Chapter 118: The Third Party Who Ended the War
Lin found that the greatest creature ever fell so spectacularly, the whole giant tree first made a loud creaking sound, because the branches at the top of the home tree extended into the rock formation at the top of the cave, and when it fell, the huge crack suddenly cracked and spread on the top of the cave, and countless rocks were pulled apart and collapsed by the fallen tree, and finally as the structure of the tree could not bear the pressure of its weight, it shattered, and the whole tree also collapsed.
The moment the tree crashed to the ground, the entire underground world thundered loudly, and beneath this tree was exactly where the two Purgatory Worms were.
The Infernal Worms were so slow that they couldn't even retract back into the ground quickly, and when they couldn't dodge, they could only watch as the collapsed hometree fell on their heads.
Although they were the largest animals, they were almost vulnerable to the impact of a giant tree that was more than three hundred meters high, and the solid carapace of their bodies was crushed and flattened in an instant, and Lin only heard a sound of chitinous matter being crushed and a strong scream, and the two huge creatures were crushed into pieces.
A part of the worm's head was exposed outside the collapsed homestead, and its internal organs spewed out more than a hundred meters away, which made Lynn sigh at the terrifying weight of the homestead......
The tonnage of the Homeland Tree has never been tested, but now, the war is completely over.
But there's another problem, a very important one.
It wasn't Lynn's doing.
That's right, the fall of the Homestead Tree had nothing to do with Rin, and no matter what, Rin wouldn't risk the Underworld collapsing to bring down the Homestead Tree. Because the homecoming tree is likely to be the 'support column' here.
Even if you drill a hole in it. It is also carefully calculated so as not to affect the main structure of the tree. It's even less likely that you're going to knock it down on purpose.
Was that the Inca swarm doing? It's also unlikely, why are they smashing themselves? And Lynn was very careful when she found the structure of the Inca swarm's tree holes, they wouldn't knock down a tree anyway, and although they had burned the homestead tree, they knew it wouldn't be a threat......
So, since it wasn't an Inca swarm, how did the homestead tree collapse?
That's what Lynn is going to look into next, and it's pretty weird. The whole of the home tree is very strong, how can it be disconnected from the middle?
Lin asked the troops at the back of the army to appear, these are the collectors used to clean up the battlefield, Lin originally planned to let them recover all the corpses on the battlefield after the war, and at the same time study some powerful Inca swarm troops, it seems that it is now early.
A large number of collectors appeared from the forest to the north, and because it felt that there were not enough of them, Lin had the mobile base start producing more collectors, and at the same time, the collectors also went to the battlefield to devour what could be eaten. Including those creatures that have been scorched.
The Earthbreakers are still in a coma, and it seems that the mucoic acid is working very well. But why are the Incas' Inferno Worms able to create a gas that spoils mucus acid?
Lin didn't think too much about it at the time, but now that she thinks about it for half a second, she knows that this is a very simple question, because the mucous acid is blocked in the vents of the Earth Splitter, so there must be some seepage into it and absorbed by the olfactory organs of the Earth Splitter, and then even if the Earth Splitter is in a coma, their brains may be running at low power, so that they can send the information of the acid to the Purgatory Worms, after all, the Inca swarm classes can be connected to each other.
The Infernal Worm received the information about the acid and began to release gas in an attempt to help the Earth Splitter get out of his state.
Although it was the first time that Lynn had used this mucilic acid, it was actually made up of a combination of the usual dissolved liquid and some mucus, and many common creatures could secrete similar substances, so it was not surprising that the Inca swarm was familiar with it.
Lin left the Earth Splitter to sleep for the time being, and the Collector to deal with the other corpses, as well as the fallen tree and the creatures below.
The Collector was small enough to burrow under the collapsed Giant Tree, and inside the Collector found that the Purgatory Worms were almost completely flattened, littered with blood and carapace fragments, making it a hassle to study.
While the shell of the Purgatory Worm may normally be very good at resisting deep pressure, it is lightly crushed by the Homestead Tree, a situation that Lynn has also studied.
This situation is like a fish that can resist the pressure of several kilometers of water in the deep sea, but it can be lightly knocked flat by any hard object.
Lynn calls it 'complete pressure' and 'incomplete pressure,' and it's kind of funny.
In short, the collector began to disassemble some of the blood and organs that devoured the worm under the tree, but it was difficult to know what its internal structure was with a few cells alone.
At the same time, Lynn also had some collectors climb trees to study the cause of the tree breaking and falling.
After a period of research, Lin found that there were many cavities and cracks in the overall wooden structure of the Homestead Tree, and these damages were almost all over the entire tree, but there were many in the twenty to thirty meters high part, plus the Homestead Tree was hit by sandblasting sand balls during the war, blasted by armor, hit by Earthbreakers with giant jaws, burned by Purgatory Worms, and under various influences, it finally broke open and collapsed.
Although the war with the Inca swarm had a great impact, it boiled down to countless damages inside.
What causes this damage?
It was something Lynn was familiar with...... Fungi.
The entire homestead tree is overgrown with fungi, and it is not known when they began to grow, but they have damaged the woody structure of the homestead tree so much that the fungus has filled it with cavities and cracks, making the whole tree close to a state of extreme weakness.
Homestead Tree ...... Will it be affected by fungi?
Lynn remembered that the head worm had also said when she saw the homecoming tree on land: "The homehouse tree does not collapse and collapse, the trunk composition is quite strong, only fungi can destroy the structure of the tree, there is no fungus here." ”
The homecoming trees on land are fine, but fungi have invaded the underworld......
'Click......'
At this moment, a violent sound suddenly sounded, and a large crack appeared on the roof of the cave that was originally supported by the homestead tree, and these cracks continued to spread and expand, and a large number of luminous creatures fell as a result.
Sure enough, the Homestead Tree has a crucial effect on the support of the cave.
The rift stops when it spreads to a certain extent, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to spread, and the structure inside may have been damaged.
Fungi...... If you invade this underground world, it will probably destroy the entire underground, is this what Rin's troops brought in?
Lin immediately asked the troops in the rocky base to start studying the surrounding homestead trees, and Lin didn't find any fungi at first, in fact, these fungi were relatively hidden, even if they dug up the homestead trees, they couldn't be seen without decomposing the structure inside.
Found out! Lynn also found the fungus in the homestead tree on the other side of the rocks, but the amount was very small, and there was no threat to it, and there was still time to deal with it.
But why is this homeyard tree so fragile that fungus crawls all over its body?
Does it have anything to do with the time of infection? No, it should be the difference in immune cells.
Lin found that the homecoming tree on the other side of the rock has a special cell that can resist the spread of fungi, but this tree here has no immune cells, so it leads the fungus to spread?
Why is this happening?
Perhaps there is only one reason, the home trees on these two sides are too far apart, and the two sides have lost contact and reproduction for too long, and the immune system in the body has begun to be a little different.
It's a mystery how long the homestead trees live, but they are very far apart, and Lynn has done some research on them, and even some of the trees have different internal structures.
Speaking of breeding, Lynn had never seen hometree breeding, nor had she ever seen them have seeds or anything, they were located in various locations in the Underworld as if they were fixed, and Lynn had no idea how they spread and spread the population.
It is necessary to let the home tree with immunity reproduce in order to give birth to offspring that are not afraid of fungi, of course, Lin has already tried to 'transplant immune cells' on land, but it usually doesn't work, even if it is the same species, the immune cells in an organism will kill other immune cells from the same kind, which is quite troublesome,
If the transplanter and the transplantee were split from the same organism, there would be little rejection, but it is obviously unlikely that the individuals would be so far apart.
By the way, the propagation of the homecoming tree may have something to do with the Inca swarm.
The Inca swarm should know how hometree reproduces...... Other words......
Gotta find the Inca swarm.
The current situation of the Inca swarm can be said to be quite strange, after the two purgatory worms were crushed to death, a large number of troops in their territory ran out of the homestead, the war between the Inca swarm and Lynn did not use all the troops, but they did not want to continue fighting, but almost every army is building the same kind of rock nest as before, they grind the rocks, mix them with spider silk and slime and put them together to form a tower or ball, and make many holes in the surface as passages, what do they mean by making these things?
Either way, Lynn had to see if they had any way to reproduce the homestead tree, and Lynn really didn't want to win only to find out that the place was about to collapse.
At the same time, Lin has also done some research on the crushed Purgatory Worm, the Purgatory Worm is relatively crushed because of the crushed head, it is difficult for Lin to figure out its brain structure, and can only make some calculations and guesses, but the collectors can drill into the other part of the Purgatory Worm's body buried underground for detailed research.
How many secrets will this wonderful giant creature have? (To be continued......)
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