Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 121 12.95084 [44100]

Although Skull Island is an island in name, its area is much larger than ordinary islands.

According to Merlin's estimation, at the speed of a normal person, it would take at least 7-10 days to walk around the island for a week.And the island has a variety of terrains, including forests, hills, swamps, mountains and more.

Such a diverse terrain, coupled with a closed ecosystem, led to the birth of many creatures that could not exist outside of Skull Island.

KONG is just one of the wonders that Skull Island has bred.

A white tiger is lazily walking by the river.It looks similar to an ordinary tiger, but it is 3 circles larger than an ordinary tiger. It is 4-5 meters tall, and the length of the tail is at least 12 meters. It is estimated that the weight of this behemoth should be close to 5 tons. .

But it walked almost silently, like a silent hunter, and the pair of yellow beast eyes looked around, as if patrolling its own territory.

"click"

With an inaudible sound, Merlin who was hiding in the tree got a photo of the white tiger drinking water.

He recorded the horror hunter's data in his notebook as part of his assessment of Skull Island.In Merlin's hand, there is also a notebook of Dr. Serizawa, which he took over when he left 1 day ago.

In this notebook on Skull Island, Dr. Serizawa recorded in detail the habits of many creatures on the island.

For example, the big and surprisingly large white tiger in front of him is called "Sacred Tiger" in the doctor's notes.

It is said that in the legend of the aborigines of Skull Island, this kind of tiger is a "spirit in the wind". It comes and goes silently and as fast as lightning, just like a killing spirit wrapped in the wind.

There are not many such holy tigers, which is normal.

Tigers are all solitary creatures. With the area of ​​Skull Island, there are no more than 30 holy tigers at most. They have their own hunting grounds and occupy the third row in the food chain of Skull Island.

KONG is undoubtedly the creature at the top of the food chain, followed by the large number of skeleton monitor lizards hidden in the ground, followed by alienated beasts such as holy tigers and broodmother spiders.

The island's food chain is eerie and unbroken.

It is precisely because of this that the island can survive for 10,000+ years without being separated from the external ecology.

Merlin wrote down his conclusions in his notes, and then glanced at the holy tiger lying on the reef by the river basking in the sun.He turned around, picked up his bag, and left the place in smoke.

There is not much time left for Merlin to explore freely. He can only search the entire island quickly and record the general terrain and division rules of creatures, which will be used as a guide for Skull Island within S.H.I.E.L.D. The first valuable research data.

Merlin walked up the steep mountain. He showed his figure at the top of the mountain, and then looked at the topography of Skull Island. The four different terrain areas in the southernmost part have been explored almost, and now it's time to go back.

And when Merlin was planning to explore the route, a shock came from the canyon not far away, making Merlin turn his head.

With the super vision bestowed by the spirit vision, Merlin easily spotted a huge monster moving in the lake water of the canyon.

That is the mysterious KONG!

Merlin immediately became interested.

For more than a day, he has been trying to search for the traces of KONG, but the orangutan is obviously good at hiding himself. Its lair must be somewhere hidden in the mountains, even for an outstanding explorer like Merlin. That said, both take some time to find.

Merlin turned into smoke and spread towards the direction of the canyon. He carefully hid himself among the valleys to avoid being discovered by KONG with his extremely keen perception.

He looked down in mid-air, and the gorilla was standing in the lake water, holding up the lake water with his hands, as if cleaning his body.

"Well, it's still an orangutan who likes to be clean."

Merlin commented.

He is like an invisible voyeur, hiding in mid-air, watching the scene where the king of Skull Island is bathing.

But let's be honest, watching an orangutan take a bath is kind of boring...

Merlin re-estimated KONG's height and wingspan, and he took pictures of the juvenile Titan from various directions. During these ten minutes, KONG nimbly caught several strange big fish from the lake water. He waved his hand and threw the fish on the shore.

This should also be predation.

"As Serizawa recorded, it prefers to eat fish, and maybe some wild fruits."

Merlin memorized this information in his mind in detail. After a few minutes, Merlin frowned and looked to the other side of the lake.He could feel that under the water, a large creature was approaching KONG, seeming to regard it as prey.

This immediately made Merlin interested.

On Skull Island, KONG has almost no natural enemies. What is this creature hidden in the water?Has such a big appetite?

He looked back at KONG. The orangutan who was addicted to cleaning his fur didn't seem to be aware of the danger. It even put its fingers into the water and played with the water for its own amusement.

But this is just appearance.

Merlin could see that KONG's legs were straight in the water, and its ears were moving, which meant that this cunning orangutan was ready to kill.

It pretends that there is no gap, and it is luring the creatures at the bottom of the water to approach it!

"crash"

Two blood-red tentacles covered with suckers flexibly wrapped around KONG's legs from the bottom of the water, like poisonous snakes looking for food. The huge force coming from the water made KONG stagger. .

Two more tentacles pierced out of the water like swords, tightly wrapped around KONG's arms, and pulled him frantically towards the bottom of the water.

Until then, Merlin finally saw clearly what the ambusher looked like.

It was a strange bright red octopus, very similar to a king squid, but its size was larger than the largest aquatic creature known to humans.

Counting the tentacles, it's barely smaller than KONG.

In terms of size alone, these two creatures are at the same level, but KONG is still in the growth stage. After completing maturity, this underwater octopus is definitely not KONG's opponent.

And even now, facing the juvenile KONG, the underwater octopus is struggling.

The well-prepared KONG is like tug-of-war with an octopus at the bottom of the water. It grabs the tentacles wrapped around its arms with both hands, and its huge body leans forward. In the roar that resounds through the canyon, the other end wants to knock KONG away. The octopus pulled into the water, almost its entire body, was pulled out of the water by KONG with brute force.

This scene is very similar to the scene of the battle between the gods and the sea monster Kraken in Nordic mythology, so thrilling.

The orangutan turned around in the water with its arms outstretched and nimble. It picked up a sharp stone from the water, roared, and threw it down at the octopus underwater.

It's like orangutans cracking nuts with rocks.

once, twice...

In the splash of the lake water, the blood splashed in the water made Merlin's neck feel chills.

He knew that this reckless octopus was doomed.

KONG quickly tore the body of the octopus apart. It untied the weakened tentacles from its arms and tore off a piece brutally, just like Koreans eating squid. It put the bright red tentacles into its mouth, After chewing a few times, there was a hint of enjoyment on that anthropomorphic face.

It seems that gourmets are enjoying delicious food.

KONG dragged his booty and threw the huge, lifeless octopus on the beach.The orangutan went to the woods by the lake, picked a tough tree, uprooted it, and with a stroke of his finger, broke all the branches of the tree.

It stringed the octopus on the tree trunk one by one, and stringed the fish he had caught before on the other end of the trunk, and then carried the tough trunk, walked through the lake water, and quickly disappeared among the shoals. between mountains.

Merlin showed his figure on the beach. He held a test tube and collected some blood and scattered flesh and blood of the terrifying octopus on the beach.

He spread out his body quickly again, and followed KONG far away in the form of smoke, trying to find KONG's lair.

But when his follower KONG crossed the mountains, Merlin was soon attracted by another thing.

He gave up tracking KONG and fell towards a valley on the north side of the island.

The valley was very hidden, and was covered by some weird fog. Standing at the entrance of the valley, Merlin felt that the temperature in the valley was very high, and the smoke in front of him seemed to be poisonous.

He stretched out his fingers and tapped on the pendant hanging around his neck, and Carol's mask quickly covered Merlin's nose and mouth.

He turned into smoke, and gradually merged into the misty valley in front of him. After a few minutes, Merlin discovered something surprising.

Two skeletons.

Huge, KONG-like skeletons are scattered in this valley.The appearance of the skeleton is probably still intact, but there are obvious signs of being bitten on these penetrating bones.

Merlin was still among the bones and found some disgusting food scraps.

This proves that there are other creatures in this valley.

Moreover, Merlin discovered that under the two skeletons, there were several passages leading to the ground, filled with poisonous gas, so dark that even with a bright flashlight, the bottom of the crypt could not be seen.

Merlin stretched out his hand and touched the soil of the cave leading to the ground. Suddenly, the conjectures that Dr. Serizawa told him on the way appeared in his mind.

"The existence of Titan shows that the theory of the hollow earth is correct. In the world, there must be a passage leading to the hollow world in the mantle layer. The hurricanes on Skull Island are also formed by strong air flow... this In the island, there is likely to be a passage leading to the underground world."

"so..."

Merlin narrowed his eyes, looked at the deep passage in front of him, and said:

"Is this the door to the new world?"

"It's really chilling. The place to bury mules is more particular than here."

He shook his head, but the next moment, Merlin jumped into the tunnel.

For ordinary researchers, going deep into such a tunnel that is vertical to nearly 70 degrees alone is looking for death. What's more, this place is located in the hinterland of Skull Island, and KONG, who has a strong sense of territory, will not allow outsiders to go deep here.

But for Merlin who possesses supernatural powers, no matter where this cave leads, he can find his way back.

He turned into smoke and walked down the dark cave all the way. The darkness couldn't block his gaze, and everything around him had no secrets in Merlin's eyes.After going down almost vertically for nearly 10 minutes, Merlin fell into an empty underground cave.

He didn't show his figure, but looked around vigilantly.

An indescribable stench permeated the cave, and Merlin was no stranger to this stench.

This is the smell of those skeleton monitor lizards, which means that this is the underground living place of skeleton monitor lizards.

A series of unpleasant and sharp roars came from deeper in the darkness, and Merlin followed the sound and moved forward in the cave extending in all directions.

The underground temperature is a bit scorching hot, just right for those ugly lizards to thrive.

A few minutes later, Merlin came to the depths of the cave. He stood on a depression and looked down. In the cave below, several small skeleton monitor lizards were biting a dead lonely reef. The body of the Bull Demon.At the entrance of the cave, a huge skeleton monitor lizard was resting on the ground in a strange posture.

It was larger than the seven skeleton monitor lizards killed by Kong and Merlin in the swamp, and its skin was not as gray-blue as other monitor lizards.

The pattern on its body is darker, the claws used to support the body are larger, the bone plate used for defense on the face is thicker, and the tail behind the back has black bone plates and spurs, which looks very oppressive.

This should be the leader of the skeleton monitor lizard.

Merlin didn't disturb this giant beast that was not easy to mess with. He recorded the living environment and characteristics of this giant beast, and then explored deeper into the cave.

There is a wider tunnel at the bottom of the cave, and at the intersection of the cave and the tunnel, Merlin found a lot of scattered bones. In fact, this place is like a battlefield of wild beasts, full of torn bodies. with scales.

Most importantly, in this place filled with a strong smell of blood, not only the bones of the skeleton monitor lizards were scattered, but also many bones and torn bodies belonging to other creatures.

Merlin squatted beside those giant skeletons. He touched the terrifying bite marks on those bones. The tooth marks on those bite marks were thicker than his fingers, and in the dark, there were still some fluorescent spots on these skeletons.

He could imagine what a fierce battle for hegemony had happened here.

And judging from the half-weathered skeletons around, the war here obviously happened more than once.The skeletal lizards that nest above seem to periodically battle the behemoths that burst forth from deeper underground.

Merlin stood up, and he collected a few bone samples that were fairly complete around him. He looked around, and he finally revealed another secret of the skeleton monitor lizard.

These devil-like creatures are not just destroyers of the food chain of Skull Island, they are also an important part of the larger ecosystem.

They survived and multiplied here. Although they would hunt on the surface, they unexpectedly prevented the invasion of underground creatures to the ground, just like a "biological wall" separating the surface world from the underground world.

"Nature's uncanny workmanship."

Merlin sighed, took out his camera, and took a picture of the cave in front of him that was wrapped in bones and led deeper into the ground.He also recorded the pile of bones around him, and then wrote down the location of the underground passage in his notebook.

Finally, he marked the tunnel with a name.

95084.

(End of this chapter)