The city was currently on the verge of collapse.
Countless tree roots crawled out of the ground amidst rumbling noises. All sorts of buildings collapsed one after another. In the Upper Zone, Susumi's palace was torn in half by a giant tree root. The Emerald Dragon nobles, who had been contending with each other all day, had no choice but to flee their homes amidst their cries and screams.
"Gah! Dragons who can fight, fight! Those who can't, bring your young and eggs and leave the city from the west! " The remaining Emerald Dragon soldiers were using all their strength to swing their weapons and cut down the tree roots burrowing out of the ground.
Many dragons who weren't soldiers also joined the battle. They used all sorts of weapons they usually used to attack the tree roots burrowing out of the ground. There were even more Emerald Dragons who didn't know how to fight. They formed a group and slowly retreated from the city under the protection of their own kind.
They believed that Susumi was their only hope. Hence, they wanted to cross the forest and search for Susumi in the west. However, they didn't know how the forest had changed.
In any case, it definitely wasn't much better than the city.
However, observing them during such a tense moment seemed very interesting.
No matter how selfish a creature was, they would become incomparably united in the face of great danger. At least, this was what Lin initially believed. However, it didn't seem to apply to the Emerald Dragons.
"Get out of the way, you lowly people!" Many noble Emerald Dragons tried to push the other Emerald Dragons aside and rush out of the city. However, the other Emerald Dragons were usually afraid of them, so they didn't dare to say anything.
"Gah!" The surrounding soldiers were constantly cutting down the tree roots burrowing out of the ground. They ignored the situation in the group. These noble Emerald Dragons quickly squeezed their way to the front of the group. They reached the city's western exit.
"Retreat! You can't leave this place!" A large group of soldiers stood at the city's exit. They were fighting with some plants that came from the forest's periphery.
These small trees covered in thorns had already been infected. They gathered in large numbers and attacked the Emerald Dragons. Moreover, they seemed to know that the Emerald Dragons were about to leave the city. This time, they gathered in larger numbers than before.
"Gah …" Seeing this situation, the noble Emerald Dragons had no choice but to retreat. In the end, they chose to stay in the center of the group of dragons. They believed that was the safest place.
However, it was indeed better for them to be piled up than spread out.
Some emerald dragons, on the other hand, believed that the pioneer that had 'hatched' from the egg was their only hope. These emerald dragons had gathered around the egg and fought until Lin commanded the pioneer to speak: "Leave this place"
"It spoke!" When the Emerald Dragons heard the Pioneer's words, they became very excited. However, they quickly asked, "Why are we leaving?"
"Leave this place and join others of our kind."
"Caw … We …" After Lin repeated herself a few times, the Emerald Dragons were still confused. But they all left quickly. Now, only the Pioneer was left in this position …
In that case. Let's start clearing out the trees here. Once we get rid of all of them, we'll attack the tree trunk from before.
Countless black dots fell from the sky. They became bigger and bigger, and they crashed to the ground with a whistling sound.
In these airdrop cabins, a type of troop class that was more than three meters long and looked like ants walked out. These troop class were called the Scissors. Their forelimbs were specially modified into a pair of 'scissors'. Under the strong pressure and acceleration, they could merge in a few thousandths of a second and cut everything in front of them.
Cutting these tree roots was the most effective way to deal with them. At the same time, Lin also threw down a large number of beetle-like Recyclers. They were only ten centimeters long and were responsible for devouring the broken tree roots. After recovering them as energy, they could create more soldiers to deal with the Creators.
Once again, the battle began. With the Pathfinders in the center of the giant egg, the Shearers began to attack the roots that drilled out from the surrounding area. These roots were instantly cut down by the scissors and fell heavily to the ground. Then, the Reclaimers swarmed forward and tore them apart and devoured them.
The Shearers continued to cut down the surrounding tree roots. Suddenly, there was a loud boom! A tree trunk more than six meters thick came crashing down, but the Shearers spread out even faster. The moment the tree root hit the ground, they immediately rushed up and used their scissors to cut off a large amount of bark from the tree root.
Some of the ball-like tree roots began to release powerful brainwaves as an attack. However, this was almost useless because all of Lin's soldiers were brainless. Their bodies were not controlled by the nervous system, so naturally, they were not affected by the brainwaves …
Crack!
Under the giant scissors, the brainwave releasing tree roots were instantly cut down. Countless Recyclers surrounded it and tore it apart bit by bit …
Lin discovered that there was an organ at the end of the tree root that looked like a 'brainwave transmitter'. They could release powerful brainwaves. What puzzled Lin was that there was an organ in the tree root, but there were no organs in the tree trunk. Moreover, the source of the brainwaves seemed to be in the tree trunk and transmitted through the tree roots.
Regardless, she had to get rid of these tree roots first. They had almost no offensive power. Some of the tree roots would try to entangle the Shearers, but before that, they would be cut down first.
Rumble … Suddenly, Lin heard some strange noises …
It came from the tree trunk below. Lin still had some of her subordinate worms in there. Even though they were glued to the ground, they could still observe their surroundings.
They saw that a large number of things in the water were constantly gathering and taking shape. They seemed to be countless microscopic organisms. There were so many of them that they slowly gathered into a small ball. This small ball began to slowly increase in size. Its periphery was constantly wrapped in layer after layer of microorganisms. Its diameter began to grow larger and larger …
What were they trying to do? The ball grew from a few centimeters to a diameter of more than five meters, and on its surface … Lin could feel brainwaves reverberating around it.
These microscopic organisms seemed to be able to release tiny brainwaves. When they gathered in large numbers, the energy they released increased.
They seemed to be temporarily forming an organ, but there was a big difference between this and a normal organ. They were just piled together.
But what were they doing this for?
Lin had a new way to 'observe' them. Generally speaking, brainwaves and other forms of energy were usually invisible and needed other organs to sense them. However, Lin had recently studied the vision system of the Mantis Shrimp and created a similar eyeball. This eyeball could see many kinds of light and things that normal organisms could not see.
Lin had done a lot of research on this eyeball. It was rich with an extremely complex light sensing system, even more so than the original Mantis Shrimp's eyes.
One of her subordinate worms was equipped with this kind of eyeball.
Lin disassembled the original eyeball of this worm and pushed the new eyeball to its head. She did not use this kind of eyeball because she could not foresee what it would see … It might be a completely different world.
This … This is …
After the eyeball was opened, Lin saw a wonderful scene. The originally monotonous scene of light green water became colorful and rich. There were even many colors that Lin had never seen before.
What was even more wondrous was the light. There were all kinds of different lights flickering in this place. There were also some things that Lin didn't know what they were. They looked like drifting luminous mists, and there were also some strange flashes of light.
It was amazing. It was like the strange scenes and dream creatures in the Dream World. Lin needed to study it carefully. She did not know that a new eyeball could see so many strange things.
But it was true that this new eyeball was many times more 'advanced' than the one Lin used before. However, the things it saw were much more complicated, making it difficult to track down a fixed target …
For example, Lin could not find the original ball now. It was mixed in with the complicated colors and lights. However, there were other subordinate worms that did not change their eyeballs. They were still looking at this monotonous and dull world. They were still looking at the target, providing the new eyeball with a direction.
When Lin looked at the ball with the new eyeball, it looked like … something that was constantly flashing.
The reason it was not easy to see was because it was surrounded by flashing things. However, this ball also had a special feature. It was surrounded by a large number of … flickering faint flashes.
These faint flashes spread out and seemed to lead to the surroundings and the top of the tree.
Could that be the brainwaves it released?
There were too many strange scenes around, so it was not easy to confirm. However, if she observed it from the outside, she might be able to find something.
However, if the monotonous scenery here had become like this, what would it be like outside?
At that moment, a cluster of erratic light floated directly in front of the worms. Lin noticed that it looked like … a group of tiny creatures?
Right, those drifting lights did seem to be made up of the microorganisms in the creator's body. This special eyeball could tell that they were not purely drifting, but had a certain way of forming?
And some of them would always emit some light.
So that's how it was. If I destroyed their entire composition, it might cause some damage to the creator.
But for now, let's take a look at the situation on the ground. Floating astronomy.
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