Chapter 23 Devour

The troops that came from the drop pod had a large number of phages, and in order to protect them, Lin joined many predators as combat units.

Because we don't know what kind of counterattack the Chibcha worm will take, these troops are the first probing troops. One hundred predators are defending near the phage, and the phage begins to quickly devour the fungi here, from The hyphae on the ground start. Because the fungi here have no infectious ability, all the phages have to do is to roll them into the body and then devour and decompose them. There is no need to deal with the dissolved solution of the fungi, so the fungi here are much easier to deal with than those outside.

Lin casts a lot of phages, they will fuse together during the continuous expansion and become a whole, and now they cover a range of about ten meters, Lin let them grow outwards in a circle, so as to devour whole island.

If they don't spread to the outer islands and release the pom-poms, Lin won't attack them. At most, they just let some troops observe here, but they continue to spread here, which will be a threat to the creatures on the surrounding islands and even the mainland. So they have to be dealt with.

I originally planned to observe it for a while, but Lin now feels that it is not necessary. The habits of these creatures are unlikely to be changed, and the chibcha worms living here... They do live on fungi, and their digestive systems are in addition to plagues Fungi, the only one that cannot digest anything other than fungus, here is the Chibcha, a species that is extremely dependent on the plague fungus.

So it is possible that they will be destroyed together with the fungi, although not necessarily, but at least wait for Lin to destroy most of the fungi on the island. Wait a little longer. Their pompoms may infect more islands.

But the island is quite big. I'm afraid it won't be so easy, and there seem to be many secrets hidden on the island.

Behemoth flew back to the beach and waited after releasing the drop capsule. Just in case, the flagship had to be in a position where it was convenient to retreat.

Now, just waiting to see what Chibcha will do to fight back...

The phage devoured the mycelium on the ground, they were like a blue sea of ​​gelatin, expanding and touching those huge mushroom trees, the phage slowly surrounded the mushroom stem with the amoeba-like body rod. Then the entire stem was corroded and festered, and the mushroom tree with the broken stem crashed into the ocean formed by the bacteriophage, and was slowly swallowed up...

The predator patrols around the phage, and occasionally a nutrient ball will appear on the surface of the phage. This ball can be eaten by the predator. Among the predators, there are individuals similar to 'queen', which can produce quite a lot of The small predators grow rapidly by eating nutrient balls. Under the large amount of nutrients obtained after devouring the fungus, the number of predators continues to increase.

Now. Bacteriophages have covered more than 30 meters in diameter,

During Lynn's expansion. There are always some small voices in the surrounding jungle. Those Chibcha worms are hiding in the surrounding jungle, but they dare not show up to attack.

In that case, just wait slowly.

Time passed slowly, and when the night began to become bright, the creatures that appeared around the jungle, such as fluorescent jellyfish, hid, and so did the chibcha, they didn't seem to act during the day.

Na Lin's movements are much more convenient, the phage is getting bigger and bigger, and its growth rate is also doubled because of the huge amount of nutrients. If the whole island is swallowed up, Lin can be used to create A new giant class... A super giant class that should be as huge as an island. With this class, Lin can build her own ecological environment.

‘Boom! ’

The footsteps of some kind of creature suddenly came from the forest.

It seems to be a large creature, and Lin doesn't remember there being a creature that can make this kind of footstep sound.

'Boom...boom...'

The sound was getting louder and louder, coming from the northern position of the phagocytosis, and Lin asked the surrounding predators to gather in which direction to prepare for a possible battle.

"Gah..." The two mushroom trees were hit by a force, and a large creature with a height of more than three meters and a body length of more than six meters appeared in front of the group of predators.

What is this……

This creature moves with sturdy four legs, but Lin sees it like any creature. Its body is covered in purple, and it doesn't look like there is biological skin. Instead, it looks like a thick layer of mycelium structure on its back. There are many cysts that look like swollen, the creature's head has no mouth, but has two pairs of yellow eyes.

It's an animal that looks like a fungal aggregate, but is it really an animal? Plague fungi can actually combine this structure? It seems unlikely, Lin thinks there should be other reasons.

Of course, it can only be understood after decomposition, and this creature is currently called a 'fungus monster'.

"Gu..." The fungus monster made a strange sound, like bubbles in the water. It was also getting faster and faster under this sound, and Lin's predator also rushed towards the monster at the same time. .

The fungus monster suddenly raised its upper body and stood on only its legs. It swung violently with its free forelimbs, and slapped several of the predators that jumped to it at the front. This force seemed to be strong enough to interrupt it. Arthropods on a predator.

The predators in the rear dispersed immediately, and they completely surrounded the fungus monster.

These predators still retain their former abilities...fire.

'call! ’

The predators sprayed fires on the fungus monster, and the flames began to spread and burn along the fungal structure on its body. The fungus monster suddenly made a burst of "gurgling" sounds. Lin found that the creature had no emotions. Just simply calling.

With the burning of the flame, the outer structure of this monster was disintegrated by the high temperature, revealing the inside.

The inside was not a fungus anymore, it looked like an animal but had its skin peeled off, the muscle structure smoldering in the flames, giving off a barbecue-like aroma.

As the muscle structure of the outer layer slowly burned and fell off, then the internal organs, and finally the whole body burned only a skeleton.

The structure of this creature has obviously been modified. No matter how ordinary creatures are burned, the meat will not fall off so easily. It may have been some kind of large reptile, but it has been infected by fungi beyond recognition.

The fungus just died and the flames slowly went out, but it left more mystery behind...

These fungi... seem to have completely transformed a creature, not just the brain. (To be continued...)