"If something like this were to appear, what kind of effect would it cause?"
"Perhaps nothing at all, or perhaps it would cause all living creatures to feel great fear."
"No living creature would want to become its target … that's right, this is …"
…
Within the camp of the Voidfolk, within the largest building of the camp, there was a vast underground room.
There were no Voidfolk in this underground room, but there were various … research equipment and some other things.
A ball of fur and a metal spider. Before them was a transparent wall, and within the wall, there was … something special.
It looked like a piece of skin floating in the air. It was very soft and thin.
This was a type of creature that Lin brought back from the 'World of Darkness'. Lin decided to call them … 'Floating Skins'. They were the only creatures that Lin had seen in the World of Darkness.
They were non-cellular creatures, made up of a very light substance. Within their thin bodies, there was a complex structure. At the same time, these Floating Skins were only suitable for the low temperature here. If they were to reach the cellular creatures on the other side of the door, they would melt away. However, they would not melt away immediately. Instead, they would last for a while.
Thus, when Lin brought them back, she used some devices to maintain the low temperature. The same applied to this underground research facility.
The temperature of the room where the Floating Skins were kept was quite low, allowing them to remain safe inside.
Of course, they did not feel safe. They walked around in circles, seemingly trying to find a way to leave. However, their thin body was unable to break through the transparent wall to leave.
The Floating Skins seemed to be very hostile towards cellular creatures. They could shoot out a sharp object from their skin to attack. It was still unclear what the reason for their attack was.
The Floating Skins also had another characteristic, which was that they knew the location of each of their companions. They could also know the status of their companions.
Previously, Lin had used this characteristic to find the Inca bugs. Because one of the Floating Skins was attacking the Inca bugs, then … it was attacked by the Inca bugs.
Lin found out about the status of the Floating Skin that was attacked from the other Floating Skins. That was how she found the location of the Inca bugs.
In addition, the Floating Skins also knew … how to self-decompose.
The purpose of this characteristic seemed to be to prevent themselves from … being abused. When the Floating Skins were continuously attacked and were unable to retaliate, they would rapidly decompose themselves. They could mix certain substances within their bodies and quickly melt away.
However, if they were just locked up, they would not decompose by themselves.
This was the Floating Skin that he had caught. Lin decided to get some information about the Dark World from it. Maybe it would know something about the location of the Dream Eater.
The reason why the Floating Skins knew the location of their own kind was because they also had a very small amount of dream energy in their bodies.
Unlike the common Dream Symbiotic Creatures, the Dream Energy in the Floating Skin was not part of the main thought process. It only functioned as a locator.
Lin could use this little bit of energy to search for the location of her own kind, but in reality, the floating skin that she brought back was not the one that was used to detect the location of her own kind.
Instead, it was used to test a … weapon.
"This is the initial testing phase of the weapon," said the imam, who was controlling the metal spider. "Can we begin now?"
"No problem" Lin replied: "Let's proceed with the first test"
"Okay, activate …"
As the imam spoke, a mechanical arm extended out from the floor of Levitating Skin's room.
The end of the mechanical arm was a hollow tube. It was now aiming the tube at the floating skin in the center of the room …
A small object flew out from the tube and pierced the Floating Skin's body.
The Floating Skins that were flying all over the place suddenly froze, and then stopped moving in the air.
A few seconds later, it began to swing its body and slam into the transparent wall. After the first time, it continued to slam into the wall a second time, a third time …
It was as if it had gone mad.
"This really is effective" Lin commented to the Imam: "This thing seems to really be able to be used as a weapon"
"It can make all living creatures go mad" the Imam replied: "It should be called … the Unguardable Cannon"
"That's not a good name"
"… Then what should we call it?"
That's right … what should we call it? Lin hadn't really thought about it, but the main thing was that this thing was actually quite effective. The tube on the mechanical arm was a new kind of … weapon that Lin and the Imam had recently researched.
It was a weapon mainly used to fire small Core Protectors. The system inside was very simple. It fired a 'Dream Spike' that was equipped with a small Core Protector. When this spike pierced any part of the target's body that could be sensed, the information of dream energy within the spike would be received by the target's mental system.
Then, the target would be able to 'hear' the voice of the small Core Protector.
The 'voice' of the small Core Protector was not a simple noise that could be ignored. It was completely different from a bunch of lunatics shouting beside one's ear. It would always occupy the most obvious part of one's mind. For example, no matter what one recalled or thought, the words of the small Core Protector would always come out first, so it was very easy for other creatures to go mad.
But the most terrifying thing was … the small Core Protector's' attack range 'was quite wide.
To be precise, it was the range of the attacking species. Not only could it affect cellular lifeforms, but it could also affect non-cellular lifeforms that were completely different in both structure and material composition … just like this piece of floating skin.
It could ignore the boundaries between species, which was a very special thing … It also meant that dream energy could affect many things.
This helped Lin further understand dream energy. As for the imam, it felt that this weapon was very powerful. This was just the first small weapon to be tested.
If it could be made into something like a bomb or a bigger weapon, it would be much easier to attack Brainsoul back then.
Lin thought so too. Perhaps Brainsoul's cube warships would be … instantly destroyed after being hit by the small Core Protector's weapon.
No creature would want to become something that the small Core Protector said it could not protect. No matter which side, they would use all sorts of methods … to torture their target.
"Why do you want to study this weapon so much?" Lin asked the imam after thinking for a while.
"It's very effective," the imam said. "It won't cause excessive damage, and is very suitable as a weapon … in this world, and in many other places."
While Lin was talking to the Imam, another robotic arm reached out and pulled out the tiny spikes that were floating on the skin.
Once it was pulled out, it was no longer affected by the small Core Protector, so it was also a kind of damage that could be easily 'healed'.
Although the Floating Skin was now motionless, as if it had suffered too much damage, the Floating Skin was no longer moving.
Clack! At this moment, the ground opened again. What appeared was not a mechanical arm, but another ball of fur. This ball of fur flew to the side of the Floating Skin and extended its fur to examine it.
It seemed that the Floating Skin's thoughts were still normal, but it was unconscious.
As expected, normal creatures would have a hard time. Two or so Core Protectors would be enough. If more were stuffed in, it would be too … dangerous.
"Then continue the research," Lin said to the imam. "But there are some very important problems that need to be solved."
"I believe there will be a solution.
After the imam said that, the metal spider crawled to a nearby imaging device, opened the image, and started recording the recent research.
Lin had to do what she had been doing all this time …
…
She returned to this place.
In Lin's attention, the surroundings once again appeared … complete darkness.
This place did not feel like it was in the void, but some sort of … indoor environment. There was no starry sky or anything like that.
However, this could only be confirmed when the time came. Lin had already brought the piece of floating skin back to this place for her experiment.
It was still unconscious, but after waking up, it would quickly contact its own kind nearby. The more nervous it was, the more it would contact its own kind.
Lin could confirm the situation of its own kind while it was contacting its own kind, as well as the number and distribution of the Floating Skins in this area.
She could even find out what the environment around these Floating Skins was like. Through this, she could search for Dream Eater and confirm the environment of this place.
As for the Inca swarm, they continued to use the same method as before. They sent out many Void Cockroaches to scout the Dark World.
Just as Lin was thinking, she realized that the Floating Skin had woken up.
It had been unconscious for quite a long time. When it realized that it was in the dark world, it suddenly jumped in fright and quickly flew in a direction.
Lin felt that it was very happy, and it did not notice that a ball of fur was following it.
Soon, the Floating Skin flew to a place where the wind was weaker. It stopped there and made a strange … action.
It rolled its body together like a 'scroll'.
This was how it contacted its own kind. Lin could use this opportunity to check the location and status of its own kind.
Generally speaking, Floating Skins would contact their own kind after encountering a certain incident, and the bigger the incident, the more of its kind it would contact.
Being hit by a small Core Protector's weapon should be a very serious incident, so Lin could know the situation of its own kind.
Seeing that the Floating Skin was almost completely rolled up, the ball of fur quickly flew over and extended its fur to touch the surface of the Floating Skin.
It seemed to be frightened and instantly opened, but Lin already knew … what she wanted to know. (~^~)
PS: Thank you ~ Brother Chuang ~ for the tip ~
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