Chapter 217 Food Pyramid
In the dazzling mirage maze, there were two tall figures walking.
Although it is almost impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion in a mirage maze with the naked eye, as long as one has the ability to perceive, the maze is just a slightly difficult path to navigate.
"How's it going? Zebula, did you find Xiaosong?"
After Alu defeated the attacking desert beast, he anxiously asked Zebra that just now, the two of them had separated from Xiaosong.
When the three entered the red desert, whether it was bad luck or luck, quicksand suddenly appeared, and then Xiaosong and the two camels were swept into it.
Along with the quicksand came various ferocious beasts. When they saw the two of them, they attacked without hesitation.
Therefore, Alu could only defeat the attacking beast and let Zebra use his sonic map to find Xiaosong who was swept away by the quicksand.
Zebra can use sound wave echoes to locate like a bat, and then construct a 3D map in his mind. This ability not only allows him to completely see through the mirage maze, but also allows him to find objects easily.
Currently, the maximum range of his map is about 70,000 meters, during which time he cannot use any other sonic abilities.
As the sonic map unfolded, everything within 70,000 meters emerged in Zebra's mind. After he had identified all the life forms, he spoke intermittently.
"Found it. He was taken to a very far place by the quicksand. Besides that, I also found traces of two other people. They are entering the mirage maze only now. They are really getting carried away."
"In the quicksand? Is Xiaosong still alive?" A Lu asked immediately.
“Still alive.”
After getting the answer that Xiaosong was still alive, A Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he react to Zebra's next few words.
"The other two people... are they the two you heard in the Dust Valley? Didn't they enter the Desert Courtyard a long time ago? Where are they now?"
"The sound frequency is exactly the same. It's them. They have just entered the mirage maze, and their target seems to be the food pyramid." Zebula said in a hoarse voice, and then looked at Alu seriously.
"It's your turn to decide, Alu. Should we head to the food pyramid before them? Or should we go find that little devil?"
Regarding this question that seemed to have two choices, A Lu grinned and said without any hesitation.
"Then why should I choose? Of course I'll go find Xiaosong."
After getting this expected answer, Zebra grinned and said, "Then hurry up and follow me. If you don't hurry up, the little devil will get farther and farther away from us."
After saying that, Zebula turned and walked towards the depths of the mirage maze, and Alu hurriedly followed.
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On the other side, the entrance to the maze.
"Oh? We've been discovered. The sound waves are really powerful." Zombie Xia Yu shook his body and said a little uncomfortably.
He had just activated his spiritual perception, so he felt uncomfortable. After activating his spiritual perception, not only could he clearly sense everything around him, his own physical sense would also be infinitely amplified. The almost imperceptible sound wave rebounded to him as if he was swept by an electric current.
"It should be Zebra." A projection lit up on Gourmet Xia Yu's watch, "His ability is sound waves, and he also has a cheating sound wave map with a diameter of 70,000 meters."
"That's really incredible, although our spiritual perception has long exceeded this range." Zombie Xia Yu said while retracting his spiritual perception.
As early as when the sound waves swept over him, he expanded the range of his spiritual perception, and then discovered Alu and Zebula, as well as Xiaosong who was trapped in the quicksand underground.
It can be said that Xiaosong is worthy of his incredible luck in food. After being swept into the ground by the quicksand, not only was he not hurt, he even slid towards the food pyramid.
You are completely free from the scorching sun and attacks of wild beasts on the ground, and you don’t even need to expend energy walking to get close to the food pyramid.
Xia Yu, who knew the plot, even knew that Xiaosong would enter the food pyramid , and then be extremely lucky to get an ancient recipe book.
He was treated like a complete protagonist, which was equivalent to the world consciousness forcing all the benefits that could be obtained at this stage into his hands, which he could not throw away.
Even though Komatsu died twice in the early and late stages, he was always resurrected for various reasons.
"Those who can't get what they want are always in turmoil, while those who are favored are fearless." Zombie Xia Yu suddenly sighed.
Although Komatsu has no idea that he is favored, perhaps it is precisely because of Komatsu's sincere love for cooking that the world favors . After all, this is a world of gourmet food.
"The red of the rose is a dream that is easily hurt. I hold it in my hand, but it slips through my fingers and falls through."
“…”
Zombie Xia Yu turned his head and looked at Food Xia Yu who suddenly started singing. He was speechless. It would have been fine if he had just sung, but why did he sing so badly?
"Why are you looking at me like that? Didn't you sing first?" Meishi Xia Yu scratched his head, confused . He just continued singing along with the other party's lyrics. Isn't this okay?
"It's okay, just keep singing."
Zombie Xia Yu turned his head back unable to bear to watch. He felt that there would be another idiot in the group. Tsk, why couldn't there be more of him who was so steady.
Is it possible that Xia Yu is just a fool? Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Zombie Xia Yu couldn't help but shook his head and threw away this horrible guess. He couldn't think about it anymore, otherwise he always felt that he would gradually be infected.
As the two moved forward, the food pyramid got closer and closer to them.
Although there would occasionally be ferocious beasts attacking from the surrounding area, they would only allow Xia Yu and his team to stop for a while. They would collect the edible ones directly and stun the inedible ones.
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On the other side, at Alu and Zebula.
The two followed Komatsu's sliding route and chased him without stopping. Because they had Zebra's sonic map, there was no risk of losing him.
But the red desert with a surface temperature of nearly 90 degrees made the two men almost exhausted. Fortunately, special desert creatures occasionally appeared, allowing the two to hunt and eat them, so that they could replenish their energy and continue to move forward.
"If Xiaosong is still safe and sound now , he might be extremely lucky. After all, with his physique, it might be difficult for him to endure this scorching heat." After adapting to the hot climate, A Lu couldn't help but sigh.
It was because of his gourmet cells that he was able to adapt to this temperature so quickly. Given Komatsu's physique, he would have probably passed out from heatstroke by now.
"Haha, that kid might really have incredible luck." Zebra sensed the giant building in front of him and couldn't help but say, "It's as if that kid went there from the beginning. Could it be that he has the ability to get close to the food?"
As he spoke, Zebula climbed over a desert hill and pointed ahead, sighing, "In order not to lose that little ghost, I searched all the way here, and ended up here."
Hearing what Zebula said, Alu couldn't help but quicken his pace, and then he also jumped over the sand dune.
"oh oh!!"
What appeared before his eyes was a polyhedron that was 500 meters high. Unlike ordinary pyramids, this pyramid had eight sides.
“Is this the food pyramid?!”
Looking at the huge building in front of him, A Lu couldn't help but exclaimed, then jumped down and came to the bottom of the pyramid.
"This is just a tiny part of the pyramid, just the tip of the iceberg."
With the Echo Map in hand, Zebra could easily perceive that the pyramid in front of him was much more than just the small part that was exposed. However, as the map took shape in his mind, his expression became gradually more astonished.
What's this?
A huge castle that far exceeded his cognition appeared in his mind. It was a giant castle that could never be built by human power.
The so-called food pyramid is only the highest spire of the castle, and this slightly exposed spire has reached more than 500 meters above sea level.
"Hurry up, Alu, the little devil has been washed to the bottom of the pyramid." Zebula said in a hoarse voice as he walked towards the entrance of the gap at the top of the tower.
"This place is incredibly large, and there are countless strange yet restless shadows."
There was one more thing Zebra didn't say. The two people who had appeared in his sonic map had already come to the other side of the pyramid.
Now they not only have to find Coke before the other party, but also have to find Komatsu who has mistakenly entered the pyramid in advance, but his physical strength is almost at its limit.
I hope there will be enough prey inside the pyramid for him to replenish his strength.
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At the same time, at the other end of the food pyramid.
"What a coincidence! I didn't expect that even though we didn't take the same route as them, we could still arrive at the same time."
Zombie Xia Yu sighed as he looked at the huge pyramid in front of him. At the same time, with the detection of his spiritual sense, the castle under the spire was completely revealed to him.
This could not have been built by human power, not to mention that it was built a thousand years ago. However, he knew who the builder was, and that was Netero.
Creatures like Netero appeared on Earth billions of years ago, and their well-preserved fossils prove their existence.
This creature has extremely strong vitality and a voracious appetite. Even if it loses food or the environment in its habitat deteriorates, it can enter a non-metabolic dormancy state called dry sleep and sleep for thousands of years.
Just like the Trisolarans in a science fiction novel that Xia Yu had read, they could temporarily survive in a dehydrated state and could be resurrected again after coming into contact with water.
But Netero is stronger than the Trisolarans and has more vitality.
The Food Pyramid is the remains of Netero's former civilization, and it still preserves many Netero tribes who survive in a state of dry sleep.
Unfortunately, Xia Yu and others are temporarily unable to take the highly intelligent humanoid creatures away from their original world, and can only take away some small creatures with low intelligence.
Thinking of this, Zombie Xia Yu opened the chat group camera, then checked in and took a photo. While taking the photo, he couldn't help but sigh. It would be great if they had a sign-in system to become a god.
He hopes that the next time Xia Yu joins the group, there will be a sign-in system. A worse punch-in system will also be fine, he doesn’t mind.
