Thud!
A soft white object hit the insect-like wall. It spread out like water, and then slowly slid to the ground.
"These things are weak, but there are a lot of them …"
Cryopteris was in the corridor of the space station. The corridor created by the swarm was very wide. For example, this corridor was more than ten meters wide.
This made it easy for large swarms or large units to pass through, but now … it made it easier for the invaders to move.
In front of the Roaring Beetle, there was a large group of crystallized creatures. There were hundreds of them, and they had all transformed into different kinds of creatures. Most of them had legs, but there were also a few that didn't have legs like worms.
However, they were about the same in terms of strength. Cryopteris suspected that they didn't plan to transform into anything at all. They just transformed into any creature and attacked.
Therefore, Cryopteris believed that they weren't trying to kill their targets, but … to capture them alive.
Bang!
A mutant lunged at him, but it was immediately sent flying. This was because Cryopteris was riding on a very large beetle. The beetle was more than ten meters tall, and it was used to … transport eggs.
Cryopteris felt that it was a very good mount. At the very least, its large body could prevent the mutants from approaching.
When these mutated creatures rushed over together, they were either knocked away or trampled to pieces. The beetle rode on the Explosive Roar and charged through the tunnel, heading straight for a target.
The Boilerplate's goal was simple, and that was to pierce through the Void Station's pillar. Because of it, the Boilerplate could not control the swarm that was too far away. It could not be controlled beyond about 30 meters.
Since he couldn't use the swarm outside to destroy the pillar, he could only destroy it from the inside.
In reality, Cryopteris felt that … it had already lost.
This was because while it was doing this, the Primordial realm experts had many opportunities to do other things. For example, they could surround and destroy the swarm. It was very simple.
However, no Primordial realm expert had done that yet. No matter what they were thinking, Cryopteris had decided that since there was still an opportunity, they had to act quickly.
The Cryopteris rushed forward, leaving behind mutant creatures that were trampled like mud. After a turn, the Cryopteris saw its target.
The huge spike was like a pillar standing in the middle of the tunnel. Its surface was constantly shaking like a body of water, and mutated creatures were constantly crawling out from it.
The mutant creatures were all different in size. Usually, they were two to three meters tall and would only pounce forward to attack. In fact, they had never pounced on the Roaring Beetles before, so it was unknown whether they would capture or kill their targets after pouncing on them.
This time, it might have a chance to experience it.
Because what appeared in front of him was … a very large mutated creature.
This creature had just crawled out of the sharp pillar. It quickly transformed from a pile of soft mud into a huge creature with a thick carapace.
It looked like … a tortoise-like creature. Its body was ten meters tall, about the same size as the Explosive Howler Beetle.
It seemed like destroying this place would not be easy. At the very least, it had to be dealt with first.
Moreover, the Cryopteris discovered something else.
The Primordial realm experts … had begun to move.
The army in front of the Tumbler was slowly approaching.
Although the Cryopteris could not command the swarm outside, there were still some … surveillance devices that could observe the situation outside.
After all, the Inca swarm did not only use soldiers to observe the situation. They had many other surveillance devices.
Although the Primordial realm army was approaching, they were moving very slowly, as if they were extremely … cautious. They did not fly over at full speed.
This meant that the Cryopteris still had a chance to regain control of the swarm before the Primordial realm experts arrived.
However, even if that was the case … the chances of victory were not very high.
They had to hope that … something unexpected would happen.
At this moment, on the other side …
"This is indeed very simple … but is it really that simple?"
The Scholar was moving rapidly through the void … It could see the stars around it moving backwards. It was now on the way back.
It was the same route as when it came. It saw one star system after another, but this time … it was in the opposite direction. The Scholar did not take the round mirror.
It had communicated with the creature that looked like … a potato and had a rough understanding of the situation.
The creature that looked like a potato was actually a dream creature. It claimed to have passed by a world full of mud and was … sucked in by a powerful 'vortex'. Later, it was trapped there.
When it was trapped there, it slowly understood the situation. 'Potato' believed that the world was a testing ground for a group of creatures. They were there to test … warp devices.
It was the strange energy emitted by the warp devices that trapped 'Potato' there.
Although the creature that created the warp devices was no longer there, the experiments continued. The various devices here continued to operate.
However, the warp devices did not only operate here. There were some very far away that had been sent out at some point in time.
These devices that had been sent out should have been obtained by the Primordial realm. Moreover, these devices that had been sent out were still in contact with this world.
After the Primordial realm obtained the warp devices, it had been constantly investigating and researching them. In the process of research, the Primordial realm had discovered this mud world that was connected to the warp devices.
It was possible that the Primordial realm had begun to attempt to contact this world at that time, or find a way to reach this world and learn more about it.
As a result, the Primordial realm had created that strange communication device. When it was spread out, it looked like a golden city. When it was closed, it had the function of sending signals.
Although the Scholar did not know why the Primordial realm had made such a huge and … strange device, it was clearly the only way for the Primordial realm to contact the mud world.
Furthermore, they weren't communicating, but reacting to each other … in a situation.
'Potato' indicated that the Primordial realm had actually contacted this world many times.
Every time, they would send a signal. This signal looked like a round mirror in the Dream World, but that was not important. What was important was that when the Primordial realm's signal arrived, the warp devices in the mud world would react and respond to the Primordial realm.
Their response would usually be to send out a strand of 'energy'.
The Scholar had detected this energy before. When the mud world responded to the Primordial realm, it would send this energy to where the Primordial realm was.
And this energy … was aimed at the thing mentioned in the Primordial realm's signal.
In other words, the Inca swarm.
This was because the civilised creatures on the surface of the Mirror World had stuffed the information on the Void Cockroaches into it, and the Primordial realm had sent this information to the mud world as a signal.
Afterwards, the mud world aimed at the Inca swarm and sent its energy over. This was the relationship between them.
This was also the information that the Scholar had obtained from the current information.
Although he did not know why the Primordial realm would leave the research and storage of the swarm to the creatures on the surface, even making up a reason to trick them …
However, the result was still very successful …
This energy was similar to other warp devices. It was something that could warp the neural structures of creatures. More accurately, it affected their 'thoughts'.
It was also similar to … the energy of fear.
Since the mud world had 'personally' launched it, it was much more powerful than the warp devices that the Primordial realm possessed … Not only could it launch from extremely far away, but it could also paralyse an entire swarm of insects.
However, due to its single nature, it basically had no effect on non-insect creatures.
However, the Scholar believed that the mud world could change its target as long as it wanted, as long as the Primordial realm sent them a different signal.
What the Scholar needed to do right now was very simple, because the round mirror that represented the Primordial realm's signal was still transmitting from the mud world.
All the Scholar needed to do was return to the point where the signal was sent and destroy the device.
That way, the signal would be cut off, and the swarm would recover. However …
The Scholar opened his eyes.
He had already returned to where he had been before. The metallic ground told him that this was the transmission device created from the city of the ancient civilisation.
Nothing seemed to have happened here. The Primordial realm hadn't discovered the Scholar yet, but the other creatures seemed to be here as well.
He didn't need to care about the other creatures. The golden pumpkin that the Scholar cared about the most was still by his side. The Scholar believed that this was the most important thing, and it wouldn't be difficult to blow it up. However, this might not solve the problem.
This was because he had seen the signal from the Cryopteris. They had lost quite a few insects and were about to be surrounded. Even if they recovered, it wouldn't be easy for them to break through.
The Scholar felt that this thing might be able to be used as … a weapon.
It was just like how the Primordial realm had sent information about the swarm. The mud world would target the swarm, but what if it sent information about the Primordial realm? Would it target the Primordial realm?
Perhaps … If the mud world's warp device didn't have the ability to think and only reacted mechanically, it would definitely attack any target indiscriminately.
However, what should he do?
The initial information had been stuffed into a 'guidance system', and the Scholar had no idea where it was. He didn't even know if it was a part of the city.
Even if he found it, the Scholar had no way of controlling the entire device to launch it.
However, the Scholar still decided to give it a try. If it didn't work, he would just blow it up.
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