Chương 61: Chapter 61
So that's how it is … Do the creatures down there rely on this to survive?
With that in mind, Lin immediately ordered the Leviathan to swim down the ice crystal. As the water deepened, the surrounding light slowly dimmed and turned cold. However, the giant crystal was still as bright and warm as ever. This mountain of crystals channeled the light of day from the surface of the water straight into the darkness of the deep sea.
When Lin returned to the crystal forest at the bottom of the sea, she saw an incredible sight. Other than the scattered crystal fragments, all the intact crystals that grew on the seabed were shining brightly. Although the light they emitted was not as bright as the land during the day, it was comparable to the starry sky at night.
The originally cold water was also warmed by these crystals.
There were quite a number of creatures here that Lin had never seen before at night. They were a type of red single-celled organism. A large number of them clung to the walls of the shining crystals. Lin believed that they were also light-eating cells. However, there were fewer crystal fungi that were commonly seen at night.
The small creatures that lived here were now fully active. A large number of flatfish swam between the crystals. There were also trilobites and tentacle-like creatures. Occasionally, one or two small ice monsters could be seen among them. They seemed to be feeding on the red cells. However, Lin had never seen a large ice monster like the one that attacked the Leviathan.
Perhaps the small ice monsters would grow up and leave this place?
The creatures here all had one thing in common. Their shells were all made of crystals. However, their crystal shells were different from normal crystals. They did not absorb light or heat. Perhaps there was some special modification to their shells. That was why the large ice monster dared to jump onto the land to attack the Leviathan.
This was indeed a good place to build a base. Using these crystals, Lin could build something very special …
The Leviathan swam to a piece of glowing crystal. It released some special units called 'green algae balls'. They were actually a collection of light-eating cells. Lin let the green algae balls near the crystal and immediately sensed a reaction from its photosynthetic ability. The chlorophyll began to work and produce nutrients.
So that's how it is. The light from the crystal works as well. As long as it's light, there's no problem.
Lin was very satisfied with this. Then, it was time to start building the base.
Lin did not plan to place the Seed of Bases inside any crystal. Instead, she let it float in the water. She then punched a hole in the crystal and stuffed the photosynthetic cells inside.
Other than producing nutrients, the photosynthetic cells could also produce a lot of oxygen. Lin felt that it was a good deal. Lin also made a few 'self-nourishing rooms' inside the Leviathan. She used lanterns to light up her cells and obtain oxygen and nutrients at the same time.
Because this project of crystallization was a big one, Lin planned to let the Leviathan stay here for a while.
… Wait, if that's …
Lin planned to modify all of the bases and connect them to create a gigantic system.
If Na Lin could connect all the bases through the cell tubes and carapace tunnels, she would have an incomparably large amount of cells, and her intelligence would increase even further.
As for intelligence, it has been a long time since Lin's intelligence increased. Maybe it's because she doesn't have enough cells? When the number of cells exceeded 20 billion, he felt that there was no increase.
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..... . That's a very complicated matter ….
The Leviathan's travels would be paused for a while, but it would still continue. For now, it was time to build a base, the largest base in history.
Currently, all of the bases had fully grown. From the outside, they appeared to be triangular in shape. Normally, they would release Devourers and other units to gather food, but once they reached a certain point, they would no longer grow in size. Now, Lin had them melt away their outer armor and began to 'carpet' reconstruct their entire form.
What was a 'carpet' method? Of course, it was like a carpet. She would let the photosynthetic cells grow along the seabed until they covered the entire area. Lin planned to connect all the Bases together and integrate them into a huge base.
That way, the entire seabed would belong to her.
Although it would take a long time, Lin was ready to start. The main plan was for the gland cells to secrete to form a flat shell. Then, she would let the photosynthetic cells cover the shell evenly. This structure would continue to grow until it covered all the illuminated areas of the seabed.
That way, the seabed would be like a green carpet for Lin. Lin would have endless energy! As for the deeper areas without light, Lin would not cover them. They were meaningless.
The entire plan would be called 'Greening the Seabed'.
As for the crystals, Lin planned to make some crystal-armored units. However, there were currently no creatures that could pose a real threat to Lin, so she did not care about the development of these units.
Moreover, in the face of a non-living disaster, these units would be useless no matter how strong they were.
Apart from the units, these crystals could also be used in the 'Greening the Seabed' plan. Lin could melt them and lay them flat on the seabed before stuffing the photosynthetic cells inside. With the help of the crystals, they would be able to absorb light at a high efficiency.
Lin did not know how many crystals there were, but it would be fine even if they were all used up. It was not like she had to rely on crystals.
Apart from the glowing crystals, the surrounding area was covered by a layer of ice and belonged to the dark waters. Photosynthetic cells could not be spread out. So, Lin had the Leviathan create transporters to transport the crystals here to the other Bases.
Lin only took the crystal fragments that did not glow. As for the glowing ones, she left them here and stuffed the photosynthetic cells inside. There was no need to move them.
Lin did not plan to touch the huge mountain of crystals here. She felt that it would be a pity to destroy such a beautiful thing. Furthermore, it was very hot, so it would be very troublesome to deal with.
So, the 'Greening the Seabed' plan began.
This was going to be a very long process … The Leviathan could also take a break after traveling for so long.
Lin's mind was very powerful. She could make all of her cells perform different actions at the same time, or observe and pay attention to different scenes seen by all of her eyes at the same time. Even so, Lin did not like to do multiple things at once.
The Greening the Seabed was mainly made up of two layers. The top layer was a thin transparent shell, while the second layer was a hard white shell. The space between the first and second layer was filled with photosynthetic cells, while below the second layer were various organs and units that could be accessed and accessed through small holes in the shell.
The Greening Seabed began to spread out around the Bases, then slowly grew. It would take a very long time to cover the entire seabed with photosynthetic cells, and Lin did not have that many nutrients. She could only slowly accumulate nutrients while slowly building. While building, she also had to prevent other creatures from attacking her, so she needed to create a large number of guards.
Lin did not ask her to do anything as she floated in the Base with a large number of green cells. She continued to float there like a buoy to study the wild green cells and observe the various movements on the surface of the sea.
As for the main Base on the island, Lin first asked her to build a huge cover to cover the entire Base, then fill it with water. After that, Lin would study how to get photosynthetic cells on land.
Lin's photosynthetic cells would be killed by ultraviolet light, and she could not find a way to let photosynthetic cells absorb light energy on land or near the surface of the sea.
In any case, it would take a long time.
The Leviathan temporarily stopped in the crystallized area, and Lin wanted to wait until everything was done before starting the journey.
As the days and nights alternated, Lin's project progressed little by little.
'Time' was a unit of measurement, but Lin could only use day and night to determine how much time had passed.
Lin felt that there should be a new word to describe 'time', so she dug out a special word from her thoughts: 'year'.
Lin also had knowledge about 'year'. A year seemed to have 365 days and nights, and this' year 'seemed to represent the movement of the world. For example, at the end of a year, the temperature would become cold, and the water would freeze, and then at the beginning of a year, it would slowly warm up.
The main thing was that various changes in the environment could be determined based on when the 'year' had arrived.
This seemed to be fake.
Lin realized that sometimes the water would freeze at the center of the 'year', sometimes at the beginning, sometimes at the end, and in short, it was completely inaccurate.
What was going on? Could the new words in her thoughts also contain false information? Did this mean that Lin could not trust these new words?
Lin did not know, but at least 'year' could be used to describe 365 days and nights, so for the time being, it could be used to describe longer periods of time.
However, it would probably take many 'years' to complete the entire project …
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