Chapter 243 Internal Creatures

These investigators all seem to be sleeping here.

Lin ordered a large number of micro-troops to drill into the ground of the Tumbler.

Although the surface of this tumbler is only a very thin layer, these investigators are storing the power of this thin layer.

During the testing process, Lin found that they were all in a scattered state.

They are dispersed underground in the form of tiny particles, and after being stimulated by something... they will gather together and emerge from the surface in a fossil-like form.

The stimulus that activates them should be related to the phantom creatures.

Normally, phantom creatures cannot pass through the area blocked by them.

But if by any chance it gets through like the clone did, then these investigators will activate and chase the phantom creature that escaped.

Lin felt that this might be a system they set up a long time ago, but she still didn't know why Sharin disappeared.

Also, the sculptures on the surface of the Tumbler are gone.

Why is all this happening?

Because she wanted to have a better understanding of this place, Lin conducted a relatively detailed research on this place.

That is to establish a base here, manufacture a large number of troops to detect the entire tumbler, and understand the entire situation of this place.

During this process, Lin did not suffer any attacks.

Those investigators will only be activated because of the escape of the illusion. Apart from that, no matter how Lin decomposes them, there is no special reaction.

Then Lin slowly...covered the tumbler with the miniature soldiers she had created.

Lin carefully investigated the inside and outside of the Tumbler, and during the research process, Lin found that this place was quite complicated.

Most of the entire Tumbler is made up of extremely thin strata ranging from hundreds of meters to several kilometers in thickness, with many things like stones floating inside, all of which are made up of substances that are relatively common in the void.

Lin discovered that there were actually quite a few biological communities living among the floating stones inside the Tumbler.

These creatures... can also be considered civilized.

They are actually all one kind of creature, but they are divided into many different groups, and each different group occupies a different position.

It can also be said that each of these groups formed a different tribe.

These creatures are so tiny, less than a millimeter in size, that a floating rock is their territory.

And they have been waging wars all the time. They have created all kinds of small war weapons that fit their body shapes, and various conflicts continue to occur.

The cause of war is usually the competition for stones with higher resource content.

Among these warring creatures, Lin discovered a rather special creature.

They never take part in any conflict, but just observe other tribes, and when the war escalates too violently... they will go out to stop it.

However, the main task of this group of creatures is to maintain the stability of this tumbler.

In fact, they are guarding some important things here, such as the gravitational stabilizer.

This device is somewhat similar to the gravity organ of a bus, and its main function is to maintain the stability of this hollow tumbler.

At the same time, there are some other strange devices. Lin has not yet discovered the purpose of those devices. They may be related to illusions.

So after observing them for a while, Lin tried to communicate with them.

Although they were extremely xenophobic, Lin slowly developed a way to detect their thoughts.

Lin discovered that these creatures knew nothing about the investigators, but were very familiar with illusions.

These creatures knew that the illusion came from another void.

However, they have a rather strange understanding, which is that they believe that the void is leaking.

If the leakage continues, the void will be destroyed, and of course this place will also be affected, and it may at least completely destroy this tumbler.

Their mission is to plug the leak and maintain the stability of the void.

This group of creatures call themselves 'Gatekeepers', and they have been guarding here for quite a long time.

But because it has been so long, many individuals among them think that this long mission seems to be meaningless, and think that those void leaks are just legends.

Therefore, their groups began to split, and the split groups formed various tribes.

However, there is still a group of "Gatekeepers" who have been sticking to their original mission, and they have never given up guarding against the leakage of the void.

So we have the situation we have today, with divided tribes fighting each other, and the steadfast groups guarding important things.

The strange thing is that they don't know how long they have persisted in the task of guarding against the Void leak... nor do they know about the investigators.

So Lin continued to observe them for a while.

After observing this group of 'gate guards' for almost ten fluffy days and nights, Lin discovered something very interesting.

Lin discovered that...alien creatures appeared among them.

To be precise, it is Sharin's alien creature.

The creatures from the various alien worlds in the works of the Ershi people that Sharin had visited in her previous travels appeared among these...'gatekeepers'.

The alien creatures are as small as the gatekeepers, only less than one millimeter in size, but their appearance is exactly the same as the alien creatures in Er Shimin’s works.

However, their basic structure is the same as that of the Gatekeepers. The Gatekeepers are a kind of creatures similar to micro-machines, and so are these alien creatures.

But that’s the only similarity. Just as there are huge differences between cellular organisms and cellular organisms, there are also huge differences between gatekeepers and alien creatures.

What's even more bizarre is that the gatekeepers showed no reaction to their appearance.

The gatekeeper seemed to...accept the appearance of these alien creatures.

The alien creatures themselves also merged into the gatekeepers normally. They participated in the wars between the gatekeepers and did the same thing.

Then, Lin discovered that the number of gatekeepers was becoming fewer and fewer, and finally they were completely replaced by alien creatures.

Because the reproduction of the Gatekeepers themselves is not carried out between individuals, but through a larger breeding device to create a new generation.

As for the creatures from other worlds, they can reproduce among themselves just like the original ones, and the reproduction speed is very fast.

As for where the original alien creatures came from, Lin didn't discover.

When they are found in some tribes, they are already very numerous.

Then...slowly there were more and more of them, and fewer and fewer gatekeepers.

Eventually these alien creatures completely replaced the Gatekeepers.

After dozens of fluffy days and nights, Lin discovered that the gatekeepers were completely... extinct.

At least they were not seen again on this tumbler.