Chapter 21: The Residents of the Pit
The dragonflies continued to breed for a day and night, until the next day, when the dragonflies were almost exhausted, and most of them were resting on the steps at the water's edge, except for a few dragonflies that continued to lay eggs.
Creatures are always crazy in order to reproduce.
The water is filled with a large number of dragonfly pups, which are growing rapidly under the abundant worm resources, but Lin does not think that they can get enough nutrients to grow up, and there will definitely not be enough to eat, there are too many dragonflies.
Leviathan now folded his wings and floated on the water to rest, Lin wanted to see what would happen next, now that the breeding was over, the dragonflies would soon leave, and Lin thought that there would definitely be the next change, no matter what it was, if she read it all, she should be able to solve the puzzle of this pit.
Soon after, Lynn noticed that some dragonflies began to fly out of the pit, but before they reached the mouth of the pit, it was as if they were being dragged by something, and they could not fly any way, so they could only struggle in the air, and it was not long before they fell down and fell on the stairs of the pit wall.
What is that?
Under the reflection of the light, Lin noticed that a silver silk thread was attached to the dragonfly's back, and although it was extremely thin and difficult to see, the pull seemed to be very strong.
Now a large number of dragonflies began to fly away from the pit, but they were all controlled by this silk thread without exception, and could not fly out of the huge pit.
Strange, when were these lines connected? They must not have been when they reproduced, otherwise they would fly around and the silk threads would be mixed together, so when they were tired of breeding, they stuck to it when they were resting?
There must be some kind of creature...... Doing this without Lynn noticing.
Because Lin mostly stayed on the water at the bottom of the pit and couldn't see the situation on the higher stairs around her, Lin remembered that there were many caves with a diameter of one to two meters on some of the higher stairs, and maybe other creatures were hiding inside.
A large number of dragonflies were caught by the line, and due to exhaustion, they only struggled for a moment before falling from the air, most of them landed on the stairs, and some fell on the water.
Leviathan spread its wings on the surface of the water, and when the wings swelled and slowly flew up, Lin observed the dragonflies that had fallen and were still struggling, and there was definitely something out to pick them up.
As the Leviathan reached a certain height, Lynn saw a cavern on a staircase, and sure enough, some creatures were crawling out.
These are small arthropods, about five centimeters each, that resemble a creature called a bee in the twisted jungle, though they have no wings.
Let's call it 'Black Bee'.
Black bees crawl out of their burrows in large numbers, attacking nearby dragonflies that fall, tearing them apart with their sharp jaws, and dragging them towards the burrows.
Lynn noticed that the black bees with black carapaces appeared all over the steps of the pit, and they were all doing the same job - tearing the dragonflies apart and bringing them back to the cave.
The black bee didn't seem to notice the massive Leviathan, and Lynn noticed that none of the creatures had eyes, and they relied on their tentacles to determine their orientation.
This creature ...... Could it be the culprit behind the silk threads that stuck to the dragonflies? Or is it ......
Lin suddenly found that a strange creature suddenly appeared in a cave, and its body was a ball of flesh more than half a meter long and a cyst on its body, and it was silvery white, quite conspicuous.
The creature also had a huge eyeball, and when it saw the Leviathan with it, it let out a strange cry.
And sure enough...... These organisms are also clearly taxonomic and cooperative, like the Aztecs.
The ball of flesh made a strange 'click' sound, and another creature emerged from the burrow, resembling an obese oval worm, carried by a black bee and unable to move.
The fat worms opened their mouths to aim at the Leviathan in the air, and then spewed out a sticky filament that hit the Leviathan's carapace.
Lynn noticed that there were many fat worms in the cave that were also carried by the black bees, and they sprayed a large number of silk threads at the Leviathan, sticking to the Leviathan's carapace, wings, and various locations, and then the black bees pulled the fat worms back and forth, trying to drag the Leviathan down.
I see, so I can figure out what this pit is, and what those dragonflies are all about.
Although it is not known if they built the pit, it is clear that these creatures live here, and they are supposed to be responsible for cleaning up the sand and dust in the pit, and then use the pit to store water, and also attract prey, and can catch a large number of dragonflies on a large scale at a time.
Those threads should have been glued in the dark of night, because dragonflies don't have very good night vision.
Those worm eggs in the water are supposed to have something to do with them, and are used as 'bait'.
It is unknown how long these creatures have lived here, but it is clear that they know how to use the environment to get food and water for themselves.
Isn't that amazing...... They clearly possess intelligence beyond common creatures, and Lynn believes they are extremely valuable for research.
Lin gave them a name, 'Inca Swarm', and for some of the more wonderful creatures, Lynn would also have more wonderful names in her mind.
However, Lin still has a lot of puzzles about this 'Inca swarm', why don't they twist the jungle, but live in the big pit of this desert, living without a meal?
It's weird, they can't be unaware that there's a twisted jungle, right? The Aztec worm is too far away, and it has its own pinnacle forest, so it's okay to say, but heavy rain in the desert should be very rare, otherwise the entire desert would have been covered by the jungle a long time ago, that is to say, did the Inca swarm eat it completely depending on the random rain?
Thinking of this, Lin suddenly felt a powerful force, dragging the Leviathan down to the right, and Lin found that there were more and more black bees joining the pull, and those fat insects were only responsible for the connection, and it was almost entirely the black bees that were contributing.
The strength is really great, obviously just a group of small creatures of five centimeters......
The power of arthropods lies in the hydraulic system, but Lin recently discovered that the energy conversion efficiency of arthropods is also very high, generally speaking, creatures like reptiles or salamanders, they can only exert about 30% of their muscle strength, if they are used excessively, they will guide the repair and nutrient supply to keep up and damage the muscles, but the transformation efficiency of arthropods is higher, they can use 90% of the muscle strength, which also makes the strength of arthropods far greater than their own body weight.
However, Leviathan's weight is dozens of times that of a dragonfly, and it is not so easy to pull it down.
Lynn aimed her cannon at the dense swarm of black bees, and a blast shot out.
This new type of explosive bomb is mixed with explosives, and when it hits the target, the explosive system inside is activated, and a lot of dissolved liquid is compressed inside.
'Boom! ’
The high-temperature dissolved liquid spread as the explosive exploded, stirring up a small shock wave, and countless black bees were scattered by the impact, and at the same time, once they came into contact with the dissolved liquid, the armor of the whole body would be corroded and festered in an instant.
The black bee force that pulled the Leviathan disintegrated at this moment, and the Leviathan took the opportunity to fly high into the air with a fierce wing, and those silk threads were also broken by the Leviathan at this moment, and only some broken threads were still stuck to the Leviathan.
The remaining Inca swarms fled back to the cave on the stairs with the silk-spinning fat worms on their backs, as if intending to abandon the Leviathan, and the swarms in other locations did not carry the dragonflies, but all ran into the cave.
After a few moments, the crater was as quiet as Lynn had begun to arrive, without looking at the struggling dragonflies.
Leviathan flew over the mouth of the pit and looked down on the crater.
There were quite a few caverns in the spiral, ring-by-ring staircase of the craters, more than a thousand in total, and Lin deduced that these caves might or may contain the secrets of the Inca swarms, perhaps their nests.
You should go in and study it.
'Hum......' Lynn suddenly heard a strange sound coming from under the pit.
Airplanes? This voice is......
I saw a large number of small insects flying out of the cave on the stairs and rushing straight towards the Leviathan! ……………………………………………………………………
Thanks to ~godmorgan~cold~for the tip~PS: It's so hot......