Chapter 2455: Death Bell Beetle

"No! No! Of course not!" Elder Gu was full of horror and shook his head repeatedly, "This is not a joke, my old man hasn't lived enough yet!"
Qiao An smiled sympathetically, waved goodbye to Dundi Beast, controlled the "Peeping Eye" to explore the way, and continued to explore in the direction pointed by Dundi Beast.
The glass magic eye flew in the rugged underground tunnel for half an hour, and the terrain in front of it turned wide, and there were indeed two fork roads in the empty cave.
With the help of "Mythology Link", Qiao Ann's sight looks at the fork in the road through the magic eye.
The messy scratches are clearly visible near the intersection on the left side of the grotto, most of which are traces left by the frequent entry and exit of death bell beetles. On the right side, a hundred yards away, the entrance of the tunnel is almost completely covered by the "eyes of air spores", scattered around the periphery. Broken bones and nail pieces suggest potential danger.
Qiao An cut the observation angle back to the main body, pulled Elder Gua directly to the cave where the fork was located, shaking the Stygian robe, and the flesh and blood body turned into a ghost, quietly drifting to the "air spore eye area."
"Little mage! Are you really going to provoke the beholder, are you?" The old marshman hurriedly chased up to discourage him. "Although you are already a 15th-level mage, don't forget that the ten eyes of the beholder can be released at will With different magic rays, the ability to cast spells is equivalent to that of a quasi-legendary warlock!"
"It is said that the beholder can also open a kind of supernatural enchantment called the'anti-magic cone', like an enhanced version of the'anti-magic field', in case it is covered by the'anti-magic cone', no matter how strong your mana is I can't show it!"
"Of course I know this." Qiao Ann turned around and said to Gammado, "If the beholder's main eye opens the ‘anti-magic cone’, then her own magic ray will also be suppressed and she can only fight hand-to-hand."
"How about hand-to-hand combat? We still can't win the beholder!" Elder Gu said with a wry smile, "The beholder is treacherous by nature and will definitely set up all kinds of insidious and vicious traps in his lair, raising a large group of servants, plus The beholder's own melee ability is not bad, and there is a conflict in its lair, and even the legendary strong may not be sure of winning! Little mage, I beg you, don't go to death!"
"Elder, don't be so nervous, okay, I didn't intend to explore the Beholder Cave today. I just want to observe the terrain and record the coordinates here. Maybe it will be useful in the future."
Qiao An took out the "navigation compass" and showed him the map coordinates just saved.
Of course the old marshman could see that this bold little mage did not completely give up his thoughts of exploring the beholder cave, otherwise, why bother to write down the coordinates of this place, sighed, and couldn't say much.
Qiao An put away the "navigation compass", returned to the tunnel entrance on the left, and remotely "watched the magic eye" into the deep tunnel to investigate.
The tunnel is about two hundred yards long, and at the end is connected a honeycomb-like nest, where you can see busy beetles coming and going.
Obviously it is a coleopteran insect, but the death bell beetle has a habit closer to that of an ant. It is good at digging sand with its powerful jaws, continuously widening the space inside the nest, and digging tunnels to the outside world.
The death knell beetle looks similar to the picture in the literature. It has a bright red hard carapace, and a huge chitinous protrusion extends from the forehead. The shape resembles a bell mouth, and sometimes it emits a humming sound, which seems to be passing through this kind of "trumpet". "To communicate with the same kind.
Qiao An didn't understand why this creature was named "death beetle".
The "bell" sounds when it is struck by an external force, and the horn is a wind instrument. From the perspective of the way of pronunciation, this creature is named "horn beetle"-or "horn beetle" like the elder beast. More appropriate.
Thirty-six glass magic eyes are scattered in all corners of the nest. Qiao An keeps changing the viewing angle and initially estimated that the total number of death bell beetles in the nest is between one and two hundred, most of which are nymphs no more than five feet in length. According to current observations, the number of adults accounts for only about one-seventh of the entire population.
Judging from the age distribution of the death bell beetle population, Qiao An suspects that this supernatural insect is in the nymph stage for most of its life. Once it is fully developed and mature, the life span will be very short, and the mission of mating and reproduction must be fulfilled as soon as possible. Among the insects in nature, this phenomenon is not uncommon.
Are creatures that are about to die after they reach adulthood, are they really suitable as druids' animal companions?
Qiao An was deeply suspicious of this, and asked Elder Gu for advice.
"Don't worry about that. The soul contract between our druids and animal partners can transform animal partners from ordinary animals or insects into magical creatures. As long as I am alive, my animal partners will not die of old age." Explained with a smile.
Qiao An nodded knowingly, switched his observation angle to the nest again, and turned on the "Advanced Endoscopy" through a glass magic eye to detect the nearby immature death bell beetle.
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Reconnaissance target: death bell beetle (nymph) (medium supernatural insect, coleoptera)×75
Life level: 6
Attributes: Strength 18, Dexterity 12, Constitution 18, Intelligence 1, Wisdom 11, Charisma 11
Characteristics: insect characteristics, dark vision, sensitive sense of smell, sonic damage absorption, burrowing, sonic screaming (30-foot cone spread, causing 5 energy level sonic damage), other (unproved)
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During the trance investigation, Qiao An vaguely heard the crisp cracking of the glass, and couldn't help but stunned. He quickly counted the "Peeping Eyes", and it turned out that one had just been damaged.
In fact, this was just an accident.
The death knell beetle did not realize that its nest was being monitored, but communicated with the same kind in the distance through the sound waves emitted by the flared antennae above its head, and the unfortunate glass magic eye happened to be in the sound wave diffusion area, and the fragile glass bead was able to bear it. Unable to stop the sonic impact, burst on the spot.
The horn-shaped organ of the death bell beetle has both the function of vocalization and listening. It has a very keen sense of hearing. Hearing abnormal movements, one after another turned around, the overhead horn hummed, probably discussing how a pile of broken glass smashed out of thin air in the nest .
After a brief and fierce debate, the death knell beetles seem to have reached a consensus that this anomaly is regarded as an ominous omen. It is necessary to conduct a thorough investigation outside the nest to find out whether there are other uninvited guests sneaking in. .
Qiao An hurriedly remotely controlled the remaining thirty-five glass magic eyes and flew to a secluded corner to hide, but the death knell beetles were obviously more familiar with their lair than him, and soon several magic eyes were exposed and were blasted by "sound waves". Into broken glass slag.
Various signs indicate that the nest has been invaded by criminals, and the death knell beetles rioted, lined up into the tunnel leading to the outside of the nest, and expanded their patrol range.
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