4.6 Billion Year Symphony of Evolution

"The fragile brain, the life that is about to end, read the memory, extract the essence."

The lizard that is almost dying is in front of the head worm. This precious brain can provide precious information. It will show all doubts ... In fact, it does not matter if it has just died, but it is better to be alive.

Generally, the memory displayed by species with small brain capacity does not seem to be clear, but still can know a lot of information.

There used to be many creatures on this island, but it didn't last long. Among them, there was a habit that lasted a long time, that is, to reach the body of a huge creature "swimmer".

Swimmers usually go back and forth between several islands, there are also some larger islands, creatures rely on the back of the swimmers to travel to other areas.

So far, it is the same as Lin thought, but the island already has all the resources they need to live, so why take a swimmer to leave?

In addition, the swimmer seems to be more than one, and there are some other swimmers who have been here, and Lin saw this only died for unknown reasons, so the creatures riding it were trapped on it, and finally died. Too.

The cause of the swimmer ’s death is difficult to find. Lin did n’t find any traces of wounds in her body. The cells seem to stop working slowly. Perhaps the lifespan is up. Such giant creatures usually live very long.There is no such thing as life span.

It can only be said that the fate of the creature riding on it is not so good ...

The reason why they escape to the swimmers is to avoid some kind of 'something'.

The headworm said that that kind of thing left an extremely deep fear in the lizard's memory, it would sweep all the creatures on the island, and nothing would stay ...

The headworm said that it did not find out how these lizards knew that this kind of "stuff" would come to the island. Lynn speculated that it might come regularly. When they came, some creatures escaped by the swimmers, and then they came back after nothing happened. Breed so that their offspring remember to avoid it.

The lizard's memory of 'it' seems to be very vague. The lizard hasn't seen it directly, but the headworm found that this memory area contains a strong sense of fear.

Therefore, the head worms call it "the wandering plague".

It seems that after talking with Lin for a long time, the head worm will start to like the name like Lin ...

The plague usually refers to some very powerful germs or viruses, which can quickly kill organisms, and occasionally can become a terrible disaster than storms or earthquakes, but such things have a great weakness, that is, they cannot To deal with a rich environment of species.

If an environmental species is relatively simple, it will be quickly destroyed by the plague, but if the species is rich, the plague will be quite fragile. It is impossible for them to infect a variety of different creatures. If the place is like a twisted jungle, there is nothing Plagued.

So Lin thinks this 'thing' is not as simple as the plague, but the name is good, so it's so good.

So to speak, the "Skull Island" that Lin encountered before is very empty. It seems that it is not because of the dense fog, but because it has been attacked by the "Wandering Plague"?

Indeed, this possibility is very high, so that the creatures placed there may also be dangerous.

However, if the "plague" is a creature, it will not repeatedly attack the places it has visited, but should look for areas rich in species, like here.

There are not many memories of headworms, which only shows that the creatures on this island will use swimmers to avoid some dangers, but the details are not clear.

However, Lin can infer what happened to the sound lizard who was knocking on the stone on the island ...

The islands that Lin encountered along the way are quite barren and empty, but some islands will have traces of living creatures, and each island has some 'echo eggs'.

Maybe the echo eggs are a kind of record. The wandering plague will use the eggs to record the islands that have been attacked by them. When the sound of the eggs stops, that is, when the nutrients are exhausted, they will go back to attack the island again.

So the lizard used to knock the stones to mimic the sound of eggs, so that the wandering plague could bypass the island?

It is indeed possible ... Although I do n’t know how the lizard learns the relationship between the egg and the plague, the head worm found that the sound lizard ’s brain is particularly large, almost catching up with the ancient squid, and this is just Lin ’s guess, maybe there is a deeper relationship maybe.

However, what attacks may be suffered here are certain.

It ’s not an earthquake or a lava eruption. Those Lin can perceive that only biological attacks are unpredictable, and the course of action about this drifting plague is also very strange. If they attacked all the way along Lin ’s route, they should have arrived early. The island was gone, but they didn't show up, and Lynn didn't encounter them on the way.

And if it is from another route, why are there many islands with eggs on Lin's way?

In short, it seems necessary to be prepared. This "plague" may not only destroy animals, but also destroy plants and everything on the island, but ordinary creatures are unlikely to be destroyed, otherwise there will be no food to eat in the future. By the way, when they put eggs on the island, they will echo, and the time when their nutrients are exhausted may be when the island returns to its normal environment.

Although the egg should last only about two years, it is too short ... there are still many questions ...

However, now Lynn is getting ready, 'Wandering Plague' may be a plague with a large number of creatures, leaving nothing wherever ...

There are many questions about the ecology of this creature, maybe it is a species of division of labor, maybe it is not. They should have a certain relationship with the huge pile of corpses on the seabed. It is currently confirmed that only they will move in the sea, but they have never been close. If you cross the northern continent, Lin will definitely find this creature.

If they would eat up all the plants and animals, they must be crazy creatures, at least the war is very strong, but Lin thinks that it should be almost impossible to encounter a species stronger than the Inca swarm.

Maybe you should hide?Lin did not think so. If this was a war, Lin planned to face it directly. Besides, Lin did not like this kind of creature that was destroyed everywhere, and the head worms did not want to avoid it. Crazy, without order, it will be extinct. "

Lin is not sure which direction they will approach the island at the moment, so she simply put the observation arms on the edge of the entire island.

Of course, it is better to put them on the fort, but it feels too wasteful of resources. After all, it is an island of thirty kilometers.

At the same time, Lin also asked the reaper to search the nearby waters to see if they could find the wandering plague or the traces of their movement.

The odor will stay longer in the water than in the air, but the water will not flow well, so it is better to rely on vision.

Lin also sent some troops back to the islands where they found "echo eggs". At that time, these islands were all deserted. I did not go into detailed research to see what I might find.

'Skull Island' should be an island that has been restored. It is not completely covered with gravel and rocks, and there is a layer of green 'soil', but what should be found, Lin left some arms 'oxygen ball' there Originally, these were plant-type arms without sensory organs, but now they can also wake them up to see the situation of the island.

Lin quickly used nutrients to form eyeballs and organs in these "oxygen balls" to form a small flying person. The pilots drilled from the surface of the oxygen ball and flew to the Skull Island below to start the investigation.

The island is still shrouded in mist that has not dispersed. This is proof that the air is not circulating, so it can maintain a high level of oxygen.

The pilot observed the sky over the island. The creatures brought by Lin here are all on the island. They seem to have adapted to the environment of the island. Lin saw a big cockroach still eating a bunch of flying fish, and occasionally went to the island Of marine life became their food.

And the twisted trees planted by Lin both began to wither. Sure enough, the light is too dark, and the home trees seem to grow well. Lin did not insert them into the ground, but planted them directly on the ground .

The pilot found an open space, began to descend and devoured the soil here, studied the ingredients, to see if any traces could be found.

The soil is mixed with the ground and there are a lot of microorganisms. They are different in type, and it is difficult to find anything in it ...

The wandering plague seems to be a creature with strong decomposition ability. They leave no debris or any excrement. Only the barren islands left by the islands they have eaten ...

It ’s really hard for such creatures that do n’t spit bones to eat to find their marks ... Wait, this is ...

During the decomposition process, the pilot found some strange debris, which is similar to some fungal structures.

It seems not surprising that there are fungi here.

In the end, Lin did not find anything special. Although there are many types of microorganisms on the island, they are all wild bacteria that have not evolved into multi-cells, and even if there are any biological cell debris, they will be quickly decomposed by them. This humid environment does not stay long at all.

However, it is quite strange that no bones or carapace fragments were found.

After that, after a few days and nights, after a complete search of Skull Island, almost nothing was found, and Lin also explored some dry islands with 'echo eggs' around the nearby islands. There is hardly anything to find, only some carapace fragments or bone fragments, which proves nothing.

But there is no need to prove ...

The reaper who observed in the surrounding waters discovered a group of creatures that might be a 'wandering plague'.