Chapter 46: Great Wilderness Date
The Great Wilderness Star Region.
Located at the intersection of the "Universe Desolate Zone" and the Alpha Galaxy, it is a desolate star region that has been polluted and isolated by artificial antimatter energy. It is also an area that interstellar human adventurers occasionally set foot on.
A white dwarf at the end of its life shines alone in the core of the Great Wilderness Star Region. Scarce matter gathers together in bits and pieces, barely forming five small and medium-sized planets, as well as a large area of scattered cosmic dust.
In its third planetary orbit, there is an unknown planet numbered BV-32II.
This medium-mass rocky planet is extremely lucky and extremely unfortunate. It is firmly locked in an orbit only 20.35 kilometers away by a white dwarf in the Great Wilderness Star Region, which is of similar size but has a mass density hundreds of thousands of times higher.
"Locked by a white dwarf" means that the relationship between this solid rocky planet numbered BV-32II and its only light source is like the relationship between the moon and the earth in Su Xi's universe, with one side facing the sun and the other side facing away from the shade.
On one side is the dazzling day with no grass growing, and on the other side is the lonely and helpless darkness of the night.
During the long death process of the white dwarf, at the intersection of the polar day and the polar night, under the protection of the planetary dust attracted by BV-32II's own gravity, an extremely thin "life circle" was formed in the process of planetary evolution.
This is the location circled by Point B, which Chris chose as his safe landing point.
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An unnamed planet numbered BV-32II.
On this day, it turned into an angle of 5 degrees between its orbit and the ecliptic. The magnetic fields in the extreme north and south simultaneously entered a weak chaotic adjustment period. However, from the perspective of a wild horned lizard foraging on the ground,
The colors of the sky are beautiful.
The colorful auroras flashing in red, orange, yellow, green and blue appear alternately on the edge of the hazy horizon like wisps of smoke and colorful ribbons.
This desolate world seems unreal like a dream.
However, no matter how beautiful the aurora is, it is more important than the food that this wild horned lizard has been waiting for for two days.
It withdrew its attention from the changes in the aurora in the sky, moved its sharp front paws slightly, and stared at its target.
Following the direction of its sight, a group of primitive land turtle cubs that had just hatched from their shells were whimpering weakly. Their protector was an adult female land turtle that had survived for more than three hundred years.
The female land turtle is clearly at a disadvantage. One third of its carapace has been torn off, revealing its naked flesh and blood. The blue blood has all flowed out. Only the nest-protecting instinct deeply rooted in its genes allows it to confront the wild horned lizard for a long time without fear.
This is the most "real" silent fight. It is the most "beautiful" cruelty and magnificence that can be displayed under the law of survival, surpassing the shining aurora.
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Suddenly.
The wind blew in this empty and barren wilderness.
The earth trembled slightly. The few wild plants swayed slightly.
This wild horned lizard looked up alertly! As one of the most sensitive creatures to climate change in this land, it was the first to notice the unusual changes in the air.
Its head with long horns was held high, its mouth slightly parted to reveal a long, barbed tongue, the forked tip of which sensitively probed the air.
The smell in the air, humidity, the barely audible pheromones of various natural enemies and prey... the distribution of all smells appears normal!
However--
The ground continued to tremble! Rough boulders rustled down the hillside.
As the absolute overlord that has survived in this wilderness for nearly eight hundred years, this horned lizard has been trapped in this not-so-large "circle of life" since the day it broke out of its shell. During these eight hundred years, it has experienced countless changes in the north and south magnetic fields, irregular contraction and expansion of the "circle of life", crustal movement, invasions of new species, and other disasters that could exterminate its species.
It relies on its absolutely strong body and sensitive sensor detection to successfully survive until now!
But now, the wild horned lizard began to get anxious. It even gave up watching the stored food and instead crawled restlessly on the rough ground, sniffing around.
The long horns on its head stood up high, completely turning out from the thick stratum corneum! Bioelectric microwaves invisible to the naked eye spread out in waves, sending out signals for communication and cooperation with its peers in distant territories.
However, the signal was reflected in the air, it could not receive any response, and it could not transmit the signal smoothly!
It seems... the area where it is located is firmly locked by a more ferocious existence and completely isolated from other members of the same species!
The wild horned lizard became increasingly restless! It tried to find the cause of the earthquake from past experience, but it had no clue.
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At this moment, strange fluctuations appeared in the air 5,600 feet above the ground.
The unique atmospheric convection layer of the planet BV-32II, which is filled with the scattered matter from the outer shell of the white dwarf, is like being swept up by an invisible stirring stick, and the storm is rolling and surging, as if the end of the world is approaching!
However, amidst the mighty storm, a tiny black hole slowly expanded in the center of the storm. Compared with the mighty storm, this tiny pinhole-sized change in the center was obviously insignificant.
As the storm continues to brew, tiny ripples of matter churn within the black hole and gradually take shape.
It was extremely strange, as if the violent storm that was about to erupt on this land in the next second converged into a rolling ball of lead-gray substance in a very short time!
The silver light shining in the eye of the storm suddenly brightened, breaking the chaotic and oppressive storm!
A gorgeous stream of light descended rapidly from the sky!
Just when it seemed that this ball of light was about to hit the ground in a self-destructive collision, it suddenly stopped in an irrational way about 300 meters above the ground!
The rapid airflow and the impact of the rapidly suspended energy caused the space around the group of light to be slightly distorted, and the dust was surging! In such an energy collision, bursts of sizzling sounds came from the air——
However, for the lord of this wilderness, the wild horned lizard, this sound is too stimulating for its sensitive long horn signaler!
It was so stimulated that it banged its head on the ground frantically, which was an absolute provocation to its 'predator'!
It is an invasion signal of its designated territory!
The wild horned lizard was completely enraged! It gave up the food that was about to be eaten, and its small brain was full of bloody murderous intent! It quickly crawled towards the group of light that provoked it with murderous steps, and its sturdy limbs with sharp toenails drew long marks on the rough and dry land.
Then the traces of its progress were made even deeper and more chaotic by the thick, angry, thorny tail armor.
The target of the wild horned lizard's killing, a gray mass of matter that flashed with tiny silver lights, seemed to be completely unaware of what was about to happen.
The ball of light wrapped in gray matter was now dragging a long, shining trail in the air, like a falling dandelion, slowly falling to the ground at an extremely slow speed.
Then, a soft blue light overflowed and the dust dissipated.
This gray mass gradually took on a more real appearance.
To the poor brain of the wild horned lizard, the transparent bubble in front of it is an egg of a giant black sea slug. As for why the egg follicles of a giant black sea slug appeared on land during the dry season of the "circle of life", such an unnatural event is completely incomprehensible to the amphibian with limited intelligence.
The tentative attack had no effect at all, and finally it used its five-meter-long tail armor to firmly restrain the transparent bubble.
Controlled by the genetic program of defending territory, it opened its bloody mouth wide, revealing two rows of fine teeth!
A gust of smelly wind blew towards the transparent bubble.
The transparent bubble was about to be completely swallowed by the ten-meter-long, three-ton wild horned lizard.
The figure curled up in the transparent bubble suddenly opened his eyes.
A pair of amber eyes that showed neither sadness nor joy met the blood-red eyes of the wild horned lizard.
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And on the other side of the wild dry land.
For this adult female land turtle that had been confronting the horned lizard for three days and three nights, its dying eyes faithfully recorded a scene that it had never seen in its short life of three hundred years.
A huge and wild overlord was chasing and killing this transparent follicle on the rough dry land in a rage!
Perhaps due to some common situation between different species, the usually unemotional female land turtle showed a rare feeling of sympathy, sympathizing with the giant deep-sea turtle that was about to lose its egg follicle. However, with its life slipping away drop by drop, it had no extra energy to notice anything unreasonable, and only protected the cub that had just broken out of its shell and was crying even more tightly.
The wild horned lizard finally lost its patience and used its long tail to firmly bind the egg follicle. Just as it was about to open its mouth to swallow it,
A slender white hand slowly reached out from the edge of the transparent bubble and gently touched the rough and ugly front part of the wild horned lizard.
"Heh," a light laugh accompanied by gentle mental fluctuations, "Did you just get up? My dear, it's not good to be so irritable."
Oh—oh—oh—
The wild horned lizard, which was on the verge of going crazy, first felt a very cool and gentle spiritual wave. The long horns that had been tormented by the noise and retracted into the thick stratum corneum seemed to be gently soothed by the gentle spring breeze, and the pain that had been stimulated to go crazy was gradually reduced...
Such a gentle warmth only exists in the short season with the most abundant resources during the brutal magnetic pole adjustment period of the "life circle". It is the only short season in this wild dry land where various species can coexist peacefully.
The stinging pain that tormented it gradually disappeared in this comfort.
However, as the thin, white, and weak claw, which was even weaker than the thickest claw at the thinnest end of its forked tongue, gently patted the front part of its kiss soothingly.
Again and again.
However, another extremely hungry desire immediately surged up!
So hungry—so fragrant—and…
The bloody eyes looked at the thin white humanoid flesh worm. Countless experiences in survival and hunting told it that although it looked too small to fit between teeth, it must contain extremely high energy!
Be sure to eat it!
roar--
The wild horned lizard once again opened its big mouth full of sharp teeth as if in protest, and all its deadly tail armor stood up, which was a sign of launching an attack!
However, the frail humanoid creature, who was regarded as a meal, slowly withdrew his patting hands.
A helpless sigh.
"I'm so sorry!"
"After listening to Xiguang's scan explanation," the humanoid creature said slowly and apologetically, "I realized that my arrival disturbed you."
However, attracted by the pure energy, the irrational beast subconsciously ignored the subtle and lingering pressure from the higher level on the opponent.
Before the other party could finish speaking, it attacked again!
The thorny tail claw swept wildly, but it was powerless against the tough transparent follicle. The enraged wild horned lizard opened its mouth again, ready to swallow the transparent follicle in front of it whole!
"Really..." Although her life was safe, the girl, who could no longer bear the bumps, complained in a low voice, "There's nothing we can do!"
The humanoid creature sighed and activated the black armor on his right hand. The rough black bracelet instantly slipped off his slender wrist and flew to the ground!
Like a deep-sea porcupine fish, part of the dark insect's armor was filled with fine spines, which were completely stuffed into the wild horned lizard's wide-open mouth. Those sharp and dense spines immediately pierced the inside of the horned lizard's mouth, and bloody mist splashed everywhere!
At the same time, the dark and thick tentacles kept extending in the air, forming several extremely thin but extremely tough threads that tightly bound the struggling wild horned lizard!
The girl stood in the blood-stained atmosphere but remained silent, with her mental barrier of light-colored spirit with a hint of gold flowing silently opening.
Faced with the threat of survival, she fell into a state of mystery again.
This brown-haired humanoid creature was distracted by controlling the fight between the dark beetles and the wild horned lizards, while at the same time, he seemed to be skilled yet unfamiliar with the various abilities of the advanced mental power that he "inexplicably possessed as soon as he woke up."
Although the current environment is not the best time to explore the strange changes in myself, but in this slightly tense situation, it seems that the new abilities can be used more skillfully and effectively.
So she allowed herself to seek a little more experience in danger.
The bound wild horned lizard gradually stopped struggling. The thin threads formed by the black substance had an indescribable "devouring" power. The originally hard carapace and scales on its body had been corroded to the point where the flesh could be seen. The blood gradually stained the wet and dry ground along with the damaged wounds.
The bound wild horned lizard is, after all, the absolute lord standing at the top of the survival chain in this wilderness, but it is not so easy to be conquered. Seeing that the situation is not right, it stops its useless struggle and waits for an opportunity.
However, when the silent figure slowly approached it, the opportunity came!
The barbs on its tail armor quietly retracted flatly, and then the tail, which was already five meters long, suddenly extended another three meters in an instant, with a purple-brown curved bone needle at the very end!
When this purple-brown curved spicule appears, it often means that a horned lizard has been pushed to the limit and has no choice but to cut off its tail to survive!
"Sister, be careful! The needle on the tail of the wild horned lizard is poisonous, don't--"
However, before the sudden voice could finish speaking——
The silver chain on the left hand of the weak humanoid creature flickered slightly, at the same time!
The purple-brown curved bone needle had already hit the back of his head and was about to chop off his entire head!
The owner of the silver bracelet was about to grab the tail with poisonous liquid with his backhand. Just before the white hand was about to touch the purple-brown toxin, the liquid silver quickly transformed into a fitting glove and stretched until it tightly wrapped all the parts from the elbow to the fingertips.
"Since you won't behave even when I reason with you," the humanoid creature with its back to the Wild Horned Lizard said in a light voice in the horned lizard's mind.
Although the wild horned lizard's brain cannot understand human language, the mental pressure and fear have made it realize that something is wrong.
"Then give me a little lesson."
The weak left hand with the silver glove grabbed it with the backhand! Just like that, holding the purple-brown curved bone needle with bare hands, with an incredible strength,
Just so abruptly——
The curved bone needle of the horned lizard was pulled off along with three long tail vertebrae!
Awww—Roar—
Along with the wild horned lizard's roar of pain, a little bit of blood from the tail that was torn off splashed out, not only splashing all over the ground, but also staining the girl's originally white clothes.
The wind blows through the empty wilderness.
The brown-haired girl's delicate face was stained with a few tiny red spots, like snow falling on plum blossoms. Her ethereal amber eyes showed a unique and cold beauty.
When it comes to survival, there is only "kill" and "be killed", there is no third middle option.
Isn't it?
As the victor, the brown-haired girl silently turned this thought in her mind. However, the sudden increase in mental power seemed to allow her to silently feel the wilderness.
There was a noisy and chaotic sound of various creatures.
When it comes to survival, there are only 'kill' and 'be killed'. Is there a third option?
Is there?