4.6 Billion Year Symphony of Evolution
251 The Island That Was Life
The reaper quickly circumnavigated the entire island. On the island, in addition to gravel and rocks, it was a corpse.
The whole island was obviously hit by a storm, and all the skeletons, debris and other things were blown up and down, but some parts remained intact, most of the skeletons were reptiles, and some were arthropod crusts. One of the largest reptilian skeletons is more than three meters long, and only a skeleton remains in its tail, but it can still be seen that this reptile is very good at swimming in the water.
In addition, there are many small arthropods. Their bodies are everywhere on the island. This should be caused by the storm, but there are still a part of them. They are piled up in various bones and gnawing. The nutrients that are not exhausted inside.
These creatures were supposed to have gathered on this island in large numbers. Obviously they came from the upstream of the previous island. They tried to hide here to avoid the danger. Obviously the danger is not a storm. Instead, they are closer to the storm.
And Lin speculates that they may have died before the storm, for no other reason, but basically died of starvation or lack of water ...
Most terrestrial organisms cannot filter the salt in the sea. Generally speaking, after drinking seawater, they must secrete 150% of the fresh water in the body to solve the salt in the seawater, so the more drinking the seawater, the worse.
They have been here for a long time, and it is only accidental to encounter a storm, but the strange thing is that there are no creatures trying to return to the original island. They actually prefer to die in such a barren place.
Or they are waiting for the opportunity, but after a long time, they have no physical strength?Lynn must figure out why this is, and will not leave this place before.
However, headworms can't read the memories of the small arthropods that are still alive here. Their nervous system is relatively simple, so ...
what is that?
The reaper observing back and forth over the island suddenly saw something strange black beneath a stone on the island.
Is there anything hidden there?
The reaper quickly accelerated towards the rock, and with a loud noise, the rock was suddenly knocked out, revealing a black structure under the rock.
What the hell is this?The reaper flew to the black object to observe carefully, and Lin found that this seemed to be a chitin ...
Is there any large creature buried here?It seems to be quite a large arthropod.
The reaper itself is not suitable for excavation or investigation, so Lin let ten bombers fly here because the distance is very close, the bomber arrived at the island in a few hundred seconds, and the bomber also brought some worms for excavation Types of arms, they began to dig near the shells exposed on the ground.
The things buried underneath were motionless, and ... after digging up the gravel around the chitin, she discovered more chitin.
Seems like a big creature?Lin asked the worms to continue digging until after digging a diameter of more than ten meters, Lin found that all the black shells were under the gravel.
Could it be that……
Lin let the reaper fly to the edge of the island and enter the sea immediately. The reaper can move and breathe in the sea. After entering the sea, Lin saw the bottom structure of the island. The island is not a rock-like structure, but a Large piles of thick arthropods.
Each arthropod has a length of almost ten meters or more, and the fleece grows in a row on both sides. It seems to be used for paddling. These arthropods are connected to a huge carapace, and the size of this carapace is equal to The whole island is equal ...
In that case, this island is a huge ... arthropod?Is there an animal that is bigger than the home tree?
Lin let the worms on the island directly drill the shells on the island. Lin found that these shells were extremely thick, and there were many small holes and other structures on it. However, relying on the strong dissolving liquid, Lin's worms still penetrated.
The shell is a dark space, but just like a creature, it is full of internal organs and blood, but they are not working ...
Is this creature dead?Indeed, those arthropods that Lin saw underwater were motionless.
But Lin now seems to have guessed what.
More exploration is needed. The worms continue to walk through this organism, testing the entire huge creature. At the same time, the bomber also began to devour the corpses on the island, creating more worms to join in the observation.
Creatures that are two hundred meters long and one hundred meters wide will take a long time to search. Near the night, Lin finally basically explored. This creature, it should be said that this group of creatures, is called by Lin.
This is indeed not a creature, but a huge group of creatures. The shape of the "Swimmers" is somewhat like a flat beetle. Their bodies are about ten meters long and three meters high. Each has eight arthropods for paddling or predation. Their internal organs are similar to marine arthropods like trilobites, but the biggest feature is that their carapace is connected to each other and their esophagus There are also interconnections, which is a very strange way of life. They may just float around in the sea and devour plankton for a living.
But because of this, they formed a huge island, and the gravel on the island seemed to be made by themselves. Lynn found that the carapace on their back had a small hole. It is estimated that they sprayed all kinds of debris collected in the sea. On the back, it is estimated to be used for camouflage, and there is a fairly thick layer. The previous storm has not been completely scraped off. The rock on it does not know what is going on.
When this 'walker' approached the island, the creatures on the island fled to its back, but the swimmer did not know why it died, and the creatures on its back were trapped, only Starved or thirsty.
As it turns out, creatures did not escape to the sea to find death, but intended to take the "Swimmers", which may reach other islands or even the mainland, and then they could land there.
But so far I do n’t know the reason why the creatures want to escape, if they can ...
There is a live one!
The bomber fluttering on the island suddenly found a lizard crawling out after a skeleton!
This lizard seems to be the same species as the 'sound lizard'. It is now lying on the ground. It seems that the physical strength has reached the limit, but it is still alive.
Just die.
The bomber flew over immediately, picked it up with his arthropods, and then flew back quickly towards the original island.