… They seemed to have been there for a long time.
Lin was now paying attention to … some places that were not moving.
For example, the Transpirator's hidden construction site, and the Transpirator's … troops.
They seemed to have stopped all their plans and were just standing there in a daze. In the Dust World, the fluorescent fireflies had finished destroying the Transpirator's fragments, and in the melted zone, the colored mud was still working hard to fulfill its wish of solidifying the Void.
There seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary, so Lin was paying attention … to the Scholar who had entered the hidden site.
Lin could not fully observe the situation inside, but she could tell what was going on by examining the Scholar's brain.
Moreover, Lin also intended to send some of her troops in to have a look, but before that … she needed some preparation.
Now, she would just have to watch their journey.
…
"You said these are fungi? The fungi that have taken over the Voidfolk's world? "The Scholar looked around at the dark purple things that looked like algae and asked Cryopteris.
"Yes. Although these look like plants, they are fungi in the mouth." Cryopteris walked under one of the black algae and poked it with its sharp forelimb.
The outer skin of the black algae that was poked by Cryopteris instantly cracked and turned into a large amount of dust that dispersed into the surroundings.
Seeing this, the Scholar quickly examined the black algae's dust and found that … it was indeed fungi, but it was somewhat different from the 'plague' fungi outside.
The Scholar believed that these black algae like fungi would not release a large amount of dust to infect living things, or else the Voidfolk in the city would have been long gone. However, these black algae would release some poisonous gas, and this gas was the reason why the Voidfolk wore respirators.
"Do you think they are different?" Cryopteris said. "They are indeed different, but they belong to the same species. Here, the fungi reproduce in another way."
"Why would the fungi grow like this here?" The Scholar asked as she looked at Cryopteris, who seemed to have returned to normal.
"I don't know. It seems that the Voidfolk were not the only ones who entered this place. Cryopteris said. "Perhaps this place has a long history, but that's just a lie. Everything was constructed in a very short period of time … at most, it wouldn't be as long as the fungus' invasion of the Void."
"Is that so …" The Scholar thought for a moment and said, "This place is indeed very strange."
"That's right! Maybe it's all part of the fungus' scheme! " Cryopteris said, "The skeletons and infected people outside who are learning the ways of the Voidfolk, as well as those who are learning horror movies, have been doing very strange things!"
"This city might've been specially 'cultivated' by them!" Cryopteris said, "The fungi have always been thinking … They have always been … I don't know what they want to do, but there's something wrong with their thinking."
The Scholar said, "… Well, let's explore this place first …"
Bang! Suddenly, the Scholar heard a loud noise coming from above. It looked up and saw a huge black shadow colliding with the aircraft parked in the sky.
The aircraft let out a metallic screech as it was hit. It landed heavily on the ground, crushing a large patch of black algae.
"What is that?" The Scholar saw the huge black shadow fly away after knocking over the aircraft. The black shadow's appearance was very blurry. It looked like a giant dinosaur.
"It's a monster that lives here," Cryopteris said, "Don't touch it."
"I don't want to touch it." The Scholar said as she walked to the crashed aircraft. Now the aircraft was smoking, it did not look like it could fly anymore.
"Forget it, let's go back first," the Scholar said, "Like you said, we'll go to the library when we get back."
"No." Cryopteris said, "If this city is created by the fungi, then even if there's a recorded history, it's all made up. We need to keep moving forward and explore everywhere … to find out why the fungi grew in this hidden place and created this Voidfolk city."
"I think …" The Scholar looked at Cryopteris and said, "Is it because you've left the city that you've become normal?"
"What are you talking about? I've always been normal, "Cryopteris said," Let's move quickly. The sky won't be dark even if we stay here. "
"But … where are we going?" The Scholar looked around at the dark forest and said, "This place is too big."
"Of course, we're going to use the detector to find some creatures," Cryopteris said, "Do you know what kind of creatures are the best at talking among fungi?"
"Talking?" The Scholar asked, "Are there creatures that can talk among fungi?"
"Yes! It's the creature called Chibucha! " Cryopteris said, "You need to find one, maybe … maybe you can get some information about this place from it."
"There's a Chibucha here?" The Scholar asked, "The fungi here look different from the ones outside … Will there be one here?"
"Anyway, let's look around first. Turn on your detector and move forward!"
"… Okay, that's the only way."
The Scholar turned on the detector in its head. Its detection function could detect the situation of … animals in the surrounding forest.
Animals did not refer to living creatures, but … moving objects. No matter if it was a stone or something else, as long as it moved, the Scholar would be able to find it. The Scholar soon found a lot of moving objects.
Following Cryopteris' instructions, the Scholar quickly rushed to the places where the moving objects were located to see if they were Chibucha insects.
Although the Scholar felt that even if they found the Chibucha insects, they might not be able to learn anything, Cryopteris kept saying that they had to find them, so they looked around.
However, after searching for a while, the Scholar found that it was not easy to find them …
It found dozens of animals, including … leaves that were blown by the wind, stones that were rolling on the ground for some reason, some small lizard-like creatures, and black algae that were moving on the ground.
These black algae were moving, and their roots could be pulled out to crawl on the ground. In other words, there were no Chibucha insects.
In the end, they did not see any creatures that they had seen in the outside world. At most, they looked similar, but not exactly the same.
The Scholar caught some small lizard-like creatures to monitor, and it found that … they were really small creatures, and did not belong to the 'camp' of fungi.
"There might not be any Chibucha insects here."
After searching for tens of thousands of seconds, the Scholar felt a little tired, so it stopped in the dark forest and said, "Maybe … I should go back to the city and get a new aircraft."
"Shut up!" Cryopteris suddenly said, "Listen, something strange is singing."
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