Chapter 61

So it's like this... Could the creatures below rely on this to live?

Thinking this, Lin immediately had Leviathan descend along the ice crystals. As the water grew deeper, the surrounding light gradually dimmed and became colder, but the massive crystal remained bright and warm. This crystalline mountain channeled the light of the surface into the darkness of the deep sea.

When Lin returned to the underwater crystal forest, it saw an incredible sight. Apart from scattered crystal fragments, all the intact crystals on the seabed glowed with a flickering light. Although their light was not as bright as the land during the day, it could rival the night sky.

The originally cold water also became warm due to these crystals.

A considerable number of creatures that Lin had not seen at night appeared here. A type of red single-celled organism clung in large numbers to the glowing crystal walls. Lin believed these were also light-eating cells, while the common crystal fungi at night were much less abundant.

The small creatures living here became fully active. A large number of flat fish swam between the crystals, along with many trilobites and tentacle-like creatures. Occasionally, one or two small ice crystal monsters could be seen among them. They seemed to feed on these red cells, but Lin had not seen the large ice crystal monsters that attacked Leviathan.

Perhaps the small ice crystal monsters leave here when they grow up?

All the creatures here had one characteristic: their shells were made of crystals. However, their crystal shells were different from ordinary crystals, as they did not absorb light or heat. There might be some special modification, which is why the large ice crystal monster dared to jump onto the land to attack Leviathan.

This is indeed a good place to establish a base. Using these crystals, Lin could build something very special...

Leviathan swam to a glowing crystal stone and released some special units called 'green algae balls,' which were actually aggregates of light-eating cells. When Lin had the green algae balls approach the crystal, it immediately felt a reaction in their photosynthetic ability. Chlorophyll began to operate and produce nutrients.

So it's like this, indeed the light from these crystals works too. It seems that as long as there is light, it's fine?

Lin was very satisfied with this. So, let's start building the base.

Lin did not plan to place the base seed inside any crystal but let it float in the water, then drill holes in the crystals and insert the photosynthetic cells.

Photosynthetic cells not only produce nutrients but also a lot of oxygen, making them a very cost-effective thing. Lin also set up a few 'autotrophic rooms' inside Leviathan, using lanterns to illuminate its cells and obtain oxygen and nutrients.

Since the project involving the crystals was quite large, Lin planned to have Leviathan stay here for some time.

...Wait, in that case, why not...

Lin planned to modify all the bases and connect them to form an incredibly large system.

There were now seven bases: the main base, the trench area, the coral area, the surface area, the lava area, the ice pillar area... and this crystal area.

If all the bases were connected using cell tubes and shell tunnels, Lin would have an enormous number of cells, and its intelligence would likely increase further.

Regarding intelligence, Lin had not increased it for a long time. Perhaps it was due to insufficient cell quantity? When the cells exceeded 20 billion, there seemed to be no further increase.

However, computational power seemed to be increasing, but Lin wanted more new words and explanations of the surrounding environment.

But constructing a huge base? That's a very complex matter...

Leviathan's journey would be paused for a while, but it would continue traveling. Now, let's start building a base, the largest one ever.

All the bases had already grown into complete shapes, appearing as three-dimensional triangles from the outside. They usually released devourers and other units to collect food, and after growing to a certain size, they did not increase in size. Now, Lin had them dissolve their outer armor and begin reconstructing their entire form in a 'carpet-style' manner.

What is 'carpet-style'? Of course, it means like a carpet, letting the photosynthetic cells grow continuously along the seabed, extending and covering it. Lin planned to connect all the areas and integrate all the bases to form an incredibly large base.

This way, the entire seabed would belong to Lin.

Although it would take a considerable amount of time, Lin was now ready to start. The main plan was for the gland cells to secrete a flat shell first, then cover it evenly with photosynthetic cells. This structure would continue to grow until it covered all the areas of the seabed that were illuminated.

This way, the entire seabed would be like a green carpet laid by Lin, giving it endless energy! Lin would not cover the deeper, dark areas as it was meaningless.

This entire plan would be called 'Greening the Seabed.'

As for these crystals, Lin planned to create some crystal armor units, but currently, no creature posed a real threat to Lin, so Lin was not concerned with the development of units.

Moreover, in the face of non-biological disasters, even the strongest units were useless.

Besides units, these crystals could be used in the 'Greening the Seabed' plan. Lin could dissolve them and spread them on the seabed, then insert the photosynthetic cells. With the help of the crystals, their light absorption efficiency would be quite high.

The amount of crystals was unknown, but it didn't matter if they ran out. Lin did not have to rely on them.

Apart from the glowing crystals, the surrounding areas were dark due to the ice cover, so Lin could not spread the photosynthetic cells. Therefore, Lin had Leviathan create transporters to send the crystals to other bases.

Lin only took the non-glowing crystal fragments, leaving the glowing ones here. It was unnecessary to move them; just insert the photosynthetic cells directly.

Lin did not plan to touch the massive crystalline mountain here. It felt that destroying such a beautiful thing would be a pity, and it was very hot and difficult to handle.

So, 'Greening the Seabed' begins.

This is a very long-term project... Leviathan could also rest for a while after such a long journey.

Lin's thoughts were very powerful, capable of making all cells perform different actions simultaneously or observing different scenes through all eyes at once. However, even so, Lin did not like doing multiple different things at once.

The 'Greening the Seabed' project mainly consisted of two layers: the top layer was a transparent thin shell, and the second layer was a white hard shell. Between the first and second layers, photosynthetic cells were placed, and below the second layer, various organs and units were placed, entering and exiting through small holes in the shell.

The green seabed began to spread around all the bases, gradually growing. Covering the entire seabed with photosynthetic cells would take a very long time, and Lin did not have enough nutrients. It had to obtain nutrients while slowly building and also prevent attacks from other creatures, requiring the creation of a large number of guard units.

At the base with a large cluster of green cells, Lin did not have it do anything. It continued to float there like a buoy, studying wild green cells and observing various activities on the surface.

As for the main base on the island, Lin had it build a huge cover to encase the entire base, then fill it with water. After that, Lin would study how to get the photosynthetic cells to absorb light on land or near the surface of the sea.

Lin's photosynthetic cells would be killed by ultraviolet light, and it had not yet found a way to make them absorb light on land or near the surface of the sea.

Regardless, it would take a long time.

Leviathan temporarily stayed in the crystal area, and Lin planned to start traveling again after everything was completed.

In the continuous alternation of day and night, Lin's project progressed bit by bit.

'Time' is a unit, but Lin could only use day and night to judge how much time had passed.

Lin felt that there should be a new word to describe 'time,' so it dug out a special character from its thoughts: 'year.'

Lin had some knowledge about years. A year seemed to be 365 days and nights, and this 'year' seemed to represent the cycle of the world. For example, at the end of the year, the temperature would become cold, and the water would freeze. Then, at the beginning of the year, it would gradually warm up.

Mainly, various environmental changes could be judged based on the time of the year.

This seemed to be false.

Because Lin found that sometimes the water would freeze in the middle of the year, sometimes at the beginning, and sometimes at the end. In short, it was completely inaccurate.

What's going on? Could the new words in my thoughts also contain false information? Does this mean Lin cannot trust these new words?

Lin did not know, but at least 'year' could summarize 365 days and nights, so it would temporarily use it to describe longer periods of time.

However, to complete the entire project, it would probably take many 'years'...

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Thank you ~Da Wo Cheng~Shentong Zhen Di Tian Shu~Friend 130228162513965~ for the reward~

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