"… seems like this is an interesting phenomenon"
This was the Creator's prison, the Tumbler.
Currently, one of the Creator's tentacles was moving freely around the prison. It had chosen a lake as its lair, and while it was doing so, Lin was also doing something else.
Communicating with the creatures here.
And that seemed to be going quite smoothly …
"You brought it back here, fluffy, which means they can be 'tamed'"
The pompom flew above the lake where the Creator was. The Creator seemed to have finished scanning this lake, and it was very interested in what the pompom brought back.
Because the pompom was being followed by a whirling creature. This was the kind of whirlwind that Lin called the 'Vine Sculptor'.
Lin had already communicated with it a few times before, so she was able to understand their language more deeply.
And this creature also seemed to be interested in Lin, so it followed the pompom to this place.
"Fluffy, how does this creature's intelligence compare to the common Fool?" the Creator's tentacle asked the pompom in the water: "Can they express enough information?"
"I still don't fully understand their language" the pompom answered. "But they do have a complex history and 'civilization', these worlds seem to have been different from the present"
"Regardless of what it was, it is now mine, fluffy" the Creator said. "There is no problem with the water here, I will now take back my body, this is the first step to 'freedom'"
"The first step … is it?" the pompom turned around and used its fluffy fur to throw some debris at the whirlwind behind it. After the whirlwind received the debris. It then threw some more debris back at the pompom.
"They won't allow you to grow here" the pompom told the Creator: "If you want to grow here, then they will. They will attack you with all their might "
"Seems like these pitiful whirlwinds need a bit of 'teaching', fluffy" the Creator said: "Don't mind them, I will grow here, they can't stop me"
"They will be a great hindrance to you" the pompom said. "But they have another plan. If you don't grow up here, they can take you to another place that's more suitable," the pompom said.
"A more suitable place? They don't know where I'm suitable for, fluffy " The Creator said: "The water here contains a lot of rare substances, it will be very helpful to my growth. Let's go, let's leave this place first. Fluffy, it's time to take back your body. "
"If that's the case … then let's go."
With that said, the pom-poms and the creator's tentacles returned to the place where they came from, and the Vine Sculptor whirlwind followed the pom-poms.
"It wants to follow us? Fluff? "The creator turned to the whirlwind and said," Leave. "
The moment he said this, the creator swung the ground and threw some sand and dust toward the whirlwind.
"Whoosh …" The whirlwind suddenly spun faster after receiving the sand. It suddenly rushed towards its creator. Seeing this, the pompom immediately threw some dust onto the whirlwind. Only then did the whirlwind stop.
"Their language is not quite the same as the whirlwind on the lake that you chased away." The pompom said, "The sand that you threw out earlier is equivalent to … scolding it."
The Creator said, "Then, Fluffy, tell it to leave."
"There's no need." The pompom said, "There's still a long way to go, I can discuss a few things with it on the way."
"You seem to be very interested in their history, Fluffy …" the Creator said, "but no matter how long their history is, it's still meaningless."
"No, that would be very interesting."
Saying so, the pompom and the Creator walked back together, while the whirlwind continued to follow Lin.
During this time, Lin continued to throw dust or sand at it to communicate with it. Lin found that this unique language of theirs contained a lot of 'words'.
Some of these words could only be expressed by the fragments that had been rubbed against the whirlwind's body, but Lin already understood their basic language, so with its explanation, Lin quickly understood the more complicated language.
Lin mainly discussed the situation of this place with it. Lin found that its intelligence was about the same as a gnome's, and it was able to clearly describe their experiences.
This place was indeed a place with a lot of history.
This whirlwind had already seen a lot of things.
Just like any other living creature, the whirlwind had a structure similar to an eye, but they also had a lifespan.
This was because the core of the whirlwind would slowly wear away, and some of the wear and tear couldn't be repaired. As the core of the whirlwind became smaller and smaller, the whirlwind would also become smaller and smaller until it finally disappeared.
However, this process was very long. Compared to most multicellular organisms, their lifespan was much longer, and the main threats of death they faced were the threats of other living creatures.
And this whirlwind was a rare creature that had managed to survive countless threats, so it was able to share its experiences with Lin.
It told Lin that they once had a very large 'kingdom'. When they used the word 'kingdom' to describe it, the fragments they used were very unique. They couldn't be called fragments, but rather a finely carved sculpture.
It told Lin that if there were similar sculptures inside the whirlwind, it meant that they had a large community, or something that could be translated as a 'kingdom'.
This kingdom was mainly made of rocks and sand. Although the whirlwind wasn't a species that divided their work, they didn't form complicated relationships and fight against each other like other creatures. Although they gathered together, whether it was searching for resources or doing other things, they did it on their own, giving off a very 'loose' feeling.
They would only unite under certain circumstances, such as when they were facing a threat.
They had many natural enemies, because whirlwinds would hunt each other. The larger whirlwinds would hunt smaller whirlwinds, and the natural enemy this group of 'vine builders' had to face was a type of large whirlwind.
That was why they created this forest of sand vines. These vines had no other purpose other than to guard against their natural enemies.
Just like multicellular creatures, if a whirlwind 'ate' something bad, it would cause damage to its body, so the vine builders created sand vines. These sand vines were mixed with a large amount of substances that large whirlwinds hated, so they wouldn't hunt down the vine builders hidden inside the sand vines. However, the large whirlwinds would try to create storms from afar to destroy the sand vines they created.
At first, this was just a way for the vine builders to guard against their natural enemies. At the time, they were still solitary creatures. But slowly, the number of sand vines they created increased, and the area they covered also increased. The sand vines created by each vine builder were mixed together to form a large area where countless vine builders gathered. Now that they were safe, their numbers rapidly increased, and their interactions with each other also increased.
During this period of time, they seemed to have become smarter. At the same time, by sharing their knowledge with each other, they made the sand vines stronger and stronger. In the end, not even large whirlwinds could destroy their sand vines from afar.
The safe life gave them a lot of free time to do many things. They recorded their history and tried to make the sand vines into other things, such as dwellings …
And during this period of time, they encountered something special.
At some point in time, a group of Vine Sculptors noticed flames in the sky. An aircraft had appeared in the sky and was flying into their 'city'.
When the vine builders described the aircraft, they used a very light type of debris. They used this kind of debris to represent a 'special, flying object'.
This aircraft destroyed many of their sand vines and crashed into the ground. And inside the aircraft, a strange creature appeared.
Because the vine builders had no words to describe this creature, they created a delicate statue to represent this creature. They could control the rotation of the debris inside their body to cut, so creating a statue was a simple task for them.
And this statue … Lin believed it to be Atlan.
Yes, at that time, an Atlan came to this world on the aircraft.
The vine builders didn't do anything to Atlan. They were just curiously observing this creature, observing its movements …
According to the vine builders' description, this Atlan initially stayed inside the aircraft and didn't leave. After a long time … it should have been dozens of pompom days and nights before it left the aircraft.
Lin believed it must have eaten all the food inside before it left.
After this Atlan left the aircraft, it appeared to be quite fearful of the whirlwind creatures around it. It kept moving while avoiding the whirlwinds. But soon, it realized that there were whirlwinds everywhere. But it also realized that the whirlwinds didn't attack it.
Initially, this Atlan was looking for the things that multicellular creatures needed — food and water.
In this world, these two things were not common, but this Atlan still managed to find something that it could eat in the Vine Sculptor's Kingdom. The Vine Sculptors had been observing it and recording its activities.
However, at the same time, the Atlan was also observing the Vine Sculptor. It slowly discovered the Vine Sculptor's method of communication. Then, the Atlan used a machine inside its aircraft to successfully communicate with the Vine Sculptor.
The Atlan told the Vine Sculptor that it was here to search for its' homeland ', but it had encountered danger along the way, which was why it had to make a forced landing here. It believed that the route to its homeland must be hidden in this world … Oh my gosh.
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