Mystery Journey (2)
"Can you tell the level of this skeleton?" Shi Jianxia asked.
In the offshore area, a group of military cadets were protected by water-repellent beads and formed a circle in the sea.
The skeleton that Shi Jianxia mentioned was exactly the giant shark skeleton that was previously controlled by the mosquito-faced man. She thought it was useful and asked Tiandishan to pick it up. Anyway, the fish in the sea were not interested in this skeleton.
"It should be SS level." Nan Chiqing said.
She minored in weapon making and had some experience in material identification. Su Jiuzhong knew her and knew she was rather cautious. Although he said it was a "should", he was definitely 80% to 90% sure.
Mu Shaoqi hissed, "Is there really an SS-level one?"
SS-level materials are hard to come by for weapon makers. Every time an SS-level Zerg is hunted, the valuable materials obtained from the dissection will be snatched up.
However, because SS-level Zergs are extremely difficult to kill, the materials taken from their corpses are limited, and some will even be destroyed in battle. The output each time is not much, and most of them will be picked up by the military and the Zerg Investigation Department to make cutting-edge weapons. Very few of them will flow into the market.
If we bring such a large skeleton back to the Federation, wouldn’t it be sold at a sky-high price?
"I'm rich~ I'm rich~" Mu Shaoqi's eyes were bright, and the shape of federal currency almost popped out of his eyes.
Bai Qiqi poured cold water on him, "With such a large skeleton, even if we could return, how would we carry it back?"
The space bracelet definitely cannot fit in the trench. The widest part of the trench is only four or five meters wide. Even if the skeleton is placed parallel to it, it cannot be squeezed in.
Mu Shaoqi didn't give up and said, "If we can't bring the whole thing back, we can break it up and each of us can take a little bit."
Bai Qiqi held his forehead with his hand. "SS-grade material, can you break one for me to see?"
This level of bone material, without the help of external forces, would require at least a second-level extraordinary expert to split.
Mu Shaoqi wilted.
The strongest among them, Gongye Jiwang, currently only has the strength of the first level of extraordinary, and the others are all "little cats" of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth levels.
If it weren't for the water-repellent beads that could conceal their aura and allow everyone to blend into the sea water, they would have been targeted by predators on the seabed and eaten to the point where not even a bone would be left.
Shi Jianxia smiled and said, "We don't need to think about this issue for now. We have to get ashore first."
Baili Xuanyao thought for a moment and said, "With so many of us, we'll be too conspicuous. Why don't we split up and act separately? When encountering danger, our first priority is to ensure our own safety. If we discover something, we should promptly communicate with others."
Although the cadets are as small as ants in this giant world, a large number of ants will attract the attention of other creatures.
This is indeed a method that is more suitable for the current situation and immediately received responses from most people.
When everyone gets together, not only do their goals become too big, but their work efficiency is also low.
Jiang Yingdu said, "Xia Xia, each of us will take one of your mimics with us. This will not only allow us to communicate in time, but also allow us to run separately if we encounter danger so we don't get separated."
Que Zhaoying nodded, "If we really encounter a major crisis, even Xia Xia's mimicry won't be enough. We should try to get closer to the sea and look for people along the coastline."
Gongye Jiwang reminded: "When you encounter danger, if there is water nearby, you can just dive into it wearing the water-repellent beads, and the effect will be the same as being in the sea."
The cadets nodded.
When approaching the coast, Shi Jianxia released many cubs ashore to investigate the situation in advance, but having learned from previous experiences, she kept the cubs with strong strength and special talents in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to avoid being put on the defensive when encountering real danger.
Moreover, the land on the shore is too vast, and most of the cubs can only serve as sentinels and cannot discover more details based on what they see and hear.
Shi Jianxia was unable to integrate all the feedback from the boys in a short period of time and pay attention to the details. Assigning the task to the military cadets was the best option.
Everyone discussed it one after another and arranged the tasks and retreat routes clearly. After making sure there were no omissions, they were divided into groups according to the military academy they belonged to. Each person took away a cub, a sacred mountain and a divine puppet mimicry, and explored from different directions.
The cub is responsible for positioning, Shenshan is responsible for exploration, and Shenkui Mimicry is responsible for integrating information from all parties and informing the military academy students. The division of labor is simple and clear.
Before Mu Shaoqi left, he once again marveled at the practicality of "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
If there weren't so many mimics, they would just be groping in the dark.
Shi Jianxia, Nan Chiqing, Su Jiuzhong, Jun Xiaoyi, and Wen Qiuqiu began to move along the route they had explored in Kunlun Mountain.
After the mosquito-faced man came ashore, he flew so fast that Kunlun Mountain could not catch up with him at all and soon lost him. Now he was groping forward cautiously and discovered many huge creatures besides the Zerg.
For example, there are lizards several meters long, pythons as big as Zhulong and Yinglong, berries bigger than millstones, bushes four or five meters high... It is very similar to the prehistoric world presented in science fiction works before Shi Jianxia traveled through time.
When Shi Jianxia and others emerged from behind a huge bush, they saw a group of ants with a clear appearance like amber, carrying something in their mouths and crawling across the ground covered with dead branches and rotten leaves. The ants were neatly arranged and in good order.
Jun Xiaoyi muttered, "We are not even as big as ants."
As he said, the group of ants were two or three meters long, with big heads, straight chests, thin waists and raised buttocks. They were much clearer and more realistic than the enlarged pictures of ants in the encyclopedia.
"Look at what they are biting in their mouths. It seems to be somewhat similar to the energy crystal that the mosquito-faced man dug out from the giant octopus's head." Nan Chiqing said in a low voice.
Five people lay on the soft petals of a shrub, and using the layers of leaves as cover, they quietly watched the swarm of ants passing by.
Su Jiu nodded, "However, the level of these energy crystals is not very high, equivalent to level seven or eight insect crystals."
Levels seven and eight are not even close to SS level, but for a few people whose average combat power is only level six or seven, these creatures are still not to be provoked.
What’s even more terrifying is that in the amber-colored string of ants winding from afar, each ant is holding an energy crystal in its mouth.
This means that the ant colony may have killed a giant group, and now it is time to return to the nest with a full load, and the cadets are not enough to fill their teeth.
Realizing this, the five people looked at each other.
Nan Chiqing coughed lightly, "They should be returning to their nest. Should we go and take a look?"
Without waiting for the others to respond, Jun Xiaoyi frowned slightly and said, "I remember this kind of ant appeared in the Federation before, and it was named amber ant."
As soon as he said this, the four people's eyes all fell on him, and they each searched their memories, trying to find relevant information about the 'Amber Ant', but found nothing.
"What do you mean?" Shi Jianxia still remembered when he first met Jun Xiaoyi. Because Jun Xiaoyi knew a little about everything and could explain it clearly, he secretly gave him the nickname "Baidu Encyclopedia".
Jun Xiaoyi tried his best to piece together the fragmented information in his memory. "When the Zerg first invaded the Federation, a kind of ant the size of a finger appeared. Its entire body was a beautiful amber color. An entomologist who was doing a live science broadcast in the wild thought it was some new, undiscovered creature and was then bitten to death."
"When the investigation bureau arrived, they only saw a white skeleton next to the live broadcast equipment. But they were also completely eaten by those ants."
"This incident caused quite a panic at the time. Later, someone with special abilities discovered these ants emerging from the insect vortex and identified them as non-parasitic insects, naming them amber ants."
"Not long after the Amber Ants were identified as Zerg, the planet fell. However, the Amber Ants have not appeared since then and were gradually removed from the Zerg Atlas. I only saw them in the news records kept by my family elders."
"Amber ants and these ants in front of me are almost identical except for their size. I think they are the same species."
"What are their weaknesses?" Nan Chiqing asked.
Jun Xiaoyi shook his head. "I don't know either. It wasn't mentioned in the news."
As the saying goes, a large number of ants can kill an elephant. If a fight really breaks out, these amber ants might be even more terrifying than mosquito-faced men.
"Let's see." Shi Jianxia touched his chin and added, "Do you think we can kill a lone amber ant?"
She was a little curious about how the energy crystals of the giant creatures on this planet would taste to the cubs.
Nan Chiqing hesitated and said, "If we work together, it shouldn't be a problem to kill one, but ants are creatures that can communicate over long distances. Even if we catch a lone one, it can send out danger signals and call for reinforcements from the colony."
Shi Jianxia naturally considered this and blinked, saying, "Let me do a little experiment first."
As soon as he finished speaking, a soft and gentle stream of water covered the five people, and the water-repellent beads hanging around their necks took effect, hiding their breath.
Shi Jianxia released Fei's mimicry talent [Walk on water and it will dry up, walk on grass and it will die], quietly covering the amber ants at the back of the team and marking the surrounding environment as friendly units.
In this way, the surrounding environment has not changed, and the amber ants that are already in the area move forward step by step. It seems that they should be following the team, but in fact they are just spinning in place.
The other amber ants were so busy moving forward that they didn't even notice that an ant was missing from the long team.
After more than half an hour, the amber ant finally discovered something wrong. It stopped and looked around for a while. The antennae on its forehead trembled slightly, trying to convey information to its companions, but failed.
When Shi Jianxia, who was hiding, saw this scene, he made an OK gesture to the four people behind him, indicating that his attempt was successful.
Looking at the amber ant that kept trembling its antennae trying to contact its companions but could never receive any information, Shi Jianxia smiled and activated the weakening effect of [If it moves on water, it will dry up; if it moves on grass, it will die] on it.
Nan Chiqing and Su Jiuzhong, who had already raised their combat level to level seven in the recent Zerg clearing operation, rushed towards the amber ants with one drawing a bow and arrow and the other releasing a giant deep blue shield. Shi Jianxia followed closely behind in a fusion battle with Gonggong, who was close to level nine!
Jun Xiaoyi and Wen Qiuqiu were in charge of the security.
The amber ant looked at the three people who suddenly appeared and the Gonggong puppet summoned by Shi Jianxia. Its two fist-sized black eyes squeezed towards its middle part, and it spat out the energy crystal in its mouth. It opened its ugly mouth wide, baring its long and dense sharp teeth as a threat.
The energy crystal fell on the dead leaves, making a small popping sound.
A white shadow flashed by, and the energy crystal disappeared without a trace.
The amber ant was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw a little white fox standing on Shi Jianxia's shoulder. It was holding an energy crystal, and its nine furry tails were wagging happily.
Shi Jianxia even patted its back and praised it, "Well done!"
The amber ant cannot understand human language, but that does not prevent it from understanding that its spoils have been taken away.
It let out a shrill scream towards the nine-tailed fox that ate the energy crystal in one gulp as if to challenge it!
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