Chương 67: Chapter 67
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Lin didn't think too much about it. She let the Leviathan follow the swarm of helmeted fishes into the river.
Of course, the Leviathan didn't care about salt. When other creatures swam, their internal organs would constantly exchange various elements and nutrients with the water outside, so they wouldn't be able to withstand any strange changes in the water.
However, the Leviathan didn't have a system to directly exchange nutrients with water. Although it had the ability to absorb and spray water, the water didn't pass through its blood or other circulatory systems. The Leviathan relied on a small class of soldiers to collect nutrients and food in the water for itself. They were the evolved form of collectors, able to distinguish various harmful and harmless substances in the water in detail. They could also determine which substances the Leviathan needed.
In other words … when entering the river, the collectors just needed to collect more salt and less water.
The Leviathan swam deeper into the river with the school of helmeted fishes. There were very few creatures in the river, only some small creatures on the sand at the bottom of the river. There were no predators here that could threaten the school of helmeted fishes.
Except for Lin …
Lin didn't know how long the helmeted fishes would swim, so she made an eyeball on the Leviathan's back and let it float to the surface to observe the changes on the land.
The Leviathan had never made an eyeball during this period of its life. It seemed to live purely by smell and touch. Lin found it incredible.
The scorching ultraviolet light seemed to be harmless now. Even though the light was still bright during the day, the Leviathan didn't feel anything when it floated close to the water.
The land on both sides of the river was made up of large, square-shaped rocks that blocked Lin's vision. However, there were some green things standing on top of the rocks. They looked like hard and thin tentacles with bifurcated ends.
They seemed to have officially climbed onto the land, just like the seaweed. These were the evolved form of light-eating cells. They took a completely different evolutionary path from common creatures. Although they had a vascular system, they never evolved a heart, muscles, brain, and other organs. They couldn't move because they didn't have muscles. They could only rely on the water flow to transmit their reproductive cells. Their reaction speed to the surrounding environment was very slow. Even so, they were no worse than other creatures with brains.
As for the production of oxygen, it was almost all thanks to them. Although their reactions were slow, they could respond to the fast and intelligent creatures that liked to hunt them and come up with various strategies. This was quite amazing. Climbing up to land should be one of the strategies to avoid predators.
There was already another word to describe these creatures … 'plants', which was quite different from the 'animals' that usually moved quickly.
However, Lin's body had both the characteristics of a plant and an animal, which was an interesting feeling.
Leviathan followed the Helmeted Fish and arrived at a special area.
The waterway ahead was blocked by a stone wall formed by huge rocks, but this was not the end of the river, because the gaps between the huge rocks indicated that the river could continue to flow upwards. However, these rocks somehow fell in the middle of the river, interrupting the flow.
The helmeted fish's destination was obviously not here, but they couldn't get through the cracks in the rocks. So, they swam to the surface and jumped to the top of the exposed boulder.
Flailing their fins and bulky heads, the helmeted fish tried to climb over the boulders that interrupted the river.
Why didn't they just lay their eggs here? Why did they have to climb over?
Looking at the helmeted fish jumping on the boulder, Lin was a little puzzled. However, this also proved that the ultraviolet rays did not have any lethality.
So, what about Lin? Should she jump on as well? Lin looked at Leviathan's life record. It did not seem to have any ability to travel on land. In the 100 million years it lived, it had never come close to land.
However, Leviathan had accidentally fallen onto land before, and Leviathan had crawled back to the sea alive. Perhaps it could give it a try. Even the helmeted fish that only had fins to move could climb over, so there was no reason why Leviathan couldn't.
With that in mind, Lin let Leviathan float to the surface, opened the water spout, jumped out, and landed on the boulder.
Although Leviathan only had two tentacles now, the suction cups on them provided a great deal of strength. It could even drag its three-meter-long body on land without any problem.
Beside Leviathan were helmeted fish trying their best to crawl. They were still ten meters away from entering the water. Although Leviathan's body was huge, with the help of the suction cups, it could crawl faster than the helmeted fish. However, when Lin was halfway there, some monsters appeared in front of her …
Their flat and round bodies were more than a meter long, and the ends of their forelimbs were serrated pincers. Their tails were curved and had sharp hooks at the end. They were obviously carnivores. These creatures came from an inconspicuous species with small limbs. Lin had seen them before, but she didn't expect them to be able to climb up to land now.
They also had their own name, 'Bloon Scorpion'.
What a strange name. There were three scorpions in total. It seemed that they were prepared to ambush the helmeted fish here.
This could be dangerous …
The Bloon Scorpion had eight eyeballs in total. Lin did not know how good their vision was, but they were all staring at Leviathan.
This was going to be troublesome …
Leviathan's body was huge. These scorpions seemed to be a little afraid and did not dare to rush forward. However, they cooperated very well and spread out, surrounding Leviathan from three directions.
Leviathan did not have a new type of troop that could fight on land, but Lin could still rely on the old method to fight. Leviathan had openings on both sides of its body and on its head. Other than its tail, it had no blind spots.
Fire!
A bullet with a strong acid hit a scorpion in front of Leviathan. The scorpion twisted its body in pain and retreated. The other two scorpions went around Leviathan and went to catch the helmeted fish nearby.
They did not cooperate to surround Leviathan. Instead, they split up from the beginning?
Lin did not think too much about it. She took the opportunity to quickly climb into the water. Even if she used the previous method of firing bullets, it would still be troublesome to deal with three of them.
This was the helmeted fish's spawning ground. It was a wide circular body of water that could be called a 'lake'.
After Leviathan, many helmeted fish jumped into the lake one after another. The Bloondu scorpions could only catch a few helmeted fish at most. They could not stop the helmeted fish from coming here to spawn.
The school of helmeted fish swam to the sand at the bottom of the lake. They first dug a small hole here with their head. Every pair of fish had their own small hole. Then, they began to release a large number of cells.
One was round and very large, about a centimeter in size. The other was extremely small, with a small tentacle-like tail. They were only the size of an ordinary single cell. There seemed to be a word to describe their difference: 'male' and 'female'.
The ones that released the round cells were female, and the ones that released the small cells were male. The combination of the male and female could produce offspring with the advantages of both sides.
The helmeted fish would die after releasing their cells. This was exactly the same as the flatfish. Lin found that most creatures had a set lifespan. However, unlike Lin, who only occasionally broke down the older cells, their lifespan would end. All the cells in the body would die, starting from the brain. Slowly, all the cells in the body would die.
They were not attacked, nor were they infected by the virus. This was all determined by their own cells. A creature could only live for a certain period of time at most. After that, they would have to die and give their position to their offspring.
A flatfish's lifespan was set at about ten years. Although they might die earlier due to viruses or parasites, they would never live for more than ten years. This was because the cells in their bodies were set to die at that time. The helmeted fish, on the other hand, were set to only die after they finished spawning. They would not die before that.
The carcasses of the helmeted fish would not go to waste. They would become food for the newborn fish.
Lin did not come here just to watch them breed. She wanted to build a base here to study the differences between this place and the sea.
The base that Lin built now was very different from before. It was mainly a spherical center point with a diameter of thirty centimeters. It would then extend a green carpet around it, eventually covering the entire area.
The structure of the green carpet was also much simpler. It mainly consisted of two transparent shells containing photosynthetic cells and some small defensive units.
The green carpet would not affect the helmeted fish. Lin rarely attacked other creatures now. Observing their changes was more valuable than eating them.
When the Seed of the Base was placed down, Lin suddenly felt a strange feeling …
This was …
The Seed of the Base had some extremely strong tactile tentacles. Lin had specially created them to calculate the changes in the surrounding environment. By collecting information such as the vibration of the seabed and the temperature of the water, she could calculate the changes in the environment in the future and prepare in advance.
The moment Lin placed the Seed of the Base, she felt something … strange.
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