"Ah!"
A horrifying scream came from behind the Scholar. When she turned her head around, she saw a familiar … figure.
A Voidfolk pounced from behind the Scholar.
The moment the Scholar saw it, she was shocked. It was not only because the Voidfolk was flying dozens of meters high in the sky, but also because the Voidfolk kept emitting a very strong … emotion.
The Scholar's mechanical brain had a special analysis structure. It could detect the emotions of some creatures.
And this Voidfolk had a very strong … murderous emotion. It wanted to kill the Scholar, but the method it used was very simple. It just charged at the Scholar.
The Scholar quickly climbed up and dodged the charge of this Void Person who was filled with killing intent.
The Voidfolk's head hit the giant tentacle that the Scholar was crawling on, but it did not stop moving. The Voidfolk quickly retreated and then turned around to fly away.
"What is going on?" The Scholar looked at the Voidfolk flying in the sky. It looked like there was some kind of jet attached to its feet.
"They are no longer your kind," the Cryopteris said. "Do you care about them? We can follow them and take a look. "
The Scholar said, "Of course, I want to know what happened to it …"
"Then let's go after it! I saw it too! "The Hero who had climbed to the top said." Let's try this flying ability! "
With that, the Hero leaped down from high above. Following that, a series of rumbles rang out behind him, and his figure shot out along with the rumbles.
"Oh wow wow!" The dwarf was lying on the Hero's head. He cheered as the Hero sped up.
The Scholar saw this and also activated her jet ability. She quickly caught up with the Hero in the air. She flew quickly with the Hero in the dense 'forest'.
"This is the trail it left behind … Follow me!"
Even though the Voidfolk had disappeared, the Scholar could detect the remnants in the air. The Voidfolk had left behind many remnants, like footprints. The Scholar could follow these traces to find the target.
"By the way … Susumi, you're not coming?" After flying for a while, the Scholar suddenly realized that Susumi was getting further and further away from them.
"I want to look around here first. It should be fine to move alone," Susumi said. "I won't go."
"… Okay then," the Scholar said. "Then we'll go find you later … Looks like we're very close to the target."
Through the trail in the air. The Scholar could see that the target's speed seemed to have slowed down. After they circled around a large coral object, the Scholar saw the target's location.
"It's here …"
A large … object appeared before the Scholar, the Hero, the Cryopteris, and the dwarf.
It looked like a sphere. It had a diameter of more than 60 meters, and its surface looked like a brown wooden structure. It was also filled with holes of different sizes.
The Scholar realized that the Voidfolk's trail led to a hole that was big Voidfolk.
"Perhaps it hasn't noticed that we're following it," the Scholar said to the Hero. "Let's fly over to take a look."
"Then, let's take a look."
The Hero agreed with the Scholar's suggestion. So, the two of them slowly flew to the hole to look inside.
Through the large number of holes, the Scholar could clearly see that there were many … Voidfolk inside this large spherical structure.
"How long are we going to stay here?"
There were twenty-five of these Voidfolk. They wore helmets on their heads, and they wore clothes or armor that were covered in cracks and scars. Their spirits were in an extremely … dejected state.
They formed a small circle. They started a fire in the middle of the circle and grilled pieces of orange objects.
The Voidfolk that the Scholar saw earlier was among them. They grilled the object dejectedly like … nothing had happened.
"There are so many of your kind here," the Hero said. "What are they doing? They look like they're camping. "
"Their lives look normal …" the Scholar said with confusion. "It's like they're living a normal life in the forest, but in reality … it's not normal at all. Is there any related information?"
"This area has not been explored, so there is no information," the Cryopteris said. "If we want to know what's going on with them, we'll have to uncover it ourselves."
"We'll just catch one and dissect it," the Hero said. "We'll catch the one that can fly."
"Wait a minute," the Scholar said. "You stay here first. I'll go down to take a look. If they attack, you can come out."
Then, the Scholar crawled into the hole and jumped in front of the group of Voidfolk.
"Ah!" Instantly. All the Voidfolk there jumped in fright. They immediately picked up their weapons and looked in the Scholar's direction.
"It's a robot …? Why would there be a robot here? Where did it come from? "
Seeing the Scholar, the Voidfolk were shocked. Including the flying Voidfolk. It acted like it was the first time it saw the Scholar.
"Don't worry, I'm here for peace," the Scholar said to the group of Voidfolk. "How long have you been here?"
"I know!" A Voidfolk said. "This robot must be from the military. Their own army doesn't dare to come here, so they're using these robots to explore."
"Do they have this kind of technology?" another Voidfolk said. "They look very smart. They're not the kind that can be controlled remotely …"
While they were discussing. The Scholar was also puzzled. They looked very normal. If that was the case, then …
"Kill it!" Suddenly, a Voidfolk shouted. The weapon in its hand made a noise at the same time.
The Scholar felt the impact … the bullets that were not very powerful hit her body. When the bullets splashed in all directions due to the sturdy armor, the other Voidfolk seemed to intend to join the battle as well. They all aimed their weapons at the Scholar.
But before they could press the button to shoot, a figure fell from the sky.
"Ah!!!"
The Voidfolk that was shooting screamed fiercely. Its body was split into two by the blade.
"What's that! Run! Run! "
The surrounding Voidfolk screamed when they saw the scene in front of them. They gave up the idea of fighting back and ran desperately toward the holes that they could crawl out of.
Their running speed was much faster than normal Voidfolk. They all disappeared in an instant.
"Should we chase after them?" The Hero put the sword back on his back and said to the Scholar, "Your kind is really boring. They all ran away in an instant. They didn't even try to fight back."
"They're just a bunch of bandits running for their lives," the Scholar said. "Ignore them for now. Let's take a look at this …"
The Scholar looked at the Voidfolk that was split in half by the Hero. It was split in half from the middle, but there was no blood flowing out from the cut. Furthermore …
The Scholar turned the half of the Voidfolk's body over. From the cut, they could see all the internal structures.
However, there was no structure that the Scholar was familiar with. In other words, there were no internal organs. The parts that should have had internal organs were replaced by something else.
"What is this …" The Scholar reached out and grabbed something from the place where the 'lungs' should have been.
This thing looked like a rock. It was about the same size as the original lungs. There were many small holes and a large number of red threads stuck there. Many small objects could be seen moving around on it.
"This … needs to be studied carefully."
The Scholar who had this idea started to carefully examine the 'lungs' and other organs.
"How long will this take?" the Hero asked.
"I don't know …" the Scholar said. "This is very interesting …"
"…" The Hero looked at the Cryopteris on the Scholar's shoulder and said, "By the way, aren't the creatures here very dense? How come there aren't any big monsters attacking us? "
"Most of the creatures gathered here are cellular creatures," the Cryopteris said. "We will be regarded as non-cellular organisms … so under normal circumstances, we will not be treated as prey," the Roaring Beetle said.
The Cryopteris looked at the Voidfolk's bodies and said, "But like this group of Voidfolk … they have become the prey of something."
"This is unbelievable …" the Scholar said as he examined half of the Voidfolk's bodies. "They are indeed not normal … Voidfolk, but they still have their own thoughts. I need to continue to observe them …"
"Since you like them so much, I'll go catch the few that escaped." The Hero carried the dwarf on his head and placed him on the ground. "Guru, go look for them."
"Wa!" The dwarf sniffed the ground and then pointed in a direction and shouted, "Ah, wa, wa!"
"Then I'll go take a look!" Saying that, the Hero and the dwarf ran in that direction.
"Ah … wait!" The Scholar finally reacted to stop them, but the Hero had already run out of the cave.
"Is it okay for them to run around like this?" the Scholar asked. "Shouldn't we stay together?"
"Actually, it doesn't matter what you do, but don't die too quickly." Cryopteris said. "If that happens, you might be … replaced. In other words, you will find someone else to take your place."
"Then I will definitely live until the end," the Scholar said. "But I don't have time to worry about that. I need to continue to study these things …"
Cryopteris asked, "Have you understood them?"
The Scholar said, "I think so … I think this is another 'civilization', a … parasitic civilization."
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