Chapter 600 Golden Thread
Pork Chop's safe return made Gordon and the others finally feel relieved after worrying about it for a long time.
When the former reported on the situation in the underground cave, Gordon specially called Ms. Duda over.
Exploring unknown areas is what the scholars of Longli Academy are most concerned about. They all dream of discovering some new ruins.
But after listening carefully to Pork Chop’s report, Ms. Duda frowned.
“From the description, the caves under this ruins don’t look like artificially constructed ruins, but more like naturally formed hollow landforms.
Pork chop, have you found any traces of artificial creation? "
“There’s meow!”
Zhupa pulled up the picture he drew, "In these areas, many man-made remnants were found, including fragments of masonry structures and large metal components."
Speaking of this, Zhupa thought for a while and added, "The areas where these man-made objects are distributed coincide with the areas where the golden beetles appear.
I don’t know if there is any connection between the two. "
Ms. Duda nodded slowly, "In this case, it is possible that ancient craftsmen carried out some construction around this naturally formed cave."
After Ms. Duda finished speaking, Gordon also spoke.
Compared with the ruins and the like, he paid more attention to those golden beetle monsters.
“Pork chop, do those golden beetles communicate with each other?”
"Meow?"
“Let me put it more directly, do you think there is sociality among these monsters, living in groups like velociraptors? Or do they fight alone or even compete with each other?”
Zhupa scratched his beard and said, "I'm not sure about the meow. It should be a social cat? But it's not necessarily a meow. Those beetles are not too close to each other."
"I hope they are not living in groups, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble once a battle breaks out." Anhil said in a low voice.
Speaking of the unknown golden beetle, Ms. Duda also seems to be quite concerned.
Although the main direction of her research is in archeology, as a scholar of Longli Academy, she also has a fairly in-depth understanding of the types of monsters and their evolution.
“Judging from the sketches that Ancier drew for me before, this suspected beetle-like creature has a very primitive body structure and is probably some kind of ancient species that has become extinct or has never been discovered.
If you have the chance, I hope you can bring back some specimens. The old guys in the paleontological research department will be crazy about it, and the chief researcher will not be stingy with the rewards. "
If you say this, we will not be sleepy.
Gordon and Ancil exchanged glances, ready to find one if they had the chance, at least with one leg.
After the report, Gordon asked Pork Chop to rest early, while he discussed with Ancil and Ms. Duda late into the night to determine the exploration process of the underground cave.
He had a hunch that some surprises were waiting for them in the underground caves.
In a dark cave that is invisible to humans, a spark lights up.
.
Gordon lit up the flint and lit the wick of the kerosene lamp. The orange-red flame drove away the darkness within a few dozen meters.
“咻~.”
Gordon whistled, "This underground cave is indeed higher and more spacious than I thought."
Ancier also lit a kerosene lamp over there, but instead of holding it himself, he hung it on Gale Wind, using it as a moving light source.
Looking around by the firelight, Gordon quickly came to a conclusion, "It is a naturally formed cave. It is not known whether the ancient people built a fortress on such an unstable landform intentionally or accidentally." .”
Anhil ignored Gordon's emotion. He is a very efficient person. "Pig Chop will lead the way. Let's first go to the place where you mentioned that we found the artifact relics."
“Good meow!”
Different from being cautious when exploring alone before, this time with companions by his side, Pork Chop led the way very quickly.
Not long after, they came to the cave area where artificial objects were scattered in the pig's mouth and where golden beetles were active, and the exploration operation officially started.
Around here, there are all kinds of messy building fragments, and there are indeed a lot of metal structures, but no trace of the golden beetle was found.
Gordon guessed that it might be because of time.
It was afternoon to night when Pork Chop explored the ruins yesterday, and now it is morning. Those golden beetles may have gone to other places.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for hunters.
Although they did come with the idea of "taking some biological specimens back", it was best before leaving the underground cave.
Otherwise, the noise of the battle is likely to attract other beetles, affecting subsequent exploration.
What is this thing, like a wheel made of steel? The diameter is almost twenty meters, so big!
What is this thing? A statue made of copper?
Why are there still cannons? !
The more Gordon investigated, the more strange he felt. These metal structures had no connection with each other, and they were all very heavy. They should not appear together.
Could it be that this underground cave was a garbage dump where ancient people discarded metal scraps? Or a smelting plant that recycles metal?
“Gordon, come and take a look.”
Gordon, who was looking around the large-caliber artillery, heard Ancier's call and walked over quickly.
“Look at these.” Anhil pointed at a large piece of building debris in front of him.
This building fragment, which is the size of a two-story house, is made of gray-yellow bricks. Gordon frowned, feeling a sense of déjà vu.
“Is this true?”
“Well, it should be part of the city wall of the ancient village ruins. The bricks have the same specifications and weathering degree.” Anhil said while touching the broken pieces of the city wall.
Gordon knelt down, inspected the cross-section of the fragments of the lower city wall, and emphatically confirmed the condition of the ground beneath the fragments of the lower city wall.
The expression gradually became serious, "The cross section is relatively new. Judging from the traces on the ground, it should have just fallen here not long ago, if I am not wrong."
"Yes, it should be part of the ancient wall that the mechanical beast gnawed away before." Anhil continued.
After saying that, he tilted his head towards Gordon again, "Let's take a look at this again."
Anhil led Gordon to a much smaller piece of building debris. Gordon's brows furrowed even more.
Different from the gray and yellow bricks that can be seen everywhere in the ruins of the ancient village, this building fragment is made of blue stone bricks, which obviously came from elsewhere.
“This kind of blue-gray stone is not found in desert areas, but it is more common in the Xiuret area in the northern part of the continent, all the way to East Dorumana.” Anhil added next to him:
“Not to mention other pieces, this fragment alone weighs at least several tons. It is not easy to transport, and no one will spend a lot of effort to transport these worthless building fragments.”
“It must be the mechanical beast. It has the habit of destroying city walls and devouring them. It may have chewed them from other places and vomited them here.”
“What an incomprehensible habit.”
"yes."
“Woof!”
Gordon and Ancil were discussing when they suddenly heard the roar of the strong wind.
The big dog ran over, tugged at the edge of Anhir's armor, and dragged him to a huge stone pillar lying on the ground.
It slapped the stone pillar with its paws and stuck out its tongue, as if asking for credit.
Gordon looked attentively.
By the light of the oil lamp, he discovered that there were some golden threads stuck to the place where the strong wind beat.
(End of this chapter)