"Boom!"
The sound of cannon fire still echoed above the dinosaur continent. While Lin was observing the forest creatures, the Styx Cannon never stopped firing. She had been experimenting with the speed of the bombs. She had tried streamlined bombs, round bombs, spirals, squares, and all sorts of other shapes.
She had tried a variety of ways to fire the bombs. Usually, pressure hammers and explosives were the fastest, but no matter how she tried, she felt like she had reached a bottleneck.
What a strange word. Why did the word "bottle" and "neck" mean "reaching the top"? Also, what was a bottle?
Regardless, it was difficult to increase her speed now. Perhaps she needed to find a new way to increase her speed, such as new explosives? A new way to propel? Or perhaps there was a place in the world where there were no "obstacles" in the sky, and she could reach the stars directly?
Of course, Lin believed that just rushing out of the obstacles was not enough. What kind of place would she reach after rushing out? At least, she would have to survive after rushing out.
There were many things to consider … Lin also needed to truly settle down here. Originally, Lin's army had been stationed near the rift. Now, she planned to build a huge base under the forest of this continent.
She would build a complex underground network that would spread across the entire continent!
Why do you want to stay underground? After the battle with the plague fungus, Lin realized that being exposed without any obstacles was not a good thing. It was easy to be discovered by opponents, if there were opponents on this continent …
Also, it was important to not clash with the living space of other creatures. If she had to watch Tucker develop them … Then the underground was a good choice. Moreover, the space was almost limitless, and it was convenient to study everything on the surface. A strong enough anti-pressure structure would not be afraid of earthquakes and other dangers.
In fact, the sky was fine too, but if it was too big, it would create a large shadow, which was more troublesome. But Lin still planned to build a base in the sky, just like the floating islands in the Northern Continent.
Since she had thought of it, she started building a base at the edge of the rift. These bases produced various types of drilling troops. In fact, there were three types. The first type was the "engineers" responsible for digging. The second type was the "shell-sprayer", which secreted a complex mixture of chitin and spider silk to create a hardened structure to stabilize the underground tunnels. The third type was the "tunnel worm", which was like a miniature version of the Pathfinder. They could be mass-produced and were responsible for dealing with any hostile creatures that might appear underground.
Lin had wanted the Blazers to dig it up. However, the underground structure of this place was still unclear, so it was better to let the smaller units dig. If it was too big, it might cause a collapse.
Above the ravine that was filled with rumbling noises from time to time, the transporters from the faraway Island of Fungi had arrived. They transported the large amount of nutrients they obtained from there to the base. Lin would now stuff a large amount of nutrients into her fat cells, compress them, then wrap them with a layer of membrane to isolate the air. The fungus inside would also be eliminated, so the nutrients would never rot.
Because of the battle on the Fungus Isle, Lin could directly produce a large number of troops. The spoils of war she obtained from the battle against the Plague Fungi were truly plentiful, to the point that Lin wouldn't need to rely on other means to obtain nutrients for a very long time.
Lin also wanted to build a similar underground base on most of the islands at sea, but she wanted to build the one on the mainland first.
Under the base at the edge of the rift valley, groups of engineers were slowly formed and began to dig.
You want to build a base under a continent? This would be a huge undertaking, but Lin would also be able to witness the growth of the continent and its creatures during this process.
However, Lin wasn't going to dig into the continent first, but rather outwards. Outside the rift valley, there was a continent that was once ravaged by the Plague Fungi, which was now barren. Lin would build a base underneath it and revive this continent. Many of the plants that Lin had started to plant on the coast had already grown.
At the same time, Lin wanted to turn this gigantic rift valley into a place similar to the underground world of the Inca insects …
While building the base, Lin would also continue to explore.
The environment in front of the velvet ball … was still damp and gloomy. This forest appeared to be endless, a small group of dinosaurs ran past the velvet ball and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.
The forest here was very different from before. There weren't any dead leaves on the ground, instead it was covered in wet moss. This moss was called 'Dark Moss' by Lin, it seemed to be able to grow even in a forest with very little light.
Occasionally, there would be some potholes in the forest, where salamanders that Lin was very familiar with would appear. The velvet ball reached out with its tentacles, grabbed a salamander, and swallowed it to decompose it.
This was only because the velvet ball had consumed too much nutrients from its previous activities, so it needed food. It wasn't because this salamander was special.
There really wasn't anything special about it, aside from the fact that its skin was poisonous.
Lin observed the dense forest. After replenishing its nutrients, the velvet ball released a large number of eyeballs. Lin felt that she needed to speed up her exploration, but the eyeballs' main task was to record creatures, while the velvet ball continued to move forward …
Exploration, there were still a lot of things to explore …
Speaking of which, the creatures here were quite unique. There were a lot more species here compared to the Northern Continent, it was as if they had an extra million years to evolve.
Something special must have happened on this continent, which was also one of the reasons why Lin wanted to dig underground. There were always records of ancient events underground.
However, among the countless species, Lin only found a few creatures with high intelligence: the Skeleton Dragon, the White Skeleton Dragon, and the Forest Gnome. These three were able to use things and make weapons.
The Meat Cutter Ant was the only species that Lin had found on this continent that had high intelligence, but because of its small size, it didn't have the upper hand. Other than the Meat Cutter Ant, there were other species with high intelligence, but they weren't very intelligent.
Most of the intelligent species here had individual personalities, which were completely different from the species with high intelligence. They liked to piece all kinds of things together. In fact, the species with high intelligence also liked to piece things together, but they did it with their cells.
The scattered eyeballs slowly recorded everything they saw in this forest. Every plant, every animal, the shape and living habits of these creatures were recorded.
The velvet ball, on the other hand, was mainly looking for creatures with high intelligence. It was now following a group of Velociraptors through the forest.
Velociraptors were also very intelligent, but they never used things. They relied entirely on their sharp teeth and claws to hunt. However, they weren't running because they were hunting, but because … they were running because they were being hunted.
Whoosh!
The sound of sharp thorns cutting through the air came from high up in the sky. A few sharp thorns pierced the ground, but none of them hit. The Velociraptors sped up and fled into the denser forest. The attacking creatures in the air seemed to have given up on chasing them and flew away.
The velvet ball looked at the sky and quickly flew up.
Dark clouds surrounded the forest. In the dim light, the velvet ball could see flying creatures with wingspans of about five meters flying quickly in the air.
The velvet ball immediately followed, ready to observe and record these new creatures.
I wonder what they will look like? What kind of lifestyle would they have?
These flying creatures looked very much like Pterosaurs, but their mouths were more round and not pointed. They also flew very fast. At this time, it was raining heavily, but it didn't seem to have much effect on them.
"Boom!"
Lightning suddenly flashed in the sky, instantly lighting up the entire forest.
… Lightning?
The velvet ball suddenly stopped. Looking at the surging lightning and dark clouds in the sky, Lin seemed to have remembered something … In the Northern Continent, when the Inca insects were about to leave …
Right, at that time, they seemed to have wanted to use a lightning bomb to go to the moon. Although they didn't succeed in the end, they still left the Northern Continent.
Was this really possible? Speaking of which, Lin hadn't used electricity for a long time … Well, it wasn't that she hadn't used it before. Mainly, Lin used it on brain-based troops like the Hallucinators and Brainreaders. They could be used to read memories and other things, and could also be used to connect to biological nerves to control their behavior.
But in terms of attack or other uses, it didn't have any. Lin remembered that the Inca insects found some stones that could be shot … Lin also found some stones that could be used to charge electricity. Last time, she used them to deal with the Plague Leader.
Perhaps these stones had some kind of secret? Lin didn't pay much attention to them. It seemed that she would have to dig some up to study them. But did electricity really have the ability to shoot? It would be great if it did. It just so happened that Lin couldn't accelerate her bombs anymore.
At this time, Lin suddenly realized that the flying creatures had already flown away. All she could see around her was a hazy mist.
For such a large flying creature to disappear in an instant … But that place was very suspicious.
In the hazy fog, Lin saw a huge black shadow standing in the forest. The velvet ball flew towards the black shadow.
The black shadow grew bigger and bigger in the rain. Another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky. Lin saw the true face of the black shadow clearly …
Was this a … rocky mountain?
The rocky mountain was about fifty meters tall. It was relatively short for a mountain, but this mountain looked very strange. It looked like a pile of large rocks, and there were strange carvings on the rocks.
It looked like a pile of living creatures. There were all kinds of small plants growing between the rocks. It seemed like this pile had been there for a long time.
But Lin didn't see the large flying creatures. The velvet ball flew around the rocky mountain and found something very strange. It looked like an upright stone pillar …
Boom! Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the stone pillar! Floating Astronomy.
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