Book 2: Chapter 47 The Extreme North


    Thirty daytimes had passed  a part of Lin''s green carpet returned. Their nutrients were stored in the two-meter oval bodies of the transporters. In order to avoid being hunted by other organisms, they were ced in a cavern which had been specially dug for this purpose. The entrance to the cavern was narrow enough thatrge organisms could not enter and the transporters would only leave the cavern when the disaster was close.


    While the green carpet recall had proceeded smoothly, Leviathan still hadn''t found a safe location.


    The exploring eyeballs releasedst time had all died, most of them eaten. They had not found any good ces, and hadn''t even managed to swim out of the range of the dark iceyer.


    As to the study of the light threads.


    The threads covered several dozens of meters in area. They did rely on the debris left behind through hunting or death by the organisms higher up in the water. While they were simr to nts, they had brains.


    All of the threads were connected to a sphere in the center. There was a brain structure simr to other organisms. It directed the movement of all the threads so they could quickly surround any food.


    This was a magical structure. Lin had a hard time imagining how it evolved.


    So Lin copied them and made a glowing-like structure near them. However, it did not receive any food. Was it in a bad position? Or was it too random?


    These questions were not important. The crux was this method was not very feasible, and the efficiency could notpare to photosynthesis. No wonder these glowing threads only covered this small area.


    However, Lin still copied their feeding method to create a new cell unit. If there was the chance, Lin could test it.


    Also, during this study time, Lin released more eyeballs. This time, they swam further away. Some even found exits and sessfully left the ocean region covered in ice to reach anothernd!


    Then the eyeball was eaten.


    However, Lin still received the information. Now it did not have to study this unreliable method. Leviathan could head at full speed towards the target.


    The other side of the ocean, another piece ofnd


    Lin did not know how manynd pieces were on this world, maybe many  but finding just one took a long time as the ocean was toorge.


    Leviathan was much faster than the eyeball but it still swam underneath the dark iceyer for three days before reaching the destination the eyeball had seen.


    The light of day illuminated this region of water. Leviathan saw a prosperous scene.


    The geography here was simr to previous ces, the bottom made from coral reefs and sand dunes. All kinds of organisms swam here and hunted each other.


    The light here was abundant, and the organisms plentiful. This ce was suited for the green carpet, but out of caution, Lin still had to test if there were dangers nearnd here


    Leviathan swam past the coral reefs towards the beach near thend, and threw out a base seed.


    The moment the base seednded on the sand, a familiar vibration passed into Lin''s thoughts.


    A feeling like before  Was thend here the same? Would it also have a dramatic change in a year? Why? The two ces were several hundred kilometers away


    Lin now had urate descriptors for directionsposed of "north, south, east and west." Its original base had been near the "east" and this one was near the "west". The two were not connected at all, and separated by a vast ocean covered in ice. Why would it have a simr reaction?


    Would a great change ur to the entire world?


    No, Lin had to find a safe ce.


    There were only a few directions left. If Lin could not findnd, it would hide at the center of the ocean, and wait for the cmity to pass before returning toy the green carpet out again.


    Lin had intentions of going onnd and spreading the green carpet. However,nd was filled with too many uncertain factors right now, and thend may even split into many pieces during the disaster.


    Leviathan releasedrge numbers of eyeballs again. They were responsible for searching the south, while Leviathan turned and swam north.


    Lin had a strange feeling that the north might have something special. The feeling was too strange andcked realism but Lin still wanted to see.


    However, Leviathan''s nutrients were running out. It would first replenish those.


    Lin looked around and immediately saw a seemingly suitable prey nearby.


    This was something simr to the smander, but unlike the fire smander, these smanders were only half a meter long and had ck skin.


    Lin could test its new units


    Leviathan slowly swam near this smander and then released small eyeballs only five centimeters in diameter. The small spheres swam towards the smander and stuck to its skin.


    At the start, the smander did not feel a thing. Then the small spheres released many threads with sharp ends that pierced into the smander''s skin and releasedrge volumes of dissolving fluid.


    At the same time, these threads would absorb the remnants of the dissolved cells and quickly turn them into nutrients. They could grow quickly, stretching towards the smander''s heart and other important organs.


    The smander struggled the entire time until thest moment of its life when its organs were wrapped in the threads. It finally copsed on the sand and became motionless.


    Such an interesting unit


    Leviathan went near the smander and gathered up the threads and the smander. This smander did not seem to be poisonous.


    Then Lin hunted some nearby organisms, obtained enough nutrients and started to travel north.


    It wondered if there was enough time


    Leviathan once again swam deep into the ocean. Almost the entire ocean was covered in ayer of ice. Only ces nearnd had the warm light.


    But the organisms of cold water were varied as well. Jellyfish, sea stars, sharks and ammonites liked to swim below the iceyer. However, if the iceyer existed, Lin could not spread the green carpet.


    It continued to travel north for a very long time.


    As day and night switched, the original green carpet had almost beenpletely taken back. Lin had almost a thousand transporters. Now, they did not need to dig any holes. When so many two-meter long organisms gathered together, even thergest dunkleosteus did not dare to attack.


    Lin had almost finished preparing, but Leviathan still hadn''t foundnd. It travelled through the dark ice


    Half a year had passed.


    Was there nond in the north? But the eyeballs that explored other directions had not found anything either.


    Lin could not wait any longer. It had the transporter start to swim to the center of the ocean, the furthest ce away fromnd, to wait for the time. It left behind some observers onnd to observe changes.


    Leviathan continued to swim north. Even if it could not findnd, Lin wanted to find the exit to the iceyer.


    This was a long journey. For the first time, Lin felt the size of the world. During travel, it discovered many familiar or unfamiliar organisms, but not the end of the ice.


    Did the ice not have an end? As day and night changed, there was less than ten days to the cmity date that Lin had calcted.


    Right now, Lin hoped to find water not covered by ice rather thannd.


    In the dark icy water, an end finally appeared in front of Leviathan.


    The iceyer disappeared. Leviathan floated on the surface and could see the starlight shining on the dark ocean. This may be the ce it thought of.


    Lin''s feeling was correct. It had seeded. It could have the transporters immediatelye here. Lin could create an enormous green carpet on the ocean. This way, it could stay away from the dangers onnd.


    Wait


    Lin suddenly saw an enormous ck shadow in the distance.


    Land? But thisnd seemed  strange. Thend it usually saw was t and deste. Why did thisnd have so many spikes?


    Maybe the description was not well, but Lin could not see very clearly in the dark.


    Trantor Ramblings: If we say several hundred kilometers is between 200  400km, and Lin swam for 72 hours (3*24 assuming same number of hours in a day), then Lin was swimming between 2.7 and 5.5 km/h which actually is in line with average walking speed of a human.


    Also, if we assume this is the Denovian period, here''s what the Denovian continents looked like.


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