Chapter 400: Survivors in the Ruins, Ancient Exploration Map (3K)

The unicorn is a monster with almost the same ecology as the horned dragon. Some scholars believe that the horned dragon and the unicorn are subspecies of each other. Compared with the horned dragon, the unicorn is rarer and often only appears in remote desert areas.

And the unicorn is the first monster in the entire game series that can only be hunted by one person, because it comes from the story of "Kokot Hero".

In the era when the hunter profession had not yet taken shape, a young man of the dragon tribe fought alone with a simple one-handed sword and protective gear to protect the village invaded by the unicorn. After a long battle, he finally defeated the unicorn and took off its true red horn.

With this opportunity, the profession of hunter was gradually established and developed, and hunting the unicorn was regarded as a challenge to obtain the name of "hero".

In order to commemorate the "Kokot Hero", hunters who really want to gain honor will spontaneously choose to hunt the unicorn alone and obtain the true red horn that is given the symbol of "hero's certificate".

There is a rumor that when fighting with hunters, if another large monster breaks into the battlefield, the unicorn will first attack the intruder. Some people think that this is a manifestation of the unicorn's pride.

This behavior of monsters and hunters choosing to fight alone because of self-esteem and honor adds a sense of ritual and sacredness to this challenge.

Although the unicorn does not have any particularly unique ecology, it is given a unique meaning because of the "hero certificate" that symbolizes the beginning of the hunter.

"The skull is the same as the unicorn, but the color is white."

Su Yi exchanged more information with Tianhuilong and finally determined: "It should be a subspecies of the unicorn, a more powerful white unicorn."

The difference between the unicorn and the white unicorn is a bit like the difference between the horned dragon and the black horned dragon.

Because of its scarcity, the ecology of the white unicorn still has many mysteries, so it is unknown whether its true situation is a special case like "the black horned dragon is a pregnant horned dragon".

"Thank you for your hard work!" Su Yi gently hugged Tianhuilong's head to express his gratitude.

"Cry" Tianhuilong accepted Su Yi's thanks.

"Have a good rest."

Su Yi took back Tianhuilong, then looked around and said, "Find a place to set up camp, and then go back."

Tianhuilong was the white one-horned dragon he met in the desert outside the sand plain. After fighting with it, he came to the sand plain to rest. It would be a waste of time to find it now, so there is no need to think about it for the time being.

Su Yi took back other partners, and he and Lucao rode on Steel Armored Crow to continue exploring the valley.

There are many traces of broken walls in the valley, and some building ruins have been "swallowed" by rocks, with only slight traces.

"Maybe we can set up a camp in the ruins."

The entrances of some ruins are narrow and located inside the rock wall, which is very concealed.

With this as the goal, Steel Armored Crow looked for traces of ruins on the rock wall in the valley.

Not long after, Su Yi found a ruin on a platform halfway up the mountain. There were several broken walls outside the ruins of the broken stone house, and the entrance could not be found without careful observation.

"It's a good place to hide." Su Yi took back the Steel Armor Crow, squeezed into the ruins with Dew Grass, and then walked into the ruins.

The ruins here were buried by wind and sand. Over time, they have merged with the rock mountain formed over the years, so it looks like a cave supported by the ruins.

Walking into it, the space in the cave ruins is quite spacious. It looks like a warehouse or something like that. There are several rooms inside, but strangely, Su Yi found some wooden boards, wooden barrels, and broken utensils.

"It doesn't look like a relic that has been buried for a long time, but has been placed here recently." Su Yi immediately became alert and released the Dragon God Pill in his hand.

Cautiously going deeper, there were some traces of activity in the ruins, and then some sounds. As he got closer, Su Yi heard the movement clearly.

"Meow. Meow!"

"Ah! Gaa!"

"Hold it meow!"

"It's for dinner tonight meow!"

"Elu cat?" Su Yi looked curiously towards the room where the sound came from, and saw several Elu cats and Melalu using a worn-out net to catch a pterosaur with a golden fleshy crest.

"Is that a king pterosaur?" Su Yi said in surprise.

The king pterosaur is a rare environmental creature that can only be encountered in the sand plains during the day. It is a collection element in the game.

Although it is an environmental creature, the size of the king pterosaur is comparable to that of an eagle. It is naturally incomparable to a large monster, but it is not out of place in the Pokémon world.

"Meow?! It's a hunter meow! How did you get in meow!" A leading Melalu screamed, and the other cats immediately looked at Su Yi with caution.

Melalu, an orc creature with the same form as Elu cat, is also commonly known as a black cat because its fur is mostly black.

Although there are individuals with black fur among the Feycats, the biggest difference between Melalue and Feycats is their personality. Although they are both very curious, Melalue is more curious, to the point of being a bit bad. They like to play pranks and steal, so they are also called thief cats.

Melalues ​​are generally not welcomed in human society, but some Melalues ​​do things down-to-earth and win the trust of some humans.

Feycats in the wild will not be at odds with Melalues, but will unite to resist foreign enemies and survive together.

"I'm just a hunter passing by. I want to ask, are you going to eat the King Pterosaur?" Su Yi asked.

"Meow! Are you going to steal our prey when you break into our territory, meow? Although we Melalu have a bad reputation among humans, we did not steal or rob. This guy was captured by our efforts. Meow!"

"Don't try to snatch Meow away!" The leader, Meila Lu, stood uncompromisingly in front of Su Yi with her hair furrowing and holding a worn-out knife.

"Su Yi, meow, what he said makes sense, meow." Lucao scratched his head.

Su Yi twitched the corner of his mouth, it made sense.

Although Melalu was not welcome, Su Yi had nothing to do with their own affairs. He just felt that it was a waste of money for King Pterosaur to be treated like a chicken.

Thinking of this, Su Yi couldn't help but think of the hot spring golden monkey that failed to capture.

Su Yi said calmly: "Don't be angry, I don't want to rob you of the prey you deserve, but I want to exchange it with you."

"Exchange? What do you give in exchange for Meow?" The leader, Melalu, was still wary.

Su Yi shrugged: "Of course it's meat. The King Pterosaur doesn't have much meat. I'll trade it with you for some herbivorous dragon meat."

After saying that, Su Yi exited the room, took out a few pieces of herbivorous dragon meat from the "Hunting Guide" in the blind spot of their vision, and then walked in again.

"Meow! So much meat, meow!"

"Enough to feed us for several days, meow!" The cats drooled looking at the fresh chunks of meat.

"Are you really willing to trade this meat with us?" Melalu said in surprise. This meat is much more than what the King's Pterosaur has.

"Of course, do you want to change?" Su Yi nodded.

"Of course, meow!" Melalu agreed immediately. In this sandy plain where supplies are in short supply, nothing is as real as food.

"That's a pleasant transaction." Su Yi smiled slightly and exchanged goods with Mayra Lu.

Su Yi pinched the king's pterosaur by its neck like a chicken and took it out of the net. The little guy shivered. It had just escaped from a wolf's mouth, and it was like a tiger's den.

"Don't worry, little guy, I won't eat you." Su Yi took out the capture ball with a smile.

On the other side, the cats did not eat the meat right away, but cut it carefully and planned to dry it and store it. Food is precious, so you need to budget carefully.

At this time, the leader Melalu came over and asked tentatively: "Hunter, are you still interested in exchanging other things with us?"

Su Yi turned around to look curiously and said, "That depends on what it is."

"They are some things dug from the ruins, meow!" Melalu ran to another room, and with a clanking sound, he ran over with an armful of sundries.

Su Yi squatted down and looked at the pile of debris, some old coins, broken and damaged weapons, unknown monster material fragments, minerals, bones, etc.

For Su Yi, only minerals and animal bones have some value. Old coins may be sold as antiques, but who knows?

"Huh?" Just when Su Yi was about to change something casually, a roll of animal skin came into his field of vision.

"This is the cat we got from a small box found in the ruins." Melalu introduced.

Su Yi unfolded the animal skin scroll, and a map was drawn on it using an unknown method. However, it became a little dim due to the passage of time, but the route and icons were still barely visible.

"This... this is incredible!" Su Yi was secretly shocked.

Although the route was confusing, the icons within it were barely distinguishable.

A "whale" with huge teeth rushed out of the sand sea, followed by a group of sand fish. In a ruins piled with the remains of a sand ship, the Mantis Queen sat on her throne.

"Information about Fengshan Dragon and Pavilion Mantis!"

Su Yi's spirit perked up, but then quickly calmed down.

I don’t know how long this animal skin scroll has been kept, and it is uncertain whether the information on it is valid, not to mention that the routes and road signs on it may change or disappear due to the erosion of time.

Moreover, if you want to capture a super-large ancient dragon that exceeds 100 meters like Fengshan Dragon, you will definitely not be able to capture it unless the "Hunting Guide" provides a specific capture ball.

At most, it can be mined or stripped of materials like Lockrak's "Fengshan Dragon Harvest Festival".

"I want this animal skin roll!" Although it may not be useful, Su Yi still put the animal skin roll away carefully.

"Hey, meow, you can call me black fur ball, meow. I want to ask you if you can get a weapon, meow?" Melalu, whose name is black fur ball, said with a smile.

"You still want weapons?"

Su Yi thought they would continue to ask for food or medicine.

Black Fur Ball explained: "No matter what, cats can survive as long as they have force. Wandering cats like us can only rely on ourselves."

"Okay, I can buy weapons for you, but they won't be weapons made of rare materials. You can also mine ore for me, and I will help you make weapons."

"Then it's up to you, meow~ By the way, help us get some mining picks for mining, our base camp is here, meow." Black Hair Ball said happily.

Anyway, these animal skin rolls are no different from garbage here. It would be nice to exchange them for something, and even if the other party breaks their promise, they will not lose anything.

Su Yi rode the steel-armored crow and flew up the rock mountain, looking into the distance.

Further north is the Loklak Desert. There may be many secrets buried in the sand in that desert.