"A strange creature put us together."
「 It can understand our messages, that's very strange. Can such a thing happen? Perhaps it does 」
The bus neuron that could now communicate was currently in a state of 'soliloquy'.
It was constantly asking and answering its own questions, mainly because it was confused by the current situation. It was also confused by the arrival of Lin's mechanical spiders, so it asked these questions and answered them on its own.
This kind of situation was quite interesting.
「 Then 」 after a while, the bus neuron finally stopped asking and answering its own questions, which was most likely a question for Lin: 「 Where did you come from? Why did you come here? Why do you want to help me? 」
「 Before that, answer my question first 」 one of Lin's mechanical spiders told it: 「 Why do you want to destroy those organs? 」
「 Organs, those organs 」 the bus neuron's reaction was a bit sluggish, it thought for a while before answering: 「 They are all contaminated 」
"Contaminated?" Lin doubtfully asked: "How did they get contaminated?"
「 Contaminated, yes, they are contaminated 」 the bus neuron said. 「 That's why we can't stay here any longer, we must destroy them all. Hurry, I have to do this, I have to do this 」
After saying that, Lin sensed it sending a signal to attract other creatures, but after two seconds, it stopped and said to Lin: 「 You can take me to destroy them, can't you? 」
Lin sensed that it originally wanted to attract other creatures to help it, but then remembered that Lin's mechanical spiders were still here, so it gave up on that idea.
In short, although this neuron could now communicate, it was still very sluggish, and its thinking ability was also incomplete.
It seems that I'll have to find another neuron to reassemble it, but Lin felt like she could ask it more questions, and it was necessary to do so. Because after it was reassembled to the point where it could think on its own, it was no longer possible to directly examine its memories.
「 I asked you a few questions before 」 while Lin was thinking, the bus neuron suddenly asked: 「 Where did you come from? Why do you want to help us? I really want to know, can you answer that? 」
「 Yes … 」 Lin thought for a bit and answered. She then told the bus neuron that the mechanical spiders came from the Capturer's Warship, and that the mechanical spiders were a group of creatures that loved to travel.
"I see," Bastille replied. "Your information isn't entirely true, is it? I can feel it, but it's normal, quite normal. "
"You can sense it?" Lin was curious as to how it could sense it.
"Yes, I know you're controlling these shells from afar. These shells are not your true self. " The bus nerve said, "However, it doesn't matter. There are no obstacles at all. As long as I can move around, it's fine."
"Then, you seem to have a lot of questions as well. I'll answer some of your questions, and I'll tell you the truth. There's nothing to hide, nothing at all."
Lin thought for a moment, then continued to ask him many questions. For example, she asked him about the pollution, what the pollution was, and about xenogeneics.
"The pollution came from a faraway place. Did you see that place before you came here? It's coming from that place, "Bus Neurosis said. At the same time, he sent an image to Lin.
This scene was a water ball.
"It's constantly polluting everything around it. Everything you've seen has most likely been contaminated by it. The pollution has always been spreading, we must end it"
As it spoke, it seemed to have entered a 'blank' state and stood there blankly.
"What's wrong?" Lin sent some information to Bus Nerve. It quickly reacted and replied: "We must end it. That's right, we must end all of the pollution"
"How did it pollute this place?" Lin continued to ask.
"The pollution data is missing" Bus Nerve replied: "But I know. It's always been here. We need to find the missing data, just like you've been doing all this time. We must find it "
"Then let's go." Saying so, Lin took Bus Nerve with her. Although it had the ability to think, it couldn't move on its own. So the mechanical spider had to take it with her.
While moving, Lin continued to ask it a few more questions about xenogeneics. Regarding the xenogeneics, this was how it answered.
"They, they've always been doing what they were supposed to do. This has been going on for a very, very long time. I know everything. They've never made a mistake, but it seems to have come to an end. " Bus Nerve expressed what appeared to be 'sadness': "At the very last moment, they made a mistake."
"They've always wanted to break free from their restraints, they've always desired freedom. They were already close to accomplishing that, but now they've been restrained by something even greater, and they might not be able to break free" Bus Nerve continued: "All of this will come to an end"
"Were they also contaminated by the water ball?" Lin asked.
"Most likely, their state has become a bit abnormal" Bus Nerve replied: "Everything is still unclear, but that's what happened after we obtained the missing information"
Both Lin and Bus Nerve seemed to have 'seen' their target. In front of them, among the countless floating remains, a large number of organs were floating.
This situation was the same as before. The gigantic artificial jellyfish's body had already disappeared, leaving only a large number of organs floating here.
"What's the cause of this?" While flying among the floating innards, Lin searched for the durian-shaped organ and asked Bus's nerves.
"A type of parasite" Bus Nerve replied: "They've crushed the outer shell and left the organs behind, hurry up"
Lin saw the durian-shaped organ. As usual, Lin quickly dug it open, then placed Bus Nerve and the nerves inside together and watched them slowly fuse together.
Boom! Right at that moment, Lin saw a flash of light in the distance, like an explosion. The flash disappeared in an instant, but a large number of densely packed objects appeared from the direction of the flash.
They were moving towards her at a high speed. Seeing this, Lin felt that she should run away, so she took Bus Nerve with her and quickly flew in a certain direction.
However, these objects quickly caught up to her, and they were flying faster than the mechanical spider. In just a few seconds, the mechanical spider was surrounded by these creatures.
Lin noticed that each of these creatures was about a meter long, and they looked like a type of creature called a 'hornbill'. Furthermore, they appeared to be made of metal and would reflect light if they were illuminated.
This was the first time Lin was noticed by these creatures while she was carrying Bus Nerve, but they did not attack her and simply watched her from the side.
Lin recognized those creatures as well. In fact, they were one of the more intelligent species here, and since she had seen the Lightchaser's map of the species, she knew most of the creatures here. Still, she was not too sure about the details of their personalities and so on.
Lin decided not to act rashly and see what they would do first.
"We've been surrounded by parasites" At this time, the fusion of the bus's nerves had been completed. It also noticed the situation around it and sent this message.
"They're the parasites?" Bus Nerve's message was mainly describing a small creature that would continuously drill into and destroy large objects, which was why Lin translated it as' parasites'.
"They're the ones. They killed the two things from before," Bus Nerve replied. "But they don't usually do such things. What they usually do is drill holes into the outer shell, find some neural structure, and use certain substances to contaminate the neural structure and take control of the entire creature"
"However, their attempt to control the creature did not succeed because the creature was already under their control." Bastille continued, "So, they destroyed the entire creature."
So that's how it was. To put it simply, these parasites originally had a way to control the artificial jellyfish, but since the artificial jellyfish was already under Bus Nerve's control, they couldn't control it and killed the entire artificial jellyfish, leaving only a pile of innards behind.
Still, their behavior was quite strange. Why would they kill something they couldn't control?
"Let's leave this place" Bus Nerve sent a signal to the parasites around it. Interestingly enough, it was sending two signals at the same time. One of them was directed at the parasites, and while Lin's mechanical spider couldn't understand this particular signal, Bus Nerve had also sent a signal that the spider could understand, allowing the mechanical spider to understand what it was trying to say.
"What you're looking for isn't here, leave this place and do something else"
Thanks to Bus Nerve's signal, the parasites in the surroundings seemed to have understood and began to disperse without a single one of them remaining.
"Can you command these creatures?" Lin asked Bus Nerve.
"I'm just giving them suggestions" Bus Nerve replied. "I can't really command them. If I could command them, this place wouldn't have been contaminated in the first place. Right, we need to end the contamination"
"You should have received a lot of information by now" Lin asked: "Then can we continue with our previous question?"
"Of course, of course" Bus Nerve replied: "I suggest we continue to communicate as we move forward, how about that!"
PS: Thank you Wang Ahua for your monthly ticket.
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