Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 478 [Chapter of the Front Cabin of the Abyss] 22: Ecology of the Mining Area

Judging from the bone type, this snake bone should belong to some kind of highly venomous snakes of Reptilia, Neoserina, and Viperidae.

Chen Yan raised his head, following the light of the searchlight, he saw more snake bones from the rock wall——

Snake bones of different degrees of decay are densely arranged from the front to the end of the field of vision.

The rock wall of the mine here is not a large rock block that fits perfectly, but a gravel area composed of countless large and small black rocks, and the snake bones are stored in the gaps in the black gravel.

Chen Yan silently turned on the camera of her mobile phone and took pictures of the scenes she saw along the way.

Walking in the mine tunnel, he saw the densely packed snake bones in the crevices of the gravel, and shivered violently, an inexplicable thought came to his mind:

'This damn place looks like... a graveyard! '

He shuddered at this thought, and couldn't help approaching the rock wall while advancing, and saw that the black gravel seemed to be connected by some kind of "colloidal moss" that had solidified.

The so-called "colloidal moss" is something that looks like moss, which has both the "viscous state" of colloid and the "granular state" of moss.

This kind of weird thing...Chen Yan no longer knew how to define it.

'Since it is in this form, it is probably some kind of bacterial organism. '

He also finally understood that it was this kind of thing that connected countless black gravels, making it the entire rock formation under the A-17 fan blade.

Chen Yan saw that snake kiss rocks usually appear where the "colloidal moss" is located.

'This colloid...is snake skin?Or something that rots...or melts? '

'moss……

Why does it look like moss?
Are moss-shaped bacterial organisms more likely to survive in such an environment? '

Thinking of this, two guesses appeared in Chen Yan's head:

'First guess:
After these strange snakes died, their corpses were eaten by the scavenging moss-shaped bacterial creatures.

The metabolites of bacterial organisms after eating are this jelly. '

As he followed the team forward, he was immersed in his own guesses:

'Second guess:

After these strange snakes died, their corpses were parasitized by this bacterial organism and turned into this 'gelatinous moss' form. '

'No matter which kind of guess it is, it eventually led to the [gelation] of bacterial organisms, which stuck the black gravel together, and made the entire A-17 fan blade...even the Omega sector! '

Chen Yan summed up his speculation in his heart:

'The strange snakes used this place as a cemetery, and they slept here. Their body fluids caused this black rock to undergo a certain [alienation], thus turning it into a snake-kissed rock that can emit electric energy. '

’ Meanwhile, some unknown bacterial organism was feeding on their corpses. '

'After the bacterial organisms combined with the strange snake in a certain way, they presented the current [Jelly body] form. Countless such [Jelly bodies] stabilized the entire A-17 fan blade, and even the entire Omega Sector of rock formations. '

Chen Yan realized that he had discovered something extraordinary, and the mobile phone in his hand faithfully recorded everything he saw.

After thinking about the problem, Chen Yan only had curiosity about the strange snake group in his heart.

Chen Yan recalled that since he entered the ground, he had seen three different types of strange snakes.

The first type is found in the waterways of caves entering the ground, which can be called alien anacondas;
The second type was found outside the checkpoint in the middle part of the A-17 fan blade in the Omega sector. It has undergone serious morphological alienation, and it is impossible to tell what type of snake it is;
The third type is the Viperidae snake bone found here.

The three kinds of strange snakes have different shapes, but according to the investigation of Chen Yan and his teammates, they have a common feature, that is, they all carry a certain strain.

For the time being, Chen Yan didn't know what this strain was. He only knew that the strange snake parasitized by this strain exhibited a "psychedelic effect" similar to the city of overlapping peaks [brain ball strain].

So, is this strain related to the [Brain Ball Strain] in the city of overlapping peaks?

Chen Yan couldn't help thinking that there are different groups of strange snakes in different underground locations. So, are these strange snakes the aborigines of this place?

According to the knowledge he had learned, there should not be such a large group of snakes in such a deep place underground—according to the knowledge of ordinary biology, such a deep underground environment is not suitable for the survival of most snakes.

But too many weird events have happened in places like the Omega sector, and it is completely impossible to speculate with normal biological science knowledge.

Reasoning breaks down here.

Because of this, Chen Yan became vigilant, because he found that his reasoning was based on the [ordinary biology] on the surface, not the extraordinary [abnormal biology].

The previously learned knowledge may no longer be useful, and the previous survival experience on the surface is no longer applicable underground.

This made Chen Yan feel alienated in his heart, as if he had come to another completely different world.

This feeling had appeared when I first entered the ground, but now, with such a huge cemetery and "tomb passage" in front of me, this feeling appeared again with great intensity.

'Why do I suddenly have such a [sense of alienation]?Is it because of synaesthesia with the surrounding things? '

Chen Yan looked at his hands that had been put on the miner's gloves, shook his head slightly, and got rid of distracting thoughts.

'Like everyone else, I have a lot of mental stress in this environment. '

He is gradually sober.

'I already know some information about the underground, and with the help of Tungus the Ball and Perrett the Bald, this kind of mental pressure has actually been relieved. '

'But after arriving at this place... the oppressive feeling of this scene was too strong, and there was a small burst of mental pressure. '

Turning his attention back, Chen Yan looked at the mine road in front of him filled with green light, and thought in his heart:

"This is the tomb passage of the monster snake group...there won't be any big things buried under it..."

Chen Yan knew before that the Snake Kiss Rock, which can generate electricity, was transformed from something secreted by the strange snake group.

He also knew before that the underground of the Omega sector is the cemetery of the strange snake group.

But today, when he saw the tomb-like mine with his own eyes, his mood was still very complicated, especially after noticing the snake bones in the cracks in the rocks, he ignored the dense snake bones mixed in the cracks around the mine. It won't drop.

The dense snake bones prove the "prosperity" of this place. Was this a snake cave for some type of strange snake?

A snake cave nearly 3000 meters underground?
Chen Yan thought to himself, these things just look like snakes, just like the alien anaconda with multiple pairs of compound eyes and wings in the cave waters, they are not snakes at all.

What kind of creature is the strange snake?Why do you gather here?What is the relationship between these underground strange snakes and the giant snake in the city of overlapping peaks?

No one could give him an answer.

After passing through the slanting mine tunnel area, people finally entered a relatively gentle mine tunnel with accumulated water.

This water-logged mine tunnel is also a regular hexagon dug out by Xiaoguai. Although there is water below the feet that submerges the ankles, there are still hard rocks under the water.

The sound of the engine gradually became louder, and everyone was almost certain that the sound of the engine of the shuttle mining machine came from the next corner of the mine tunnel.

(End of this chapter)