Chapter 23: Devouring

The troops that came from the drop pod had a large number of phages, and in order to protect them, Lynn joined many predators as combat units.

Because it is not known what kind of counterattack the Chibucha worm will take, so these troops are the leading tentative troops, a hundred predators defend near the phage, and the phage begins to quickly devour the fungus here, starting from the hyphae on the ground, because the fungus here is not contagious, all the phage has to do is to roll them into the body and then devour and decompose, without having to deal with the dissolved solution of the fungus, so the fungus here is much easier to deal with than the outside.

Lin cast a lot of phages, they would merge together as they expanded, and now they covered an area of about ten meters, and Lin made them grow outward in a circle, thus devouring the whole island.

If they don't spread to the outer islands and release pompoms, Lin won't attack them, at most just let some classes observe here, but if they continue to spread here, it will be a threat to the creatures on the surrounding islands and even the mainland, so they must be disposed of.

Originally, she was going to observe for a while, but now she felt that there was no need for this, and it was unlikely that the habits of these creatures would be changed, and the Chibucha Worm that lived here ...... They do feed on fungi, and their digestive system cannot digest anything other than the only fungus, the plague fungus, and the Chibucha worm here is a species that is extremely dependent on the plague fungus.

So it's possible that they'll be destroyed along with the fungus, though not necessarily, but at least when Lin destroys most of the fungus on the island. Wait a little longer. Their pompoms may infect more islands.

But the island is quite large. I'm afraid it won't be that easy, and there seem to be a lot of secrets hidden on the island.

Behemoth flew back to the beach after releasing the drop pod, and the flagship had to be in a position convenient for retreat, just in case.

Now, it's just a matter of waiting to see what the Chibucha worm will do to fight back......

The phage devoured the mycelium on the ground, like a sea of blue gelatinous sea, and as it expanded, it came into contact with the giant mushroom trees, and the phage slowly surrounded the mushroom stems with its amoeba-like body. Then the entire stem was corroded and festered, and the mushroom tree, with the broken stem, collapsed into the sea formed by the phage, and was slowly devoured......

Predators patrol around the phage, and occasionally a nutrient ball will appear on the surface of the phage, which can be eaten by the predator, among the predators there are individuals similar to 'queens', which can produce quite a few small predators, and grow quickly by eating the nutrient balls, and the number of predators is constantly increasing under the large amount of nutrients obtained after devouring the fungus.

Right now. The phage has covered a diameter width of more than thirty meters,

On the way to Lynn's expansion. There are always some small sounds in the surrounding jungle, and those kibucha bugs are hidden in the surrounding jungle, but they dare not show up to attack.

In that case, let's wait slowly.

Time passed slowly, and when the night began to brighten, the creatures around the jungle such as fluorescent jellyfish were hiding, and so were the Chibucha bugs, which did not seem to move during the day.

Na Lin's movements are much more convenient, the phage is getting bigger and bigger, and its growth rate is also multiplied by the huge amount of nutrients obtained, and if the entire island is swallowed, Lin can be used to create a new giant class...... A super giant class that should be as huge as an island, and on this class, Lynn can build her own ecological environment.

'Boom! ’

Suddenly, the footsteps of some creature could be heard in the woods.

It seemed to be a large creature, and Lynn didn't remember a creature here that could cause such footsteps.

'Boom...... Knock ......'

The sound grew louder and louder, coming from the northern position of the phage, and Lin asked the predators around her to gather in which direction, ready to face a possible battle.

The two mushroom trees of 'Ga ......' were hit by a force, and a large creature more than three meters tall and more than six meters long appeared in front of the group of predators.

What is this......

The creature moved on its stout fours, but Lynn looked at it like any creature, its body was covered in purple and it didn't look like the skin of a creature, but rather a thick layer of mycelium, and on its back there were many swollen cysts, and the creature's head had no mouth, but two pairs of yellow eyes.

It's an animal that looks like a fungal aggregate, but is it really an animal? How can plague fungi combine such structures? It seemed unlikely, and Lynn felt that there should be another reason.

Of course, you can't understand until you decompose, and this creature is currently called a 'fungus monster'.

......The fungus monster made a strange sound, like a bubble in the water, and it itself got faster and faster under the sound, and Lynn's predator pounced on the monster at the same time.

The fungal monster suddenly lifted its upper body up, standing on only its legs, and with its free forelimbs, it swung violently, slapping several predators that jumped at it in the first place, and the force seemed to be strong enough to break the predator's arthropods.

The predators in the rear immediately dispersed, and they completely surrounded the fungus.

These predators still retain their former abilities...... Flame.

'Whew! ’

The predators spewed out a series of flames and hit the fungus monster, and the flames began to spread and burn along the fungal structure on its body, and the fungus monster suddenly let out a burst of "grunt" sounds, and Lin found that the creature did not have any feelings, but was simply barking.

As the flames burned, the monster's outer structure was disintegrated by the heat, revealing what it looked like inside.

Inside, it didn't look like a fungus, it looked like an animal but had been skinned, and the structure of the muscles was scorched in the flames, giving off a barbecue-like aroma.

Then the outer layer of muscle structure slowly burned and fell off, then the internal organs, and finally the whole body burned to only a skeleton.

The structure of this creature has obviously been modified, and no matter how much the ordinary creature burns it, the meat will not fall off so easily, and it may have been some kind of large reptilian species, but it has been infected by the fungus beyond recognition.

The fungus monster died, and the flames slowly extinguished, but it left more mysteries behind......

These fungi ...... It's as if a creature has been completely modified, not just the brain. (To be continued......)