"In the past … I've read such a 'fairy tale' before …"
"A ship sailing on the ocean was swallowed by a giant sea monster many times bigger than the ship. The crew on the ship found themselves in the sea monster's stomach. So, they fished for a living in the sea monster's stomach. Later, they found that the sea monster had accidentally swallowed a bomb. They activated the bomb and blasted a hole in the sea monster's stomach. After that, they successfully escaped …"
"As one of the many 'fairy tales', this story is very famous in our world. Even after all the sea creatures that could be called 'big' went extinct, it continued to be passed down. It was even brought into the Void as a bedtime story for the newborns on the 'Wanderer' …"
"Even though I've heard it many times, I've never believed that such a thing could happen. Even after coming to this world that is not random, I still haven't believed it."
"But it did happen, didn't it?"
"Yes, it made me believe that … anything is possible."
The Scholar and the Cryopteris were now on an Atlan ship. And this ship was currently … in darkness.
"This is the … monster in the deep sea that you mentioned?" The Scholar turned on the lights outside the ship. From the images inside the ship, they could see the outside scenery. No matter how they shone, they could only see a 'wall' that was mainly black but was made of flesh.
There was also a certain depth of water on the ship. This made the whole environment look like an underground lake, but the surrounding walls were not made of stone but flesh.
The main reason they were here was …
Earlier, the Scholar was on Atlan's ship. And the ship had activated its tracking system. It began to sail rapidly through the water. And when the ship sailed through a very narrow cliff … the two sides of the cliff suddenly closed up.
Then, the Scholar felt the world turn upside down inside the ship. After a while, it calmed down and realized that the ship was in this environment. Obviously … they had been swallowed by some kind of creature.
And coincidentally, the target that the Scholar's ship was looking for … the cells in Atlan's records seemed to be inside the body of this creature.
Because the image showed that the target was nearby, the Scholar only needed to get out of the ship and swim to the water nearby to find it … but why would the cells be here?
"This is the source of their destruction," Cryopteris said. "Sadly, Atlan was attacked by it. They were devoured by it and excreted by it. When their skeletons were scattered in the depths of the abyss, the thing they were looking for was still here. It was sleeping here, waiting for you … to discover it. "
"What kind of creature is this?" the Scholar asked. "How did it swallow the entire ship?"
"Your information should be updated." The Cryopteris crawled in front of the Scholar and pressed something in the Scholar's helmet. Suddenly, a pile of information popped up in front of the Scholar.
"This is the information of a new species …"
The scholar found that there were many creatures that it had never seen before in the data. At the same time, he also saw … the creature that ate the ship was called …
"Whale Devour."
"Although the observation of the evolution process of this creature is not complete, it's still not complete. However, its source can be traced back to a creature called 'Giant Trap Worm'. This creature has evolved for a long time to become what it is today. "
"Their bodies are huge. Even though there is no record of their largest size, they are usually tens of meters tall. They usually camouflage themselves in the depths of the ocean. Normally, this kind of creature will disguise itself as … a cliff. They will swallow the creatures that pass by into their stomach and then slowly dissolve them …
"However, they do not know how to decompose metal. After some time, they will spit out the things that they cannot dissolve. But before that, they will try to crush the creatures to aid in the dissolution."
"This creature …" The Scholar looked at the data and said, "It is at least hundreds of meters long, or else it would not have been able to swallow this ship. Could it have eaten all those Atlan … and then spat them out? But why did it spit out the skeletons as well? "
"Because there is something sturdy inside their bones." Cryopteris said, "Now, you should understand. Those sad creatures were attacked by this sea monster in the deep sea. Their flesh and blood were turned into paste, but the brain spirit stuffed something sturdy inside their bones to prevent their bones from being decomposed."
"You have to find those things before it crushes you. Find the target inside its body."
"Target … That's right!" The Scholar seemed to have remembered something this time. He immediately walked to the exit of the ship.
Even though the ship had flipped several times when it was swallowed, when it entered the stomach of the creature, the ship was flipped upside down. Therefore, the Scholar was able to open the entrance of the ship very quickly and get out of the ship.
The outside of the ship looked like an underground cave. The ship was parked in the 'underground lake'. The Scholar held the helmet of the Atlan in his hand. The helmet kept beeping, indicating the location of the target.
The target it was looking for was underwater.
Perhaps after a while, the creature called 'Whale Devour' would wiggle its stomach and crush the thing inside. Therefore, it was better to stay inside the ship because it was unlikely that the ship would be crushed.
However, the Scholar still wanted to see what it was looking for. So … he had to be quick.
Thump! The Scholar jumped into the 'underground lake' in front of him.
"It's murky, but it's clean." In the water, the Scholar quickly swam deeper. Just as Cryopteris said, there should be many undigested skeletons and remains in the stomach of a creature. However, the Scholar did not see anything. Even though the water was murky, the detection system in the helmet did not detect any foreign objects around.
Indeed … it was very clean.
This meant that either the creature had not eaten for a long time or its ability to dissolve things was too strong. If that was the case, would the cells that the Scholar was looking for not be dissolved here?
However, Atlan's helmet still indicated that the target was not far ahead. Soon enough, the Scholar swam to the bottom of the 'lake'. There, the Scholar found a layer of something that looked like mud. The layer of 'mud' was very thin, and the Scholar noticed that Atlan's helmet indicated that the target was on top of the mud.
Immediately, the Scholar took out a small bottle from the 'waist pouch' of its armor and filled it with the mud that contained the 'target'. Then, the Scholar swam back to the ship.
As the Scholar swam, he suddenly heard a sound coming from around him. It seemed that the walls of the creature's stomach had begun to wiggle.
The Scholar quickly activated the armor's jet movement and rushed to the entrance of the ship. After opening the door, he quickly rolled inside and closed the door behind him.
"Phew, that was really dangerous …" The Scholar could feel that the ship was still wriggling outside, but it seemed like the ship would not be crushed, so she breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, the Skyhowler said, "Not bad, not bad."
"It's not that bad. I'll be back soon." The Scholar grabbed the ground and said, "Let's wait for it to 'throw' me out before we continue our research …"
Before the Scholar could finish, he felt the ship shake violently. Then, the ship began to roll violently. The Scholar held on tightly to the ground until the shaking slowly stopped.
"Okay, I've been thrown out."
When the Scholar opened the box in the ship to look outside, he found that the ship was already in the trench outside. After the shaking, the ship was already in the trench outside.
The Scholar looked around and saw that there was no danger around. Then, he began to study the small bottle of mud that he had found earlier.
The Scholar's armor had a complete set of microscopic detection equipment. He took it out. Although it was called a piece of equipment, it was just a small white disc.
The Scholar dripped some mud on the disc and stared at it. Suddenly, the helmet showed the information on the disc.
"There are a lot of microorganisms in here …"
The image on the helmet showed a lot of microorganisms. There were quite a lot of them. Most of them were multicellular organisms. When the Scholar adjusted the image to a more detailed level, he could see fungus organisms.
The organisms that the Scholar was looking for … did not seem to be among them.
The Scholar slowly adjusted the image and observed them. Suddenly, he saw some rather special microorganisms.
These microorganisms were basically spherical. However, they had structures that looked like 'skirts' on both sides of their bodies. They relied on these structures to slowly swim.
These organisms were exactly the same as the ones he saw in the image in Atlan's helmet.
Moreover, they were very special …
The Scholar noticed that these organisms gathered together in a circle. When some other fungus approached them, they would immediately surround and attack, tearing it apart and devouring it.
If a large group of fungus came, they would immediately flee. The Scholar also noticed that when they fled, they would all point a part of their body at the large group of fungus, as if they were … observing.
"These microorganisms seem to have vision?"
The Scholar noticed that they would indeed 'stare' at the fungus that swam around them. Whenever they saw a target that was easy to bully, they would rush up and kill it. However, when a strong target appeared, they would all flee.
Generally, microorganisms had the ability to sense light. However, they did not have such precise vision. Because of their vision, although these organisms were not large in number, they had a great advantage over a large number of fungus. There was almost no fungus that could hurt them.
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