Wizard's Journey

Chapter 315 The Ice Field on the Surface (Part Six)

This energy crystal...

With a solemn expression, Green held the energy crystal inside his ribcage. It felt cool to the touch, and a flower exuding a sweet, deathly fragrance was hidden inside the energy crystal.

Clearly, this energy crystal is not naturally formed, but rather an energy core within some kind of organism.

Similar to the lava giants, many creatures in the endless world manipulate energy by using energy crystals within their bodies as the source of energy. In essence, this is still within the realm of passive evolution, only the evolution of energy crystals has replaced cellular evolution.

Even Millie and Green's ice marrow crystals bear some resemblance to the energy crystal cores within these organisms.

At this moment, after the organism died, the energy source inside the energy crystal core transformed into a strange flower on its own.

The world is endless, and there are truly countless wonders.

However, after observing the energy crystal core closely for a while, Green suddenly frowned and said, "No, this is not true death energy. This should be the evolutionary process by which the creature containing this energy crystal core attempted to combine death energy with another type of energy to create a higher level of energy."

With his wizard's sensitivity to the forces of nature, Green sensed something was amiss.

However, it was clear that since the owner of the energy crystal core in Green's hand was only a level one life form, Green could not obtain any more clues.

"Young master, let's dig out this bone armor and see what kind of thing it is."

The myna bird shook its head repeatedly, and after observing the crystal core in Green's hand for a while with its two eyes, it seemed to have not seen anything, so it said this.

"Um."

After Green nodded, several fire bat spells exploded instantly, widening the cave entrance slightly before flying out of the Shadow Starfall and burrowing into the interior space of the cave.

As the high-density shockwaves of the ram's horn skull hammer continue to spread, their power weakens while the area of ​​destruction expands, making the interior space of the cave increasingly spacious.

After a good half hourglass period, Green unearthed the skeleton of a humanoid creature!

"this……"

Green's eyes widened, his breathing quickened slightly, and beneath the Mask of Truth, his eyes carefully observed every detail of the human creature's bone armor.

In this endless world, humanoid beings are just one of many species.

Of course, the term "humanoid creatures" is just a name given from the perspective of human wizards; these humanoid creatures also have their own ethnic group names.

From their perspective, wizards are simply a species "like them".

With a history and number of countless expeditions to other worlds, the wizards have developed a basic framework for understanding the endless worlds, which are devoid of any races. Unlike some backward worlds, they no longer harbor indescribable fear or ignorant arrogance towards the endless world.

The most common characteristics of all upright-walking humanoid creatures are a certain degree of group discipline, racial hierarchy, and... a pursuit of art and ideals.

This has also led to the development of a generally higher level of intelligence among humanoid species, which is incomparable to that of the Amon-Ros in the Shadow Mystery world.

Humanoid beings are powerful, but they are also a valuable resource of slaves in the wizarding world...

Moreover, generally speaking, when an expedition is launched into a world ruled by humanoid beings, it will no longer be a single space fortress launching an expedition alone, and it is even very likely that it will no longer be a single Holy Tower organization fighting alone!

It could be two or even three Holy Tower organizations simultaneously dispatching several space fortresses for a coordinated invasion.

Just imagining such a grand battle scene made Green feel small and powerless, while at the same time marveling at the power and unfathomable depths of the wizarding world.

Could it be that the deepest secret beneath the Nest World lies in these humanoid creatures?

Shaking his head, Green quickly dismissed the idea.

Clearly, although the deeper the world nest goes, the higher up the food chain it is, humanoid beings are social creatures, and the limited resources in the deepest part of the nest world could never support a complete humanoid group.

So, this human creature...

"Gah, young master, it seems this humanoid creature was a vegetarian in its previous life."

The myna bird was looking at the oral cavity of this humanoid skeleton.

Humans are omnivorous, a fact clearly demonstrated by the distribution of incisors, canines, and molars in the human mouth—basic knowledge for wizards.

The teeth of this humanoid skeleton are a combination of locusts and herbivores.

Aside from the teeth, Green observed for a while the proportions of the humanoid skeleton's head, torso, limbs, and height.

This humanoid skeleton measures 147 centimeters, making it relatively short for a human, with a head-to-body ratio of 1:13.

In mature humans, the ratio is generally between 1:7 and 1:9, indicating that the brain capacity of this hominid species is much smaller than that of humans.

While brain capacity is not a fundamental factor in determining the intelligence of flesh-and-blood creatures in an endless world, it is nonetheless one.

In addition, the back of this humanoid skeleton has obvious wing structures, while its forelimb bones are relatively robust and its hindlimb bones are quite ordinary, indicating that they spend most of their time in flight.

And so, after a series of analyses by Green's wizarding wisdom, the original appearance of a humanoid race had begun to take shape in Green's mind.

Take a deep breath.

After putting away the energy crystal core and the humanoid skeleton armor, Green said to the myna bird, "You stay in the Shadow Starfall. I'm going down to check things out. If things don't look good, leave immediately."

"Huh?"

The myna bird seemed somewhat reluctant, but Green didn't care.

With a thought, he manipulated the Bloodthirsty Doll's phantom to slowly fly upwards towards the canyon. Meanwhile, Green himself held the Ram's Horned Skull, took a deep breath under the Mask of Truth, and his eyes lit up. As the cold wind of the canyon rustled and shook his wide wizard robes, he slowly descended into the depths of the canyon.

As Green approached the bottom of the valley, the deathly aura gathered more and more, and the fog grew thicker and thicker.

Finally, after Green had fully reached the bottom of the valley, a chilling scene unfolded!

Green's body tensed involuntarily, and he carefully observed even the slightest movement around him, as if afraid that something unexpected might happen.

The ground was covered with the bones of these "locust people" and strange gray flowers!

They were densely packed and countless; there were tens of thousands just within the field of vision.

After these grayish-white skeletons gathered together, the thick aura of death insulated them from the surrounding cold. At the same time, the dense bones seemed to radiate heat themselves, causing water vapor to continuously rise from the bottom of the valley, thus creating a thick fog cloud.

With eyes that were incredibly deep, Green easily noticed that the heads of these locust-man skeletons were all facing the same direction.

I casually collected some energy crystal cores, but these energy crystal cores were obviously not very valuable, far less valuable than the high-purity flame crystals in the Fire Crystal World.

Green flew slowly in the direction pointed by the heads of these locust-like creatures. Wherever Green flew, all the gray flowers were instantly absorbed into the crystal core and disappeared without a trace.

It was as if a sea of ​​flowers was constantly making way for Green.

Finally, a wide natural fissure, a full kilometer long, appeared. The densely packed human skeletons here had begun to crumble, as if they had been shattered by the attacking enemy during that fierce war.

This method should be based on sound wave capabilities.

Not daring to breathe too loudly, Green cautiously flew into the depths of this giant natural crevice...

After one and a half hourglasses.

After setting up the Black Chain Mark web inside the giant cave, Grimm, deep in thought, slowly flew up into the canyon. It seemed that nothing unexpected had happened; this was just a historical relic.

After a brief moment, the Spy Shadow Star transformed into a streak of light and continued flying towards the distant horizon.

"Gaga, young master, what's down there?" the myna bird asked curiously from inside the Spy Shadow Meteorite capsule.

Gently shaking his head, Green said calmly, "It's a giant natural fissure, also one of the entrances to the World Nest, but since we're currently on a mission, we haven't explored it too deeply."

"So when will we...?"

The myna bird kept pressing for answers, clearly dissatisfied with Green's response.

But Green only gave a perfunctory answer.

Gradually, Green realized that the reason the Black Sota Stigmata Wizards chose to invade this nest world was not simply to plunder the diverse biological resources it possessed.

This world definitely holds some deep secrets.

(End of this chapter)