"Here … it's there."
Lin's' soil lump 'moved forward. Through the nervous system of the soft-bodied creatures trapped within the soil lump, Lin could sense …
Not far ahead, there was an area where all the soft-bodied creatures were connected. That area was what Lin called the 'Main Sense Area'.
But in reality, what was that place?
Lin was about to see it … if she could figure out what was going on here before the war began, everything would be easier.
While thinking about this, Lin had already reached the 'Main Sense Area'.
After digging away a pile of soil in front of her, Lin saw a grey … rock wall.
The Main Sense Area was behind this rock wall. Perhaps there was something similar to a brain inside that was continuously … sending signals to the soft-bodied creatures.
However, not all soft-bodied creatures. Lin believed that there should only be some. Regardless, she decided to go in and take a look first.
The rock wall was quite sturdy because it could be considered a type of bone … the bone of the Star Bus.
However, there was nothing inside the body of the Star Bus that could truly be considered a skeleton. This type of sturdy structure was usually used in certain special areas. It was not used to protect organs, but to stabilize the underground environment. Sometimes, it was also used to … imprison creatures.
These structures were usually completely sealed. Even the smallest microorganism would have a hard time getting through. However, Lin knew that this place was not sealed so tightly.
Lin had the soil lump dig about 20 centimeters to the right. An opening could be seen in the sturdy bone wall.
The opening was about the same size as the soil lump, so Lin had the soil lump crawl in. After entering the opening, the passage inside was about the same size as the soil lump, about 60 centimeters in diameter.
Lin could already sense the … 'consciousnesses' around her.
They were constantly sending signals to the soft-bodied creatures inside the soil lump. These soft-bodied creatures were struggling even more violently.
However, Lin felt that it was quite strange. There did not seem to be any soft-bodied creatures guarding this passage … Even so, Lin could sense that there were quite a few soft-bodied creatures coming from the mud outside.
In fact, while Lin's soil lump was here, the surrounding soft-bodied creatures had all gathered here in large numbers. It was just that Lin had arrived here faster than them.
Lin had a feeling that there might be other more powerful types of creatures that might be mobilized because of Lin's arrival. Thus, she had to check the … secret of this place before they arrived.
Walking through the passage, Lin had already checked the surrounding walls …
The walls here were made of a relatively soft material. The structure was completely different from the outside, and the amount of microorganisms was much less than the outside.
Generally speaking, if there were originally no microbes in a place, but a hole suddenly appeared, there would definitely be a large number of creatures pouring in.
However, there were very few microbes here. It seemed that they had been expelled. Compared to the outside world, it was less than 0.1%.
This seemed to be because of the 'consciousness' here.
On the wall of the tunnel, there were nerve structures that looked like tree roots. These nerve structures did not belong to the Star Bus, but more like … a multicellular organism.
It was similar to the brain structure of an ordinary creature, but Lin noticed that the cells in the neural structure were quite 'ferocious'. They would quickly devour the nearby microbes and slowly grow.
These neural structures did not have the ability to think. They were used to send messages. Lin could feel that they were constantly sending signals to the soft-bodied creatures. If they were close enough. This feeling became even clearer …
As long as he could research this …
"Rumble …"
While Lin was inspecting, she suddenly heard a sound coming from the depths of the tunnel. The sound was approaching them at a high speed …
Was that … a large group of soft-bodied creatures?
These soft-bodied creatures were each only a few centimeters in size, but they gathered together to form a large group of about sixty centimeters, which was just enough to block the entire tunnel. They were rushing towards Lin.
However, they did not directly hit the soil block. Instead, they stopped in front of the soil block.
Lin looked at the soft-bodied creatures with some confusion. They were constantly squirming. It seemed like they were preparing to do something …
After about ten seconds, Lin suddenly sensed that they were sending a large number of signals in this direction.
These signals were similar to brainwave signals, but they did not have any special meaning. But just as they sent out the signals … Lin felt the nerve structures on the surrounding walls begin to move.
They wriggled and broke free from the walls. Then, like spears, they stabbed at the soil block. In an instant, the soil block was pierced by several spears made of these nerve structures.
It seemed that they were very powerful. The soft-bodied creatures had been unable to penetrate the soil block's outer shell before, but these nerve structures that looked like tree roots could directly penetrate it … They had an internal function that accelerated ejection.
Then. The soft-bodied creatures in front also moved. The gathered soft-bodied creatures quickly spread out and climbed up the soil block one by one. They then drilled into the soil block through the cracks on the soil block.
Did they want to go in and rescue their companions?
Lin ignored them. The soil block also remained motionless because Lin had already sensed … something from the nerve structures that penetrated the soil block.
These nerve structures were all interconnected, and they were also connected to a rather large structure behind the wall. It should be called a 'neural network'.
They were like a spider web covering an area of about a hundred meters in diameter. But most importantly … they were all concentrated and connected to a certain large structure below.
That large structure was the origin of consciousness. In that case, let's go and take a look.
Inside the soil block, a small needle extended out. This needle pierced into a nerve structure that penetrated the soil block.
The moment it pierced into the nerve structure, the needle released a large number of miniature soldiers. The moment these miniature soldiers entered, they were attacked by the cells inside the nerve structure.
And so, Lin had the miniature soldiers devour them as nutrients. They began to grow and move along the nerve structure.
They would pass through the nerve structure to reach the location of the large thing below. Lin had a feeling that this would not be a smooth process.
But so far, it was going smoothly. Lin's miniature soldiers had combined to form themselves into the shape of worms. This shape was suitable for advancing and devouring in many places.
The cells inside the nerve structure were constantly attacking and becoming nutrients for Lin. Soon, Lin's miniature soldiers had moved a long distance.
The soft-bodied creatures attacking the soil block did not seem to have noticed that a nerve structure was being attacked. They dragged the captured soft-bodied creatures out of the soil block one by one while trying to dissolve every part of the soil block's body.
While they were doing this, Lin's miniature soldiers had advanced over ten meters inside the nerve structure. As they grew larger, their speed also increased.
The huge thing underground was about 60 meters away. Soon, they would reach their target.
While moving forward, Lin could also sense a large number of messages' echoing 'inside the nerve structure. These messages indicated that … they were very nervous about Lin's miniature soldiers.
When the worm had advanced over twenty meters, the nerve structure had sent out many new types of soldiers, such as multi-cellular soldiers, but they were still devoured and decomposed by the worm.
The soft-bodied creatures also sensed that Lin had invaded a nerve structure. They all appeared very nervous, but … there was nothing they could do.
Lin's worm continued to advance. It had now grown to about ten centimeters long. The cells it devoured inside the nerve structure were directly used by Lin to increase its size. There was no need for any 'digestion process'. The structure itself was very suitable.
When Lin had advanced over thirty meters, she suddenly noticed that the front was … broken.
It was as if the nerve structure had cut itself off to prevent Lin from moving forward. It was similar to how an octopus would cut off its tentacles to survive.
But this was meaningless to Lin. She let the worm drill out of the nerve structure into the soil, then continued to drill into the fracture in front of her, and continued to move forward along the nerve structure.
After realizing that this method was ineffective, Lin sensed that the information around her was surging even more violently. It was continuously sending out a large number of 'interference waves' to the worm.
Lin felt that this was a fitting name. It was probably used to drive away other creatures and prevent them from approaching this place. That was why there were so many microbes outside, but there were very few of them in the Will Zone. This was because the signals they sent were enough to cause damage to the internal systems of the microbes.
Even so, there were still some microbes living here. That was why the nerve structure's cells were full of aggression to deal with those stubborn creatures.
But Lin's worm was already too stubborn. In fact, even if its cells were all made of metal like micro-machines, it was still … very difficult to stop Lin.
Now, Lin had almost reached the depth of sixty meters. Along the way, they had begun to adopt … a final measure. The surrounding cells were no longer attacking, and instead began to dissolve to limit Lin's growth. At the same time, they also mobilized large numbers of … non-cellular troops to attack Lin's worms.
These non-cellular soldiers were soft-bodied creatures. They were smaller and slightly different from the ones outside, as if they were only located at the end.
But even so, they still had a hard time stopping the already powerful worm. Of course … they didn't care about that, and would only attack wildly.
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