"… …"
This was the top of a large tree. It was also … a flat platform. There were no leaves here, only a small number of fluorescent plants growing here.
On this platform, two special creatures were looking at each other. Their bodies were shining with a white luster, and their appearances were almost identical.
But in reality … they were not the same.
On one side was a strange creature called 'White Star'. On the other side was a Slime. The Slime had taken on the appearance of White Star and was looking at it.
The main reason for taking on this form … was because Lin wanted to try and communicate with it. This White Star had a considerable amount of intelligence.
It was about the same as an ordinary Ershi Min, but it did not seem to know how to communicate. Even if it took on the form of White Star, it would only be confused and would not want to communicate.
White Star … Lin had confirmed that it was a creature completely different from most of the creatures on Ershi.
It could be considered a 'continuously mutating' creature. Just like what Lin had seen before, it had the characteristic of devouring the heads of other creatures …
And when it did so, its body would change. In other words, the more Ershi Min heads it ate, the more it would digest and absorb them, and the more it would look like an Ershi Min.
It had probably eaten a lot before, which was why it looked like this. And now, it was digesting the poachers from before, which further changed its appearance to that of an Ershi Min.
Ershi should not have such a creature, and the Pompom … did not have it either. Although there were creatures with similar habits … from a nuclear perspective, neither of these two worlds had a close relationship with White Star.
Where did this creature come from? Was it an alien creature? It did look like one.
Now, Lin was certain that it was … born from this tree. Lin examined its memories and discovered that Shirahoshi's earliest memories were from a flower that bloomed on this tree.
At that time, it was still very small, and its body was somewhat like … a lizard. After it was born, it wandered around this forest and hunted other creatures.
The memory scanning process did not go smoothly because when Lin's miniatures were being scanned, they would be attacked by her body's immune system. These systems seemed to have a very unique scanning method that allowed them to quickly locate the miniatures.
And when they found that they could not destroy the target, they would destroy the brain cells, as if they knew that Lin would examine their memories.
In short, generally speaking, White Star would eat the brains of species with higher intelligence, such as … primates. And with this behavior, it grew closer and closer to primates.
In the end, it gradually stopped eating the brains of other primates and only ate the brains of Ershi Min. In the end, it grew to look like this.
Whether it was the limbs or the body, they were almost the same as Ershi Min's. Even the skin structure was similar to Ershi Min's, but the internal cells were completely different …
As for this tree … it was not alive. Although it appeared to be surrounded by lush branches and leaves, those were actually … some other plants.
They appeared to be disguised as branches and leaves. And this tree itself was withered. Inside the hollow and cracked trunk, there was a large colony of sword fleas moving about.
If one were to look down along the trunk, they would see that its roots … … extended very far. Although the trunk on the ground was only over 100 metres tall, occupying only a small area of the entire forest, its roots … … spread throughout the entire forest.
After inspecting the tree, Lin immediately thought of a type of creature … the creator.
It was indeed very similar to the creator on the pompom. Although the cell structure was not the same, it only looked similar. The fact that the sword fleas lived inside the hollow made it look more like the creator.
Regardless, Lin had to continue her research here …
A few Ershi days and nights passed. Lin observed Shirahoshi's life and found that it would often leave this place and move around … and it would usually eat some plants. But if it encountered an Ershi Min, it would go and eat the Ershi Min's head.
Shirahoshi could smell the scent of the Ershi people from afar, and specifically ambushed them. There were many poachers in this forest, and Lin had already seen Shirahoshi eat a few teams.
However, when it was attacking the last team, Shirahoshi encountered some … difficulties.
This team's equipment was much better than the previous ones, and they were not poachers. Instead, they were … a research team.
They came here under the official name to bring back species for research. Because of that, their equipment was much better … After Shirahoshi ambushed two team members, it fell into the Ershi Min's trap and was captured by the Ershi Min.
In fact, it was not … very powerful. From the previous poachers, it was known that Shirahoshi had been captured before.
Shirahoshi's attack method was similar to the Ershi Min's, it used its arms to attack. It was very … simple. As long as the Ershi Min paid attention, they could capture it.
After Shirahoshi was captured, it was taken to a … research facility located somewhere in the North Pole. There were many creatures captured there, but none were as … special as Shirahoshi.
It was not the first time these Ershi Min had seen Shirahoshi's appearance. Before they came, they had targeted Shirahoshi, but it was the first time they had captured a Shirahoshi.
They carried out various tests and research on Shirahoshi. Lin found it quite strange. Logically speaking, Shirahoshi should also … be treated like an alien creature. However, they did not treat Shirahoshi like an alien creature. Instead, they studied it like an ordinary creature.
When they found out that Shirahoshi ate Ershi Min to transform, these Ershi Min were quite … terrified.
Through the information obtained from these researchers, Lin found out that at least two Shirahoshi had been captured by poachers and sold in certain places.
As for the purpose of the buyers, it was completely unknown. They only knew that whenever a Shirahoshi appeared in the 'market,' some Ershi Min would buy them at a very high price. This was also the reason why the poachers wanted Shirahoshi so much.
Were there so many Shirahoshi? So far, Lin had only seen one in the forest, and it had been taken away by the researchers. Lin had searched a large area and did not find a second one. Of course, there was no second tree related to Shirahoshi.
Did this mean that there were no more Shirahoshi here?
This idea … soon changed.
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