"Goo......

The creatures that lived in the cold gathered together in front of Rin's eyes.

It's a place similar to the 'Central Hall', where there's a table full of fungal food, and a total of five fluffy creatures are gathering in this place, and they're here discussing something with each other.

Although Lynn still couldn't understand what they were saying.

But judging by their feelings, these creatures seem to be in a state of tension.

"Goo-goo!" "Nano Nainuo!"

These creatures communicate with this sound, their sentences are very vocal, and they are slowly understanding all of their language.

These creatures are probably talking about something about loss.

There weren't many of them, very few, and Lynn had thought that most of them had gone out, but that didn't seem to be the case.

Because, in the process of talking, these creatures can clearly feel their sadness of losing their companions.

Before, when Lynn's disc was walking around here, she found that there were a lot of empty rooms, and the creatures that lived in those empty rooms might have died.

What is the reason for this?

It shouldn't be because of the lack of food, because they still have a lot of food, although there is only a single variety......

Lynn found the place where the fungus lived before she watched them go to a meeting.

Much like a pom-pom fungus, these fungi can live in temperatures that are almost freezing, and their hyphae can extend into rock walls, absorbing and searching for nutrients inside.

Lynn discovered that the stone walls contained nutrients that could be absorbed by multicellular organisms. That's why this fungus grows very vigorously here. It also provides an abundant food for these long-haired creatures......

It's not a lack of food. Maybe there is something else going on for the death of the creatures here, too cold? Or what, but I haven't figured out why they're running outside, because there's enough food here, and they don't have to run out at all, but they can live here forever......

Probably because of the lack of energy, the most important thing in this underground cavern is actually the temperature, which is almost exactly the same as the Void on the surface of the tumbling one. It is difficult for any multicellular organism to live, and although it is deep underground, the temperature is still very low, so it is mainly a guò scattered all over the cave, a mushroom-like thing to radiate warmth.

The 'mushroom' is actually a mechanical device, and the mushrooms throughout the cave lead to a heating device at the bottom of the cave, which Lynn has not studied in detail, but it is clear that the creatures here need to constantly add energy to the device in order for it to keep running......

If there is no energy, every qiē here will be frozen. They can't live in this place either......

But where do these creatures go to find energy? And does it have anything to do with the fragments of the 'snow mushrooms' they were collecting in the first place?

While watching them discuss there, Lynn slowly began to understand them.

But. The easiest way to learn about their language is to look at their memories.

Rin already knew a little bit about their anatomy, but strangely enough, if they had been creatures with the Void People, they should have breathed oxygen.

But instead of oxygen, they breathe a gas here.

This gas is non-toxic and harmless to the Void People, but it cannot be used as oxygen, but the hairy creatures here can.

They depend on this gas for their livelihood.

There's a lot of mystery about this creature......

And their attitude towards the disc seems quite strange.

"Wow, whoa, whoa?" As Lynn was thinking, a creature approached.

Now, the disc is in a state of being captured, having been caught in a trap while inspecting a room and locked up by a cage that suddenly appeared......

Lin wanted to see how the creatures would react when they caught the disc, so they didn't run away, and they just carried the cage to the meeting place in the center, and then met in front of the disc to discuss.

They didn't seem to care much about the discs, but it occurred to Lynn that since they could make traps, it meant that there were occasional intruders here.

There may be other kinds of creatures living here.

And now, after their meeting, they seem to be going to bother with the discs.

Lin saw a hairy creature approaching, they were standing and moving, but when they put on their armor, they were moving on their stomachs, and they felt like the Void People......

The creature walked over to the disc's cage and took out a piece of it and handed it to the disc.

This is the 'lump' that the fungus of their food has condensed, and it is also the part of the fungus that they eat.

Now, they seem to be planning to give this thing to the disc to eat?

In fact, the discs look more like metal machines, and they actually think of the discs as if they were living things? It's amazing.

The disc didn't move, and the hairy creature tried it and found that the disc was ignoring it, and it reached back.

And its next action made Lynn feel even more strange, and it opened the cage directly.

They seem to think the disc is not a threat, so they open it? Thinking about it, the disc flew out of the cage.

And these creatures all looked at the disc with a curious expression.

It seems that they really don't think that the disc is a harmful creature, so in that case, let's communicate with them in a more normal way......

And so, Lynn let the disc 'live' in this place.

After that, the creatures were free to move around the disc at will, though it wasn't much different from before.

Here, Lynn continued to study the creatures, observe their lives, and so on......

These hairy creatures live a very ordinary life, they play there with some entertainment tools in addition to eating, and they play with things that are very similar to toys made by the imaginary people.

However, nowadays, the Void People don't play with toys much, and they like to use video installations to see all kinds of things from the time they are young......

These creatures do not have video installations, although they do have some mechanical objects. But they don't seem to make new ones on their own. Only the original will be used.

These creatures are a type of personality creatures. In the process of getting along with them, Lin also slowly learned their language.

I felt that their language was very easy to understand, a little simpler than that of the Void People, and soon, Lin began to communicate with them.

"You...... Can talk? ”

The hairy creatures were surprised when the disc first interacted with them, but they quickly adapted and began to communicate with the disc......

"You're from above? Does the above refer to the outside? Why is it from the outside? What are you doing here? ”

But. These creatures, which may have something to do with the Void People, don't seem to be as intelligent as the Void People, and their minds feel similar...... Pups alike.

"We haven't seen a creature like you." "It's so much fun!" "Aren't you eating?" "Eat this, it's going to be delicious."

A circle of furry creatures surrounded the disk, and there were fifteen of them, the most Lynn had seen here.

But there is no 'leader' among them, and they all feel like cubs.

"Have you been living here?" The discs did not answer, but asked questions of them.

"yes, we've always lived here." One of the furry creatures replied, "Let's collect the food that grows on the wall, and you can eat a little of it, it's delicious." ”

"Yes, yes. Do you live outside? It must be scary out there. Another hairy creature said, "We can only have warmth here, so you can live here." There are fewer and fewer of our companions. ”

"Warm ......," the disc asked, "Did you make the warmth machine?" ”

"Manufacturing? We're not going to make it, it's what was left over from before. The hairy creature replied as he waved his arms as if gesturing something: "What was left over from a long time ago, we know, feed it, and it will keep us warm ......"

The other hairy creature continued, "But...... Recently, it has been difficult to find the food it eats, and if it doesn't eat it, it won't give us warmth, so we can only continue to work hard to find it, but ...... Many of his companions were killed as a result. ”

At this point, a wave of sadness swelled up among them......

Sure enough, the situation here is exactly the same as Lin thought.

But why was it killed?

"We don't know either, but we hear their screams, something is attacking us." That's how the hairy creature answered.

"We usually look for food in the 'wasteland', but since that thing came along, we haven't gone there."

"Wasteland?" The disc asked, "Where is that?" ”

"Below our dwelling, it is said that many companions used to live." One of the furry creatures said, "We can find food there, too, but not now." ”

The disc hesitated for a moment, then continued to ask, "Do you know ...... then?"

………

Then Lynn asked them a lot more questions.

However, all of these creatures are completely unknown about their life history and why they inhabit this place, and they only know that they are constantly replenishing the heater and collecting the fungus on the wall.

It feels like their living conditions are getting closer and closer to those of ordinary wild creatures.

This reason is probably related to the fungi they eat.

After examining their heads closely, Lynn discovered that the fungi they ate had some effect on their nerves, making them more intelligent than cubs......

So, a deeper investigation is needed to understand them......

So, the discs flew to the place they described...... That place is called 'Wasteland'. (To be continued......)

PS: Thanks to ~phin~~1888~~~~!!

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