The war was over, and the victor belonged to the Plague Dragon!
… At least for now.
The headless dragon was now standing in the middle of the newly formed lake. Although it had become the victor, it did not show any joy, nor did it show any special emotions.
Rin reckoned that the Plague Dragon was different from the other Plague Leaders who had a large amount of muscle but could not think. A dragon should have a larger brain that was mainly used for thinking. When she saw the dragon standing up, Rin felt that it should have two or more brains. But no matter how many brains it had, there should be one in its head. Now that its head had been blown up, it could not show any emotions. She did not know if it could still think, but without its vision and other sensory organs, it was difficult for it to move.
Even the victor had to pay a heavy price. But this creature was indeed a masterpiece. If it could fly, it would be almost perfect …
But now, there was only one doubt left. It was the mushroom cluster that the fast-grower dealt with. It was a very conscious combination, and it was very conscious of dealing with the fast-grower. This thing was indeed a mystery, as if there was something commanding it.
But after Rin dealt with it, it was as if nothing had happened …
But this could be slowly studied in the future. After all, the Plague Dragon would not move for now.
The fast-growing creature quickly swam into the water and moved to the side of Bechymos' remains. There were still many scattered living cells on Bechymos' body, but the whole corpse had already been besieged by a large number of carrion fungi. Rin had the fast-growing creature tear apart some of the areas where the cells gathered so that it could retrieve them.
Those tiny fungi had probably spread all over the world by now. As long as there was water. Traces of them would be found. The fast-growing creature would slowly retrieve the cells and devour the fungi here to continue growing into a more complex structure. At the same time, it could observe what the Plague Dragon would do next.
Meanwhile, some troops had already gathered on the other side of the distant continent and were beginning to move here. It would probably take some time, but Rin felt that the Plague Leaders and Plague Dragons were unlikely to be running around.
* Rumble … *
At that moment, Rin suddenly heard a noise. The fast-growing creature was swimming on top of a piece of Bechymos' remains. She saw some bubbles emerging from under the piece of flesh.
That's right … this is …
A large number of bubbles suddenly appeared, and a two-meter-long worm-like creature suddenly rushed out from the meat. It ignored the fast-born creature and quickly swam to the surface of the water. Then, four wings spread out from its back and it flew into the sky.
Only then did Lin remember that Monte II was still in Bechymos' body. It was him who had flown away just now.
It doesn't matter if it flies away, I'll just catch it when the time comes. Lin ordered the fast-living creature to continue devouring the wreckage.
Now, the storm slowly stopped. The brilliant sunlight shone through the scattered dark clouds and onto the water, making everything much brighter.
At this moment. Lin suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the surroundings of the cave. Through the bright environment, Lin could see that there were many gigantic creatures gathered around the cave.
It was the leader of the plagues. After the thunder disappeared, they seemed to know that they could move again, and they all gathered around the hole.
But they didn't do anything. They just stood there as if they were looking at the Plague Dragon in the cave.
Nobody knew how long it took Cerebus to create the Plague Dragon. With the current level of intelligence of the plague fungi, it was impossible for them to recreate the head of the Plague Dragon.
Crack … Suddenly, one of the leader of the plagues made a strange sound. Its head slowly turned. After turning a full circle, it separated from its neck and fell into the water with a plop.
The head was hollow inside, so it could float on the water. The Plague Dragon then took two steps forward and touched the head with its broken body.
Lin then noticed that the Plague Dragon's broken body seemed to be secreting some kind of liquid, and then it stuck the head to the broken body.
… Could it move just like that? Or could it be that the head had vision or some other sensory ability?
Lin waited for a while, but the Plague Dragon didn't move. After it stuck the head to the broken body, it just stayed there like before. The other leaders of the plagues around the hole also didn't move.
Maybe they were connecting their nerves? Lin Sanjiu could only continue to wait.
Just like that, a day and night slowly passed. During this time, Lin had the raptors collect the remains under the water while observing the changes in the Plague Dragon's condition.
The Plague Dragon slowly began to change. It began to move its limbs and let out a low growl.
Lin felt that the leader of the plagues might have some kind of ganglion in its head that could help it recover, but it definitely wouldn't be as good as its previous head.
It wasn't good for it to recover so slowly because a large number of troops were coming from the other side of the ocean. The troops on the mainland were much more numerous than the troops on Fungus Island, and there was also another large troop type — the Pioneers. Lin had always wanted to test whether the Plague Dragon's shell or the Pioneers' hellish worm shell was harder.
Another day and night passed. It was now the third day and night since the Plague Dragon's head was blown up. At this time, the Plague Dragon began to move. It began to walk to the edge of the pit, trying to climb up the wall, but its movements were quite clumsy. It was completely different from before. It tried many times to climb up, but it still couldn't climb up. It was even buried by the falling mud a few times.
It was the same for the fourth day and night, until the fifth day and night.
The days and nights had been scorching hot, and the darkness of the past storm had completely disappeared. The dragon seemed to have become more and more energetic. It used its huge claws to dig a tunnel in the cave wall and climbed up from there.
Lin noticed that the dragon's head seemed to be changing its position. Previously, the head was stuck to the side of the dragon's body, but after a few days, it slowly turned to face outwards.
However, this head with three holes sticking to the Wyvern's body looked really strange.
After the dragon climbed out, the leaders of the plagues also left with it. The raptors had also grown a lot in size. Lin could now create a small flyer to follow the dragon and observe the situation.
The flyer followed the dragon and the leaders of the plagues. When such a large group of creatures moved around the island, it was as if a violent earthquake had occurred. The dragon led its troops to the center of the island, then the leaders of the plagues stood in a circle around the dragon and looked up at the sky.
Bam!
With a loud noise, a large amount of liquid sprayed out like a fountain. This time, it didn't have a strong momentum like before. Instead, it seemed to be deliberately sprinkling water. The water sprinkled on the surrounding ground, and the plague dragon began to release a large amount of fog.
When the fog touched the ground that was sprinkled with liquid, it immediately began to grow a large amount of bacterial dust. In addition to the wet ground caused by the storm, the fungi grew very quickly.
The sixth day and night.
The rainwater accumulated in the holes began to evaporate slowly. A large amount of fungi had covered a large area in the center of the island. They seemed to be able to extract nutrients from the ground like the roots of plants. Even if the liquid that the plagues sprayed out earlier was used up, they would continue to grow and thrive.
The leaders of the plagues and the dragon remained motionless in the same place. They were probably trying to reduce the consumption of energy.
For the next few days and nights, they didn't move at all. Lin kept observing them … until the tenth day and night.
The mycelium on the ground had grown into many mushroom structures. The cap of these mushrooms began to turn green, seemingly intending to absorb light energy. Lin Li didn't know where they got these symbiotic algae.
So that's how it is. The large amount of self-sustaining fungi on the Mushroom Island must have been 'planted' by the leaders of the plagues. These fungi weren't like the ones Lin encountered before that only knew how to devour other living things.
It was quite amazing that they could develop such a way of life.
While Lin was observing them, she also moved the underground nutrient storage room deeper into the island. She didn't want to touch the nutrients here for the time being, but she didn't know if the growing mycelium would discover it if it was left there.
The nutrient storage room was shaped like a sharp diamond. There were some small limbs around it that could rotate downwards.
The next few days and nights were relatively peaceful. Nothing special happened. Lin felt that if the ground remained moist, their mycelium would soon cover the entire island. Some of the plants that had just sprouted would also be devoured by the mycelium.
The fast-growing mycelium devoured the remains of Bechymos and grew bigger and bigger. However, it would take a considerable amount of time to grow into a Bechymos, and that was under the condition that it wasn't disturbed. Lin had to wait for the troops to arrive.
It was currently night time. The Flyer flew effortlessly in the air by relying on the airflow. She looked down at the group of gigantic creatures below. They didn't move at all.
Hum … Lin heard a sound. It was a sound that could only be heard when the membranous wings of the arthropods flapped at high speed …
High up in the sky, a black shadow rushed down rapidly! The Flyer immediately flapped her wings to dodge. The black shadow that missed turned around and rushed over again.
Under the starlight, the appearance of the newcomer could be clearly seen …
It was Monte II.
It had the body of a worm with wings on its back. It fought with claws like forelimbs. Perhaps it wanted to hunt for food, but Lin, a Flyer, wouldn't let it eat her so easily. The Flyer's body swayed. Its colour-changing cells instantly turned into the same colour as the sky.
Monte II seemed to be stunned. It looked around for a bit before turning around and flying away.
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