Volume 2: The Undersea City Chapter 84 Map
As we all know, the most important condition for the formation of caves is that the area must have abundant groundwater resources. However, this Gobi Desert is a completely barren land without even a little vegetation. How could there be enough groundwater to form karst landforms?
This stalagmite...could it be that it is not from this deserted island at all?
Ke Lan held the stalagmite in a sword-holding posture, confronting the Seed of Erosion more than ten steps away. Judging from the monster's fear of stalagmites, this thing could indeed be considered its nemesis.
Although Ke Lan had no idea what the principle was, at least it worked, and that was enough.
But just one stalagmite is still too little. If the tentacles of the Seed of Erosion attack from multiple angles, Ke Lan will not be able fend them all off - if Asano Akira were here, with the help of this stalagmite, he might be able to fight the Seed of Erosion back and forth.
As for taking the initiative to attack, Ke Lan had no such idea. If he wanted to kill the Seed of Corrosion with the stalagmite... or "seal" it, he had to touch the "core" protected by the tentacles. However, these tentacles could not even penetrate the explosive bombs. Compared with the kinetic energy generated by the gunpowder explosion, the power that Ke Lan's wrist and arm could generate was still far behind. Even if he replaced the stalagmite with a real sword, he could not stab the sword to the location of the "core".
The situation is at a standstill...
Ke Lan noticed that after taking out the stalagmite, the Seed of Erosion had not launched any attack. It even gave up the attempt - just as Ke Lan did not dare to let the Seed of Erosion touch itself, the Seed of Erosion did not seem to dare to let the stalagmite touch itself.
"The cells of the flesh-eating worms are extremely toxic to the seeds of corrosion... Will this stalagmite have a similar effect?"
Thinking this way, Ke Lan bravely took a step closer to the Seed of Erosion.
His current posture was very much like that of a fencer, with his legs apart and his upper body leaning forward as much as possible. At the same time, he held the end of the stalagmite tightly with his right hand and stabbed the stalagmite towards one of the tentacles of the Seed of Erosion.
"babble--!!"
The moment the stalagmite and the tentacles came into contact, the Seed of Erosion let out a shrill scream like a baby crying. Then, with the help of the power of the tentacles, it quickly bounced back, and the distance between it and Ke Lan suddenly widened to more than 30 meters.
The tentacle that was touched by the stalagmite was charred black, the surrounding tissue was severely necrotic, and there was even a wisp of green smoke rising.
Ke Lan looked at the stalagmite in his hand with an incredible look. This was clearly just ordinary limestone, but how come after it came into contact with the Seed of Erosion, it produced an effect similar to that of a strong acid burn...
Even the tissue cells of flesh-eating worms, which are extremely poisonous to the seeds of erosion, do not have such an immediate effect!
No wonder the monster was so afraid of this stalagmite, but what puzzled Ke Lan was… since this stalagmite had such a significant killing power on the Seed of Erosion, why couldn’t the Seed of Erosion be completely killed even after nailing its “core” to the ground for decades?
Isn't this thing classified as a "non-lethal weapon"?
Before Ke Lan could come to his senses, the Seed of Erosion suddenly rolled into a ball and fled - this rolling movement was so fast that in less than a minute, the Seed of Erosion completely disappeared from Ke Lan's sight.
"This thing is too cowardly..." Ke Lan looked at the direction where the Seed of Erosion fled in silence, "It's even less courageous than an old dog."
Ke Lan let out a long breath. No matter what, at least the threat to his life was temporarily lifted.
“Huh? Is this… that soldier’s relic?”
Ke Lan saw a palm-sized bag lying on the ground. The bag was made of nylon fiber, and there was a rusty . This was one of the standard equipment in the army, generally used for soldiers to store small sundries and personal belongings.
Although the Seed of Erosion ate the remains, this small bag was left behind and scattered on the ground along with the tattered clothes.
Ke Lan picked up the small bag with a stalagmite. After confirming that there was no tissue contaminated with the seeds of erosion on it, he opened the lid of the bag and poured out everything inside.
There aren't many things in the bag, just some small items:
A copper, rusty "Ark Contributor" medal - the value of this thing is not high, almost the same as the third-class merit in the Chinese army in the old era, as long as you successfully perform more than three field missions, you can get it. On the Ark, any veteran who has served for more than five years basically has one.
But this thing at least proves that the members of the exploration team who were stranded on a deserted island are all experienced veterans, not rookies who know nothing.
The second thing was six rivets of unique shape. These rivets were so special that Ke Lan recognized them at a glance. They were accessories of a kind of heavy armor called "Dreadnought" used by the Ark's early field forces. However, after the development of tactical exoskeletons and power armor, this thing was gradually eliminated.
It seems that this team is equipped with at least one fearless warrior... This makes Ke Lan feel strange. If it is a regular exploration mission, high mobility must be pursued. A heavy armored unit like a fearless warrior, which is only suitable for positional warfare and extermination warfare, should not be equipped in an exploration team.
Isn't this an exploration team?
The third thing was a crumpled piece of synthetic fabric, which seemed to be cut from the lining of a piece of clothing. When Ke Lan flattened the fabric, he was immediately attracted by the pattern painted on it.
"This line... This is the coastline of this island! My current position..." He raised his head and compared the pattern on the fabric with the coastline not far away. "This is where I am now! This is a map! The map of this deserted island!"
The only thing that made him feel a little regretful was that the map was not complete. Except for the coastline, most of the area was blank.
Many of these blank areas are marked with "Danger" in bold black font: Danger.
The only "safe zone" surrounded by these "dangerous areas" is the coastal area where Ke Lan is.
"Fortunately... I didn't rush in too deep..." Ke Lan felt somewhat relieved. Even fearless warriors would find the place dangerous, so one could imagine how low the survival rate would be if one broke in.
In addition to these dangerous signs, there is another place marked with a five-pointed star... However, this place marked with a five-pointed star is not on this deserted island, but in the sea about 50 meters away from the coast...
