Bab 220: Chapter 219 Ancient squid
It seemed like the display was quite effective against them. Normally, the Dunkleosteus or sharks were scarier, but Lin speculated that creatures like the Brond Scorpions would hunt down small creatures like them, which was why they were more afraid of the scorpions.
Leviathan stretched out its tentacles and poked the two small cuttlefish that had fainted due to excessive shock. When frightened, a creature's internal structure would rapidly shrink and release a large amount of a special ingredient called 'fear substance'. It would make the creature's reaction speed faster than usual, and their heartbeat would be faster. Their muscle speed would also be stronger than before, so the creature could escape quickly.
However, sometimes the release would be too much, and the brain would not be able to handle it, resulting in dizziness. If Lin was a predator, they would have been minced meat by now.
Lin thought that this phenomenon would slowly disappear as creatures evolved, but in fact, it did not. There were always some creatures that would 'faint' from fright. It was really strange.
Now, other than the two that had fainted, the rest of the ancient squids had escaped without a trace. However, Leviathan could detect some strange shapes on the skeletons of the surrounding creatures through sound detection. They were hiding there using color shifting and had not escaped too far away.
Lin also found that the color of the cuttlefish changed according to their emotions. They would involuntarily change color to express their emotional reactions.
These small creatures were quite smart. Perhaps they had relied on this intelligence to hide somewhere during the Cataclysm and survived. Perhaps it was in the deep sea?
This was Leviathan's next target. Leviathan's main goal was to find materials for the crustacean.
Leviathan retracted the Display and continued to swim forward. After Leviathan had moved some distance away. Lin used sound detection to find that the group of cuttlefish had immediately gathered back. They had taken the two unconscious ones away.
It seemed that they cared about their companions. Lin found that some creatures would eat the dead of their own kind, while others would find a place to pile up or bury them. This seemed to have something to do with the degree of unity.
There were also some cuttlefish that used color change to follow behind Leviathan. They seemed to be very concerned about what Leviathan wanted to do. Lin ignored them and continued to move forward.
While moving towards the bottom of the sea, Lin also decomposed the sand, mud and other substances on the seabed. It seemed that there was no poison here at all. The bones here were also being eaten by a large number of microscopic creatures. It seemed that the whole area would recover soon.
Suddenly, Lin noticed a strange stone at the center of the pile of bones in front of her. It was conical in shape and had many holes on it.
When the Leviathan approached the rock, the few ancient squids behind him suddenly became flustered. They became very uneasy and kept swaying their tentacles. They even changed their color slightly to communicate with each other.
They were clearly not creatures that specialized in division of labor. Work-splitting creatures didn't need to go through so much trouble to communicate. Any creature that specialized in division of labor could instantly spread the message across the entire race.
In the end. Just as the Leviathan was about two meters away from the rock, an ancient squid rushed out from among its own kind. It turned into a bright red color and blocked the Leviathan's path.
The ancient squid flashed its own colors as it attempted to swim further away. Lin knew that it was trying to lure the Leviathan away from the rock.
Did that mean that there was some secret in the stone?
The Leviathan ignored the ancient squid that was desperately trying to lure it away. Instead, it swam directly towards the rock and stretched out its tentacles to wrap around the rock.
At this moment, the ancient squid crazily rushed up to attack the Leviathan's tentacles. It didn't even take the bone fragments. Instead, it used its mouth to bite, but its strength was really … Lin couldn't even feel its bite.
Lin discovered an interesting phenomenon. This ancient squid was crazy and angry, but its other kind turned black in the distance and hid in fear.
This feeling was really abnormal. Lin even suspected that they weren't the same kind of creature.
Forget it. Let's not care about this for now.
The Leviathan forcefully twisted its tentacles and twisted the entire rock into two. At this moment, Lin also saw what was inside the rock. It was a string of white granular objects. They were probably eggs. There were also a few ancient squids lying on the rock. They turned into the color of rock and didn't move at all.
So that's why the ancient squid wanted to protect this place? But what about those few who were cowering in the back out of fear? Didn't they want to protect their eggs? Or were they unable to move because of the fear?
Then, Lin put the stone back and went to catch a Fear Ancient Squid to dissect and take a look. She found that they were indeed the same species, but the Fear Substance in their bodies was very high. If the Fear Substance was too high, it would hinder their movements. .
But the high amount of fear substance had nothing to do with the secreting organs. It was related to the brain. Lin believed that they were constantly thinking about terrifying things in their brains, which led to the excessive secretion of fear substance, affecting their normal thinking.
The crazed and angry ancient squid immediately relaxed after Lin covered the rock. It weakly collapsed in the water. This was a phenomenon caused by overexertion due to anger.
This was an interesting research topic, but Lin didn't care about it anymore. Instead, she continued forward. The Leviathan's main mission was to find a … trench.
Thinking of this, a trench appeared in front of the Leviathan.
This trench … didn't seem to have been seen before. Perhaps it was newly opened due to a sea quake or the moon?
The trench was very narrow. It was only about two meters wide and over a hundred meters long. It extended out of the light's range. The Leviathan couldn't squeeze in, so Lin released a type of troop to explore it.
The Deep One was a warhead type troop. It was only ten centimeters long and could withstand high pressure. The Leviathan released ten Deep Ones to dive into the trench and explore it.
Lin's main goal was to find an area with lava. Looking at the rock structure, she might be able to find something related to the Purgatory Worm's shell.
Under the dark trench, the Deep Ones explored the trench walls as they moved. They constantly chewed and chewed on the rock fragments above to explore the composition.
There seemed to be elements of solidified lava here, and there were also some fungi living here.
If that was the case, did lava flow here?
If that was the case, there might be …
This was …
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