"The creator of … distortion?"
"The thing you're looking for isn't here. There's no creature here that can respond to you, but there's something that can."
"Something that can respond to us?"
"That thing will respond to you. That's the thing. Keep sending out signals and you'll get a response. However, that thing isn't very friendly. What do you want to do with it?"
On a piece of land filled with mud, the Scholar and a creature that looked like a sweet potato began to communicate.
Although the beginning of the communication was vague to the Scholar, most of the time it was unclear what the creature was talking about.
Even so, the Scholar was still trying to communicate with it, trying to understand the situation.
While the Scholar was communicating with it, the Scholar once again saw the round mirror that the Scholar rode on releasing a dazzling halo.
Every time the halo shone brighter than before, it also spread further. The first time it was a few hundred meters, the second time it was more than a kilometer, and the third time it spread to a place that the Scholar could not see. It seemed to be very far away.
"You seem to be in a hurry. It has also responded. It will arrive soon. Use it carefully, or you may suffer great harm," Potato said about the phenomenon.
…
"It seems that it's talking about this thing …"
This was the Mirror World. On the shattered Mirror Plain, a huge golden object in the shape of a flower bud was facing the sky.
A small number of curious creatures wandered around this object. These creatures were all native to the Mirror World, except for one creature.
It looked like a spherical object made of metal. It looked at the giant flower bud in front of it and transmitted the scene into the distance, into … the Courage System.
"What the hell is this?" In front of the Courage System's screen, the Blood Mist looked at the object in confusion. "Is it some kind of special building?"
"It's something related to the distortion device." Cryopteris said, "And it's a kind of … transmitter. It just sent some kind of … signal into the void. The Scholar is in there. It sent its location to us, but the Scholar has not responded."
"I think …" Cryopteris said, "This device is trying to communicate with something. I think it's that thing."
The Blood Mist asked, "That thing? What thing is that? "
"This is the place we need to investigate." Cryopteris said, "I think it might be … the creator of the distortion device. But it can't be confirmed yet, so it went to investigate."
With that, Cryopteris looked at Scorpion beside him. Scorpion didn't say anything now. It was very quiet because it had fallen asleep.
As for its … thoughts, it was doing something it had done in the past, which was invading the dreamworlds of Primordial realm experts.
…
"This time, we must succeed because we can no longer retreat."
Somewhere in the Mirror World, the Primordial realm creatures continued to hold a meeting.
They had changed the location of the meeting many times. This time, it seemed like it was in the sky. A square, crystalline building hovered in the sky, and the building was filled with creatures. They were rather different from the creatures from before, but this was normal. The Primordial realm experts would change their roles every time they met.
In most of the meetings before this, the Primordial realm experts disguised as various creatures would express different opinions and speak about different matters.
Right now, they were all discussing one thing, and that was … the recent incident.
"The signal has arrived. We're waiting for its response."
"But how long will it take to respond? The response this time is much slower than the past. "
"The time is different every time. We need to be patient. Anyway, as long as there are no mistakes … it'll be fine. The 'insects' haven't noticed at all. They're still there."
… These idiots.
The scorpion hovered above the open ceiling of the meeting room, watching the situation below as it listened to the creatures discuss.
In reality, it had been listening for quite a while already. The Primordial realm creatures had always been discussing the matter of the launch. It basically knew everything now.
Although it wanted to continue listening, the scorpion discovered that it was almost time. The scorpion could not remain here for too long, or it would be discovered by the Primordial realm experts.
However, it understood enough now. It was all because the Primordial realm experts were too idiotic and failed to notice it.
As it thought of that, the scorpion left the dream. It opened its eyes and saw the surroundings of the Spatial Cockroach space station again.
"I'll tell you!" Looking at the two creatures before it, the scorpion said complacently, "Those idiots have been discussing a lot of recent matters. I know everything now …"
Afterwards, the scorpion quickly told them everything it knew.
"… In other words, it's pretty much what I thought …" Cryopteris said, "That huge flower-bud-like thing is actually a communication device. That thing will send a signal very, very far away to contact a certain Tumbler."
"The Tumbler is very far away, while the Primordial realm mainly sends out dreamscape signals. It can cross countless galaxies to reach its target."
"According to the Primordial realm expert, the Tumbler is where the creator of the distortion device is. Afterwards, it will respond to the Primordial realm expert's signal and help them launch a 'strike'."
"Their target is the Inca insect swarm," Cryopteris said, "That's pretty much it after combining all the information."
"But … have they really contacted the creator of the distortion device? Why would the creator help them? "Cryopteris said," This seems to be a very … strange question. "
"Is that why they're hiding there and not attacking?" The blood-red mist said, "Perhaps the attack will affect them, so they're hiding there and letting us be attacked. Moreover, they're purposely waiting for a while before sending out a signal … When there are more and more troops here, they'll attack and wipe out even more troops in one go."
"That should be the case. However, from their discussion, the location of the attack might be fixed," Cryopteris said. The Explosive Roar Bug said, "So we just need to quickly move to another place to hide, and we should be able to …"
Hum!
Before the Roar Beetle could finish its sentence, a strange noise replaced its voice. The noise was deep and loud, echoing throughout the space station made of Void Cockroaches.
"Gah! We're … going to die! We're going to die! Let the little dinosaur die first! I don't want to die first! "
The three creatures showed a pained expression when they heard the sound. Scorpion was rolling on the ground.
They felt like their brains were being invaded by a strange force. The force caused intense pain in their heads, as if something heavy was pressing down on them.
This feeling lasted for dozens of seconds before it slowly subsided, and the loud sound also slowly disappeared.
"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm … I'm still alive! Where's the little dinosaur? It must be dead! " Scorpion jumped up as soon as it felt its head relax. It immediately ran to the mechanical water puppet to confirm.
"Gah … You're the one who's definitely dead …"
Scorpion was furious when it saw that the blood mist was still alive. "You actually … Forget it, let's not talk about you for now. What was that thing?"
Scorpion looked around and said, "Were we attacked? But we're fine here … "
"That seems to be the case … This isn't a direct attack." The Skyhowler Bug shook its body and recovered from the discomfort it felt earlier.
The first thing the Explosive Howler Bug did was to look at the Courage System. The screen that showed the surface of the Mirror World was now pure black.
"The connection is disconnected …" Cryopteris poked the screen a few times, but no matter how hard it poked, nothing showed up.
"Is this thing dead?" Scorpion said, "It's really a useless AI. Even the little dinosaur isn't dead, but this idiot is dead."
"No, it's not broken. It's just that it can't connect to the Insectoid troops." "What was observed on the surface of the Mirror World before was a surveillance device for the swarm. There were other units like the 'Insignia Eye' that could be connected through this device, but now, none of them can be connected."
"Then they must be …"
Scorpion stopped talking because it and Cryopteris saw a group of Void Cockroaches appear in front of them.
Insectoid troops often crawled around here, so this wasn't strange. What was strange was that the Void Cockroaches were crawling toward the wall in front of Scorpion and then slamming their heads into it. The Void Cockroaches' limbs were still moving, so they kept slamming into the wall in front of them.
The Void Cockroaches behind bumped into the Void Cockroaches in front of them. They kept bumping into each other, making them look like a bunch of brainless creatures.
"What's wrong with them?" Scorpion looked at the Void Cockroaches and said, "Why are they attacking the wall in such an inefficient way?"
"Why do you think they're attacking the wall?" Blood Mist said, "Can't you see? There's something wrong with them. It's like … they're crazy. "
"What?" Scorpion shouted, "How is that possible? You're not crazy, so how can they be? Don't say something so stupid. Otherwise, I'll want to kill you! "
"Haven't you always wanted to kill me?"
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