"Coo …"
The creatures that lived in the cold gathered together in front of Lin's eyes.
This was a place similar to the 'central hall'. There was a table full of fungus food, and a total of five fluffy creatures were gathered here. They were discussing something with each other.
Although Lin could not understand what they were saying.
Judging from their emotions, these creatures seemed to be in a tense state.
"Coo coo coo!" "Nononononono!"
These creatures communicated with this kind of sound. They had a lot of vocabulary, and through the emotions they expressed as they spoke, Lin slowly understood all of their language.
These creatures were probably talking about their losses.
There were not many of them, and could be said to be very few. Previously, Lin thought that most of them had gone out to read novels, but it seemed that was not the case.
Because in the process of these creatures' discussion, she could clearly feel the sadness of losing their companions.
Previously, when Lin's disk was wandering around here, she found that there were many empty rooms here, and the creatures that lived in those empty rooms were probably dead.
What was the reason?
It should not be because of a lack of food, because there was still a lot of food here, although it was only a single type …
Before Lin saw them having a meeting, she found the place where these fungi lived.
These fungi were very similar to a type of fungus on a pompom. They could live in temperatures that were almost freezing, and their mycelium could extend into the stone walls to absorb and search for nutrients inside.
Lin found that the stone walls here contained a kind of nutrient that multicellular creatures could absorb. That was why these fungi were able to grow so vigorously here. It also provided a lot of food for these long-haired creatures …
If it was not because of a lack of food. Perhaps there were other reasons for the creatures' deaths here, such as too cold? Or there was something else, but it was not clear why they ran outside. Because there was enough food here, there was no need for them to run outside, and they could live here forever …
Perhaps it was because of a lack of energy, the most important thing in this underground cave was actually the temperature. On the surface of the Rollers, the temperature was almost the same as the void. It was difficult for any multicellular creature to live here, and although this place was deep underground, the temperature was still very low. Therefore, the main source of warmth here was a mushroom-like thing that was spread all over the cave.
The 'mushroom' was actually a mechanical device. The mushrooms all over the cave were connected to a heating system at the bottom of the cave. Lin had not studied it in detail, but it was obvious that the creatures here needed to constantly add energy to the system to keep it running.
If there was no energy, everything here would be frozen. They couldn't survive in this place …
But where did these creatures go to find energy? Moreover, what was the connection between the fragments of the snow mushrooms that they had collected in the beginning?
As she watched them discuss, Lin slowly began to understand them.
However … The easiest way to understand their language was to look at their memories.
Lin had more or less understood their body structure, but strangely enough, if they were once living together with the Voidfolk, they should also be breathing oxygen.
But what they breathe is not oxygen, but a kind of gas here.
This gas was non-toxic and harmless to Voidfolk, but it couldn't be used as oxygen, but the long-haired creatures here could.
They depend on this gas to survive.
This creature had a lot of mysteries …
Their attitude towards the disc seemed to be quite strange as well.
"Wah wah wah wah?" While Lin was thinking, a creature walked over.
Now, the disc was in a state of capture. Earlier, when the disc was inspecting a room, it fell into a trap and was locked up by a cage that suddenly appeared.
Lin wanted to see how the creatures here would react when they caught the disc, so they didn't run away. Instead, they carried the cage to the center of the meeting room, then began to discuss in front of the disc.
They didn't seem to care much about the disc, but Lin also thought that since they knew how to set traps, it meant that there would occasionally be some intruders here.
Perhaps there were other kinds of creatures living here.
And now, after the meeting, they seemed to want to pay attention to the disc.
Lin saw a long-haired creature walk over. They moved on their feet, but when they wore armor, they moved on their stomach, just like the Voidfolk.
The creature walked to the disc's cage, took out something, and handed it to the disc.
This was a 'fungus piece' condensed from the fungi that they ate. They also ate this part.
Now, they seemed to want to feed this thing to the disc?
In fact, the disc's appearance looked more like a machine made of metal. They actually treated the disc as a living thing? It felt quite strange.
The disc didn't move. After the long-haired creature tried to touch the disc, it found that the disc ignored it, so it stretched its hand back.
And its next action made Lin feel even more strange. It directly opened the cage.
They seemed to think that the disc wasn't a threat, so they opened it? With that thought in mind, the disc flew out of the cage.
And these creatures looked at the disc with a curious expression.
It seemed that they really didn't think the disc was a harmful creature. In that case, she would use a more ordinary way to communicate with them …
Just like that, Lin let the disc 'live' in this place.
After that, these creatures let the disc move around freely, although there wasn't much difference from before.
Just like that, Lin continued to study these creatures, observing their daily lives and so on …
These long-haired creatures lived very ordinary lives. Apart from eating, they used some entertainment tools to play. The things they played with were very similar to the toys made by the Voidfolk.
But the Voidfolk didn't play with toys anymore. They liked to use video devices to watch all kinds of things since they were young …
And these creatures didn't have video devices. Although they had some mechanical objects. They didn't seem to know how to make new ones. They only knew how to use the original ones.
These creatures were a type of creatures with personalities. In the process of interacting with them, Lin also slowly understood their language.
She felt that their language was very easy to understand, simpler than the Voidfolk's. Soon, Lin started to communicate with them.
"You … can talk?"
When the disc first communicated with them, these long-haired creatures were quite surprised, but they quickly adapted and started to communicate with the disc …
"You came from above? Did 'above' refer to the outside? Why did you come from outside? What are you doing here? "
But. These creatures that might be related to the Voidfolk didn't seem to be as smart as the Voidfolk. Their thinking felt very similar to … children.
"We haven't seen a creature like you before." "Interesting!" "Don't you eat?" "Eat this, it must be delicious."
A circle of long-haired creatures surrounded the disc. There were a total of 15 of them. This was the largest number that Lin had seen here.
But there was no 'leader' among them. They all seemed to be living like children.
"Have you been living here all this time?" The disc didn't answer them. Instead, it asked them a question.
"Yes, we have been living here all this time." One of the long-haired creatures answered, "We collect food that grows on the wall. You should eat some too. It's very delicious."
"Yes, yes. Have you been living outside? It must be very scary outside. " Another long-haired creature said, "We can only feel warmth here. You should live here too. Our companions are getting fewer and fewer. "
"Warmth …" The disc asked, "That machine that creates warmth, did you make it?"
"Made? We don't know how to make it. That was left behind from the past. " While answering, the long-haired creature waved its arms as if gesturing something: "It was left behind from a very long time ago. We know that as long as we feed it, it will be able to keep us warm …"
Another long-haired creature continued, "But … recently, the food it eats has become very hard to find. If it doesn't eat, it won't be able to give us warmth. We can only try our best to search for food, but … many of our companions were killed because of this"
At this point, a wave of sadness welled up in their hearts ….
Sure enough, the situation here was exactly as Lin had imagined.
But why were they killed?
"We don't know either, but we heard their screams. Something was attacking us" the long-haired creature answered.
"We normally search for food in the 'abandoned land', but ever since that thing appeared, we no longer went there"
"Abandoned land?" the disc asked doubtfully, "Where is that?"
"It's right below our residence. I heard that many of our companions used to live there." One of the long-haired creatures answered, "We could also find food there, but we can't anymore."
The disc hesitated briefly before asking, "Then do you know …"
…
Following that, Lin asked them a lot of other things.
However, these creatures didn't know anything about their history or why they lived in this place. They only knew how to replenish the heater and collect the fungi on the wall.
It felt like their lifestyle was becoming closer and closer to that of normal wild creatures.
This was most likely related to the fungi they ate.
After carefully inspecting their brains, Lin found that the fungi they ate had some effect on their nerves, causing their intelligence to become similar to that of an infant.
So, she needed to investigate further to understand them.
And so, the disc flew towards the place they described … the place they called the 'abandoned land'. To be continued …
[Thank you for the 1888 PIN!!!
Thank you for the reward from the snowflake frost forest.]
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