Chapter 286: Chapter 285
The light of the flames corresponded to the sunlight in the sky, spreading and burning in the fungus forest.
Countless creatures rushed out of the forest. They were crazy and aggressive, and there were a lot of them. Although most of them were burned into charred bones by the flames of the predators, they did not stop there...
"Guh...!" A fungus monster with cysts all over its body lunged at a group of predators that were spitting flames. Lin immediately ordered the predators to dodge, and the monster missed and fell on the ground covered by the Bacteriophages. The slimy body swallowed it like a swamp, and countless tiny creatures surrounded the fungus-infected creature. It was going to be decomposed by a huge amount of dissolving fluid.
But this was only one of them. There were more smaller fungus monsters rushing out of the mushroom forest. They did not flinch at all in the face of the predators' flames. Instead, they used their bodies as their only means of attack.
The predators stood on top of the Bacteriophages, and they spread out to face any incoming enemy. Even if these creatures did not get burned, they would be devoured by the Bacteriophages, and the rest would be burned to ashes by the predators. But their numbers were so great that Lin's Bacteriophages could not continue to expand.
How many creatures had the plague fungus infected?
To the north of the Bacteriophages, a large group of Fungal Monsters about a meter long appeared. They were running toward them in a group. Lin immediately ordered the surrounding Predators to gather and aim their flamethrowers at the Fungal Monsters …
Whoosh!
With the light of the flames, the flesh of these creatures began to peel off and disintegrate. Finally, only their skeletons were left in the flames...
This scene would trigger fear in some creatures. For example, the young wyverns that were standing in front of Lin Sanjiu with the headworm would hide in fear when they saw their skeletons being burned. But they were really fragrant when they were burned. If the headworm was here, its appetite might overcome its fear.
If the headworm was here, it might crazily want to eat. Lin did not know what would happen if it was infected by the fungus. She felt that the headworm might not be controlled by the fungus, or the fungus might not be able to deal with its complex brain structure and cause both of them to die.
No matter what, the headworm must not get close to the fungus...
With that in mind, Lin looked at the flickering flames around her. There were also those crazy creatures.
Speaking of which, she did not know how many groups of fungus monsters there were.
The plague fungus seemed to have infected a lot of creatures, but apart from the first one that was bigger, the others were not that big. They were about the size of the predators, and some were even smaller.
The flame-spitting predator that Lin was using was about two meters long and less than a meter tall. However, it could spit fire that was almost ten meters long.... The fuel was directly converted from the Bacteriophages under it. Lin used this method to deal with the fungus monsters that kept appearing..
Most of the fungus monsters were reptiles. Occasionally, there would be some arthropods mixed in because their skin, including their faces, were covered by a large amount of fungi. It was almost impossible to tell what kind of creatures they were originally. Their attack method was also very simple, which was to charge. Some creatures with claws or sharp teeth could not use their claws and mouths because they were covered by the fungus. They could only charge over and destroy the fungus covering their bodies, releasing a large amount of miasma.
But before that, they would either be burned or devoured by the Bacteriophages.
Lin couldn't rely on burning or devouring the Bacteriophages alone, because the green mycelium covering the ground contained moisture and couldn't be burned. The Bacteriophages might be able to devour the first or second group of fungus monsters, but if they kept coming, they would be hit by the next group of fungus monsters before they could fully decompose, which was not a good thing.
Right now, the attacks weren't as fierce as before. There were only a few scattered fungus monsters wandering around. Lin had some of the predators chase after them, while the rest of them dragged back the roasted or burnt ones for the Bacteriophages to decompose and convert into nutrients.
Lin didn't see any signs of fungus monsters at all, which meant that they were most likely hiding underground. Perhaps these creatures were normally inactive and would only appear when the island was under attack.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know if this was the doing of the Chibucha insects or the fungi themselves, but it was definitely worth investigating.
Now that the surrounding fungus monsters had been dealt with, the 'Queen' at the center of the Bacteriophages began to give birth to more predators. The Queen was twice as large as the average predator, so she could give birth much faster. Lin originally wanted every predator to be able to give birth, but placing a single reproductive organ would be too much of a hindrance and severely affect their combat ability, so she concentrated all of them on a single predator.
The queen had given birth to little predators. They could eat the nutrient spheres of the Bacteriophages to grow quickly. Generally, arthropods needed to shed their skin continuously to grow, but the skin of the little predators had always been soft and would only harden when they were fully mature.
By relying on this method of rapid production, she could directly increase her troops in times of war! Predators that died in battle would also be quickly recovered without wasting any of them.
In the past, Lin had considered increasing the rebirth ability of her troops, but it wasn't that great of an ability. In order to regrow a forelimb, they would need to eat nutrients of the same weight as the forelimb, and it wasn't something that could be regrown casually. Since the troops had space to store nutrients, they might as well put in more muscle instead.
Now, Lin's troops were rapidly recovering and devouring the fungus monsters. As night approached, Lin had devoured a large number of fungus monsters — — the fragrant roasted remains.
These nutrients were formed into an army. Lin planned to use this army to explore the nearby underground. The holes under the floating pom-poms should be the passage leading to the 'nest' of the plague fungi.
'Nest' was a strange word. Did it refer to a very old nest?
Lin first mobilized a hundred predators. They were equipped with sharp claws and flamethrowers, but without the supply of the Bacteriophages, they wouldn't be able to use their own fuel for very long. Still, she just wanted them to explore the area first.
Lin found the nearest cave. This kind of cave was bottomless and completely shrouded in darkness. The predators quickly rushed in. They sprinted as fast as they could. No matter what kind of traps there were, they were not afraid at all.
This was because they were used to step on traps.
Unexpectedly, there were no traps inside, and the originally narrow space grew larger and larger. Lin ordered some of the predators to emit light, and the cave instantly became brighter.
This cave …
It was really ordinary.
There were rocks and soil all around, and Lin thought that the walls of the cave were covered by fungi. There were indeed some mycelium on the walls, but not a lot. The entire cave was vertical, and Lin's predators could hook their claws on the walls to prevent them from falling.
Since it was a vertical cave, the fungus monsters probably didn't climb up from here, but Lin still wanted to see how deep it was.
Lin ordered one of the predators to let go of its claws and fall from the cave wall. The surrounding scenery flashed past the predator at high speed, and only stopped after a few seconds …
Thud.
The predator landed on soft ground and did not suffer any damage.
The predator shone its light downwards and found that the ground was indeed covered by mycelium, and there were quite a lot of … Chibucha bugs on it.
The moment the predator shone on them, the swarm of Kibucha Bugs pounced on them! They kept making sharp noises, intending to besiege the predator.
What greeted them was a ball of fire.
The bugs in front of the predator were instantly engulfed in a sea of fire. The flames burned the mycelium covered ground instantly, illuminating the entire area.
Squeak! A large group of Chibucha bugs jumped up from the ground and pounced behind the predator, biting it with their forelimbs and mouths.
At the same time, another group of Chibucha bugs came out from the depths of the cave, each with a mushroom on their back. They ran in front of the fire and threw the mushrooms into it. These mushrooms exploded as soon as they touched the fire, and the large amount of liquid that burst out could extinguish a large area of fire.
So that's how it is. Using this method to extinguish the fire? It felt different from the plague fungi outside. The Chibucha bugs didn't seem to be able to directly tell the fungi to secrete mucus to stop the fire.
So if the fire was too big, they wouldn't be able to stop it with this method!
The next moment, all the predators on the rock wall above jumped down. The moment they landed on the fungal carpet, they sprayed flames around them. The flames spread along the mycelium, and the small mushrooms thrown by the Chibucha bugs couldn't stop the flames sprayed by so many predators. In the end, they simply abandoned the mushrooms and fled.
With the help of the light of the flames, Lin discovered that this was a huge cavern. It seemed quite spacious, as if the ground had been hollowed out. Perhaps this place was the same as all the other caverns under the pompom, and the big hole the predators jumped down from was just one of them …
The light of the flames was slowly dissipating. The mycelium on the ground wasn't very wide, but Lin wasn't ready to burn this place down so quickly. At least, she should study it first.
The predators gathered in one direction of the cavern. If they scattered, they could indeed observe more, but they might also be killed one by one.
Lin casually walked in a certain direction. In this huge cave, there were pillars everywhere that seemed to be used for support, and the pillars were surrounded by a large amount of mycelium. Suddenly, Lin noticed that two of the pillars were side by side, and there seemed to be something between them.
The predators approached the pillars and shone their light on them. The two pillars here had a large number of mycelium forming a large spherical structure, and on this sphere was a clearly visible creature …
This should be the fungus monster. The fungus seemed to be wrapping these creatures in a sphere, and there was more than one of them …
The predators scattered their light and shone it on the surrounding cavern. There were a large number of these spheres wrapping creatures everywhere. Floating astronomy.
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