Everything was burning.
Sparks would pop out from the charred remains from time to time. The air was like a furnace. Just inhaling it could burn the lungs. The trees that had not been washed down were also slowly burning.
Fortunately, the fire was not big yet. After Gao Chuan tried his best to cut down and extinguish it for a while, there was no open fire for the time being.
To be honest, when he saw the mountain fire, he felt a burst of joy for his actions. Fortunately, he was curious and arrived at the first moment, so he could put out the fire in time.
He was well aware of the horrors of a mountain fire.
In this kind of dense forest, falling meteorites were the most terrible disaster. If it weren't for the fact that there was no explosive impact this time and only the hot wind generated by friction, the mountain fire would have already burned. At that time, dozens of miles around would have been burned to ashes. No matter how fast he ran, he couldn't escape death.
However, it was still okay now. After all, in this world, the trees also had their own ability to extinguish fire. In the surroundings, a little further away, the trees that had been splashed by the sparks had already secreted a large amount of tree sap to extinguish the fire.
After extinguishing all the open flames, Gao Chuan began to look for the place where the meteorite fell. After working for so long, he couldn't wait to know what could cause the crystal on his chest to move.
The magical crystal was still blooming with blue fluorescence. After coming to this place, the vibration that had been silent began to revive again.
Dong … Dong …
The vibration that directly sounded in his mind was like the pulse of his heart.
Following its guidance, Gao Chuan came to a small pit on the hillside.
The red-hot stones and soil had begun to cool down gradually, but they were still very hot. It seemed that the meteorite fell here. Fortunately, there were not many trees here. Because of this, the forest fire did not ignite within ten minutes.
But it was a little strange.
The meteorite, the most important thing, had disappeared.
After turning over the black ashes with branches, Gao Chuan did not find the meteorite that should have been there.
This was a shallow pit the size of a well. The center was flowing with an unknown black substance that had gradually begun to cool down. It was not magma, but it emitted a strange smell that made people nauseous. There were dark traces around, but he didn't know what left them.
But there was no trace of the meteorite.
Whether it was because it sank into the ground too quickly or because it was almost burned and fell to the ground and turned into powder, there was no way to explain the current situation perfectly.
Gao Chuan frowned and pondered. He felt that this was a little troublesome.
Because the crystal in front of his chest was still moving, sometimes slow, sometimes fast
…
Sometimes slow and sometimes urgent?
It wasn't like this before! Even when the tremors were at their strongest, they were very regular tremors. They were definitely not as erratic as they were now.
Noticing this strange phenomenon, Gao Chuan could not help but raise his vigilance.
According to the intensity of the light emitted by the crystal and the frequency of its vibration, he found that it changed as he moved.
According to common sense, the closer the distance, the stronger the light and the faster the vibration. The further the distance, the weaker the light and the slower the vibration.
Now was not the time to think about this.
Clenching his axe, Gao Chuan looked around and strolled around, searching for the location of the Heavenly Pendant.
With a locator like the crystal, no matter how hidden the place that thing fell, it would not be able to hide.
As he approached its hiding place step by step, he gradually slowed down his speed.
His intuition told him that it would be very dangerous if he continued walking.
This was indeed the case. With such a strange development, even if Gao Chuan was told that the thing that fell was alive, he would believe it.
Moreover, the source of this crystal was originally unknown. It was just an unknown existence that he had dug out from the ground. Saying that it was a crystal only looked like it. As for what it was, Gao Chuan had no idea at all.
But even so, for some reason, Gao Chuan wanted to get closer.
Perhaps it really was a living creature from the Heavenly Pendant.
With this thought, he slowly walked towards the shadows.
Ignoring the danger that his instincts told him, he endured the spontaneous contraction of his pores and tightened of his muscles. He still resolutely took that step.
Unexpectedly, or perhaps not surprisingly, with a rustling sound, in an instant, countless shadows rushed out from the bushes and rushed towards Gao Chuan from all directions.
"It's actually such a monster. This is beyond my expectations."
With a thought, the axe that he had long prepared was chopped out, cutting off a few of the attacking shadows. In a breath, Gao Chuan quickly retreated more than ten feet away, dodging the attack that the other party had been preparing for a long time.
In the process of attacking and retreating, he had already clearly seen what was hidden in the forest.
It was a monster that looked like a combination of an octopus and a centipede. Its carapace-covered limbs trembled as they extended from its smooth and flat center. Countless yellow eyes — if the ball-like thing was eyes — densely covered all parts of its carapace-covered body. Moreover, they were constantly moving and squirming, enough to scare any trypophobia patient to death.
They clearly looked like insect limbs, but their movements were as flexible and powerful as the tentacles of an octopus. Not only that, but the carapace was also unexpectedly hard. Although the axe just now had cut off some of the tentacles, there was also an extremely strong rebound.
Although Gao Chuan did not use his full strength just now and used his blood energy to enhance his weapon, this was still considered a full-strength blow of his physical body. The chop was enough to cut the old tree in half. However, in front of the monster, he could only cut off a few insignificant tentacles. Moreover, dozens of tentacles were flying in the air. It was simply impossible to break through these tentacles and attack the main body.
After he retreated from that place, the monster did not chase after him. Instead, it stopped there, as if it had made up its mind to stay in place, waiting for others to come and then counterattack.
It seemed that it did not even have the strength to chase after him. Now, it could only defend itself and counterattack, passively dealing with the attacks of others.
With a sneer, Gao Chuan moved his wrist, thinking about how to move forward and how to retreat for the next harassment.
As for whether the monster would recover its strength … There were no other animals in the surrounding dozens of miles. Other than the trees, there were only insects. Looking at this monster, it did not seem like it would eat wood. The amount of insects was probably not even enough to fill the gap between its teeth. If one were to think about it maliciously, all the insects in the surrounding area might not be as heavy as the tentacle he had just cut off.
Speaking of tentacles, Gao Chuan was suddenly shocked. The tentacle that had been cut off before had disappeared. Looking sideways, sure enough, the monster was holding the cut off tentacle and pressing it on the previous wound. With a creak, the tentacle was exactly the same as before it was cut off except that its movement was a little jerky!
He still underestimated the vitality of this monster. It was indeed a powerful opponent.
Originally, he thought that he could slowly consume the number of tentacles of this monster, but now that he thought about it, it seemed that he was taking it for granted.
Gao Chuan narrowed his eyes. When he was about to test it again, for some reason, he suddenly felt a burst of palpitations, and an inexplicable chill surged into his heart.
This was of course.
When he abruptly tore off his shirt and looked down, he found that the crystal was now emitting a strange and strong light. Green mist was escaping from it, and countless small branch-like objects were growing out of Gao Chuan's flesh and blood. They then pierced into his flesh and spread out.
Surprisingly, during this process, Gao Chuan did not feel the slightest pain, only a little palpitations.
It was obviously so terrifying, but he did not have the slightest premonition of danger, nor did he feel nervous or afraid.
In fact, he did not encounter anything bad.
On the contrary, his body suddenly felt relaxed. After cultivation, the blood and qi were weak, and the problems of his meridians were all solved. Now, his blood and qi were flowing like magma. He had accumulated a lot of energy, and his body was full of energy. He was in a very good state. Even if he fought hundreds of rounds, there would be no problem.
Except for a moment of dizziness and numbness in his limbs, there was no discomfort during the whole process.
"What the hell is this thing?"
Muttering to himself in amazement, Gao Chuan was inexplicably surprised. Since he found this crystal stone five years ago, it had always been a mysterious image in his heart. In order to know what was inside it, he had tried everything. Now that it had revealed its true side, he fell into an even greater confusion.
It was a plant, but it was also not a plant. What was this mysterious thing?
When the crystal stone had completely calmed down, it was no longer filled with green mist, but continued to emit blue light. Gao Chuan suddenly understood that the symbiotic process had ended.
Under the skin of his chest, a complicated pattern of light lit up. With the crystal stone as the center, it gradually spread out and covered his whole body.
At this time, Gao Chuan suddenly felt that there were many more things in his mind.
For example, the true identity and use of this "crystal stone".
Also, the details of the monster in front of him!
Raising his head, Gao Chuan felt that his body was incomparably light, overflowing with a sense of ease and strength that filled every corner of his body.
"Extraterrestrial Demons … the common enemy of the ancient races, so this is what they look like?"
This creature that fell from the sky was the greatest enemy of mankind from ancient times until now, except for the Demon Race.
Extraterrestrial Demons.