"Cold …"
"Almost, has it reached the limit?"
"It's still a long way from the limit, fluff. … "
Now, the world was in the middle of the night.
The ball of wool and the creator's tentacles were still wandering in the wasteland.
This might not be a wasteland because there were many things growing on the ground here. Of course, these things were not plants. Although they looked like something called 'bamboo shoots,' they looked like they were made of crystals.
They were all over the land under the night and emitted a faint glow. They looked quite beautiful, but also quite … cold.
After entering the night, the temperature here was much lower. The difference between the temperature of the day and night was quite big.
These bamboo-like crystals were some kind of soft creatures similar to amoebas during the day, but after the night, they hardened and looked like they were frozen.
They might pass the night in this way.
"There's nothing useful here, fluff." The creator's tentacles crawled between the crystallized bamboo shoots. It was now looking for something useful.
Previously, the creator planned to release its body, but it seemed to have changed its mind. Because it might still suffer some damage if it was forced out now. It wanted to wait for the virus to fully spread at that time before getting its body out.
Because the prison was very small, it wouldn't take long for it to fully spread. Maybe after the night was over.
And before that, the creator wanted to find something useful. It thought that there was a substance called 'Bai' in this world. It was calculated by the composition of the air.
It was said that this substance could stimulate the growth of some of the creator's own cells. So after it left the prison. That way, he would be able to grow quickly.
Now, the creator was looking for this substance.
But it seemed to have 'lost' it.
"The smell … disappeared." The creator's tentacles followed the smell in the air to find the target, so it came to this plain full of 'crystal bamboo shoots.'
"The wind is a bit strange." The ball of wool flew to the creator's side and looked forward. "Maybe it's caused by that."
In the forest of 'crystal bamboo shoots' ahead, there was a creature that kept spinning. It should be called an 'ice wind' because the fragments it spun around were made of sparkling crystals. It looked very beautiful under the starry sky.
And with its appearance. The surrounding air was filled with a strange smell. This smell was very similar to the smell of a plant called the King Flower.
He didn't know what these smells meant to these whirlwind creatures, but for the creator, perhaps because the tentacle's sense of smell wasn't very strong, it couldn't find its target.
She also noticed that the 'icy wind' before her was still creating a stronger smell …
The Ice Wind seemed to feed on the crystallized bamboo shoots around it. It slowly floated to the side of a crystallized bamboo shoot and let its spinning body touch the outer shell of the bamboo shoot.
Lin could see the outer shell of the Crystal Bamboo Shoots peeling off bit by bit, turning into a large amount of debris that mixed into the icy wind. Just like that, it swallowed the entire bamboo shoot.
During this process, a large amount of odor would be released.
This kind of smell floated around with the cold air. It seemed to have a great effect on the creator's sense of smell. It immediately said to the pompom: "Hurry up, Fluffy, let's get out of here."
…
That being said, this place was quite big.
Several hundred seconds later, Lin and the creator were still wandering around this place. In this forest of crystallized bamboo shoots, there were many other creatures besides the icy wind.
These creatures seemed to feed on the crystallized bamboo shoots. And it seemed that as long as the crystallized bamboo shoots were damaged, they would release a large amount of odor. The creator could only search for its target among these odors.
Lin's pompom seemed to have a stronger sense of smell. She could smell the various subtle odors mixed in the air. But Lin was looking for something else.
Lin recalled … the incident earlier.
…
Earlier, Lin and the creator saw a large amount of information inside a cube. After the creator left, the cube began to transform into something else.
Although this cube looked like a machine, it was able to create emotions similar to those of a multicellular organism.
At the same time, when it communicated with Lin, it would also create all kinds of emotions, which allowed Lin to quickly understand what it meant.
"I want to communicate with you. I've learned about you from my companions, but I can't communicate with you here, so I've placed the things I need to communicate with you somewhere else. As long as you follow this, you'll be able to find them"
That was the general meaning of the creature's words, but before it could finish, the creator changed its mind and returned. Before the creator could see it, the cube had transformed back into its original cube form.
It seemed like it didn't want the creator to know about it.
Lin hadn't told the creator about it yet. The creator seemed to have noticed something strange about the cube at the time, but it didn't seem to care.
It was only concerned about how to quickly grow after it left, while Lin was more concerned about where the information was.
Regardless of whether it was a trap or not, she had to take a look first. If she couldn't find it, it wouldn't be interesting enough. But after that, another pompom went to look for the cube, but it didn't change shape again.
It seemed to be a fixed system that would only activate at a fixed time and speak a fixed language. At the same time, when it encountered a fixed creature — — the creator — — it would quickly change back.
After that, it didn't seem to change anymore. Lin couldn't find any more information from it, so she could only search for it randomly …
"This feeling …" As she thought about it, Lin suddenly felt the air become warmer.
In front of her, there was a huge crater. This crater felt like a meteorite had suddenly crashed into the crystal bamboo shoots.
And inside the crater, there was a flickering light, like … … a flame.
The creator and the pompom came to the side of the crater. They could see that there was indeed a raging fire below, as if there was a huge amount of combustible material below.
More importantly, there were many cylindrical whirlwinds moving above the burning flames.
These whirlwinds were constantly spinning and sucking in the flames below, which made them look like rotating flames. These flames contained the core of the whirlwind creature, which meant that they weren't some kind of phenomenon, but a member of the whirlwind creature.
Therefore, they were very suitable for the name 'Fire Vortex'.
There were indeed such unusual creatures among the whirlwind creatures. Lin had seen their information before, the main differences between the whirlwind creatures were the size of their core and the material they were spinning.
Most whirlwind creatures were made of dust, debris, and other materials that were commonly seen in their surroundings. And it seemed that these whirlwinds could also be created above the flames.
"Pompom, this place seems to be very suitable" The creator looked at the burning crater below and said: "This place has been burning for a very long time, you can tell from the traces of the surrounding rocks"
"I can use this place as a living place for the first group of creatures" The creator said: "Pompom, there might be more craters around here. You've seen their information before, do you know their range of distribution?"
"I didn't see enough details" the pompom replied: "But there is indeed some relevant information here"
It seemed that the creator intended to build its environment here. Generally speaking, the creator could obtain nutrients from rock formations like some fungi, and also had the ability to absorb sunlight like plants.
However, the creator obviously wouldn't just live by itself. Its growth rate couldn't be considered fast, so it wanted to create an environment. Perhaps the first step was to create a large number of primitive fungi, then let these fungi grow rapidly to form a large number of fungi beds. After creating the initial environment, it would then place more creatures on these fungi beds.
Lin knew that the creatures created by the creator were definitely not 'random'. They could quickly adapt to the environment, so as long as a good foundation was laid, its environment would quickly spread, and it would have countless nutrients to use.
And multicellular creatures were obviously most suitable for this kind of warm place. As long as there was temperature and nutrients, they would grow explosively.
So this kind of fire pit was indeed very suitable …
The information in the creator's prison mentioned this kind of thing. These places were called 'Pits of Eternal Fire', and it was said that there was a substance that could burn for a very long time inside. They could continue to burn here …
For a very long time.
How long exactly? It was not clear because there was no accurate number. It was said that during the burning process, the pit would become deeper and deeper due to the consumption of fuel. Judging by the depth of the pit, one could tell how long it had been burning.
And these pits were not naturally formed, but were the children of this fire vortex. Lin felt that they could be called 'pyrolysis'.
Slap! Suddenly, there was a sound from under the pit, and Lin saw some small dots of light pop out of the rotating flames.
These should be 'pyrolysis'.
Most of the pyrolysis landed in the pit, but some would pop out of the pit. It was said that they would travel to another place where they could burn and start burning from the ground, slowly creating such pits.
"If you want to use these things to build the initial environment, then collect them." Lin looked at the pyrolysis that popped out of the ground. They quickly lost their light and rolled on the ground with the wind.
It was said that they would light up again when they reached the burning point and ignite the ground.
"Very good, pompom. It seems that I don't need to collect 'pyrolysis' anymore," the creator said. "Now I will grow up in this world."
"No," the pompom said. "Perhaps you shouldn't grow up here …"
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