Chapter 400 Survivors in the Ruins, Ancient Adventure Map (3K)
Monoceratops is a monster with an ecology that is almost the same as that of Ceratops. Some scholars believe that Ceratops and Monoceratops are subspecies of each other. Compared to Ceratops, Monoceratops is rarer and often only appears in remote deserts. area.
Moreover, Monoceros is the first monster in the entire game series that can only be hunted by a single player. The reason is derived from the story of "Heroes of Kokot".
In that era when the profession of hunter had not yet taken shape, in order to protect the village that was invaded by the one-horned dragon, a young man from the dragon tribe fought with him alone with a simple sword and armor. After a long and fierce battle, he finally defeated the one-horned dragon and won the victory. Down its true red horn.
Taking this opportunity, the profession of hunter was gradually established and developed, and hunting a horned dragon was regarded as a challenge to gain the name of "hero".
In order to commemorate the "Hero of Kokot", hunters who really want to gain honor will spontaneously choose to hunt the one-horned dragon alone and obtain the true red horn that is endowed with the symbol of "Certificate of Heroes".
There are rumors that when fighting a hunter, if another large monster breaks into the battlefield, the one-horned dragon will attack the intruder first. Some people believe that this is a manifestation of the arrogant self-esteem of the one-horned dragon.
This kind of monster and hunter will choose to fight due to self-esteem and honor, which adds a sense of ritual and sacredness to this challenge.
Although the one-horned dragon does not have any particularly unique ecology, it is given a unique meaning because of the "heroic certificate" that symbolizes the beginning of the hunter.
"The skull is consistent with Monoceratops, but the color is white."
Su Yi exchanged more information with Tian Huilong and finally determined: "That should be a subspecies of Icerosaurus, a more powerful white one-horned dragon."
The difference between Monoceratops and Albiceratops is a bit like the difference between Ceratops and Blackceratops.
Because the number is too rare, there are still many mysteries about the ecology of White Ceratops, so it is unknown whether its true situation is a special situation like "Black Ceratops is a pregnant Ceratops".
"Thank you for your hard work!" Su Yi gently hugged Tian Huilong's head to express his gratitude.
"Hey" Tian Huilong accepted Su Yi's thanks.
"Get some rest."
Su Yi took back the Tian Hui Dragon, then looked around and said, "Find a place to set up camp, and then go back."
The Sky Comet Dragon is a white horned dragon that was encountered in the desert outside the sand plains. After fighting with it, it came to the sand plains to rest. Looking for it at this time would undoubtedly be like looking for a needle in a haystack, so there is no need to think about it for the time being.
Su Yi took back his other companions, and Lu Cao rode the steel-armored crow to continue exploring the valley.
There are many traces of ruined walls in the valley, and some architectural ruins have been "swallowed" by the rocks, leaving only slight traces of them.
"Perhaps we can set up a camp in the ruins."
Some ruins have narrow entrances and are located inside the rock walls, making them extremely hidden.
With this goal in mind, the steel-armored crow searched for traces of ruins on the rock walls in the valley.
Soon after, Su Yi discovered a ruins on a platform halfway up the mountain. The ruins of the dilapidated stone house were blocked by several remaining walls. The entrance could not be found without looking carefully.
"It's a good place to hide." Su Yi took back the steel-armored crow, squeezed into the ruins with Lucao, and then walked into the ruins.
The ruins here were buried by wind and sand, and over time, they have merged with the rocky mountains formed over the years, so it looks like a cave supported by the ruins.
Walking into it, the space inside the cave ruins was quite spacious. It looked like it had been a warehouse or something like that, with several rooms inside. But strangely, Su Yi found some wooden boards, barrels, old utensils and the like. thing.
"It doesn't look like a relic that has been buried for a long time, but was placed here recently." Su Yi immediately became alert and released the Dragon God Pill and held it in his hand.
Carefully digging deeper, there were some traces of activity inside the ruins, and then there were some sounds. As they got closer, Su Yi heard the movement clearly.
"Meow. Meow!"
"Yeah! Gaah!"
"Hold on tight meow!"
"That's what's for dinner today, meow!"
"Elu cats?" Su Yi curiously looked towards the room where the sound came from, and saw several Elu cats and Melalu using old nets to capture a pterosaur with a golden flesh crest.
"That's the King Pterosaur?" Su Yi said in surprise.
King Pterosaur, a rare environmental creature that can only be encountered in the sand plains during the day, is a collection element in the game.
However, although it is an environmental creature, the size of the King Pterosaur is comparable to that of an eagle, and naturally cannot be compared with large monsters, but it is not inconsistent in the Pokémon world.
"Meow?! It's a hunter meow! How did you break in, meow!" A leading Meilalu exclaimed, and the other cats immediately looked at Su Yi warily.
Melalu is an orc creature that has the same shape as the Elle cat. Because its body hair is mostly black, it is also commonly known as a black cat.
Although there are also individuals with black body hair among El cats, the biggest difference between Melalu and El cats is their personality. Although they are also very curious, Melalu is even more curious, to the point of being a bit nasty, and likes to play pranks and steal. , so it is also called the thief cat.
Meraloos are generally disliked in human society, but there are some Meraloos who work hard and win the trust of some humans.
However, the Elu cats in the wild will not be at odds with Melalu. Instead, they will unite to resist foreign enemies and survive together.
"I'm just a passing hunter. I want to ask, are you going to eat the King Pterosaur?" Su Yi asked.
"Meow! Are you going to steal our prey when you break into our territory, meow? Although we Melalu have a bad reputation among humans, we did not steal or rob. This guy was captured by our efforts. Meow!"
"Don't try to take Meow away!" The leader, Meilalu, stood uncompromisingly in front of Su Yi with her hair furrowing and holding a worn-out knife.
"Su Yi, meow, what he said makes sense, meow." Lu Cao scratched his head.
Su Yi twitched the corner of his mouth, it made sense.
Although Melalu was not welcome, Su Yi had nothing to do with their own affairs. He just felt that it was a waste of money for King Pterosaur to be treated like a chicken.
Thinking of this, Su Yi couldn't help but think of the hot spring golden monkey that failed to capture.
Su Yi said calmly: "Don't be angry, I don't want to rob you of the prey you deserve, but I want to exchange it with you."
"Exchange? What do you give in exchange for Meow?" The leader, Melalu, was still wary.
Su Yi shrugged: "Of course it's meat. The King's Pterosaur doesn't have much meat. I'll trade it with you for some herbivorous dragon meat."
After saying that, Su Yi exited the room, took out a few pieces of herbivorous dragon meat from the "Hunting Guide" in the blind spot of their vision, and then walked in again.
"Meow! So much meat, meow!"
"Enough to feed us for several days, meow!" The cats drooled looking at the fresh chunks of meat.
"Are you really willing to trade this meat with us, meow?" Melalu said in surprise, this meat is much more than the King's Pterosaur.
"Of course, do you want to change?" Su Yi nodded.
"Of course, meow!" Melalu agreed immediately. In this sandy plain where supplies are in short supply, nothing is as real as food.
"That's a pleasant transaction." Su Yi smiled slightly and exchanged goods with Mayra Lu.
Su Yi pinched the king's pterosaur by its neck like a chicken and took it out of the net. The little guy shivered. It had just escaped from a wolf's mouth, and it was like a tiger's den.
"Don't worry, little guy, I won't eat you." Su Yi took out the capture ball with a smile.
On the other side, the cats did not eat the meat immediately, but cut it carefully and planned to dry it and store it. Food is precious, so you need to budget carefully.
At this time, the leader Melalu came over and asked tentatively: "Hunter, are you still interested in exchanging other things with us?"
Su Yi turned around to look curiously and said, "It depends on what it is."
"They are some things dug from the ruins, meow!" Melalu ran to another room, and with a clanking sound, he ran over with an armful of sundries.
Su Yi squatted down and looked at the pile of debris, some old coins, broken and damaged weapons, unknown monster material fragments, minerals, bones, etc.
For Su Yi, only minerals and animal bones have some value. Old coins may be sold as antiques, but who knows?
"Huh?" Just when Su Yi was about to change something casually, a roll of animal skin came into his field of vision.
"This is the cat we got from a small box found in the ruins." Melalu introduced.
Su Yi unfolded the animal skin scroll, and a map was drawn on it using an unknown method. However, it became a little dim due to the passage of time, but the route and icons were still barely visible.
"This... this is incredible!" Su Yi was secretly shocked.
Although the route was confusing, the icons within it were barely distinguishable.
A "whale" with giant teeth rushed out of the sand sea, followed by a group of sand fish. In a ruins piled with the remains of a sand ship, the Mantis Queen sat on her throne.
"Information about Fengshan Dragon and Pavilion Mantis!"
Su Yi's spirit perked up, but then quickly calmed down.
I don’t know how long this animal skin scroll has been kept, and it is uncertain whether the information on it is valid, not to mention that the routes and road signs on it may change or disappear due to the erosion of time.
Moreover, if you want to capture a super-large ancient dragon that exceeds 100 meters like Fengshan Dragon, you will definitely not be able to capture it unless the "Hunting Guide" provides a specific capture ball.
At most, it can be mined or stripped of materials like Lockrak's "Fengshan Dragon Harvest Festival".
"I want this animal skin roll!" Although it may not be useful, Su Yi still put the animal skin roll away carefully.
"Hey, meow, you can call me black fur ball, meow. I want to ask you if you can get a weapon, meow?" Melalu, whose name is black fur ball, said with a smile.
"You still want weapons?"
Su Yi thought they would continue to ask for food or medicine.
Black Fur Ball explained: "No matter what, cats can survive as long as they have force. Wandering cats like us can only rely on ourselves."
"Okay, I can buy weapons for you, but they won't be weapons made of rare materials. You can also mine ore for me, and I will help you make weapons."
"Then it's up to you, meow~ By the way, help us get some mining picks for mining, our base camp is here, meow." Black Hair Ball said happily.
Anyway, these rolls of animal skins are no different from garbage here. It would be nice to exchange them for something, and even if the other party breaks their promise, they won't lose anything.
Su Yi rode the steel-armored crow and flew up the rock mountain, looking into the distance.
Further north is the Loklak Desert. There may be many secrets buried in the sand in that desert.