Chapter 156

 Starlight. Countless twinkling stars filled the Flyer's vision. (: Reading a novel)

The green spots of light were like a sky full of stars, twinkling. The dense spots were stacked on top of each other while the sparse spots shone faintly. Looking up, it was as if you could see the Milky Way under the night sky. The brilliant light illuminated this space. The stars twinkled and danced, as if they were telling a beautiful story, as if they were guiding the path of life …

But this was a cave. How could there be stars in a cave?

But there was indeed light. The ceiling of the cave was covered with countless twinkling and dancing spots of light. It looked as beautiful as the stars under the night sky. Some small creatures were attracted by the light and flew towards the ceiling. But before they could touch the light, they were completely immobilized.

They were indeed guiding the creatures' path.

They were guiding them to their deaths.

This was a huge trap. Under the 'starry sky' at the ceiling of the cave, there were countless transparent threads of mucus hanging down. As long as the worms flew over, they would hit these threads. Usually, the creatures flying over would only notice the starry sky and not the mucus.

Now, the Flyer was the same. When it hit the mucus, its wings could not move.

Hidden in the mucus was a worm-like creature about 30 centimeters long. They had mouths made of sharp teeth. They would devour the creatures stuck to them. The 'starlight' was also emitted by them.

Now, several worms were crawling along the mucus towards the Flyer.

These mucus threads were very difficult to deal with. No matter how hard the Flyer struggled, it could not get rid of them. But if Lin really wanted to escape, it would not be difficult.

Lin had the Flyer spit out a small troop of a few millimeters long. They were called 'Sweepers'. Originally, they were used to deal with the debris on the Flyer's body and heal wounds. But they could also be used for many other things.

For example, they could secrete some solution to get rid of the stickiness.

The Sweepers climbed onto the Flyer's wings and quickly created a large amount of solution. The solution mixed with the mucus threads of the Flyer's wings. The Flyer lost its effectiveness and fell back to the ground.

The worms crawled very slowly. They only reached the Flyer's original position when the Flyer had completely escaped.

And one of the worms crawled too close to the end of the mucus threads. It did not seem to notice that the end of the threads was mixed with a strange solution. This made the threads not only lose their stickiness, but they also could not bear its weight. The worm fell heavily to the ground.

In that case, just treat it as a supplement.

The Flyer walked to the front of the worm. Although the worm was very strong in the sticky silk, it was just a ball of meat without the sticky silk. The Flyer easily avoided the sharp teeth in the mouth of the worm and started to devour it bit by bit from the back.

The mouth of a flyer is similar to that of a dragonfly. It was made up of many curved teeth, allowing it to chew very quickly. During the process of dissecting the worm, Lin noticed that there were a lot of glowing cells gathered in certain parts of the creature's body. However, Lin was more interested in its mucus sacs. Lin noticed that many creatures had the habit of producing mucus, but Lin had never done so herself. There was a need to learn.

Moreover, Lin also discovered that this worm was a shapeshifting creature. Lin had seen shapeshifting creatures in the past, where a larva looked very different from an adult. Through growth, this type of worm would slowly change into a beetle-like creature in the future. This kind of evolution was very interesting, as they used each stage to adapt to different environments.

At the same time, he studied the problem and the sticky silk. At the same time, Lin continued to fly to the place where she smelled the scent of the jungle.

There were fewer stalactites on the ceiling of this cave, instead, there was a large area of starlight. Lin liked to call it the Worm Starlight. Under the starlight, the longest sticky silk was only about a meter above the ground, while the ceiling of the cave was over ten meters high. There were a lot of creatures in this cave, many of which were stuck to the silk. There were also many that wandered on the ground, hunting each other, or looking for the remains of the worms.

The Flyer carefully flew past these areas filled with traps, until a water-covered area appeared in front of her. It looked like a large underground lake, the reflection of the Worm Starlight on the surface of the lake made it look particularly beautiful.

Lin actually didn't know what the word 'beautiful' meant. There were many beautiful things in the world, but Lin found that they didn't necessarily have anything in common.

The Flyer flew across the surface of the lake to avoid attracting any attention. Lin could vaguely see a large creature hiding under the lake. She couldn't see it clearly with the help of the Flyer's Starlight, but it should be some kind of fish … a very large fish.

Suddenly, Lin noticed that a flying insect had fallen onto the surface of the water. Its constant struggle had attracted a small fish. It was a flat fish, ancient and primitive. It had appeared in the ocean 100 million years ago, but why would it appear in a cave?

Just as the flatfish was about to swallow the flying insect, Lin suddenly heard a 'pop'. There was a flash of light under the lake, and the flatfish instantly lost its vitality and sank into the depths.

Although the flash was very short, Lin already saw what kind of creature it was under the water. It was the creature Lin had encountered at the bottom of the mountain lake before — the Shining Eel. It had just released an electric shock to attack the flatfish that was about to eat the flying insect.

As expected, this place was connected to the mountain lake … Lin remembered that there was a cave at the bottom of the mountain lake. Could these two places be connected?

With doubts in her heart, Lin continued forward. The smell of the forest was getting closer and closer, and Lin could even see the light up ahead …

It wasn't the light caused by the Worm Starlight. Lin had only seen one thing that could produce such a bright light, and that was …

As the light grew brighter, the Flyer also slowly increased its speed. Finally, it was flying at full speed.

In front of it, there was a huge cave, and an endless stream of light was surging in from there.

When the Flyer flew into the hole, an incredible scene appeared in front of Lin ….

A forest. What entered Lin's vision was a huge forest. The trees were over 20 meters tall, and they weren't curled like the Twisted Trees. Their trunks were straight, and the leaves at the top looked like ferns. These strange trees were dense and lush, and they spread out in front of Lin. The cries of countless creatures came from the forest, and they were proof of the richness of the environment here.

'What … is this place? Have I returned to the surface? '

Lin looked back and found that the cave they came out of was a cave in the cliff. Lin felt that the Flyer didn't fly too far in the cave. No matter how far they went, they should still be in the desert. Why would there be such a vast forest? It felt like they had arrived in another world …

'Wait a minute, this doesn't seem to be the surface …'

Looking up, Lin found that there were no clouds in the sky, nor was there a sun. Like a stalactite cave, the ceiling of the cave was covered in sharp stones. The entire ceiling was emitting a dazzling light, just like … the sun.

'This place … is actually inside a cave?'

Lin found that there was only one word in her mind to describe this scene: 'Miracle'.

The ceiling of the cave was about 300 meters above the ground. Lin planned to fly a bit higher to see more of the situation.

With that in mind, Lin had the Flyer slowly ascend. After reaching the top of the tree, Lin's vision widened, and she saw a vast and magnificent scene.

These fern-like trees, Lin planned to call them Fern Trees. Although they were shorter than the Twisted Trees, they were still over 20 meters tall, much larger than the ferns that were commonly seen.

The forest of Fern Trees stretched endlessly, just like the Twisted Forest. Lin could barely see the end of it. This forest might have occupied the entire underground of the desert. How did it form such a large hole? With so much sand, would it collapse this place?

Within the forest, a type of giant creature gave Lin the answer.

Some incomparably large trees grew in the middle of the Fern Trees. Lin had seen these trees before on the surface.

These trees were Hometrees.

These trees were over 300 meters tall and were scattered all over the place. Their canopies just happened to touch the ceiling of the cave, so they were like giant pillars that supported the entire underground cave.

All of this could only be described as a 'miracle', but how did it form? How did they form such an environment underground? Could it be that the seeds of the Hometrees were buried underground, and after they slowly grew, they opened up the entire cave? Although this idea seemed unlikely, it was the only possibility Lin could think of.

There were too many unimaginable things … Did she not explore enough? And what did the Inca insects have to do with this place? Were they the inhabitants of this place?

Lin would definitely find out.

Dan Lin wanted to see what kind of light was shining at the top of the cave. It was able to emit such a bright light. All the plants here relied on that light. Although the top of the Hometree was supporting the top of the cave, there were a lot of branches on its trunk. The branches were filled with countless leaves, which allowed them to absorb the light. It seemed that these Hometrees were alive, unlike the one on the ground that was already dead.

The Flyer soon reached the ceiling of the cave. 300 meters wasn't that high. Lin first had the Flyer hit the ceiling of the cave. Under the impact, a large amount of powdery substance fell from the ceiling. Furthermore, the powdery substance was glowing, as if the ceiling was covered in this strange glowing powder. Lin then scraped some of the substance from the ceiling and ate it, breaking down its composition …

The composition of the powdery substance was familiar to Lin. It contained a lot of crystal fragments, water, and a strange orange fungus. There was also a multicellular organism that was slightly larger than the fungus. All of these substances were glowing.

But Lin still couldn't figure out where their energy came from. What did they eat? This place wasn't directly in contact with the sun.

Perhaps if she dug deeper into the 'glowing powder' on the ceiling, she would be able to find something.

Just as Lin was about to dig, she suddenly heard a 'pop'. In an instant, the Flyer's vision turned dark. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly vote, etc.

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