Chapter 79

Ling did not move, the putrid smell permeated everywhere, possibly due to a considerable number of fish carcasses nearby, which instead suited Leviathan and the Transporter to hide themselves.

During the period of hiding, Ling quickly repaired the damaged cells in her legs and made some structural changes, mainly to ensure timely repair during movement, prevent fatigue, and enhance speed, among other things.

So many things have changed on land...

In the sea, even when facing the largest Dunkleosteus, Ling would not feel any fear, as she understood the opponent and Leviathan's troops were powerful enough. One could say there was no threat in the sea, but on land, it was a different story.

Leviathan's troops could not operate on land, and Ling had hardly any time to create new species when she encountered strange creatures one after another.

Giant worms, monsters in the dark, what would come next?

However, the awkwardness on land might not just be a matter of temporary adaptation.

What is 'awkwardness'? It seems to describe something quite miserable.

Ling also noticed a problem: after being able to create green carpets, she had become somewhat docile, and this 'docility' seemed to be a new term.

When facing other species, Ling no longer wanted to eat or kill them as she used to; she just wanted to study them or showed no interest at all.

This habit was not a problem in the water, but it was not good on the unfamiliar land. When faced with threats, Ling's desire to flee was greater than her desire to counterattack.

Although fleeing was indeed better when facing the worms, fleeing from small arthropods seemed a bit too cowardly.

It seemed she had discovered a very interesting term, but Ling found something even more valuable.

Indeed, after coming to land, she should not look for places to lay green carpets everywhere. Instead, she should directly convert the Transporter's nutrients into a powerful force, plunder and kill the creatures here to obtain nutrients more quickly. Once she fully understood them and her life was not threatened, she could slowly lay the green carpets.

That's right! After becoming the strongest, she could then slowly study biological evolution and such.

Ling was very satisfied with her decision, but now only one Transporter remained, so it was better to use it to create a green carpet. The main focus for modification was the various troops inside Leviathan.

Although the surrounding area was filled with the smell of corpses, Ling did not encounter any danger and safely passed the night until dawn.

The modifications inside Leviathan were almost complete, with most of the troops being adapted for land use. To ensure they could perform as well on land as in water, there were some changes in size and other aspects, but the overall difference was not significant.

Based on Ling's calculations, she developed a powerful arthropod that relied on hydraulic power to ensure rapid movement even when the body was full of water. Having gotten used to living in water, Ling became quite attached to water on land and was unwilling to lose any water to reduce weight. However, she found a better method; by using the right force, she could ignore the weight.

The light of dawn illuminated the needle forest. When her vision recovered, Ling saw the reason for the surrounding putrid smell: mostly the corpses of armored fish and lobe-finned fish, most of which had been partially or completely eaten.

'Skeleton' was also a new term, used to describe the internal shell of some creatures. Internal shells were quite popular among fish, but Ling did not like them. She preferred the external shell, like that of a scorpion, which also ensured better operation of the hydraulic system. Therefore, arthropods generally had much greater strength than other creatures.

Ling gathered the corpses with more meat and had Leviathan release the Collectors to consume them.

The land-based Collectors were similar to those in the water, shaped like tentacles. Their mouths were lined with many backward-facing teeth, which could scrape meat from bones and plants from rocks, then squeeze them into their bodies.

Ling was not a creature that would feel 'disgust.' The Collectors' bodies contained strong acids and a hardened cell wall that could completely crush and absorb any decomposing bacteria, while also possessing a powerful ability to separate toxins, allowing them to ignore the toxins released by the decomposing bacteria.

The skeletons of the creatures were not very useful. Now that the chitin was abundant, after eating all the meat, Leviathan retracted the Collectors into its body and began to look around.

The night had been noisy, but now it was very quiet, with no creatures in sight.

The small arthropods seemed to be afraid of light at night. The light from the lanterns, though harmless, could scare them away. There was clearly something to this.

Perhaps... the creatures on the Northern Continent had climbed onto land when the ultraviolet light was strong and then lived a life of hiding during the day and emerging at night, a habit that has been retained, making them so afraid of light?

It was just a guess, but since they couldn't be found, they couldn't be hunted.

Leviathan walked to the base of a needle and extended a tentacle, using the saw-like teeth on the suction cups to scrape off some green plant fragments. The green areas revealed a gray rock wall underneath.

This seemed to be called 'moss.' Ling released the Collectors and threw the moss fragments into their mouths. The Collectors wriggled their bodies, crushing the fragments and ingesting them.

These plants were indeed composed of many green cells and lived by adhering to the needles, which were similar to rocks. However, why these rocks formed needle-like structures and were so abundant was unclear.

So, let's create a green carpet here.

If hunting, plants are also within the scope of hunting.

Ling had the Transporter create a green carpet along the needles. The green carpet was ultimately made without a shell, with only a few thin layers of hardened walls to retain water. As the green carpet extended, it would first produce many sharp spines. These spines could pierce the cells of the moss, absorb and decompose them, and then continue to grow, eventually replacing the moss and covering the entire needle.

This seemed like a very good method. There seemed to be an interesting term for this, something like 'stealing the show' or 'robbing the nest'?

Although she didn't understand, these terms seemed very powerful.

Ling left the Transporter to slowly grow the green carpet while Leviathan continued to wander through the needle forest, looking for targets to attack.

The air in the needle forest was filled with water droplets, but they had not yet formed a dense fog that could obstruct vision. These droplets likely came from the sea and might be the source of water for the creatures here.

At night, the water droplets in the air were dispersed by the wind, meaning... the creatures here would try to collect water during the day.

Water droplets would slow down and possibly gather into larger droplets or small pools when the temperature was lower, so she just needed to head in the direction of lower temperatures...

Leviathan swayed its tentacles, sensing the temperature in the air, and slowly moved in the direction of lower temperatures...

After walking for a while, Ling saw a small mud pit not far ahead, filled with clear water, and a creature was drinking from it.

Finally, a worthy opponent.

This creature was over two meters long and thirty centimeters wide, with a red shell and numerous arthropod legs, possibly over a hundred pairs.

Although it had many legs, they were all short, and Ling judged that it could not run fast. Leviathan's legs, after modification, were now very different.

This creature was called a 'millipede,' a strange name. The millipede's head had several small eyes, which, though small, seemed to have good vision. Upon seeing Leviathan, it raised its front half and waved its numerous legs.

Was this an attack stance or a scare tactic? Regardless, she had to act first. Ling had already compressed the explosive into the firing port, and with a 'bang,' the acid-filled explosive hit the millipede's head.

Sss...

The millipede emitted a strange sound, clearly in pain. Without waiting for it to react, Leviathan immediately activated the hydraulic system in its legs and charged forward, using two tentacles to tightly bind the millipede's body and increase the muscle strength to crush its shell.

Ling felt that the millipede's shell was much more brittle than that of sea creatures. The millipede's shell cracked under the pressure of the tentacles.

At this moment, Ling sensed a strange smell in the air, which seemed to be emitted from the millipede's body. Some of the olfactory cells on the tentacles had been killed, clearly a toxic gas. Ling immediately closed Leviathan's air holes, and the air sacs inside Leviathan still existed, allowing it to maintain a considerable amount of time without absorbing external oxygen.

With the toxic gas ineffective, the millipede could only be twisted to death by Leviathan, and a large amount of green liquid flowed out from the broken area...

Pretty simple, not a formidable opponent at all.

Ling released the Collectors, which could eat the millipede while separating the toxins.

While Ling was leisurely feeding, she suddenly noticed another creature appearing in the forest ahead, and it was also heading this way, seemingly looking for water.

Perfect timing. She had just tested Leviathan's strength, now it was time to test the strength of some of the troops!

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