Kapitel 77: Chapter 77
Giant green spikes lined up neatly in front of Lin. The space between them was just enough for the Leviathan to pass through, but the worm's head could not.
Lin did not stop. The rest of the transporters and the Leviathan went through the spikes as fast as they could. At that moment, the eyeball on the Leviathan's back looked behind it.
A giant worm suddenly rushed out from the thick fog. It opened its mouth and aimed at the Leviathan, but halfway through, its head was stuck between the spikes.
The Leviathan dropped a small eyeball and continued to observe, then followed the transporters into the depths of the forest of spikes.
This time, Lin carefully observed the worm again. What kind of creature was this? It wriggled and tried to shrink back, but the barbs on its shell prevented it from doing so.
Perhaps this creature did not come from the sea. Perhaps it was originally a land creature?
Looking at the struggling worm, Lin had many questions. How many of them were there? Why did they have the ability to hide their scent? How long was it? It seemed to be very agile …
These questions could not be answered until Lin had the ability to kill a worm.
After struggling for a long time, the worm retracted its body and retreated into the thick fog.
… Did it give up? The eyeball looked at the thick fog and saw that there were no more worms rushing out. Only then did Lin relax.
The Leviathan and the transporters were now in the depths of the forest of spikes. There were huge spikes around them that were almost a hundred meters tall and three meters in diameter. Their surface was covered in a layer of green. Upon closer inspection, this layer of green was made up of countless soft and flat things.
This was definitely a plant-type creature. But the land plants Lin had seen before were at most a meter tall and very thin. How could they grow so big here?
No, those spikes might have originally been very tall boulders, and these plants were just sticking to them. Then, through continuous proliferation, they covered the entire boulder and modified it with dissolving liquid for a long time, transforming the boulder into these bifurcated spikes.
But … Lin had never seen these environments and creatures before. This was a completely new world.
Now, the rocky land that was originally filled with fish carcasses and scorpions had been taken over by the worms. It was impossible for Lin to return. Furthermore, there was no telling when the seawater would recover. She had to live a new life on this continent …
She didn't know what kind of creatures there would be, nor did she know what kind of dangers there would be. Lin hadn't really adapted to life on land.
And now, there were only two transporters left. The others had died in the attack of the worms.
Facing the calamity of heaven and earth, was this all that was left?
Although the loss wasn't high compared to other creatures, Lin believed that it had made a lot of mistakes. The biggest mistake was that the distance it explored was too short.
If they had discovered the existence of the Northern Continent earlier, their losses would have been much smaller.
The spirit of exploration could not be interrupted … but it was also necessary to build a base.
However, it was only a loss of nutrients. It didn't matter much as long as the information of evolution and the memories of research were preserved.
Lin will once again grow to be incomparably huge on this new continent! This time, they had to expand into the sky!
With that in mind, Lin couldn't help but look up at the sky. At this point, a flying creature abruptly appeared in the sky. It was flying through the forest of spikes at an extremely fast speed, heading into the distance.
A creature that can fly?
Lin was instantly attracted by it, but the creature was too fast. It disappeared into the forest of spikes in an instant.
Lin didn't feel that it was a pity that it escaped. Instead, she was quite confident. It seemed that jellyfish weren't the only creatures that could fly. If there were a lot of them, Lin would be able to catch one sooner or later.
In that case, the light here wasn't very good. Let's go to a more spacious place first, spread out the transporters, and spread out the green carpet.
The ground of the forest of spikes was made up of a very soft and small substance, mixed with gravel and various plant debris. There was a word to describe it – 'soil'.
It seemed to be a very strange substance. If water seeped into it, it wouldn't be easily blown away by the wind.
Leviathan led the two transporters around the forest of spikes. Lin didn't know where to go, so she just went in the opposite direction of the cliff.
After a while, Lin finally saw a slightly spacious area. It was about six meters in diameter, but the ground wasn't made of soil, but some yellow gravel. The light of day shone on the sand, reflecting a dazzling light.
There was a lot of light here.
On land, gravel seemed to be a symbol of dryness. Just like when Lin set foot on land 100 million years ago, there was sand everywhere. Was that why there weren't any creatures on it?
Soil stored a lot of water. After coming to land, water was very important. After all, without water, cells couldn't move.
Lin didn't care, because it could get water from other places, unlike slow moving plants.
Lin had the transporters walk to the center of the sand. The transporters laid down on the sand and removed their appendages. At the same time, they began to slowly melt the shell of their lower body.
This was a method Lin came up with to grow on land. When the shell was melted, the cells would quickly pile up outside and continuously divide and grow. Because they were on land, the outermost layer of cells needed to be able to prevent water from flowing out, but it also needed to be soft enough to grow. When the entire area was covered, they would begin to create a layer of transparent hard shell.
This process was a bit dangerous. Because it was easy to be attacked, Lin didn't know what kind of dangerous creatures there were.
But for now, Lin hadn't seen any living creatures on land, except for plants.
The transporters began to spread a green carpet around their bodies. They slowly grew until they covered the sand. The green carpet on land only had two thin layers of transparent shells to protect the water and photosynthetic cells inside.
As the green carpet spread, the transporter's body began to slowly shrink. In the end, its body completely disappeared after it covered the entire six-meter-diameter green carpet. Normally, a transporter could create a green carpet that covered a much larger area, but since there was only so much space, Lin had no choice but to squeeze her cells together to make the green carpet thicker. Compared to leaving such a conspicuous transporter behind, Lin was more willing to turn them into green carpets as soon as possible.
Usually, powerful predators would ignore plants. On the other hand, those who liked to eat plants wouldn't hunt them. Plant-Eaters usually didn't have much attack power. They couldn't bite through the hard shell of the green carpet, so it was better to spread the green carpet as soon as possible to ensure their survival.
After the area was filled, the Leviathan led the other transporter into the depths of the forest of spires.
The forest of spires seemed to be quite large, but this was also the reason why the Leviathan walked slower on land than in water. The Leviathan walked in the forest for a long time, but it still didn't see the same open space as before.
Strangely, Lin still didn't see any living creatures moving around.
Were there only plants on land? But creatures like the Bloondo scorpions should be able to live completely on land with a little effort, even though they didn't seem to eat plants.
And those worms, were they land or sea creatures? No matter what, Lin would sooner or later go back and kill one for research.
The day was about to end. As the light dimmed, the Leviathan stopped. Looking at the huge spires, Lin had the idea of covering them with the green carpet.
But covering them so high … She didn't know if there would be any problems. If the pressure was too great, the shell might crack. What if they didn't form a shell like ordinary plants? Then they would be eaten by other creatures. Plus, she would have to make a lot of other defensive measures, which was troublesome …
But if there were really very few creatures on land … She could give it a try.
Just as Lin was thinking this, a small creature suddenly drilled out of the ground in front of the Leviathan. Its body was flat, there were six limbs around its body, and there was a tentacle on its head.
After the creature drilled out, it quickly ran into the distance and soon disappeared.
So there were still some small creatures?
Lin didn't try to chase after it. Instead, she let the Leviathan and the transporter lean against one of the spires. Lin wouldn't move in an unfamiliar place at night. She had to wait for the night to pass.
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