In other words, a new type of creature had been discovered …
This creature was known as the civilization platform's … subspecies.
The original civilization platform could be described as a metal sphere. It existed in the void from the start and would collect the surrounding debris. It would then grow bigger and bigger around its body. Once it grew to a certain size, it would create a sealed space filled with air, allowing creatures to live inside …
However, this' subspecies' of the civilization platform was said to only collect debris and grow … it would not create a space for creatures to live in.
Was that really the case?
Lin discovered that this' subspecies' seemed to be similar to the original civilization platform in some ways.
That was because Lin was currently moving through the perspective of a group of soldiers. These soldiers were … rock spiders.
They were one meter long and were suitable for moving through caves. They were currently inside the 'subspecies platform'.
Previously, when the pompom flew here for a while, Lin discovered that the surface of the 'subspecies platform' was a large area of plains. There were almost no protrusions, but there were some 'entrances' found on these plains.
For example, the cave where the meteorite was disintegrated. Lin also saw some other structures that were similar to doors. These doors were relatively small, with the largest being only ten meters in diameter.
Lin thought of a way to put some of the soldiers through the doors and had them start moving here.
Unlike the outside … there was air inside the doors, and there was a long passage inside. At the same time, it was warmer than the outside.
Lin felt that she could almost let some multicellular creatures live here.
Now, the rock spiders were rapidly moving through these passages. Lin felt that this place was like a 'sewer'. In the center of the passage, there was a 'river' that was constantly surging.
However, the liquid in the 'river' was not water, but some other kind of liquid.
The walls around the passage were not made of small metal parts like the ones outside. Instead, they were completely made of metal. The smooth metal walls of the passage were square. The rock spiders were crawling along the sides of the passage.
Occasionally, there would be some strange things on the walls. And now, Lin saw it again …
The rock spiders saw that there were some things that looked like words drawn on the wall in front of them. They had never seen these 'words' before, but they were clearly drawn with something like a 'pen' that could leave behind color.
Judging from the traces, the drawing was still very new. Perhaps there was something deep in the tunnel …
Just like that, the Rock Spider continued to run deeper into the tunnel. Although the tunnel went up and down, there were no forks, so it was only a matter of time before it reached a special place …
I got it.
In front of the Rock Spider … something special appeared. It looked like something called a 'waterwheel.' It was a big wheel that spun along with the flow of the liquid below. It was so big that it completely blocked the passage. It was unknown what this thing meant.
This was a good way to test it out.
Lin had sent the pompoms over earlier. Furthermore, the Rock Spiders didn't suffer any attacks when they entered the tunnels. If this' subspecies platform 'was a living creature, it should have reacted to Lin's arrival.
Therefore, Lin had one of the Rock Spiders run forward and crawl into the gap between the wheels of the waterwheel.
"Crack!"
After a while, the Rock Spiders got stuck inside the waterwheel. Then … Lin waited for a while.
About ten thousand seconds.
Nothing appeared in the tunnel, and no strange noises were heard. The waterwheel had been stuck for so long, and the platform did not react at all.
Either the waterwheel wasn't important to it. Or it didn't know where the Rock Spiders were, or there were other reasons.
For ordinary creatures, even if they caused slight damage to their body, such as killing a certain cell, they would quickly react and send out an immune unit to attack.
This subspecies platform didn't seem to.
Then. Let's keep going.
After getting through the waterwheel, Lin's Rock Spider continued to run wildly in the tunnel. Because the gravity was low, the Rock Spider didn't need to replenish its energy yet.
And here … there didn't seem to be anything that could replenish its energy.
That didn't seem to be the case.
The Rock Spider found some creatures … cell-like creatures.
Originally, the Rock Spider had been running while checking the various minute things on the walls. When it ran past a certain place, it found a lot of cell-like creatures stuck to its feet.
It seemed to be a kind of fungus that could adapt to the air here. It seemed that cell-like creatures were quite widespread. Lin thought that she would first encounter metallic microbes like the ones used by the Brain Spirits.
Starting from here, the Rock Spider found that there would always be a lot of microbes on the walls. These creatures had no food, and their life process was very slow. It was almost like they were in a deep sleep.
Lin guessed that they usually didn't eat and were in a state of deep sleep. Occasionally, some nutrients would appear here, and only then would they eat and reproduce.
Now, there was another strange place …
In front of the Rock Spider, there was a relatively wide space, and in the middle of the space was a large hole. The river kept flowing into this hole.
And under the walls of the space, there were five tunnels leading to other places … It seemed that this was a fork in the road.
Then, the Rock Spider … could go down these different paths and see where they led.
This place …
One of the Rock Spiders had just run a hundred meters into the tunnel when it found a place.
This place seemed to be a circular door, and on the door were a lot of … the kind of words that she had seen before.
Was there something here? But this door seemed to be very sturdy and wouldn't be easy to open.
Clack. Just as Lin was thinking this, the door slowly rose, and what appeared behind the door was … nothing?
It seemed to be an empty room. The Rock Spider went in and saw that it was surrounded by metal walls.
Clack!
Then, the door suddenly closed again.
Was this a trap?
But … nothing happened inside. Lin waited for a while, and the door opened again.
It seemed that the door was just opening and closing automatically. At this time, the other Rock Spiders had also run to some special places.
Those places … were very similar to this one. They were empty rooms, but there was something in the room that the Rock Spider ran to.
No, it wasn't an 'something', but a … creature.
This creature was a non-cellular creature, perhaps something like a crystal lizard … Lin felt that they were very similar, but it was much bigger …
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