Chapter 55 The Mystery of the Species

Leviathan left the head worm and flew to the depths of the remote twisted jungle alone, without this little creature like a meatball, Lin had a feeling called 'not used'.

Therefore, Leviathan flew back after that, leaving a manifester in the group of head bugs. Lin intends to maintain information exchange with head bugs, so that Lin feels the discovery of new species, the research of new environments, etc. etc. will help, as can be discussed with the head bug.

Lin also observed how the head worm expanded. The head worm has been directing the expansion of the colony recently. It seems to be planning to build more rocky mountains nearby. It hunted a lot of prey with powerful techniques, and the colony began to rapidly increase in number.

The way the head worm commands the colony is very strange. It will first use a high-pitched sound or touch the tentacles of the infantry. This behavior only needs to be done once, and it will be able to command the infantry.

Lin once tried to disassemble an infantryman who died while hunting, and Lin found that the infantrymen's brains are quite strange. Their brains are quite small, completely disproportionate to the body, and the shape and cell distribution are also very strange. Brain, rather like a...

'receiver'.

Yes, infantry can't think and act by themselves. They all rely on this brain-like organ to receive signals from the head worm, so if there is no head worm, the infantry is not unable to move, but will only perform some basic activities, such as eating something. Yes, do not hunt, in which case their colonies will perish very quickly.

There may be something special about the queen, which spawns new head bugs in the absence of head bugs.

Lynn was curious about how they evolved this form, this biological form is really strange. Shouldn't the Aztecs, the Inca swarm, etc. have this form?

maybe. For example, the Chibcha worm does not.

The head worm will inherit the knowledge of the previous generation of head worms, but it is not complete, it can only be some basics, and more knowledge needs to be learned by itself. It seems that in this generation, Muketu began to use the method of 'pictures' to pass it on. Newborn headworm.

The head worms have a long lifespan. During the process of asking about the head worms, Lin found that their cells did not seem to have the "timed death" that is usually common in living things.

in addition. Lin found that reptiles do not have 'timed death' either. If given the chance, their size will grow infinitely until they are killed by other creatures.

Timed death can also be said to be the end of life. In fact, it is a special method developed by cells in order to allow new offspring to have a place and not have too many populations. Now most organisms like to use this scheme. But the headworm doesn't seem to be like that.

One head worm is produced every 30 years, and the newborn head worm will separate with a part of the group. They rely on this to continue to grow. If a group of head worms dies, the nearby head worms will merge with that group.

Brainworms have a rich vocabulary not used to control infantry, but to communicate with other brainworms.

This is how the Mayan Swarm lives.

but. What seems to have happened recently, the Mayan swarm is almost extinct, and the head worms are almost dead, leaving only 'Maya' and 'Muketu'.

The head worms have described their disaster, which is said to be a horrific event. The burning waves washed over the entire jungle, and countless tribes were destroyed here. The group of head worms fled to the location of the home tree to settle down, and then encountered an earthquake again, and the head worm was taken away by the Qibucha worm.

Lin thought that maybe it was a disaster it had never seen before, and Leviathan was flying in that direction now.

A long time has passed, and Lin doesn't know if she can still see the traces of the disaster, but if it is a disaster that can destroy a large area, it must be spectacular.

Lin now not only wants to study biology, but also disasters, but disasters don't seem to be so easy to encounter.

The extension of the twisted jungle seems to be endless. Leviathan flew over the endless forest for three full days and nights, and Lin finally saw something abnormal.

The Leviathan was flying slightly above the canopy, so low to observe the creatures in the jungle, but at this point, the extension of the jungle was suddenly interrupted.

Leviathan flew over a special area, and the entire area was filled with a layer of dense fog. This dense fog is not a collection of water vapor, but some strong other types of gases, some of which contain toxic ingredients.

When Leviathan lowered its flight height, Lin found that this area was like being burned by flames, with blackened ground and rocks everywhere, as well as many burnt blackened twisted tree trunks,

In this kind of place, there are still plants growing. Lin found that some plants that she had never seen were emerging from these charred rocks. They were like sharp green spikes, about fifty centimeters to one meter in height. Covered with downy hairs, the number of this plant is small, only a few are occasionally seen growing on the rocks.

There are some fast small arthropods that appear here. They are only ten centimeters long, move fast, and hide in the cracks of the rock. Lin thinks that they are very similar to trilobites, and it is estimated that they feed on the plants here.

Leviathan is flying slowly in this foggy place. Because of the fog, the visibility is only about ten meters. This may be the original settlement of the head bug colony, because the ground is full of twisted tree wreckage. What catastrophe? flame?

Lin thinks that the flame is the kind of rock that can't burn the head bug group.

Then it is...

Suddenly, Lin noticed that a huge pit appeared on the ground in front of her. The pit was filled with black muddy water. The water kept tumbling and a lot of bubbles came out of it. Lin could feel the water. The heat is quite high.

And the phenomenon of their tumbling seems to have a word to describe it: 'boiling'.

Leviathan stretched out his tentacles and touched the surface of the water lightly. The scalding sensation from above made Lin immediately withdraw his tentacles. The temperature of the water was indeed quite high, and there might be quite a few strange substances mixed in it. After the bubbles burst, Lin could smell a large amount of poisonous gas floating in the air.

Does the destruction of the headworm community have something to do with these waters?

but……

There is still biological life here. The trilobite-like arthropods that Lin had seen before were swimming in this high-temperature water. They didn't seem to be hurt at all, and they were not afraid of high temperature or poisonous gas.

It seems that I have to grab one to break it down.

But what makes such an environment? Even high temperature water and poisonous gas won't burn the forest, right?

Suddenly, there was a breeze blowing around, and Lin found that the fog here began to slowly disperse.

When her field of vision became wider, Lin saw a landscape she had never seen before... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (m) to vote for a recommendation ticket, a monthly ticket, and your support , is my greatest motivation.)

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