Chapter 27 (1/2)
Along the way, Xiang Yang knew that the underground world was vast. It took a day just for this canyon.
After leaving the canyon, there is a wide valley with many strange looking trees. No matter what species, the leaves are very fat, but they are not high, and the highest is a few feet up and down.
The valley is rich in water. Streams divide the whole valley into small cells. The dark land is soft, and the dark and shiny soil is fertile. Everywhere are clumps of blue grass and aquatic plants growing in the stream.
There is a low hill in the middle of the valley. At the top of the hill, there is a small crater. The hot and red magma keeps rolling down. The high temperature evaporates the water next to it into a mist. After it spreads, it is illuminated by the blue light emitted by those weeds, as if the whole valley is covered with a layer of luminous blue yarn, which is beautiful like a dream.
After walking together for so long, you Huo and you Gang around are two guys who like to talk. Without Xiang Yang's intentional guidance, they probably found out the situation of the underground world.
Even the natives don't know how big the underground world is. They only know that several warriors have walked in all directions and finally encountered a bottomless abyss. They can only return, but there should be room to roam across the abyss.
Xi is the method of timing the underground world. Here, there are turbulent underground rivers and streams. The aborigines count the time according to the rise and fall of the water surface, one Xi at a time. According to Xiang Yang's own judgment, it should be about the same length as the day in the outside world.
In this underground world, there are dozens of ethnic groups, large and small, and the Youzu is the largest one. Therefore, the king of the Youzu is the king of the underground world.
Of course, the scale of these ethnic groups is not large. Even the Youzu has only a population of thousands, and the other small ethnic groups are as many as hundreds or as few as dozens, all of which are estimated to be less than 10000.
This is not because the underground materials are poor. On the contrary, the climate here is warm and humid, and there are many edible things. For example, most of the plants in the water are good ingredients, and there are endless fish in the underground river. There is no need to worry about the lack of food at all.
However, in this underground world, indigenous people have natural enemies.
Here, there will be a big Xi every 900 Xi. At the time of big Xi, the water level of the underground river will drop to half of its normal level. At this time, a monster will attack.
It's a flying snake with a dragon head, a snake body and bat wings. It's huge. The aborigines call it Ming sting.
In the ancient books of you family, Ming thorn appeared in the underground world at the same time as you family.
Logically speaking, with the strength of the aborigines, they can't stop the Ming sting from hunting them. However, it's strange that every time the Ming sting attacks, it won't kill them all. Instead, it will leave after eating a certain number of humans. It usually doesn't know where it will stay until the next day.
Over time, the Aborigines have become accustomed to such a life. Whenever the stinger attacks, they are too lazy to resist. Even some old and weak people take the initiative to die, so as to keep the life of the middle-aged people in the family. Faintly, they have become the food of the stinger.