Kapitel 36: Chapter 36
The basic cells were constantly dividing. Relying on the fat cells that Lin transported back, they were filling up the empty shell of the round shield worm.
Muscle cells filled up the arthropods, the heart and blood vessels were assembled in the center, and the joints of the arthropods were filled with cells that strengthened their flexibility. Lin also made an almost identical esophagus around the mouth. However, the esophagus was filled with cone-shaped cells and acid-filled cells. It had a similar structure to the mouth of a devourer. The esophagus was controlled by muscle cells and could shrink to the extreme to crush things that were swallowed.
After assembling the basic assembly, Lin found that there were still many empty spaces in the shell, especially the long tail of the round shield worm with a spiral structure. It was basically empty inside, and this kind of tail was not suitable for swimming. Lin thought that the round shield worm should use its arthropods to move.
Since she did not know what to put in it, she decided to leave it empty for now. It could be used to store fat cells or something. In addition, Lin also found that other than the mouth, there were many cracks and small holes in the body of the round shield worm. She did not know what they were for, so she used hardened cells to block them.
After the cells were all in place, Lin tried to move the round shield worm. The feeling of being covered in hard armor was indeed very 'safe', but it was not very flexible. At first, Lin was not very used to it, but after a while of practice, she basically knew how to move the round shield worm's body.
Lin mainly used the round shield worm as a guard for the aircraft carrier, so she named it 'Guardian'.
Then, Lin let the Guardian out of the ice cave and crawled to the aircraft carrier. With it, if she encountered any round shield worm or similar creatures next time, Lin would not have to be afraid at all.
Turning back to the aircraft carrier, after Lin had dealt with the starfish, she discovered that not only the starfish, but also many other wild cells had stuck to the skin of her aircraft carrier. These cells did not attack Lin's skin, they simply stuck there and did not move. Lin did not know why they did that, but she still ate them all.
At the same time, Lin was still attacking the other leaf-shaped worms. These sandbags provided Lin with a lot of food. Unlike single-cell warfare, if the battle went on for a long time, the enemy would definitely have some cells or abilities that could suppress her. However, Lin had killed many leaf-shaped worms so far, and they had never developed any ability to resist Lin's attack.
It was as if the evolution of multicellular cells had slowed down a lot.
Perhaps even if there was a change, it would be difficult to quickly manifest on such a large assembly.
After eating a lot of slime worms, Lin's aircraft carrier was more than three times larger than before. Lin now had two more tentacles. Lin felt that she should not continue to grow. She needed to ensure that she had enough food to continue growing. If she ate without restraint, she would eat all the leaf-shaped worms. If she could not find other food, it would be terrible. Therefore, Lin began to use the 'lifespan' plan to eliminate some old cells to slow down the consumption of food and the overall growth speed.
At the same time, Lin began to create a new cell combination, which she named the 'Breeder'. Its shape was mainly a transparent sphere, and it moved around using the tentacles around its body. Its purpose was to raise the green cells. Because it could move around, it could find places with the most light to raise them. However, Lin usually let them swim around the aircraft carrier.
With these preparations, Lin wasn't too worried about the lack of food.
At the same time, Lin was also preparing to create some structures related to the starfish. However, there was one thing that Lin didn't quite understand. Although the starfish's injection-type teeth were very useful, the creatures around it were so hard that its teeth definitely couldn't pierce through. Lin also didn't think that the starfish's movements and speed could attack the round shield worm's joints.
Could it be that there were other creatures with soft bodies that were suitable for the starfish's attack?
Lin's aircraft carrier slowly swam to a higher sand dune. As far as the eye could see, all the creatures on the beach, except for the leaf-shaped worms, were the hard disc-shaped creatures. There were no other creatures on the beach.
Perhaps Lin should observe the entire area to see where these creatures extended to, and then calculate the extent to which she should stop growing.
That was indeed the case.
With that in mind, Lin began the operation after waiting for the Guardian to arrive.
The aircraft carrier was swimming at a higher position, while the guardian was crawling on the sand. Perhaps it was because the inside of the shell was not filled, it was crawling much faster than the round-shielded worm. Both of them maintained the same speed on the beach while observing the surrounding situation.
There were many creatures around, but almost all of them were amoebas and disc-shaped worms. Lin occasionally saw some starfish. These starfish were different from the ones Lin had seen before. They had six tentacles, and the color was very similar to sand. They were constantly churning on the sand. Lin thought that they might be feeding on the cells in the sand.
Lin ignored them and continued to move on the beach. After moving forward for a while, Lin found that the number of creatures around her began to decrease. The originally dense distribution in this place became scattered.
The leaf-shaped worms and other immobile creatures probably fed on the cells that flowed by. There seemed to be fewer cells in the water here. Lin didn't know why.
Hmm?
After Lin crossed a sand dune, a different creature appeared not far in front of her. Rather than a different appearance, it was a different size.
It was a gigantic leaf-shaped worm, about five times larger than the ones Lin had seen before. It was even bigger than Lin's aircraft carrier, but it didn't look any different from the previous leaf-shaped worms.
There were many of these large leaf-shaped worms around, but there were no longer any small leaf-shaped worms here.
Is this where the leaf-shaped worms gather? Lin swam to the front of a leaf-shaped worm and knocked on it with her hammer.
It didn't feel much harder than the small leaf-shaped worms. Why did it grow so big? Right, let's see if there's any difference in the structure inside.
While Lin was thinking, the leaf-shaped worm's body suddenly shook violently. Then, a large amount of white liquid shot out from the tip of its leaf.
What's that? Venom? When Lin saw the liquid shot out by the leaf-shaped worm, her first thought was to retreat immediately. However, the liquid did not sink to where Lin was. Instead, it floated higher in the water. At the same time, Lin also noticed that all the leaf-shaped worms around her were spraying the liquid into the water.
What are they doing? The leaf-shaped worms were spraying the liquid non-stop. They even dyed the surrounding water white. Lin had no idea what they were doing.
Lin ordered the aircraft carrier and the Guardian to stay on the beach to avoid contact with the liquid. Then, she sent out some small devourers to swim up to see what the liquid was.
Are these … cells?
When the devourers swam closer to the liquid, Lin realized that the white liquid was actually made up of small cells.
When Lin ate leaf-shaped worms, she found these cells in their bodies. These cells were stored in a sac near the end of the leaf-shaped worm's body. Lin didn't know what these cells were used for at that time, and now she was even more confused.
They were spraying a large amount of cells out of their bodies? What's the point of this?
Obviously, they weren't used to attack her because these cells had no offensive capabilities. There were two types of cells. One was small needle-like cells, and the other was a white round cell. They were larger in size, but they didn't have any harmful structures. Lin also let the devourers eat some of them, and they didn't have any poison in them.
Hmm?
Lin suddenly noticed that when the small needle-like cells came into contact with the white round cell, they would drill into it. Then, the round cell would turn yellow, and its outer membrane would harden. The needle-like cells wouldn't be able to drill into it if they came into contact with it.
What the hell is going on? I don't understand at all! This was the first time Lin saw such an inexplicable behavior. She didn't know how to explain it.
However, Lin didn't have the time to care about these strange cells.
The devourers saw other creatures slowly approaching from a distance. These creatures weren't single cells, but a behemoth made up of multiple cells.
The bodies of these creatures were disc-shaped, but they weren't as hard as the ones buried in the sand. They looked very soft and floated slowly in the water. Below the disc-shaped bodies were dozens or even hundreds of thin and long tentacles. The disc-shaped bodies were about one-tenth the size of Lin's aircraft carrier, but with the tentacles included, they were about the same length as the aircraft carrier.
There were quite a lot of them. Lin's devourers scanned the water and found at least a hundred of them approaching from all directions. These creatures seemed to be attracted by the large number of cells that the leaf-shaped worms spewed out in the water. Some of the creatures that swam into the cell group had already begun to wave their thin and long tentacles to hunt for food. …
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