Wizard: Starting with Symbiosis with Algae

Wizard: Starting with Symbiosis with Algae Chapter 108

The large-scale mutations in blue-green algae overnight are due to passive exposure to radiation; there is no directional change.

It can be described as a flourishing of diverse talents.

Moreover, because the time frame is too short and natural selection is not yet a major factor, this chaos becomes even more pronounced.

Lynn even saw a blue algae that had lost its "magic breathing" ability.

Its magic channels have completely degenerated, and the surface receptors that could originally absorb free magic have all disappeared, replaced by an extremely developed waterproof stratum corneum.

It's probably the first unit of the blue light bath in the stratum corneum.

Have they even forgotten the skills they rely on to survive?

"Is this still a blue light bath?"

Lynn carefully held the blue algae in his palm. It was only the size of a grain of rice, grayish and inconspicuous.

Aside from being able to hide for a period of time, it serves no other purpose.

In general, its greatest practical function is water storage.

Other aspects, to varying degrees, conflict with his abilities.

But now there's no need to choose. Lynn checked his stamina: 4.45.

"I'm in great shape right now. The inorganic salts in this ruined sea area are incredibly nutritious, and the nitrate concentration far exceeds the normal levels in the near seas of my home planet. As long as there's enough sunlight, I shouldn't be able to die from malnutrition. On this planet, nutrients are practically falling from the sky. I'm practically invincible."

Since that's the case, Lynn rubbed his fingers together and isolated each of the surviving algae plants individually.

Since we're already here, we don't care if it's useful or not; we'll just save it first.

"Symbiosis. Activate."

A few minutes later, looking at the few charred remnants on the vehicle, Lynn couldn't help but shake his head.

These are all things we hope will remain after burning.

For the sake of our ideals, we must not waste even the radioactive residue.

Lynn followed the same method to inoculate the organism.

This time, the cultivation area was placed a little further away, allowing them to recover slowly during the relatively mild daytime.

YO..

"Lynn! Lynn, come here quickly!"

Daniel exclaimed excitedly.

Lynn put down what he was doing, waded around her, and found her squatting on a protruding piece of the hull, with several small, silvery fish piled up in front of her.

Daniel had already started a small fire. The fish, after being simply prepared, were skewered on metal sticks and slowly roasted beside the fire.

"Eat fish." Daniel handed over a grilled fish, the end of the skewer wrapped in cloth to prevent burns. "Okay."

Lynn took the fish and tore off a piece.

The meat is firm with a subtle sweetness and just the right amount of salt.

He took a few bites; the fish had very low levels of magic and radiation.

This means that they are at the bottom of the food chain in this irradiated sea area, with a large number but small individuals.

"Where did you catch them?"

"The Forward's protective force field is a safe habitat for them, just like crinoids."

Just then, a sea lily landed next to Lynn.

It fell from the sky, like a bunch of dandelions scattered by the wind.

The feather-like tentacles unfurled in the air, slowing their descent, and finally floated lightly to the edge of the vehicle, the tips of the tentacles gently hooking onto the railing.

In the shadow of the ship, it turned its head and made a few short sounds towards Lynn.

"Hiss!"

Lynn scratched his head and stared at it for several seconds.

It breathed on the ground as soon as it landed, showing great energy.

The crinoid buds of this crinoid are lighter in color than the first crinoid it coexists with, and the petals have a faint green stripe around the edge. It is also slightly larger.

It's not the same one.

"Unit Zero. Scratch it."

Unit-00 peeked out from the vines behind Lynn and made a few low hissing sounds at the new sea lily.

It's like they're declaring their territory.

The newly arrived sea lilies were not to be outdone; their tentacles stood upright, their flower buds began to slowly rotate, and the airflow was about to be ready.

The two sea lilies faced off for several minutes, and in the end, Unit Zero won due to its size advantage. The new sea lily was scratched until it curled up into a ball, its tentacles all rolled up.

Lynn brought the newly captured sea lily to Daniel. It was still trying to escape.

"Look what I caught!"

The two were standing very close; Daniel was flipping the remaining fish while it was grilling. She glanced up, raising an eyebrow. "Another one?"

"The more the better." Lynn placed the new crinoids and Unit Zero together, and the two crinoids immediately began to examine each other. "You saw the experiment last night. One wasn't enough, and three weren't enough either. To break through the rainbow hydra's defenses, I need a whole row of crinoids blowing air at the same time to push the spores over."

Lynn thought for a moment and added, "Of course, relevant apprentices would also be fine. What about yesterday's apprentices?"

"I'm sorry, they can't do that."

Daniel waved, pointing towards the vehicle on the sea. Inside the vehicle, the three rescued apprentices were still in very poor condition.

They look just like a bunch of dry cell batteries when they're all lined up together.

One of them was in relatively good condition, at least able to sit up and drink water without assistance. The other two had barely moved since last night, lying on the vehicle like dead fish.

Daniel frowned and said, "They didn't wake up all night. Are you sure everything's okay?"

"Then there's nothing I can do," Lynn said. He didn't have a healing symbiote; the lamb could only handle the physical damage to his body. The toxins in his nervous system and the residue from the hydra injections required a more specialized medical wizard to clean up.

The iridescent hydra slowly stretched its tentacles out to bask in the sun. Transparent tentacles emerged from the cockpit windows and vents. The arms at the ends of the tentacles stretched out and slowly rotated, enjoying the constant temperature and humidity inside the protective barrier.

Its main body remained in the cockpit, but the tentacles were clearly more mobile than last night.

Daniel stared at the tentacles and said, "Creatures like the rainbow hydra are actually extremely afraid of radiation. It's only because the Forward has a protective force field that it can move freely. That's also why it's so attracted to the ship."

Lynn seemed to be deep in thought.

"That's why it stayed on the ship and didn't leave."

"Yes."

It's certainly good that the rainbow hydra chose a wizard's ship with a protective force field as its habitat.

It's the same strategy as the small fish in the sea, but Lynn always felt that something was wrong.

This creature is so large; it must occupy a relatively advanced ecological niche. It definitely needs to consider radiation protection.

But they have no black spots at all.

Lynn asked, "Do you know where they usually live?"

"How would I know? I was just grilling fish, don't ask me so many questions."

The crew members on board, under control, began to get busy with their tasks.

The bloodstains on the deck gradually faded during the morning wash. Several apprentices, expressionless, manipulated the water flow to clean the gaps in the deck, their movements mechanical and orderly.

Everything is proceeding smoothly.

Lynn found it increasingly strange. Even if a hydra possessed simple, or even slightly complex, intelligence, it could never have done such a thing.

It can control the host to walk, talk, and even engage in simple social interactions, but this organized work allocation is beyond the scope of normal capabilities.

Just then, Daniel suddenly raised his head.