Capítulo 132: Chapter 131
Leviathan left the brainworm and flew alone into the depths of the Twisted Jungle. Lin was not used to the feeling of not bringing the meatball-like creature with her.
Therefore, the Leviathan flew back after that and left an observer among the brainworms. Lin planned to maintain a constant exchange of information with the brainworms. This way, Lin felt that the discovery of new species, the research of new environments, and so on would be helpful, because she could discuss with the brainworms.
Lin also took the opportunity to observe how the headworm was expanding. Recently, the headworm had been directing the expansion of its colony. It seemed to be planning to build more rocky mountains nearby. With its powerful hunting technique, it had hunted a lot of prey, causing the colony to rapidly increase in numbers.
The Cephalopod's method of commanding a group was very strange. It would first use a sharp voice or touch the infantrymen's antennae. As long as it did this once, it would be able to command the infantrymen.
Lin once tried to dissect an infantryman that died while hunting. She found that the infantryman's brain was quite strange. Their brain was quite small, completely disproportionate to their body. Their shape and cell distribution were also very strange. Rather than a brain, it was more like a …
Receiver.
Yes, infantrymen couldn't think and act on their own. They relied on this brain-like organ to receive signals from the Cephalopods, so without the Cephalopods, it wasn't that the infantrymen couldn't move, but they could only carry out some basic activities like eating and not hunting. In this case, their community would quickly perish.
The Queen might have some special traits. She could produce a new Brain Worm when there was no Brain Worm.
Lin was very curious as to how they managed to evolve into such a form. This form of life was truly peculiar. Could it be that the Aztecs and Incas all had such forms?
Not necessarily, for example, the Chibucha Bug did not exist.
The Brain Worms would inherit the knowledge of the previous generation of Brain Worms, but the inheritance was not complete. It could only inherit some of the basics, and more knowledge needed to be learned by themselves. It seemed that in this generation, Moketu had begun to use the method of 'drawing' to pass down knowledge to the new generation of Brain Worms.
The lifespan of the brain worms was very long. While Lin was interrogating the brain worms, she discovered that their cells didn't seem to have a 'timed death' like most living creatures.
In addition, Lin noticed that reptilian creatures did not have a 'fixed death'. If given the chance, their bodies would grow indefinitely until they were killed by other creatures.
Death at a fixed time could also be said to be the end of one's lifespan. In fact, it was a special method developed by the cells to allow the new generation to have a place. Now, most creatures liked to use this method, but the brain worms did not seem to like it.
Every thirty years, a new Brain Worm would be born. The new Brain Worm would bring a part of the group away. They relied on this to grow continuously. If a group of Brain Worms died, the nearby Brain Worms would merge with that group.
The brain worms' rich vocabulary was not used to control infantry, but to communicate with other brain worms.
This was the way the Maya Swarm lived.
However, something seemed to have happened recently. The Maya Swarm was almost extinct, and the Brainworms were almost all dead. Only 'Maya' and 'Muketu' were left.
The headworms had described the disaster that they had encountered. It was said that it was a terrible event. A huge burning volcano had washed through the entire forest, and countless groups had been destroyed. The headworms' group had fled to the Hometree to settle down. After that, there was another earthquake, and the headworms were taken away by the Qibucha Bugs.
Lin thought that it might be a disaster that she had never seen before, and the Leviathan was now flying in that direction.
A long time had passed, and Lin did not know if she could still see the traces of the disaster. However, if it was a disaster that could destroy a large area, then it must be very spectacular.
Lin now not only wanted to study creatures, but also disasters. However, it seemed that disasters were not so easy to encounter.
The Twisted Forest seemed to extend endlessly. The Leviathan flew over the endless forest for three whole days and nights, and Lin finally saw something unusual.
The Leviathan flew slightly above the canopy. It flew so low to observe the creatures in the forest, but in this area, the extension of the forest was suddenly cut off.
The Leviathan flew over a special area. The whole area was filled with a thick layer of fog. This layer of fog was not a collection of water vapor, but some other kind of strong gas, some of which contained poisonous elements.
When the Leviathan lowered its altitude, Lin found that the area looked like it had been burned by fire. The ground and rocks were scorched black everywhere, and there were also many twisted tree trunks that had been burned black.
In this kind of place, there were still plants growing. Lin found some plants that she had never seen before emerging from the scorched black rocks. They were like sharp green spikes, about 50 centimeters to one meter in height, and they were covered with fluffy hair. There were not many of these plants, and only a few of them could be seen growing on the rocks occasionally.
They were only 10 centimeters long and moved quickly, hiding in the cracks of the rocks. Lin felt that they were very similar to trilobites, and they probably fed on the plants here.
The Leviathan flew slowly in this area filled with fog. Because of the fog, the visibility was only about 10 meters. This was probably the original habitat of the headworms, because the ground was filled with the wreckage of the Twisted Trees. What kind of disaster had happened here? Was it fire?
Lin thought that fire would not be able to burn the mountain where the headworms lived.
Then …
Suddenly, Lin noticed that there was a huge hole in the ground in front of her. The hole was filled with black muddy water, and the water was constantly bubbling. Lin could feel that the water was very hot.
And the phenomenon of the water bubbling could be described with a word: 'boiling'.
The Leviathan stretched out a tentacle and gently touched the water. The scalding sensation made Lin immediately retract her tentacle. The temperature of the water was indeed very high, and there might be a lot of strange substances mixed in it. After the bubbles in the water burst, Lin could smell a lot of poisonous gas floating in the air.
Did the destruction of the headworms have anything to do with this water?
But …
There were still creatures living here. The trilobite-like creatures that Lin saw before were actually swimming in the hot water. They did not seem to be harmed at all, and they were not afraid of the high temperature or the poisonous gas.
It seems that I have to catch one and dissect it.
But what was the cause of such an environment? Even if it was hot water and poisonous gas, it shouldn't have burned the forest, right? A lot of words.
Suddenly, a breeze blew in the surroundings, and Lin found that the fog was slowly dispersing.
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