While the humerus dragons on the mainland were developing, this fat creature rolling in the waves was not lagging behind. The headworm's colony had completely occupied the island. It had built a large number of rocky mountains on the island, and there were crisscrossing passages between the rocky mountains. All kinds of troops were shuttling through them.
Despite occupying the island, the headworm's colony did not excessively occupy the living space of the native creatures on the island. They had reached a perfect balance between them.
"It's like rolling across a field of grass without crushing any grass. It's a kind of art." The headworm commented on its colony.
Speaking of which, the headworm had slowly understood the concept of 'art' from Lin.
After Lin created the dreamscape, the headworm also liked to come to this place. Lin did not limit the headworm's entry time, because unexpectedly, the headworm was not very 'addicted' to this place. Perhaps its rich thinking ability allowed it to not be like the humerus dragons, who could not distinguish between illusion and reality after a long time. Some humerus dragons would become a little strange after a long time, so they could not be allowed to stay here for too long.
When the headworm came in, it usually liked to roll around in some soft places. Sometimes, it would deliberately use this place to talk to Lin about something, such as now.
The headworm's colony on the island had expanded to its peak, but an isolated island could only accommodate a certain number of creatures. If it wanted to continue developing its colony, it would need a larger area.
The headworm had also thought of returning to the mainland, but it preferred this island and the view of the sea here.
In fact, Lin did not want it to return to the mainland. Otherwise, there might be a conflict with the humerus dragons, and that would be a little troublesome.
Fortunately, the restrictions of the island were not a problem for the headworm. The headworm used the wood it collected. Stone. With some mucus mixed together, it created a huge ship.
The ship was more than 50 meters long and could carry a considerable number of troops. However, its strength had not been tested, and the headworm did not test it either. It planned to use it directly.
While the headworm was developing at sea, it also wanted to create a new headworm for its colony to command. It had already thought of a name, Amon.
Generally, a headworm colony would produce a new one every time. Usually, only one Brain Worm would be born every 30 years or so. However, there were exceptions, such as when the colony was too large and there was only one Brain Worm.
However, before that, the brain worm wanted to test out its ship. So it brought a bunch of troops and boarded the ship. It still used the 'sail' that it used to move forward on the sea.
However, the brainworm's idea of sailing didn't last long. Just a few hundred meters away from the island, the brainworm's ship was attacked. Apparently, it was hit by a giant creature from the sea. This caused the bottom of the ship to leak water, and the entire ship was smashed into pieces by the successive attacks. Later, the ship and a large number of troops sank into the sea.
Because the headworm was riding on a wyvern, it was not in any danger, but the headworm still felt very … angry! However, there was nothing it could do. Because it did not have any aquatic troops, it could only give up.
At this point, Lin didn't find it strange. There were some large sea creatures in the sea near this continent. Lin felt that they might not have been affected by the previous disaster, or they might have used some other method to avoid it. In short, these huge creatures could easily destroy the brainworm's ship.
However, after that, the brainworm built a few more ships, and strengthened them even more. But every time it went out to sea, it would almost always be attacked at the same location. This place was more suspicious. It seemed that some creature was deliberately lying in ambush in the sea.
According to the brainworm, every time its troops fell into the sea, no creature ate them. Many of them even managed to swim back to the island. This meant that the creature that attacked it was not for food.
This was even more suspicious.
Therefore, Lin also wanted to see what kind of creature was attacking the brainworm's ship in the sea.
After waking up from the dream, Lin quickly ordered one of the troops – Bechymos – to fly to the place where the brainworm sunk its ship to investigate. Meanwhile, the brainworm also came out from the dream and rode on its wyvern to rendezvous at the destination.
"That's it. Sink a little."
Bechymos and the wyvern were flying above the sea. The wyvern was shocked when it first saw Bechymos, but it quickly calmed down after hearing the words of the overmind bug. At present, the overmind bug was showing Lin the locations where the ships had sunk. There were still some floating debris on the surface of the sea. The latest ship of the overmind bug had sunk a day and a half ago.
In other words, that creature might still be nearby and had not left …
With that thought, Bechymos immediately dived into the sea. The moment she felt her whole body turn cold, Lin saw a huge creature under the water.
It was a shark, right below Bechymos. Lin remembered seeing this kind of shark before in the river on the continent. So it was like this. It seemed that the one in the river had indeed swum from the sea.
Although it was a huge creature, it was still much smaller than Bechymos. Bechymos' sudden appearance frightened the shark. It quickly swayed its body and disappeared into the darkness of the deep sea.
Bechymos did not pay any attention to the shark. Instead, it sent out a large number of fliers. Lin had always been very fond of scouting troops that could be used in both the sea and the air. They spread out in the water, searching for any creature that might attack them.
Meanwhile, Bechymos stayed where it was, waiting to see if it would be attacked by anything …
In this way, Lin waited until nightfall. The brainworm rode the wyvern and circled around in the sky, but … Lin did not receive any attack.
The fliers' probing yielded considerable results. Speaking of which, the ocean here … was really quite rich in creatures. There were a large number of benthic creatures, such as corals, at the bottom of the sea, and a large number of plankton on the surface.
At the same time, Lin also recorded a lot of huge creatures. Generally speaking, creatures with a body length of more than ten meters could be considered huge. Apart from a certain kind of shark, the rest were relatively 'primitive' creatures. Lin recorded a few creatures that might attack ships.
Ocean Horseshoe Crab, a scorpion-like arthropod, was more than ten meters long and probably weighed more than ten tons. It could charge using the jet tube at its tail.
Frenzy Worm, a large worm more than twenty meters long. It liked to swim on the surface of the sea, devouring any fish and other creatures. It would not even let off a huge shark …
Sea-Sky Jellyfish, a giant jellyfish more than fifty meters long. Lin felt that it might be a similar species to the Sea-Sky Jellyfish she had seen before. It could live in the sea or in the air. It was a very interesting creature.
Obviously, jellyfish were more likely to attack, but they usually ate plankton. These jellyfish liked to fly on the surface of the sea and use their tentacles to capture a large number of small creatures on the surface of the sea. They should not attempt to attack the brainworm's ship.
In other words, they did not discover anything? That was not the case. On the seabed below the sunken ship, one of Lin's fliers discovered something they had also seen on the continent … a split-brain.
This wondrous thing had the same appearance as the brain-creating monsters on the continent. It was surrounded by a red crystal with a white object inside.
Lin had the Flyer break down the crystal and found that the brain inside was already dead and would not release any brainwaves. This kind of split brain could live in water, so it would not drown. The main reason for its death was that it had been invaded by a type of worm.
This type of worm drilled into the crystal through the small holes on its surface and ate a part of the brain inside. It was a common type of parasitic sea worm that was also good at attacking shellfish.
However, after discovering this split-brain, more and more suspicious parts appeared. Lin had always suspected that the Atte tribe had left something strange behind. Perhaps some leftover soldier had attacked the brainworm, or perhaps some soldier had influenced the nearby giant jellyfish to attack the brainworm.
This type of soldier might be deliberately hiding, and it would be impossible to find it on purpose. There was only one way to find this target … and that was to have it attack again.
Lin had the brainworm ride the wyvern back first, then had Bechymos float to the surface of the sea. Bechymos released a type of soldier called 'Shell Smearer'. The Shell Smearer secreted a large amount of mucus that formed a thin layer of shell around Bechymos' body. This made Bechymos look exactly the same as the brainworm's ship, and it just so happened that Bechymos' size was also very similar.
Lin quickly finished the work of smearing the shell in the dark of night. When the day came again, Bechymos was quietly waiting on the surface of the sea.
The surface of the sea looked rather peaceful, as though nothing was going to happen … but Lin could already feel that something was getting restless under the sea.
The word 'restless' sounded very interesting. Did it mean that the thing that was restless was stupid?
However, this creature was indeed a little stupid. It did not discover that this was Bechymos' body in disguise. It moved faster and faster in the sea, and then … suddenly rushed out of the water!
The powerful impact instantly shattered the film of Bechymos' disguise. Lin also saw the true appearance of the attacking creature. This was … a mantis shrimp?
This mantis shrimp was close to ten meters long. Lin seemed to have forgotten about this creature. This creature possessed extremely strong offensive power. Even if it wasn't very big, it could still destroy the brainworm's ship.
Moreover, this one was already big enough. However, Lin did not discover it during her previous probing. Could it be hiding somewhere? However, Lin did not only use her eyes to probe, but also her voice and many other methods …
Wait, Lin seemed to have seen this mantis shrimp somewhere before … That's right! Back when Lin was tracking down the brain of the plague fungus, there was a mantis shrimp like this guarding the crystallization of the brain …
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