Was there such a creature's shell here as well?
Under the quagmire at the bottom of the rift, Lin found the shell of a large sea creature. She had found something similar in the north of the rift.
Although they did not seem to be of the same species, they were all creatures of the same time period. Perhaps this rift was once filled with seawater.
Although there were no traces of other sea creatures, the quagmire here was obviously formed by the accumulation of a large number of remains. Moreover, they were formed not too long ago. As for the creatures that lived here, they could be found in the forest above. It could be said that they had moved down here by chance after the rift was formed. The seeds of the plants floated down from above, and the animals followed closely behind.
Now, Lin thought that the rift might not have been formed under some kind of influence. Instead, it had been here since the beginning? Because of some reason, it had revealed itself.
'I need to find more evidence …' With that in mind, Lin ordered the Flyer to start devouring the creatures in the quagmire. Once it had obtained enough nutrients, it would transform into even more Flyers to better explore this area.
"Squawk …" Now, Mukla was moving carefully. It jumped from one protruding rock to another. None of the worms in the quagmire seemed to be willing to leave the quagmire. So far, Mukla had been safe.
"Squawk!" Finally, Mukla jumped to a rock at the edge of the quagmire. It jumped again and finally left the quagmire!
Thud! The Poseidon dragon was still using heavy blows to stimulate the plants to produce bubbles. The resulting vibrations almost made Mukla fall into the quagmire. It hurriedly ran more than ten meters away. Only then did it heave a sigh of relief.
Now. Lin was following it with one of her eyeballs. Mukla looked around. The light here was dim, but it could still see many things clearly.
There were black and thorny trees around Mukla. Lin originally thought that these were creatures unique to the bottom of the rift, but in fact, there were similar plants in the forest near the rift.
However, they were a little strange. Although they were similar, there were some differences.
Mukla approached a tree in front of it. It looked at the strangely shaped tree and suppressed its fear. It picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the tree.
"Krak krak krak …" After the tree was hit by the stone, it suddenly made a strange sound. At the same time, its entire trunk began to tremble. Seeing this, Mukla quickly hid behind a big rock, but this phenomenon lasted for about ten seconds before it stopped.
"Huh?" Mukla walked out in confusion. This time, it tried to poke the tree trunk with its hand, but the tree did not react this time.
Because there were no thorns on the trunk. Next, Mukla boldly picked up a sharp stone from the ground and scraped it against the tree.
It seemed to want to use the bark to make something like a fire. But as it scratched, the tree once again made a strong sound and trembled.
But Mukla ignored it. It scraped a lot of bark from the tree, piled it together, and rubbed it with the stone. When the sparks from the rubbing fell on the bark, it quickly burned.
The bark seemed to be very dry. As it burned, Mukla continued to scrape off more bark. At the same time, he found some dry branches nearby and threw them into the fire. As the flame grew brighter and brighter, Mukla's emotions calmed down a little. It seemed that the darkness and strangeness of this place had always made him very afraid.
However, the fire did not seem to be able to bring it safety here …
"Krak …" The tree that was scraped by Mukla made a sound again. The dry bark completely fell to the ground, revealing the inner part. The trunk under the bark looked as red as blood. Suddenly, it seemed to break and fell in Mukla's direction.
Mukla was shocked. It quickly hid to the side. Although it was not crushed, the fire it built with great difficulty was extinguished by the tree.
After the fire was extinguished, the tree made a series of cracking sounds. It stood up again and returned to its previous position. Then, it became motionless.
Mukla looked at the tree with an extremely strange expression. In fact, Lin was the same. Lin still did not fully understand this plant. Her current speculation was that the tree's roots had a muscle-like structure that could pull a fallen tree up again.
At the same time, this tree was extremely sensitive to temperature and would actively extinguish nearby flames.
However, its ecology was still a mystery. The outermost layer of bark was obviously not its real skin. Its real trunk was bright red and wrapped in a layer of dry shell. The name 'Bright Red Zongzi' seemed to suit it very well.
Lin did not know what a Zongzi was.
Mukla did not give up. It tried to collect more dried tree barks and lit another bonfire further away from the trees. It then took out some food and ate it slowly … ….
Soon, it was night time. Mukla did not sleep. Instead, it kept the fire burning brightly and paid attention to the surroundings.
As the night continued, Lin's Flyers multiplied. Initially, there was only one, but now, there were two, then four, and finally, there were a few hundred Flyers. However, they were much smaller than before. The Giant Vein Dragonfly had shrunk to the size of a housefly … …
But it was fine as long as they could fly.
Lin let them fly out of the quagmire and investigate the surrounding terrain of the rift valley.
They used their large eyes that could see things in the half-dark to quickly observe the various environments.
So far, Lin had a basic understanding of the environment here. Although there were no traces of common sea creatures such as conch shells or shellfish, there were many 'footprints'.
For example, a wide semicircular trench was quite common here. It felt as if a huge worm-like creature had crawled through here. There were also many small circular holes arranged in a row. Those were probably traces left behind by the sharp feet of arthropods.
Even the cliff of the rift valley was the same. There were many such traces on the rock walls. Could it be that many huge creatures used to live here?
However, they all seemed to have disappeared. Perhaps digging here would reveal more things than digging in the salt flats. It seemed that they would have to build a base here.
… No, it seemed that they could understand the situation here before they started digging.
Lin combined the images collected by the Flyers … She found a strange situation. It seemed that all the trenches here were carved at about the same time. In other words, these huge worm-like creatures had once accumulated here in large numbers.
When the Skeletal Dragons first passed through the rift valley, perhaps the rift valley was already here. But at that time, it was filled with these huge creatures. So, they did not think it was a rift valley and directly walked over it …
However, there were no such traces in the rift valley in the north of the continent. In other words, they had only appeared here once. But that was enough for the Skeletal Dragons to escape to the island.
But what was it? Why were the Skeletal Dragons not attacked when they walked over? And how did they fill up the rift valley that was ten kilometers wide?
Perhaps … they were not worms, but some kind of … other creature.
The next day and night.
While Lin was researching here, Mukla had also embarked on its journey. It used the things it collected to make a torch and began to search for an exit.
Mukla planned to walk directly in the direction of the cliff, but a nest that it passed by attracted its attention.
The nest was made of a large number of branches and bones, and there was a huge pterosaur on top of it.
This pterosaur was called the 'Scissorbeak Pterosaur'. It was more than five meters tall when standing on the ground, and its wingspan was about fifteen meters. Based on its appearance, it was even bigger than a viper dragon.
However, pterosaurs usually did not have scales, and their bodies were thinner and lighter. They were not suitable for carrying heavy objects, but most importantly, they were not as obedient as vipers.
However, Mukla seemed to be trying to make use of this pterosaur …
It quietly went around to the back of the pterosaur's nest. The pterosaur seemed to be in a state of sleep and did not notice its surroundings. It dared to sleep here because there were no creatures in the rift valley that could threaten it.
Mukla quietly approached the pterosaur's back from behind. It was especially careful not to step on anything that would cause a sound …
"Gah!" It suddenly jumped onto the pterosaur's back! The pterosaur was awakened by the sudden jump. It spread its wings and flew up into the sky with Mukla …
Mukla hugged the pterosaur tightly and used the tip of its claws to poke the pterosaur. Its method was very similar to riding a viper dragon for the first time. When a viper dragon grew up, it would be ridden by a specialized emerald dragon for its first flight.
However, the pterosaur was obviously not a viper. It quickly noticed that something was clinging to its back. It kept shaking its body in the air, trying to shake Mukla off.
At the same time, it flew higher and higher in the process. Mukla might be able to fly out of the rift valley, but before that, it was more likely to fall to its death …
"Gah!" Mukla knew this very well. It hugged the pterosaur tightly, as if its hope of getting out was completely dependent on this pterosaur.
In fact, if it looked hard enough, it could find a way to the surface. During her previous investigation, Lin had found a cave at the bottom of the cliff. It was possible that the Poseidon dragon had walked in from there.
Lin now planned to go there to take a look. Floating astronomy.
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