Capítulo 110: Chapter 109
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The Mad Wasps approached the 'meatball'. Lin was curious as to what kind of creature it was. The meatball did not have a crystallized carapace, it was very soft, and it was constantly making 'gugu gugu' sounds.
There were a lot of fungi around the meatball, were the Chibucha worms feeding it? What was the point of that?
It was very strange.
Lin decided to take the meatball for research. It wasn't very big, only a meter long. It wasn't suitable for living in such a large crystallized disc.
There were two such discs that were connected to a large number of pipes. Lin went to check the other one, but it was just a large pile of fungi.
Now that the Chibucha worms were almost all killed, it was time to leave.
Lin had the Mad Wasps dissolve the pipes around the disc. When the pipes broke, the disc fell to the ground. Because it was at a very low position, it didn't suffer much damage when it fell.
Lin had the troops dissolve the disc, then dragged the meatball out and placed it on the back of the Crusher.
Then, it was time to leave.
Looking at the ground full of trampled Kibucha Beetle corpses, Lin felt that she had done enough. This battle was quite simple, and the opponent was quite weak. In fact, Lin had prepared more types of troops to ensure victory in this battle.
However, Lin's real thoughts were that she never expected to win 100% of the battle. Before entering this place, Lin didn't know the strength of the Chibucha worms, nor did she know their numbers or any other information. Lin had used a lot of Flyers and Infiltrators to investigate, but they were always found and killed.
In other words, the battle against the Chibucha worms was basically a battle against an unknown enemy, so it was hard to guarantee victory. But the Chibucha worms were a threat, so they had to be dealt with.
Although she won the battle with ease this time, Lin still managed to learn a lot. Before a battle, she shouldn't be thinking about how to create more powerful units, but instead, she should have a better means of investigation. After seeing the enemy's information, she would be able to easily create an ability to restrain the enemy.
After concluding the battle, Lin decided to leave. But before that, there was something else she needed to do.
Lin had to make sure that none of the Chibucha worms survived, except for the meatball it took with it.
He absolutely couldn't leave behind something like 'future troubles'.
With that in mind, Lin ordered the troops to spread out and enter the other passages that were connected to the crystal worm cave to search for other Qibucha worms.
Following that, Lin ordered the collectors at the rear of the army to come forward and devour all the Kibucha corpses. At the same time, Lin did a thorough study of the cave.
The tubes in the crystal worm cave were obviously a system for transporting food. There was nothing strange about it. The most important thing was that the walls of the cave were constantly emitting light, which was enough to light up the entire cave.
After some research, Lin found that the cave walls were inlaid with a large number of crystal balls about ten centimeters in diameter. These balls would emit light. Lin speculated that the Qibucha insects would bring these crystal balls to the surface to absorb the light, and then bring them in for illumination.
The hardness of these crystals was very similar to the ones Lin had previously discovered at the bottom of the sea, but they all had a flaw — they were unable to resist dissolving liquid.
Not all dissolving liquids could dissolve crystals, but Lin was able to create many different types of dissolving liquids. Lin didn't usually give them a name, but one of them had an extremely strong corrosive effect on crystals, which was also secreted by many other creatures, so Lin didn't plan on using these crystals on her armor.
In addition, almost all of the tunnels on the cave walls led to the surface. Some of them led to places with water. The Qibucha insects relied on these pipes to draw water into the cave.
In these tunnels, only a small number of Qibucha worms were found. They were easily dealt with.
Other than that, there wasn't anything special about the Crystal Insect Cave. Although the Qibucha Insect was an interesting creature, it was a pity that they treated Lin as a threat. There were many species that treated Lin as a threat, but the only one that would retaliate was the Qibucha Insect.
So, they had to be dealt with.
The collectors couldn't eat all of the Qibucha worms here because there were too many of them. Lin didn't have enough collectors with her. If they couldn't get rid of all of them, some of the Qibucha insects might survive.
So, Lin created a special type of soldier.
Although it was called a soldier, it was actually a large explosive bomb. The body of the bomb was spherical, about three meters in diameter. Its body was filled with a mixture of explosives. It had powerful muscles that could compress large amounts of gas. Although it couldn't move, it could be moved by attaching appendages.
In fact, there was no limit to the size of the bomb. However, the bigger the bomb, the more gas it would consume. Also, it was very difficult to recycle, so Lin didn't usually make one that was too big.
However, this was the most powerful bomb Lin had created so far. So, she named it 'Art Creator'.
Lin had the 'Art Creator' walk to the center of the crystal worm cave. Then, she had the troops retreat back to the cave.
Then, prepare to detonate …
The huge bomb began to compress the gas in its body, increasing the power of the explosion to the maximum.
Destroying the crystals here would make it easier for Lin to collect them.
Under normal circumstances, Lin might build a base here or something. But this time, Lin wanted to completely exterminate this species.
But, just as she was about to detonate the bomb, Lin felt a feeling she once had a long time ago … 'sympathy'.
Why was that? Lin began to understand. It seemed that when you completely exterminate a species, you would feel this feeling, and it had nothing to do with the other party's actions.
In other words, after the 'Art Creator' detonated the bomb, all the Chibucha insects here might be exterminated.
Then, detonate!
This time, sympathy didn't stop Lin.
The bomb that had been compressed to the limit suddenly expanded. Under the roar of the explosion and the shockwave, the entire crystal worm cave began to tremble. Countless crystalline pipes broke and collapsed. Large cracks also began to appear on the cave walls. These cracks continued to increase and shatter, causing the entire cave to collapse.
The caves dug by the Chibucha insects all had one thing in common: they were hexagonal in shape. This kind of structure was very resistant to pressure. That was why they were able to create this cave deep underground. However, they couldn't resist the shockwave from the inside.
Lin had calculated that the cave it came in from wouldn't be affected. As long as the structure wasn't damaged, it wouldn't collapse.
Under the impact of the explosion, the entire crystal worm nest had been reduced to a pile of mud and crystal fragments. Everything was gone. Lin's feeling of 'sympathy' was also gone. It was replaced by a sense of exhilaration at the end of everything.
Then … it was time to go back.
In fact, the Chibucha insects weren't completely exterminated. Lin still had the thing she found from the crystal disc — the creature that looked like a blob of meat.
When Lin had Disintegrator carry it, this blob of meat had been making some small cooing sounds. What was strange was that it was constantly changing its tone, as if it was trying to … communicate.
'Communicate?'
Lin suddenly realized this. Between different creatures, other than living together for a long time and forming a symbiotic relationship, was there any other way to communicate directly like this?
Lin had only seen information exchange between species of the same species or species that had formed a long-term symbiotic relationship, but this was the first time she had seen something like this …
That's right … It's not impossible, as long as it has enough intelligence …
Lin brought this strange blob of meat back to its original cave. She placed it together with the eye bug she brought back from the Inca swarm. At the same time, she began to decipher the information contained in its voice.
Lin also wanted to give it a brain reader, but she didn't know where its brain was. In order to avoid accidentally killing it, she had to first understand the internal structure of this creature.
The blob of meat had air holes and a mouth, but its mouth was very small. It was located under its body and usually couldn't be seen.
Lin released some miniaturized troops into the blob of meat's body to study its internal structure.
Lin was quite surprised to find that almost 80% of this creature's body was made up of a brain, or cells with a structure similar to a brain. In other words, this' blob of meat 'was actually a huge brain?
With such a huge brain, its intelligence was definitely not simple. Was that why it was trying to send information to Lin?
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