Chapter 135

 30 days and nights.

The Twisted Forest was still the same as before. Large and intricate tree trunks, even though the leaves on the canopy had all fallen off, the forest was still as magnificent as ever.

Creatures stored food, dug holes to hide, and the leaves fell off. This phenomenon continued for around 30 days and nights, almost all creatures had hidden themselves until the very last leaf fell off …

The originally scorching hot sand suddenly became as cold as ice crystals as waves of frigid sandstorms continued to assault them. Under the overcast sky, countless Giant Vein Dragonflies flew across the sky towards the South. Lin didn't know where they were heading, but they seemed to be the only ones who chose to escape, while the majority of other creatures chose to hide and face this disaster head-on.

The Twisty Trees of the Glittering Woodland had already grown to over 10 meters tall, but they still couldn't completely block the sandstorm's assault. Some of Lin's troops would still clean up the Glittering Woodland every day and night, but now, the Twisty Trees had stopped growing, and the moss had also slowed down.

Although they normally wouldn't move, Lin could observe that the cells in their bodies were indeed much slower in the cold. Although they weren't dead yet, it was unlikely that they would reproduce.

In fact, all creatures had stopped reproducing.

This was a sign of the arrival of cold. Lin had seen a lot of this in the sea, but what would it be like on land? Would the air freeze?

Lin was very interested in waiting to see what would happen.

The headworm had already sealed off its rocky mountains, storing a large amount of food inside, most of which were the remains of arthropods. Lin noticed that the infantrymen would secrete a special kind of saliva. This would stop the food from rotting.

The headworm said that it would enter a state of hibernation during this period. The infantrymen would enter a state where they could only eat slowly. The entire tribe would enter a unique state that consumed very little energy and allowed them to live for a very long time.

It seems that it would be very difficult to find food during this period, which was why the headworm did this.

As the temperature continued to drop, Lin could feel that it was already lower than the temperature at which water froze.

Almost all creatures had stopped moving, but Lin was still active.

Lin had most of the troopers who were originally afraid of the cold put on anti-cold armor and continued to move around in the cold forest. Because of the lack of prey, Lin began to plant Green Blanket Umbrellas.

Due to the crystalline structure of the Green Carpet Umbrella, it was able to emit a bright light and warmth at night. Lin noticed that some of the small creatures hiding in the caves had begun to abandon their original caves and changed their nests near the crystals.

At the same time, Lin also changed the green carpet that covered the entire Dark Plain into green carpet umbrellas. This was a bit more efficient compared to the green carpet, mainly because it took up less space, allowing other plants to grow as well. Lin also placed some ferns under the umbrella. They found that they could rely on the light of the crystals to grow slowly.

However, the temperature was still dropping. When the cold air blew through the entire forest, all growth stopped, and all living creatures entered a state of hibernation. This was a very good method to survive a crisis, and Lin had used it a long time ago.

As the temperature plummeted, the clouds that Lin had been concerned about finally changed.

It was daytime now, and gray clouds had gathered in the sky. This kind of cloud was supposed to rain like a storm, but now, what fell was countless white fragments.

Following the storm that came from the desert, these white fragments drifted to every corner of the forest. They piled up on the tree trunks, the ground, and every corner of the forest, forming clusters of cold white objects. They piled up everywhere in the forest, creating a strange scene.

Lin noticed that the white fragments drifting down from the clouds were indeed small ice crystals. They were supposed to be raindrops, but their shapes were rather … strange.

Each ice crystal had a strange hexagonal structure, and although they were hexagonal in shape, the details on them were all different, which was quite strange.

In Lin's vocabulary, this thing was called 'snow'.

As the snow fell, the Twisted Forest was dyed in a layer of white. Unlike water that was quickly absorbed or dried, the snow didn't disappear, so it continued to accumulate. Aside from the Shining Forest and the Green Blanket Umbrella that Lin had specially cleaned, most places were covered in a thick layer of snow.

Lin was even a bit worried that the Twisted Forest would collapse under the weight of the snow, but that hadn't happened yet.

However, the amount of snow continued to increase and cover the entire area. Even the scorching desert was the same.

Originally, when the snow fell on the desert, it would seep in and disappear immediately. But as the temperature continued to drop and the snow continued to fall, a layer of white frost began to slowly cover the desert.

In the desert, Bechymos' huge body was covered with a thick layer of snow. Lin intended to sweep away the snow and let it float above the clouds.

These phenomena on land were really interesting. Because of this phenomenon, all species had gone into hiding.

Just like how ice would melt in water, this cold phenomenon would disappear sooner or later. These species stored their food in order to wait for that moment to come.

But it might take a long time. Lin could tell by looking at the amount of food they stored. Some creatures that weighed less than half a kilogram had stored up hundreds of kilograms of food.

Some creatures had their cells in a state of extremely slow depletion, allowing them to live for several years without eating or drinking.

Lin didn't know how long this process would last. Under the white cover, everything became lifeless, but not all places were covered in snow.

In the mountain region, although a layer of ice had formed on the surface of the lake at the center of the mountain, Lin didn't feel that it was that cold inside. The activities of the creatures here were still normal, although they were slightly slower than before.

Meanwhile, in the burned forest at the foot of the mountain, a wonderful phenomenon occurred when it snowed. Many water pillars suddenly sprayed out from the ground. The water emitted white mist and gathered on the ground to form puddles. Lin discovered that the water was actually hot, as if it came from underground. Lin thought that it might have been heated by lava or something else.

Moreover, this water was different from the boiling muddy water that Lin discovered before. The water sprayed out had very little impurities and was relatively clean.

The ash worms were quite active. They swam freely in the hot water, and the hot water also attracted a huge flying creature – the sawfly. This huge arthropod with a wingspan of more than twenty meters flew over from the distant sky covered in snow and landed in the puddles formed by the hot water.

Lin had only seen sawflies once before. After that, she had the leviathan learn how to create huge wings to fly. Lin didn't know where they usually lived, but they seemed to fly over from the sea.

Sea … huh?

Now that the world has become cold, I wonder if the sea has recovered? (To be continued. Mobile users, please go to m.. to read.)