These microscopic creatures were called 'Escherichia'.
They were very small creatures, but they had a special ability, which was to sense the presence of their own kind around them.
This also included their own kind that lived on different flowers.
Generally speaking, different creatures lived on different flowers, but there were some similar species.
This was mainly related to the fact that flowers would occasionally come into contact with each other.
However, the 'Escherichia' could only sense their own kind, they couldn't communicate with their own kind or anything.
But because of this, their minds were more active, and they would often pay attention to where their own kind were … and what they were doing.
Thinking over a long period of time seemed to be able to help these creatures develop their consciousness, and they slowly noticed the world they lived in and the fact that their own kind were also living in similar worlds.
To put it simply, they had gained intelligence.
The first step for them to gain intelligence was not to create something, but to pay attention to their surroundings, to understand their own … situation.
Through perception and their own calculations and investigations, the Escherichia quickly noticed that they lived in a flower-like world.
And their own kind around them also lived in a similar world.
The Escherichia who obtained this knowledge was very excited, and they continued to investigate more.
In fact, they couldn't directly 'see' the other flowers around them, after all … they were very small. But they still learned this through a series of investigations and research.
At first, the Escherichia who learned so much didn't do anything special, and they didn't want to fly out of the flowers they lived in.
Until … the Escherichia began to devour all the flowers.
At some point, the Escherichia noticed that many of their own kind around them were disappearing in large numbers.
They were very concerned about what was going on, so the Escherichia tried to find out. At first, they didn't have a good way to find out.
They could sense the location of their own kind, but they couldn't directly communicate … Without any other way, the Escherichia of many flowers began their journey.
This was the first time they had the idea of leaving the world they lived in and going to another world.
But it was only to find out the situation of their own kind.
But they never had a way to fly out, and could only travel around the flower world they lived in, looking for a way.
And there was a group of Escherichia who traveled to a very strange place … They accidentally found the entrance to the 'underground' while traveling.
They went deep underground, which was the inside of the flower.
Here, they encountered many creatures, and at the end of their journey, the Escherichia came to a special place.
They discovered … that they could directly 'see' everything here.
Not only could they see every corner of the flower, but they could also see the situation around the flower.
It was here that they saw … the surrounding flowers being swallowed up.
In fact, the location of these mushrooms could be considered as the location of the flower's nervous system.
It was said that the flowers had purposely 'guided' them here and allowed them to see everything here.
After the Italian mushrooms understood why their kind were disappearing on such a large scale, they also became very frightened.
Because they couldn't stop it.
But at this moment, they suddenly felt a … signal directly transmitted into their minds.
This signal told the Italian mushrooms that they had a way to stop all of this.
But they required … sacrifices.
Although the Italian mushroom was a species that was afraid of death, they had a strong sense of kinship.
If they could sacrifice themselves to save the surrounding flower worlds that had not been swallowed, they might be willing to do so.
Thus, the signal told them the details of the plan.
The plan was actually very simple. After the flower was swallowed up, although the entire flower would be decomposed, the creatures on it, including the Italian mushrooms, would not be decomposed.
They might continue to live in Exploding Swallow's body.
And what the Italian mushrooms had to do was to destroy the Exploding Swallow after the flower was swallowed up.
However, the Italian mushrooms did not have that kind of ability, so they needed to use a … bomb.
To be precise, they needed to make the Italian mushrooms self-destruct.
The signal told the Italian mushrooms that they could go to a place in this underground area and swallow a large amount of a certain substance.
This substance would not harm them in a short period of time, but it would slowly cause a violent reaction in their bodies.
In the end, it would cause a strong explosion that could destroy the entire Exploding Swallow.
Because the Exploding Swallow would soon engulf this place, the Italian mushrooms had to act quickly.
These Italian mushrooms quickly made a decision. They decided to sacrifice themselves to save more of their kind on the flowers.
Then, they followed the signal and swallowed the … explosive substance.
Next, as planned, the Exploding Swallow came quickly and swallowed the entire flower.
The Italian mushrooms in the flower did not decompose together with the flower. In fact, they were placed together with most of the creatures that originally lived on the flower in some sac-like organs.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but there was a mistake at the last step … because these Italian mushrooms did not self-destruct.
After being swallowed by the Exploding Swallow, the Italian mushrooms felt another strong signal.
This was a signal about the Exploding Swallow's … will.
They suddenly learned that the Exploding Swallow swallowed all the flowers in order to integrate them and recreate the most primitive, huge flower form.
At that moment, the flower would return to its' original 'state.
Of course, this also included the Italian mushrooms and other species that originally lived on the flower.
The Exploding Swallow's thought process told them that they originally had a much bigger body than they were now and lived in a huge world.
Although the Italian mushrooms did not have a direct concept of size, they thought that this was a very great idea.
They agreed with the Exploding Swallow's idea of swallowing all the flowers and recreating a huge world.
Then they decided not to self-destruct, but because they swallowed the explosive substance, they would explode sooner or later …
So they tried to find a way to leave the Exploding Swallow, in order to not blow it up.
They searched everywhere in the Exploding Swallow's body for a way to leave, and finally they climbed to the Exploding Swallow's skin.
But at this time … there was almost no time left, and the Italian mushrooms did not have time to jump out of the Exploding Swallow's skin before they exploded.
However, the power of the explosion was not strong, and it only left a small scar on the Exploding Swallow that was a few hundred meters long.
It was impossible to blow up the entire Exploding Swallow.
But it had another effect, and that was … to make the Exploding Swallow go crazy.
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