This seemed to be what it did …
This was a vast world.
The world Rin had seen before …
There was an azure sky and a boundless ocean. Above this ocean, a feeling of fear pervaded the air like a thick fog.
So there was also such a world inside the mayor's body.
When she caught the mayor, Rin felt a sense of fear. This feeling made Rin feel that it was a dangerous thing and that she had to let it go immediately.
However, Rin didn't let it go. Instead, after completely trapping it, she used it to connect to the Dream World. And in the Dream World, Rin saw the same scenery as in the core.
What was going on? Could it be that the mayor's body … was also a Dream Core used to create the Dream Protector like the cube she discovered last time?
Lin explored this part of the ocean for a bit. Just like before, Lin had the pompoms enter the ocean and swim deeper and deeper.
Rin could see that the light around her was getting dimmer and dimmer, but the sense of fear didn't increase. It seemed to be similar to last time, but there were many differences.
Suddenly, Rin found that the scenery around her disappeared … Rin woke up.
Rin didn't want to wake up, so the moment she woke up, Rin saw the mayor in the office room. It was holding something and aiming it at the door.
Earlier, Rin had used the 'wall' to eat it, but it seemed to have broken free and broken the connection with Rin. Only then did Rin wake up. It seemed like it wanted to escape.
'Boom!'
Just as Rin was thinking this, the thing it was holding on its mechanical arm glowed. The door of the office suddenly collapsed with a loud bang. Then, the mayor activated the thrusters in its armor. It flew out like a bullet.
But the mayor only moved a few meters. It found that its body was stopped in the air.
The mayor turned around and found that a tentacle was tightly attached to its back. No matter how it pushed the thrusters to the maximum speed, it couldn't break free.
So, the mayor used the weapon that blew the door down to aim at the office behind it.
'Bang!' At this moment, a tentacle suddenly shot out and broke one of the mayor's mechanical arms. And the weapon on the mechanical arm. It also fell to the ground.
"Let me go! If this continues, there will be no turning back! " The mayor kept shouting. Now that things had reached this point, did it still think there was anything to turn back?
"… Help! What are you doing! Something's attacking me! "Realizing that Lin had no intention of letting him go, the mayor began to call for help through the communicator.
"Mayor!" Following the mayor's call for help, Lin saw many creatures appear around the corner. They were a group of soldiers, and the secretary was among them.
They seemed to have arrived quite quickly, but they might have been running here for a long time.
"Quick, save me!" The moment the mayor shouted those words, all of the soldiers, including the secretary … all fell to the ground.
"You …" The mayor was stunned when he saw the situation in front of him.
The armor of these soldiers was not very strong. It would be very easy for Lin to break through all of them in an instant. In fact, when they came in just now, it was already too late. There were many tentacles in the office that were aimed at them.
Lin didn't kill them. Instead, she shot out something similar to a tranquilizer bullet. Although the impact of the bullet piercing through their armor was great, it would immediately slow down and reduce its power after penetrating their armor, so it would only slightly pierce their skin to cause a tranquilizer effect.
Lin wanted to see the memories of these soldiers … to see what they thought of the mayor.
But first, she wanted to see what the mayor was … With that in mind, Lin dragged the mayor back to the office and removed the thrusters. Then, she slowly began to disintegrate it.
… This seemed to be a very interesting creature.
As Lin disintegrated the mayor, it didn't shout like before. Instead, it kept releasing the fear from before.
It seemed that it wanted to use this to make Lin stop.
Perhaps a normal creature would feel extreme fear and stop. Even if they had the advantage, they would still run away from this strange and sudden feeling of fear.
Lin didn't do that, but her fear ability still slowed down Lin's movements. Lin was mainly looking for the places on the mayor's body that released the fear.
Lin found that the fear wasn't released by the mayor himself, but by the two devices on both sides of the mayor's head. These two devices were square in shape and were made of the same material as the Dream Cube. They also contained dream energy.
This special dream energy could make anyone who came into contact with it feel fear. Lin also found this special energy in the dream core from before.
At first, Lin thought that this' fear energy 'wasn't originally present in the dream core. Instead, it was something like a virus that was inserted into the dream core. Now, Lin felt that it might be the mayor's doing … Perhaps the mayor had come into contact with the dream core a long time ago and injected this fear energy into it.
As for why, Lin would need to look at the mayor's memories to find out.
Lin took the mayor's armor apart bit by bit. This armor was very complicated. There were a lot of mechanical structures inside, and they were much more sophisticated than the ones Lin had seen before.
Inside the armor, there were many tiny things moving around. These tiny things were the things that formed the shield of particles. Inside the mayor's armor, they were scattered everywhere like cells. However, they didn't seem to be able to attack. Instead, they were able to take care of various things, such as repairing damage and so on.
Rin had a feeling that the mayor used to rely on these microscopic metallic microorganisms to collect nutrients, so as long as he stuck to the ground, these microscopic microorganisms would help him decompose the rocks on the ground to obtain nutrients. At the time, she couldn't see it clearly in her memories, but now she had a basic understanding of how he lived.
However, the amount of nutrients that could be collected from the rocks should be quite small. Lin was very curious as to how it lived …
As she continued to slowly take apart the mayor's armor, Lin found that … it seemed that the interior was also made of machinery.
There were many 'pipes' in these machines that allowed the metal microbes to move. There were also many that transmitted energy, and many other structures … Lin didn't know what they were used for.
But in short, their circulatory system allowed the armor to remain undamaged, and there might not be any malfunctions or anything like that.
Lin believed that the armor's system was able to take care of almost any possible situation. Even if it was heavily damaged, it would be able to repair itself.
This was one of the reasons why the mayor was able to survive.
Lin had explored almost the deepest part of the mayor's armor, but it was all mechanical structures … She didn't see any 'organic' components.
Sure enough, it was similar to what Lin thought. The mayor's body was mostly made of machinery. Only a small part of it was made of cells.
If so, this small part should be located at the head.
With that thought in mind, Lin began probing the head.
Earlier, Lin had planned to take it apart bit by bit. However, since most of the mayor's body was purely made of machinery, she decided to use a minuscule unit to explore it.
That way, she would be able to explore it in detail without damaging it …
This thing is …
Soon, Lin's minuscule unit reached the mayor's head. There was a spherical metallic structure on the mayor's head. Perhaps this could be considered a … skull?
However, inside the 'skull', Lin could sense a type of energy … inside the sphere.
This energy was also dreamforce energy. However, there was something special about it. It felt like the 'fear energy' was mixed with something else.
There were many small holes around the 'skull'. The metal microbes moved in and out of the holes, seemingly transporting something inside.
Lin had the minuscule unit enter through the holes to see what was inside …
Could this be …
Lin found that there was no brain or other structure within this metallic skull. Instead, Lin saw a large number of … minute things.
They were very similar to other metal microbes. Moreover, they were gathered together in large numbers to form a spherical structure similar to the skull.
Could it be that the mayor was not a multicellular organism?
But why would it be affected by brain waves?
Perhaps the key was … the dreamforce energy that permeated these minute things.
This should be the mayor's brain structure. Lin had already explored the mayor's entire body. She found that … the mayor was indeed a purely mechanical structure.
These machines formed its body. All of its energy and food were obtained from the decomposition of other rocks by the miniaturized metal.
Moreover, his energy utilization was very efficient. Thus, it was easy for him to survive.
However, the most wondrous part was the brain structure. It was made up of a special type of dreamforce energy and a pile of metal microbes. Lin took one of the metal microbes and analyzed it. She found that its internal structure … was not complicated. At least, it was not as complicated as brain cells.
Lin believed that these metal microbes were not used as brain cells. Instead, they were used to 'carry' dreamforce energy on them.
As for dreamforce energy, it was likely that the mayor used it to think.
Did that mean that the mayor was actually an energy organism that lived within the metal microbes?
That seemed to be the case … but it was not entirely correct.
Because after further research, Lin found that the dreamforce energy in the mayor's brain seemed to be connected to something.
It was like the dreamforce energy of a brain.
The dreamforce energy between two dream cubes could transcend galaxies and connect to another cubes in a very, very distant region. This was something that Lin already knew.
The mayor's brain was the same. The dreamforce energy in his brain was also connected to something far away. Floating astronomy.
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