Has the mutated vine become more efficient at digesting energy?
How about catching some animals to "fertilize"?
The thought had barely formed when it was immediately extinguished during the subsequent questioning.
Only animals containing abundant energy, like mutated centipedes, can provide such great benefits to mutated vines; ordinary animals cannot, as the conversion process still consumes a significant amount of energy.
Lin Qian smacked his lips in disappointment. As expected, only mutated insects could provide enough benefits for the mutated vines.
Unfortunately, these mutated insects are even rarer than mutated plants. Hopefully, we'll encounter a group of insects as easy to deal with as mutated centipedes next time.
If it's like an ant colony... I'd rather not have it.
After this experience, Lin Qian obtained new data on insect mutations. Both ant colonies and centipede colonies appear as groups, indicating that insect mutations are most likely a result of group evolution, rather than individual evolution like that of animals and plants.
Of course, the issue of group evolution may simply be influenced by the energy of heavy rain. Perhaps there are insects that have evolved slowly by accumulating spiritual energy, but Lin Qian has not yet encountered one.
But this doesn't prevent him from making predictions, and he can update them if new situations arise later.
Recording and speculating won't affect anything; this is just Lin Qian's own database. Since there's no contact with humans yet, Lin Qian can only collect information on his own for future use.
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The number of migrating animal herds on the continent is increasing, and they continue to move forward and gradually converge.
Half a month after setting off, Lin Qian and his team arrived at the first major river basin they were heading south.
Looking at the dried-up riverbed, with only a stream of water less than a meter long remaining, Lin Qian's eyes showed worry.
On the map, this river is a famous great river that has nurtured countless lives in its basin. But now, it is like an old man struggling to survive, weak and powerless, ready to be dried up by the scorching sun at any moment.
Ordinary animals don't have so many thoughts. The moment they see a water source, they rush to the cracked riverbed, trample and muddy the only small stream of water, and then drink frantically to quench their thirsty bodies.
Over the past ten days or so, it's not that no water source has been found along the way, but rather that almost all of them are facing drying up; the streams and lakes can no longer withstand the scorching sun.
Fortunately, herbivores can replenish their water from plants; otherwise, countless lives would have perished along the way.
Of course, many animals still die from the sun on the road. Those beasts hardly need to hunt every day; they just need to wait for their prey to fall to the ground.
However, the days when food was readily available did not bring much joy to the beasts, who knew that the mass deaths of herbivores foreshadowed a terrible future.
But they were powerless. Not only them, but all creatures, including humans, were powerless in the face of the power of nature. Of course, this was not the worst thing.
Lin Qian noticed a change in the forest by the river.
The plants on the riverbank were sunburned, and a large portion of them, almost 20%, were dried out.
Looking at the various hoof prints on the ground, Lin Qian knew that in addition to the animals that once lived nearby, many migrating caravans had also passed by this great river.
Before them, this area had already received several groups of guests, who had swept up the plants that had been nourished by the heavy rain.
The newly grown plant branches and leaves no longer possess the abundant energy of heavy rain; they can no longer freely face the scorching sun and will inevitably wither away.
This discovery made Lin Qian's heart tighten.
Their herd had not encountered any other herds of animals on their way through the basin, so they had not seen this situation along the way.
But now, encounters are essential, and food will lose its abundant energy because the vegetation has been repeatedly eaten.
At that time, it will become very difficult for herbivores to find food, and this result will directly affect carnivores!
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The tiger parents also noticed the changes in the vegetation, and their extensive experience in living in the wild shared a common concern.
Not only these, but also some older common mammals have been found.
A group of elephants abandoned their plan to rest in place and, disregarding the migrating procession, chose to set off again.
Then, herds of beasts followed one after another and continued their journey. The herds that had originally planned to rest were quickly regrouped.
Under such circumstances, no animal wanted to be left behind, and the clever ones knew to hurry on their way and get ahead of the other migrating caravans.
Those that are less intelligent, however, know how to assess the situation. They will closely follow the group and the stronger herd, never letting themselves fall behind.
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As the sun rises, the same blazing sun shines on the coastline.
All the humans in Linhai City have been evacuated, and almost all the weapons and supplies that could be activated have been taken away.
At this moment, this once incredibly prosperous city is about to be occupied by a group of uninvited guests.
The calm sea began to surge and churn, and one after another, pitch-black monsters covered in scales emerged from the water and walked onto the shore.
If you look closely, these strange monsters all have the characteristics of marine life, including fish, turtles, and even crabs and shrimp.
Fish have not evolved legs, but their bodies are large and more flexible. They move like snakes, and their speed is comparable to that of other marine creatures with limbs.
A giant sea creature, carrying a jet-black tortoise shell, left a deep crater with each step, clearly indicating its immense weight. However, its pace was not as slow as before. Although it was still not outstanding among the mutated marine creatures, it had no problem keeping up with the running humans.
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