"We'll be the first team to set foot there."
"We have to be faster than the other teams. I'll now assign specific tasks …"
They were in a place called the waiting room in Void City.
There were many benches here, and on each bench sat a team of Atlan. These teams had just passed the selection and decided to explore the Capturer's Warship.
Every team was discussing what they were going to do next and how they could gain more benefits from the exploration without any emotion.
Only Atlan, the only one in the team, still had feelings for her … Rosalie had passed the ability test before, and the test was rather 'cruel'. If she did not use her full power to pass, she would only die in the test. Therefore, she could not hide her ability at all, which was why she was forcefully pulled into the team by her team leader.
"We're going back to that place now …"
Rosalie was now using her armor to send a message. She did not want to communicate with the 'same kind' around her, so she continued to keep in contact with … a non-same kind of creature.
"I don't know what to do in the future. Have you found the reason why they became like this?"
After a few seconds, a reply came. "I found it, and they have a chance to change back."
There was indeed a chance to change back, because Lin was now studying the 'silver threads' here.
After examining the brain juice extracted from the 'mutants', Lin learned a lot about the mutants, such as why they were afraid of the silver threads. The silver threads mainly caused damage to their minds. Lin was now studying how this damage was caused.
Lin's mechanical spider was at the location of the silver threads. According to the mutants' memories, the silver threads grew in a very strange place.
There were also many floating things here, and the floating things here were not common things like rocks or metals, but a lot of … transparent things.
They looked like floating … thin pieces in the void, but not all of them were very thin. They were one centimeter to one meter thick and were widely distributed here.
And the silver threads grew on these transparent things.
Now. Lin's mechanical spider flew onto a transparent object. The object was only two centimeters thick, but it was more than ten meters long and wide. The biggest difference between it and other transparent objects was that it was not completely transparent. A large number of silver threads were growing inside the object.
According to Lin's analysis, this transparent object should not be a living creature, but a very … 'light' substance.
The silver threads inside could be considered a living creature.
They were non-cellular creatures, and the composition of their bodies was very similar to transparent objects. Lin believed that they grew by absorbing transparent objects as nutrients.
The internal structure of the silver wire was rather complicated, and its thickness was only half a centimeter. Inside, there was a complete living system. They were somewhat like the roots of plants. They mainly relied on the surface of the body to absorb nutrients, and then decomposed and reconstructed into their own tissues.
In addition to these growth structures, the silver wires also had structures similar to nerves.
This kind of brain structure was mainly distributed throughout the silver wires, and it transmitted signals between the silver wires. The silver wires looked like plant-like creatures. They reacted very slowly to all kinds of external harm, and they didn't seem to be of any particular species.
However, when they came into contact with something, they would produce a strange effect.
"You have to stop this. Treating me like this will have very serious consequences. Don't do this."
In the distance, a group of mechanical spiders appeared amidst a pile of floating debris.
These mechanical spiders were all over one meter in size, and they were currently holding a … xenogeneic in their hands.
This xenogeneic was a lone individual found by chance. It did not have any of its own kind around it, and when it was captured, it did not know how to contact its own kind, so Lin decided to capture it.
But for the sake of caution, Lin removed the small creatures and the ball-shaped weapon attached to it. Now, this xenogeneic was nothing but a piece of meat.
The xenogeneic itself was indeed just a piece of meat. After Lin's analysis, she found that they did not have any ability to move. They relied on the 'subsidiary creatures' attached to their bodies to do everything.
These subsidiary creatures would help them do everything, including acting as weapons, helping them fly, cleaning their bodies, picking up objects, eating, etc. These subsidiary creatures had a certain level of intelligence, so they could act on their own to help the xenogeneic with various tasks.
However, for more important tasks, such as firing weapons, the xenogeneic would personally direct the firing.
"You can't let me get close to these things. This is against the laws of the Void, do you understand?"
As Lin's mechanical spiders brought the xenogeneic close to the transparent floating object and the silver thread growing from it, it became visibly panicked and began to frantically twist its body in an attempt to escape.
However, because its subsidiary creatures had been removed by Lin, it had no ability to resist and was brought to a transparent floating object by the mechanical spiders.
"Your species, if you want to survive, you must obey the laws of the Void. Now, don't take it slow, let me go!"
The mechanical spiders pressed the xenogeneic against the transparent object, then dug out a silver thread from the object. They then had one of the mechanical spiders eat the silver thread, broke it into pieces inside its body, then injected it into the xenogeneic's skin through its sharp mouth.
"I've been heavily injured! Your species will not survive, you will all be dissected bit by bit! "
The xenogeneic was obviously very angry, but Lin did not care too much about it. Instead, she continued to have the surrounding spiders stab it with sharp objects and examine the condition of its body.
Xenogeneics and Atlan both abided by a certain law, although this law only applied between the two species in a small area within the ruins, they still called it the 'Void Law'.
However, the other species obviously did not have to abide by it.
Under Lin's inspection, the silver filaments that had been injected began to change. The xenogeneic's nutrient delivery system seemed to be possessed, and it sent the filaments to the brain. When the filaments reached the brain, the xenogeneic's immune system reacted.
The xenogeneic's immune system was also made up of a group of small 'subsidiary creatures'. These creatures quickly gathered near the brain and began to remove the fragments.
The xenogeneic's immune system was very 'clever'. When it attacked the invading object, it did not cause much damage to the original structure, and it quickly dissected the silver thread fragments.
It seemed to be fine, but in reality, it was already too late.
Lin could detect that the xenogeneic's brain had changed, the internal cells began to 'mutate'. Some of the cells began to self-dissolve, while some of the cells changed into another form.
In short, some of the old structures disappeared, and some new structures appeared.
This mutation process was quite similar to … the mutation process of the mutated residents on the Predator's warship. They were similar, that was, without the infection of the virus, the cells in their bodies would still mutate.
The mutation speed was quite fast, but to the xenogeneic, it was only the brain, because only the brain and a few other parts were made of cells.
At the same time, it also consumed a lot of energy. This xenogeneic still had enough energy in its body, so its brain quickly changed into another form.
Although it was said to be quick, it would still take a while. So during this time, Lin sent a message to Rosalie. Lin told her that as long as she could understand these silver threads, 'curing' Atlan would be a simple matter.
In fact, she did not need to understand the silver threads to find a way to change them back, but understanding the silver threads would give her a deeper understanding …
This group of Atlan was probably like the mutated residents on the Predator's warship, a type of mutated creature. This mutation was a 'fundamental' change, so they could pass it on to their descendants.
It made each of their descendants become 'ruthless'.
Lin wanted to find out how they changed …
Just like that, after a while of thinking and chatting, Lin found that the mutation was almost complete.
The xenogeneic's brain had completely changed into another form, and this change … was very similar to the Atlan's change.
Simply put, the xenogeneic's memory and intelligence were not affected, but in terms of emotions …
"I can't live …" The xenogeneic suddenly erupted with an extreme … despair. This emotion was difficult to describe as' sadness' or 'fear', it was a very simple …
The emotion of wanting to die.
After this emotion erupted, Lin found that the xenogeneic's immune system had begun to go berserk. The xenogeneic could command this immune system, so it was now commanding the immune system to attack any part of its body, making it decompose all the tissues in its body, thus achieving a suicidal effect.
The immune system mainly attacked the brain, because the xenogeneic began to desperately want to disappear from this world, so it needed its brain to be destroyed.
Lin's current mechanical army did not have any overly small units, so there was no way to stop this suicidal behavior, but Lin had more or less predicted this would happen.
Lin had previously used the extracted brain juice to see what effect the silver threads would have on the xenogeneic. Although it was only brain juice, she could still see some effects.
And when she tested the xenogeneic's body, the effects were even more obvious …
Because of this, the xenogeneic was afraid of getting close to the silver threads. In fact, it was fine as long as they did not eat it, but they were still very afraid …
Perhaps, they did not need to eat it? (To be continued.)
PS:
Thank you ~ 00121 Ling ~ for the tip ~
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