Chapter 29 Cold Survivor

Crystal is a wonderful thing.

Lin has not thoroughly studied crystals until now. There are many types of them, and almost all of them are shiny. The group of creatures that Lin is observing uses crystals to build a... city that belongs to them.

Irregularly shaped crystals are built on the ground, most of them are one to two meters high, some are more than ten meters high, almost touching the ice wall at the top, and each crystal has an image of each other. It is the crystals like pipes connected to each other, and a large number of ancient squids shuttle back and forth in the pipes, which reminds Lin of the Chibcha worm.

They also 'planted' a plant on the crystal... No, it should be a kind of creature similar to sea anemones. The size of this sea anemone is similar to the ancient squid, and they emit a faint light, which makes the whole piece The city under the ice sparkles.

This 'City of Crystals' was built near the rift, and it has been extended for several kilometers, which is quite large for a creature with a body length of only ten centimeters.

And their main source of life can be said to be in the rift valley. The water in this rift valley is very warm, it can even be said to be relatively hot, and the ice layer here is thinner than other places. There are no ancient squid living in the rift, but they have made many pipes that lead to the bottom of the rift.

Lin was very curious about their living habits, so she did some research on them while the ark was being rebuilt.

In Lin's observation, it was found that this group of ancient squid mainly used two types of crystals, the first type of crystal can be insulated. This is their main building material, and the ancient squid smashed these crystals. Then secrete something to glue them together, and these crystals are glued together to form a city here.

The second crystal seems to absorb heat. In fact, the inner layers of the pipes that connect each crystal building are made of this crystal. These pipes eventually extend to the bottom of the rift. The meaning of these pipes is to let the inside of the rift The heat is channeled into the crystal structures above, but they don't just do that, they throw a lot of crystals at the bottom of the rift, and then bring them up after they've absorbed enough heat.

This wonderful behavior can make their entire city in a warm environment, so they also build towns along the rift valley, but they have no way to expand outside. This crystal city seems to have been established for a long time. Farther away from the rift, Lin could see some remnants of the building...

Perhaps the ancient squid was widely distributed, and most of them died when it suddenly became cold. And those alive gathered near the rift.

The 'heat pipes' between the buildings should have been made recently, and they seem to have a lot of intelligence.

These crystals seem to be dug out of the ground,

Lin remembered that there shouldn't be any crystals here, but at that time, she didn't seem to pay much attention to this kind of thing...

Lin was a little surprised by the living habits of this group of ancient squid. Even though they gathered in a huge group, they got along well with each other. They also rely on color-changing communication, and do not use any other means, and the most important thing is that they are very trusting of the same kind.

The ancient squid did not appear to be distrusted or hostile among the same kind, that is to say, they did not steal or cheat. They also don't buy and sell things from each other, using a fair distribution method similar to dragons.

Lin discovered that there was a leader among them. The role of the leader currently only finds that it is responsible for distributing things, but it will not take the opportunity to distribute more to itself, that is, there is no selfishness.

As long as there is no such phenomenon in the beginning, all subsequent deceptions and disputes will not appear.

This is very strange...Lin originally thought that if the individual creatures continued to develop and did not 'teach', they would all become like the White Skeleton Dragon or the Emerald Dragon.

But it is not certain. After all, ancient squids come from creatures such as ammonites. They are very different from dinosaurs. It is not surprising that they have developed special life characteristics. Unrelated.

The group of war squids that I saw at sea before should be of two different ethnic groups. Although there is no 'infighting' among them, there will still be wars between the same kind.

The food of the ancient squid here generally comes from the frozen creatures around, as well as those sea anemones. Lin found that they sometimes break the tentacles of the sea anemone to eat, and then use their own excrement to eat the sea anemone.

A very ordinary symbiotic relationship, like a planted plant...

However, after the surrounding creatures are eaten up, their way of life is difficult to determine, and they are not the only living creatures, some creatures will snatch food with them, and even attack them.

Now, on the edge of the city, Lin found a creature, the kind you see on land... a crystalline trilobite.

Those trilobites I saw on land before may have run out after digging through the ice, but... that one seems to have run too far, does the trilobite have this ability?

With a length of more than 30 centimeters, it is like a monster to the ancient squid. The trilobite tried to dig up the crystalline structure of the ancient squid, and the ancient squid also quickly defended and counterattacked.

Although this group of ancient squid can create complex crystalline structures and piping systems, their weapons are very simple, using sharp stone chips or shell fragments to de-thorn the joints of trilobites, which are affected by After several attacks, he seemed to feel pain and ran away.

And this group of ancient squid was still in hot pursuit. They kept attacking the trilobite, trying to drive it to a farther place, but during the attack, some ancient squid were caught and torn by the trilobite.

However, the frantic attacks of the ancient squids also worked, and the trilobites were unable to move because of the damage to their joints, and finally fell on the seabed...

But this is not the seabed.

The ancient squid kept turning bright colors to celebrate their victory, and they all seemed to have learned an ability to glow, which Lin found was due to some kind of fungus on their skin.

Then they called in more ancient squid, and then tried to eat the trilobite. Lin found that they all seemed to bring some small pieces of crystals to keep warm. The meat is taken off and brought back quickly because they don't stay warm for long, they need to move quickly, and that's probably what they've been living for lately.

Although this group of ancient squid seems to be living well here, they also face many problems. Sooner or later, the food will run out. The food elsewhere in the rift valley is too far to be obtained, and the oxygen here is also a problem.

Therefore, they will need a neighbor. (To be continued...)