Chương 221: Chapter 229 times of peace and growth
There weren't many of these crustaceans, but the deeper they went into the trench, the more of them there were in the rocks.
These things might be related to lava. In the trench, Lin also found many small multicellular organisms, some of which had a heat-resistant shell similar to the Inferno Worms.
Lin might be able to start digging here, but she didn't feel like the amount was enough, so Lin had the Leviathan place an eyeball tentacle on the edge of the trench as a marker and continued to move forward to see if she could find a larger trench.
The ancient squids were no longer following them, and there were no signs of them nearby. It seemed that their area of activity wasn't very large.
The deeper they went into the sea, the fewer corpses there were on the seabed, but the ground was still full of potholes. It was clear that many rocks had floated to the surface, and some of them didn't float into the air but instead just floated in the water. Around these rocks, there were small fishes.
It seemed that the sea was indeed slowly recovering, and these small creatures were a good example.
During the Leviathan's exploration, Lin found many creatures in turn. Although they were all very small, Lin could already guess what the sea would look like in the future.
The Leviathan swam for over a hundred kilometers, but Lin didn't find any more trenches. However, the Leviathan would continue to swim and observe the changes in the sea.
Lin planned to collect the small trench from before first, but what would she use to collect it?
For this, Lin had already begun to prepare.
It was a giant worm creature that Lin was creating. It was over a hundred meters long, and its armor was made of a large amount of compression-resistant crustaceans. There was also a structure similar to spider silk mixed into it. This made it extremely sturdy. The armor was covered with specially calculated spiral cracks or protruding fin-shaped shells, which made it easier for the creature to burrow through the ground.
In addition, Lin planned to create three smaller subsidiary worms that could be attached to the main worm to help it drill, dissolve, explore, and so on.
Because the manufacturing process was relatively large, it would take a long time. Generally speaking. It didn't take long for Lin to create an object with pure cells, and the process was relatively simple, but it would take a long time to mix in the complex crustaceans at the same time. Because it needed to be synthesized in the body, removing impurities, and so on, it was much more difficult than just producing cells. Some giant creatures couldn't completely create their own shells, so they usually needed a small army to coat them with the outermost layer of crustaceans, which was very time-consuming.
Moreover, Lin was still a little confused as to why such a large worm could be created.
This kind of giant creature could cause a lot of damage underground, and it would have a great impact on the surface. Therefore, Lin only planned to use it at the bottom of the sea to see what kind of effect it would have.
Because it was still in the process of being manufactured. Therefore, he still had to wait for the time to collect them.
So for now, Lin was rather 'bored'.
The Leviathan continued to move forward in the ocean. The deeper it swam, the fewer creatures there were. Most of them gathered around the corpses. After all, the lower layer of the ocean was very dark, and the upper layer was blocked by pollutants. It was not easy to recover quickly, but it was definitely recovering.
After swimming for two days and nights, Lin decided to let the Leviathan return. As for the ocean, Lin didn't want to specifically observe it. Instead, she wanted to wait for a long time to see if there were any changes. This way, it would be more interesting.
At the same time, in the sky above the Twisted Jungle, the headworm was humming a song. Due to the previous danger, the headworm hid inside the airship and never came out again. However, this didn't stop it from seeing the scenery outside through the eyes of the wooden handle. It was now close to the edge of the Twisted Jungle – the Glittering Jungle.
The Glittering Jungle had been restored to its original state. During the night, the Glittering Jungle would emit a flickering light that illuminated the entire land. This light mixed with the blue of the moon, forming a wonderful sky-blue color.
The headworm's journey might become more dangerous. After leaving the Glittering Jungle, the area after that would no longer be considered Lin's territory. The Aztecs could attack at any time, but Lin believed that they didn't have any more Deep Sand Buses to use.
However, the danger of the Overmind Beetle wasn't the Aztec Beetle. The Overmind Beetle seemed to want to attack the Inca Beetle swarm, but even the Inca Beetle swarm that was almost wiped out by Lin could easily take care of the Overmind Beetle.
However, Lin wasn't completely sure about this, so she decided to observe the situation first. If she asked the headworm directly, it wouldn't be as interesting.
Currently, the collapse was still ongoing underground. More and more Hometrees had collapsed due to the corrosion of the fungus. The rock layer on top of the cave was simultaneously being pulled upwards and downwards, creating a large number of cracks. This caused the collapse to spread. On the ground of the Twisted Jungle, there were already many huge holes that were so deep that one could see the ground. Some of the forests had also sunk into the ground. As the collapse continued, a large area of the Twisted Jungle would soon sink into the ground.
Lin also discovered a special phenomenon. When the underground luminous creatures were exposed to sunlight or moonlight, they would stop emitting light. The reason for this was unknown.
The luminous creatures themselves were stuck to the top of the cave like a layer of 'powder'. The 'powder' was a combination of different creatures, creating a unique environment that illuminated the entire underground world. However, as the collapse continued, there was a high chance that they would all be destroyed. In order to preserve these interesting creatures, Lin moved a portion of them into her base in the Glittering Jungle, allowing them to reproduce and grow. If Lin wanted to create an environment for these creatures in the future, they would be very useful.
The contact between the underground world and the surface created many special effects, but that wasn't all.
During the collapse of the underground, many strange structures grew on the remains of the collapsed Hometree. These things looked like a layer of hairy moss, but they were actually fungi. Fungi had a very similar lifestyle to plants, they liked to extend their silk threads into certain places to absorb nutrients, but fungi didn't know how to photosynthesize, they only knew how to eat other things.
Lin discovered that there wasn't only one type of fungi, they had a wide variety of species.
Some would grow into fluffy structures, while others would grow into circular structures. These circular structures were called 'mushrooms', they were highly toxic to living creatures and were used to reproduce.
There was a type of mushroom that Lin called the 'Art Mushroom'. It would constantly expand and explode, releasing a large number of seeds. Fungi and plant seeds were very different, but Lin didn't want to give them too many names, so they were all called 'seeds'.
These seeds were blown away by the wind. Lin discovered that a large number of seeds were spread to the surface along with the collapsed ground, attacking targets on the surface.
The Twisted Trees had a strong resistance against fungi, but the fungi's target wasn't living trees, but dead ones.
There was a large amount of wood piled up in the Twisted Jungle. Since no living creatures were able to decompose this wooden structure, it had already accumulated quite a lot in the soil. However, the fungi had begun to decompose this layer of wood, which seemed to have caused some strange effects …
The originally piled up wood was decomposed into nutrients that could be absorbed. This way, the Twisted Trees would grow even larger, which would greatly affect the living creatures nearby. The fungi seemed to be slowly changing the continent.
Although this change wasn't a bad one, Lin was still wondering if there was a way to kill them all. Originally, they had almost destroyed the entire Twisted Jungle. These tiny creatures that were good at spreading parasites weren't easy to deal with. Lin needed to think of an easy way to get rid of them, otherwise, it would be troublesome if they were to appear in the future.
And so, Lin began to make preparations.
But before that, Lin discovered that there was something wrong with the headworm …
It was now night, and the moonlight shrouded the sky.
At this time, the airship of the headworm had already flown over the desert. The headworm that had been hiding in the airship suddenly climbed onto the airship, and its appearance was very strange.
"Roll roll roll roll roll coo coo coo coo coo."
The headworm kept repeating meaningless words, it stayed motionless under the night sky, staring at the moonlight.
This situation … was quite obvious, it was infected with a virus.
Perhaps it was infected because it was too close to the cricket when it was attacked last time. The headworm was showing similar symptoms of 'liking the moon', but it wasn't as crazy as the other organisms.
The other infantrymen remained motionless. This was a powerful 'insurance mechanism' of the headworm's colony. When the leader's mental state was affected, the other troops would temporarily stop accepting the headworm's command.
This ability was quite useful, it could prevent both the troops and the headworm from going crazy together. Furthermore, the infantrymen didn't seem to be infected, perhaps their immunity was different?
In short, this was a good opportunity for Lin to experiment on this virus and create a way to deal with 'infectious' organisms.
Lin usually liked to use direct attacks to solve problems, rather than using other troublesome methods. Lin first carried out an 'anti-virus attack' on the headworm by inserting a special type of soldier into the body of the headworm. Lin called it a 'Poison Eater'. It could move quickly in the body of a living organism and had a powerful virus detection ability. It would devour all viruses and infected cells and dissolve them.
Lin could release a large number of Venom Devourers at once. After they had dealt with most of the viruses, they would decompose themselves into completely harmless substances. Lin could use this type of unit to deal with almost all viruses in a living being's body without causing any adverse effects afterwards.
After the headworm recovered, Lin began to use the same method on all infected creatures in the Twisted Jungle. A large number of Poison Eaters were placed in a type of thin needle, then a large number of these thin needles were loaded into bombs, and a large number of Bombers were released in large numbers.
This way, the virus infection problem could be solved perfectly.
After these things were done, Lin's giant burrowing creature had reached the stage of completion … Floating Astronomy.
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