Chapter 41
Chapter Forty One The New Leviathan
When other organisms leapt ahead in their evolution, Lin stood where it was . The green carpet only had a rare number of units that repaired shells or killed small-sized invaders .
Most of Lin’s army had hibernated . The cells themselves had not changed much . Lin might be able to mimic the appearance of other organisms, but because it did not have such a variety of cells, the interiors were very different .
However, Lin had a unit which had been in a state of freedom . Lin had ordered it to swim through the water before going into hibernation . Its cells would have evolved naturally upon contact with the environment just like other organisms .
Lin did not put any limits on the unit other than for it to go to the carpet to get food if it could not find any . Usually, it hunted on its own and hid from danger .
It had possibly lived a hundred million years . When Lin woke up, it had not been in a hurry to look at this unit . Lin first examined the other organisms in the surrounding water in order to have a good comparison .
So … … what had it changed into?
Leviathan … …
Lin’s thought searched through every cell, every structure . It quickly locked onto … … an organism in the distance .
Lin greatly anticipated what this former traveler and the strongest of Lin’s units had become .
Lin’s thoughts quickly scanned through Leviathan’s body . Its oval body had become round at the front and pointed at the end . The streamlined shape made it look like a fish .
So this kind of structure was more suitable to swimming in the water? Yes, while disk-shaped bodies could swim quickly through the water by spinning, it would take more energy .
The thirty spouts had completely degraded but two were left by the tail . Only two biting tentacles remained at the two sides of the head . The fanged mouths at the ends of the tentacles had disappeared, and the tentacles were now covered in denticle-edged suction disks .
It appeared that all organisms evolved into the same direction… …
The heavy armor had become light grey armor . There were two rows of small tentacles on the back armor, seemingly for sensing .
And it was … … smell!
Lin knew what “smell” was the moment it discovered these small tentacles . The cells on these tentacles could feel the minor impurities in the water, know how these impurities were different, and where they came from .
“Smell” originated from the ability of “touch” to feel the movements of the water . This was a convenient ability . If this ability worked together with vision and touch, Lin would be able to travel unobstructed through any environment .
After examining the outer structures of the Leviathan, Lin decided to look inside .
The Leviathan still had its original fighting methods . The reproduction chambers, still the largest organ, were connected to the six openings on the sides of the Leviathan .
The Leviathan also kept its air sac, heart, circulatory system and other organs . Just like before, the Leviathan did not have a mouth and relied on the other units taking food back to the food sac .
The Leviathan had not evolved nerves, much less a brain . It appeared that Lin had the ability to direct every cell, even when hibernating .
Other than this, the Leviathan also had many strange structures . Other than the openings for the combat units, it had many other holes on its body connected to muscular passages within the body . These passages all connected to a sac-like structure which was filled with water .
… … Why did the changes not feel significant? The Leviathan was just three meters long . Even after more than a hundred million years, it only doubled in size?
The biggest organism right now was ten meters long and much bigger than the Leviathan . In the past, the Leviathan could be considered the “king . ”
Lin felt … … let down?
Lin found this interesting phrase but it could not recover from its disappointment .
But as Lin observed the combat units of the Leviathan, this emotion disappeared completely … …
So this was how it was . Leviathan’s evolution was all focused on this?
The Leviathan had inherited Lin’s previous way of thinking . After the combat units returned, they would be deconstructed for the next time they were needed . While the Leviathan did not hold any combat units at this moment, Lin learned from the memories of the Leviathan it could produce a dozen novel unit types . Also, most of them were strangely shaped and unlike any organism Lin had ever seen .
Lin would test their power .
Leviathan looked around . This region of water was far from where the green carpet was . Leviathan likely swam here over time .
Below it was a large coral reef . Lin quickly saw some familiar animals . A thunderstone three meters long was floating on a brain-shaped coral and staring at a helmet fish .
You will be the one! Go!
Leviathan quickly created a new unit type in its body . These units were round, had some thorns on the back and a red underside . This kind of cell had segmented limbs and moved through the water by propulsion through the water spouts .
Lin called this unit type “slaughterer” as they killed their prey with extremely cruel methods .
The slaughterers were only thirty centimeters in size . They charged at the head of the thunderstone . Finding organisms attacking it, the thunderstone ignored the helmet fish, and reached out with its tentacles in an attempt to grab these small organisms charging at it .
The slaughterers did not try to dodge . The thunderstone’s tentacles caught them and moved them to the thunderstone’s mouth .
The mouth of the thunderstone, an extremely hard beak, was located at the center of the tentacles . When the thunderstone squeezed its tentacles, the abdomens of the slaughterers were pressurized and then split open in an explosion .
However, this was the beginning of the terror .
The slaughterers exploded, sending countless spikes that pierced into the surrounding tentacles . The spikes injected a strange fluid into the tentacle cells of the thunderstone .
Lin did not know what kind of damage the fluid would cause . The Leviathan would not send eyeballs to see the outcome like Lin would have during its days . However, Lin knew what would occur to the organisms after injection of this fluid .
After the thunderstone bit the slaughterers once, it was unable to take another bite . It spat out the slaughterers, its dozen tentacles twisting together wildly . It used the denticles on its suction disks to tear off pieces of flesh from its own body, causing large volumes of blue fluid to spray out .
From all appearances, it would not have long to live . The smell tentacles of Leviathan clearly detected the scent of the fluid the thunderstone was sprouting . It was blood .
The slaughterer likely contained a powerful toxin in their bodies that could cause extreme pain to other organisms . Lin did not know how the Leviathan managed to evolve such a powerful toxin, one even more powerful than viruses .
Also, the slaughterers themselves would not die . Only their abdomens had split apart . Their important organs were behind their back armor . Setting themselves off in an explosion would not damage them .
Watching the thunderstone slowly sinking onto the coral reef, Lin decided to see if there were any unit types for gathering food . But then Leviathan’s smell tentacles felt a strange presence gradually coming close .
Smell was as useful as expected . Some organisms would move along the water current so it was difficult to distinguish between a water current and a moving organism . But in cooperation with smell, even the best ambusher could not hide!
Leviathan rapidly sped up to dodge the incoming organism . Lin quickly created eyeballs to look at the organism who just missed Leviathan .
That was … … an organism Lin had never seen before .
This organism was three meters long . Its head was oval shaped, and it had enormous jaws covered in sharp teeth . Its flat tail propelled the body to swim . Also, it had two pairs of thick flesh limbs on the sides of the body with sharp blades at the end .
These flesh limbs seemed to be called “hands” and “feet . ” And this organism was called … …
“Amphibian . ”
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