Even though it was terrifyingly big, it was not made of flesh and blood. Instead, it was made of a grayish-white substance that was similar to a fossil.
However, the hemisphere in front of Meng Chao was divided into the frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and insula through folds, grooves, and cracks.
The cerebral cortex, the central nervous system, and the nerve fibers that connected the left and right hemispheres of the brain were all present. The more he looked at it, the more similar it seemed.
Besides, after Meng Chao observed it carefully, he came to the conclusion that it was not the brain of a huge monster.
Instead, it was the product of a human brain after it was magnified one thousand times.
Even though 99% of the brain was lifeless and lifeless, occasionally, rays of inspiration would flash in the sulci.
But from time to time, an epiphany flashed through the sulci, as if bioelectricity was flashing on the cerebral cortex.
"Is this the 'supercomputing unit' in the 'matrix' that Captain Wu mentioned?"
Meng Chao was shocked.
Although intelligence and brain capacity were not necessarily proportional.
However, such an incredible super brain, if it was 100% awake and active, would certainly burst out the light of wisdom that was a hundred times more dazzling than that of a regular human being. It would boast unparalleled abilities in information collection, integration, analysis, and deduction.
It was not impossible for such a superbrain to predict what would happen in the future once it grasped enough information, right?
Even Battle God Lei Zongchao was shocked by the huge brain. He was silent for a long time before he looked contemplative. He seemed to have remembered some of the things that happened a long time ago in Ruins No. 1.
Wu Haibo guided them through a staircase that humans had temporarily built and into the sulci that separated the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
They were like tiny cells that moved through the sulci.
The walls of the brain were still made of a carbon-based substance that was neither gold nor iron. Most of the brain tissue had long since lost its activity, but there were a few places where Meng Chao could still feel a faint elasticity when he touched them. It was as if he was touching a piece of frozen flesh.
A subtle bioelectricity came from his fingertips, and it made Meng Chao shudder.
In every brain groove, there were countless workers working intensely.
They stabbed long and thin needles into the brain tissue in an attempt to stimulate certain areas and obtain some feedback.
A lot of experts above average sat cross-legged deep inside the super-enormous brain, trying to activate their brainwaves through deep meditation to resonate with the 'brain tissues' around so that they could hear the call of the primordial era and see the pictures from the primordial era in a trance.
This was the cultivation method he found in the First Ruin.
Countless pioneers, including Battle God Lei Zongchao, had ventured forth to explore without fear of death. They had long since come to the conclusion that if they entered a deep meditative state in the ancient ruins, especially when they stimulated their brainwaves to the max, there was a high possibility that they could receive information from billions of years ago hidden in the depths of the ruins.
The information might be the model for a powerful spirit energy magnetic field, the creation and engraving methods for runic symbol machines, the formula for a gene medicine, and so on.
Many Transcendents cultivated in seclusion in the Primordial Ruins to break through the limits of life.
However, Ruin No. 2 seemed to be much more dangerous than Ruin No. 1.
Each researcher or cultivator was surrounded by a team of warriors who were armed to the teeth and had their hands pressed against the hilts and triggers of their weapons. They were incredibly vigilant and paranoid.
Meng Chao originally thought that they were on guard against monsters that would suddenly jump out of the darkness.
But when he thought about it carefully, the entire monster nest was occupied by humans, and the Deity Realm superhumans had already searched through it a few times. Even if there were some useless soldiers hiding in some corner, they would just be struggling at death's door and waiting for death. There was no way they could pose a threat to the researchers and cultivators.
After thinking about it for a while, he finally understood what was going on.
The fully-armed warriors were on guard against the researchers and cultivators.
They were to prevent them from being corroded by the ancient power and going through spirit energy deviation, turning into half-human, half-monster, or half-monster.
Just as Meng Chao expected, Wu Haibo whispered, "Over the past few days, we've lost quite a number of good fighters in Ruin No. 2. They weren't killed by monsters, but they were infected by ancient viruses or something similar. Some of them had their brains explode because of the high amount of information they received from the primordial era's call. They went through spirit energy deviation and lost their minds, turning into demonic creatures that went on a killing spree.
"This is especially the case here. This is the organ the 'mother' uses to think.
"Although it's already dead, under the nourishment of such a high concentration of spiritual energy, I'm afraid that it won't rot for a long time. The information left in it is still like an all-pervasive demonic insect that can invade our brains at any time.
"That's why we had to use this method and be careful."
Meng Chao nodded.
Fortunately, he had been a tester in Ruin No. 1 for half a year, so he knew quite a lot of secret techniques that could calm the soul and strengthen the mind.
He sucked in a few deep breaths and let his spirit energy slowly circulate through the spirit meridians around his brain. He created a few spirit energy magnetic fields that completely enveloped his brain. It was as if he had put on three layers of armor for his will.
Then, he followed Wu Haibo, Shao Zhengyang, and Lei Zongchao to the center of the superbrain.
The spirit energy radiation ahead of them was getting stronger.
The spirit energy was so thick that it could be seen with the naked eye. It had gathered together to form waves.
Meng Chao instinctively activated his spirit tattoos and formed a thin spirit energy shield on his skin.
But even so, he could not stop the slight burning pain on his skin.
It was as if he was standing on a railway gun that had fired dozens of crystal shells in succession, and the barrel was burning red.
Forget about normal people who had not awakened to supernatural abilities, even one-star to three-star Earth Realm superhumans would not be able to hold their ground in a place with such a terrible spirit energy magnetic field.
Meng Chao cast Lei Zongchao a slightly worried glance.
But his expression remained the same. He was observing his surroundings with a focused expression.
Meng Chao looked in the direction of his gaze and saw that the ravines around him were filled with intersecting marks left behind by knives and axes.
Many of the wounds had cut into the brain tissue, and they were more than one meter deep.
The surfaces that came into contact with the brain melted before they gathered together again to turn into colorful crystals. They looked like glass that had been burned by flames.
Meng Chao also noticed quite a number of clear fist prints, palm prints, and footprints among the shadows of the weapons.
Each mark was surrounded by ripples or lines that spread out in a radial manner. It was as if they had delivered a punch with the power of a thunderbolt.
"This is the place where we ran into the monster mastermind," Lei Zongchao said.
It was the place where dozens of sulci intersected, and it was also the place where the spirit energy radiation was the strongest. The shadows of weapons, as well as the marks left behind by punches and kicks were the densest. Large pieces of brain tissue were melted and gathered together to form colorful rocks. Shao Zhengyang suddenly stood still and said with lingering fear in his heart, "It was also the most terrifying battlefield I've ever been in.
"Because the spirit energy magnetic field interference here was too strong, and the battlefield environment at that time was too bad. There were shockwaves that were thousands of degrees Celsius everywhere, and there were burning particle flows everywhere. Even the nano fighting suits of the Deity Realm superhumans were torn to shreds, and we didn't have any equipment that could record images.
"That's why, regretfully, we didn't leave behind any recordings.
"But even until the day I die, I won't forget this battle.
"In the beginning, the Deity Realm superhumans had a smooth operation. Regardless of whether we fought against the Apocalyptic Beasts in the sinkhole or charged into the monsters' nest, we didn't run into strong resistance.
"It was especially so after we saw so many monsters that died in their wombs before they could mature. Everyone's spirits were high.
"We were very optimistic and believed that the monster civilization was on the verge of collapse. It was like a building with an unstable foundation that was about to collapse. With just the slightest push, it would collapse with a bang.
"As for the monster mastermind, it was either at the end of its rope due to a lack of resources, or it escaped a long time ago and left behind an empty nest for us. Regardless of the outcome, we could accept it.
"But we were all wrong.
"The monster mastermind was waiting for us here.
"It stood at the center of the superbrain like an emperor sitting in a majestic palace and waiting for the rebels to arrive.
"It relied on countless crystalline 'nerve bundles' that were like zither strings to connect to the brain tissue around it.
"It looked like a huge ant queen, but it exuded an even stronger presence of a predator than a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Its every move was filled with an oppressive feeling that it controlled life and death, as if it could see through everything.
"Aside from a huge triangular head covered in tentacles and eyes, there was also a face that resembled a human girl at the center of its body.
"That face looked like a mask made of jade, but there was faint mockery and sadness surrounding it. I don't know whether it was lamenting itself, us, Dragon City, or even the fate of the entire world.
"When we saw the true face of the monster mastermind, we came to a realization. It had no reason to run.
"Because it was connected to the superbrain and the entire monster nest. They were connected to each other and couldn't be separated from each other!
"Only when it activated the power of the superbrain and the nest through the countless nerve bundles would it become the true mastermind of the monster mastermind.
"If it cut off its connection to the superbrain and fled on its own in the form of a huge ant queen, its fighting strength wouldn't be stronger than that of an Apocalyptic Beast. Even if it was lucky enough to survive in the harsh environment in the wild, it wouldn't be able to modify and control any monsters to rebuild the monster civilization. It wouldn't be able to use the superbrain to obtain highly developed intelligence and calculative abilities either.
"In other words, it could run, but the price it had to pay was that it would turn from a genius to an idiot. It would turn from the creator of a civilization to a dog that everyone would curse and beat, and it would never be able to turn the tables.
"I believe that to many intelligent life forms, this is an outcome that is even more unacceptable than death!"
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