Capítulo 163: Chapter 162
There was still a long cave behind the blocked stone. The Leviathan continued to swim deeper into the cave. This cave was quite messy. When it entered the lake, it went down. When it blocked the stone, it went up. Now, it was going down again. At the same time, it also went left and right. This feeling was simply like …
A roller coaster!
… What was a roller coaster?
Anyway, as the Leviathan went deeper, the originally still water started to flow slowly for some reason, and it was getting faster and faster. Because it was flowing with the current, the Leviathan became more relaxed. But later, the Leviathan was almost pushed by the current, and the originally slow water flow became rapid.
And now, the passage was going down. Following the gravity and the current, the Leviathan rushed down rapidly!
Slowly, Lin could see a dazzling light below, and a loud roar came from below.
Lin asked the Leviathan to get ready, and slowly opened the cracks on its wings on both sides. The moment it got close to the light, it suddenly stretched out its wings, and at the same time, opened the jet behind it!
Bang! In this short moment, the Leviathan rushed out of the water, and as it stretched its wings, a vast underground world appeared in front of Lin's eyes.
Sure enough, this place also led to the underground. The Leviathan turned around and looked back. The place it had just rushed out of was a big hole in the cave wall, and water kept flowing out of the hole, forming a huge waterfall that rushed to the ground. The water formed a lake on the ground with a diameter of more than 30 meters.
What an interesting environment. Since this place was connected, Lin could let a large number of troops go underground. There was no need to go through the desert pit of the Incan insects.
The Leviathan slowly flapped its wings and landed on the ground. The Leviathan's wings were now specially designed by Lin to compress and expand. It allowed the wings to stretch out in an instant, instead of slowly expanding like before. But this also had its disadvantages, and it would occasionally strain the wings. Now, the Leviathan had to land on the ground to repair some of the wounds.
There were no ferns on the ground here, but many large rocks formed a rocky ground. This place was quite far from the Brain Hunter's position, but she didn't expect the underground cave to extend here …
About a kilometer away from the Leviathan's position. Lin saw a huge Hometree standing in the middle of the rocky ground. It was 300 meters above the ceiling of the cave. It seemed that the Hometree could be distributed all over the underground.
The distance from the desert to the mountain peak was quite far. Lin estimated that there were at least a few hundred or even a few thousand Hometrees. If there were so many Hometrees, and every single one of them was inhabited by Inca bugs … then the number of Inca bugs would be uncountable.
However, he didn't know if every Hometree was distributed or if there were that many Hometrees. In short, he needed to do a thorough research.
Leviathan has now repaired her wings. When Lin wants to fly, she can fly. Several creatures with fiery red bodies ran out from behind the rocks.
This was a type of lizard with red scales all over its body, and it was a species that Lin was quite familiar with — the Crystal Scale Lizard. Even though the Qibucha insects were extinct, Lin found that the Crystal Scale Lizards were still thriving. They could be found everywhere in the Twisted Jungle, and there were many different species. The difference between the different species was the color of their scales. Lin didn't expect to see this kind of lizard underground, and it was red.
After taking a look at them, Lin flapped her wings and flew up. The Leviathan planned to fly to the nearest Hometree for research.
As she flew past the rocky area, Lin saw many lizards living here. Occasionally, there would be cracks in the ground, and a large amount of white mist would be released from the cracks. These lizards would gather around the mist and live in small groups.
Lin still hadn't done much research on the environment of this underground world. Studying the environment was indeed necessary. This would allow Lin to learn a lot, and she would be able to create her own environment.
In order to observe the surroundings, the Leviathan maintained a relatively slow flying speed. There were many lizards in this area, but she still hadn't seen any traces of Inca bugs. There were only lizards and rocks. Lin also found some other arthropods — cockroaches. These cockroaches were completely red, so Lin decided to call them Fire Cockroaches.
Lin planned to focus on the Leviathan's side. This place seemed to be the edge of the Inca's territory, while the Brain Hunter was in the center. Lin let the Brain Hunter stay there for the time being to study the Inca's digging behavior.
As the Leviathan flew closer to the Hometree, the large rocks below became fewer and fewer, and there were pits about five to ten meters in diameter. The pits were filled with clear water, and they were still steaming. It was very likely that they were similar to the hot springs at the foot of the mountain.
There was a kind of fish in the hot springs. Lin had seen this kind of fish in the sea before. In fact, they weren't really fish. Their pelvic fins were thick and strong, and they could crawl on land. There was a name for them: 'Mudskippers'.
They looked like a transitional species that evolved from fish to land creatures, but in fact, mudskippers had no evolutionary relationship with terrestrial salamanders and reptiles. They did indeed crawl from the sea to land, but after that, they remained as fish. Lin Sanjiu didn't know why. They might have appeared here because this place used to be the sea, and they were the survivors. Or maybe they were related to the Inca bugs for some reason …
Looking at the various scenes in this underground world, Lin regretted not finding this place during winter. If it was winter, who knew what this place would be like?
The Leviathan approached the Hometree. Because the Leviathan was too big of a target, Lin stopped about a hundred meters away and released some Flyers to observe the Hometree.
The Flyers first circled around the Hometree, but they didn't find any Inca bugs nearby. There were many other creatures living under the tree, such as some terrestrial shell-less snails, also known as' slugs'.
These slugs were huge, and they were more than three meters long. Because Lin had seen them in the Twisted Jungle and killed them, Lin knew that they weren't a type of Inca bugs.
The slugs fed on the dead leaves that fell from the trees, and Lin found that there were many of them. Lin Sanjiu had observed them recently and found that they liked to prey on the creatures around the Hometree. But there were so many slugs here. Did that mean … there were no Inca bugs here?
The Flyers carefully checked the bark and roots of the Hometree 20 meters below. Indeed, they couldn't find any wooden tunnels.
Were there really no Inca bugs here? Before this, Lin even thought that the Hometree was planted by the Inca bugs …
Confused, Lin had the Leviathan approach the Hometree. The Leviathan released some Munchers, which were small units used to excavate wood. They quickly dug out a tunnel in the Hometree.
The Hometree was different from the Twisted Tree, its bark was many times harder. After digging a small hole, Lin stopped and used another method of detection.
The Leviathan had been staying in the lake at the peak of the mountain to conduct research. Lin's main research was electricity. Mind reading and the like, but this method of exploration was discovered by accident.
It came from a type of fish that lived in the murky water at the bottom of the lake. Due to being adapted to the environment, this type of fish didn't have vision, but they could use a powerful method to detect their surroundings.
They could produce a high-frequency 'tap tap' sound, and the sound would be transmitted to their surroundings in an instant. By receiving the reflected sound, they could identify various objects.
Lin's hearing cells could pick up this sound, and Lin could imitate it. However, the most troublesome part was how to classify the reflected sound. On the other hand, this type of fish could clearly distinguish between various objects and living creatures. After a long period of research, Lin also knew whether the reflected sound represented living creatures or non-living creatures.
The Munchers that dug the hole had this organ that could send and receive sound. Although Lin didn't know if they could completely penetrate the thick Hometree, she could at least detect the nearby situation.
'Tap tap …'
The sound produced by the Munchers slowly spread inside the Hometree. Lin waited for the sound to be reflected.
… There was no reaction. The second test … the third test …
Sure enough, there were no Inca bugs here. From the reflected sound, Lin could tell that there wasn't even a hole in the Hometree!
Thus, this was Lin's first stop.
Lin didn't want to build a base and slowly develop it in a place occupied by other creatures with high intelligence. Instead, she wanted to have a large army come in and occupy a larger area.
Lin's base and many troops were located within the lake, but most of the troops in the lake were used for hunting. Basically, there were only two types of troops: snipers and hunters. The rest of the troops were the main body of the base, which consisted of a large breeding cabin and a few 'defense towers' for protection. Lin intended to dissolve a portion of the troops and convert them into pure nutrients. Then, she would bring some troops with her and create new troops when she reached the underground.
Lin ordered the troops in the air above the Glittering Woodland to move towards the mountain. However, due to the distance, it would take some time for them to arrive.
While waiting, Lin decided to strengthen Leviathan's body. As Bechymos could not enter, a new 'flagship' was needed in this place, and Leviathan could fulfill this role very well.
Thus, Lin began to let the Leviathan prey on the slugs under the tree. Although these creatures had abandoned their carapaces, they could still secrete a layer of toxins to cover their skin. However, to Lin, who had a strong filtration ability, they were very good prey and crawled very slowly.
Leviathan swallowed quite a number of slugs, and Lin began to increase its size.
Leviathan was originally 4 meters tall, but Lin planned to increase its size to 10 meters. Its flight method was changed to using gas, wings, and jets.
Normally, arthropods would grow by shedding their shells, but the Leviathan, or rather, all of Lin's army types, would first create a sac to cover their body when they grew larger. The sac would then expand as their body grew, and after the growth was complete, the sac would split open to give birth to a new army type.
While Leviathan was slowly transforming, Lin's troops in the lake had finished their preparations and were moving towards this place.
However, why was she in such a hurry to occupy this area?
Lin could vaguely sense it.
'Threat'. Floating astronomy.
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