Day and night slowly passed...
Under Lin's guidance, the skeletal dragons grew quickly. They learned how to live together with plants, hunt, calculate, store food, and many other things. They had now become interesting creatures.
With the stable life provided by the Dragon Perch, they no longer had to live in hunger, nor would there be fewer dinosaurs nearby due to frequent hunting.
When they had free time, they would carve animals, plants, the night sky, and all other visible things on the tree or at the foot of the tree. At first, they liked to draw on tree bark, but later they seemed to realize that this was not right, so they drew on stones. It seemed that the skeletal dragons had realized the relationship between the Dragon Perch and them.
They had more time to use their intelligence to become curious about the things around them.
For example, Tucker liked to study plants. He often found that the sap of plants had some special effects, some could heal injuries or cure poisons. He used to hunt with plants that produced stimulants. Sometimes, Tucker and his group would cut up some plants and bury them underground for the Dragon Perch to absorb nutrients...
Other than that, Tucker also liked to study stones. Not only did he carve on them, but he also tried to shape the stones into various shapes, which looked very much like the statues of the Inca bugs. The first statue he made was … Lin's pompon. Although it looked nothing like Lin's pompon, they still placed the pompon at the top of the tree to represent some special meaning.
The other skeletal dragons also had various' interests', and each was different. Some liked to observe the stars, some liked to piece things together. It was a good phenomenon. Curiosity was a very effective way to improve intelligence.
At the same time, their language skills were also improving. For each different thing. Lin would teach them some words to explain, and then the skeletal dragons would go back and pass these words to their young. Lin believed that their language would become more and more perfect before long.
Tucker's group took care of the Dragon Perch day and night. Not only did the Dragon Perch grow small balls, but it also began to slowly change. For example, the small balls. They would become more... 'delicious', tasting a bit like meat, which was very suitable for the skeletal dragons' taste buds.
Lin did not expect the plant to change so quickly, but since there were so many dinosaur-eating plants on this continent, and even a creature that was a cross between animals and plants, it was not surprising that the plant's reaction was faster.
This was much better than simple planting. When the time came, it might even grow a 'nest', a 'treehouse' and other structures to cooperate with the skeletal dragons living on it. Furthermore, the food yield provided by the Dragon's Perch was not something that could only be harvested regularly.
Speaking of which, the Cephalopods also raised plants, and the plants they planted usually grew near rocky mountains. It seemed to be a symbiotic plant.
After seeing that they had completely formed a symbiotic relationship with the Dragon's Perch, Lin prepared to teach them how to live with animals. Just like how the Dragon Perch would grow small balls in return for its symbiotic partner, some animals would also produce nutritious structures for their symbiotic partner to consume. In the Twisted Jungle, there were some arthropods known as' Assassin Caterpillars' that lived in symbiotic relationships with bees. The bees would protect them and even bring them to feeding sites. In return, they would produce a type of egg for the bees to consume.
Like the White Skeletal Dragon, the Skeleton Dragon needed to catch the baby of some kind of dinosaur to raise. As long as there was enough time, Lin believed that they could also achieve a symbiotic relationship.
However, the most important part of living with animals was not food, but … fighting.
So far, no suitable dinosaur had been found, and it was not very necessary now. Therefore, Lin only taught them the method and did not search for a species for them. What species they found was up to Tucker and the rest.
Now, Tucker's Skeleton Dragon group was rapidly developing, and they might soon decide to reproduce. It seemed that the Skeleton Dragons could reproduce at any time, as long as the surrounding environment was suitable and there was enough food, they would decide to start laying eggs.
The Skeleton Dragons recorded Lin's life on the largest rock. Tucker and his clan spent a lot of effort to transport the rock from afar. They also recorded Pompom's deeds on the rock, from the beginning of the 'Pterosaur's Rebirth' to Lin's teaching of all kinds of things on the rock.
There seemed to be a lot of pictures mixed in with the Skeleton Dragons' own 'imagination', such as how they turned the Dragon's Perch into a Pompom to give birth. This seemed very interesting, and Lin did not know why they would have such imagination. This stone would probably be passed down in their group, and the newly born would probably learn the content on it.
Looking at the Skeleton Dragons, Lin believed that there was nothing left to teach them. Next, they would grow and develop with their own wisdom. Lin would not leave, but watch how they would develop.
At the same time, Lin also created some small flying eyeballs to look for White Skeletal Dragon or other Skeleton Dragon tribes nearby, so that the two could develop as a comparison. Meanwhile, over at the Twisted Jungle, the Ancient Squids did not succeed in returning to the sea, and instead relied on the rain to live a difficult life in the Rift Valley. They liked to use things like the Skeleton Dragons, but their habits were very different. These species could be used as a comparison to see how they would develop …
Now, Lin still had to deal with some matters … about a war.
On a faraway island … the battle of the fungi could be said to be coming to an end. Lin's forces had practically taken over the entire island, and there were no longer any plague fungi left on the island. However, most of them were self-digesting instead of being devoured by the Bacteriophages. Lin had created a large number of excavator units to dig out underground caverns, discovering hidden fungi even deeper underground.
She must have found their remains.
The plague fungi had indeed seeped into the ground when they were self-digesting, but they also began to decompose themselves a second time when they did, dissolving every structure in their body until only some residue was left in the soil. Lin had actually discovered this a long time ago. At the time, she thought that the residue was just waste produced by the fungi. So, it was the traces left behind after the fungi had completely dissolved themselves?
It could be said that … the fungi had committed suicide.
But why? Why would such a destructive species commit suicide?
This time, Lin was not fooled by the fungi. She found the answer almost instantly. According to the underground investigation, the fungi were only using the residue as a disguise, while some of their nutrients had seeped deeper into the ground.
Deep beneath the island, Lin found … an army. Floating astronomy.
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