Chapter 55

The shaking continued, and the water level was getting closer and closer to the base’s location…

The aircraft carrier moved as fast as it could. Lin had to get it out of this area to avoid exposure to the surface.

That is…

A huge crack appeared on the beach in front of the aircraft carrier, which seemed to be a ‘fault line.’

The powerful shaking split the entire beach in two, with the area where the base was located continuously rising, while the other side was sinking.

The beach, which was originally at the same level, had now separated into a cliff. If they didn’t escape soon, they would be exposed to the ultraviolet light and die.

‘Fate’?

Even in this tense moment, Lin still paid attention to this seemingly interesting word. It seemed to represent something that could decide the past, future, and everything else.

Is there really such a thing? Of course not!

Lin quickly refocused. The shaking was getting more intense, and the rising speed was still accelerating. The base was already close to the water level. Lin had the giant shield tentacles completely wrap around the base, but

the aircraft carrier might not be able to escape in time.

Boom…

Suddenly, the entire water area shook violently. The surrounding water was instantly pushed upward by the impact, shooting out of the water at an extremely fast speed and forming a huge water wall on the surface.

Lin’s aircraft carrier was inside this water wall, and there was a word to describe this phenomenon…

Is this a ‘tsunami’? It seems to refer to a large amount of water surging out of the sea and forming a water wall.

The water wall, influenced by the shaking, rushed in one direction. The aircraft carrier was trapped in the extremely strong current, unable to move, but it could see the direction the tsunami was heading through the water.

That is… the ground?

The aircraft carrier’s eyes could barely see that the direction of the tsunami was a barren desert, which was clearly land.

The tsunami rushed onto the land at an extremely fast speed, with the strong impact mixing countless water droplets and yellow sand. The huge water wall continued to rush deeper into the land, leaving a large area of water behind while gradually shrinking and eventually breaking apart, scattering countless water droplets over the desert.

The aircraft carrier, caught in the tsunami, was also thrown onto the land. The intense ultraviolet light scorched its entire body, and the pain from every cell was transmitted to Lin’s mind.

Most of the cells in the aircraft carrier died in an instant.

It’s no good…

The aircraft carrier itself did not have the ability to move on land, and now it had been washed to this place by the tsunami.

Should I give up?

The ultraviolet light had already killed all the cells on the surface of the aircraft carrier, and the internal structure and organs were beginning to disintegrate. The water inside was also leaking out from various places, and the end of the aircraft carrier was decided.

Is this what they call fate?

Don’t bother with such things.

Lin quickly created a small black shell-like substance inside the aircraft carrier and wrapped a few small cells inside it.

These included a few fat cells and Lin’s initial cell—the observer.

This cell had always been inside the aircraft carrier. Although it was now useless because of the eyes, Lin always felt it had some special significance, so she protected it.

Lin would bring it back when she had the chance.

On the other side, the base was no longer in the water. The entire area had risen to the surface due to the shaking, and the base was within this area.

But unlike the aircraft carrier, the giant shield tentacles could protect the base well.

The outer layer of the giant shield tentacles had no eyes or cells, but a thick shell, which was driven by a few muscle cells inside. The thickness of the shell seemed to be just enough to prevent ultraviolet light from penetrating.

The base, now completely exposed on the surface, could only wait until night to move.

However, moving the base back into the water might be difficult. Should they try living on land? If they had green cells, food wouldn’t be a problem.

No matter what, let’s wait until night.

Research on green cells had made some progress. The first stage of ‘creating something that can absorb and store light’ was completed. These substances were actually contained in various foods. Now they were in the second stage, which involved mixing the light with gases and water to create edible small crystals.

This step was the most difficult. The first step was automatically completed by Lin’s cells, but this time the cells themselves had no reaction, so Lin had to try to synthesize it herself. She didn’t know how long it would take, but it was mainly about the proportions of the components. It would be completed eventually.

If completed, Lin could give all the bases the ability to eat light, which would mean no more worries about food. Although they weren’t worried now, the source of any food was not as stable as light.

The light was getting dimmer, and night finally arrived. The giant shield tentacles slightly opened, revealing a small hole. Dim light shone through the hole, and this almost dark light had no heat, indicating that there was no danger.

The base’s breeding chamber produced ten identical warheads, and Lin let them crawl out to explore the outside world.

When the first warhead crawled out of the small hole above the base, Lin felt the intangible touch of the air again. The light from the stars illuminated everything in front of it. The beach, which was originally underwater, was now completely exposed, with some water droplets still remaining in the gaps between the sand and rocks.

This area had really risen above the water, and it should indeed be called an ‘island.’

The warheads had many small hooks at the ends of their segments, allowing them to climb vertically even on land.

They climbed down from the base’s location on the large rock to the beach, then scattered to observe the surrounding environment.

Lin found many organisms that had not escaped were trapped in the water droplets between the sand grains. Most were single-celled organisms, with a few multicellular ones.

Even in these small puddles, they were living well, but as soon as a light breeze blew, countless water droplets would be scattered. The water would eventually be blown away, leaving the area dry and barren like ordinary land.

Besides these small organisms, there were some larger ones that couldn’t hide in the gaps. Their dead bodies, killed by the ultraviolet light, were scattered everywhere, mostly starfish, which were quite slow.

Lin let the warheads crawl to the edge. It took them a long time to reach the edge of this ‘island.’ Lin found that this area had risen a considerable distance above the water. Looking down, it felt like a cliff, making it difficult to return to the water.

Now, the only option was to break down the base’s organs and create a new type of unit to transport them back?

After that, Lin would have to retrieve the observer from the aircraft carrier’s remains on the land.

The distance was very far. If she moved the base first, it would take a long time, which seemed very troublesome. It might be better to leave the base here. Lin planned to create a new structure to try living on land.

Thinking about this, Lin let the warheads return to the base and began constructing some new units, mainly for building things on land.

But Lin couldn’t open the giant shield tentacles too much, or the water inside the base would leak out. She could only create some smaller units…

While Lin was troubled, suddenly, she noticed something peculiar in the field of view of one of the warheads.

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