Chapter 86

 The worm seemed to have also sensed the smell of water. Its originally slow movement suddenly accelerated a lot, almost rushing towards the water.

Lin's Flyer arrived at the water source much faster than the worm. Looking down from above, this was a lake with a diameter of several tens of meters. The lake was surrounded by a circle of green tentacles, which were definitely plants. In the vast desert, the existence of this lake and these plants seemed to give off a strange feeling.

How did this happen? Why did the water gather here? Lin was very concerned about this matter. Could it be that water also floated over the hot sand, through the sandstorm, and into the center of the desert?

The Flyer flew to the lakeside, and Lin discovered that there were some small arthropods here. Lin had the Flyer drink some water, and Lin felt that the water here was especially clear. There were very few impurities in it, and it should be made up of the water floating in the air.

Now, Lin was a bit hesitant.

Since she found the water source, should she kill the worm and let the Leviathan out? However, this water source only occupied a small area, so there might be problems due to various factors.

While Lin was thinking, the worm also approached here. It stuck its huge head out of the sand, stared at the water for a while, then rushed into the water.

When the worm rushed into the water, its entire body also emerged from the sand. Lin also saw the worm's body buried deep in the sand. From head to tail, although this creature wasn't 20 meters tall, it was at least a dozen meters tall.

How did it grow so big? This was still a mystery. Now that the worm was drinking a lot of water from the lake, the Leviathan could feel a large amount of water flowing into the worm's esophagus.

At this time, the worm's esophagus began to really move. The inner wall suddenly began to secrete a large amount of dissolving liquid, it seemed that it was planning to digest the Leviathan.

It couldn't digest when it set out, was it really because it was short of water? And the worm didn't drink the seawater, probably because the seawater hadn't recovered yet, or for some other reason.

The Flyer that Lin used to detect the seawater was already dead, probably eaten. Lin didn't replenish it after that, so it seemed that there was still a problem with the seawater.

The amount of dissolving fluid secreted by the worm was quite large. It seemed to directly convert water into dissolving fluid. It could easily corrode the outer armor of the Leviathan and digest the structure of the shell into a pile of powder.

However, it would still take some time for the corrosion to reach the inner layer. All the holes on the Leviathan's shell had the ability to open and close. When they were completely closed, not even a single virus could enter, so Lin did not have to worry about the solution seeping in for the time being. She opened her pores slightly and inhaled a small amount of the solution into her body. Then, she analyzed the composition of the solution to see what kind of solution it was.

It's an extremely strong acid ….

The composition of the dissolving fluid differed greatly according to the secretion of different organisms, but Lin did not give them a classification name. They were all called dissolving fluid.

Different dissolving fluids had different properties. Sometimes, dissolving fluids that could easily corrode thick armor could be blocked by a layer of cells, but Lin had already thought of a way to deal with this worm's dissolving fluid.

Lin had once combined a shell material to resist the dissolving fluid of the Aztec worm. The composition of the dissolving fluid of the worm was very similar to that of the Aztec worm, but it was mixed with some special substances that could accelerate the rate of dissolving, so it wasn't difficult to create a corresponding protection.

However, Lin also wanted to know how the worm's esophagus was able to resist the dissolving fluid it secreted.

This might be the key to killing this worm. Since it had already begun to digest the Leviathan, Lin didn't intend to stay in its body any longer.

The dissolving fluid of the worm had corroded the outer shell of the Leviathan, while Lin secreted a transparent anti-corrosive layer on the innermost layer. At the same time, she created a small soldier covered in the same anti-corrosive shell. She sent it out through the pores and observed the changes on the esophagus wall of the worm's esophagus that was filled with the dissolving fluid.

So that's how it is …

The wall of the worm's esophagus was covered in a layer of white mucus. Obviously, the worm relied on this to prevent itself from being corroded.

Lin scraped some mucus off the wall of the esophagus, then returned to the Leviathan to analyze the composition of the mucus.

At this time, the flyers outside were circling around the lake. Lin could see the huge body of the worm floating motionlessly on the surface of the water as if it was dead, but in fact, its body was undergoing intense activity. In order to digest the Leviathan, it kept secreting a huge amount of dissolving fluid, as if it intended to directly crush the Leviathan with this fluid.

However, Lin had already analyzed the composition of the mucus on the wall of the worm's esophagus. This mucus was mainly composed of a special cell structure. Lin knew that there was a special way to peel it off the wall of the esophagus.

With that in mind, Lin began to create a large amount of a special solution. This solution specifically targeted the cells of the worm's esophagus. It could disintegrate the connections between the cells.

However, just as Lin was about to release the solution, the worm's body suddenly trembled. The flyers outside saw the originally motionless worm suddenly twist its body and dive into the water.

What's wrong with it?

While Lin was puzzled, she suddenly saw a creature approaching the lake. Lin had seen this creature before...

The desert scorpion. This scorpion about the same size as the Leviathan had appeared by the lake in the middle of the desert. Obviously, it was here for the water.

Many creatures were accustomed to using fluids to expel waste from their bodies, so it was easy for them to become dehydrated, even if they had a watertight shell.

The flyers could see the blurry shadow of the worm slowly approaching the scorpion that was drinking water by the lake. It obviously wanted to hunt for food.

Lin asked the Leviathan to stop releasing the fluid. It wouldn't be too late to do it after the worm ate the scorpion.

The scorpion was completely unaware of the worm in the lake. The worm's hunting method was quite clever. It slowly approached the scorpion, tightened its body, and suddenly rushed out of the water!

The scorpion barely had time to react before it was bitten by the worm. Then, there was the sound of its shell being crushed. The scorpion was bitten into pieces and swallowed in an extremely short period of time.

When Lin saw this, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. If she hadn't calculated the time correctly when she rushed into the worm's mouth, she would have been bitten into pieces like this...

After the worm finished swallowing the scorpion, it retracted back into the water and continued to float on the surface like a corpse.

As the worm wriggled in the esophagus, Lin's eyes with an anti-corrosive shell could see many pieces of the scorpion being squeezed to the same place as the Leviathan, immersed in the acid and slowly digested...

Now, let's do it...

With that in mind, Lin began to release a special solution from the Leviathan. This solution was not affected by stomach acid. It spread out in large quantities. The cells of the esophagus wall were connected by a layer of mucus, but this solution would destroy this layer of mucus and cause the cells to be disconnected.

Without the protection of this layer of cells, the esophagus wall showed signs of corrosion when it came into direct contact with the acid.

"Gugu..."

The worm floating on the surface of the water sensed the problem in its body and made a strange sound.

The Leviathan continued to release a large amount of the solution. A large rotten wound appeared in the worm's body, and it was still expanding.

The worm twisted its body and rushed out of the lake. It crawled onto the sand and kept shaking its head. The Leviathan also felt that the inner wall of its esophagus was twisting violently, and everything inside was being squeezed out!

The Flyer saw the worm open its huge mouth. At the same time, the Leviathan also felt an extremely strong current. With this current, the worm spat out everything in its body on the sand: the Leviathan, the scorpion fragments, and a large amount of acid.

It could actually spit out things from such a deep place?

The Leviathan stood up. The light of day penetrated its corroded carapace and burned the cells in its body. The inner carapace of the Leviathan could only resist corrosion, but it could not resist the heat of light.

One-third of the worm's body stood up. Its bright red eyes stared straight at the Leviathan, as if it knew that the problem was caused by Lin. However, after a short while, the worm's head tilted to one side, and its whole body fell to the sand with a loud bang.

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