Chapter 141

 Perhaps she should have asked the headworm how long the winter would last.

The Twisted Jungle was covered in a thick layer of snow that had already covered half of the tree trunks. If this continued, the Twisted Jungle would die without a doubt. Originally, the leaves of the Twisted Trees were in a state of hibernation, but recently, their internal cells had begun to die.

Had there ever been a winter like this before? Judging from the reactions of the creatures here, there should have been, but how did they survive in this snowstorm?

Looking at the gray sky, Lin had no answer.

In the Twisted Jungle, frozen corpses could be found everywhere. Some of the creatures hiding in the bark of trees were not spared. More than half of the infantrymen in the Wormstone Mountain were dead. Most of them were frozen to death.

Everything seemed to be slowly moving towards death …

The floating green carpet could not sustain the lives of all of Lin's troops, so more than half of Lin's troops were in a state of hibernation. Lin was worried that if this continued, she would be affected sooner or later.

Lin decided to give up on sweeping the snow. All the troops began to shovel up the moss and brought it up into the air. At the same time, Lin assembled even more jet systems on top of the floating green carpet and created a few gigantic aerial transporters to dig out the living creatures and take them away. She also completely sealed off the base of the cave, leaving behind many troops who were still sleeping inside.

Lin planned to leave. Perhaps she should try to build an environment somewhere else.

However, Lin quickly stopped thinking about this.

The cold wind continued to blow until the 390th day and night … when the temperature began to rise slightly.

Lin had a kind of tentacle that was sensitive to temperature. It could even feel a small difference in temperature. These tentacles were placed all over the jungle. At this time, they all felt the temperature rise.

Was it going to end?

The 400th day.

The gloomy sky began to emit a dazzling light, shining on the snow-white forest. The thick snow finally stopped accumulating, and the temperature slowly rose.

At the 430th day, the temperature was slightly higher than the temperature of water freezing.

Was it finally going to recover? … Wait …

Lin suddenly thought of a very serious problem. The entire Twisted Jungle was now covered in snow. The desert, or even the entire continent, was covered in a large amount of snow. If it all melted, what would happen?

Would the continent be submerged?

But this was probably a waste of time. After all, Lin had thought that the clouds would freeze and fall. Since there was winter here, there should be no problem.

Four hundred and thirty-nine days.

Part of the ice and snow had already melted. The river that had been dried up for a long time was now surging with a huge amount of water. However, due to the excessive flow of water, the river began to surge to the surroundings. They formed many rivers that flowed towards the lower terrain of the desert.

There was also a layer of snow in the desert. However, they didn't form a river. Instead, they slowly dissolved and disappeared. Lin felt as if the water had sunk into the sand.

By now, many small creatures were already out and about. Although the ice and snow were still thick, they were slowly returning to their former lives. Lin once again opened the sealed base, and the sleeping troops slowly woke up due to the warmth.

Lin ordered the troops to move to the Shining Forest to sweep away some of the snow and plant the moss again. Hopefully, they would be able to recover soon.

The headworm was still sleeping, but Lin noticed that its infantry were already regaining their vitality. Originally, they couldn't even eat when they were frozen.

The 500th Day and Night

Winter seemed to have come to an end. At this moment, Lin saw that the entire forest had suddenly awakened!

Several dozen rivers crisscrossed through the forest like blood vessels, sending the melted snow into the desert. Many gigantic arthropods were crawling out of the holes they had dug themselves. Some beetles with well-developed vocal sacs were letting out loud screeches as if they were excited about the end of winter. Meanwhile, some carnivorous creatures had already prepared their fangs and claws to ambush these screaming creatures.

The black-horned cockroach had once again rammed itself into the trees, shaking off countless chunks of snow as well as other creatures that had just woken up. If one looked up at the sky, other than the warm sunlight, they would also see countless Giant Vein Dragonflies flying towards them from afar.

New leaves had appeared on the twisted trees. Although some of the trees had already died, most of them had managed to survive and regrow. The melting snow had given them plenty of water.

Following that, the headworm's colony also woke up. The headworm was the slowest to awaken, and it couldn't even make a sound after waking up. Lin noticed that only about 10% of its brain cells had awakened. She estimated that it would take some time for the rest of its cells to fully awaken.

Most of the ungrown twisted trees in the Shining Forest had died, but there were still some that survived. However, Lin still had a lot of seeds. Once the snow melted, she would be able to plant them.

The snow in the Twisted Forest melted very slowly, but the snow in the desert melted faster. Right now, there was only a thin layer of snow left in the desert. Lin felt that the snow in the desert had seeped into the sand instead of being blown away by the warm wind. There were no rivers either.

Furthermore, some strange creatures had appeared in the desert.

A kind of fern-like plant had suddenly emerged from the thin layer of snow. They were only about one centimeter tall, which was very small. However, when Lin released the Flyer to observe them, she noticed that they had almost covered the entire desert. Perhaps they had grown with the water.

At first, Lin didn't think it was strange. However, after ten days and nights, the desert's snow had almost completely melted. The ferns suddenly began to grow wildly. In just a few days, they had grown to more than ten meters tall. Unlike ordinary ferns, these ferns did not have leaves at all. They were shaped like curved green tentacles, so Lin called them 'Vine Ferns'.

The vines and ferns were extremely lush, dyeing the entire desert green. After the fifteenth day and night, they had even completely covered the desert. If one were to fly thousands of meters in the air, the desert would appear green, just like the Twisted Jungle.

The Vine Ferns weren't as tall as the Twisted Trees. Lin noticed that they stopped growing after fifteen meters. Their structure didn't seem to be made of wood, so they were relatively fragile and easily snapped. However, due to their rapid growth, they quickly occupied the entire desert.

This scene was too strange. Lin wanted to investigate how these plants grew so quickly, but she didn't think it was possible to rely on water alone. So Lin created a small team of 30 Disintegrators to enter the depths of what was once a desert and now a forest to investigate their growth.

However, as soon as the team entered the forest of Vine Ferns, Lin suddenly felt a tremor coming from deep underground. (To be continued. Mobile users, please go here to read.)