Several scholars immediately gathered around and took the crystal to examine it.
"Old Zhou was right. There are indeed signs of artificial closure. It wasn't formed naturally."
"Strange. Since these worms were so dangerous, why didn't the Ancient People dispose of them after capturing them? Why preserve them instead?"
"Perhaps they wanted to study them?"
"Are you saying the Ancient People had also mastered biology?"
"They might not have developed a systematic theory, but their understanding of everything in the Ruins could only surpass ours."
When the crystal reached a young scholar, he failed to hold it securely, and it suddenly slipped from his hands.
A wave of startled cries immediately rose from the crowd.
"Careful!"
But by then, the crystal had already hit the ground.
Everyone quickly scattered, afraid that the crystal would shatter and the worm inside would escape.
Fortunately, the crystal remained intact.
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
"Little Li, how could you be so careless? Thank goodness this thing didn't break. What would we have done if it had shattered?" The scholar surnamed Zhou, who had discovered the Galling Worm, walked over while scolding him.
As he reached down to pick up the crystal, he suddenly noticed that countless hair-thin cracks had appeared around the tiny gap in the crystal that had been filled with gel.
Old Zhou let out a puzzled sound. Just then, the young scholar ran over.
"I'm sorry, Professor Zhou. I'll pick it up, I'll pick it up."
The young scholar reached out toward the crystal, but Professor Zhou suddenly knocked his hand away.
"Professor Zhou, what are you—?"
Professor Zhou pulled him back. "Don't touch it. That thing seems to have cracked."
"Cracked?"
Hearing that, Luo Yan hurried over and saw that traces had already begun spreading