Chapter 196

 The internal organs of the Purgatory Worm were gone.

When the collector penetrated the esophagus wall and drilled into the body of the Purgatory Worm, Lin found that there were no blood vessels, no organs, nothing. They did not disappear, but were eaten.

It was crowded with a kind of small worm with a body length of more than one meter. They looked exactly the same as the big Purgatory Worm. Lin remembered that when the second Purgatory Worm drilled out, many of these small worms appeared at the same time. They drilled into the body of the Purgatory Worm that was injured by Lin's explosion. At that time, Lin thought they might be healing, but she did not expect to see them eating the organs of the Purgatory Worm.

And there were quite a lot of them. Lin remembered that there should not be so many worms drilled out at that time, and there was not even a hole in the esophagus wall of the Purgatory Worm. How did they get in?

The little worms were not toothless like the Purgatory Worm. They had several circles of saw-like teeth in their circular mouths. They devoured all the internal organs, blood, and other things in a frenzy. They almost ate a huge space in the Purgatory Worm's body. They did not notice the entry of the small collector and were still devouring all kinds of flesh and blood. But they seemed to have reached a consensus that none of the worms would bite the esophagus wall.

Did the Inca worms intend to eat all the internal organs of the Purgatory Worm so that Lin could not decompose the information inside? But how did they know that Lin imitated other creatures by learning the internal structure of other creatures?

In any case, it was too late to stop them now. The whole body of the Purgatory Worm had been gnawed into pieces, leaving only some muscle structure connected to the shell and esophagus. When did they start eating? They were so fast. It did not seem like they started eating after the Purgatory Worm was crushed to death.

It was not easy for Lin to let the large troops push open the Hometree and come here. But now, compared to killing them. It was better to follow them and find out the purpose of these little worms eating the Purgatory Worm.

Lin asked one of the collectors to deliberately go to a Purgatory Worm that was constantly devouring flesh and blood. The Purgatory Worm did not have any doubts and swallowed the collector and the food together.

The flesh and blood of the Purgatory Worm were piled up in the little worm's body. Too much food caused the dissolution of the little worm to be too dispersed. Lin's collector could easily make a wound in the little worm's body and successfully parasitize its body near the brain. This way, Lin could keep track of the worm.

Lin watched the worms eat for a while. In the end, almost all the organs except for the flesh were eaten... Finally, these worms bit a hole in the esophagus and drilled a hole in the tail of the Purgatory Worm.

Then they drilled out through the hole hole and entered the Purgatory Worm's body.

Because these little worms ate too much at one time, there was not enough dissolving fluid in their food pouches. This allowed Lin's collectors to successfully enter the worms' bodies before they were dissolved.

Currently, these worms were moving underground and were heading towards the territory of the Inca insect swarm.

Lin's's's...

But before that's Lin ''s Worm. The Inca insect swarm still had a lot of troops left, this was a very normal situation. If he used his full strength right from the start, then there would be no way out later on.

Lin collected all the nutrients from the corpses and gave them to a few mobile bases to produce troops. Lin didn't need to restore as many troops as before the war. She only needed a part of them.

Lin could only study the muscle structure of the Purgatory Worm because the little worms had eaten them all. She didn't know how the other organs and how they synthesized the lava-like liquid.

Lin found that the synthesis of the Purgatory Worm's shell was a bit troublesome. Apart from the two corpses, other creatures wouldn't produce this kind of shell. Lin had to go to some special places … such as volcanoes. Only then would she be able to find the materials or creatures that could produce this kind of shell.

It would take about two days to restore the army. Before that, Lin released a large number of Flyers and had them check the infection of the nearby Hometrees.

Time … passed slowly.

Lin noticed that the Home Trees were in different states. Many of them were infected by the fungus and had festered all over, while some of them were immune to the fungus. It was a very strange phenomenon. Lin investigated a few dozen Home Trees in the vicinity and found that the Home Trees were evenly divided between good and bad. Moreover, some Home Trees that were very close to each other would also have a situation where one of them was in good condition while the other was in bad condition.

Normally, when a plant was damaged, it would send a message to the nearby plants to warn them of the threat. However, the Hometrees didn't seem to do that.

In addition, the ferns didn't seem to be infected. There were no signs of them being corroded by the fungus.

But even if it was only 50%, if all the infected Hometrees broke … the underground world would collapse.

Lin had to find a solution as soon as possible.

In addition, during this period, the Inca swarm had been building their rock nests. They seemed to have forgotten about the war. Some of the rocks were already very large. The largest was over 100 meters long and 30 meters wide. Lin found that the Black Wasps were very good at building these things. They removed the sand and other impurities from the rocks, then mixed spider silk with mucus to make the rocks extremely sturdy and indestructible. However, none of the nests were placed vertically on the ground. They were placed horizontally on the ground like giant logs. For this purpose, they had removed a large area of the forest.

The Aztec swarm was also building similar nests in the desert above. However, they weren't as good as the Inca swarm. Furthermore, they were very small. The largest was no more than 10 meters, but at least they were able to hold the rocks together without collapsing.

Lin asked the Overmind. Although the Overmind didn't have any relevant memories, it also had the urge to build something similar to the rock nests.

"Fragments of hereditary memories. They aren't very clear, but they are very useful. The ancestors must have built them, so I must do so as well."

Although the Overmind said so, it didn't build any, because its current mountain was like that. At the same time, the Overmind said, "The rock nests are probably related to the 'moon'. Lin, you have to be careful."

Lin also noticed that the 'moon' was only slightly larger than the other stars. But now, it was getting bigger and bigger, as if it was getting closer and closer … Speaking of which, how far was the moon from here, and how big was it?

There were many mysteries about the sky, but this was the only way to look forward to it.

The little worms had almost returned to the Inca swarm's territory in the desert. They stopped at a certain location.

Lin's army was about to set off.

But before that, Lin had one last thing to do … record.

This battle against the Inca insect swarm was quite interesting, and it was unprecedented in history. It was an evenly matched battle, and there was a huge variety of biological creatures fighting against each other. Lin wanted to record all of this, and she used the brainworm's method.

Lin found a few large and sturdy rocks, then had the Hunters and Bombardiers use their claws and small bombs to carve out the scenes of every battle … Every Inca swarm's forces, Armor Breaker, Executioner, Earth Shatterer, Sandblast, and Purgatory Worm.

Although Lin could still remember them without carving them, she felt that it was more interesting to draw them out. After drawing them out, Lin buried the rocks to serve as a testament to history, forever preserved in this place.

It felt rather pointless …

After drawing them out, Lin's army began to move towards the Inca swarm's territory. Along the way, Lin checked every single Hometree and observed the amount of fungus in the air.

Lin believed that this fungus's method of transmission could be used to her advantage.

During the march, Lin noticed that the surrounding Hometrees were about the same. Basically, one of them was infected, while the other wasn't. This situation was very strange. Why was it so evenly distributed? Could it be that there were two types of trees?

That was indeed possible. Many different species originated from the same species, so Lin believed that as long as they couldn't reproduce with each other, they could be considered as two different species.

These Hometrees originally contained Inca swarm, but they had all gathered at the place where the rocks were made. The nests of these Hometrees were left there as if they had been abandoned.

Very quickly, Lin arrived at the location of the worms.

The worms hadn't gone too far underground, only about 50 kilometers away from the battlefield. Lin could tell that they were all inside a single Hometree through the Collector that had parasitized a worm.

Perhaps dissecting these worms would allow her to understand more about the Purgatory Worm.

Lin ordered a large number of Hunters to surround the tree and search for any entrances. They quickly found a few holes that led to the inside of the tree. After entering, Lin found that there was only a very large space inside, and the inside of the tree was also empty.

The worms were hiding right below the Hometree, probably in the soil.

Worms seemed to be very fond of digging tunnels, so Lin also created a type of worm troop that could dig tunnels. They were three meters long, and their heads were made of a spiral shell. They could quickly dig tunnels by spinning.

Lin used the Burrower to dig at the bottom of the Hometree. It quickly dug out a tunnel. After digging for about 10 meters, Lin's Burrower found an empty cavern area below. The cavern was about 30 meters wide, and there were thick roots of the Hometree everywhere. Some glowing beetles were crawling around the roots, providing illumination for the cavern.

Lin saw that the worms from before were also gathered here. Because the Burrower came out from the top of the cave, they didn't notice Lin's appearance.

But … what were they doing?

These little worms were constantly spitting out some gray liquid, which would quickly harden when it touched the ground. They were constantly spitting out the liquid, as if they were combining the liquid into some kind of shape. Floating astronomy.