target — the pipe fragment.
This time, there was no accident, and they quickly arrived here.
Interestingly, many of the fragments from the warship's explosion also fell on the pipe fragment, and this was also a big reason.
These fragments smashed many buildings in this place, and the team leader led the group of Ershi Min to a relatively intact building at the edge of the area.
"These are … They are actually here."
Most of the surrounding looked like … primitive Ershi Min houses, and when they saw these houses, the team leader was surprised.
"What? Who are they? "One Ershi Min asked.
"One of the previous civilizations," the team leader said. "Before you … It's been a long time."
"Our previous civilization … You mean these houses were built by them?" One Ershi Min asked.
"No, the houses have nothing to do with them, but the marks on these houses have something to do with them."
"What marks?"
"It's this …" the team leader said as he walked to the side of a stone house, and gently poked it with his hand.
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