Ye An

The lightning and thunder finally disappeared, but the rain never stopped.

The pattering raindrops are drawn into a thread, scattered with the wind, and spread a large transparent mist.

Ye An walked all the way and found that the topography of this highland was somewhat similar to that of an isolated island. It looked like a mountain peak, the bottom was submerged, and only the top of the mountain was exposed to the water.

The soil on the ground was soaked by rain, and it was very soft to step on, and it was easy to slip or even sink.

Bypassing the jagged flaky rocks, Ye An accidentally stepped into a puddle of water.The bottom of the puddle was soft wet mud. Without warning, his calf sank in an instant, the cold wet mud wrapped around his knees, and he fell forward.

"Be careful."

Xiao Yun reacted very quickly, immediately grabbed Ye An's arm and pulled him up.

Ye An held Xiao Yun's forearm instead, stepped back, exerted strength on one leg, and quickly pulled out the calf.

Looking at the puddle in front of him, muddy water was gurgling out from the place he stepped into just now, as if a mutant beast was rolling on the ground, constantly arching the mud, and might break out of the ground at any time.

"It's a little weird."

The more Ye An looked, the more curious he became. He didn't perceive the existence of any will or emotion, but there seemed to be living things hidden underground.

"Is there something down here?" Xiao Yun asked.

"Not sure." Ye An squatted down, put his arms on his knees, and stared at the puddle for a long time, with a strange feeling that was still lingering.

Looking up, there are many such puddles ahead. If they are all in a similar situation, things are absolutely unusual.

"I'm going to dig it out and have a look." Ye An said.

While speaking, he got up and walked towards a nearby stone pile, intending to break off a few pieces from it.

"Don't be so troublesome." Xiao Yun pulled him back and activated his ability at the same time. The white cold frost floated around the two of them, gathered into a strand and penetrated into the ground, extending down along the puddles, reaching a certain depth, and forming flakes diffusion.

Umbrellas of ice opened up beneath the ground, lifting swathes of wet mud.Everything hidden under the mud can't be hidden, and they can see it all.

"What is this?" Seeing what was hidden under the puddle, Ye An couldn't help showing doubts.

Under the mud is a large piece of uneven rock, which has been washed by the rain and become colorful.

There are a large number of strange-looking objects scattered on the rock. It looks like a long bag with an opening at the top, and it is empty inside. It is attached to the rock, like a living creature, but it cannot perceive any will or emotion.

These weird creatures were of different sizes, the smallest was no bigger than Ye An's little finger, and the largest was almost as big as his entire palm.

Driven by curiosity, Ye An moved closer, drew out his dagger, and touched the nearest one with the tip of the knife.

Still no response.

"Strange, what the hell is this?"

Ye An withdrew his hand, unable to determine the species of creatures in front of him, but judging from the current findings, they did not pose any threat.

Just as he was thinking this way, a few ospreys suddenly flew over his head.

When the warship docked, the ospreys also flew down and gathered around the rock pile to rest.These ospreys flew by suddenly, they should have found their prey and were about to hunt for food.

Ye An raised his arms to cover his forehead, thinking that the ospreys would fly away, but unexpectedly they suddenly changed direction and flew down towards the place where the two were.

Seeing Osprey's actions, Ye An was a little stunned, and shrugged his shoulders to Xiao Yun who was also puzzled, saying that he didn't understand it either.

The Osprey was very fast, flying down from the sky one after another, and pounced on the strange creature Ye An had discovered before.

These creatures are firmly attached to the rocks, and they cannot move even if the osprey approaches. They are eaten by the osprey one by one, leaving large white scars on the rocks.

The osprey ate happily, digging open the outer layer with its mouth, swallowing the meat and internal organs in one gulp, and emptied the large rock in a blink of an eye.

Through the memory of the Osprey, Ye An learned that this creature should have lived in the sea.Why it appears here is unknown.There are indications that the time should not be short, long enough for them to evolve and mutate to adapt to life in fresh water, just like the biological population in a shipwreck on an isolated island.

The news of the food discovery spread, and more and more ospreys flew over.Fishing in the water is likely to encounter water scorpions, which is far less labor-saving than hunting prey like this.

Ye An's original route was occupied by the Osprey. When encountering mud that had not been excavated, the Osprey would use tools to pick up rocks with its mouth and shovel away the mud piece by piece, which made Ye An amazed.

In a short period of time, most of the rocks were emptied, and apart from traces of white or blue, there were no living things attached to the surface, and everything became empty.

The ospreys were still not full, so they raised their necks and called a few times, and flew up with wings, flying over the heads of Ye An and Xiao Yun in flocks, hunting for food farther away.

Osprey harvested a feast, the road ahead was also cleared, and Ye An and Xiao Yun moved forward as planned.

After passing a rock with coral characteristics, Ye An suddenly stopped, pulled out his dagger, cut off the uneven outer layer of the rock, and dug out the prey that was not found by the osprey.

Holding this weird creature in his hands, Ye An felt no hostility, danger, fear or panic.Even if he passed his emotions to the past, there was still no response at all.

After thinking about it, Ye An's mind flashed, and he suddenly thought of a marine creature.

"Sea squirt?"

The strange species that will digest its own brain after adulthood is also unique in the ocean.Judging from the appearance, it is indeed very similar, and the color is also transparent, but I don't know if it can be imported after being mutated.

According to common sense, ospreys can feed, so they should belong to edible species, and it should be no problem for humans to eat them.

Seeing Ye An holding the sea squirt silently, Xiao Yun couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

"It's not wrong." Ye An still stared at his palm, "I was thinking..."

"Thinking about what?"

"how to eat."

Xiao Yun: "..."

The other party suddenly became silent, Ye An turned his head in surprise, and asked, "Why?"

"No." Xiao Yun shook his head, "Are you sure you want to eat this?"

"You have eaten?"

"I have eaten it once, and the taste is hard to describe."

When Xiao Yun was young, he wandered with his protectors for a period of time.It wasn't a bad time, but it wasn't a good time either.

The man once took him back to the ruins of Haicheng. This memory once appeared in a dream and was perceived by Ye An.During that time, he ate a lot of marine life, all of which were caught by men from the offshore, including sea squirts.

Men like the smell of sea squirts very much, but Xiao Yun does not.He will never touch it again if it is not life-threatening and it is not a last resort.

At first, he didn't recognize this kind of creature. After all, most of the things he ate were processed by men, so they couldn't see the original appearance.It wasn't until the Osprey chipped away at the outer layer that his memory came back to life.

Ye An looked at Xiao Yun, his expression was puzzled at first, then slowly changed to bewilderment, and finally the corners of his mouth turned up, even his eyes curled up.

Xiao Yun looked at him, even without Ye An's ability, he could guess what he was thinking at the moment.Coughing in embarrassment, he turned his head to avoid Ye An's sight for the first time.

Ye An took some effort not to laugh out loud.

As they got to know each other better, he found that Xiao Yun's real character was quite different from the initial impression.

Who would have thought that the lord of the Hunter City, whose calves would tremble when he lifted it, would be picky about food?

"It's getting late, and we have to hurry." Xiao Yun's expression was a little stiff.

"Okay, let's go." Ye An's mouth was never pressed down, but before leaving, he put the sea squirt back on the rock, and did not intend to take it away.

"Don't you want to try it?" Xiao Yun asked.

"Yeah." Ye An didn't deny it.

"I'm not used to the taste, but it doesn't mean it's bad." Xiao Yun continued.

"I understand." Ye An approached with a smile, put one arm on Xiao Yun's shoulder, and said, "If you say that, you will feel uncomfortable when you see it? Don't deny it, I understand that feeling."

Xiao Yun looked sideways at Ye An and said after a long time, "To take care of me?"

"Of course." Ye An withdrew his arm, bent down to pick up a strip of stone, and turned it between his fingers.The stone looks hard, but in fact it shatters when pinched. It is still hollow inside, with only a shell on the outside, which is as light as dry bark.

"Thank you." Xiao Yun lowered his gaze.

"No need." Ye An waved his hand, "With our relationship, we should take care of it."

After saying that, Ye An crushed the stone, slapped off the crumbs in his palm, and took the lead to move forward.

Xiao Yun was two steps behind him, looking at Ye An's back, his eyes were filled with emotion, as if boiling.