New creatures, unknown creatures …
Looking at the drifting snowflakes in the sky, Lin thought about what had happened …
The Inca insect swarm encountered some strange creatures and fought with them. A portion of the Inca insect army seemed to have left, but a portion of them had also fallen.
The creatures they encountered had also left behind a strange 'piece of meat'. It was what Lin had seen before. It didn't have any cellular structure, but it was made up of cells.
Actually, Lin couldn't confirm whether it was related to those creatures or not.
The only thing he could confirm was that these creatures probably didn't move on the ground. They should be a species similar to the atmospheric slimes. Although their forms were different, their appearance was very similar. They all had the characteristics of being very light and transparent.
This characteristic meant that they could move in the air. They might not be a common species at all. Generally speaking, whether it was arthropods or vertebrates, they all started as worms.
As for these creatures … Lin didn't think that was the case. Lin wanted to study these creatures, but it wasn't easy to find them. Her brain's search in the air was fruitless.
Now that this world was sealed by ice, even if there were creatures, it would be very difficult to find them. Perhaps they were all dead or had escaped.
But … Lin felt that if she studied these creatures, they might be very different from the commonly seen creatures. They were creatures that lived in the air for a long time, and were very different from marine and terrestrial creatures.
But that was several decades ago, and there was no way to trace them. Lin Sanjiu didn't know what happened to the Inca swarm … Perhaps they had gone to another continent.
And then. That was the end of the matter. There were no more clues.
The Atte's Recording Orb was affected by her brain waves. Some parts of the battle were unclear, but Lin felt that it didn't matter whether she saw it or not. After all, she couldn't find out where they were …
This Recording Orb was very special. It should be called a 'memory orb'. The brain inside was dedicated to memory. At that time, it wasn't this orb that was observing the Inca swarm's battle. Instead, it was a type of small insect that was scattered in the forest. They observed the battle from many angles and recorded the battle.
That was why Lin could see the rich memory from many angles in her dream. These small insects should be the Atte's army. After recording the battle, they entered the memory orb.
Lin still didn't know what the Standing Scorpions were doing with the ball. They just buried it underground and didn't do anything else … Moreover, they never mentioned the ball in their daily conversations.
It was a strange feeling. After that, Lin tried to communicate with them using the 'spy', but the spy was soon discovered.
It wasn't that they felt that this spy was different, but that Li Xie discovered that the spy was an extra Li Xie.
It seemed that every Scorpion was very clear about the number of Scorpions in their community and even their individual personalities. They felt that the word 'spy' was very strange. He wondered where the spy had come from.
Therefore, Lin used another method. Using the miniaturized troop class to enter the body of a standing scorpion, then using the same method as before to touch the nerves in its brain and control its body movements.
However, the current method was a little more advanced than the previous one. Now, it could be controlled without cutting off the nerves, so it wouldn't cripple the controlled person.
Lin then discovered that the Scorpions were planning to dig up the ball to carry out their 'inheritance'.
The young of the Standing Scorpions wouldn't inherit memories, but with this thing, there was a way. They didn't have to waste energy teaching the young, but could obtain all the knowledge in an instant.
Indeed, how to pass on existing knowledge to the young was a big problem, and this method was very good. Because the process was very troublesome, it wouldn't delay their growth after learning quickly.
In this regard, Gusquido and Humerus Dragon did well. They let the young move freely and observe the older ones to learn. This way, their intelligence would be stimulated through learning.
Now, the Standing Scorpions were still living peacefully on the island, while most of the brain-created monsters were captured by them and asked where the treasure was hidden.
There weren't only flying Scorpions here, but also some other species of Standing Scorpions and even worms. The Standing Scorpions seemed to want to use the Recording Orb to transform into various forms to adapt to the cold environment and capture more prey.
The different forms of Standing Scorpions would also chat with each other. There wasn't much space between them, as if they all looked the same.
Lin could call them 'Mimic Species'.
As for the brain-created monsters, they didn't seem to be able to use the Recording Orb to transform, but they still seemed to treasure these 'treasures'. The reason was unclear, but they might still inherit the will of the Cortex Prime … to protect these orbs.
It was clear that the brain-created monsters didn't have much of a 'future', while the Standing Scorpions were constantly working hard for their own future.
Apart from the Standing Scorpions and the brain-created monsters, Lin also observed the wyverns. Lin also noticed that they seemed to be flying in different directions, but seemed to have their own way of life.
Not long after that, a pompom brought the Recording Orb back to the headworm.
"I won't use stupid things!" Lin thought the headworm would say that, but it didn't say anything. In fact, it didn't seem to have the energy to say anything …
Because the rock mountain it created couldn't completely keep it warm, and because there was a lack of food nearby, it had become rather listless, and most of its troops had entered a state of hibernation.
That was why it wouldn't reject now, even if it was from 'stupid things'.
Lin discovered that if the headworm allowed the queen to absorb the 'information' in the Recording Orb, and then injected it into the newly born larvae, the larvae really could undergo some strange mutations.
There was a special organ in the Recording Orb to store the 'information cells', and the queen had an organ that was very suitable for absorbing these cells, and could accurately extract the information inside. It seemed that … the headworm was indeed related to the Atte race … but when did they split up?
However, the mutated larvae weren't normal, and the adult larvae that hatched were all very deformed, as if there was a mistake somewhere. But this was only a preliminary test. After discovering the possibility of mutation, the headworm began to do many more tests.
On the other hand, Lin had also carefully observed its mutation. This was mainly a problem that occurred during cell division and recombination, which could cause the adult worm to grow more limbs or abnormal internal organs. As a result, the Cerebrum would need to conduct more tests until one of its larvae successfully mutated.
Lin mainly paid attention to the changes in the cells. She discovered that after the 'information' was extracted from the queen's body, it was transformed and injected into the larvae's body. The larvae then used a special organ to absorb the information, and then mutated.
The initial mutation was only reflected on the larvae's skin. Perhaps the larvae's skin would harden a little, but there wouldn't be any big changes.
The biggest change was after the larvae formed a cocoon, when they dissolved themselves into the adult larvae.
This process was very strange. Lin discovered that all creatures relied on the information hidden in the nucleus of their cells to change themselves.
But Lin seemed to be a little different. The information in the cells didn't seem to be that important to her.
But the headworm didn't know how long it would take for it to mutate into something useful, so it might need Lin's help … to live in the canyon …
Lin continued to observe the changes in the world as usual.
Another year … Time passed quickly. This period of cold was even longer than the 400 days of winter in the Northern Continent, but it didn't seem like it was going to stop soon.
Lin discovered that the other headworm, Amon, had also left the island he originally lived on. Like the other headworm, he had built a ship a long time ago, but he didn't use it. Instead, he let his troops step on the frozen sea.
Now, unlike the thin ice at the beginning, the sea was covered by a thick layer of ice. Even Lin's ark was frozen on the shore, unable to move.
Where would this Amon go? Lin didn't know what they were thinking, but she didn't pay much attention to it either.
It was very rare for it to snow on the continent now, as if all the moisture in the air had turned into ice crystals. However, storms were still a common occurrence. The transparent shell of the canyon was often covered by various impurities that were blown into the air by the storms. What Lin needed to do now was to clean up these impurities and keep the canyon bright.
After that, she needed to observe how the rare creatures in this world lived. Another two years passed.
The headworm had finally mutated into a type of soldier that could radiate warmth and light. It planned to use this type of soldier to grow plants.
Although it couldn't completely rely on itself, it still managed to survive outside, unlike Monte III who was still sleeping in the cave, leaving his life completely in the hands of fate and the Mao Yu.
Because some of the Mao Yu also ran into the cave and slept together with Monte III, it seemed that most of the Mao Yu had chosen to hibernate, while some of them were still active, but they couldn't be seen on the surface anymore.
It was very difficult to see any other creatures in this frozen world. There were also very few creatures in the sea. Many coral reefs had already disappeared, while large sharks and other creatures had also gone extinct. Only the hot springs could still be found.
After three years, the sea had completely turned into land. Only the craters of meteorites could be seen on the surface of the endless ice crystals. This world seemed to be on the verge of collapse …
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