"This is the Ancestral Land."
The ground was covered in sand and gravel, the thin atmosphere was dry and cold, the stars in the sky were emitting a faint light, illuminating the horizon and the ground.
A creature was standing on the ground, its body was covered in thick armor, the armor provided it with suitable air and temperature, allowing it to maintain its life in this environment.
If it took off its armor, it would be killed by this environment.
But for this creature named Atlan, these environments where one couldn't advance without wearing armor were everywhere. They were already used to it.
But now, it was very confused, surprised, and inconceivable towards this deadly environment.
"Why is this place like this?" it asked in a confused tone, its voice was transmitted to another creature floating beside it through the communicator in its helmet.
Floating beside Atlan was a furry ball about a meter in diameter, it was observing this world with Atlan.
"According to the coordinates, this is the Ancestral Land."
The furry ball's tone was emotionless, but Lin was also confused.
Atlan used to live in this place, this world did not seem to be suitable for them.
If they were exposed to this air before, with Atlan's life system, they would have died very quickly.
But perhaps this place was very suitable for them to live in.
The furry ball flew a little higher and observed the terrain of this world, there was a mark on the ground not too far away.
The mark looked like a dried up riverbed, perhaps it was proof that something had once lived there.
"Let's go there and take a look." the furry ball said to Atlan below. Atlan nodded and ran forward.
The furry ball flew above it, observing the environment while it was at it. Although this place did not seem suitable for Atlan to live, it was the most suitable place.
Not too long ago, Lin came to this system. The system where Atlan's mother ball was located, there were quite a few Rollers in this system.
There were a few dozen large Rollers orbiting around the Ancestral Land, including four gaseous Rollers and many other rock-type Rollers. Lin did not go into detail to determine the size of a normal Roller, but there were quite a few of them.
This seemed to be the system with the most large Rollers that Lin had seen so far.
Lin had seen few large rollers from other galaxies. Although gravel areas were common, and there were many tumblers in this place, the only place suitable for living creatures to live was where Lin was now.
What he meant by 'suitable' was that it was suitable for creatures like Atlan to live in. Other places also had areas suitable for multicellular creatures to live in, and this was the most suitable place for Atlan.
The location of the Tumbler meant that it was possible that Atlan had once lived there. Its location was just right. If there was a suitable atmosphere and environment, it could create a cellular ecological environment similar to the one on the pompon.
However, there wasn't a suitable atmosphere or environment here. All Lin could see was endless sandstorms. If she went any further, she would be too close to a star, and the environment there wouldn't be suitable for Atlan.
In that case, he decided to explore this place and see if there were any traces of Atlan's previous life. Speaking of which, who knew how long it had been? The traces left behind here might have disappeared long ago.
Those Atlans had always wanted to return to this ancestral land, but in reality, there seemed to be nothing special here.
The pom-poms flew slowly in the air. The pom-poms approached the place that looked like a dry riverbed.
The pom-poms landed on the riverbed and extended their fluff to examine the rock particles on the surface. Lin found that there must have been something like water flow here.
However, she couldn't confirm whether there was water or not. But creatures like Atlan needed a lot of water, so they must live in places with plenty of water.
"Is this place called a river?" Atlan crouched down and grabbed a handful of sand from the riverbed. "But there's no water here."
This Atlan was one of the many Atlan that once worked for the braindead. At the same time, it also yearned for the ancestral land and specifically brought it here. Lin wanted to see what would happen.
But it obviously didn't recognize this place.
However, Lin seemed to have a special feeling when she looked at it. As if subconsciously, it thought that the ancestral land shouldn't be like this.
"The ancestral land shouldn't be like this," Atlan followed the pom-poms. It said, "Why is there nothing here?"
"Why do you think this place shouldn't be like this?" The pom-poms asked it.
"In short, I just have this feeling," Atlan said. "But, I don't know why I think this way. In short, I don't think this place should be."
"Is that so? But let's explore this place first." Saying so, the pom-poms floated to the edge of the riverbed and grabbed a rock.
This rock looked quite special. There were many small holes on it. After a brief examination, Lin found that there were indeed creatures here.
There were many traces left behind by microbes in the small holes of the rock. They were similar to fossils, but they were very different from fossils in the normal sense. If it was the current Atlan level of technology, they wouldn't be able to recognize them.
The braindead didn't teach the Atlan much technology. Even if the braindead joined them, most of the Atlan's technology was their own.
So, if a group of Atlan came to this ancestral land, they might not be able to recognize that these creatures once lived here.
However, the presence of microbes in the past didn't prove anything. With that in mind, Lin continued to fly forward.
The pom-poms and Atlan continued to move along the riverbed. Along the way, Lin continued to examine the rocks on the riverbed. Many of the rocks here had traces of microbes living here, but they were all too small to be directly related to the Atlan.
The main reason was that too much time had passed here. It was difficult for creatures like the Atlan to leave traces behind. When they first left, they didn't seem to have occupied a very large area.
At the very least, they weren't spread all over the world like the Voidfolk. So, she had to find the place they occupied first.
"We should find the place where your ancestors lived."
With that in mind, Lin had the pom-poms take Atlan and fly up. As their field of vision widened, the pom-poms left the riverbed and flew over a large area of sand.
This Atlan didn't seem to have any particular interest in the various environments here. Furthermore, it didn't talk much and had a very dull personality. Lin felt that she should replace it with someone with a better mental state.
But that's all for now.
Large amounts of sand drifted along with the cold wind in the air. Lin had the pom-poms grab these drifting grains of sand and examine them. These grains of sand were different from the ones on the riverbed. They didn't have any traces of microbes at all.
The pom-poms flew over the large desert. There wasn't anything special about this place. Occasionally, there would be some spire-shaped rocks, and the sandstorm on the ground was quite strong, making it difficult for the pom-poms to see the ground clearly.
The Atlan that the pom-poms was holding seemed to have become less dull. Lin noticed that it was looking around.
"There, there!"
Suddenly, the Atlan shouted. It pointed at a place in the distance. Lin also noticed that there seemed to be something flashing at that place.
The pom-poms quickly flew over. As they got closer, Lin felt that the sandstorm around them was slowly getting smaller, and the environment on the ground was also becoming clearer.
This was …
Lin saw something appear on the ground.
After placing the Atlan on the ground, the pom-poms quickly flew over and picked up the object. The object was half a meter long and was hemispherical in shape. It felt smooth to the touch, clearly a creation of some kind of creature. It was the thing that flashed just now.
Could there be a creature here?
However, this object felt too new. It wasn't something that was left behind in the past, but rather something that was recently created.
Still, this could be considered a clue. If they found a creature that lived here, they would be able to learn about the history of this place.
There should be something similar around here.
"This …" Suddenly, Lin heard the Atlan's voice. Lin saw that it had dug a hole in the ground, and inside the hole was another hemispherical object like the one Lin found earlier.
"These two objects seem to be together."
The Atlan took the object and placed it together with the one it found earlier. Lin could see that the edges of the two objects were fitted together, so the two hemispherical objects could be fused together into a complete sphere.
However, there didn't seem to be anything special after fusing them together. Lin examined the sphere and found that it was mainly made of metal. The technology used to construct it was similar to that of a Voidfolk, but it was a bit inferior.
However, to be able to create something like this in this barren world was already quite impressive.
"I think there are more clues here."
After examining the sphere for a while, the Atlan ran back to continue digging. After it dug up a large amount of sand, it indeed found more similar objects. After a while, it had dug up six hemispherical objects.
However, these hemispherical objects didn't fit together. They all seemed to be on one side, while the other side couldn't be found. However, the surface of one of the hemispherical objects wasn't smooth, and there were many protruding marks on it.
It felt like a map.
But why didn't the others have such marks?
While wondering, Lin had more pom-poms fly to this place. In short, there were quite a few things here, so if they could conduct a large-scale excavation here, they should be able to find a lot of interesting things. To be continued …
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