Chapter 19: Chapter 19
Lin's colony once again appeared on the outer layer of the rock through the giant tentacle. Lin began her plan to retake the territory.
It was very simple. The newly arrived colony of small cells was no match for Lin's colony. Lin did not even need to observe the battle to take back all the food in the cracks.
So Lin did not focus on that. Instead, she turned back to look at the giant tentacle.
This thing could be used as a passage, shelter and so on. But the biggest problem was that it could not move.
With so many cells combined together and the hardening of the outer layer, it became difficult for them to even twist their bodies. Thus, they became motionless pillars.
Although Lin's colony could quickly hide in danger, if nothing happened, wouldn't the tentacle be useless? And it would consume a lot of food.
It did not seem to be worth it. Such a huge thing, was that all it could do?
Lin should find a way to make the tentacle move.
At this time, Lin's Observer swam back into the tentacle and returned to the cave deep in the rock through the hollow passage of the tentacle.
Lin had learned that the colony of basic cells that were evolving into slime worms seemed to have succeeded. She wanted to go back and observe.
Lin had a feeling that this colony of 'slime worms' was the key to making the tentacle move.
After returning to the cave, under the illumination of the Flash Burst Orb, Lin clearly saw that the colony of basic cells had indeed succeeded in evolving. However, they were not slime worms. Because they had been squeezing around in the narrow crevices for a long time, their bodies had become thin and long, like flagella. They could not change shape at will like slime worms.
Did they fail?
Lin did not think so.
These long cells were very flexible. They could stretch themselves very long, and they could also shrink themselves in an instant. What did this mean?
That's right. As long as a large number of these cells were combined into the tentacle, Lin could easily control the movement of the entire tentacle.
Were these … muscles?
Thinking of this, a new word appeared in Lin's mind.
Let's call these long cells muscle cells.
Lin began to divide the muscle cells and combined them into the giant tentacle. At the same time, she also combined many muscle cells at the bottom of the tentacle and had them extend their bodies into the crevices of the rock below to fix the tentacle.
During this time, Lin looked at the colony of light bacteria. She found that they had begun to swim around and eat the white paste. They did not seem to be afraid of her own cells.
But Lin didn't have time to care about them.
By the time Lin had completely reclaimed the outer area, which was about 60% of the outer layer of the rock, the inner layer of the tentacle had already formed a large number of muscle cells. As long as Lin controlled the contraction of the muscle cells, the entire tentacle could move.
Next, Lin began to let the tentacle continue to grow. Currently, the tentacle's length only protruded a little outside the crack. Lin wanted it to grow until it could overlook the entire rock.
Now, all that was left was to wait …
As Lin continued to grow, night fell once again. Lin was no longer afraid of this phenomenon, and by the time night faded away, the giant tentacle had already grown a lot. If one were to look at it from the water outside, they would see it as a towering tower that towered over all living creatures and non-living creatures.
It was time to attack.
Lin would control 100% of the outer layer of the rock. This time, she would be facing the last large cell colony.
Its name was Ghost Mist Mushroom.
In fact, Lin did not know what ghosts and fog were, but she had a feeling that they were very suitable for this group of cells.
These Ghost Mist Mushrooms were white spheres that were about the same size as Lin's cells, and their entire bodies were covered in fine hairs.
These were the most powerful of the cells that Lin had faced so far. Through Lin's observation, she found that the ends of the hairs on their bodies were hardened and could extend very long. As soon as they captured their prey, they would pierce their hairs into their prey's body and inject a grey liquid that was probably venom.
At the same time, these hairs could also spray out a large amount of venom. They were also the survivors of the previous water strike, because they were able to use their hairs to hold on to the cracks in the rock to prevent themselves from being washed away.
In the past, Lin would never have been able to defeat them, because the cone cells and diggers would be entangled before they could even get close. Only the acid injectors could cause damage to them, but there weren't enough acid injectors, and a random attack might cause them to develop a dissolving liquid resistance. But now, things were different.
Lin first sent out a large number of acid injectors to attack the closest group of Ghost Mist Mushrooms. As soon as these Ghost Mist Mushrooms that were eating the white paste were attacked, they immediately rushed over.
They were relatively violent cells, after all, they were powerful, so if they were attacked, they would retaliate with everything they had.
The acid injectors immediately retreated and led the Ghost Mist Mushrooms towards the tentacle. As soon as they got close enough, the acid injectors immediately circled behind the tentacle.
At first, the Ghost Mist Mushrooms also wanted to circle around the tentacle. They didn't seem to have realized that the tentacle was actually alive, but Lin immediately twisted the tentacle and swung it at them. The Ghost Mist Mushrooms seemed to have sensed that something was wrong with the tentacle and immediately sprayed out a large amount of venom. The grey venom instantly filled the water as if it had been dyed with a layer of fog.
Through evolution, the outer layer of the tentacle had become serrated, thick, and flexible, so the venom couldn't penetrate it at all. The Ghost Mist Mushrooms' attacks had failed.
Through the inner layer of muscle cells, Lin could now fully control the tentacle's movements. She bent the tentacle downwards and aimed at the group of Ghost Mist Mushrooms at the top of the tentacle, which would instantly suck both the water and the Ghost Mist Mushrooms into the tentacle.
At the same time, a large number of acid injectors and explosive orbs were waiting inside the tentacle. The large amount of liquid dissolved the Ghost Mist Mushrooms that still didn't know what was going on.
Because Lin had closed the tentacle's opening as soon as they entered, none of them were able to escape. As long as they couldn't escape, they wouldn't be able to evolve into individuals with resistance.
Using the same method, Lin easily dealt with the remaining Ghost Mist Mushrooms. The enemies that should have been extremely difficult to deal with were now completely defenseless in front of Lin.
The death of this small swarm of Ghost Mist Fungi seemed to have triggered a reaction from all the other Ghost Mist Fungi in the rocky area. They all began to swim at the same time. The huge swarm of Ghost Mist Fungi piled up into a ball and floated in the water like a gray mist of ghosts. They rushed towards Lin's tentacles.
It was useless.
For Lin, this only saved her the effort of luring them over.
However, before the Ghost Mist Mushrooms could reach her, Lin's old opponent appeared once again.
A violent flow of water abruptly appeared and instantly swept through the entire rocky area. Countless Ghost Mist Mushrooms were blown away without a trace.
The giant tentacle at the center of the rocky area was also swept away by this flow of water. A large number of muscle cells inside were instantly torn apart, even the tough outer layer of cells were damaged.
What a terrifying power …
A word called 'exclamation' flashed through Lin's mind.
But Lin wouldn't give up. She immediately had new muscle cells replenish themselves. The damaged cells began to divide and repair themselves, preparing for the next wave of attack!
Lin had already prepared herself for this situation.
Her cells were working at their fastest speed. Her fat cells were also constantly providing energy for these rapidly moving cells.
Before the next wave of water arrived, the giant tentacle had finished repairing itself and once again stood tall at the center of the rocky area.
Through the transparent structure of the tentacle, Lin's observer could see the water flow in the distance becoming restless again.
Was it coming?
But Lin already knew.
Everything around her, no matter what it was, no matter how many cells were damaged or killed, they didn't bring destruction to Lin, but opportunity …
An opportunity to evolve!
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