West Wind Valley, Three Horse Mound, Sun Gorge, Storm Pit, Sandaokou … After passing through several places in succession, the next destination, Snake King Ridge, was right in front of him.
Along the way here, a certain someone had used a method that relied on the box and the words of others to probe the inner thoughts of the interlocutor. By doing this, it was inevitable that an 'outsider' like himself would appear on the table and come into contact with all kinds of monsters. However, such a choice was the result of careful consideration.
The reason was simple. Whether the Spirit of the Earth Mother belonged to the collective will of the Earth Mother or was an existence above all elemental creatures, it meant that no matter what Lin did, as long as he came into contact with the elemental creatures here, it would be remembered in the consciousness of the Spirit of the Earth Mother.
In such a situation, any cover-up would fall into the eyes of those who were interested, and it would give the impression of a guilty conscience. If that existence had a subjective consciousness, it would not be beneficial for future contact. Therefore, it was better to put these things on the table.
Moreover, after coming into contact with them, he understood that the elemental creatures of the Earth Mother did not have as many complicated thoughts as the humans of the Earth Mother. Simple, but not stupid. This was the evaluation given by someone. Therefore, for many things, Lin could get the answer directly by asking obvious questions. Even the mind-reading ability of Cassette Cutting could not be used.
The Snake King Ridge in front of him was the first settlement guarded by an Elemental Lord after Lin came to the Earth Mother. The guardian was the Snake King – Odessa. He was also the first elemental creature with a real name that Lin encountered.
But it was not correct to call it a settlement, because this was not a fixed gathering place of elemental creatures. All the elemental creatures gathered here lived on this giant white jade snake that stretched for several kilometers from head to tail. And this giant white jade snake was the Snake King Odessa.
Odessa's usual speed was not fast, but he never stopped moving. Therefore, if an elemental creature could find the Snake King after advancing, in addition to getting the recognition of the inheritance, it was more important to establish a little connection with the Snake King.
According to the target that Lin inquired about in the previous settlement, Odessa was a very special individual among the Elemental Lords. Originally, he did not have high intelligence. He was just like a low-grade elemental creature, constantly devouring all the minerals in his path and then expelling the unwanted parts.
Such a low-grade elemental creature had spent a considerable amount of time in the land of earth, accumulating a huge white jade body that was neither gemstone nor metal. This elemental creature that wasn't a gem or metal would naturally be classified as a third group of elemental creatures and be looked down upon by those who considered themselves to be noble.
Being looked down upon by those noble people would naturally attract the opposite group. Because the body of the white jade snake was large enough, the elemental creatures that were attracted to it decided to live on the snake's body, forming a symbiotic relationship.
In order not to get lost and be unable to return to their home on the giant white jade snake, the elemental creatures that parasitized the snake's host had established an inexplicable relationship with the giant snake. It could also be said that the elemental creatures were a guiding beacon.
When such behavior accumulated enough, it allowed the giant snake to cross that step and obtain the true name – Odessa from the Spirit of the Earth Mother. Although the giant snake that obtained the true name still lived a muddle-headed life, it was not much different from before.
However, elemental creatures that obtained the true name and those that didn't were two completely different things. At least those who were noble, but did not have the true name, were not qualified to look down on any elemental creature that had the true name. At least those who had the true name would defend this qualification that represented both strength and status.
However, the two mages who couldn't obtain the inheritance naturally couldn't find the exact location of the snake king. They could only find out the location of the snake king Odessa at that time from the target who inquired about the information. Under normal circumstances, elemental creatures that wanted to track Odessa, or mages that traveled through time and space, would usually have already left by the time they arrived at the location.
However, the amazing mobility of the Blink spell and the huge body of Odessa made it impossible for the snake king to run far before it entered someone's field of vision.
Originally, he wanted to get a bird's eye view from mid-air and obtain the location of Odessa as soon as possible. He didn't expect to see a giant white jade snake opening its bloody mouth and swallowing everything in front of it. And looking back from the position of the snake's head, even if he was in the air, he still couldn't see the tail of the snake.
Lin and Fen both landed on the ground and looked at the white jade body of the giant snake up close. The height of the body alone was two or three stories high. And this huge body was right in front of them, flexibly shrinking and stretching, arching and releasing, as it moved forward like a snake. Wherever it passed, whether it was a huge rock or a ravine or a small hill, everything was razed to the ground, leaving behind a snake trail. That kind of shock was indescribable.
Even Fen was moved when she saw such a huge body. It was unknown whether it was because she had never seen such a huge creature before or because of other reasons.
However, after the initial shock, of course, they had to return to business. The question for Lin was, where was the settlement built on the snake king's body? At least from the outside, there was no place where creatures gathered. Perhaps they couldn't see the situation on the snake king's back from the ground, but from the bird's eye view from the air, there were no traces of man-made buildings.
Lin used Blink again and teleported to the snake king's back. The white jade scales moved with the snake's body, overlapping and stretching, and so on. Fortunately, the giant snake's body was big enough, and so were its scales. That was why someone could stand on top of it.
However, the movement of this huge body, whether it was the amplitude up and down or the speed of the front and back contraction, was more terrifying than the screams in the amusement park on Earth. If one was not careful, not to mention being thrown off the height of these few stories, one might even be caught in the white jade scales and be crushed to death.
Even if one could stand in this place without a seat belt, all kinds of vibration and swaying, if one's physique was weaker, they might have red vision, black vision, or even more serious physical discomfort.
Fortunately, a certain person's body was not like the past, and was no longer weak like a human's. It was the same for Fen. Although the two of them walked different paths, their physiques were incomparably strong. Therefore, they quickly adapted to the bumpy back of the snake king and began to look for traces of any elemental creatures.
However, from the snake's head to the snake's tail, they found nothing. Even the side of the snake's body was checked, but there were still no traces left.
At this time, Lin reorganized the information he had received. If the information from the previous settlement was correct, then where were the elemental creatures that should be living on the snake king's body?
They were not on the back, not on the side, and the abdomen was the place where the ground was directly in contact with the abdomen, so there was no need to consider. Then, the only possibility left was that they were inside the snake's body.
Then the second problem came, how did they enter the snake king's body?
Were they eaten?
Or … did they go down the stairs?
Looking at the opened scales in front of him, there was a staircase hidden underneath. Lin couldn't help but have a strange thought, as if there was a man-eating monster hiding underneath, waiting for him to walk into a trap.
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