Chapter 62

The 'Green Seabed' project has been continuously expanding since Lin decided to start it. It has covered vast areas of the seabed, turning many originally gray sandy or rocky areas green.

Lin refers to this layer of green as the 'Green Carpet.' It has spread to all the illuminated areas between several bases. In fact, Lin no longer has separate bases; they have all been integrated into one enormous base.

Lin doesn't mind how long it takes, as this action will provide it with endless energy, but it has also had a significant impact on the surrounding environment.

The Green Carpet usually doesn't cover fixed organisms like corals, which Lin avoids. However, many organisms, especially those that love to burrow in the sand, are directly covered by Lin.

But they haven't disappeared; instead, they have changed their way of life—living directly on Lin's Green Carpet. They create tiny cracks in the outer transparent shell of the Green Carpet to hide or build their nests directly on it.

There are also leaf-shaped organisms that attach themselves to the Green Carpet with stalks. Organisms like the sand-burrowing clams have completely left the areas covered by the Green Carpet.

At first, Lin would use its troops to drive away or kill these organisms living on the Green Carpet. However, after a while, Lin stopped doing so. As long as they don't block too much light, Lin generally ignores them. For some organisms that like to build nests, Lin allows the Green Carpet to cover them but leaves their nest entrances open. Under Lin's 'tolerance' and due to the large amount of oxygen released by the Green Carpet, more and more organisms have gathered on it.

As for some organisms that try to burrow into the Green Carpet to eat the photosynthetic cells inside, Lin will unhesitatingly kill them.

This feels quite good; in case of any situation, these organisms can serve as Lin's reserve food.

The process of covering with the Green Carpet is a very long one. Lin did not travel during this process. How many years have passed since its completion?

Lin did not keep track of this. During this period, it was constantly thinking about various issues and conducting some research.

Lin has also acquired some new terms, including adjectives for size. Previously, Lin generally used one of its own species to compare and determine size, but now it has precise units of length to describe objects.

Most of these units include the word 'meter,' and they are usually ten times the previous one. When it reaches a thousand times, 'meter' is changed to 'kilometer.' It feels a bit complicated but is practical.

For example, about 100,000 cells can form a sphere that can be described as a 'millimeter.' A sphere made of 100,000 cells is roughly one millimeter, but the size and density of the cells can make a significant difference even if the number of cells is the same.

However, the millimeter unit is already larger than all single cells. Even the largest amoeba is only about 70% of its size.

Leviathan's current diameter is about one meter, making it very large among the common organisms here. Among the organisms Lin has seen, only the ice crystal monster and the giant pit worm exceed this size.

As for Lin's 'Green Carpet,' it may be the largest organism, covering areas that could be tens of kilometers. Lin hasn't calculated it.

However, Lin doesn't have an accurate size to describe an entire area. 'Diameter' doesn't seem suitable because it is used to describe circular objects.

But, such a small issue doesn't need too much attention...

Lin doesn't plan to extend the Green Carpet further. Lin intends to have Leviathan set out on another journey, and when it finds a suitable area, it will spread there or plant a base seed and expand a new Green Carpet.

However, recent research has changed Lin's plans. Regarding ultraviolet light, Lin has discovered something significant.

The land above the water belongs to the air domain, and most of this air is not oxygen but various other strange gases, including a gas that can be used for photosynthesis. These gases generally do not block ultraviolet light.

However, the oxygen released by the Green Carpet and other wild photosynthetic cells, if exposed to ultraviolet light for a long time, turns into another strange gas that blocks ultraviolet light. Although it doesn't completely block it, it weakens the ultraviolet light, making it non-lethal.

However, small amounts of oxygen are quickly dispersed by other gases. So, Lin had an idea: what if a large amount of oxygen were mixed into the entire land? What would change?

It seems like a ridiculous idea because the space outside is so vast, but Lin knows that the released oxygen won't escape but will remain mixed with other gases. So, given enough time, it might be possible...

Therefore, Lin plans to wait. It might sleep for a while, as it did during the oxygen crisis, but this time the motivation is opposite. Then, it was to wait for the oxygen to disappear, but now it is to wait for the oxygen to fill the entire world.

However, Lin's main goal is still evolution. Most of its evolutionary methods are learned from other organisms, but it has seen many organisms, and there are almost no more that can significantly improve it. Of course, Lin could go on a journey to explore other areas, but it still wants to stay here for now and observe the changes in organisms.

Other organisms also evolve. Through research by placing eyes in some flatfish, Lin discovered that the cells within them can form new structures based on different situations or add new functions to existing structures. However, these reactions are quite slow compared to Lin's ability to quickly form new species.

But these evolutions are self-generated by the cells of organisms, whether they have brains or not. They can think about their environment and adapt to changes, although slowly, but effectively, usually coming up with perfect solutions. However, their ability to respond to sudden changes is quite poor.

Lin's cells also have this ability, but Lin prefers direct synthesis or learning from other organisms.

The brains of other organisms seem to be responsible only for making rapid responses to the environment, not controlling their own evolution. Therefore, the evolutionary response remains quite slow.

This slow change can lead to differences in individuals, but some organisms have a special method called 'combination.' When cells from two different flatfish combine, the new flatfish that grows from the cell division may inherit the advantages of the two original flatfish, and sometimes even develop new powerful abilities.

This is called 'sexual reproduction,' and it seems quite interesting. Other organisms, like jellyfish, use a method similar to division, so new individuals can only inherit the advantages of one individual, unlike flatfish, which can inherit the advantages of two individuals.

However, Lin believes its evolution is more powerful because it doesn't require cells to exchange information.

For example, if cells in one area of Lin undergo a certain evolution, Lin can immediately use its thoughts to make all cells undergo the same evolution, regardless of distance and without contact.

Lin's thoughts seem to influence cell evolution, but the effect is not complete. The most basic requirement is to obtain the corresponding information. Lin must understand the evolution, which greatly helps its own cells evolve. Lin first understood the principle of photosynthesis, so the cells could quickly combine to form light-absorbing substances. If left to the cells to combine on their own, it might take millions of years to react.

In short, there are many complex secrets.

So, Lin now plans to remain dormant for a while to fill the land with oxygen and also observe the evolution of other organisms to ultimately understand the secrets of evolution...

How many years will it take?

Perhaps a long time...

To avoid boredom, Lin will enter a state similar to sleep, but its troops and eyes will continue to work, recording all changes in the surroundings. When significant changes occur, Lin will wake up.

Or if something happens in the surroundings, like a tsunami, fault, or lava, Lin will also wake up. However, Lin believes that with such a vast area, these events will not have a significant impact on it.

At the main base on land, Lin has surrounded it with a shell and continuously monitors the air environment, notifying Lin when the ultraviolet light is no longer so strong.

The existence of the Green Carpet ensures that Lin never has to worry about food, unless the world loses its daylight.

Now, let's wait for the world to change...

What will be seen upon waking?

Because the Green Carpet has covered large areas of sand or rock, many organisms have lost their hiding places. When they find themselves exposed to danger, they will need faster speed and greater strength, which can stimulate their evolution.

Currently, most organisms feed on single-celled organisms floating in the water, but gradually they begin to grow larger, unable to satisfy themselves with single cells. Thus, they develop greater strength and target other multicellular organisms.

The prey organisms also develop harder shells and larger bodies. This relationship causes them to grow continuously in competition with each other, along with various environmental factors like cold and heat. Future organisms will definitely be very different.

In the end, what changes will there be?

Only when Lin wakes up will it know...

Thank you, Saint Yang Fish, for the generous support of 1888. Thank you, Soul Seeker, for the generous support. PS: There will be more updates after the 13th.

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