Bab 116: Chapter 115
The desert was constantly being eroded, the water was disappearing, the ground was becoming dry and cracked, the trees were swaying under the impact of the sandstorm, the entire forest might be destroyed.
Why is this happening? Lin quickly deduced the reason. The Twisted Trees of the original Glittering Forest were different from the Twisted Trees of the Dark Steppes, they had the ability to prevent the desert from spreading and invading, but the Twisted Trees of the Dark Steppes didn't have this ability.
What kind of ability was it? Perhaps there was something on the bark that prevented the sandstorm, or perhaps it was related to the moss, but Lin didn't know at all because they had already been burned to ash by the flames.
While the Twisted Trees of the Dark Steppes were resistant to the fungus, they couldn't prevent the sandstorm from spreading.
The outermost layer of the Twisted Forest, the layer that faced the desert, was the Glittering Forest. So there was a reason for this, they were able to prevent the desert from spreading.
But they had all been burned to ashes by the fungus and flames, which meant …
The Chibucha insects, this small group of creatures, were actually related to the survival of the entire Twisted Forest? How unbelievable …
Now that Lin could create a large flying object, perhaps she should leave and escape into the depths of the Twisted Forest, wait for the sandstorm to reach there, then fly further in until there was nowhere else to go and leave the Northern Continent in search of a safe place to live. Perhaps some parts of the ocean had recovered? Perhaps there were other continents?
Lin wouldn't do that.
Lin had once created a flying object to follow the river upstream and downstream, in other words, west and east, to see if there were any living Twisted Trees. The river had always been the dividing line between the Glittering Forest and the Dark Steppes, and this phenomenon was even more obvious now.
On one side of the river was a forest covered in a layer of yellow sand, while on the other side was a scorched forest. It seems the fire had spread quite far, even after flying for a long time, Lin still couldn't find any living trees.
Why? Could it be that they had all died just like that?
There was a cave in Lin's base called the 'Laboratory', where many Twisted Tree seeds were placed. But … they also grew?
While observing the tentacles in the Laboratory, Lin suddenly noticed that one of the seeds had split open and a green plant had sprouted from it like a tentacle.
What's going on? The other seeds didn't seem to have grown, and Lin had been shining light on them. Lin then noticed that there was a patch of moss right next to the seed that had sprouted.
This was the only surviving moss that was resistant to the fungus.
Could it be that the twisted tree would only grow if there was moss nearby? So that was the case. They may have formed some mysterious symbiotic relationship with the moss.
This was a rather strange relationship. The moss did not secrete any special liquid or gas. He didn't touch the seed either. Lin didn't know how the twisted trees could sense the presence of the moss. They didn't have eyes.
After a series of tests, Lin confirmed that the Twisted Tree only grew in places with moss, and there was nothing special about its location.
But now, there was only a small amount of moss. The Dark Plain used to be filled with sporadic moss, but now, it was all gone.
It was probably the effect of the fungus. The trees in the Dark Plains could resist the fungus, but the moss there could not.
What should he do?
After that, Lin continued to observe the seed. She discovered that it stopped growing after reaching a certain height. Was it because there wasn't enough moss?
In that case, he had to get more moss.
But where was the moss? Go to the jungle of the Dark Plains to look for it? But even if they did, the number was quite small. Or rather …
Lin still remembered a place with a lot of moss – the Forest of Spires.
There was a huge amount of moss planted by the Aztec insects. Although Lin didn't know if they were the same species, according to Lin's memories, they should be the same. Lin had once dissected the moss.
That's right, if he went there and got the moss, he could instantly restore the Forest of Spires.
The Aztec insects might be a threat, but Lin didn't think that they could catch up with him across the vast desert. Moreover, Lin didn't want to take all the moss. He only needed a portion to allow them to reproduce quickly.
Based on Lin's previous experience, the Aztec insects were not as strong as the Chibucha insects. But to prevent trouble, Lin still needed a strong army.
It would take too long to walk there, so it was time to experiment with flying troops.
Lin quickly got to work. The ground troops that were once used to attack the Chibucha insects were reassembled. On the ground, Lin needed to build a large modification cabin, preparing to create an aerial unit to head to the Forest of Spires.
This would take a long time. Lin first dissected the organisms, then transported the nutrients. Originally, the construction site in the forest wasn't big enough. If they were to build in the desert too far away, it would be troublesome to transport water. But now that the Forest of Spires had been burned down, Lin had enough space to build such a large scale thing.
In fact, it wasn't very big.
The modification cabin was made up of three sacs that were 50 meters long and 10 meters tall. They were filled with liquid and were used to modify the organisms.
When the brainworm first saw these sacs, Lin found that it had a new emotion: 'surprise'. Lin later found out that it wasn't surprised by the size of the sacs, but by Lin's ability to assemble the units at will.
After that, it always laid on the outskirts of the base to observe the changes in the sacs. It also tried to ask Lin some questions, but although Lin could communicate with it, she didn't know how to answer some of the questions. So the brainworm decided to observe on its own.
Large-scale biological modification would take a long time. During this time, Lin sent some troops to explore the remains of the Chibucha insects. Unfortunately, they didn't find anything useful, and the insects had completely disappeared.
After thirty days and nights, the transformation was finally completed. A large number of new troop types were created. Most of them had new forms and were equipped with wings or huge air sacs. Because floating in the air was very similar to floating in the water, their forms were more similar to water creatures.
Lin didn't know how social the Aztec insects were. Were they like the Inca insects, with a large number of species, or were there only a few species? Were they smart? Would they take revenge? How strong were they? Lin had little to no research on these creatures.
So, she needed to be fully prepared.
As the sacs burst, a large number of flying creatures flew out. They rose high into the sky above the Forest of Spires. In the first phase of the flight test, there were no problems.
Most of the units weren't large, but some were extremely large, like the giant jellyfish that Lin encountered before. Their task was generally to transport. Lin also prepared ground troops to avoid any problems with the flying units.
This new unit was now on its way to the Forest of Spires.
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