Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 448 The Structure of Hell
The passing of life is not the end, but the beginning of another life.

As more and more lives fell on this land, a new generation of plants and animals gradually grew up. However, unlike the previous generation, this generation of plants and animals did not have the same vigorous vitality.

Whether due to lack of sunlight or the influence of the bloody atmosphere of battle, these new generation of plants and animals not only lacked vitality but were also twisted. The animals had fangs and bone spurs, and even the surface of the plants was covered with sharp thorns.

Obviously, these things are not edible, but in this land that has become barren due to the cold, the various races scattered throughout the land still reached out to them.

Even if it looks disgusting, it's still food. As for whether it will kill you, you can eat it first and worry about that later.

Of course, these races weren't foolish enough to use themselves to test the food. They initially used captives. For example, the Ignivas would use captured half-dwarves to test the food until they confirmed it wasn't poisonous before taking a small bite.

Using this method of tasting food with prisoners, these races quickly selected a group of edible creatures. In addition to elemental creatures that do not need to eat, the plunder of resources has also become a part of the struggle between many forces.

As for before that... they did indeed need to eat, but apart from certain materials, many races preferred to prey on other enemies.

Now, more food sources mean more nutrition, and even more manpower and combat strength.

Thus, a new round of war began.

The new war brought more heat, and in addition to heat, it also brought more food—which piqued Du Yi's interest, as he was curious whether this stuff was edible.

Especially after seeing the Seed of Creation carrying a wriggling, thorny vine, Du Yi's suspicions became even more pronounced.

"Is this thing really edible?"

With these questions in mind, Du Yi tried cutting and roasting the vines, only to find that these strange vines completely ignored the flames and continued to wriggle even after being roasted for three hours.

Even slicing it is useless; this thing is as tenacious as an earthworm, completely unlike a plant.

"If plants have become like this, what about animals?"

So Du Yi had the Seed of Creation capture some animals again.

It was a creature that looked like a wild boar, but only in appearance. Its body was round and chubby like a pebble, and its four short legs were thick and powerful. However, this thing had no head, and only a mouth was located on its abdomen.

It seems that this thing hunts by pouncing and then using its abdominal maw to tear at the prey. Du Yi had never seen such a bizarre way of eating.

But what's even stranger is the structure of this creature.

The outer skin is covered with protruding bone spurs, but these bone spurs do not originate from the inside. If one had to describe it, it would be more like the structure of a turtle, with the skeleton growing directly on the surface of its body.

Beneath the skeleton lies a thick layer of skin, which Du Yi couldn't quite distinguish—whether it was the thick inner skin, excessively solid muscle, or some kind of connective tissue. In any case, this strange flesh and blood constituted the majority of the monster's internal structure.

Yes, the vast majority.

The monster's skin was shockingly thick. Du Yi didn't see what could be called internal organs until he cut the entire monster in half.

This thing doesn't even have facial features, and its brain is so small that it's invisible. Apart from the body's own movement structure, all that's left are its mouth and digestive organs.

"How did this thing appear?"

Looking at the dense array of sharp teeth in the mouthparts, Du Yi felt a chill run down his spine.

It has no senses at all; heaven knows how this thing hunts.

Judging from the description of the Seed of Creation, these things actually thrive on the surface, and could even be considered a highly sought-after food source by various factions. "This thing... is it really edible?"

Looking at the thick, inedible outer skin and the tiny, almost nonexistent internal organs, Du Yi felt for the first time that eating this thing would break his teeth.

The surface was no longer the one he was familiar with. After being deployed by sixteen races, the once warm and spring-like surface had become a physical hell.

On that dark and sunless land, many strange creatures killed each other, using their strength and blood to bring warmth to this cold land.

"It should be a good thing, right?"

Du Yi looked at the Seed of Creation.

How far are we from the next star?

"Aren't we going treasure hunting?"

The Seed of Creation was taken aback; this was not what had been planned.

"I thought we were going to that coordinate from before, the secret treasury of the God of Courage..."

"Let's find a sun first."

Du Yi changed the flight path.

The reason is simple: the surface is also Du Yi's hometown. Seeing his former habitat turned into such a chaotic mess, Du Yi is finding it hard to bear.

"Let's find some sunshine first, give them some light, maybe that will make them feel better..."

Of course, Du Yi didn't say one more thing: if these monsters don't recover, then throw them all into the sun.

The Seed of Creation clearly understood this meaning as well.

Just like with peace before, now that the concept of peace has been put forward, then by physically eliminating all things that are not peaceful, peace will naturally come.

Similarly, if a stable light source can improve the lives of the races on the surface, then those races that cannot improve are not worthy of living on the earth.

"And given my father's personality, he probably doesn't want to wait too long."

The Seed of Creation thought for a moment, then assessed the distance.

It's a bit far. At least at the planet's current speed, who knows when it will arrive? Although for long-lived species, all time-related issues are not problems, the Seed of Creation still wants to get there faster.

“There must be another, more convenient mode of transportation, after all, among those creatures that have fallen to the earth, there are quite a few short-lived species.”

For questions like these, it would be most appropriate to ask the remnant souls of the Four Star Gods directly, but that would mean asking their father for help.

The Seed of Creation did not intend to do so, after all, this was a task given to it by its father, and in the Seed of Creation's eyes, it was a test of how it could solve the problem.

"If we don't seek out the Four Star Gods, we can only start with the creatures on the surface of the earth."

With this in mind, the Seed of Creation began its experiment.

(End of this chapter)