Bab 198: Chapter 197
Lin ordered the Burrower to approach the group of little worms to see what they were doing. Lin found that there were very few worms here, not as many as what she had seen in the Purgatory Worms. Some of them might have run away to other places. The liquid they were spitting out formed a shape after hardening. Was it … a living creature?
The worms were spitting out slime bit by bit, then carefully glued them together. They then used their teeth to modify the hardened slime, finally forming the shape of a living creature.
Lin had a word to describe this structure in her mind: 'statue'.
The statue of a living creature was a small arthropod. This … Lin had seen it before in the sea, before she fell asleep.
The Inca Worms might have known what this creature looked like from fossils, but why would they create a statue here?
Lin found that this was not the only statue. The entire underground cave was filled with such statues. Some of them were in the shape of Inca Worms, while others were in the shape of primitive or modern creatures.
The statues were all piled up in a corner. Lin had the Burrower change its color, then stealthily bypassed the worms that were creating the statues in the middle and approached the statues in the corner.
Lin found a beetle-shaped statue, then had the Burrower slowly drill its surface. Lin found that this thing was very hard, but after drilling for a while, the Burrower was finally able to break it open.
After drilling into the statue, Lin found a small space in the center of the statue. It was filled with a viscous liquid.
The Burrower was an exploratory soldier with the ability to analyze. It could open a small hole in front of the drill to suck in the viscous liquid. It would then break down the liquid's composition inside its body.
After carefully breaking it down. Lin found that the liquid contained some cells. These cells were in a state of near-death 'hibernation'.
It was similar to the state the Observer was in when Lin found it.
So, the purpose of these statues was to preserve cells? Being sealed in a solid structure could prevent them from coming in contact with various impurities in the outside world, so the cells might be preserved for a long time. But why would they do that? They even had their own soldier class, so they should have remembered how to produce them, so why would they keep them here?
Next. Lin observed the statues made by the worms for a while. Later, they made the Purgatory Worms' statues.
This behavior was really interesting. Lin decided to dissect them and learn how they created … the kind of goo that formed statues.
That kind of mucus was very sturdy and hardened very quickly. It should have a lot of uses in the future. Although Lin could now create some quick-hardening crustaceans, it was always good to learn more.
Lin ordered a large number of Predators to use their claws to dig under the Hometree. The Burrowers were only suitable for exploration, not digging big holes. He still had to use his claws, unless there was a giant worm.
When the predator digs to a certain depth, the predator digs into the ground. The underground worms seemed to have sensed the abnormality and stopped making statues. They began to devour the surrounding soil and spit the soil to the statues piled up in the corner of the cave.
Do they want to bury the eagle? This kind of action was a little unnecessary.
The worms moved quickly and covered all the statues with soil. Then, they drilled through the walls and escaped.
At this time, Lin had already dug to the bottom of the cave.
Lin dug out all the statues buried in the ground and began to thoroughly analyze and research the structure of these statues. She also attempted to create a similar quick-hardening liquid.
Lin didn't destroy the small cells in the statues. Instead, she ordered the Predators to bring them to the surface and place them in a mobile base. Lin felt that this might be useful in the future.
Lin also discovered that the composition of this quick-hardening liquid was quite common, but the way it was combined was very special. Lin could use this method to create something similar.
The Inca swarm seemed to have a lot to learn. At the same time, Lin also wanted to find out what kind of creature these worms evolved from and what their original species was.
Thus, Lin decided to continue forward, heading straight for the Inca swarm's territory!
Lin's army moved out once again, heading towards the Incan swarm's territory in the desert. On the way, Lin also observed a few Hometrees. After investigating the fungal infection, she even tried to dig a few caverns under the Hometrees, these caverns were also used to bury statues.
Lin discovered that there were caves under the Hometrees all around. The statues buried inside included almost all the creatures underground and some of the creatures above ground. There were even Inca swarm soldiers, and many of them were duplicates.
The meaning of this burial was truly hard to understand.
Lin also discovered living creatures inside some of the statues. They looked like fat worms. They were very small, only a few centimeters in size. When they were discovered, they were still in a state of hibernation.
Lin dissected one of the fat worms and discovered that its egg-laying organs were quite developed. It even secreted a type of dissolving liquid, a liquid specially made to dissolve these statues.
It seems like the Inca swarm purposely buried these insects and a bunch of living creatures' cells underground?
What was the meaning of this?
Lin's guess was that perhaps the Inca swarm … wanted to leave? That's why they placed the fat worms and living creatures' cells here and waited until the time came to restore their population?
If that's the case … why did they want to leave? Was it related to the rock nests they created? Was it also related to 'Yue'?
This question was hard to understand, but in order to prevent any accidents, Lin also began to make preparations on the surface.
Lin prepared to create more large aerial soldiers. After all, they had the ability to transport. Although the brain worm seemed to think that Yue wasn't dangerous, it was still better to be prepared.
In the underground world, after traveling for a day and a half, Lin's army had already neared the Inca swarm's territory.
The ground here was filled with traces of the Inca swarm's army. The Predators at the front opened up a path for Lin's army while searching for traps. However, Lin didn't encounter any problems along the way. It seemed like the Inca swarm didn't want to fight anymore.
'Boom …'
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the forest in front of the exploratory Predator. A huge creature drilled out from the ground.
It was the Earth Splitter!
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