Chapter 19
4 . 6 Billion Year Symphony of Evolution Volume Two Chapter Nineteen “The Desolate World”Posted on 2018-07-31 by wyhcwe
Last chapter recap: Lin prepares to board land .
This chapter has been brought to you by me, and WanderingGummiOfDoom .
Chapter Nineteen – The Desolate World
The new combination was called “explorer . ” Half the size of a protector, it had a oval body covered in chitin . The sh.e.l.l had many small pores used to absorb oxygen . Two eyeb.a.l.l.s on the head and a lantern tentacle used for illumination . The explorer had a small heart and blood vessel structures inside .
It had eight armored and segmented limbs around the body . Lin added joint structures similar to those of the oval worm onto these limbs . The segmented limb filled with muscles could move quickly .
Lin didn’t create the “explorer” to hunt or kill enemies, but to explore the world outside the water!
Lin enjoyed exploring unknown areas . After it accidentally encountered the water surface, it had this thought . After successfully making armor to protect it from the UV light, Lin could finally realize the idea .
Lin did not come to this place in daytime but chose the safer nighttime . While Lin had armor, it didn’t know if the armor could block the ultraviolet light outside of the water .
The explorer left . It climbed quickly uphill over the environment created by small stone fragments . Doing this was an easy task for the explorer .
During the night, water levels were higher but this could not be seen . However, the lantern Lin created for the explorer was not the same . Lin made it so that not all of the round ball was giving off light, and gathered the light to shine into one direction . The lantern was covered by sh.e.l.ls on two sides . This way, the light it gave off could still illuminate a great distance . The explorer only had to
raise the lantern tentacle to see the water in front of it .
As the explorer moved up the hill, the level of the water grew even lower . The surrounding environment slowly turned from shattered stone into dark yellow small grains of sand . Lin was introduced to this sand for the first time .
The explorer quickly grew close to — — the place where water and land met .
If Lin went in there, Lin could leave the water and go into the domain belonging to the gases .
Lin felt an emotion called “Excitement . ”
Leaving the water seemed to be an important matter which was why Lin had such a feeling .
Lin itself didn’t feel the same . It only thought that this was a new area to explore . Lin didn’t plan to enter with its true body . This was just to satisfy his “curiosity” but why did it feel like this? Lin didn’t know .
Anyways, Lin would fine as long as it continued .
The explorer’s body slowly floated out of the water with its steps . Lin could feel again that empty feeling belonging to the region of The light of the stars flashed above this pace, and illuminated the bath ahead for Lin .
Lin called this completely new world “land . ” Without needing the lantern, Lin could see everything by the light of the stars .
The “land” was a desolate place . It was covered in yellow-brown fragments and sand . Other than several pieces of enormous stone that occasionally popped up, there was nothing else .
But Lin didn’t stop
The explorer started to move its legs again . Its segmented limb left the water along with its body and stepped onto the new world .
Then, it fell down .
After leaving water, gravity seemed to increase greatly . It immediately pulled Lin’s explorer onto the ground and kept it motionless .
Lin’s armor had been made to deal with this
this . However, it seemed Lin had to adjust the muscles .
As it thought about this, Lin quickly repaired the muscles inside the segmented limbs . The cells quickly divided and grew stronger . until it could support the body on the land with its increased gravity .
As the cells quickly repaired, the explorer soon stood up again . This time, it did not fall down .
The explorer moved the segmented limb around its body and walked towards this desolate world … …
On land, the cold air currents replaced the water flows . The air currents were faster than water currents . They blew up sand from the ground that hit the explorer’s outer sh.e.l.l . Lin had a term to describe them –“wind . ”
Lin found, in this world, water became small round drops just like gases in water . When the wind blew by, it would carry off countless drops of water . Under the endless stream of wind, the explorer’s originally moist outer sh.e.l.l quickly grew as dry as the sand under its feet .
Lin obtained many new terms walking onto the new world, but it started to feel … …
Bored .
The explorer moved relatively slowly on land, but it only saw endless yellow sand or occasionally large pieces of rock .
Other than this, there was nothing, no multicellular organisms, no single cells, only the constant wind and flying yellow sand . The sky full of stars was so beautiful, but the land was so desolate and empty .
Lin’s original curiosity and excitement about land was almost used up . It wasn’t in the mood to manage these interesting new terms . It just had the explorer wal step by step .
There were no organisms here, which also meant there was no food . Lin found a new problem, after the wind dried up the water in the outer sh.e.l.l, Lin felt the water inside the explorer slowly slip away .
The water escaped
water escaped out of holes or small cracks in the sh.e.l.l . When the wind blew, they turned into water droplets that flew away and disappeared without a trace .
Lin had always lived in the water . It had never felt what it was like to lose water .
Now it knew, and this meant death .
When a cell lost all of its water, they would instantly die . The cracks on the sh.e.l.l have to be repaired .
Lin;s explorer contained large numbers of gland cells . They could quickly secret chitin to repair all kinds of cracks . Lin’s original sh.e.l.l had not covered the entire area, but it seemed that everything had to be covered .
Lin quickly filled in all the cracks, leaving behind only two small holes to exchange gases .
Lin knew why there were no other organisms here . They couldn’t safely leave water .
Also, this desolate had nothing else that could attract other organisms .
But Lin didn’t give up . The explorer continued to walk towards the deeper parts .
If Lin turned back now, it couldn’t see the water . However, the surrounding scenery was still the same . Other than sand, there were only rocks . This caused Lin to think of when it had been younger .
At that time, it had similar feelings, such as “other than water, there is water . ”
The explorer’s fat cells stored inside its body meant it could walk for a long time . However, Lin started to doubt the meaning of this journey .
So bored .
In this repeated environment, Lin moved its attention upwards . It found the stars in the sky would slowly change . The dots of light would slowly move . Occasionally, a line of light would flash across the sky at high speed but most dots of light would remain motionless .
After going onto land, Lin found that the stars were extremely distant . Maybe,. Maybe, it needed to be swim in air like it did in water to get close to them .
That was … … too difficult .
At this time, the explorer found some different things up ahead .
Sand dunes
The sand dunes were frequent on patches of sand, and Lin usually ignored them . However, on land, the sand dunes should be able to increase the range of Lin’s vision on land .
The explorer climbed up and looked into the distance from the top of the sand dune .
As Lin expected, sand stretched to the end of Lin’s vision .
There was no meaning in this kind of place .
Lin did not want to keep moving . It had the explorer lay on the sand dune and raise its head to look into the starry sky .
Lin found that all of the dots of light in the sky would move . As the sky changed, the surrounding light would also change .
Slowly, the surroundings brightened, and the stars in the sky slowly disappeared .
They were covered up by the light of “daytime . ”
Daytime arrived .
When daytime completely enveloped the surroundings, Lin felt the surrounding temperature rise greatly . The powerful ultraviolet light entered through the segmented limbs and pores of the explorer, and destroyed the cells inside at a rapid rate .
As the light of daytime got brighter, its ultraviolet light was able to penetrate through the outer sh.e.l.l of the explorer . The cells inside rapidly died .
In the next moment, the explorer died . Lin’s first journey onto land ended here .
Return … …
The mothership that was waiting on the beach slowly twisted its body and swam into deeper waters .
This really was … … a meaningless journey .
Translator Ramblings: The theme of this chapter is ‘land is boring’ . Which pretty much describes the continents pretty well for a few billion years . Even now, we cannot live without sources of water .
4 . 6 Billion Year Symphony of Evolution Volume Two Chapter Nineteen The Desolate World Posted on 2018 07 31 by wyhcwe Last chapter recap Lin prepares to board land . This chapter has been brought to you by me, and WanderingGummiOfDoom . Chapter Nineteen The Desolate World The new combination was called explorer . Half the size of a protector, it had a oval body covered in chitin . The sh.e.l.l had many small pores used to absorb oxygen . Two eyeb.a.l.l.s on the head and a lantern tentacle used for illumination . The explorer had a small heart and blood vessel structures inside . It had eight armored and segmented limbs around the body . Lin added joint structures similar to those of the oval worm onto these limbs . The segmented limb filled with muscles could move quickly . Lin didn t create the explorer to hunt or kill enemies, but to explore the world outside the water Lin enjoyed exploring unknown areas . After it accidentally encountered the water surface, it had this thought . After successfully making armor to protect it from the UV light, Lin could finally realize the idea . Lin did not come to this place in daytime but chose the safer nighttime . While Lin had armor, it didn t know if the armor could block the ultraviolet light outside of the water . The explorer left . It climbed quickly uphill over the environment created by small stone fragments . Doing this was an easy task for the explorer . During the night, water levels were higher but this could not be seen . However, the lantern Lin created for the explorer was not the same . Lin made it so that not all of the round ball was giving off light, and gathered the light to shine into one direction . The lantern was covered by sh.e.l.ls on two sides . This way, the light it gave off could still illuminate a great distance . The explorer only had to raise the lantern tentacle to see the water in front of it . As the explorer moved up the hill, the level of the water grew even lower . The surrounding environment slowly turned from shattered stone into dark yellow small grains of sand . Lin was introduced to this sand for the first time . The explorer quickly grew close to the place where water and land met . If Lin went in there, Lin could leave the water and go into the domain belonging to the gases . Lin felt an emotion called Excitement . Leaving the water seemed to be an important matter which was why Lin had such a feeling . Lin itself didn t feel the same . It only thought that this was a new area to explore . Lin didn t plan to enter with its true body . This was just to satisfy his curiosity but why did it feel like this Lin didn t know . Anyways, Lin would fine as long as it continued . The explorer s body slowly floated out of the water with its steps . Lin could feel again that empty feeling belonging to the region of The light of the stars flashed above this pace, and illuminated the bath ahead for Lin . Lin called this completely new world land . Without needing the lantern, Lin could see everything by the light of the stars . The land was a desolate place . It was covered in yellow brown fragments and sand . Other than several pieces of enormous stone that occasionally popped up, there was nothing else . But Lin didn t stop The explorer started to move its legs again . Its segmented limb left the water along with its body and stepped onto the new world . Then, it fell down . After leaving water, gravity seemed to increase greatly . It immediately pulled Lin s explorer onto the ground and kept it motionless . Lin s armor had been made to deal with this . However, it seemed Lin had to adjust the muscles . As it thought about this, Lin quickly repaired the muscles inside the segmented limbs . The cells quickly divided and grew stronger . until it could support the body on the land with its increased gravity . As the cells quickly repaired, the explorer soon stood up again . This time, it did not fall down . The explorer moved the segmented limb around its body and walked towards this desolate world On land, the cold air currents replaced the water flows . The air currents were faster than water currents . They blew up sand from the ground that hit the explorer s outer sh.e.l.l . Lin had a term to describe them wind . Lin found, in this world, water became small round drops just like gases in water . When the wind blew by, it would carry off countless drops of water . Under the endless stream of wind, the explorer s originally moist outer sh.e.l.l quickly grew as dry as the sand under its feet . Lin obtained many new terms walking onto the new world, but it started to feel Bored . The explorer moved relatively slowly on land, but it only saw endless yellow sand or occasionally large pieces of rock . Other than this, there was nothing, no multicellular organisms, no single cells, only the constant wind and flying yellow sand . The sky full of stars was so beautiful, but the land was so desolate and empty . Lin s original curiosity and excitement about land was almost used up . It wasn t in the mood to manage these interesting new terms . It just had the explorer wal step by step . There were no organisms here, which also meant there was no food . Lin found a new problem, after the wind dried up the water in the outer sh.e.l.l, Lin felt the water inside the explorer slowly slip away . The water escaped out of holes or small cracks in the sh.e.l.l . When the wind blew, they turned into water droplets that flew away and disappeared without a trace . Lin had always lived in the water . It had never felt what it was like to lose water . Now it knew, and this meant death . When a cell lost all of its water, they would instantly die . The cracks on the sh.e.l.l have to be repaired . Lin s explorer contained large numbers of gland cells . They could quickly secret chitin to repair all kinds of cracks . Lin s original sh.e.l.l had not covered the entire area, but it seemed that everything had to be covered . Lin quickly filled in all the cracks, leaving behind only two small holes to exchange gases . Lin knew why there were no other organisms here . They couldn t safely leave water . Also, this desolate had nothing else that could attract other organisms . But Lin didn t give up . The explorer continued to walk towards the deeper parts . If Lin turned back now, it couldn t see the water . However, the surrounding scenery was still the same . Other than sand, there were only rocks . This caused Lin to think of when it had been younger . At that time, it had similar feelings, such as other than water, there is water . The explorer s fat cells stored inside its body meant it could walk for a long time . However, Lin started to doubt the meaning of this journey . So bored . In this repeated environment, Lin moved its attention upwards . It found the stars in the sky would slowly change . The dots of light would slowly move . Occasionally, a line of light would flash across the sky at high speed but most dots of light would remain motionless . After going onto land, Lin found that the stars were extremely distant . Maybe, it needed to be swim in air like it did in water to get close to them . That was too difficult . At this time, the explorer found some different things up ahead . Sand dunes The sand dunes were frequent on patches of sand, and Lin usually ignored them . However, on land, the sand dunes should be able to increase the range of Lin s vision on land . The explorer climbed up and looked into the distance from the top of the sand dune . As Lin expected, sand stretched to the end of Lin s vision . There was no meaning in this kind of place . Lin did not want to keep moving . It had the explorer lay on the sand dune and raise its head to look into the starry sky . Lin found that all of the dots of light in the sky would move . As the sky changed, the surrounding light would also change . Slowly, the surroundings brightened, and the stars in the sky slowly disappeared . They were covered up by the light of daytime . Daytime arrived . When daytime completely enveloped the surroundings, Lin felt the surrounding temperature rise greatly . The powerful ultraviolet light entered through the segmented limbs and pores of the explorer, and destroyed the cells inside at a rapid rate . As the light of daytime got brighter, its ultraviolet light was able to penetrate through the outer sh.e.l.l of the explorer . The cells inside rapidly died . In the next moment, the explorer died . Lin s first journey onto land ended here . Return The mothership that was waiting on the beach slowly twisted its body and swam into deeper waters . This really was a meaningless journey . Translator Ramblings The theme of this chapter is land is boring . Which pretty much describes the continents pretty well for a few billion years . Even now, we cannot live without sources of water .