It was now the middle of the day. A large group of Emerald Dragons were resting on the ground after eating the Li Scorpions. Many of them had not eaten for a long time, so most of them were full and had to rest.
The regular troops were different from them. Every regular soldier was constantly paying attention to their surroundings. Although they ate, they didn't eat much. At the same time, there were many lesser dragons circling in the sky. They shouldn't be surrounded like when they were sleeping anymore.
Black Pepper was fully alert as he rode on his Viper. He was paying attention to the direction of the forest. Suddenly, an Emerald Dragon walked out from the forest. It walked up to Black Pepper and said, "Commander, the investigation report is out."
Black Pepper said, "Very good. Tell me the reason."
Lin's spy ran behind Black Pepper's Viper to eavesdrop. They were investigating the incident where most of the Emerald Dragons in the forest were killed in a short period of time.
There were at least a few thousand Emerald Dragons in the forest. It was impossible to kill them all. Even if they were ambushed, most of them should be able to escape.
"They mainly ate this." The investigating Emerald Dragon took out a red fruit and placed it on the ground. He said, "Maybe the Li Scorpions put this fruit in the forest. They picked it up and ate it before sleeping."
"Is that the reason?" Black Pepper said, "We should have given them more food. Forget it. Let's bury the bodies and report to the King."
"Yes!" The Emerald Dragon immediately left.
Lin knew the fruit. It was poisonous. Eating it would cause a person to fall asleep. Even if they were beaten to death, they would not wake up. The regular army's Emerald Dragons often came out to hunt. They knew the fruit, but the temporary army's Emerald Dragons did not. They had almost finished the food they brought with them, so they picked it up because they were hungry.
But … how did the Li Scorpions feed them? It was definitely not placed there in advance. They did not see it when they came.
The Li Scorpions must have used some method to throw the fruit to the Emerald Dragons before they went to sleep.
In short, they were too hungry. Let's not talk about that for now. Lin wanted to see what was going on inside the pyramid.
Black Pepper had ordered a group of Emerald Dragons to guard the entrance of the pyramid. He did not let anyone in to investigate. Lin could go in and take a look.
"Hey, what are you doing?" When Lin approached the entrance of the pyramid, the Emerald Dragon guarding the entrance pointed his spear at the spy and said, "It's dangerous here! Return to your team! "
Lin said, "The Commander asked me to go in."
"Really?" Although the emerald dragon was skeptical, he still stepped aside and said, "Then hurry up and go in."
Lin walked into the pyramid. In the beginning, there was a long and narrow passage. The smell of smoke permeated the air. Even after so long, the smoke had not dispersed.
After walking for a while. Lin saw that there were many Emerald Dragon corpses on the ground. Lin examined them. . of them were most of the Emerald Dragons..
....... Li Scorpions.............
. of the Emerald Emerald Of Emerald Emerald Of the Emerald Dragons...........
It seemed that the Emerald Dragons that had squeezed their way in had all died here. It seemed that letting them in had been a mistake … No, that wasn't right. These Emerald Dragons didn't suffocate to death.
Lin found many Emerald Dragons with long wounds on their bodies. They looked like they had been cut by something. Some even had their abdomens cut open. Their organs spilled out.
Scorpions used spears. They should not be able to inflict such wounds. Also, where did the Scorpions and the one who inflicted the wounds go?
... Lin saw a pile of Emerald Dragon corpses in the center of the empty room. Lin walked over and turned the pile over. Under the pile of corpses, Lin saw a purple thing.
What was that?
... Whoosh! Suddenly, the purple thing moved. It jumped up from the ground and stood in front of Lin.
Is that … a Scorpion?
Lin observed that this creature had the same physique as the Standing Scorpion, but it was a bit different. Its legs were a bit longer, and its forelimbs didn't have pincers like the Standing Scorpion. Instead, they had two scythe-like, serrated limbs.
.. Is there such a species among the Scorpions? Could it be … Lin suddenly thought of a possibility.
The strange scythe Scorpion stared at Lin's spy. Just as it was about to move, Lin said in the Scorpion's language, "What are you?"
"Whoosh?" The scythe Scorpion was stunned for a moment. Then, it spoke, "You, understand, our, language?"
It seemed to have trouble speaking, as if its vocal sac was damaged. Lin continued to ask, "You, are not a Scorpion?"
"I am, what? You, do not need to know, your, race, will perish, you will regret, attacking, us! "
As soon as she said that, Scythe Scorpion suddenly charged forward. Its two scythe-like forelimbs slashed towards Lin's spy. However, before she could be slashed, Lin jumped back and dodged Scythe Scorpion's slash.
. Whoosh! The scythe Scorpion then charged again. It swung its scythe at the spy's abdomen or neck. However, the spy kept dodging with its nimble body. After a few seconds, Lin felt that the scythe Scorpion's movements had slowed down. The spy then kicked the scythe Scorpion's abdomen, kicking it some distance away.
The Scorpion then stabbed its forelimbs into the ground to stop its retreating body. However, it did not attack again. Instead, it stared at the spy.
It was probably its first time encountering such an agile 'emerald dragon'. It was also Lin's first time seeing this kind of Scorpion.
This Scorpion was very strange. In fact, Lin did not carefully observe the life of the Scorpion in each pyramid. She only observed the place where Lin brought them out to settle down. Of course, she had never seen this kind of Scorpion in that place …
Lin felt that the Scorpion's transformation had something to do with the fact that they were remnants of the Atte tribe. Perhaps the Scorpion itself had some transformation abilities. For example, the Scorpion could lengthen its forelimbs, turn the tips into blades, and grow scythe-like shapes. It was like a division of labor species, using different bodies to deal with different situations.
It was still unclear under what circumstances this transformation would occur. Perhaps some of the Scorpion could even transform into other forms …
Interestingly, the Scorpion was still like a creature with a personality. They did not form a collective consciousness, nor were they commanded by a highly intelligent brain. They still maintained their individual form of communication, becoming a creature with a division of labor but not a division of labor at the same time.
It was a very strange form that could only be produced by the Scorpion. Lin had also thought about it before. What would happen if a division of labor species lived like a creature with a personality? It would definitely cause the stronger warriors to look down on the weaker worker insects. Then, the worker insects would feel dissatisfied and stop working. The warriors would have nothing to eat, and they would all die out together …
It would be quite interesting if such a situation really existed. Perhaps the Scorpion could achieve it. If they could transform into different forms, this Scythe Scorpion would not be too different.
"Tch …" The Scorpion kept staring at the spy, looking for an opportunity to attack. It was the same for every predator, trying to find a moment when their opponent was careless.
Meanwhile, Lin was looking around to see if there were any other places where the Scorpion could hide. There were no Scorpion corpses here. The Scorpion should have dug a hole to hide somewhere else …
But where was that hole? Moreover, Lin felt that there should be a place to store water because the Scorpion could not live without water. They had to keep their respiratory system moist.
"Tch!" The Scythe Scorpion suddenly rushed over again and swept its two scythes at the spy's body. At an extremely fast speed, the spy's body was instantly cut in half from the middle.
The Scorpion seemed to be slightly stunned. It did not expect to succeed so easily this time. However, the spy's internal organs did not flow out of the cut. In fact, there was not even a drop of blood. At the same time, the spy quickly opened its hands and hugged the Scorpion's head.
"Huff!" The moment it hugged the Scorpion, the spy blew a large amount of powder on its face. The powder mixed into the Scorpion's respiratory organs. The Scythe Scorpion immediately shook off the spy. It stood in place and began to shake its head constantly.
The powder had a hypnotic effect. In fact, Lin had eaten a red fruit before. The fruit was decomposed into powder in her body and then spat out.
This thing also had an effect on the Scorpion. The Scorpion used its scythe to support its body to prevent itself from falling, but it was getting weaker and weaker. In the end, it could not resist the feeling of drowsiness and fell to the ground.
At this time, the spy's lower body slowly crawled over. The cut part and the upper body joined together to form a complete spy.
In fact, this was the original design of the spy. There were no internal organs or bones in the abdomen. It was a pile of very tough muscles. If it was cut open, it could quickly stop bleeding and would not cause any harm to the body. However, the spy could not be cut into the place where its internal organs were.
Lin walked over to the Scythe Scorpion lying on the ground and performed a simple examination on it. This creature had grown a pair of scythes, but its other structure was the same as an ordinary Scorpion. Under certain circumstances, this Scorpion must have grown a pair of scythes. At the same time, it must have killed all the Emerald Dragons here.
Lin felt that it might not have done it alone … Then, where were the other Scorpion hiding?
"Thud."
Suddenly, Lin heard a sound … Floating Astronomy.
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