Capítulo 227: Chapter 226 Flooded
In five days, the seawater had flooded to the border of the Underworld, where the Wall of Death's Spikes was.
Of course, there were no more Death's Spikes there. They had all been pulled out by Lin. Lin found that they could regenerate as long as there was a small section, so she cut them into small sections and brought them out.
Now, only the rocky ground was not submerged.
Because the entire terrain was slowly rising, the seawater needed to constantly rise before it could continue to submerge. Especially where the Wall of Death's Spikes was, the terrain was especially high, so it might take a long time to submerge.
In the areas completely submerged by the seawater, the water level was already tens of meters high. The seawater that rushed in could be said to have turned the Underworld into an ocean.
But it was a very strange ocean … …
The moment the seawater rushed in, the glowing creatures on the ceiling stopped glowing. Although there were some holes in the Underworld that were directly connected to the surface, it was still dark overall. After they stopped glowing, the entire area was in eternal darkness.
In the dark 'ocean' of the Underworld, there were floating plant remains, stones, wood pieces of the Hometree, and a large number of creature corpses. In the original territory of the Inca swarm, there were sharks, helmetfish, and other fish creatures. They swam in the world that used to be a jungle. When they were tired, they would eat the drowned creatures and live a very comfortable life.
The seawater also brought in some ancient squid. These creatures were more cautious, but they also had the spirit of exploration. They liked to gather in groups. Lin found that they would also gather some glowing fungi together and secrete a kind of mucus to wrap around them, making a small lantern. They slowly explored in the dark environment.
The ancient squid's movements were very strange. Lin couldn't help but observe for a while. They let the one with the lantern swim in the middle, then surrounded by a circle of guards with sharp branches. There were also a few ancient squid that each held a round stone for some unknown purpose.
Lin used sound to find out their whereabouts. They were swimming towards … … the surface of the water. There was a huge object floating on the surface of the water.
The collapsed Hometree was hollow inside, and its wooden structure was full of holes due to the infection of fungi, so it could float in the water. It became the gathering place of the creatures that hadn't drowned yet. Whether they were carnivores or herbivores, they gathered together and constantly swayed their bodies.
This was a special ability. Through constant movement, it could generate a large amount of heat. However, it consumed a lot of energy, so it was only used as a last resort. In other words, these creatures would not be able to live for long.
Some creatures were not afraid of water and cold, so they might be able to survive. For example, there was a creature called the Spar Lizard, which was one level more evolved than its own kind. Ordinary reptiles could not produce body heat, but they had evolved the ability to produce heat. They had a stable body temperature.
The way the Spar lizards laid their eggs was also different. They did not lay the eggs, but let them hatch directly in their bodies. This could prevent the eggs from being attacked by predators before they hatched. Most reptiles would not care about their offspring after they gave birth. They would just prepare the nest for them to be born, but the Spar lizards would take care of their offspring and feed them to let them grow.
Now, at the edge of the Hometree that was floating on the water surface, there was a group of Spar Lizard pups that were only ten centimeters long. They kept crying out beside a one-meter long female, indicating that they were very hungry.
When the Spar lizards heard their cries, they had no choice but to jump into the water to look for food. The water was filled with the carcasses of creatures, so it was easy to get food. The Spar lizards were also good swimmers, so there shouldn't be any problem.
The female Spar lizard swam towards a cockroach carcass that was floating more than ten meters away. Now, Lin found that most cockroaches had begun to secrete a very sticky odor that made the creatures feel 'disgusted'. After death, the cockroach's' disgusting 'feeling was even more extreme. However, that was the nearest food, so the Spar lizard did not want to swim too far away.
However, when it was halfway through swimming, a sharp piece of wood suddenly flew out of the water and pierced between the scales on the right side of the Spar lizard's neck. A few drops of blood splashed out.
"Hiss!" The Spar lizard immediately turned around and rushed in the direction of the sharp piece of wood. This type of lizard also had a certain level of intelligence. Many creatures could shoot things like sharp pieces of wood to attack. Therefore, the Spar lizard could determine the size of the attacker from the size of the sharp piece of wood. From there, it knew whether it could defeat the opponent.
However, this time, it was facing a creature that it had never seen before...
The Spar lizard rushed into the water. In the dark water, it could only see a little light in the distance. It immediately rushed towards the light without hesitation. However, the moment it decided to charge, several ancient squids suddenly appeared on both sides of its body. They grabbed sharp pieces of wood and stabbed at the gaps between the scales on both sides of its body. Some of the pieces of wood missed, but some of them pierced into the Spar lizard's flesh...
The sudden pain made the Spar lizard realize that there was more than one enemy. It turned around and fled. When it rushed out of the water, a wooden piece suddenly flew out from the front and pierced its eye.
The Spar lizard immediately let out a painful roar. At this time, a large number of wooden pieces shot out from the water around it again. These wooden pieces caused a lot of wounds on its body, and at the same time, pierced its other eye. Finally, an ancient squid pierced the scales on the Spar lizard's neck with a sharp piece of wood, completely ending the creature's life.
The Spar lizard's young were still crying in their home tree, but the food and protector they were looking forward to would never return.
On the other side, the ancient squids surrounded the Spar lizard's corpse. They were constantly changing colors, filled with excitement. They raised the pieces of wood in their hands high, as if they were cheering for victory...
These creatures were really strange. This was Lin's first thought after observing the battle. At first, Lin thought that the ancient squids were just small creatures that dug up corpses at the bottom of the sea. However, when they came here, they were very abnormal. They ignored the large number of drowned corpses and went to catch live ones to eat.
The ancient squids relied on the water spouts on their bodies to swim. They could also stuff wooden pieces into their spouts to launch long-range attacks. As expected, their intelligence was very high. In fact, the proportion of their brains was 0.17% higher than that of the Inca insect army.
However, this did not include the shadowy monsters. The shadowy monsters' brains were slightly larger than the average army.
However, the ancient squids were not like the Inca bugs that could connect their minds and achieve a unified movement of the entire group. Now, two ancient squids were fighting over who could eat the eyes. Then, a third ancient squid appeared and fiercely opened up the two ancient squids, and then it monopolized the eyes to eat.
It could be seen that the third ancient squid was the 'leader'. Although they were very intelligent, they would fight among themselves. Usually, the leader would have the right to eat first, but it could not always be in this position.
The fourth ancient squid swam over and directly fought with the leader. After a bitter battle, it still lost to the leader.
In the end, the leader retained its right to eat first, but just like that, it could be beaten down at any time by a stronger opponent. However, they did not use wooden thorns to fight. Instead, they used their tentacles to strangle or hit each other. The weaker one would quickly admit defeat by spitting water to avoid more damage.
However, Lin had observed some ancient squids in the sea. If there was less food, they would not fight like this. Instead, they would unite and quickly finish everything that could be eaten.
It was interesting to observe these creatures. The ancient squids would even use some sharp wooden pieces to try to cut through the lizard's scales. They were very good at using these small things.
However, they could not occupy the corpse for too long. At this time, another creature jumped down from the Hometree. It was three meters long, covered in hard armor, and loved to eat meat. It was called the 'Giant Horseshoe Crab.' When the Giant Horseshoe Crab arrived, the ancient squids could only escape into the deep water.
Lin believed that these creatures would evolve into a very unique species in the future. Their adventurous nature increased their intelligence at a faster rate, but it also brought them closer to danger. It was hard to say whether they would be able to survive in the future, but at the very least, it was a kind of … prototype of evolution.
The subterranean world that was flooded by the flood was still able to maintain its state of not collapsing because it was almost completely dependent on one kind of creature …
The seawater destroyed a large number of creatures, but created a new environment. The only plant that was still standing in the water was … the Hometree.
There was a part of the Hometree that was not infected. Their sturdy bodies were still intact even under the impact of the seawater. They were like giant pillars standing in the sea, supporting the sky and earth of this world.
Of course, it was also because of the Singing Stones. The rock formation on the cave roof contained a large amount of Singing Stones, so it kept the rock formation from collapsing immediately.
However, this was only temporary. The top of the cave was covered with many cracks. Under the tearing of the two forces from above and below, the entire cave would collapse sooner or later. The seawater would be squeezed onto the land because of the collapsed rock layer, affecting the jungle.
If the cave did not collapse … perhaps there would be no problem. If she used spider silk to stick the cracks on the cave roof, it might be able to stop the collapse.
However, that was not possible. The whole area was too big, and there was not enough time.
So, Lin decided to do nothing and observe the slow development of everything. Of course, she had to remove some of the more special species. Now, Lin's only problem was the lava spiders in the Rocky Rift Valley.
These spiders were very large. Even if Lin used a paralyzing poison to knock them out, it was still difficult to drag them up. So, Lin used a new method to drag them out of the cave roof.
When Lin was almost done with these things, the seawater was about to rise above the 'border' and rush into the last area of the subterranean world …
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