Kapitel 54: Chapter 54
During exploration, Lin really liked to use warheads. There were currently three types of warheads: normal, land, and deep sea. Normal warheads were equipped with water jets and two flat tentacles to swim, and they also had air sacs inside to float, making it easier for the Leviathan to retrieve them.
Unlike the Mothership that stored its troops inside its body, the Leviathan would split up the returned troops and turn them into nutrients to be used as materials for the next batch of troops. This way, it wouldn't take up too much space, nor would it consume too much food due to too many troops, it was a perfect solution.
Lin threw a warhead into the hole, then it began to swim around to observe its surroundings.
This was an oval-shaped cave that was large enough to fit 10 Leviathans inside. There were bits and pieces of creatures floating around, and the bottom of the cave also contained the shells of many other creatures, it felt very strange.
This is …
Lin noticed that although the cave walls looked like they were made of rock, they were actually made of a kind of crustaceous substance that was covered in an anti-corrosive coating, making it very smooth. Creatures like trilobites that could only crawl but not swim would not be able to leave once they fell in.
So that's how it was, was this a trap? From the looks of it, this was a very large creature. This was the first time Lin had seen a creature larger than a Leviathan. They buried their large bodies in the sand and left the mouth of the trap exposed, this way, if other creatures rashly entered, they would close the mouth of the trap and spray out corrosive liquid to dissolve the intruder.
Although they didn't have anything to lure other creatures in, there were no other hiding spots on this beach, so they didn't need anything to lure other creatures in.
Perhaps because the warhead was too small, they weren't interested in dissolving it, or perhaps they would wait until a certain number of creatures entered the trap before attempting to dissolve it.
How interesting, Lin really wanted to see how this creature was structured inside, so she decided to call it a 'Giant Trap Worm'.
Lin could only see that the Giant Trap Worm's body was part of the trap, if she wanted to see the entire thing, she would probably have to dig it out from the sand.
But could a Leviathan dig out such a large creature?
That didn't seem likely.
Since that was the case, Lin had other methods, she just had to force it out.
With that in mind, Lin created a new type of troop that had a circular center that could spray water to move, and had tentacles with spiky cells all over its body, it was called a 'Herder'.
Lin created over a hundred Herders to float above the Giant Trap Worm's mouth, using them to chase away all creatures that approached.
At the same time, Lin released some flying saws to help drive them away.
This way, sooner or later, the Giant Trap Worm would have no choice but to come out because of the lack of food.
The Leviathan just stood aside and waited. Although Lin rarely ordered the Leviathan to stop, whenever they encountered an unknown creature, Lin felt that it was necessary to study it, especially when it was so large.
While waiting, Lin thought that she should do something else, such as … research.
The cells of the suicide flatfish that Lin had obtained earlier had undergone some changes …
At first, it was just a round cell, but it slowly changed. The cell began to secrete a layer of membrane. Then, it continued to divide and grow within the membrane, forming organs, spines, and other structures. Finally, it formed a small flat fish.
The small flat fish would squeeze out of the membrane, and then … there would be no then.
They should have grown into those big flat fish, but what was the point? In order to make these small flat fish, did the large ones have to die?
It was truly incomprehensible.
Why do they always do strange things?
Perhaps that was the case? Lin suddenly thought of a reason … It should be to create more flatfish. The flatfish released a lot of cells. They must have used up all the nutrients in their bodies to produce these cells.
However, there was no need to kill themselves, was there? And why did they use this method? Wouldn't it be better to just create one inside their bodies?
How strange.
Moreover, Lin also discovered that there were two types of flatfish. Each of them had different organs in their bodies. One type of organ was in the shape of a sac. It was larger and could produce spherical cells. The other type was in the shape of a tube. It was smaller and could produce tentacles.
When these two types of cells fused, they could divide into small flat fish!
… Why would they do that? Creating two different types of flatfish and letting them produce cells to fuse?
I don't understand at all … Lin found that the gap between herself and other creatures was growing larger and larger.
What was right? What was wrong?
Of course, victory was the right thing to do! Lin didn't need to care about other creatures. She just needed to advance according to her own path of victory.
Lin found that the small flat fish couldn't grow on their own. Their original nutrients had probably been used up, so they had to obtain food from outside.
Lin gave some food to the small flat fish and watched them slowly grow. She felt that it was quite interesting.
It was quite boring right now.
The 'Herder' had chased away all creatures that approached the Giant Trap Worm, preventing it from obtaining any food. However, there was no telling how long it would take for it to come out, or if it wouldn't move at all. There was also the possibility that it would just die there.
However, Lin would still wait and see, at least for two days.
While Leviathan was bored, something special happened at the original base, which was the location of the main base.
The main base was located on top of a large stone platform. Lin had dug out a hole in the stone platform and stuffed all her organs into it. Now, the only things left on the platform were the tentacles used for hunting and the incubator umbrella used to nurture green cells.
This place was very rich in creatures, so there was no need to worry about food. The base itself was strong enough, and with the Mothership and the Guardian, there was no need to fear other predators. There was only one thing that concerned Lin.
And that was the change in the surrounding environment.
At first, Lin used the Mothership to smash a hole in the ice to swim out, but the layer of ice did not actually melt. Instead, it was slowly expanding, and the surrounding water became noticeably colder. When it started to turn cold, many creatures left.
Now, the ice had spread to the vicinity of the main base. It looked like a huge and thick ice wall. Other than the immobile creatures such as the leaf-shaped worms, all the creatures around it had left.
Should Lin move the base?
Lin was now hesitating about this matter, but the base was already inside the stone, it would be troublesome to move them all out …
Ka …
Suddenly, a vibration came from the water, interrupting Lin's thoughts.
Several large cracks appeared on the ice wall not far away from her due to the vibration. The leaf-shaped worms fixed on the beach kept twisting their bodies, as if they wanted to leave.
Some of the smaller slime worms cut off their stems in the sand and floated into the water, drifting away with the current.
They might have absorbed the air in the water to be able to float like this.
The leaf-shaped worms were fixed in the sand by a structure similar to a root system. Even when Lin broke them, they did not move, but now they cut off their roots and ran away?
What could have caused them to do this …?
The entire water area was constantly vibrating, but this vibration was only in the area of the main base. Lin did not feel anything strange at all in the trench closest to here, but she could see many creatures swimming over from the direction of the main base.
The ice had cracked into countless pieces under the vibration. It seemed that something was indeed going to happen.
This place was constantly vibrating. During the vibration, the eyeball tentacles of the base could see the light above getting brighter and brighter. It felt like … the water was getting closer and closer. Was the water level lowering?
No, no, this place was rising! This beach …
Lin immediately ordered the Mothership that had been parked at the base to rush out at full speed! It must leave this area immediately!
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