While the Emerald Dragons were gathering and training their troops to prepare for war with Li Xie, Lin was also dealing with some matters.
As for the 'Brain of Dreams', Lin had created many stones in the Skeleton Dragon's forest city that could connect to the brain. Almost every Skeleton Dragon had a chance to enter, but because it would take a long time before they could enter again, the Skeleton Dragons wouldn't simply enter.
The Skeleton Dragons also had a way to prolong their time in the Dreamscape by killing some of the creatures inside. Usually, the Skeleton Dragons called the Dreamscape a 'trial ground'. It was also a part of the training to become a leader. To become a Skeleton Dragon leader, not only did they have to display their skills in real hunting, they also had to 'live' in the Dreamscape for a long enough time. They had to prove their strength by defeating various creatures in the Dreamscape, and prove their strength by staying in the Dreamscape for a long time.
Moreover, the Dreamscape was filled with strange creatures. Defeating creatures of different strength would give them a different amount of time. Should they attack the stronger creatures to prolong their time, or should they defeat a large number of smaller creatures to slowly prolong their time? All kinds of questions had to be considered.
This was an interesting plan that the Skeleton Dragons liked very much.
Currently, the contents of the Dreamscape were very substantial. The 'creatures' in the Dreamscape had developed into various forms, but so far, there were no creatures with high intelligence. Perhaps they should change some settings and allow some intelligent creatures to appear in the Dreamscape …
These were still small problems. Currently, Lin discovered that the Dreamscape was being threatened by a creature …
It was a creature Lin had caught during the last earthquake. It was called a 'Ground Bullet Worm'.
The last time Lin strengthened her brainwaves and released a Ground Bullet Worm to attack, it was several days later. Finally, another one had come. And this time, it was alive …
This creature was indeed as Lin had imagined. It would be attracted by brainwaves and move forward in the soil. When it got close to a room in the base, it would release a large amount of dissolving fluid in an attempt to melt through the base's outer shell. However, this time, Lin had placed a surveillance device, the 'Mud Explorer', and it happened to catch it.
After Lin caught this creature, she placed it inside a troop type, the 'Prisoner'. This troop type was covered in a hard shell and was specially used to study creatures. The Ground Bullet Worm had been trying to escape from the moment it was locked inside. It kept secreting a large amount of dissolving fluid, and when it finally ran out, it excreted its glands.
Then, it died not long after.
Why? This could only mean that it went crazy … Lin wanted to see if it would return to its nest or something, but that seemed unlikely.
However, this was not the only Earth Bomb Bug. After this one appeared, many more appeared one after another. They all seemed to have the same goal — to attack the Dreamscape's Brain.
They kept moving forward. If there were any obstacles in front of them, they would try to use the dissolving liquid to get rid of them. They would die from excessive release of the dissolving fluid.
What a bunch of weird creatures, and they were different from the one that came during the earthquake. Lin still remembered that during the earthquake, it didn't drill all the way down. Instead, it made a small crack and ran away, although it still died in the end.
What was the reason for this? There was no point in studying these creatures. They needed to find their source first.
Lin believed that they must have a nest or something, which was why these creatures kept coming. Perhaps there was a queen who kept producing these creatures …
Thus, some of the Mud Borers followed the path they had dug. It wasn't easy to track them in the mud, so they would usually fill up the holes they had dug earlier. It was basically a case of digging one foot in front and filling the other foot in the back. The Earth Bomb Worms clearly didn't want other creatures to follow the path they had dug.
Moreover, they would only release a strong smell after secreting the dissolving fluid, so Lin could only follow them through the loose soil. There was a lot of loose soil underground that they had dug. Lin found that they didn't come in a straight line. Instead, they went around in circles, which was quite troublesome to track.
Recently, there were often small aftershocks, which made it even harder to find where they had dug.
However, Lin thought of a new question. What would happen if these creatures successfully found the Dreamscape's Brain? Would they drill into the Brain? Then, what would happen if they succeeded? Would they return? Or would they just die on the spot?
There was a need to experiment.
Lin didn't want them to attack the real Dreamscape's Brain, but she could make a small Dreamscape's Brain as their target. Thinking of this, Lin quickly started making the Dreamscape's Brain. The created Dreamscape's Brain was placed inside its shell.
Then, all that was left was to wait.
It didn't take long. In less than a thousand seconds, Lin found another Earth Bomb Bug coming over. Recently, they seemed to be coming over more frequently. There would be one every few days.
Then, as Lin wished, the bug burrowed outside the shell where the 'decoy brain' was. It quickly broke through the shell and found the 'decoy brain'.
As Lin expected, the Earth Bomb Bug drilled the Brain Decoy into mush. However, the Earth Bomb Bug didn't continue to move forward. Instead, it used the only hole in its tail to suck in all the mush and left.
Did this creature attack the Brain Decoy to collect the mush? Lin was able to confirm its location. There were still some living cells in the mush that was sucked in.
The Earth Bomb Bug didn't digest the mush in its body. Instead, it stored it in a sac. Lin noticed that the Earth Bomb Bug was moving and stopping. It would often turn in circles as if it was trying to shake off its pursuers. Lin didn't know why the Earth Bomb Bug had such a habit.
Because of this, it moved very slowly. After a few days, it finally stopped at a place. This time, it seemed to have reached its nest because it stopped for a very long time.
Lin had the Earth Bomb Bug Bug's cells begin to grow. First, it would devour some of the Earth Bomb Bug's cells as nutrients. Then, it would divide even more cells to form a multicellular organism. Slowly, it would grow and devour the Earth Bomb Bug Bug.
In the end, the Earth Bomb Bug Bug was slowly decomposed by Lin. A worm-type soldier dug a small hole in the Earth Bomb Bug's shell and drilled out.
Lin's first impression of this place was … very dazzling.
This place was no longer underground. It was above ground. The Earth Bomb Bug finally drilled its way to the surface. Its current position was very strange. It was inside a hollow piece of dead wood. Sunlight shone through the cracks in the wood. It was very dazzling.
In front of Lin's eyes was a very strange looking thing. It looked like a … stone covered in holes.
Could this be the thing that created the Earth Bomb Bug? Floating astronomy.
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