Capítulo 144: Chapter 143
The Deepsand Bus continued to struggle in the air under Bechymos' powerful buoyancy. Lin finally got a full view of the creature.
The Deepsand Bus was twenty-seven meters long. Its body was as flat and long as a scorpion's, but it didn't have a hooked tail. Its tail was coiled in circles, much like a 'spring'. There was no carapace on it, but a layer of hard skin. It could be seen that the structure was purely composed of muscles.
Perhaps it relied on this special tail to rush out of the ground.
Right, Lin hadn't seen a 'spring' before, but she knew what it was …
The Deepsand Bus had ten appendages in total. They didn't have the pincers of a scorpion, but instead were huge claws suitable for digging. Its back was covered with scales like those of reptiles, but the scales were rather large. Each of them was at least a meter long and half a meter wide.
Suspended in the air, the Deepsand Basilisk writhed and struggled with all its might. Most of the weight that Bechymos could bear was used on this gigantic monster. Lynn could feel that many of the cells in the 'thread' had begun to break.
It seemed that she had to get rid of it quickly. Otherwise, if it fell back into the desert and burrowed underground, it would be very difficult to catch it again.
Bechymos threw out dozens of airdrop chambers beneath him. These chambers were empty, but they could exude the gelatinous liquid inside them, making them rather sticky. Moreover, the liquid would rapidly harden after sticking to them. By then, no matter how hard one tried, they would not be able to open them.
When the capsules hit the Deepsand Bus, they stuck to it in an instant. Then. A large number of capsules stuck to the back of the Deepsand Bus. Its legs. These large and hard spherical objects could seriously hinder the Deepsand Bus from burrowing into the ground. At present, the string that Bechymos used to hang the Deepsand Bus could no longer hold on.
Suddenly, with a snap, the string broke. The Deepsand Bus fell to the ground, crushing countless vines and ferns.
The Deepsand Bus didn't seem to have suffered much damage. After all, Bechymos didn't fly too high. Moreover, there was a large pile of vines and ferns acting as a buffer.
As soon as the Deepsand Bus touched the ground, its appendages began to dig at high speed. It dug out a hole in an extremely short period of time. However, because there were too many capsules stuck to its body, it was stuck at the hole and couldn't burrow into it.
Next, Bechymos once again shot out dozens of hook lines, accurately hitting every airdrop pod attached to the body of the Deepsand Bus. After the slime from the airdrop pod stuck to the lines, it began to harden rapidly. After confirming that it had stabilized, Bechymos once again ascended with all its might, pulling the Deepsand Bus off the ground.
No matter how the Deepsand Bus struggled this time, it couldn't escape. There was no way to escape because the slime in the airdrop pod had completely hardened. It wouldn't be that easy to open it.
Bechymos had finally caught a live one. It wouldn't be too difficult for her to kill the Deepsand Basilisk, but that would be meaningless. Lin had thought of a very interesting method that might help her thoroughly understand the Aztec worm.
Bechymos lifted the Deepsand Bus high into the sky. Lin intended to temporarily hang the Deepsand Bus under the floating green carpet. That way, even if the Deepsand Bus managed to break free, it would fall to its death instead of escaping.
When the Deepsand Bus reached an extremely high altitude, Lin could sense fear from it. Many creatures seemed to be afraid of heights. Whenever they reached a high altitude, their cells would release large amounts of substances that Lin called 'fear substance'. This substance would be transmitted to the brain, causing the creature to quickly leave the high altitude.
However, there were also cases of creatures experiencing dizziness due to excessive fear substance. This seemed to be related to the creature's thoughts.
The Deepsand Bus struggled fiercely at first, but the higher Bechymos flew, the less it dared to struggle. When the Deepsand Bus reached the floating green carpet above the Glittering Grove, Lin could sense that the Deepsand Bus was on the verge of dizziness.
This was called 'acrophobia'. Generally, it was caused by excessive fear substance. However, it could be alleviated through a certain amount of adaptation.
Bechymos hovered above the floating green carpet and placed the Deepsand Bus on it. The green carpet was capable of bearing a considerable weight. Even a Deepsand Bus wouldn't be a problem.
Next, Lin began her research. Bechymos released some troops that could secrete powerful dissolving fluids – Penetrators. They had bodies like worms, only about ten centimeters long. Their heads were sharp and could secrete dissolving fluids. Lin sprinkled a large amount of Penetrators on the Deepsand Bus's carapace. They would find a gap or a hole to penetrate into the target's body.
Some of the Penetrators found a gap in the Deepsand Bus's scales and drilled into it.
The Penetrators emitted light all over their bodies. Lin observed the interior of the Penetrators. What she saw wasn't the usual cells and internal organs, but a vast space.
Sure enough, there was a large space under the carapace of the Deepsand Bus. Its inner walls were also covered by shells. It was about two meters high. This should be where the Aztec worms were placed. However, there weren't any worms inside the Deepsand Bus. Perhaps it was because the Deepsand Bus was relatively small.
According to Cephalopod, the Deepsand Bus was a 'queen' among the Aztec worms. Therefore, the Deepsand Bus should be able to breed Aztec worms in this place.
The interior of the Deepsand Bus was dark and spacious. It was supported by many carapace pillars. The Penetrators moved deeper into the Deepsand Bus. Lin found a strange object near the tail of the Deepsand Bus. It looked like a heart. This organ was connected to the carapace of the inner wall and was constantly expanding and contracting. Beside this organ were piles of oval white objects.
Those should be the eggs of the Aztec worms.
It seems that they breed here.
At this point, Lin had basically deduced the lifestyle of the Aztecs. The Deepsand Bushes would produce Aztecs, and when the Aztecs reached a certain number, they would be released to plant moss in suitable places. The Deepsand Bushes would probably give birth to new Deepsand Bushes every once in a while to continuously expand their population.
Lin didn't know if they were sexual or asexual. However, this was a typical branching species. There shouldn't be any species like Cephalopod.
Lin ordered the Penetrators to go deeper into the Deepsand Bus to see where its head was. She wanted to observe the size of its brain to determine the intelligence of this creature.
At the same time, Lin was making preparations at the foot of the mountain. When winter ended and the snow melted, a large number of hot springs would erupt from the ground. The hot springs attracted even more creatures than during winter. Lin didn't pay attention to them for the time being. This was because Leviathan was creating a large body in the lake of the mountain to be used on the Deepsand Bus … Brainreader. (To be continued.) Mobile users, please read.)
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