The sky was black, and the air was filled with a strange smell.
The smell came from the countless remains on the ground, but it did not affect the swarm.
A thousand Void Cockroaches flew through the air. Following their senses, they chased after a special target the entire time.
It was the life-distorting device that could 'wild' the entire world.
It was hidden in a certain corner of the dark world, but it was not hidden perfectly. The swarm believed they could find it.
However, just in case, they had only mobilized a small portion of their forces.
According to the information they had obtained before, this was a wild world. All creatures were constantly reproducing and searching for food. Some of the 'luckier' ones had found a way to become a peak species, becoming a new collection for the Primordial realm.
In other words … the abandoned world did not possess any defensive abilities. However, there could be exceptions to everything.
'Bang!' A sound that sounded like a cannon shot rang out from the ground.
A large number of glowing objects of different shapes … like melted metal pieces, flew in the direction of the insect swarm. The insect swarm spread out and dodged these objects.
The glowing objects flew high into the sky before falling down, smashing into the ground in the distance.
The swarm looked down and saw … a very large thing moving on the ground. There were countless holes on its back, and with a bang, a large number of metal pieces shot out from the holes, dispersing in the sky like fireworks.
It was a local wild creature.
The swarm ignored it. They flew higher to avoid the attack and continued to fly into the distance.
In the dark world of waste, the swarm saw many creatures. They were indeed much larger than before. For example, there was a creature blocking their path.
This creature looked like a crab. Its ten-meter-tall body made it look like a small mountain. There were also all kinds of metal parts piled up on its body, as if they were specially picked out from a pile of trash and placed on its body.
There was also a group of small creatures gathered on this behemoth. These creatures looked like slime worms, with soft and indeterminate forms. Originally, the swarm wanted to fly past, but when they saw this group of creatures, they stopped.
Afterwards, they dove down.
The hill-sized crab-like creatures didn't react, but the slime-like creatures on the crab's back panicked when they saw the swarm of insects descending from the sky. They began to pick up their weapons to fight back.
Their weapon was a special kind of … cannon. They would grab a handful of metal fragments with their sticky bodies and stuff them into the cannon. Then, they would fire at the swarm. Although it looked simple, the metal fragments shot out were enough to damage the shells of the Void Cockroaches.
Although it was useless.
The Void Cockroaches quickly captured the creatures. After ensuring that they could not move, the swarm began to examine them.
The main reason for testing them was because … they were a type of 'crystallized organism'. This name was decided recently.
Just what kind of creatures were the Primordial realm? In reality, there was no way to confirm this. He did not know whether a true Primordial realm expert had appeared on the battlefield or not.
However … it was very likely that the Primordial realm was a creature that had evolved from these crystals. There were many of them … They were scattered across the surface world and the abandoned world. Not only were there many of them, but they also had many subspecies.
According to their subspecies, their intelligence, body size, and so on were all different. However, they all had one thing in common, and that was that they were very good at … imitating.
They could change their body shape at will, turning themselves into another creature. This ability was innate. However, the amazing thing was that after they turned into another creature, they would have the habits of that creature.
For example, if they turned into a cellular organism that liked oxygen, they would try to absorb oxygen. If they turned into an organism that liked to assemble machinery, they would assemble machinery.
Moreover, they did not have to know how to assemble machinery innately. Even if they learned some skills later in life, the crystallized organism could still imitate them.
For example, the creatures that the Void Cockroaches had captured had learned how to use metal fragments to attack from other creatures nearby.
However, their intelligence did not change. Depending on their intelligence, the degree of perfection of their imitation would vary. However, as long as they imitated creatures with lower intelligence than them, they would basically achieve a perfect imitation.
The Inca swarm believed that the Primordial realm might be the most advanced of these crystallized organisms, which was why they could imitate countless civilizations.
If they wanted to understand the Primordial realm, it was best to start with these organisms. There might be some secrets hidden in their bodies that made them so good at imitating.
However, they only knew how to imitate. They could not invent their own inventions. Their only instinct was to learn everything they saw.
Organisms with lower intelligence would learn everything, while those with higher intelligence would have a slightly better ability to choose. They would learn what was useful and not what was useless.
However, it was hard to say whether this way of distinguishing between useful and useless things was their own idea … They still had many secrets.
The Inca swarm was very interested in them. In fact, the swarm was interested in many species. As long as it was a useful species, they would try to mix it into the swarm and become a member of the swarm. This would allow the swarm to become stronger and stronger.
He had a hundred Void Cockroaches send the crystallized organisms back for further research. The remaining nine hundred continued to fly into the darkness.
Very soon, they approached the place where the 'life distorting device' reacted.
However, the swarm did not fly over immediately because there were many huge things moving around here.
Perhaps they could be called … 'corpse monsters'.
They looked like they were formed from the remains on the ground. They were several dozen meters tall, with the tallest being close to sixty meters tall. However, most of them were only twenty meters tall. They had at least two limbs supporting their bodies as they wandered on the ground in front of the swarm.
As long as the swarm approached them, they would shoot countless fragments into the air. They seemed to be filled with hostility.
Therefore, the swarm decided to destroy them before going over.
Some huge beetles were hurrying over from afar. These beetles were larger than any of the creatures here. As they hurried over, the Void Cockroaches flew in the air, maintaining their perception of the distorting device.
However, as their perception continued … the swarm discovered something strange.
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