This was a wondrous underground area, but it was not located in the Jade Dragon City. Instead, it was in the area of salt flats. Lin's excavation team had found something that might be the creator's' growth rings' …
Most trees would have 'growth rings', which were the traces left behind by the growth of the cells within. However, the creator obviously would not have these normal growth rings, but its activities would always leave behind many traces.
Deep under the salt flats, about one kilometer from the surface, the Abyssal Diggers had dug out some special tree roots. These roots were very thick, usually more than fifteen meters in diameter, and contained large ganglia. These ganglia were usually in a dormant state, and Lin found that they needed extremely strong brainwaves to wake up.
Now, the ganglia were also in a dormant state and had not awakened. However, through the substances secreted by the cells inside, Lin could feel that there was something strange about these roots …
Only when the creator was fully awake would the roots become active, but the most important thing was not the roots, but something special within them …
Every time they moved, these ganglia would react violently and produce a large amount of special substances. These substances were not expelled in the end, but were instead transported deeper into the roots by the Sword Fleas, where they were then integrated together and used as a kind of nutrient.
When Lin first started digging, she found that the roots here were a little strange, mixed with a strange smell, and after some research, Lin found out what was going on.
After Lin's Abyssal Diggers drilled into the roots, she found that there were some strange creatures' displayed 'inside.
These creatures were very similar to before. They were like the Skeleton Dragon whelps Lin had seen. They were sealed in a transparent gelatinous substance. The gelatinous substance was filled with small holes, which allowed the Sword Fleas to enter and exit to transport food or repair certain … wounds.
As for these creatures … Lin found that they were of different species. They were not stored in large quantities like the Skeleton Dragon whelps, but were specially made.
The most unique thing about these creatures was their age …
The first creature was not an animal, but a plant, some kind of tree-like plant. After Lin probed it with her miniatures, she found that this plant was quite primitive, with a structure much simpler than a Twisted Tree. It might be the first generation of terrestrial trees …
The second creature was some kind of arthropod, with a thick carapace. Lin felt that it was very similar to a creature she had seen before. What was it? That's right, it's a creature called the Ice Crystal Monster, but it doesn't have that kind of crystal shell.
The third creature was a small insect. It looked like … a sword flea, but it was ten centimeters long. This was rather … huge for a Sword Flea.
The fourth creature … was a lump of meat.
No, this isn't normal flesh, it's a brain. After Lin used her miniaturized troopers to examine it, I found that its structure is quite unique … could it be … that this is the reason? The Atte Tribe … So that's how it was.
The fifth creature was a White Skeleton Dragon.
As for the sixth creature, it was a creature with snow-white fur all over its body. Its body was quite small, somewhat resembling Mao Yu, but its fur was much thicker, and it also had thicker limbs.
As for these things … Lin already had an idea.
These creatures should be the 'creations' of the creator. Every creature was specially 'created' by the creator. Of course, it did not mean that the entire creature was assembled by the creator himself. The creator might have chosen some excellent creatures on land at that time, then devoured some of them and used viruses or other methods to mutate and modify them.
The purpose of the creator's actions …
Lin still wasn't completely clear. It might have been to create 'creatures that were beneficial to the creator.'
The original plants and arthropods weren't very clear, but from the third creature, the beetle, to the White Skeleton Dragon, Lin felt that the creator's actions had a clear purpose. The creator's goal was to create worshippers.
The creator might have intentionally searched for some intelligent creatures on land, then captured them and modified them. Then, the creator would guide the development of their species, making them the dominant species on land. At the same time, the creator would make them worshippers. This would help the creator to awaken without any hindrances.
The White Skeleton Dragon was a rather obvious example. However, due to some accident, the White Skeleton Dragon migrated to an island, and the land was occupied by other creatures.
Still, there might be other uses for this behavior.
As for the 'Great Sword Flea,' it might be the ancestor of all Sword Fleas. For some unknown reason, the creator chose this creature. Perhaps it had undergone many generations of mutation before it became so small, and was used as an immune system.
What Lin was more concerned about was the brain. Lin found that it had many special structures. It had the characteristics of the Sword Flea's brain, as well as the characteristics of the main brain of the Atte race. Lin felt that the two of them might have been 'created.'
It wasn't clear which of them was born first, but the creator might have discovered this excellent species and modified them in an attempt to create creatures that worshipped the creator.
Their symbol was this meatball. It was a primitive brain that had the characteristics of two brains at the same time.
Perhaps in the beginning, the brain of this division of labor creature worshipped the creator very much. However, something might have happened later on, causing it to no longer trust the creator and treat the creator as an enemy.
This division of labor creature might have been quite weak in the beginning, and could only live a life of hiding. This was because this primitive brain was actually only about 20 centimeters in size, and it had very strong mobility. It was obviously a more primitive division of labor creature.
It evolved continuously through countless battles, and now it had grown into the Atte race. It was strong enough to resist the creator.
However, it seemed that not all brains were hostile to the creator. Obviously, there was more than one brain. Some of the brains had been modified and mutated in the creator's body, becoming something that commanded the Sword Fleas.
The Sword Fleas themselves were probably a division of labor creature without a brain. Perhaps the creator wanted to better manage them, so he created a brain to command them.
Perhaps the creator felt that division of labor creatures were difficult to control, so the next time he appeared, he chose to worship creatures like the White Skeleton Dragon.
Every time the creator fully awakened, it would devour all creatures, including the creatures it worshipped. However, it would still leave behind a small number of creatures and create new creatures that worshipped it, allowing them to grow …
It seemed that sometimes, the creator would also use viruses to accelerate the growth of creatures. Lin found some viruses sealed here. She had even seen some of them a long time ago. They were from the same era as the white paste.
This was a very strange feeling.
The Atte race might be the only creatures that had witnessed the creator's awakening three times. The first time, the creator chose a very primitive brain to worship it. Later on, this brain might have discovered some problems and no longer trusted the creator, so it became an enemy of the creator.
It might have been that the brain worshipped the creator at first, but it wasn't until a long time later that they discovered the problem with the creator.
When the creator fully awakened from its slumber, the Atte race had already evolved into more species by fighting with the creator … or hiding. The brain had also become stronger.
This process took a long time … but it seemed that the Atte race was able to pass on its memories. It could always remember what had happened in the past.
Then, when the creator fully awakened and created the White Skeleton Dragon to devour everything, the Atte race survived. They then tried to influence the White Skeleton Dragon until they were exterminated by a plague fungus that suddenly appeared.
The source of the plague fungus might have been a fungal creature that was influenced by the creator, but the details were not very clear.
However, this was just Lin's guess. Perhaps it was slightly different from the real situation, but it wouldn't be too far off.
What Lin was more concerned about was the gelatinous substance that sealed these creatures. Judging from the substance inside, each species had been separated from the previous one for a very long time. However, it was impossible to determine how long it had been. Perhaps it had been more than ten million years? This gelatinous substance could not be detected very well, but it was clear that the creator was a creature that had crawled onto the continent very early on and continued to influence this continent. This also caused the creatures here to evolve much faster than those on other continents.
Sure enough, if one slept for too long, they would miss out on a lot of interesting things …
However, it could still be seen that the creator woke up at a very regular time. Every time, it would wake up at exactly the same time …
However, Lin was very concerned about the most recent awakening.
This time, it had only been a short time since the creator last awakened and created the White Skeleton Dragon. The gelatinous substance that sealed the White Skeleton Dragon probably had a lifespan of several thousand years.
Because it hadn't been that long, Lin could accurately determine that. In addition, the White Skeleton Dragon's appearance was almost the same as the current White Skeleton Dragon, while the other creatures were the original "versions".
As for the creator's latest creation, it was the thing that looked like a piece of jade. It was probably created during the fight with Lin …
Perhaps the creator had taken a liking to a certain kind of jade, then caught it and mutated it, then created this creature. Or perhaps it didn't mutate at all. Because there were many types of jade, Lin felt that there might be some that she hadn't seen before.
But why did the creator come out so early? So much earlier than usual? Was it because the brainwaves of the brain-created monster had "woken it up" …?
No, it had already decided to wake up before, and had begun to release large amounts of viruses.
This was indeed very strange … and after studying some of the ganglion reactions in the roots, Lin came up with a possibility.
The creator was afraid of something … that was about to happen, so it woke up so early. Floating astronomy.
PS: Thanks ~ Spinning ex9 ~ Soul Seeker ~ Liuyan's tip ~ Still Water's tip ~
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