Chapter 38

 The water current was different from normal water currents. Lin wasn't sure if it was caused by the shaking of the beach or coming from afar …

Ever since Lin formed her multicellular body, she was no longer afraid of water currents, but this time, the power of the water current was far beyond her imagination. The current swept across the entire body of water, sweeping up countless grains of sand and everything in its path. The originally peaceful night had turned into a violent hell in the blink of an eye.

Lin felt like she was being grabbed by a powerful force. The force carried the aircraft carrier and tossed it back and forth in the darkness of the night. Lin felt herself spinning non-stop. She couldn't tell up from down, nor did she know where she was. All she could do was helplessly roll around in the violent water.

Lin tightly closed the hole in the aircraft carrier's skin to prevent her internal cells from leaking out. Fortunately, the water current didn't tear through the aircraft carrier's skin, but she couldn't do anything either. In the current, she couldn't even move her tentacles.

This was a gigantic assembly made up of more than a billion cells. Lin couldn't imagine that the aircraft carrier would be swept away, not to mention that a giant leaf-shaped insect had just crashed into the aircraft carrier. It seemed that these creatures were also swept away by the current.

Lin could usually smash leaf-shaped insects, but it was impossible to pull them out of the sand. The power of this water current was probably far beyond Lin's imagination.

Unable to resist or move, Lin just kept tossing and turning. She didn't know how much time had passed. The water current began to slow down, then slowly stopped. The body of water returned to normal.

… Did it stop?

It really came and went quickly.

Seems like I found a funny word … Well, whatever. Lin began to check her current situation. Many of her blood vessels were broken, and the eyeball tentacles outside the skin were also broken. However, the hammer tentacles and the swimming tentacles were fine. These minor injuries could be repaired very quickly.

The Protector was washed away somewhere. It seemed to be buried in the sand. Because of its hard shell, the cells inside were basically fine. However, its position was probably very far from the aircraft carrier.

Lin first formed a new eyeball tentacle on the aircraft carrier's skin. It was still dark outside. She would probably have to wait until it lit up before she could reunite with the Protector.

Wait … Light?

The eyeball tentacle suddenly saw a flickering light coming from above.

Is it a jellyfish? It feels different … These lights are coming in small dots, and they seem to be very far away.

Lin swam towards the flickering light dots. The closer she got, the more light dots there were …

That's …

The flickering light dots filled Lin's vision. They covered every corner of Lin's vision. Between these light dots, there was a huge pillar of light made up of countless light dots. They seemed to extend from one end of the world to the other, filling Lin's eyes and thoughts.

World? Galaxy? Starry sky?

Lin's mind. Lin's's mind. Lin's's's's. Lin's's's's's's's's's's's's's's's.

It swam forward and extended its tentacles upward, trying to touch one of the light spots.

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Lin seemed to have come across this term before. It seemed to be a very special place … As she thought about it, Lin immediately activated the water jets behind the aircraft carrier and waved her tentacles with all her might, rushing upwards!

Whoosh!

At the very next moment, Lin sensed the aircraft carrier's body leaving the water and entering the realm of nothingness, but the next moment, gravity pulled it back into the water.

That's right … that's right, Lin remembered now. As long as they kept going upwards, which was the opposite of the direction of gravity, they would reach a mysterious place called the 'water surface'. Above the 'water surface' was a space of nothingness. There was no water, and they couldn't move. No matter how strong they were, they wouldn't be able to break through, because they would be instantly pulled back into the water by gravity.

Although she had only rushed out of the water for an instant, Lin could clearly sense from her skin that the area of nothingness above the water wasn't completely empty. Instead, there was something called gas.

Just like oxygen and air bubbles, they were only tiny spheres in the water, but the area above the water completely belonged to them!

Apart from that, this empty gaseous space would be filled with a deadly and terrifying substance called 'ultraviolet rays' during the 'day'. It could instantly kill cells. Was it alright because it was night?

'Daytime'? It seemed to be a new term referring to light. It felt good.

What was going on with those countless light spots above? They seemed to be called 'starry skies'. Although they were glowing, their light was still far from 'daytime'. After all, they couldn't light up the dark areas in the water.

Lin wanted to approach them, but the gaseous space was blocking her way. In other words, Lin had to be able to move within the gaseous space?

What should she do?

Lin couldn't figure it out.

Moreover, if it was daytime, the strong ultraviolet rays would kill her. Lin had never tried to evolve an ability to resist ultraviolet rays, nor was there a need to try.

The 'starry skies' alone weren't enough to attract Lin, although they were very beautiful.

Perhaps in the future, when Lin's colony grew larger, she would think of a way, but not now.

Then, it was time to return to the water … before daytime came.

Lin slowly retreated. She glanced at the starry skies, then turned around and swam into the darkness.

At this moment, countless radiances suddenly appeared in the pitch-black water.

How did the starry skies reach the bottom of the water? No, that wasn't right …

Lin quickly saw the source of the light in the water. It wasn't the starry skies, but … jellyfish.

Countless jellyfish emerged from the water. Their bodies emitted a faint blue light. They moved their disc-like bodies and slowly swam towards the surface of the water. That was where Lin was.

Were they also washed over by the water?

Lin had no way to retreat. Behind her was the surface of the water, and below her were countless jellyfish. Their numbers and beauty were comparable to the starry skies above!

If they rushed up, not only the skin of the aircraft carrier, but even the cells inside would be completely devoured. Although Lin still had her protectors under the sea, Lin didn't want to lose the aircraft carrier.

What should she do?

Charge!

Lin didn't think too much. She saw a place where the jellyfish were relatively weak. She activated the water spout and rushed over at full speed.

Hammer!

Lin knocked away two jellyfish in front of her, but what came next were dozens of jellyfish swimming upstream.

Lin knocked away the nearest jellyfish, but at the same time, the surrounding jellyfish's tentacles brushed past her tentacles and the skin of the aircraft carrier.

So painful … But, just a little bit more.

Lin could see that in the light of the countless jellyfish, there was a lightless darkness.

That was the exit!

Lin swung the giant hammer tentacle again. Even though it was injured by the countless stinging cells, it still used all its strength to knock away everything in its way. Then, Lin accelerated again and rushed into the darkness.

Success!

Lin was now covered in wounds. Large cracks appeared on her skin. This was the effect of Lin killing the stinging cells, effectively stopping the spread of the venom. At the same time, Lin separated the giant hammer tentacle and the two swimming tentacles from her body because they were full of stinging cells.

It was a great loss, but she survived.

Looking back at the glowing jellyfish above, Lin turned around and swam into the dark water.