章 239: Chapter 238 Nature
Above a snow-melting lake in the forest, an armored creature slowly crawled out from the roots of a tree. When it reached a certain height, a crack appeared on its back. Four long wing membranes spread out from the crack. As the wings spread out, its body slowly rose. Its wings and body were still soft, but once they hardened in the air, it would become a terrifying sky hunter.
But before that … Slap.
It was swallowed by a reptile from the sky. The reptile flapped its wings and flew into the sky.
The Giant Vein Dragonfly was a powerful aerial predator. They had been rampaging in the sky for a long time, but they never thought that there would be a time when the hunter would become … the prey.
There were many types of Giant Vein Dragonflies. Most of them liked to lay their eggs in the water. Lin only found a type called the Scarlet Dragonfly that laid their eggs in the mud at the end of summer. They would hatch when the ice and snow melted in spring. Their larvae would leave the water before they reached their full size.
Their larvae could determine the oxygen level in the air because dragonfly larvae were very resistant to oxygen. But they still knew that they would turn into dragonflies before they fully matured.
Now that spring was half over, a large number of small arthropod larvae appeared. They were much smaller than before, eating the huge corpses of their predecessors and running away from the reptiles.
If their respiratory organs didn't change, they might stay like this forever. But they seemed to be adapting well. Their small bodies allowed them to move faster, and there weren't many reptiles around. Their lives were similar to how they were before.
The largest arthropod Lin had found so far was only about 20 centimeters. It was a large cricket. There were no creatures larger than that.
But Lin didn't see any worms among them. Worms were very ancient creatures. Giant creatures like the Mist Worm might not be able to survive in an oxygen-deficient environment. Their respiratory organs were very similar to arthropods, but they could move to breathe in oxygen. But so far, Lin hadn't seen any of them.
The creatures on land had undergone a huge change. The same was true for the sea in the canyon. As the moon left, the water level began to drop. Once it left the canyon, the creatures in the water would have to struggle to survive.
Now, many tiny creatures had gathered in the canyon. They were called 'plankton' and were made up of many kinds of creatures. They were usually microscopic multicellular creatures that were once common in the sea, but had disappeared for a while. But now, they had reappeared. A lot of nutrients had been washed into the canyon along with the melting snow. This included soil and corpses that had been decomposed by fungi. Almost everything was related to fungi, and these nutrients allowed them to reproduce at a crazy rate.
Seeing that everything was slowly changing, Lin felt the need to make a decision.
Reptiles had become the largest creatures in this low-oxygen world. Obviously, they would evolve, but the speed of evolution was too slow. It might take a long time, but Lin didn't want to wait that long.
After her previous hibernation, Lin found that she didn't need to wait that long. Perhaps it would only take a few thousand years, or even a few hundred years, for creatures to undergo a huge change. This change depended on the environment, both of which had a lot to do with each other. If it was a stable environment at the beginning, creatures might not change for a very long time, but it was different now. The current environment was unstable, and creatures would quickly evolve to change themselves.
Creatures could evolve very quickly. If a certain species was disturbed by various factors, they might change themselves beyond recognition in just a few hundred years.
Perhaps Lin should hibernate for a bit and wait for them to evolve?
No, this time, Lin wouldn't do that again …
This time, Lin planned to travel to a faraway land and begin a journey to a new continent that had yet to be explored. Lin didn't know what new species there would be on the other continents. Everything would be brand new! Unlike now, where she had to wait for them to evolve into something new.
Since she had decided, she might as well get started.
Lin would also hibernate, but she would only leave a portion of her troops in the Northern Continent to hibernate. She would only wake them up after a certain period of time. This felt quite good, and she would be able to 'surprise' them after a while. In fact, it was quite boring to just watch them slowly change.
The problem was which troops she should bring with her … she could bring anything with her, but Lin still wanted to bring a few 'things' with her.
What kind of things? For example, some creatures inside the oxygen fortress, as well as some commonly seen reptiles in the Twisted Jungle, such as the Spar Lizard. The Spar Lizard was currently the most abundant reptile in the Northern Continent. Their ability to self-regulate their body temperature was an advantage, while other reptiles had to rely on sunbathing to increase their body temperature.
If she brought them with her, if Lin traveled to another continent and discovered that it was a desert, she could try to create an environment there.
Even if it wasn't a desert, Lin could still create an environment there, then see what kind of creatures would evolve from the two isolated places.
This sounded quite interesting, but in order to move a large number of plants and animals, Lin would need a lot of large floating objects. However, if she didn't bring mature Twisted Trees with her, it would be much easier. Since the roots of Twisted Trees were too long, she would have to dig up a lot of soil to bring them with her.
If she only brought creatures and a bunch of seeds, it would indeed be much easier, so she decided to bring some ferns and moss there as well.
Originally, she only wanted to bring a single pioneer, but now that Lin had decided to bring a large number of things with her, she had to quickly prepare. Lin began to construct a temporary base in the jungle, then assembled a large number of air units to act as' transporters' for flight.
These transporters weren't responsible for transporting things, they were basically large gas bags that were only responsible for increasing the buoyancy, pulling up heavy objects, and so on. If the Sound Stone could still be used, it would be much easier.
However, even if the Moon didn't leave, it would still be useless. The Moon should always be in the sky above the Northern Continent, which was why Lin had never discovered the existence of the Moon before. If she was too far away from the Northern Continent, the Sound Stone's effect would slowly decrease, or even completely disappear.
She couldn't rely on the Sound Stone, so she could only rely on floating units, and she needed a large number of them. Lin also had to create a new, lighter shell structure to carry these large numbers of creatures.
To create these things, Lin also needed a lot of nutrients. Originally, there weren't many large creatures in the Twisted Jungle, but now that it was the growing season of the Vine Ferns, Lin ordered a large number of predators to harvest the Vine Ferns and convert them into nutrients to create troops.
In order to prevent any danger, Lin also needed some troops with combat power, as well as a large number of 'Art Creators', which were usually used to blow up clouds or something.
At the same time, Lin also told the Brainbag Worm about this matter. As soon as the Brainbag Worm heard this, it immediately expressed that it wanted to follow.
Because the Brainbag Worm felt bored staying here, but Lin felt that even if it was the same as before, it would still want to follow. It was quite a rich adventurous spirit, it would try to experience everything that was interesting for itself.
In fact, Lin discovered that the main reason why the Brainbag Worm was unhappy was because most of the dragonflies had disappeared, so it would be very difficult for it to eat roasted dragonflies …
Although it didn't matter if she brought the Brainbag Worm with her, Lin would need to create a lot of troops if she brought its entire tribe. The Brainbag Worm's tribe was very large, so it was a bit troublesome.
After Lin talked to the Brainbag Worm, it immediately said that it could only bring a 'Queen', and leave the rest of the tribe to Muketu.
Thus, the Brainbag Worm quickly found Muketu.
"I, Lin, will go to a distant place. Muketu, you will take care of the troops. Here, we will establish a new tribe."
"Maya, Tumble, leave, spread the tribe, it's quite valuable."
Muketu expressed his support, so Lin decided to bring the Brainbag Worm with her. It was actually quite interesting to bring it along, and Lin could continue to do various kinds of research on its thoughts.
The creation of the troops quickly proceeded. During this time, they also selected the creatures. Lin brought along all the creatures and some reptiles in the oxygen masks. In addition, Lin dug up three mature Twisted Trees and a large number of seeds.
At the same time, Lin also brought along a few smaller Hometrees.
There were currently many Hometrees growing underground, but their growth rate was quite slow. Lin didn't know how long it would take for them to reach the size of the ones in the underground world. Furthermore, Lin discovered that during their growth process, they would constantly use their roots to grind rocks and dig deeper into the ground.
I wonder if I can create an underground world with some of these strange plants? The Inca insects had indeed recorded that they planted Hometrees, and the formation of the underground world was inseparable from the Inca insects. However, the records on the statues were very vague, so Lin only knew that 'they had done this before'.
Lin planned to take away any possibility of creating an environment.
At this time, Lin also had the Pioneers collect large amounts of nutrients from the hot springs in the sea. She didn't know how long it would take, but creating such a large army would definitely take a long time. Lin could remove the impurities from the various nutrients at the bottom of the sea, then process them into a soft substance that could be eaten by various creatures, as well as absorbed by plants.
While everything was being prepared, spring slowly passed, and the Sound Stones in the sky had almost all fallen. Lin discovered that they would indeed slowly descend, but more often than not, they would suddenly drop down. This was very strange, but Lin couldn't go above the 'Moon', so she couldn't conduct any research.
The construction of the expedition troops was about to be completed. Lin planned to use them to cross the sea and travel to an unknown continent …
But which direction should they head in? Floating astronomy.
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