"This place … is truly spectacular. ▲ ﹏ "
On top of a large umbrella-shaped mushroom, a few Atlans were standing on the edge of the mushroom, looking at the surrounding scenery.
They could see that below them was a land covered in mist. The white carpet was under the mist, extending to an unseen distance.
On top of the carpet, there were giant umbrella-shaped mushrooms. They were as dense as a forest, covering the ground with their large bodies. Under the sunlight, the green at the top of the umbrella-shaped mushrooms appeared very dazzling.
The umbrella-shaped mushrooms looked white from below, but the top of the umbrella-shaped mushrooms were green, giving them the feeling of plants.
These Atlans flew up directly. Their armor had jets, but it consumed a lot of energy. There was only one reason why they wasted energy, and that was because the captain thought that they could send out some effective communication here.
However, they also had some other purpose, which was to study these giant umbrella-shaped mushrooms.
These Atlans had some expectations for the fungi, because the fungi had not continued to spread recently. They thought that the fungi would soon wither, after all, without any nutrients.
But in reality, the fungi did not wither. There were many strange changes.
"Why did they grow such a large structure?" One of the Atlans was touching the green mushroom umbrella under its feet. "They had many similar structures before, but they were all very small. Why did they grow so big after they stopped spreading?"
"They are not spreading the fungal dust." Another member crouched down. It took out some needle-like objects from its armor and pierced them into the mushroom umbrella. "I have been studying them all this time, and this is what I thought …"
"These fungi have changed their habits," it said. "In the beginning, they would only continue to spread, but now. The spread has slowly stopped. Even though they were constantly spreading bacterial dust, they were still able to do so. They are trying to find anything that can be infected, but they seem to know that nutrients are not that easy to find. "
"So … that's why they grew such a structure. Their huge size is to ensure that they can stretch out of the area covered by the dust, and at the same time, to better obtain sunlight. At first, we thought that these crazily growing creatures would quickly die after the nutrients were exhausted, but now everything here has proven that …"
"They have a way to continue living when they cannot find any prey."
"Looks like they are not something that will disappear so easily," the captain said. "How is the communication going now?"
"Captain, the communications here are still not working." One of the team members adjusted the communicator at the highest point of the mushroom and said, "We can't receive any signal. There's no response to the signal we sent out. "
"It still doesn't work …" The captain said, "Then forget it. Let's go down."
"Wait a minute …" Suddenly, the team member said, "There seems to be some … response."
"Response?" The captain hurried over.
'Crack!' The moment the captain arrived, an image suddenly popped up on the communication device. Within the image was … a creature.
"What is this?" the captain asked as he looked at the creature in the image.
This creature looked very round and white, giving the captain a very strange feeling. Logically speaking, the ones who received the message should be some of the Atlan troops outside.
"I don't know …" The team member was also very confused. "But it is contacting us."
"You didn't act according to the standard personality." Behind the creature in the image, another creature appeared. This creature seemed to have a large mouth, and it was speaking the Atlan language. He was communicating with them.
"You were too peaceful with each other, and did not oppose each other. There was no sign of fighting for resources, and there was no sign of despair or fear to commit suicide, "the creature said." Why didn't you do that? "
"What are you talking about?" the captain said. "What are you … Wait, who are you? How did you contact us? Can you … "
Crack! Before the captain could finish, the image disappeared.
"Then what is going on?"
At the same time, on the other side.
"Looks like their behavior is different."
Somewhere in the distant void, the Tumbler called the Moon was slowly spinning in the starry sky. On an island above, Maya and the Cryopteris were watching the image in front of them.
Maya had watched many images with the Void Message Receiver. Recently, Maya had been very fond of watching images, and that was the image of Atlan.
That place had become a world of fungi. Maya was somewhat concerned about those fungi and decided to observe them.
However, she had recently seen those Atlan. They were still struggling to survive in the world of fungi. Maya was also interested in them, so she observed their lives.
Maya realized that these creatures with personalities were different from what she had imagined.
Maya had seen many movies about Voids. In those movies, there were many similar stories about worlds filled with destruction and monsters, and the remaining Voids struggling to survive.
In these stories, the main thing that was depicted was not the battle between Voids and monsters, but between the Voids who robbed each other in the destroyed world. They showed a side of cruelty that they would not normally show. They showed that they would do anything in order to survive, and the weak could only commit suicide out of fear and despair …
These Atlan creatures with personalities were experiencing the same situation, but they were quite united. They did not attack and rob each other, nor did they fight for resources. They also did not kill their own kind in order to survive. Although they were divided into many camps, once there was any news, the camps would immediately share it. At the same time, they would also share food.
This made Maya feel very strange. This was different from the usual situation of the creatures with personalities.
However, the behavior of the Atlan was just something that Maya conveniently studied. She was mainly concerned about those fungi. Now, the fungi had stopped spreading in that world and had entered a stage of 'self-producing nutrients'.
However, they seemed to have more stages. Maya found many signs that indicated that these creatures were entering a new state … a state that had never been seen before.
Moreover, it seemed that the Chibucha insects were mixed in with them.
The Chibucha insects could live in a fungal environment. Maya believed that their main colony was in the center of the fungal area. Unfortunately, the Atlan did not dare to go to those places, and Maya did not have the opportunity to see the relevant information there.
Therefore, Maya thought of a way.
She contacted the Atlan again.
"Captain, there's another call!"
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