Chapter 29
Chapter Twenty Nine- Light Synthesis, and Breeder
The Leviathan never stopped travelling .
As day and night passed, Lin saw different environments and organisms . Its knowledge of all kinds of things continued to increase . The bases had finished growing and were now operating normally .
But how far had the Leviathan swam?
Lin didn’t know . It did not have any accurate terms to describe “distance” and “length . ” It did not try to remember . It just continued to swim to places it had never been before .
Lin continued to study how to control color . While the cells could make green, they could not absorb light as nutrients . The green cells definitely had some other secrets, one not as simple as just making the green color .
Lin carefully observed those green cells . After eating hundreds of millions of green cells, Lin slowly learned what was occurring inside . The green color was actually a side-effect, light that could not be absorbed and was emitted back out .
The green cells could combine different substances together . These substances could absorb different colored lights such as red and blue . Then they would mix the absorbed light with other things to create edible crystals .
This process would also create oxygen as a side effect . The green cells did not seem to absorb oxygen so they expelled oxygen .
But the green cells would absorb oxygen when these was no light, just like other organisms .
They would not absorb green light and would reflect it back, causing them to appear green .
While the process appeared simple, it was complex . Lin did not know anything about manipulating the various substances involved . This was much harder than creating chitin .
Right now, Lin only had the ability to make cells that reflected green light . In truth, this had no relation to consuming light as food . Lin didn’t even have the basics to start the process .
How did the green cells do this? When Lin ate them, they didn’t even try to dodge . While some types of these cells produced toxins, those were weak . Lin easily evolved specific immunity against them .
How could organisms of such a low intelligence level complete such a complex matter?
Lin did not know . As Lin’s intelligence increased, it became even more confused on what “intelligence” really was .
Since this was the case, Lin would leave it to the cells . Lin could have a cell engulf a green cell and then give it the thought of “make light-absorbing substances . ”
After completing the first step, it would tell the second step, “absorb light and other inedible substances to make food . ”
Lin knew about the “inedible substances . ” The green cells appeared to use small gas bubbles, that were not oxygen, as well as water .
When gas, light, and water combined, that kind of crystal-like substance would form . But Lin didn’t understand the actual process so it left that to the cells .
Leaving the cells working automatically on their own was extremely effective . But no matter what, relying on this method would take a long time . Lin continued on its journey .
Right now, Leviathan was near the water surface . The water surface in this region was shaking, and spinning . Lin knew this was caused by the air . The currents in the air stirred up the water surface . Countless little pillars of water fell from the air region and formed ripples when they smashed onto the water surface .
Because this was daytime, Lin could see it clearly .
Above the water surface, the sky which should have been illuminated by daytime was obscured by a layer of grey . The ultraviolet light was also much weaker . Due to this, Leviathan could approach near the water surface to observe .
Lin also saw a previously encountered phenomenon . Extremely bright light flashed across the sky . This kind of light was brief, but in the moment it appeared, it could illuminate an entire region and caused both air and water to tremble .
Was this “lightning”? And “sky” . That was also a new word .
Lin wasn’t able to comprehend these words . It only felt that this phenomenon was interesting . However, this was not the only reason it attracted Lin .
A short distance away, a large group of flat worms were swimming close to the water surfaces . Because the ultraviolet light had weakened, they were able to get close to this place .
Right, Lin couldn’t call them “worms” any longer . Lin found a new term that was specifically for describing these organisms with spines .
“Fish . ”
Yes, Lin will now call them . While Lin did not think that this was very different from “flat worm,” it liked using new terms .
Up until, Lin had seen two kinds of flat fish . One had teeth and a round mouth which would attack Lin . The other kind were the ones present here . They did not attack at all, and only fed on unicellular organisms .
Lin didn’t know why the flat fish had gathered together under the swaying water surface . Lin had the Leviathan stay at a distance to avoid frightening them .
Lin liked to observe the lives of other organisms . Occasionally, Lin would learn some interesting or useful things . Lin would not ignore even the tiniest organism .
The flat fish first swam for a while, and then pair off to stick together . They shot out large volumes of white fluid from small holes below their tail .
Were those cells?
Lin released a small eyeball to swim closer . It found that the fluid was made from small cells . One kind was oval-shaped with several tentacles, and the other was in a sphere form . The kind with tentacles would try to burrow into the spherical cells . Then the sphere cells would harden and stop other tentacle cells from entering .
The leaf worm had also done these actions . Lin still didn’t understand what this was for .
The flat fish were even more unique than the leaf worms . After they released these cells, they slowly became motionless and floated in the water .
They seemed to be dead .
The Leviathan swam near this group of flat fish, and reached out a tentacle to grab one . It tore open the fish and had the eyeball enter its body to look .
… … It was really dead?
No, actually, it had not died . However, most of the cells had lowered their activity, including the brain cells . It seemed to be in a “sleeping state . ” Also, it had used up almost all of its stored nutrients . This felt similar to death .
They hadn’t been attacked by things like viruses, their cells hadn’t been damaged . The only reason could be … … they were killing themselves .
They were bad .
But nothing was wrong with their brains . Lin was puzzled by this the most .
Many organisms would do things Lin couldn’t understand but it was the first time Lin saw something this crazy .
Therefore, Lin released the gatherers and grabbed some of the combined cells the flat fish had sprayed out to take back into the Leviathan .
Lin then created a hardened and transparent little ball to place them inside . Lin planned to observe their long-term changes . What unique powers did this thing have? That could make the flat fish use their lives to create .
While Lin found it extremely illogical, Lin knew that they had their reasons . “Intelligence” was extremely complicated … …
As to the “sleeping” flat fish in the surroundings, Lin turned all of them into its reserves .
Leviathan was 50% bigger in this journey than in the past, and the amount of food it could store had grown by over threefold . However, Lin did not continue to increase the size, but stored more food .
Lin had a compression method of squeezing large numbers of fat cells without providing them with any oxygen . This way, it would lessen the space used, and the cells didn’t move anyways .
Then Lin continued on its trip .
Lin left behind the restless water surface with its lightning and swam deeper … …
The enormous beach appeared in Leviathan’s eyes at the bottom of the ocean . This environment was frequently seen but Lin felt surprised this time .
This sand beach was covered in many enormous round openings . Lin saw ten of them in its vision . Many other organisms were active in the surroundings such as the trilobites and the flat fish .
These openings were slightly bigger than Leviathan . It could enter one to explore .
Of course, Lin wouldn’t have the Leviathan go in directly . It would create a new cell type to explore a dangerous environment .
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