Chapter 923
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The grey sand and rocks stretched as far as the eye could see. Grey dust drifted through the air and the ground appeared to be devoid of any moisture. Everything appeared to be in a state of thirst …
In addition to the rocks, there were also some strange objects piled up here – alloy fragments.
They appeared to be fragments that had been peeled off from a large object. It was impossible to tell what they were originally. Their bodies were extremely distorted and some were covered with cracks caused by the sand. These fragments appeared to have been sleeping here for a long time. Combined with the surrounding black rocks, it made this place appear even more barren and devoid of life.
But that was just the appearance of this place.
Between the broken rocks and alloy fragments, there were some small creatures wandering around.
They appeared … like skeletons. A cracked alloy pillar was used as a 'spine'. Below the spine were five to seven legs that were not even.
They were also made of alloy. Although they appeared to be covered in cracks, no liquid or other substances flowed out from them. These one-meter-long creatures moved quickly.
They ran at high speed between the alloy fragments, rummaging through the surrounding piles of debris as if they were looking for something.
Thus, these creatures were given the name 'scavengers'.
Some of the scavengers found what they were looking for – rocks buried under the debris.
But they were not actually rocks. After they were found, they would slowly move. But their speed was too slow. One could almost assume that they would not move.
The scavengers turned the rocks over and used a limb with a sharper end – it looked more like a broken metal rod. They forcefully pierced the 'abdomen' of the rock.
"Pa!" The moment it was pierced, a large amount of liquid splashed out from the rock. The scavenger immediately aimed its front end at the spot where the rock had been pierced. It appeared to be sucking the liquid from the rock.
As it was sucking, many other scavengers had gathered around it. They had originally been searching for rocks, but now they stopped. Instead, they gathered around to get a share of the loot …
The scavengers did not appear to be going for the loot. But when the first scavenger finished eating and put down the rock, all the other scavengers rushed forward and began to fight over the rock on the ground.
Just like how the rocks were the scavengers' prey, the scavengers were also the prey of other creatures.
A black figure appeared amidst the drifting sandstorm. It stared at the scavengers from a distance of tens of metres away.
However. It did not have eyes. It looked more like a gray, viscous mass. Its body was covered in a large number of alloy fragments, almost completely obscuring its original appearance.
The creature was three meters tall and five meters long. It was slowly moving on the ground. A large amount of dust was sprayed out from a hole in its head.
The dust drifted around its body along with the air currents, as if to conceal it. The dust would not stick to its body, allowing it to perfectly camouflage itself in the air that was already filled with sand and dust.
Thus, it was given such a name … Mud Dust.
Mud Dust approached the scavengers. They did not notice the approaching danger and continued to rummage and fight for the stones.
When the distance was only about ten meters. Mud Dust's slowly moving body suddenly stopped. It began to forcefully shrink its body until it was only half its original size.
The moment it released its grip, it shot out like a bullet. Only then did the scavengers notice that a monster was flying towards them. They immediately scattered in all directions. However, one of them did not manage to escape. It was crushed under the mud and dust …
The scavenger kept struggling, but its body was slowly absorbed into Mud Dust's body. After it was completely swallowed, it trembled slightly. After ten seconds, it slowly stopped.
After a while, Mud Dust spat out the scavenger. It did not seem to have changed at all, but it would not move at all …
Whoosh —
At this time, a strong wind began to blow in the air. Mud Dust noticed the change in the weather and quickly moved away from this place.
However, when it had just moved a few meters away, several cracks suddenly appeared on the ground. Two gray objects that were full of sawteeth and shaped like leaves rushed out of the cracks, instantly mixing the dust and mud inside.
This time, it was its turn to struggle. But just as the scavengers were unable to break free, this Mud Dust could not escape …
The two gray 'leaves' squeezed tighter and tighter, and Mud Dust's body was compressed smaller and smaller. In the end, when it was only about one-tenth of its original size, the leaves loosened …
A large pile of metal fragments spilled out from the loosened leaves, and Mud Dust's figure was long gone.
Whoosh — At this time, another sound came from the sky. The two leaves that had swallowed Mud Dust instantly drilled into the ground, completely hiding themselves.
… The life in this place seemed to be quite interesting.
A huge black shadow appeared in the floating dust in the sky. Its size was enough to cover the entire ground. Its movements could easily cause hurricanes, and its contact with the ground could cause strong earthquakes.
Its whole body was covered in thick ice armor, and tower-like tentacles extended from its shell and pierced into the gray ground.
This creature came from the Void. It was called the Void Iceberg, and its purpose here seemed to be to replenish its nutrients.
But it did not come alone. When this huge creature came in contact with the ground, countless fragments fell from its body.
Some of the fragments were just pure Void debris, and some were a creature called 'Lin'.
Lin felt that she had discovered something very interesting.
And that was this place. A special Tumbler, an area where dust and alloy fragments accumulated.
The Void Iceberg traveled in the endless Void. Occasionally, it would approach some Tumblers, and these Tumblers were named by Lin with a 'number', such as Iceberg Type 1, Iceberg Type 2 …
And this Tumbler was … Iceberg Type 371.
This place was the second place where the Void Iceberg had discovered a living being among the Rollers that it had approached.
The life form here seemed to be very strange. It was a completely new life form, but the most strange thing was …
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