Chapter 267

The creature landed in front of the Tyrant Monitor Lizard and let out a series of roars. The Tyrant Monitor Lizard stopped and even took a few steps back.

Is this … a Wyvern?

The creature that suddenly descended did indeed look exactly like a Wyvern, but its body was more than twelve meters long, almost twice the size of the Wyvern Lin had seen before. Moreover, Lin discovered that this Wyvern actually had three pairs of limbs.

The first pair had wings that were now retracted into its body. It also had a pair of forelimbs and a pair of hind limbs with sharp claws. It didn't stand on two feet but on all fours. It also had a pair of wings that could be used for flight.

Lin believed that Wyverns evolved from reptiles, but reptiles only had four limbs. She had never seen a creature with more than four limbs.

If that was the case, the relationship between wyverns and reptiles was very different. Fish evolved into salamanders, and then evolved into reptiles. In that case, the ancestors of wyverns might have been a type of fish with a lot of fins. Their limbs were basically evolved from their original fins.

Yu Lin had seen a lot of three-finned creatures in the sea, and many of them had evolved into salamanders. However, after their evolution, they usually only retained two pairs of limbs. Perhaps there was a multi-finned fish that retained three pairs of limbs and evolved into a terrestrial creature. What about a three-finned wyvern?

Now that the Tyrant Monitor Lizard had regained its calm, it would weigh the gap between itself and its opponent, and would not dare to charge forward to attack. The Humerus Dragon behind the Wyvern seemed to have no interest in watching the battle, and immediately fled without a trace.

Why would a Wyvern appear here? Was it looking for its young?

Sure enough, following the Wyvern's roar, the young Wyvern in Leviathan's body woke up. It responded with a series of squawking sounds.

The large Wyvern also heard the sound. However, it didn't turn its head around. Instead, it stared at the Tyrant Monitor Lizard. The Tyrant Monitor Lizard didn't seem to have any intention of retreating. Instead, it was looking for an opportunity to attack.

The Wyvern kept roaring, but its intimidation seemed to be slowly losing its effect. The Tyrant Monitor Lizard was slowly approaching the Wyvern. Finally, the Wyvern let out a unique sound. It opened its mouth and spat out a fiery red flame. It hit the Tyrant Monitor Lizard's head.

This Wyvern can spit fire? However, the one Lin had seen before didn't. Perhaps it was because it hadn't fully matured yet, and the young wyvern didn't have three pairs of limbs either. Perhaps it was also due to its age.

The burned Giant Lizard screamed in agony. It immediately entered a frenzied state of excitement. It completely ignored the burning wound and pounced on the Wyvern!

The Wyvern spat out another mouthful of flames, but the lizard's huge mouth rushed out of the flames and bit the Wyvern's neck. Then, the lizard began to shake the Wyvern.

Fei Long shouted. Another burst of fire spurted out, leaving a scorched mark on the back of the giant lizard. At the same time, it waved its left and right claws continuously. The sharp claws pierced into the lizard's skin, leaving several bleeding wounds on the lizard's body.

The giant lizard bit the wyvern's neck tightly, refusing to let go even when it was about to die.

It was normal for a wyvern to do this to protect its young, but the giant lizard's behavior was completely abnormal. Even if it killed the wyvern, the nutrients it obtained might not be enough to heal so many wounds.

In the end, the Wyvern used its front claws to stab into the lizard's neck. Both sides were in a deadlock.

The deadlock lasted for about sixty seconds. The giant lizard was the first to let go. It took two steps back and fell to the ground.

The Wyvern pulled out its claws from the lizard's neck. Its neck bones seemed to have been crushed by the lizard's bite. Its head hung shakily from its body. Then, it fell to the ground and stopped moving.

Did both Giant Beasts die in the battle?

What a pity. It shouldn't have been easy for them to grow so big. Perhaps the needle-shooting trees should be dealt with first.

But now … Lin wanted to dissect the Wyvern first. This creature might be bigger than Leviathan, but it shouldn't be too difficult to dissect.

Leviathan released some small troops and had them dig into the Wyvern's corpse to explore. At the same time, it took out the young wyvern that was screaming in its body.

The young wyvern didn't seem to have any reaction to the big wyvern's corpse. It just climbed up and sniffed the big wyvern's corpse as if it was looking for something.

Lin noticed some noises coming from the surrounding forest. Some creatures sensed the death of the two Giant Beasts and wanted to obtain a huge amount of food. However, Leviathan was considered a big creature, so no creatures dared to approach it for the time being.

However, there was still a group of small creatures that rushed over. They were only a few centimeters long, but there were a lot of them and they moved quickly. They rushed out from all directions in the surrounding forest. These small creatures should be the evolved form of bees. Their bodies looked almost the same as bees, but they didn't have wings and were very small.

Although they looked more like the evolved form, Lin noticed that there were big and small creatures among them. Some were five centimeters long, and their upper jaws were full of serrated teeth. Some were very small, only a few millimeters long, and they moved around on the bodies of their larger brethren. There were also some species of medium size that had different types of division of labor.

These small arthropods were called 'ants'. Although they didn't look as imposing as bees, their degree of evolution in division of labor was much higher than that of bees. They could be considered a true division of labor species, unlike the primitive type of bees.

Bees didn't have much division of labor. They were basically the same size, but these evolved ants had more obvious division of labor. Lin had predicted that the evolution of bees would be the same as the 'ants' in front of her.

Of course, they weren't that small.

As for their name … Let's call them 'meat cutting ants'.

Lin ordered the Leviathan to fly to the wyvern's corpse. At the same time, she placed a few bombs on it. The bombs exploded, spraying acid onto the wyvern's corpse. After smelling the acid, the Meat Cutting Ants circled around the wyvern's corpse and surrounded the Tyrant Monitor Lizard's corpse.

The Twisted Jungle's bees also hated this smell. It seemed that their ancestors were the same.

These ants didn't bite the tough outer skin. Instead, they drilled into wounds, mouths, and other places where they could drill into. They seemed to be planning to eat from the inside.

Lin looked at them and thought, if they weren't so small, these division of labor species might have become as powerful as the division of labor species in the Twisted Jungle. According to her research on the Incan insects, Lin discovered that if a division of labor species belonged to a special category of 'brainless insects', then their intelligence level would be related to the size of their colony.

Speaking of which, Lin recently discovered that Montezuma II's Aztec insects seemed to have arrived at a place relatively close to here. They didn't sail in this direction at first, probably because they were blown here by the ocean currents. They used the brainless insects to create 'sails' to sail, but that wasn't easy to control and could easily cause all kinds of problems.

Lin didn't know where the Incan insects had gone. Perhaps they had gone to another continent. She didn't know what kind of interesting things they would encounter.

Now, while the meat cutting ants were devouring the Tyrant Monitor Lizard's corpse, Lin began to study the wyvern's body structure.

This creature's body was very interesting. They had a second brain-like structure in their body, which was used to control their excessive number of limbs. This was quite interesting because arthropods had more limbs, but they rarely had an extra brain.

Other aspects of their body structure were similar to what Lin had imagined. The wyvern's body could produce a flammable liquid, which could be squeezed out at a critical moment.

In addition, due to the creature's enormous weight, it had a sac in its body that contained a very light gas to help it fly and fly.

Their forelimbs seemed to develop after a certain age. Perhaps after reaching a certain size, their upper body would become too heavy, so they needed these limbs to support themselves instead of standing on their feet.

Lin also discovered something special in the wyvern's throat. It was a kind of rock. Lin guessed that when they breathed fire, they would rub against these rocks to produce a high temperature that would ignite the liquid they breathed out.

These rocks were very rare, and Lin had only seen them in one place. This place might also be the origin of the wyverns.

… A volcanic crater.

If the wyverns were active in the volcanic crater, then she might be able to find their race there. But now that Lin knew the structure of the wyverns, there was no need to look for them … Nevertheless, she still wanted to take a look.

Leviathan wanted to extend its tentacles to wrap around the young wyvern, but Lin suddenly noticed that the young wyvern had disappeared. It had rolled under the large wyvern's corpse, and there was a large group of meat cutting ants surrounding it. Some of the ants had already climbed onto its body and used their jaws to cut open its relatively young scales.

The young wyvern kept yelling, and it did not seem to have any intention of running away.

It seemed to have poor mobility and poor ability to recognize its surroundings, but it would still run around occasionally.

Leviathan extended its tentacles to wrap it up, then patted away all the meat cutting ants on its body. Leviathan then placed the wyvern on its back and rose into the sky above the forest.

The volcano in the distance was still billowing with thick smoke, and it looked like lava would erupt at any time. However, Lin did not feel the possibility of an eruption yet. The volcano was not far from here, and Leviathan could reach it quickly if it sped up.

After approaching the volcano, Lin noticed that this mountain was smaller than the one in the Twisted Forest. It was about a few hundred meters tall, and thick smoke kept coming out from the opening at the top. Lin did not see any traces of wyverns, so she let Leviathan get closer to take a look.

"Gah!" Suddenly, when Leviathan approached, the young wyvern cried out. It spread its wings and rushed out from Leviathan's back …

Leviathan immediately extended its tentacles to catch it. It could not fly at all, and it would die if it rushed out.

However, the moment the young wyvern rushed out, Lin felt a special feeling …

It felt like 'sympathy', but it was not quite the same. But Lin knew that the message was the same …

There was only one wyvern left. Floating astronomy.