'Bang!'
A violent explosion reverberated within the warship.
This place was … a food warehouse. There were all kinds of containers used to store food floating in the air.
However, there was no food in those containers, and that was mainly because of the creature in front of Lin's mechanical spider.
It looked like a … sea cucumber. Its skin had many fleshy thorns, and its body was cylindrical over ten meters long. It was one of the largest mutated creatures here.
At the same time, it was also … the culprit that accelerated the warship.
"Guh …" The sea cucumber was now facing Lin's mechanical spider with its head. Its huge body was a stark contrast to Lin's three mechanical spiders that were only one meter long.
However, Lin felt that they could still fight.
'Whoosh!' A bullet flew out from the head of one of the mechanical spiders, instantly hitting the sea cucumber's abdomen.
"Ugh!" Instantly, the sea cucumber twisted violently due to the explosion, and spat out a large pile of spherical objects from its head. Those spherical objects were the gel-like creatures' meatballs.
After the meatballs were spat out, they immediately flew away from this place. At the same time, Rosalie, who was behind the warship, exclaimed.
"… It's slowing down!"
Only seventy kilometers away from the ruins, the Void City was still moving slowly through a large pile of debris. Because they could not escape from that place in time, Rosalie had been very anxious, but now that the warship had slowed down, she felt a little more at ease.
It seemed that it was true …
Before. When the warship accelerated. Lin suddenly realized that new … content appeared in the minds of the meatballs she caught.
Their mission had changed.
The meatballs' previous mission was to set 'marks' and use those marks to ensure that the warship was attracted, while the mutated residents stopped the meatballs from making those marks.
That mission was supposed to last for a long time, probably more than thirty pom-poms day and night. However, it was brought forward for some reason because the warship was suddenly teleported to the vicinity of the ruins.
Therefore, the meatballs' original mission had changed, and their mission changed from setting marks to … setting marks.
But this time, a new kind of mark was set. Using this mark, they could let the warship 'safely' arrive at its destination, which was the ruins.
Before this, the warship had been decelerating because many of the gelatinous lifeforms had set new markers. In the end, the warship should be moving slowly into the ruins. Although it would push away many objects, it would not crash into itself.
However, after the change in the mission of the gelatinous creatures, the mission of the mutated creatures changed as well. They began … to prevent the Gelatinous Creature from setting a new mark.
The way to stop them was simple, and that was to eat them.
Just now, Lin's mechanical spider saw this sea cucumber-like mutant creature eating a group of meatballs. In an instant, the warship's speed increased.
It seemed that they already believed that there was no way to get the warship back, so at least they let the warship crash into the ruins at high speed. Let the warship be destroyed.
Lin only needed to kill these mutated creatures. And save those meatballs that had been marked … Then the warship's speed would continue to slow down.
After the meatballs did all sorts of strange actions, such as dissecting pieces of meat, they seemed to become markers themselves. At this time, they would fly around and try their best to survive.
As long as they were alive, the mark was considered to be in an 'effective' state.
Although it was not clear how it worked, it seemed that they did not have to die. As long as they were eaten, the mark would be ineffective, but it would be effective again after being rescued.
Therefore, Lin decided to save these meatballs first, and then figure out what the mark was about.
Boom! An explosion of energy erupted from the giant sea cucumber in front of her. It opened its mouth again and spat out a large number of meatballs that it had swallowed.
It seemed that it could not digest the meatballs. These meatballs that it spat out were all alive. They quickly scattered, and the warship's speed slowed down a little.
Looking at the number of meatballs that escaped, Lin found that it was enough. Then, she ordered three mechanical spiders to pounce on the sea cucumber and hug it.
Boom!
After the sea cucumber was taken care of, Lin looked elsewhere. The mechanical spiders were now scattered all over the warship, so she could see many mutated creatures.
Before this, the mutated creatures were very … conservative. Although they liked to eat the gelatinous lifeforms, they were also very careful when moving. Now, they were like pure lunatics, chasing and attacking any gelatinous lifeforms they could find.
Even if they had to sacrifice themselves, they did not care.
"Woo woo woo!"
In one of the corridors, Lin saw a creature that looked like a 'turkey' chasing after a group of meatballs. It was using its jet to fly through the air, but the large group of meatballs in front of it suddenly scattered at full speed, and the turkey crashed into a wall.
Looking at the blurry creature, Lin felt that she did not need to do anything.
It was similar in other places. There were many floating obstacles here, and the creatures chasing after the meatballs would always hit the obstacles, making it easier for the meatballs to escape.
Only a few giant mutated creatures could break through the obstacles and capture the meatballs, like the sea cucumber.
However, the number of giant mutated creatures was too small, and they did not affect the meatballs much. After Lin dealt with the sea cucumber, the warship's speed returned to normal.
They were now thirty kilometers away from the ruins, and the warship's speed had slowed to a crawl. Lin felt that there was no danger. Now, all she needed to do was to continue observing and wait for the warship to arrive at the ruins.
"This phenomenon is too strange …"
On the warship, Atlanna and Rosalie heaved a sigh of relief even though they were still in shock.
Lin did not say anything to it, so it did not know the details. However, Lin wanted to talk to it. "When we arrive, can you take me to your group?"
"We … should be able to." Roshali thought for a moment and said, "I think the friends I know … should still be there. Although we have not taken in any creatures, it should be fine."
In this way, she could also find out what was going on with this group of Atlans. Lin felt that they were related to Ershi's group in some way.
"We need to go back too."
Suddenly, Lin heard a special … voice.
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