Chapter 92

This is probably called 'fishing for bugs,' right? It seems quite interesting.

The silver beetle was pulled down by Leviathan and fell heavily to the ground. Although many beetles can fly, it seems the silver beetle cannot.

From a height of over thirty meters, it should have been smashed to pieces, but the soft soil below, combined with the hard shell on its back, allowed it to land safely. It wobbled a few times and then flipped over to stand up. However, just as it was about to leave, it suddenly saw a massive creature in front of it, over four meters long and 1.6 meters tall.

"Bang!" Almost instantly, the silver beetle bent its abdomen and sprayed a high-temperature dissolving liquid at Leviathan.

The dissolving liquid splashed onto Leviathan's shell, emitting a few wisps of blue smoke, but it didn't cause any real damage.

Without considering its anti-corrosion capabilities, even the thickness of Leviathan's shell wasn't easily penetrated by such a small amount of dissolving liquid.

The silver beetle sprayed several times, and although Leviathan's surface was covered in dissolving liquid, it approached the silver beetle as if nothing had happened.

After getting close enough, Leviathan instantly extended two tentacles, wrapped them around the silver beetle's head, and lifted it up before forcefully plunging it into the soil.

The silver beetle could only spray from its sides and tail, but now that its lower body was buried in the soil, it couldn't release any more dissolving liquid.

Before the silver beetle could struggle to crawl out, Leviathan used its tentacles to tightly wrap around its head and then twisted it forcefully.

"Crack!" With the immense strength of its tentacles and suckers, Leviathan tore the silver beetle's head off, and a gush of white blood burst out from its body.

It seemed quite simple, but the silver beetle was only a little over a meter long and thirty centimeters tall. Lin was clearly taking advantage of its size.

The small scorpions sleeping in the cave seemed to smell the silver beetle's blood and rushed out, but this time they were mercilessly blocked by Leviathan.

This can't be eaten; it needs to be studied properly.

Leviathan brought the silver beetle back to the cave, where Lin had created a specialized research chamber, essentially a water-filled sac. All research had to be conducted in water.

A large number of research cells and small eyeballs entered the silver beetle's body to analyze and study it. Lin discovered that this creature was quite complex, with many unique organs that other creatures didn't have.

Its shell contained components that resisted high temperatures and dissolving liquids. Lin had seen these components before when breaking down various shell materials, but she hadn't expected them to be arranged in this way. This arrangement prevented the dissolving liquid from splashing back and burning itself.

Inside its body, there was also a small sac with strong resistance, connected to all the nozzles. It seemed this was the 'ammunition chamber.'

The ammunition chamber had few muscle structures and was filled with a network of tube-like structures. It couldn't compress air or water like Leviathan, so it didn't rely on air pressure or water pressure to shoot.

If that's the case, the silver beetle's ammunition must have its own propulsion ability, but where is the ammunition?

The ammunition chamber was connected to two other sacs. Lin found one to be a food sac, containing the remains of mad bees and dissolving acid. The other sac contained only some transparent liquid.

So, the ammunition comes from these two sacs? However, the transparent liquid and the dissolving acid from the food sac didn't seem particularly special.

But since they are connected, they must be the organs that produce the ammunition... Yes, that's it!

Thinking this, Lin had some cells take samples from both sacs and combine them...

When the cells combined the two liquids, the temperature suddenly rose, and they exploded like a bomb, instantly killing all the surrounding cells.

So, that's how it works! The silver beetle transports these two substances through the network of tubes in the ammunition chamber to the nozzles, where they combine and are propelled out by the explosion. This is quite interesting; Lin had never seen any liquids combine to explode.

This must be called 'explosives.'

Lin didn't know how the transparent liquid was produced and needed further detailed research. Lin had evolved a special type of research cell called 'decomposers,' which were very small, almost as small as some large viruses. They could analyze the structure of various substances in more detail.

Lin had them analyze the substances, and eventually, she would find a way to produce this substance, allowing her to manufacture what she called 'explosives.'

However, Lin was also interested in how the silver beetle evolved this ability. Initially, combining these substances might have been an accident, like accidentally mixing the two liquids.

At that time, its shell or internal organs wouldn't have been resistant, so it would have injured itself. The silver beetle should have been afraid of these substances and stopped combining them.

But it didn't give up. Perhaps when it combined these substances, it was being hunted by another predator. The explosion scared the predator away, and the silver beetle remembered this method of making explosives.

The silver beetle probably started combining these liquids outside its body. As its cells evolved to react to them, it began combining them inside its body.

But the question is, how did the cells react? Cells need to come into contact with substances to think. When combining the liquids outside its body, only its brain would know, but the brain can't influence cell evolution.

Cells think about changes in their environment, and their intelligence is not inferior to that of brain-equipped creatures. However, their reactions are quite slow, which makes their evolution perfect.

Lin has always been studying cell evolution. If she could fully master cell evolution, reaching the stars wouldn't be a problem...

After learning to fly, Lin tried to fly to the stars, but after reaching a certain height, she couldn't go any further. There were many reasons for this, as no creature had ever flown that high, so there was nothing to learn from.

Not only does she need to learn, but she also needs to evolve...

...

After studying the silver beetle for seven days and nights, Lin had already analyzed the two explosive substances in its body and successfully discovered how to extract these substances from various foods. She could now successfully manufacture this type of explosive.

If combined with high-pressure shooting, the firepower of the cannons could reach a new level! Lin already had several units with this structure.

Lin also didn't slow down her expansion. Starting from the cave entrance, she spread a green carpet.

Lin planned to leave the moss in the Glittering Grove alone and first cover the Dark Plains, which had little moss. However, to make her green carpet glow, she needed crystal fragments like the moss.

Currently, Lin found that if she didn't take the moss, crystal fragments could be found in the underground soil, especially in the soil of the Glittering Grove, while they were quite rare in the Dark Plains.

Thus, a digging force was formed. Although Lin didn't touch the moss in the Glittering Grove, she dug a tunnel under the river to reach the rich crystal deposits in the Glittering Grove and began collecting these crystal fragments.

Since the green carpet was unarmored, it needed protection. However, regular forces were for hunting, so Lin created a special unit to protect the green carpet.

It was called a 'cannon,' essentially a rectangular stone stuck in the ground with a unit equipped with the silver beetle's explosive structure at the bottom. The stone was attached to limbs, allowing it to move freely and attack any target that tried to eat the green carpet.

Because of the need to collect crystals, the growth of the green carpet was slow. Lin still primarily relied on hunting for nutrients.

Lin also explored the forest's size. However, every time she released a flyer, it was eaten by various creatures before flying too far. The farthest one flew north for about three days and nights, but the surroundings were still a continuous expanse of twisted trees, showing how vast the forest was.

It was almost like a green ocean...

The exploration of the forest continued, and Lin also tried to return to the previous ocean to test the water temperature. Facing a large number of giant dragonflies and the desert's heat, only one flyer reached the coast.

The result was astonishing... The seawater, though not as hot, had turned black.

It wasn't the seawater itself that turned black, but it seemed to be mixed with a large amount of strange substances and dust. Lin didn't know where these substances came from, but most of them were toxic and could kill almost all marine life. According to Lin's detection, there had been several earthquakes at the bottom of the sea, and there were many fish carcasses on the cliffs, as well as many living Brondo scorpions.

It seemed the worms had already left, and the scorpions were freely feasting on the fish carcasses on the shore, but they didn't dare enter the Aztec bug's spire forest.

What would be their fate? After eating the fish, the scorpion army would surely attack the spire forest. Unfortunately, Lin's flyer didn't live to see that scene; it was eaten by a giant dragonfly after completing its exploration mission.

Lin was considering creating a larger flyer that giant dragonflies wouldn't eat. Meanwhile, Lin had already formed a considerable force, preparing to explore deeper into the forest.