However, upon closer inspection, Jiang Tian discovered that this ruins obviously did not belong to the style of the Tang Dynasty in China. Thick pillars that look like pointed cones or mushroom tops, city walls made of large irregular stones, and incomplete city tablets carved into circular and triangular shapes; the walls are also stone bricks with relief patterns.
What is engraved are some aquatic-related forms, such as the ubiquitous water plants, whirlpools and wave textures; strange fish, shrimps and crabs covered with barnacles and tentacles, as well as the damaged parts of an upright humanoid with a long tail and arms and legs. Relief; submerged in watery and damp surroundings.
Even if some incomplete humanoid statues are accidentally found among them, their faces and facial features are blurred and their bodies have been elongated and twisted to the limit; they stand on the spiral pillars like sacrifices, with other strange shapes wrapped around them below. Aquatic animal shapes.
At this moment, Jiang Tian's mind vaguely recalled a similar record in a hunter's book from another world. The sea-born city that once appeared during the first celestial revolution; it was also an offshore city that was destroyed due to a large-scale bloodline pollution outbreak.
Next, as usual, the person responsible for clearing the way in this floating city ruins was the ancient earth spirit/stone monster "Shi Potian" released by Jiang Dan. I saw a giant stone man with a height of two to three feet, easily smashing through the damaged city wall and knocking down various ruins and broken walls that stood in the water.
The fragments of earth and rock from the buildings that continued to collapse and fall filled in and covered up large areas of water accumulation. Under the feet of the stone man's thick rock plate, they condensed into a relatively tight ground. Therefore, it opened up a temporary passage that was spacious enough between the city ruins in the blink of an eye.
Under the continuous trampling and bulldozing by the giant stone men, the monsters and monsters hiding in the shadows of buildings, gaps between ruins, and puddles and ravines had nowhere to hide and were disturbed; they were also disturbed by the experts running around and surrounding them. The team members swung their swords with lightning speed and killed them on the spot.
During this period, there were naturally some strange creatures that looked like fish-men, or snake-like or lizard-like creatures with multiple arms and legs; trapped beasts still fighting or fighting back on the verge of death, spitting out fishy smoke or splashing out corrosive body fluids; but after falling, It has no effect on stone men or expert team members' armor.
This custom-made insect shell armor derived from the carapace, membrane, and silk jacket of the giant arachnid is also an exclusive protective gear only available to expert team members. It has a defensive effect similar to that of heavy armor, and can also block multiple injuries such as acid, poisonous mist, and shock, but it is not fire-resistant.
The weight is even half lighter than traditional leather armor or silk armor, maintaining a considerable degree of lightness and flexibility. Therefore, after this insect shell armor was put into use in small quantities, it quickly became one of the most popular equipment for expert teams; it was regarded as a status symbol for senior players.
The remaining soldiers who landed later were also granted maximum, or rather expedient, use of various firearms. Therefore, in the face of the constant throwing of explosives and arson fuel, no matter whether they are hiding in the ruins of buildings, or hiding in the water and mud, no one can escape.
Only half an hour later, the ruins of the city, which was soaked in lake water and silt, had already completely collapsed, and bursts of smoke and dust from explosions and burnings continued to emerge. At this time, the large gap in the sky with clouds and rain had slowly closed to less than half.
The huge stone man who was continuing to advance was suddenly overturned by a large area of arched ground, and fell on his back on a mostly collapsed house, completely crushing it. Then, as large pieces of turbid water flowed backwards, the raised rocky ground continued to crack.
In the puddle where the ground finally collapsed, a huge crab-shaped creature was revealed; the curved carapace, which was several feet long and wide, was covered with uneven building bases. He then raised several pairs of front legs that looked like giant lobster claws and pounced on the stone man who was sitting up.
In an instant, there was a harsh friction and cracking sound; the remains of earth and stone attached to the giant pincers, and the accreted stone on the limbs and body of the stone man, almost in a fierce confrontation and pull, the pieces brittle and fell. While the two were fighting fiercely, the expert team members who had scattered to dodge also gathered together.
But he had already put on a heavy ax and hammer weapon, jumped on the giant earth crab, and began to try to find and attack its weak points. Then, several more wheeled artillery carts advanced along the hardened ground; under the control of lay sergeants, they aimed at the huge crabs.
With a deafening roar, it resounded throughout the ruins of the city; the body of the giant earth crab also exploded and collapsed, sending up large pieces of debris. But most of them only shattered the earth and rocks attached to the giant crab's carapace; only one ball hit the base of the cylindrical pincer limb, cracking it, cracking it, and denting it.
Immediately, a large amount of translucent juice splashed out; when it was poured on the nearby stone man, it was like fast-drying glue, quickly forming a large white lump. Inspired by this, the expert team members focused their attacks more on the clamping limbs.
A moment later, the giant earth crab, which originally had an overwhelming advantage over the stone man, was cracked, pierced, and had two of its claw limbs broken. It also reacted to the pain; more claws protruded from the carapace. More and more tiny pincer-like appendages began to drive and beat the expert team members.
However, this also exposed more of its weaknesses. These tiny clamping limbs, which are only as thick as an arm, are not much stronger and stronger than the huge forefoot. They are attacked by expert team members who can't get rid of them like mosquitoes and flies. They were chopped off and cracked one after another, and more juice flowed out.
Therefore, the next moment, the giant earth crab, which was continuously stimulated, suddenly let go of the entangled stone man; it opened and closed its tightly serrated mouthparts, and a wave of surging sound waves erupted. It blew the regrown stone monster almost head-on; forming a large circle of twisted air ripples.
The zigzag expansion spread to the soldiers who were covering the rear. They were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another with their heads covered and bleeding from their mouths and noses. The nearest artillery cart even disintegrated into fragments and parts all over the place under the fierce and continuous vibration.
Then, the impatient stone monster swung the giant earth crab on its head and face with all its strength, smashing the mouthparts on one side together with the retractable handle, causing the juice to splash and dent in it. And on its several-flap mouthparts, a several-foot gap was suddenly left that could not be closed.
In an instant, an expert team member was seen sneaking under it, reaching out like a slam dunk in the air; inserting a bottom-sinking mine that had been modified with increased volume, and with quick eyes and hands. However, he was hit by the splash of juice again, and his whole body was immediately glued together and was whipped out by the clamps.
"Shi Potian!" Jiang Tian, who had been watching the battle, suddenly shouted: "Shut your mouth...". After hearing these words, the stone man hesitated for a moment, then used all his strength to pounce on the earth crab; at the same time, he used his columnar forearm to strangle the earth crab and reopened its mouthparts, trying to regurgitate the cud.
At the moment when its stone arm was cracked open by the remaining mouthparts of the earth crab, a loud and dull sound suddenly erupted. It's like a stinky fart being pushed back. The giant earth crab, which was struggling violently, suddenly burst open from the gaps between its stalk, eyes, mouthparts and carapace.
Streams of body fluids sputtered out with a sizzling sound, mixed with clumps of tissue and organ fragments; they were squeezed and sprayed into the air like a rain of flowers; and quickly spread through the air. It condenses, becomes dry and brittle in the sun, and spreads like ashes.
For a moment, the air was filled with a fishy smell like dried fish maw. The giant earth crab, which had spit out a large amount of tissues and organs in a short period of time, was still struggling and twitching violently under the pressure of the stone man, but it could be seen that it was losing its vitality.
At the same time, several obvious protrusions appeared again on the ground of the ruins of buildings in the distance; it was obviously the same kind of giant crab that had been awakened from the depths of the ruins. But after handling and dealing with this first ground crab, other similar crabs no longer pose a threat.
Just as the outer carapace of the fourth and fifth lying giant crabs cracked amidst the roar of fixed-point explosions, exposing their fragile internal organs and muscles, which were torn and mashed by the arm inserted by the stone man, Jiang Tian also discovered This kind of giant crab's nest contains dozens of giant eggs.
When he used the "Dimensional Bubble" module to store these giant crab eggs, the cave made of soil, stones, and earth crab secretions completely collapsed. What appeared in front of Jiang Tian was a giant stone platform located in the center of the city ruins, mostly submerged underwater.
There are also man-made objects dumped on the side of the stone platform that are obviously incompatible with this ruins. It was a large, Tang-style ship made of thousands of materials, but every part of the ship was severely decayed and had holes everywhere; even the strong mast and keel were broken, and it looked like it had been abandoned for many years.
However, this rainy area only appears for a few months to half a year. Therefore, there can only be other reasons for the serious decay of this large ship. The next moment, Jiang Tian focused his attention on this waterlogged area; or rather, the sinking pit filled with lake water.
Like a dark bronze green, the lake looked extremely calm, forming a sharp contrast with the sporadic movements in the city ruins. Immediately afterwards, Jiang Tian threw building fragments of different sizes into the water one after another, and watched with his own eyes as they quickly sank into the mud.
Later, Jiang Tian asked someone to carry a huge half crab claw, and ejected it to the stone platform from a distance with the muscles, bones, flesh and bones. But there is still no change at all. Jiang Tian thought for a while, then asked someone to push a cannon cart over, ignite it and fire it at the decaying Tang ship.
(End of chapter)
