4.6 Billion Year Symphony of Evolution

Chapter 37—The Scent of a Barbecue

The rainstorm did not last long. When the dark clouds all dispersed, the light once again fell, and Leviathan once again set foot on the land of the glittering woodland.

But here... can it be called woodland...?

There were traces of burnt black everywhere, and the thick trunks turned into black pieces and dust, which were spread over the earth.

There are also many twisted trees that have not fallen down, but they have also turned into a burnt black color under the burning of the flames, and the entire jungle has a strong smell.

This kind of scene is caused by the extinction of species.

Is the species extinct... Lin has only considered this issue now.

Yes... The beautiful environment, the environment that is suitable for life, is also composed of countless creatures. The creatures make the land free from the threat of ultraviolet rays. The creatures make the world rich. Every species, every predator and prey is Bonded together, they form a special relationship with each other, allowing nutrients and energy to rotate between.

Lin had noticed this relationship when she observed various creatures, but Lin did not go deep into it...

If one of the species disappears, an unpredictable situation can occur.

Extinct... Lin only did the same thing in the single-cell era, but at that time there were so many cells, even if one was extinct, the other would soon fill the position of the extermination, but in the multi-cell era, It doesn't seem that the creatures fill the extinction position so quickly...

After all, every multi-cellular creature has evolved through countless disasters. Once it disappears, it disappears forever. Together with its numerous years of evolutionary information, it disappears without a trace.

So, is this the true meaning of compassion...

Lynn doesn't know how Chibucha manages fungi, but it seems that they have a way to keep the fungus from spreading to the jungle. Maybe Chibucha will have other effects on the jungle, but now it is impossible to know.

It seems to be a little bit regretful...

If there is a similar situation next time, Lin will not make a decision as simple as it is, but will make more detailed and thoughtful considerations, but Lin will not easily let go of the creatures that threaten themselves.

Now, when things have passed, Lin will not think too much. After summing up and thinking about it, Lin knows what to do next time.

Now, continue to study here and see what the flames have left.

The flame did not extend into the jungle of the Darkness. Lin found that the trees that were not destroyed were able to produce a special liquid that seemed to prevent the flame from burning them.

But the fungus will destroy this ingredient and make the trees dry...

Lin is now mainly studying the glittering woodland that has been burnt out and smells of smoke. All the things burned by the flame will give off this taste. The high temperature of the flame will destroy the cell structure in the body and exude a a strong smog.

In fact, Lin's olfactory system is a self-defining scent. Lin makes them evolve like ordinary cells. With regard to the sense of smell, the cells have evolved very fast.

The strange thing is that the smell of these smokes is not stinky, but ‘fragrant’.

'香香' is the opposite of ‘smelly’, is the signal of food, that is to say...

Lynn let Leviathan release several collectors and let them eat some of the ashes around.

These ash should be left after the plants are burned, and most of them are digestible and digested very quickly.

It turns out that after being burned by the flame, the things that were originally food will become easier to digest, that is to say, the flame is not completely devastating.

Lynn noticed that there were many small creatures that escaped during the fire, and they all came back here. They rummaged through the ashes. Lin also saw a huge cockroach stalking a pile of ashes.

It was a horned owl, with a body length of more than 4 meters. It was the biggest cockroach that Lynn had ever seen, but it was not fierce. When Leviathan walked over it, it ran away.

Leviathan dug up the ashes that had been dug, and Lin found that there were a large number of burnt blackened reptiles underneath that seemed to be their nests.

Lin let the devourer eat some blackened creeping meat and found that the meat is as digestible as the ashes mixed with plant residues.

But the nutrients contained in it are much less than when it is not burnt. It is like the meat of this reptile. Lin calculated that it takes about ten times to replenish the nutrients obtained directly.

Other charred items may be different, but they are basically not as much nutrients as they can eat directly.

However, charred meat has an advantage, and there are few other fungi on it.

Single cells are very strange creatures. No matter how they are killed, they will come out constantly. Therefore, when eating organisms, they need to prepare a considerable number of immune cells. The rate of digestion of food is also much slower. If you encounter immune cells. If you can't beat the fungus or virus, you can only wait for death.

But the burnt food has almost no single-celled creatures, no virus and too many impurities, so digestion is much easier, so so many creatures like to eat the scorched things here?

With that said, after the food is roasted, will it become safer?

But this doesn't make much sense to Lin. Lin completely ignores the threat of single cells and viruses, so Lin will never choose to use the fire to roast food before eating.

Regarding the study of fire, Lin had already done it before the rain stopped. Lin found that the reason for the fire was quite simple. It needed high temperature and combined with combustible objects.

Lightning is the cause of high temperatures. As long as an object, such as cracked wood, has a flame, it seems that oxygen is also needed. The burning of the flame will reduce the surrounding oxygen.

This phenomenon is quite fun, but because of the temperature of the flame, it is difficult for Lynn to study the detailed structure. Therefore, Lin intends to manufacture some arms with protection against high temperature and then study it.

The flame will disappear because it is isolated from combustibles, and it can be isolated by water. For so long, Lin has never seen the reason for this fun phenomenon, because most of the time he lives in the ocean.

High temperature can be generated by friction of a high-speed object, and a flame can be generated in this way.

For now, Lin feels that the meaning of the flame is only used to destroy the creature, perhaps used in combat.

But this kind of thing that is difficult to control, or not to use it casually is better...

After looking around the darkened woodland, Leviathan returned to the base cave again.

Now, there is new news there... There are mosses that have successfully evolved immune cells for fungi!

It’s too fast, not even a day or night, it’s incredible, and it’s hard to imagine why they’ve almost been completely destroyed, but the problem is that only the only one of all the mosses in Lin’s experiment evolved. Everything else... is dead. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe, reward, your support is my greatest motivation.)