"This place … is not normal."
The aircraft called the Nautilus continued to move forward in the soft 'Swallowing Light Farm'.
Previously, Noel said that the thickness of the Swallowing Light Farm was only about two or three meters, but now …
It had drilled down for almost three hundred meters.
There seemed to be no end. There was an endless stream of soft materials all around. Occasionally, some light could be seen flickering in the materials … and then quickly extinguished.
Although Lin thought these materials were quite interesting, Noel was getting more and more nervous.
Because the Nautilus could not last long here, its shell was being … decomposed little by little. The damaged part of the shell could be seen on the screen.
Now, the shell of the Nautilus was covered with traces of corrosion, and these traces were constantly deepening.
Therefore, Noel increased the speed of the Nautilus to the maximum.
There was no propulsion flight here, but it was constantly squeezing forward with its tentacles, so the speed was not very fast.
As the shell rotted bit by bit and was about to affect the interior cabin, the space in front … finally became open.
The Nautilus drilled out from the 'bottom' of the farm, which was more than five hundred meters thick.
After this internal journey, the shell of the Nautilus was almost completely corroded, but the journey was not without gain, because …
"It's here?"
When Noel adjusted the detection system to the maximum, it found a familiar scene below — the Antarctic Continent.
"Why … is it here?"
The surface of the Antarctic appeared three hundred meters below the thick farm, which surprised Noel because its senses told it that the Antarctic was not in this position.
"Something moved it." Noel said, "But I don't know what … Anyway, it's necessary to go down and take a look."
With that, the Nautilus flew toward the surface of the continent.
"This is …" In the process of driving, it could be found that there were many spherical objects with a diameter of more than ten centimeters around, and there was something like a 'tadpole' twisting in the sphere.
"Interesting …" Noel said, "This is solidified air … The creatures inside collected it into a sphere and wrapped themselves in it."
"Why do they do this?"
"I don't know, I don't know much about them …"
Because the speed of the Nautilus was adjusted to be very slow, Lin could carefully 'observe' the surrounding situation.
The closer they got to the surface, the more of these spherical objects they could see. Moreover, Lin noticed that there were sometimes not 'tadpoles' in these spherical objects, but some … stones, ice, and even insects.
Under this wonderful scenery, Lin and Norm arrived at the surface of the South Pole. Norm stuck the tentacle of the Nautilus into the ground and stabilized it. After that, he and Lin left the cabin and set foot on the South Pole.
… Actually, it had drifted out.
"I've started the nanomechanical repair." Noel looked at the severely corroded Nautilus shell and said, "While it's being repaired, let's stroll around here."
"There are many … such creatures here."
Lin was paying attention to her surroundings. There were balls of different sizes floating everywhere.
Lin let the pompom float closer to them and carefully examined it. She found that it was indeed solidified air. The tadpole-like creatures inside had formed the air into a ball and stayed inside.
If it was normal vision, these balls would be transparent, but they were very obvious in the frozen sense of smell.
Lin also saw some 'tadpoles' creating spheres not far away.
It felt like a caterpillar weaving a cocoon. It was constantly twisting in the air, using the tiny thorns on its body to … gather the air around it and slowly weave it into a ball.
Watching this, Lin quickly floated over. The pompom extended its hair and wrapped around one of these tadpoles.
It didn't seem to have any offensive ability, so Lin was able to study it carefully … and discovered that it could secrete a … component from the thorns on its body.
This could … glue the air together so that it wouldn't scatter and form a sphere.
However, rather than glue, it was more like … gravity. It attracted the air together to form a relatively solid air sphere.
It seemed to only work on solidified air. If it wasn't solidified, it wouldn't be able to stick together.
This was an interesting phenomenon, and Lin felt that she should study it a little …
But Lin also 'looked' at Norm.
Norm was currently taking out a tool that looked like a flashlight and shining it on the surface. It didn't seem to be interested in these tadpole-like creatures.
"What are you doing?" Lin floated next to it and asked.
"I'm investigating traces of movement here." Norm said, "The Antarctic continent must have been moved. I have to find out who and what method was used to move it."
"There seems to be no way to find out here …" Norm's flashlight didn't emit much light, but it seemed to have a detection function.
Norm shook it at the ground every few steps and then continued to the next place.
Lin also continued to follow it … After a while, Lin found a relatively large creature ahead.
It was a creature known as a polar bear, and it was also floating in the air … in a ball made of solidified air.
"It's still alive." Lin floated over to examine it and found that the polar bear in the ball was intact.
"… This kind of bear was originally extinct in the Arctic." Norm said, "But later some were 'resurrected' and were placed to live in the two poles."
Norm didn't seem to be very concerned. After a brief introduction, it went around it and continued to move forward.
Lin, on the other hand, was quite concerned about why the 'tadpoles' had circled her and the polar bear.
"Forget it, we won't be able to find anything if we keep going like this. The Nautilus should be repaired. Let's go back."
After probing about 100 meters, Norm turned around and walked back.
On the way back, Lin found something interesting.
The entire Nautilus was circled by a group of tadpoles.
"They … Could it be …"
After 'seeing' the circle, Norm suddenly had a surprised expression. "Could it be that they did this? Although it's possible … "
"What's possible?" Lin asked.
"These creatures that like to make empty balloons … are the culprits that pushed the Antarctic over," Norm said. "Although I didn't think it was them at first, it's a little possible."
"If it's really them … That's good. This means there won't be any danger."
Lin asked, "What kind of creature did you think pushed the Antarctic?"
"I thought it was …"
'Boom —'
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