A Living Insectoid Brain
Daimu led Xia Fei out of the tent and up the mountain. Though this Tulon elder was blind, his footsteps were nimble, and the gravel on the mountain path could not stop him in the slightest. It was clear that this person often took this path.
At the foot of the mountain, Daimu stopped. "Venerable One, this mountain is actually the spaceship our ancestors used to come here from the insectoid territory. Due to the passage of time, the hull has long since lost its original appearance."
Xia Fei was startled. He reached out and touched the black stone wall. It was rough and did not have the heavy and cold feeling of metal. Instead, it was more like stone.
"This is the entrance. Come with me."
The two walked along the foot of the mountain for about a mile before they arrived in front of a flat stone wall. From a distance, this stone wall really did look like a large door. There was an indistinct crack in the middle, and there were carvings all around. Due to the passage of time, these carvings had long since faded away.
Daimu took out a black transparent crystal from his bosom. This crystal was triangular in shape, and there was something very similar to a microchip embedded in it. It was rather strange.
There was a depression in the wall, and Daimu placed the crystal inside. The size was just right, as if it had been tailor-made for him.
He took a deep breath, and a ball of dark red light gradually gathered in his palm. He placed his hand on the black crystal and exerted force. A ball of light was immediately shot into the crystal.
The heavy mountain wall slowly moved to the sides, but it only opened a crack. It seemed to be just big enough for a person to pass through.
"I'm old and can't use too much of my brain power. Please forgive me, Venerable One," Daimu said, bowing.
Xia Fei smiled. "The brain power you speak of is probably an ability. Also, don't call me Venerable One. My name is Xia Fei."
Daimu replied, "Venerable One is very insightful. It's not too much to call this ability an ability. People with brain power will often become much stronger than other tribesmen, possessing very special abilities. As for the title of Venerable One, it's the title of our Tulon Tribe's greatest warrior. If you don't like it, I'll call you Venerable Xia."
Xia Fei pursed his lips. What was the difference between Venerable Xia and Venerable One? Saying that would be pointless.
"How many people in your tribe have abilities?" Xia Fei asked.
Daimu bitterly smiled. "Three."
"Three? So little? " Xia Fei mused. "You're a tribe of over twenty thousand people, yet you only have three people with abilities?"
Daimu replied, "To be precise, there's only one. My son and I both have the energy ability to open the spaceship left behind by our ancestors. Only we can open the spaceship left behind by our ancestors. No one else can do it. This ability is passed down from generation to generation. My father and my father's father all have this ability."
"There's a price to pay for inheriting abilities. As you can see, I've been blind since I was born, and my son is deaf. These are the prices we have to pay."
"He's not lying. Daimu's seventh brain region is also in a half-open state, unlike his clansmen," Phantom explained.
Xia Fei suddenly thought of Constantine. This prince of the Blood Candle Kingdom had once told him that there were many ability users in his kingdom, but almost all of them had different degrees of flaws. Could there really be a way to open the seventh brain region at the cost of one's body?
Xia Fei lit a cigarette out of habit. Whenever he began to think, he would involuntarily do so.
Be it cultivating to open the seventh brain region or using one's body as a bargaining chip to open the seventh brain region, many different races had begun researching the mysterious seventh brain region since ancient times. Everyone chose different paths, but the final goal was to completely open the seventh brain region as their goal.
As one of the few warriors in the world who had completely opened the seventh brain region, Xia Fei was naturally very interested in the legends and examples of the seventh brain region. Why did the mysterious seventh brain region exist? This had always been a riddle that had plagued humanity.
Now, it seemed that this riddle was not only troubling humanity but also other intelligent life in the universe.
Xia Fei picked up Daimu. His body was small and thin, so Xia Fei felt like he was carrying a green monkey.
"Now, let's see what's so special about your ancestor's spaceship."
Daimu smiled, not daring to say anything. It was clear that Xia Fei was no kind soul. If he could kill one hundred of the strongest warriors in his tribe without any mercy, he could naturally kill him as well.
"Turn left up ahead and go straight. There's a door at the end of the corridor. Go through the door and continue up the stairs to the next level …"
…
Xia Fei's heart was beating wildly. This ancient warship gave him a strange feeling. As he walked, he observed the structure of the ship, and there were many things he could not understand.
A few moments later, Xia Fei arrived at the command center of the warship. The layout here was very similar to that of human warships. There was a captain's chair at the very back, and there was a row of busy staff in front. There was also a radar system and a fire-control system. The only difference was the biological storage pool at the very center of the command center.
This pool was made of transparent glass, and there used to be a lot of biological solution inside, used to soak certain organs. Now, there was no biological solution in the pool, only a black and shriveled object that looked like a carbonized cactus lying in the center of the pool. There were many thin transparent threads attached to it.
Xia Fei suddenly thought of a scene from a sci-fi movie where the human brain was extracted and soaked in a special liquid, and those threads were connected to the brain's nervous system, allowing it to continue working.
The pool in front of them was very similar. If the object in the pool that looked like a cactus was really a brain, then it definitely didn't belong to a human, because it was too big, enough to exceed the size of a few hundred human brains.
* Zing! *
A small knife appeared in Xia Fei's hand. He gently cut off a piece of the cactus and placed it under the magnification system of his microcomputer.
This cactus had already carbonized, but under the magnification system, he could still make out the cellular structure inside.
"Daimu, this ship probably doesn't belong to the Tulon Race, right? If my guess is correct, it should belong to the insectoids. "
Daimu was startled, and then he sighed. "Venerable Xia guessed correctly. According to the records of our ancestors, this ship was indeed stolen from the insectoids, for our Tulon Race doesn't have the ability to produce warships."
Xia Fei coldly chuckled. "I'm afraid that this ship isn't as simple as just being produced. It was modified from the main body of a giant insectoid! Along the way, it's like we're passing through the body of a giant insectoid. Though its various organs have already withered, their shapes are still distinct. "
Daimu replied, "You're right. According to the records of our ancestors, insectoid warships first need to breed an extremely large insectoid species. Then, using this insectoid as the foundation, the insectoid's bodily functions are removed, leaving only its brain. The brain is then connected to the various parts of the warship. This way, there are two methods of piloting the warship. One is to use mechanical and electronic links to control the warship, while the other is to use the insectoid's brain to directly command it.
"The former requires a large number of highly intelligent insectoids to operate, while the latter only requires a priest to communicate with the brain, telling it what to do, and the warship will automatically execute it. There's no need for anyone else to help."
Xia Fei was shocked. First of all, this giant insectoid was shocking enough, and the biological technology involved was even more unimaginable!
To combine an insectoid and a warship into one was a powerful technological ability that not even the humans of today could achieve! Could insectoid technology be even more advanced than that of humans?
Even more puzzling was that the insectoid warships had already abandoned the ancient method of using giant insectoids as embryonic warships. Instead, they were using pure metal to create steel warships that were similar to humans. Logically speaking, the advantages of these biological warships were unmatched by any other warship. If a fleet made entirely out of giant insectoids, only one commander would be needed to command the entire fleet, and their movements would be uniform. After all, each warship was an individual body that could think and carry out the orders of the flagship.
In the insectoid race, which lacked high intelligence, this was clearly more advantageous than having many insectoids carry out complex operations. Why would they abandon this ancient biological technology and instead approach the level of human technology?
"Daimu, your intelligence seems to be much higher than that of your people," Xia Fei asked with his arms crossed.
A hint of fear flitted across Daimu's face, and he humbly said, "Once the patriarch of each race reaches adulthood, they can go to the ruins of our ancestors to study. There are many books there …"
Two lines of sweat appeared on his face, and he began to panic.
"You should be well aware of the consequences of lying," Xia Fei coldly said. "You're blind, so how are you going to read? Moreover, I've carefully observed that the Tulons don't even have their own written language! Your lie is a little too obvious! "
Daimu was sweating profusely, so nervous that he could not speak. The ancients said that the more one spoke, the more mistakes one would make. Daimu was extremely excited when talking about his ancestors, wishing that he could tell everything he knew, so he left behind many flaws.
Xia Fei sternly said, "Wait for me here. I'm going out for a moment."
After saying this, Xia Fei made to leave. The moment he heard the footsteps, Daimu could no longer hold himself back. He had long since viewed Xia Fei as a god of death in his heart, and what he was going to do would definitely be to kill all of his people.
"Venerable One!" Daimu dropped to his knees and trembled. "I'll talk. I'll tell you everything."
Xia Fei smiled as he sat in the commander's seat. This seat was very spacious, clearly not meant for humans.
"I'm listening. You can begin now."
Daimu wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Just as you said, the Tulons don't have their own written language. All our knowledge comes from the mainframe."
"Mainframe?"
"Back then, there were nine insectoid warships that came with the Tulons. The brain of the largest ship is still alive. It's the one that tells us history and teaches us how to live, but only the patriarch of each race has the right to go to the room where the mainframe is and listen to its teachings."
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
