While the bacteriophages were slowly absorbing the invading fungi from the corpses of their captors and crawling out, the plague wyvern was also keeping a close eye on the situation on the ground.
It seemed that the wyvern wasn't the only one that could transmit information to the fungus, the fungus could also transmit information to the wyvern. It seemed to have realized that the fungus was being continuously devoured and was planning to do something about it.
But now … it was too late.
Two explosive shells shot out from the muzzles of the Bechymos cannons at high speed, aiming straight at the wyverns below. Halfway through their flight, they suddenly burst into flames and struck the wyverns. Raging flames immediately spread all over the wyverns' bodies.
Lin had used a new type of sticky fuel that could stick to the wyvern's body and burn for a long time.
The burning wyvern let out a series of screeches and flew out of the fungus-covered island.
Lin mainly wanted to see what the wyvern would do when it was burned. Would it still be able to maintain a clear mind? Or …
Thump.
The burning Wyvern rushed into the sea, and the intense flames instantly dissipated in the sea. However, the Wyvern never floated up.
The young wyvern was not afraid of water and could swim. Lin Sanjiu didn't know if the big wyvern was the same. But that wasn't the main point. The main point was that the fungus … was afraid of seawater.
Plague fungi would die when they came into contact with seawater, which was why they didn't pollute the sea. But judging from the wyvern rushing into the sea just now, it didn't consider the fungus on its body. Could this prove that the fungus didn't have complete control over it? After all, locusts could even kill themselves to spread the fungus.
Leviathan slowly lowered its altitude and flew above the sea, looking at the spot where the wyvern had sunk.
Although the fungus was afraid of seawater, it shouldn't have completely infiltrated the wyvern's body. Through locusts, the fungus could infect the lords of the locusts whose bodies were completely impervious to water. Lin Sanjiu wondered how the wyvern was doing now.
Gurgle gurgle …
Many bubbles suddenly appeared on the surface of the water. Then, a huge black shadow floated up from the sea. Its four limbs were spread out and it floated motionlessly on the surface of the sea.
… Was it dead?
Bechymos approached the surface of the water and shot out a hook rope from the cannon below him to hook the wyvern. Just as Bechymos was about to pull the wyvern up, the wyvern suddenly spread its wings, raised its head and bit down on the hook rope shot out by Bechymos.
But after two seconds … It let go of the hook and fell into the water with its head tilted.
It seemed that he was not completely dead yet.
Bechymos pulled the wyvern out of the water and slowly flew to another island not far away from the fungus-infected island. This island only had dry sand and rocks.
Here, Lin dissected the wyvern.
Bechymos released a large number of troops specialized in dissecting fungal infections. Their shells could prevent the fungus from penetrating and corroding them. These small troops burrowed into the bodies of the wyverns and examined them.
Wyverns were the same as infected locusts. They had a large amount of fungus in their bodies. The organs that were originally used to store fire and liquids were now used to store fungus. It was as if it was waiting for the Wyvern to spit it out.
This seemed to mean that the fungus was consciously using the organs in the wyvern's body. They knew that the wyvern usually used this organ to spray things. That was why it was stuffed with a lot of bacterial dust.
But now that these organs were soaked in seawater, the fungus was basically dead. The moment the wyvern fell into the water, a large amount of water entered its mouth and respiratory organs. There was a plate in the wyvern's mouth that could be opened and closed. Lin believed that this plate was used to prevent the fire from reigniting, but it could also be used to prevent water from entering. However, the wyvern obviously did not close this plate when it fell into the water.
The wyvern's brain also showed signs of infection. Like locusts, the fungus had mixed with the wyvern's brain, making it difficult to determine whether the infection was complete or incomplete. There was no water in the brain, but it had stopped moving due to lack of oxygen.
After examining it, Lin felt that the wyvern was no different from a locust. However, the fact that it rushed into the sea was probably because the fungus' control over it wasn't complete.
What Lin was more worried about was that if the fungus could infect certain creatures with higher intelligence, they might consciously control other creatures. In that case … they could definitely form an army of their own.
A powerful army carrying the plague would be a terrible threat to Lin and all other creatures.
What a very troublesome species …
Bechymos slowly rose into the sky and watched as the Bacteriophages slowly devoured the entire fungal island. Lin thought that the fungus might have 'thought' of a way to deal with the Bacteriophages, so she couldn't use the Bacteriophages while they were controlling creatures with higher intelligence.
But it didn't really matter. Lin didn't think that the fungus could change faster than she could.
But no matter what, she had to clean up these creatures as soon as possible. The current method of cleaning up was too slow, so Lin needed to speed up. Fortunately, after devouring several fungal islands, Lin had enough energy to create an army to clean up these fungus.
Bechymos opened up the cannons on its body and released a large number of Fliers. These Fliers spread out and searched for fungal infected islands on the sea. Every Flier had a small Bacteriophage in its body. When they found an island, they would rush to the island to commit suicide, then use their Bacteriophages to devour the entire island!
At the same time, Lin would build some special structures on the islands she devoured. She would build a tree-shaped base, then create more Fliers and Bacteriophages to search for nearby fungal islands. These trees could also be used as camouflage.
Speaking of which, those echo eggs had not been seen in the nearby islands. So far, they still couldn't figure out what was going on with those eggs. Perhaps they would have to send some troops back to the islands where there were eggs to find out what kind of relationship they had with the fungus.
It was possible that another war would break out. Lin would stand in front of all creatures of the Western Continent and fight against the plague!
This kind of war against a force that could destroy everything felt very 'grand'.
On the other side of the display, the young wyvern had fallen asleep on the brain worm's body, while the brain worm stared closely at the display. It was aware of the current situation and believed that it should join the battle, so it prepared to quickly produce troops. The brain worm indicated that it had a type of troop in its troops that could fight against the fungus.
Although it didn't know how long it would take to produce them, it was always good to have some help.
As Lin's base created more Fliers to join the search for the fungus, day and night slowly passed. Another Flier on the continent discovered something interesting.
The Flier had been following the only surviving Skeletal Dragon for a long time. It was moving forward with difficulty in the forest. Lin's Flier had been following it, recording its life and the creatures around it.
Although Skeletal Dragons had sharp claws and teeth, they liked to attack with all kinds of things like ancient squids. However, they were more skilled than ancient squids. For example, ancient squids would only look for sharp objects and ignore things that weren't sharp. On the other hand, when Skeletal Dragons found a tree branch that wasn't sharp, it would use rocks to sharpen its head.
Skeletal Dragons were also good at using poison. It would grind up poisonous plants and smear the poison on its head. Lin thought that it might be poisoned if it ate meat like that, but Skeletal Dragons had never been poisoned before. It had to choose the amount of poison and the location of the stab effectively.
However, this didn't mean that Skeletal Dragons were smarter than ancient squids. It was just that their living environment was different.
Skeletal Dragons held a sharp tree branch and smeared the poison on it as they slowly moved south in the forest.
Now, Skeletal Dragon had its eyes on a Horned Dragon in the forest.
This Horned Dragon was different from the ones Lin had seen before. It was called a Protophorned Dragon. It didn't have horns, but it had a shield behind its head. It was very small, only 1.8 meters long. This Protophorned Dragon used its pince-like mouth to dig out the roots of plants in the forest.
All the Horned Dragons Lin had seen so far had this kind of mouth. Skeletal Dragons would cut off this kind of mouth and use it as a tool for digging.
Skeletal Dragon quietly moved behind the Protophorned Dragon. It raised a sharp tree branch and threw it the moment the Protophorned Dragon lowered its head to eat!
The tree branch accurately stabbed into the Protophorned Dragon's butt. The Protophorned Dragon screamed and ran away madly.
Skeletal Dragon didn't chase after it. The Protophorned Dragon fell after running a distance of more than ten meters. It became frightened and agitated, causing the poison to flow rapidly in its blood and dying even faster.
Skeletal Dragon looked left and right for a while. After making sure that there weren't any carnivorous creatures around it, it slowly walked over. The tools it brought with it were not only branches, but also a few stones. Some of these stones were sharp, some were flat, and some were sharp. It used a slender vine to hang them on its legs. Skeletal Dragon first used the sharp stones to stab the Protophorned Dragon's weak neck, then widened the wound and used the flat stones to cut out the meat inside to eat.
It was really good at using all kinds of tools. It was as if it had grown many limbs. However, these tools weren't as convenient as its own limbs. Skeletal Dragon's body was probably thinner and weaker because of the frequent use of these tools. It couldn't fight against carnivorous creatures that were about its size.
"Coo! Coo! " A creature's cry suddenly sounded in the forest. On a tree in the distance, a small creature was making a sound.
It was a small dinosaur called the Coelurosaurus. It was less than twenty centimeters long. It immediately cried out when it saw the prey that Skeletal Dragon was hunting.
It only had one purpose, which was to tell other carnivorous creatures that there was food here.
The Coelurosaurus didn't dare to get close to Skeletal Dragon, but it would summon larger carnivorous creatures that allowed it to share the food.
The creatures in this forest were quite smart.
Lin noticed that there were sounds coming from the surrounding forest. Some creatures had followed the smell of blood and arrived.