They say I'm a world-destroying anomaly.

Chapter 52 Kannpoli Worms

After Cheng Xu brought back the samples from the Deep Swamp City, the Luling Clan's research team immediately began studying them.

In fact, from the perspective of the Fenglin Star official, there are still many unexplained doubts in the exploration of the Deep Swamp Mystery City.

For example, why did the other four members of the team become agitated due to the insect fog, while Cheng Xu remained unharmed?

For example, why did the scarlet insect fog described by Cheng Xu disappear without a trace when the officials arrived at the scene, leaving only a piece of amber buried underground?

How did this young man from the Chengmingxing branch eliminate him?

However, the Lu Ling clan members of Fenglin Star are all intelligent. When it comes to personnel from the Anomaly Management Bureau, they tacitly choose to remain silent on these issues.

After all, it's normal for people from the Bureau of Anomalies to have secrets, and it's not a wise choice to delve into them rashly.

Not to mention, Cheng Xu's help to Feng Linxing was genuine and played a crucial role in resolving this crisis.

The Luling tribe was quite efficient; less than twelve hours after Cheng Xu brought back the samples, a preliminary research report on the red insects was already available.

The Luling tribe members who followed Cheng Xu into the ward set up the imaging equipment and began to introduce the latest research results to the four people lying on the hospital beds.

"By comparing data with the Fenglin Star Paleontological Archives, we have confirmed the life species discovered in the Deep Swamp Maze ruins."

The staff showed everyone an enlarged image of the red insect.

Just as Cheng Xu saw through the simple microscope, it is a simple single-celled organism with a large number of villi growing outside the cell, and it is light red in color.

"It is a species that existed on the planet Fenglin about 50 million years ago, and it is called the Kannpoli Worm."

Madeline fell into thought: "Fifty million years ago...at the end of the Eocene epoch?"

Houhai Ji?

Cheng Xu and his nephew Lansli looked puzzled.

Seeing this, Madeline explained, "The Post-Hyperphase is a geological era in the history of Fenglin Star, and it was also the period of Fenglin Star's first mass explosion."

Through her narration, Cheng Xu learned that due to geological changes and other factors, a large number of new species appeared on Fenglin Star between 70 million and 50 million years ago.

By studying materials such as biological fossils, Luling scholars have roughly determined the start and end dates of this era and named this geological period the Houhai Period.

"If I remember correctly, a large number of species went extinct at the end of the Eocene period..."

Madeline stared blankly at herself, muttering to herself.

"To this day, the mass extinction at the end of the Eocene period remains an unsolved mystery."

Her gaze refocused, fixed intently on the three-dimensional image of the Cannpoli worm in the video.

The staff member continued, "Commander Madeline is right. We have found remains of Cannpolia in the Late Neolithic fossils and amber we have excavated."

"Before today, the paleontological community generally believed that Cannpolia was not fundamentally different from other ancient organisms of the same period and all went extinct at the end of the Eocene."

"However, after research and analysis, we believe that the Cannpolia is very likely directly related to the Eocene-Paleogene extinction event."

The post-Hyperphase mass extinction remains one of the major unsolved mysteries in the history of Fenglin Star.

Experts from the Luling tribe, through analysis of rock strata, fossils and other materials, discovered that 99% of species on the planet experienced a period of extinction 50 million years ago.

Logically speaking, the only explanation for such a large-scale extinction event on the entire planet is an extreme change in the natural environment, such as a sharp rise or fall in global temperature, or a natural disaster such as a meteorite impact.

However, around that time, researchers have not found any evidence of drastic environmental changes or major natural disasters on Fenglin Star.

This problem puzzled the Luling scholars for quite some time, until they matched the samples brought back by Cheng Xu with the recorded Kannpoli insects.

Like a ray of light piercing through the gloom hanging over the academic world, paleontologists boldly proposed the hypothesis: what if the culprit behind the mass extinction was not a natural disaster?

From this perspective, the Cannpoli worm, which they have long overlooked, perfectly connects a series of anomalies and unsolved mysteries.

"We found that if we assume that the Cannpolia worm caused the extinction, many problems can be solved."

"For example, why do fossil materials from the late Eocene show signs of intense battles before many creatures died?"

"For example, why are fossils and amber of the Cannpoli worm so rare, and why was its appearance on Fenglin Star so brief compared to other species of the same period?"

Although it has not yet been definitively proven, this conjecture can explain almost all the doubts. Paleontologists of the Luling tribe have basically confirmed that this conjecture is a fact that actually happened in history.

Cheng Xu conjured up images of Fenglin Star fifty million years ago in his mind.

Many species once lived peaceful lives on this planet until one day, the Kamberli worm appeared on Fenglin.

They can invade organisms, causing different kinds of ancient organisms to enter a state of low intelligence and frenzy.

It started in a small area, but because the Cannpoli worm has almost no natural enemies, its influence has gradually expanded.

Countless lives became puppets of these tiny insects, and they began a long struggle and slaughter, which soon led to the mass extinction of species on the planet.

Later, the chain reaction of food chain and biosphere collapse triggered mass extinction, and the number of Cannpoli worms, which lost their host, also plummeted until they became extinct.

"I never imagined the truth behind the post-oceanic mass extinction was like this..."

Madeline and Mordred exchanged a glance, shocked and filled with lingering fear.

No one can accurately estimate the magnitude of the disaster that would be caused if a species that directly caused a mass extinction were to reappear in the world.

Lance coughed twice and looked at the staff.

"How is the situation on Fenglin Star now? Has the disaster caused by the Kannpoli insects been brought under control?"

"Please rest assured that the chaos caused by the Cannpoli insects has been brought under control and properly handled, and there are no signs that the situation will escalate."

"We have urgently assembled elites from the paleontology and medical fields and are working urgently to develop countermeasures against this organism."

"It is estimated that the First Research Institute of Fenglin Star can develop a formula to disinfect the Cannpoli bug within two days."

Fenglin Star is now connected to interstellar space, and its scientific and technological level is completely different from that of 50 million years ago.

With the source discovered and samples captured in time, the catastrophic event that once caused mass extinctions is no longer an unsolvable problem.