The expanding mushrooms released a large amount of fungal dust, which scattered on the trees on the rocky ground and began to corrode the bark and leaves as it grew …
Seeing this, Lin felt a little incredulous. Fungi should be creatures without brains or eyes, how did they know how to combine and infect the trees in such a way?
Perhaps it was the work of locusts. A few locusts were flying above the fungi near the rocky ground, perhaps they were able to transmit some kind of message to the fungi?
The bark on the rocky ground was now covered in a large amount of mycelium, which slowly covered the trees. The mycelium then formed into a spherical structure, which exploded and spread fungal dust to the nearby trees.
At this rate, they would infect all the trees on the rocky ground.
But Lin had seen enough, it was time to get rid of them.
Although they were interesting creatures, they were too destructive. Who knew how many islands they had devoured, and if they reached the Northern Continent, they would destroy everything there.
Lin felt it strange that she hadn't seen these wandering plagues before. Could it be that they had been sweeping through other continents? No matter what, she had to make sure she never saw them again!
Charge!
On the rocky ground, a large number of land troops appeared. These were Lin's vanguard, the Predators. They madly rushed towards the moss ground that was already a fungal forest. Along the way, many trees were already covered in fungi, and the fungal dust released by the fungi affected the Predators.
Generally speaking, using the Predators to attack the fungi was to provide them with nutrients, so Lin's Predators were equipped with a new and simple structure.
… Flame.
The predators surrounded several fungus-infested trees and raised their front paws. They spat out a fiery red flame towards the trees. The flame instantly spread and burned as soon as it came into contact with the fungi. The entire tree was instantly enveloped by the intense flame, and slowly turned into ashes along with the fungi in the high temperature.
It was easy for Lin to create flames. She only needed to create a flammable liquid and spit it out from the hollow claws of the Predators. At the moment it was spat out, the small explosives attached to the nozzle would explode at the same time, igniting the liquid that was spat out.
Lin had never used such a destructive method of attack, although the Inca insects liked to use it. But against the equally destructive fungi, it was still necessary.
These 'flame predators' burned every fungus-infected tree on the rocky ground. Their bodies were also covered in a lot of fungal dust, but the predators could burn the fungal dust by breathing fire at each other. Their shells could resist the burning of the fungal dust for a short period of time.
After burning down the trees on the rocky ground, the Predators charged towards the fungal forest, but they didn't charge in directly. Instead, they spat fire at the fungal carpet and mushrooms on the ground. The flames spread along the fungal carpet and burned the fungal forest. Everything crackled under the high temperature, and thick smoke rose from the ground.
The smell of the burning fungi smelled quite 'fragrant'. Just like a barbecue.
Speaking of which, the characteristics of fungi were quite similar to that of flames. Flames also turned anything possible into its own 'nutrients' and continued to multiply. Although they didn't care about their own survival, there were 'seeds' of flames everywhere in this world. As long as the temperature was high enough, they would appear …
Although the fungi multiplied quickly, it was like they were motionless compared to the flames. The Predators stepped onto the burnt fungal ground and continued to follow the flames deeper into the forest. The locusts that were eating the fungi saw the approaching flames and flew up. At the same time, they also noticed the Predators behind the flames.
At that moment, all the locusts spread their wings and rushed towards the Predators!
The Predators were already prepared. They raised their forelimbs and spat fire at the locusts in the air.
The Predators' range was only a few meters. The locusts that rushed down pounced on the Predators before they were fully burned. They tore at the Predators with their mouths while their bodies were on fire. However, the Predators didn't completely give up on fighting. They immediately swung their sharp claws and began to fight back.
The Predators could easily tear apart locusts that were half their size. After the locusts were torn apart, their bodies were immediately burned to ashes by the flames, preventing the fungi from growing.
Hundreds of locusts were torn apart and burned by the Predators. Only a few of the Predators died, mainly because they were trapped in the burning bodies of the locusts. At the same time, the fire in the distance was still spreading. At this rate, Lin would soon burn down the entire forest of fungi.
The fire … is spreading?
Lin suddenly noticed that the fire in the distance seemed to be spreading much slower. It didn't spread as fast as it did in the beginning.
Lin immediately ordered a few of the Predators to circle around the burning bodies of the locusts. Lin noticed that the fungi seemed to be secreting a sticky liquid that prevented the fire from growing.
Sure enough, they had a way to protect themselves. Some of the locusts had also started to suck the liquid from the fungi. When their abdomens swelled up, they would fly to the flames and spit the liquid out to extinguish the fire.
It seemed that they had been attacked by the fire and had a way to deal with it.
Lin wasn't surprised. If that was the case, she would use the second method. Lin noticed that only the outermost fungi that were resisting the fire were secreting the liquid …
Then, Lin ordered the Predators to charge again! They rushed through the sea of fire in front of them, jumped over the mucus-secreting fungi and rushed deeper into the forest of fungi. They spat fire at the fungi that weren't secreting any liquid.
The fire spread again, but it didn't spread very far. The fungi around it instantly secreted the liquid to stop the fire. At the same time, the fluff spheres on the ground covered by the fungi began to swell and burst. They sputtered a large amount of liquid on the Predators. The liquid seemed to be highly corrosive. It ate away at the shells of the Predators. At the same time, a large amount of fungal dust stuck to the corroded parts and began to grow.
It seemed that the Predators could only do so much.
The infected Predators began to spray each other with the liquid and detonated the explosives on their bodies. In an instant, every Predator's body was set ablaze. They continued their final charge into the forest of fungi …
At the same time, another group of Lin's troops began to prepare. Lin believed that it wouldn't be that easy to eliminate them.