I'm trapped in a cube

Mo Ling was immersed in the novel smells of the outside world.

He sniffed the waves of scent carefully and formed a picture in his mind.

"Spewing vapor, dangerous poisonous fruits, and... some kind of burning creature?"

Why are those creatures burning?

Is this related to the war that the aroma of grass and trees talks about?

But why don't I smell blood?

The wind at night was slowly increasing, and the range of smells that Mo Ling could detect became wider and wider, and the burnt smell he perceived became heavier and heavier.

The burning smell hung over the forest, and some of it rushed into the stream, mixing with the smell of water vapor...

Messy, extremely messy.

The meaty smell of a roasting creature floated into Mo Ling's perception.

This is a dangerous message that the creatures in the distant forest are encountering a burning from which there is no escape.

"However, there is no smell of burning wood..."

Didn't the forest catch fire?

Mo Ling felt it carefully for a while. Indeed, except for the smell of meat and burnt food produced by biological burning, there was no smell of burning anything else.

"Is this a fire specifically designed to burn living things?"

This was undoubtedly impacting Mo Ling's cognition. He could not imagine what was happening deep in the forest, and these vague smells were not enough for Mo Ling to deduce a definite result.

"It's too far away, too confusing, too vague..."

Mo Ling felt it quietly, but the wind at night would not last long.

As the evening passed, the strong wind gradually calmed down, and Mo Ling could no longer smell the smell in the distance.

The cool breeze changed direction, and the smell now came from an ordinary forest, and the smell was also a very common one.

Mo Ling felt the new smell carefully, but she still couldn't forget the smells she smelled before.

Because it was so special.

"Maybe at this time tomorrow, I can smell it again..."

…

Mo Ling waited with great anticipation for the whole day, and it was evening again.

But unfortunately, it rained today, and the familiar smell did not come.

However, the raindrops made the forest come alive, and various odor molecules were beating with the raindrops, splashing from the soil into the air.

Mo Ling smelled some fresh smells again, mixed with moist water vapor, and he silently remembered these smells in his heart...

Another day passed, and the scent that Mo Ling was missing still didn't come.

"It's raining again..." Mo Ling felt helpless.

As luck would have it, the rainy season has arrived. Every time the sun sets, thick dark clouds appear, water vapor spreads, and then raindrops fall, hitting the soil.

All the smells were obscured by the smell of earth and roots of vegetation and trees. Although the smell was fresh and good, Mo Ling could not help but feel frustrated.

"It seems that the rainy season will last for a long time..."

Just as Mo Ling expected, with the arrival of the rainy season, heavy rain covered the forest every evening. Not only that, the water vapor brought by the rain also made the smell passing through the rock crevices more disordered.

Mo Ling can smell different smells every day, and the water vapor carries rich odor molecules through the rock cracks.

Although it was a pity, Mo Ling could not control the changes in the environment. After feeling all kinds of fresh smells, Mo Ling gradually forgot about that evening.

…

Time passed quickly, and Mo Ling stayed in the crevice for a long time.

Day after day of sniffing, Mo Ling gradually became familiar with the nearby forest, and the scent molecules gradually became regular in his mind.

Different flow directions, regional divisions, and the originally chaotic and mixed smell types were gradually distinguished by Mo Ling, and his perception of smells became more and more sensitive.

Not only that, Mo Ling looked at his body.

"I seem to have grown older..."

Unknowingly, the number of uncollapsed odor molecules in Mo Ling's body became more and more. Although he could not strengthen himself by preying on food, the number of odor molecules increased exponentially as time went by.

"The base number of odor molecules in the body is getting larger. Although the replication speed is still the same, the number of copies has increased..."

Mo Ling quickly figured out the changes in his body.

However, the uncollapsed odor molecules after replication are still the same as before. They are extremely stubborn and stable and cannot collapse. But now Mo Ling is not too demanding. For him, it is a very lucky thing that his body can continue to grow. .

Moring speculated that the reason why his perception of smells became more acute was also related to the increase in the number of smell molecules.

His "sense of smell" actually comes from the collision and contact between molecules.

When the odor molecules in his body come into contact with free odor molecules, "perception" occurs.

But now, his contact area with free molecules has increased, which has caused him to become more sensitive.

Regardless, this is good news.

At the same time, Mo Ling's sniffing range was also increasing, and the limits of what he could sense were constantly extending outward.

At this time, the rainy season is over. After the last raindrop in the forest falls to the ground, the hot summer finally arrives. The heat in the forest makes the movement of smell molecules more intense. The smells mix with each other and float higher and higher. the further away.

The rotten ground washed away by the rainy season was slowly dried, and various strange smells blew to the rock wall along with the wind gusts brought by the temperature changes. Mo Ling was also able to understand the changes in the surrounding environment.

"The smell is becoming more and more active."

Heat is the catalyst for smell.

Driven by the heat, Mo Ling actually smelled the same smell as before.

"A poisonous fruit?"

The smell of this fruit was particularly sweet and fragrant, but the smell made Mo Ling feel a little weird. Those floating odor molecules seemed to have a strange agitation.

"It's just a molecule, why is it restless?" Mo Ling had never seen this kind of phenomenon before, so he felt even more weird.

But soon, he understood the function of this poisonous fruit...

One day in the summer, the smell of burning creatures wafted from the distance again.

"The feathers, the horn of the claws, the flesh, the bones... are all burning, but the burning does not affect the surrounding things."

"Is this a kind of...spontaneous combustion?"

Mo Ling, whose perception was enhanced, instantly smelled the characteristics of the burning creature.

It seemed to be a kind of bird that was spontaneously combusting collectively. They kept hovering in the sky and hit the water with their charred bodies. However, the cool water could not prevent them from spontaneously combusting. Even in the water, they were still burned. Burned cleanly.

And the smell of their burning was actually mixed with the smell of poisonous fruit.

A guess suddenly appeared in Mo Ling's mind:

"Could that kind of fruit cause them to spontaneously combust?"