Chapter 231: Chapter 230 Peace time
The tremors did not come from where Bechymos and the Overmind were, but from … the mountain peak?
The collapse continued all the way to the foot of the mountain, but in fact, it did not spread to the area with hot springs and hot water. Instead, it stopped at the periphery.
In other words, the canyon formed in the subterranean world had extended all the way to this location before stopping.
But now, a large number of cracks had appeared on the cliff at the end of the canyon. These cracks were getting bigger and bigger, causing the ground to tremble incessantly like an earthquake, as if something was about to burst out.
It seemed that because the collapse had just ended, the ground could be unstable everywhere. Lin had a familiar feeling about this phenomenon. It was a feeling that was commonly used in the sea …
Boom! Suddenly, a large amount of black liquid gushed out from the ruptured cracks!
The black liquid emitted waves of smoke and seemed to be very hot. Sizzling sounds were heard as it rushed into the sea, and a huge amount of steam rose from the sea.
This liquid was more commonly seen in the potholes at the foot of the mountain. Lin believed that it was because it contained a lot of poisonous ingredients that caused no plants to grow at the foot of the mountain. However, there were many fungi, small beetles and other creatures moving about in the potholes.
The liquid that gushed out seemed to be more viscous than the potholes. It could be said that it was a kind of black mud. When it gushed into the cold water, not only did it produce a lot of steam, it was also affected by the temperature of the water and began to harden.
The mud in the water solidified and hardened into a rock-like structure. A large amount of mud was still gushing out from the cracks. The mud solidified in the water. It piled higher and higher. In the end, it even reached the surface of the water.
It seemed that this problem had to be solved.
Suddenly, a huge creature that was spinning non-stop rushed out of the water and crashed into the cliff crack that was spewing mud.
Lin's Pathfinder had replaced most of the crustaceans during the few days when the seawater rushed into the subterranean world and the collapse. It swam to this position. Lin originally wanted to use it to probe the lava at the foot of the mountain, but now was the perfect time to deal with this problem.
Boom!
The Pathfinder's impact created an even bigger hole in the crack. The high-temperature mud immediately burst out, but Lin did not feel any heat at all. Not to mention being scalded. It seemed that the shell of a Purgatory Worm was indeed very effective.
Then, the Pathfinder moved its head up and down to make the hole wider, allowing more mud to gush out. Then, the Pathfinder turned its head and rushed back into the water. It rotated its body to mince the solidified mud at the bottom of the water so that the mud could not pile up in the water. Thus, the mud continued to pour into the water.
In this way, the Pioneer continued to grind the solidified mud that had rushed into the water. This prevented the mud from piling up high and continued to pour into the water. Finally, the mud spewing out of the hole in the cliff began to lessen. He slowly came to a stop.
Just as Lin thought, there wasn't a lot of mud here. Instead of blocking it, it was better to let it leak out.
Now, the mud fragments that had been crushed by the pioneers had dyed a large area of the water black. Although the mud was poisonous, it was only poisonous to some creatures. It was different from the toxins in the sea. Many creatures could decompose the mud, so it would not cause any harm to the water in the canyon. On the contrary, it might attract more creatures.
However, because the canyon was cracked, Lin couldn't use the Pathfinder to drill into the foot of the mountain. She didn't know if there would be any problems. It wouldn't be good if lava erupted. It was better to go to the volcano at the bottom of the sea to take a look.
With that in mind, Lin ordered the Pathfinder to swim in the direction of the sea.
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After this small incident, everything became calm once again …
There was no collapse, and no major incident happened. A large number of creatures quickly adapted to this new canyon. Some creatures built nests here and began to hunt and live on top of it. The huge Hometree was loved by a large number of flying creatures. They competed for various nests on top of it.
In addition to dragonflies, there were also beetles and cockroaches that could fly. However, Lin recently discovered some flying reptiles. A layer of membrane grew between their limbs, allowing them to fly in the air for a short period of time.
The flying creatures occupied the Hometree, and many creatures that originally liked to live by the river entered the water of the canyon. These creatures generally only hunted in the water, but there were also creatures like the land shark that could adapt to both fresh water and seawater. They could travel through the canyon to the sea. This way, the sea would recover faster. This collapse might be a good thing.
In addition to studying these creatures, Lin also studied the species' ancient squid. '
After the group of ancient squids took away the egg sac, Lin found that they hid under a safe rock and began to fight with each other. It seemed like they were fighting for the sac. In the end, the strongest pair of ancient squids obtained the sac.
The male and female ancient squids were identical in body shape and appearance. In fact, it was basically impossible to tell them apart from their appearance. After laying the eggs, the male and female ancient squids would take turns to look for food and take care of their young. The pair that obtained the sac was also a male and female ancient squid. They took out the egg from the sac and put it together with their own eggs to incubate.
It seemed like a very strange action. Although Lin had seen many creatures take care of their own young, this was the first time she had seen an ancient squid do something like this.
If an ancient squid found an egg of its own species and didn't take care of it, they would usually eat it. Although they usually didn't eat the corpses of their own species, they didn't hesitate to eat the egg. The fact that they were willing to take care of it meant that the egg was very special.
There was a need to continue observing it.
There were many other ancient squids that seemed to be planning to live in the canyon. They would use all kinds of debris as materials for their nests. Usually, there would be two or three pairs of ancient squids in a nest, but when they hunted, there would be dozens of them gathered. They were creatures full of adventurous spirit. Compared to eating corpses, they preferred to hunt. It was this that made Lin think that the ancient squid was a creature that was rapidly evolving and had a lot of observation value.
Generally, when a creature's behavior was plentiful to a certain extent, its evolution speed would become much faster. Take the Inca bugs for example. They had been parasites for a long time and had always changed slowly. However, when they became a division of labor species, their evolution speed suddenly increased rapidly.
While Lin was observing the ancient squids, many things were happening around her. The Cephalopod flew back above the clouds on the airship. It wanted to continue playing and admiring the scenery in the air, while Muketu led his troops to build a new rocky mountain next to the canyon. The abundant creatures here were very suitable for the rapid development of his tribe. Now, the Cephalopod's tribe had more new types of troops.
During this period, there were frequent storms. The sky was often covered by dark clouds and lightning. The downpour would last for an entire day, but on the second day, there would always be a cloudless sky … and a flood.
Because the sea level was not higher than the cliff at the edge of the desert, it was now only a few dozen meters above the cliff, so the seawater would not flood out of the canyon. However, under the pouring rain, the water would always flood out and flood the surrounding forest. However, the forest would quickly form a river and flow the water to the desert, where it would be absorbed by the endless sand. This formed a unique cycle.
As the desert became more and more humid, the Twisted Trees began to extend their roots into the desert. The Twisted Trees took a long time to grow from a seedling, but they could grow very quickly with their roots. Lin believed that if the rain continued, the Twisted Forest would cover the entire desert.
While all this was happening, the Inca bugs had also woken up.
It was not time to leave yet. They had awakened for another reason. They told Lin that they would not attack any creatures. They only needed to enter a certain area of the forest to dig.
Lin did not think much of it. She discovered that the Inca bugs were digging above the Qibucha bug nest in the Shining Forest. Their digging method was quite interesting. Every time they dug, they would make a hole with a spiral trapezoid structure. At the bottom of the hole, they dug out a strange stone. This stone was grey, and when light shone on it, it would reflect a very strong light.
Lin had seen this stone before, but she did not pay much attention to it.
After the Inca bugs dug out these stones, they would transport them back to the desert pit and place them neatly around the spiral staircase in the pit. It was said that this was what they used to leave.
Lin later discovered that during a thunderstorm, lightning would occasionally strike these strange stones, as if they could attract lightning.
Other than that, she did not discover anything else. The Inca bugs also said that they found these stones by chance and had never used them before. Indeed, the statues did not record these things, but the Inca bugs said that they should be able to flick them very far away.
Flick them very far away? Could such a thing happen in a pile of stones?
However, Lin did not think that 'such a thing can't happen'. Instead, she wanted to see what was going on.
The Inca bugs did not seem to be very sure either. This was their first attempt, and if they did not succeed, they said that they would leave for the ocean.
But now was not the time. Why? Because it was related to the ice and snow on the ocean, the Inca bugs planned to leave during winter.
Speaking of ice and snow, Lin also noticed that half of summer had already passed.
Day and night passed slowly. This summer was different from the past. There was a huge change in the Northern Continent. The creatures began to live an unprecedented life, growing in an environment with abundant food. Finally, the end of summer arrived. All the creatures welcomed the time when they should have come to an end. Floating astronomy.
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