"What do you mean we're prey?"
In a small space, a large group of creatures stared at the round-headed tentacle in the center of the space. The bravest creature was asking questions to the tentacle that had killed several of its companions.
"You need to answer the question to understand."
After that, the tentacle suddenly pounced on the creature's head and then spread out to wrap around it like before.
"Ahhh! Help! "
The creature struggled violently, and the two creatures next to it who seemed to be its very good 'friends' immediately rushed up and tried to pull the tentacle away.
However, at this moment, two more cracks appeared on the roof, and another two sharp tentacles instantly pierced through the heads of the two creatures.
"Those who resist will be treated as waste." After that, the tentacle continued to ask questions to the terrified creature it wrapped around.
The questions it asked were very similar to before. The main question was about the level of civilization and technology of the creature, and asked the creature to describe the technological products and weapons they often used.
When the creature said it, the tentacle would further ask about the details of the composition of these products and weapons, the manufacturing process, the materials used, and so on.
Like the previous creature, this creature could not answer the questions in detail because it was not a manufacturing professional, so it was the kind of individual who only knew how to use products and not how to make them.
Therefore, it was also treated as a 'waste' and was dragged into the crevice.
Seeing the scene in front of them, this group of creatures without any weapons dared to have any thoughts of fighting back. They could only shrink there, and then the tentacle appeared again and grabbed the next creature.
This creature also seemed to be quite frightened. Not long after, Lin saw the reason for its fear. It was also treated as waste because it could not answer the details of the technological products.
Then, the tentacle continued to do the same thing. This time, the creature caught by the tentacle seemed to be calmer.
It answered the tentacle's question. However, Lin found that the answer was inconsistent with the actual situation. The technological products and weapons it described were completely imagined by it. As far as Lin knew, the city on the other side of the Floating Rocks did not have such weapons.
"The answer of the target creature is false. The target will be treated as waste."
And so. This creature was also taken away with a scream.
After that, the tentacle reached out and continued to search for the next target. This time, it defined its target as ….. the Scholar.
"It's coming …" the Scholar immediately said to Lin, "I can tell it the truth. I know the details of my civilization's products. But … "
"No need to tell the truth." Lin said, "Just do as I say."
"But it …"
Before the Scholar could finish, Lin interrupted it. "It can't detect if you're telling the truth."
"Answer, civilization level." At this time, the tentacle had already wrapped around the Scholar's head. It did not seem to notice that the Scholar was purely a machine..
Then, Lin sent a series of answers to Scholar's questions. Lin asked Scholar to answer that it was just a series of imaginary information about the civilization, including the weapons and products, which were all fake.
However, the technological level of this fantasy civilization was similar to that of the creatures living in the floating rocks.
.... of the Scholar...... .................. of the Scholar..........................
"You really can't detect it?" the Scholar looked at the tentacle that moved away and said in surprise, "How do you know? And what's with the information you just gave me? It's not the Emerald Dragon's civilization, is it? "
"I came up with it." Lin said, "Let's not talk about that for now. Continue to observe."
"….." The Scholar did not ask any more questions, but Lin felt that it was thinking about something.
Then, the tentacle continued to grab other creatures. Many creatures calmed down after seeing the Scholar's answer, but some were still terrified.
No matter what kind. They were all caught by the tentacle one by one and asked questions one by one. Many creatures screamed as they were caught, but some survived.
The first creature to survive. It was a technician. Because it was involved in various manufacturing jobs, it knew the details of various things.
Moreover, Lin found that there was a 'trick' to answering the tentacle's questions. When the tentacle asked about weapons or other things at the same time, it would only answer one thing. Then, as long as it answered all the details of that thing, it would also pass, and the tentacle would not continue to ask about anything else.
Therefore, even if it only knew one manufacturing specialization, it would still be able to answer successfully.
However, some creatures did not notice this and said things like 'I only know this specialization, I don't know anything else' and were treated as useless.
In the end, of the dozen or so creatures that survived ….. Only five survived. If the Scholar and Lin's Mini Susumi were included, it would be seven.
These five creatures all had manufacturing skills, and they seemed to be glad that they chose this specialization.
From beginning to end, the tentacle did not ask Mini Susumi anything. Perhaps it was because it was too small?
They seemed to be very cautious, but there seemed to be many ….. loopholes.
"The creatures that survived have earned the right to join us." the tentacle said in front of all the creatures, "Now ….. you will understand us."
After that, the tentacle retracted back into the gap, and the white wall on one side of the room suddenly rumbled.
Following the rumbling, the wall slowly rose, and what appeared behind the wall was ….. a large 'platform'.
"This is ….."
All of the creatures, including the scholar, left the small room and stepped onto the platform with a surprised expression on their faces.
The ground below was mainly white metal, and it extended to the farthest reaches of their vision.
Lin felt that it should be hundreds of kilometers long. What made Lin more concerned were the several large flying objects that were slowly flying on the platform.
These flying objects were spherical in shape, and their bodies were covered in a layer of crystal-like shell, with one or two large tentacles protruding from the shell.
They were ….. the Void Buses.
Lin looked up and saw a dense starry sky above, and below this starry sky were many flying objects. Almost all of them were white, with various shapes and sizes, and there were no fixed specifications.
"We are hunting." At this time, the tentacle's voice sounded again. "Looking for suitable creatures, capturing them, understanding them, recording them ….."
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