Chapter 293

Deep underground, Lin and Tucker continued their journey in this salty white world.

And today, Lin and Tucker were doing something a little bit special.

"Draw"

Lin was teaching Tucker some new knowledge. The pterosaur was using its sharp beak to draw some marks on the ground. Lin was drawing various creatures, including dinosaurs, skeletal dragons, ancient squids, and so on. At the same time, Lin was also making sounds to tell Tucker the corresponding vocabulary.

Tucker didn't quite understand at first, but as Lin explained more and more, he began to understand. He was able to distinguish the patterns Lin drew on the ground and memorize the words.

Speaking of which, this was also how Lin had communicated with the headworm in the past. However, Lin didn't want Tucker to memorize any words, she wanted him to draw as well. By carving these marks on the ground and rocks, they could be used to communicate, preserve history, and more effectively pass on various matters to future generations. This was a very effective method.

Skeletal dragons' vocal cords were located in their throats, so their tongues weren't very developed, so they couldn't make many sounds, nor could they make sounds underwater. However, their forelimbs were very flexible, so it was easy for them to draw things.

After Lin finished drawing, she pointed at the rock on Tucker's waist with her mouth and said: "Draw, Tucker"

Tucker looked at his rock, then at Lin, feeling a bit confused. Seeing that, Lin pointed at the drawing on the ground again and said: "You, rock, draw"

"Rock … draw …"

Tucker's mouth imitated Lin's and uttered these two words with some difficulty. He then looked at his waist, but he still didn't seem to understand.

It seems Lin needed to demonstrate it again. However, the pterosaur's mouth wasn't very suitable for biting rocks and drawing. But to deal with this inconvenience … The pterosaur's tongue had already been modified by Lin.

The pterosaur opened its mouth and extended two tentacle-like structures. These tentacles not only retained their sense of taste, but were also very flexible. Lin used the tentacles to wrap around the rock on Tucker's waist, then drew the same pattern on the ground as before.

At this point, Tucker instantly understood. He also picked up the rock and began to draw on the ground.

He understood it so quickly …

Lin was amazed by the evolution of these reptilian creatures. Generally speaking, creatures passed on their abilities to their offspring, so every creature's ability was directly related to its creator. This was the case for most arthropods. Even if they had evolved to the level of brain worms, they still preferred to use more advanced methods of inheritance and memory.

As for the statues of the Inca insects, they were probably just there to record things and not to educate people.

Humerus dragons, on the other hand, had to rely on their elders to learn their abilities. The inconvenience of this was that it was very time-consuming. The young dragons had to follow their elders for a long time to observe and learn by themselves.

However, it could learn the skills of any individual in its race. Even if the two were not genetically related.

The baby dragon's brain was even richer than a mature dragon's, and Lin believed that this was how they learned skills quickly. Although Tucker had matured, he still had the ability to learn.

This was quite interesting. Even different species could be taught! This way, Lin would be able to teach them many things.

Speaking of which, back then, Lin didn't have her own 'language'. Now, Lin's language could be said to be the language of a brain worm.

However, it didn't seem like it was the brain worm that taught Lin. Instead, it was Lin who tested the richness of its vocabulary. If it had been the brain worm that taught Lin, the effect might not have been as good, and she might not have been able to learn anything.

This was because Lin had observed for a long time how the brain worm taught the baby dragon …

Now, the headworm was teaching the young Wyvern. It was teaching the young Wyvern some fire-breathing postures.

"Stupid creature, curl up your body, posture, aura, and most importantly, have an aura and have fire."

The brain worm picked up a stone from the ground and curled up its body. Then, it suddenly stretched out and spat out the stone from its mouth.

"Follow and learn. Spit fire, barbecue, food."

"Wu …" The baby dragon seemed unwilling, but it still did as it was told. It curled up its body and stretched out again. From its mouth … nothing came out.

The brain worm said, "Posture, wrong. Continue to practice. Obtain fire and barbecue."

The brain worm usually didn't care about the baby dragon. Whatever it thought of, it would teach it. Now, the baby dragon had learned many things, such as roaring, rolling, dancing, and so on …

But this time, Lin should probably tell it that the baby dragon needed some rocks near the volcano to spit fire.

But after some time, the brain worm should understand. Lin obviously wouldn't teach Tucker this way.

Now, Tucker was using a stone to draw on the ground. It already understood what Lin wanted it to do. At first, it was very unfamiliar and could only make some marks. But after a long time, it went from 'drawing' to 'drawing'.

"Drawing …" Tucker was very excited. It drew all kinds of shapes on the ground. Although it wasn't very detailed, it could tell what it was.

Tucker drew the shapes of some skeletal dragons. They stood on two legs and held long sharp branches. These skeletal dragons surrounded a larger creature. It seemed like it was drawing its former tribe …

As expected, it still remembered its former tribe. But Lin didn't know why it wanted to catch the baby dragon.

"Leader." Lin pointed at one of the skeletal dragons that Tucker drew.

"Leader …" Tucker looked at its drawing and slowly read it out.

In this way, Tucker slowly fell in love with drawing things. It used sharp stones to draw everywhere in the salt cave, recording all kinds of things it saw.

During its journey in the salt cave, Tucker had been drawing all kinds of things. But it didn't forget that it needed to find a way out quickly, so it drew very quickly. It didn't waste much time. Occasionally, it would draw something on its body. The skeletal dragons had markings that looked like skeletal bones. Every skeletal dragon had different markings. But now, Tucker could draw more markings on itself!

Although it didn't know what the markings meant, the skeletal dragons usually distinguished themselves by their faces, not by their markings.

Learning to use images to represent and record was only the first step. What Lin was going to teach it next was …

Wait, what was that?

Lin suddenly saw a strange raised mark on the salt ground in front of her. She walked over to take a closer look.

Was this … mycelium?

The mark looked like countless tiny threads tied together. It was quite similar to mycelium … Although she couldn't be sure, she had seen so many mushrooms in the lake earlier …

This should also be a fossil. The pterosaur knocked on it with its beak. It was very hard, not as brittle as the mushrooms from before.

Looks like I'll have to mine this place when I have the chance … Then, Lin and Tucker continued forward. Along the way, Lin saw many similar marks. On the ground, on the salt walls, these threads were in a state of being trapped together and had turned into fossils. It was quite a suspicious feeling …

Tucker didn't care about this. It continued to carve its own marks on the salt walls.

"Huff …"

Suddenly, a strange sound came from the cave ahead. It was very loud, definitely not something Mao Yu could make.

Tucker held a sharp stone and stared at the darkness in the cave ahead …

"Huff …!!" The sound was getting closer and closer. At the edge of the light, a foot covered with sharp claws stepped out!

Then, a creature rushed out of the darkness!

The creature was snow-white all over. Its body was about the same length and shape as a skeletal dragon. It bared its fangs and brandished its claws as it pounced at Tucker!

Tucker immediately lowered his head and dodged the creature's right claw. Then, he used the stone to stab forward and stabbed the creature in the abdomen.

The creature immediately screamed and swung its left claw at Tucker. Tucker seized the opportunity to grab its left claw, opened his mouth, and bit down on the middle of its left limb …

"Gah!" The creature let out another blood-curdling shriek, and the sharp cone on the ceiling began to shake. Lin noticed that Tucker was looking at the ceiling, and immediately loosened his grip. At the same time, he violently pushed the creature towards the salt wall. The moment the creature crashed into the wall, Tucker also let out a "Caw!".

The sharp cone at the top of the cave fell off with Tucker's voice. The sharp tip instantly pierced the creature's head.

As blood flowed out, the creature fell to the ground, motionless.

How interesting … It could be seen that Tucker's fighting style was more skillful. He made full use of his intelligence by observing which cone was the loosest and then pushing the opponent under it.

However, this technique was only effective against creatures of similar strength. If the opponent was slightly stronger, it would be difficult to deal with. Speaking of which, this creature was …

Lin approached the creature whose head was pierced. Under the illumination of the light, Lin found that it was exactly the same as Tucker! This creature was also a Skeletal Dragon, but its scales were white.

It was not because it was white, but because there seemed to be a lot of white sand stuck on it.

Tucker did not seem to care if this creature was his own kind. He pulled out the cone and then cut it with a small sharp stone.

Other than Mao Yu, Tucker had not eaten any other food here, so this seemed to be quite important. Lin was more concerned about where this Skeletal Dragon came from. Perhaps it was from another race?

Tucker cut the meat and ate at the same time. He also took out some for Lin to eat. Lin slowly dissected the Skeleton Dragon's meat. It seemed that it was severely dehydrated and had many problems in its body. Perhaps it was also trapped underground like Lin and Tucker …

What was this?

Lin ate a scale by chance. The scale was covered with a coarse white substance. At first, she thought it was sand, but after dissecting it, she found that it was not sand … It was the same as before … a fossil, and there was even living dust in it! She was floating in astronomy.