"Caw?" It seemed that this was the first time Tucker questioned the pompom. Usually, it would immediately do as it was told.
"Raise it." The pompom pointed at the Skeleton Dragon cub in the pit again.
"Caw …" Tucker looked at the Skeleton Dragon. After confirming the pompom's words, it whispered, "Understood, Giver."
It seemed that even though Tucker hated the Skeleton Dragons, he would still listen to the pompom's command. The pompom was indeed very important to them. What was strange was that Lin did not send out any signals to control them. It was completely the Skeleton Dragons themselves who worshipped the pompom.
Perhaps some creatures were born with this kind of 'worship'? Although it was not very common.
Next, Lin planned to go out and explore again. This time, she had paused for a while because of the Skeleton Dragon incident. Now, she had to continue. This forest was quite big. There should be a lot of interesting things.
Lin told Tucker that she wanted to leave again. Before Tucker could react, the pompom flew into the air again and quickly flew into the forest …
"Giver, we will meet again!" In the forest behind them, Tucker's voice rang out. Tucker's vocabulary was already very rich, and they had basically learned all of the brainworms' vocabulary. However, most of the brainworms' vocabulary was about the creatures and situations in the Northern Continent. Humerus Dragon should be able to develop some of its own vocabulary in the future.
Lin still kept an eye to observe the Skeleton Dragons. This kind of eye was generally similar to plants. It could obtain light energy, so it could observe without eating …
After Lin left the words' raise it 'and left, Tucker's behavior towards the Skeleton Dragon cub … still did not change.
They still threw it in the pit. However, they would throw some leftover meat for it to eat.
I see. Is this how they are 'raised'? Lin wanted to see how the Skeleton Dragons would grow up in the Skeleton Dragon Clan. The two clans were in a competitive relationship. However, because they were learning species, if they were raised from a young age, it should be possible to become a member of the other clan.
Forget it. It did not matter so much. It did not matter what would happen to the cub. It was unlikely that they would raise it well anyway.
Then, it was time to continue exploring. The pompom flew in a circle in the air and then went into the forest. The surroundings were once again shrouded in the shadows of the forest.
The pompom extended a few eyeball tentacles to observe the surroundings. This forest was quite rich in plant species. Unlike the Twisted Jungle, which only had a few species. At a glance, there were dozens of plants mixed together. Lin could now roughly divide the plants into several types. One type had a hardened structure like trees. and another type did not. They had different forms, but some could grow quite big.
Another type was was, moss and the like. And it was very small, although the plants were different. But they all had to be, they absorbed the nutrients underground and grew...
In the wasteland, they had evolved into a predator mode. This was rather interesting, although Lin had yet to see any trap plants in this place …
Although these plants didn't kill animals, they would kill other plants. Some plants would coil around another plant to grow, strangling that plant to death. However, the entangled plant wouldn't just wait for death. Some plants would grow thorns, while others would grow harder skin to resist.
There were also some plants that were good at symbiosis. Like the Dragon's Nest, they would grow nutrients for other creatures to eat. However, they usually lived in symbiosis with insects, such as ants. It was rare to see a dinosaur. The ants would help them cut up the entangled plants.
The world of plants was also very competitive, although they were relatively slow …..
Various cries echoed in the forest. Small dinosaurs often ran through the dead leaves on the ground. There was also a new type of jade here — the Black Jade. It was much larger than the Black Jade, reaching up to 10cm. It was the largest Black Jade that Lin had ever seen.
Up ahead, Lin saw a group of Black Jade chewing on a mushroom.
Lin immediately rushed forward, pulled the mushroom out, ate it, and decomposed it. The Black Jade were also scared away by Lin.
… So that's how it is. It's just a normal mushroom, it's not poisonous.
Because of the plague fungi, Lin was more concerned about other fungi. However, the fungi here mostly ate dead leaves.
The mushroom structure of fungi was usually poisonous, but there were also some that weren't. Regardless, they wouldn't spread like the plague.
They were now more than 2 kilometers away from Tucker's group. The pompom had recorded a lot of creatures, most of them were relatively small creatures. Occasionally, she would see a few large horned dragons. Lin wondered if there were some powerful and highly intelligent species here. If that was the case, would there be a war? Or perhaps …
Lin hoped that there weren't any such species. That way, she could watch Tucker's group grow up safely.
The powerful species that Lin had encountered so far were all creatures that split work. These creatures were indeed unusually powerful. But the Skeleton Dragon wasn't a division of labor type. Just how powerful could it become? Lin felt that if the Skeleton Dragon grew up, it would give off a very unique feeling ….
… This smell is …
All of a sudden, Lin caught a whiff of a wondrous scent not too far ahead.
The pompom quickly drifted over. Lin saw a small plant standing tall among the dead leaves. Although the plant was short, it was covered in dense foliage that absorbed the scattered light in the forest.
Strangely, there was a red structure growing on one of the branches of the plant. It looked like it was wrapped around several leaves, but the leaves were all red and very conspicuous.
That's right … this seemed to be a structure called a 'flower'. Although Lin had thought of this word before, she didn't pay it much attention. But now that she saw it in person, she felt that it was very strange ….
The plant probably grew this structure to attract creatures. The plants here were becoming more and more unique. Now, the day was slowly approaching noon. The surrounding temperature was getting higher and higher. The curled up flower slowly began to unfold.
When all 6 petals were fully opened, the scent inside became even more obvious. This scent lingered in the air and attracted many small creatures.
Most of these creatures were arthropods, some were beetles, and some were called 'Nether Moths'. Lin gave them this name because they liked to feed on corpses.
They flew around the blooming flower and gathered more and more. Then, Lin noticed that the center of the flower was secreting some liquid.
At that moment, a small spot of light shone on the liquid.
Whoosh! Suddenly, the liquid glowed, and a raging fire rose! The entire flower burned. Some of the liquid dripped onto the pile of dead leaves on the ground, and the leaves burned as well.
Amidst the dancing flames, the moths did not disperse. Instead, they continued to fly around the flowers. Some of the moths that flew lower were directly burned to ashes by the flames. Those that flew higher were also affected by the high temperature and slowly lost their ability to fly and fell into the flames.
The flames spread along the surrounding dead leaves, burning all the seedlings around the plant. During the burning process, Lin heard a crackling sound coming from the flower. From time to time, some things would bounce out of the flower.
The forest was filled with moisture, so the flames couldn't spread too far. The surrounding large trees weren't affected by the flames either. After a while, the fire stopped. However, it had burned the flower and the surrounding area with a diameter of about 10 meters. Even the flower itself had been burned to ashes.
This plant … So that's how it works. It relied on 'fire'. First, it released a scent to attract creatures. Then, it created a burning liquid to burn all the other plants and attracted insects.
Then, it would eject the seeds. This way, the seeds could grow with a large amount of ashes as nutrients and without competition!
Sometimes, Lin really wondered if they were brainless creatures … Let's just call this plant 'Flame Flower'. It felt quite appropriate.
At that moment, Lin heard footsteps coming from the forest. The pompom immediately changed color and hid.
Then, a … Skeleton Dragon ran out of the forest. There were so many Skeleton Dragons living here?
The Skeleton Dragon ran to the burned forest and started digging. It dug out a few Flame Flower seeds and left.
Did it know how to grow these things? The pompom followed the Skeleton Dragon. It walked for about a kilometer in the forest. A large number of Skeleton Dragon huts appeared in front of Lin's eyes …
They all liked to build huts like this. From the looks of it, there seemed to be quite a number of White Skeleton Dragons. These huts were located next to a cliff, and there were only about ten of them. It looked like a small community. Pompom flew to the cliff and looked down. There was a rushing river below, and some of the huts were built close to the edge of the cliff. Why would the White Skeleton Dragons choose such a place?
There were no other Skeletal Wyrms around. They had probably gone out to look for food. The Skeletal Wyrms with the seed ran into the largest hut. The pompom placed an eyeball inside to observe. It stuffed the seed into a skull placed inside the hut.
It seemed like it wanted to collect the seeds.
Lin also noticed that on the other side of the hut, there was a pile of withered leaves. There was a faint smell of smoke coming from the pile of withered leaves. There was also a glow coming from within …
The Skeleton Dragon walked over and opened up the pile of withered leaves. Lin saw that it was a small flame. The Skeleton Dragon took out some debris and sprinkled it on the flame. The flame burned brighter.
Then, the White Skeleton Dragon left, leaving behind a flame that continued to burn … Heavens and earth.
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