The End of the Paleozoic Era Chapter 2028: The Corpse Craftsman

This creature... should be called a 'corpse maker worm'.

Because they seem to be able to assemble the appearance of zombies.

There are a lot of them here...

The body length of a normal "corpse worm" is more than three meters. They are usually black and have only two limbs for movement. The tissue structure in their body is similar to that of cellular organisms and requires liquid to transport nutrients.

Maybe that's... why they gather here?

Now, Lin and Bilu are inside the mecha, and the mecha is located on a...vast beach.

But this is not another space or another world, it is also in the cold land.

It's just on the... other side.

Whether it is another company's research station or a research group's base, they only occupy a small area of ​​this world called the Frost Land.

There are still many areas in this world that have not been explored, such as this beach-like area, where the ground is mainly gray gravel, and there are potholes filled with liquid everywhere.

The liquid in the potholes is not water, although it looks like it. Lin thinks that this liquid is a life requirement for the "corpse craftsman worm", just like water is to cellular organisms.

Now, Lin was in the mecha, watching a group of "corpse maker insects" in the distance who were...assembling corpses.

They seemed to be unconcerned about the arrival of the mecha, so Lin was able to watch the entire process in detail.

There were a total of five "corpse craftsman insects" involved in the assembly, and more than a dozen of the smallest corpses.

They first grab the corpses in their... hands, and secrete a liquid from their hands. After the corpses come into contact with this liquid, they will slowly... soften and become as soft as clay.

The corpse worms then knead the clay and make it into other shapes. They can combine multiple pieces of clay made by corpses to make them bigger.

Now I know... where the Tyrannosaurus-shaped mummy and the other large mummies came from.

The details of this assembly are still unclear, but it is obvious that they assemble various new types of zombies here and send them to... the exhibition hall.

They opened a connected crack in a puddle here, which was similar to a teleportation channel... But Lin felt that this channel was different from ordinary teleportation. It opened a channel leading to a certain space... perhaps a channel to solidified void, and then passed through this space to the exhibition hall.

"Veronica-san...they look really sick to my stomach..."

For some reason, Bilu seemed to find the kneading behavior of the corpse worms disgusting... They are now trying to assemble a large amount of... corpse clay into a huge individual.

Lin thought... maybe she could find out more details if she went over to take a look.

"Gurgle?" When Lin tried to control the mecha forward, a corpse worm turned its head and looked over.

"Coo, coo, coo!" It suddenly let out a scream, and it seemed as if they were communicating with sounds.

However, these corpse worms did not communicate. When they saw the mecha approaching, they all scattered and fled... The only thing left behind was the ball of "corpse mud" that had not been kneaded yet.

"Wow! Don't touch it, okay? Veronica-san, it's really disgusting!"

When Bilu saw Lin controlling the mecha to approach the mud, it suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable and closed its eyes.

Bilu's emotion is quite strange. Although the Ershi people are disgusted by the flesh and blood of their own kind, this mud is mostly composed of non-cellular organisms such as "corpse bacteria".

There is probably not much left of Ershimin's body.

Although Bilu looked disgusted, Lin still tested it.

There is no need to go out for inspection because the mecha can extend the inspection tools from under its mouth.

I see……

After testing a little, Lin knew... these were indeed made of corpse bacteria, and they would quickly soften after coming into contact with the blood of the corpse worm.

However, they will harden again after a while. The corpse maker worms can mold them into various shapes during the softening period... but the main part of the "brain" has not softened. Lin feels that the corpse maker worms will not perform fine operations. When they form the corpses into a new shape, the corpse bacteria inside will cooperate on their own to make fine connections to form a perfect new body.

This is interesting, but this creature...

"Veronica-san! Look over there!"

Bilu, who had had her eyes closed just now, suddenly opened her eyes and started screaming as soon as she opened them.

Because Lin also saw... the five corpse-crafting insects that had just escaped appeared on the sand in the distance.

Moreover, there was a huge army of zombies following behind them, numbering hundreds.

"Goooooooooooooo!"

A corpse worm cried out.

The zombies behind them also screamed at the same time and rushed towards this side.

Lin felt that the number of zombies that had appeared so far was far greater than the number of Ershi people in the research stations and bases... Maybe they had some other ways to get Ershi people to serve as zombies.

In other words, these corpses were created out of thin air and did not require the Ershi people to be the main body.

In any case, they still look the same as before, looking like a shriveled corpse of an Ershi people.

"Kill them all! Veronica!" Along with Bilu's shouting, Lin also controlled the mecha and rushed into the group of zombies.

It was like a huge creature crashing into a pile of rotten wood, and the group of mummies were torn into pieces the moment they were hit.

Corpse fungi...are not a very strong material. In fact, they are only slightly tougher than real mummies.

The mecha easily crushed all the mummies that pounced on it and rushed towards the nearest corpse-maker worm.

"Goo-goo-goo-waaaaaa!"

The corpse-crafting insects kept making noises and moved away, and a large number of mummies blocked their way.

This is not much different from having no block.

The moment it approached, the mecha stabbed its tail needle into the body of the corpse maker worm. This time, the moment it stabbed in, Lin aimed the machine gun on her left forelimb at the body of the corpse maker worm...

"Bang bang bang" the close-range shooting turned it into a pile of meat. The other corpse-crafting insects seemed to be extremely frightened when they saw this, and soon they squeezed out of the corpse group and fled far away.

After getting rid of all the zombies around, Lin examined the...pieces of meat left by the corpse-crafting worm.

The corpse-crafting worm...has a very strong vitality.

Their vitality is similar to that of more primitive cellular organisms, such as sponges.

Even if it is beaten into pieces, each piece of its flesh can remain alive and will not die.

So Lin thought it would be easier to study them if they were cut into pieces rather than as a whole, this way they wouldn't run away or die.

At least not so quickly.