After that... many days and nights had passed.
The Skeleton Dragons and Emerald Dragons did not live comfortably beside the ice river. They only had to face the cold. Although the occasional crystal trilobite would surprise them, there was nothing else to do.
Lin was doing many things at the same time. While observing Gusquido, the ark continued to change. At the same time, Lin once again investigated the entire Northern Continent.
This time, she investigated meteorites. Lin found that there were almost no traces of meteorites in the Northern Continent. The rate of meteorites falling here was much lower than on the dinosaur continent. Not only were there many meteorites on the dinosaur continent, but there were also many large meteorites. There were almost none here. Small meteorites were not easy to find, but small ones were not important.
This felt good. This meant that there might be fewer disasters.
At the same time, Lin's Ark had also completed its transformation.
In the past, the ark was just a large rock with some movable appendages attached to it. Now, the ark was a complete 'living creature.' It had huge internal organs and a circulatory system, which made the ark heavier. However, it was still able to move around without any problems.
The first ark was at the exit of the canyon that connected to the ocean. It was now blocked by a large pile of mud and rocks.
Boom! The ark suddenly accelerated. Its entire body hit the wall made of mud and rocks. With a loud bang, a large number of rocks fell from above.
But this was not enough. Next, a large number of tentacles stretched out in front of the ark. These tentacles had a lot of teeth on their surface. They began to dig rapidly in the mud and rocks. The wall slowly disintegrated under the tentacles' movements.
It did not take long. Lin dug out a spacious passage. She was getting closer and closer to the blocked ice river.
After digging out the last pile of rocks. Water began to flow out from the bottom. This was the water at the bottom. Lin immediately dug at this place. After digging out many rocks, a large amount of water began to gush out. All the tentacles immediately reached over and blocked all the leaking areas.
Then, these tentacles secreted a large amount of sticky substance. It stuck to the surrounding mud and rocks. This completed the first step.
The tentacles then began to grow on the surface of the skin. Like the roots of a plant, they spread to the surrounding rocks, swallowing and recombining all the mud and rocks around them. They continued to grow and finally formed a 'dam' that belonged only to Lin.
The term 'dam' sounded very strange. In short, it was something used to block water. Originally, Lin felt that the mud blocking this place was not very stable, so she wanted to build a convenient control system.
At the same time, the head of the tentacle had already entered the lower layer of the ice river. They began to rapidly transfer nutrients from the Ark's body and grow.
According to Lin's detection, there were several 'warm spots' close to the sea. However, there were no ancient squids living in these places, but their remains could be found nearby.
Ancient squid did not have skeletons. After they died, their bodies would quickly disappear. Even in very cold environments, there were scavengers. However, their teeth were usually preserved, so they were easy to identify.
Lin thought that it might be because there were no crystals here, or that the ancient squids here did not know how to build complex crystalline buildings. Perhaps the ancient squids living in the depths of the canyon were smarter?
The tentacles of the Ark grew rapidly under the ice river and came into contact with several warm spots nearby. The tentacles dug out the warm areas and 'took root' here. Under the warmer rocks, the warm currents inside were channeled out. With the support of the heat, the tentacles grew even faster. As the number of tentacles continued to increase, they would cover the ground here. Many of the tentacles would extend upwards and begin to melt the ice above.
Lin would modify the terrain here. This would also become a suitable place for the Emerald Dragons to live. The internal organs and circulatory system that the Ark had previously created were actually used to provide nutrients for these tentacles. In the end, all the energy would be transmitted through the tentacles and into this place, establishing an ecological environment for Lin.
And the place where the Skeleton Dragon lived … might be hundreds of kilometers away from here. It was located at the other end of the canyon, where the ancient squids lived.
The Skeleton Dragon and the Emerald Dragon would not meet again until the world regained its warmth.
The second Ark had also been modified for this purpose. It would be too troublesome to move the entire Ark onto land, so Lin planned to let the Ark abandon its outer shell …
Crack … It sounded like a rock layer cracking. The back of the second Ark on the surface of the sea slowly cracked open. Within the cracked outer shell, a huge object was revealed.
This object began to slowly expand. Finally, it completely crushed the outer shell of the Ark's back. Then, it rose from the Ark.
Like an adult worm that had just emerged from its cocoon, it broke away from the original body of the ark and rose into the sky. This object looked like a jellyfish with a huge streamlined body. It began to eject gas from its tail and flew towards the land.
"Ga … Look at that!" The Skeleton Dragon and the Emerald Dragon that lived on both sides of the ice river noticed the changes in the Ark. Under their shocked gazes, the new floating Ark flew over the ice river and into the depths of the canyon.
The Ark quickly flew across the cold desert and the snow-white forest. When it was about to reach the end of the canyon, it began to slowly descend and landed on the ice river.
The sky had begun to darken, but the Ark continued to move. A large number of tentacles reached out from below. These tentacles began to melt the ice layer and burrow into the depths of the ice, reaching into the water at the bottom of the ice layer.
At the same time, Lin also ordered the transporters to bring the Skeleton Dragons that lived by the sea to the end of the canyon. At the same time, Lin also used the nutrients from the Northern Continent base to create a large number of Light Collectors. They were mainly used to absorb the energy of the sun. The warmth of the canyon alone was not enough. Lin needed more heat and nutrients.
Now, it was time to modify the environment. All of this required the tentacles from the Ark to complete.
In the following day and night, a large number of tentacles first covered the entire bottom layer of the coastal canyon, forming a large 'fleshy carpet'. At the same time, they began to melt the ice layer above, melting it into water and discharging it into the sea. Then, they replaced it with a transparent, insulating shell.
Now, this place was like a new underground world. The ceiling was almost a hundred meters above the ground. Lin felt that this was enough. Other than the Pterosaurs, other creatures did not need such height.
Lin continued to extend the 'carpet' on the ground until it was more than a hundred kilometers long. When she felt that it was enough, she continued to extend it upwards, creating a wall of shell to separate this part of the canyon from the ice river behind it.
When it was almost done, the 'carpet' absorbed all the water and discharged it into the sea through the Ark. Then, the carpet began to melt the ground and create a layer of nutritious substance on the surface of the carpet. This layer of nutritious substance was used as' soil 'to grow plants.
Occupying an area that was more than a dozen kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers long required a large amount of nutrients. The Ark at the entrance of the canyon was like a mouth. A large number of troops were constantly collecting nutrients from the sea and transporting them into the Ark. At the same time, Lin also devoured the remains of various plants in the forest. As for the shell, Lin directly obtained it by decomposing rocks.
However, it would take a long time to do this. During this time, the Emerald Dragon could only live outside the ice river.
At the far end of the canyon, another Ark was using the same method to create an underground environment. However, unlike before, Lin only melted the ice layer and replaced it with a transparent shell. The water inside was still preserved because it was needed for the ancient squids to live in.
Moreover, the ground here wasn't a 'carpet'. Lin had turned her tentacles into tubes that connected to the warm rift valley and spread them all over the ground.
When Lin was making these things, the ancient squids were very afraid at first. However, they later found that these 'tubes' were very warm. Some of the ancient squids then began to build crystalline buildings along the tubes. Many of the ancient squids also went out along the tubes in search of food. Originally, the food around their city was almost finished. Because they did not have a good way to keep it warm, they could not travel too far.
However, the appearance of Lin's tubes gave them hope again …
The ancient squids lived in the bottom layer of the water. Lin maintained it at a height of about 30 meters, slightly higher than when it was frozen. Because the ancient squids liked to swim in the bottom layer, it did not need to be too high.
The second layer was where the Skeletal Dragon lived. It was more than 100 meters tall and was separated from the area where the ancient squids lived by a shell. The Skeletal Dragon could live on this layer and plant Dragon Perch Trees. The roots of the Dragon Perch Trees extended directly into the bottom layer of the water. The roots needed to be wrapped in a layer of salt-filtered 'skin' so that it could absorb water. However, because there were no nutrients, it needed to be supplied with other materials.
As for the top layer, Lin also covered it with a transparent shell, completely separated from the cold weather outside. This formed a huge 'greenhouse'. The Skeletal Dragon could swim in the bottom layer of the water at any time and communicate with the ancient squids.
However, it seemed impossible for them to reach a conversation.
The whole area was continuously extended to hundreds of kilometers, slightly larger than the Emerald Dragon's. However, this was mainly because there were more Skeletal Dragons and dwarves. If there were more Emerald Dragons, she could consider making their area bigger too.
In addition to these two types of dragons, Lin also put in many small dinosaurs. In the area where the Skeletal Dragon lived, Lin also put in a special kind of creature. They were plants called 'Cashew'.
They lived like animals, but because they could absorb light, they did not need to rush to find food. Lin wanted to see what they would become.
After all this was done, she felt more relaxed … She was floating in the sky.
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