hunt and eat

Chapter 145 Ancient Remains, Dragon Slayer

In the endless sea of ​​sand
There is such a dilapidated ruin, sitting quietly in the heart of the hot and dry desert.

The endless wind and sand blowing over the ruined walls made of granite and unknown ore, added a touch of obsolete feeling under the change of time to the already dilapidated remains of ancient civilizations.

Ruins of Ancient Civilization - Ruins of the Old Village
This is the official name given by the Longli Academy to the ruins here.

The earliest discovery time can be pushed all the way forward, more than 50 years ago.

At that point in time, the guild, which initially established the basic hunter system, had already begun large-scale operations to continuously expand the human territory and conduct investigations on various ancient ruins.

The Ruins of the Old Village is one of the areas secretly investigated by the Hunter Guild.

According to the survey records at that time, it can be found that researchers and hunters unearthed a large number of ancient weapons in this ruins covered by sand.

These include dragon guns, small power cores, and other large metal parts whose purpose is as yet unknown.

Since the guild did not lack research materials on the dragon gun, and the technical force at that time was not yet able to analyze the energy core and other mechanical parts, it was impossible to directly obtain specific materials and replicable technology, so it was considered low value by the guild at that time. investigation goals.

In the following years, only sporadic investigation groups visited here, and almost all of them returned empty-handed.

In addition, this place itself is located in the very center of the desert, and it is too far away from human towns and activity areas.

Therefore, for a long time, the guild did not send personnel to investigate.

After all, there is no need for the guild to leave so many ready-made high-value relics without investigating, but instead go to such a remote place to investigate this low-value target.

After all, the guild is also a large organization. Although the management of hunters is occasionally a little casual, it still pays great attention to efficiency.

But today, this old village site welcomed an uninvited guest after a long absence.

Stepping on the soft and thick hot golden sand under his feet, his eyes were full of tiredness, but the ancient tower still kept walking and ran towards the gray-white city wall not far away.

I prayed silently in my heart.

Don't be a mirage again, I really can't hold it anymore!

At this time, nearly two hours have passed since the tall buildings I saw for the first time in the ancient pagoda.

I thought I could walk to the ruins in two steps, but when the ancient pagoda arrived, there was nothing else except a sea of ​​sand that I had been tired of looking at for a long time.

After a little thought, Guta understood what happened.

Mirage is a natural phenomenon formed by the refraction and total reflection of light.

Generally speaking, they mostly appear in deserts, but the frequency is not too high.

In a sense, Guta is still very lucky... Damn!

Guta, who could hardly bear to yell at him, really wanted to lie down on the spot at this moment if there were no pursuers behind him who wanted to kill him at any time.

Don't bring such a joke!

But there is no way, who told me that I don't want to die, so I can only continue to run.

It took another two hours to escape.

Looking at the half gray-white stone wall that was getting closer, Guta felt ecstasy in his heart.

This time the cliff is no longer a mirage!
The landscape of the mirage will not change in the slightest due to the proximity of the distance.

He casually grabbed a palm-sized black scorpion at his feet, not caring about the ferocious posture of the opponent's teeth and claws, Guta stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.

Under the simultaneous operation of [Tun Yuan] and [Glutton Body], even such a weak creature can provide a lot of physical strength for the ancient tower.

Another 10 minutes of battery life.

Feeling the recovery of a small amount of physical strength, and the soreness of the leg muscles gradually receding, Guta began to speed up again.

Although I don't know how the horned dragon behind him managed to keep chasing him for so long without losing him, but with the help of the relatively complicated terrain of the ruins in front of him, he should have a chance to get rid of him.

Even Gu Long should be somewhat tired after running for such a long time.

He and the other party have no deep hatred, and when the monster's patience is exhausted, it will probably leave by itself.

Although the idea is a bit naive, in a sense, there is no big problem.

Even a ceratopsian with a violent personality is still a living creature after all, and it also needs to eat and sleep.

It is impossible to really catch up for three days and three nights without sleep.

This is totally against the instinct of biology.

Not daring to release his perception, Guta trotted into the ruins of the old village in front of him.

Although perception is very useful, it can detect approaching enemies, but this thing is often a double-edged sword.

Because while releasing perception, it will also be completely exposed to the surrounding environment, just like a radar that emits detection waves.

For those monsters with keen senses, while you perceive it, it can sense you 100% of the time.

Stepping on the yellow sand with one foot deep and one foot shallow, the ancient tower quickly observed the surrounding terrain.

There are a lot of exposed giant granite buildings everywhere, or a small half of the city wall, or a corner of a house.

Through the complicated patterns on it, as well as the metal-like decorations occasionally exposed on the surface, one can vaguely see the grand scene of the ruins back then.

"Ancient times?"

Guta said in a low voice.

He once heard Weiwei mention in an extremely adoring tone that in ancient times, there existed an empire with highly advanced technology.

At present, it is not known whether it was established by humans or by dragon people.

But all in all, at that time, their footprints covered almost every corner of the world, and the population was far from what it is now.

In its heyday, even the ancient dragons did not dare to rashly invade the territory of the empire. In many cases, they even needed to avoid the empire's dragon boats to avoid being brutally murdered.

At that time, the entire continent was the empire's hunting ground.

But at the same time, excessive ambitions also made the ancient civilizations that were keen on hunting more demanding.

After all, whether it is the materials of the monsters or the products bred in the strange natural environment where the ancient dragons live, they are all necessary for them to make more powerful weapons.

There has always been a gossip circulating among hunters, that is, the empire in ancient times seemed to have created an ultimate weapon called the dragon machine soldier.

It is a product of the perfect combination of organisms and machinery, completely imitating the huge size of the ancient dragon, with extremely powerful combat power,

The only downside is that each dragon mech requires at least thirty adult dragons to manufacture.

In order to create more dragon mechas, the empire extended its claws to all dragon monsters, which led to the subsequent war between humans and dragons.

The ancient civilization fell completely, and the science and technology of the entire world's civilized races also went back thousands of years, returning to the primitive era.

In fact, there is no evidence to support the above statement, nor has it been officially certified, so it is often just a rumor.

But judging from the fact that the Longli Academy did not issue any statement to refute the rumors, at least some of the information should be in line with the historical truth.

As we walked, a semi-collapsed stone house appeared in front of the ancient pagoda.

Although the entrance was buried by a large amount of sand, there was no way for him to hide in with his size.

But this poses no problem at all for Guta.

Pressing the palm on the sand pile at the entrance, the ancient tower activated the ability of [Earth Control], and instantly created a half-meter-diameter hollow at the entrance.

A large number of vacant tables and chairs can be vaguely seen inside, and the material seems to be metal.

Without thinking too much, Guta went straight in.

Losing the ability to control the ancient tower, the entrance was once again buried by a large amount of yellow sand.

Almost at the same time, with a ferocious roar, a huge khaki-colored ceratopsian came out of the sand not far away.

The huge yellow eyes began to scan the buildings below him inch by inch.

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(End of this chapter)