Do not get close to them. The monsters of darkness are hidden in the sand, and they will consume your life. We have to hunt in the shadows, crawl in the abyss, and be consumed by nightmares. Only behind the flickering light is' it 'shining on us. If you offer a sacrifice to the guardian, you can receive' it's' salvation … "" That's right. "" That's right. "
Come, dance in the darkness, awaken the slumbering in the abyss …
…
What is this? Was this what they were thinking?
Lin swallowed the Ancient Abyssal Squid that she caught with the 'Reborn'. Lin had prepared some special things in the Reborn's body, such as the latest 'Brain Reader'. It could read more information than any previous Brain Reader. Not only could it extract electronic signals, but it could also extract other forms of information storage. If necessary, it could also extract substances from brain cells.
The composite of these substances was called 'memory substance' by Lin. The location of the memory substance was determined by the reaction of a creature's brain when they saw something familiar. The 'memory substance' was analyzed in detail by the Brain Reader and converted into words that Lin could understand …
In order to analyze this information, the Brain Reader was made into a structure similar to the 'memory area' of a brain. It could even display memories like the brains of other creatures!
However, this was only a preliminary stage. It was far from being able to obtain such detailed information like the Brain Worm. However, this Brain Reader was made based on the Brain Worm's ability. It could already obtain some recent information. Moreover, the Ancient Abyssal Squid seemed to like to explain things with pictures. It was relatively easy to read.
But … this information was quite strange. Even if it could be converted into words, Lin could not understand what they were doing.
It seemed … they were 'worshipping' the huge crystal in this cave … Why? It seemed to be the first time the word 'worship' was mentioned.
This word seemed to refer to … liking something? No, it seemed to be stronger than liking. This was called worship.
Lin did not quite understand. This thing could give them food? A residence? Or something else? In order to come here, they even had to prepare a lot of food for the giant Mantis Shrimp.
For a group of ancient squids that were more than 20 centimeters long, it was extremely difficult to find enough food to feed the six-meter-long Mantis Shrimp. Moreover, there was not much food to begin with. Speaking of which, Lin didn't know where the meter-long fish came from, but it was obvious that they wouldn't be easy to catch.
Then, after this group of ancient squids took away the Mantis Shrimp, they just … danced here? Why would he do such a strange thing? Lin still couldn't read any more detailed information …
They were so engrossed in their work that they didn't even notice that Lin had taken away an ancient squid.
These ancient squids had high intelligence, which was why they would think of such strange things. It felt similar to … Tucker and the others. Right, Skeleton Dragon worshipped Lin's velvet ball, but Lin had at least helped them. But here … Lin really didn't think that the crystal would help these ancient squids.
They changed color as they waved their tentacles. It had already been more than five thousand seconds, and their color changes were very regular. Every one hundred seconds, they would change color. This made Lin think that they had the concept of 'seconds.' She didn't know if that was the case. But now, Lin was using the Brain Reader to control the ancient squid to mix into their group. This way, she should be able to understand their situation better …
The ancient squid under Lin's control slowly crawled into their group. Lin noticed that these ancient squids were looking at her, but they didn't stop moving.
Then, Lin let the ancient squid under her control do the same thing with them. The waving of tentacles and the changing of color could all be done by the Brain Reader. After Lin did it synchronously for a while, they stopped paying attention to her.
This feeling was really strange … Wait …?
Lin suddenly felt that the ancient squid's brain seemed to have received some kind of signal. The signal was very vague, but she could confirm that it was sent from the crystal. This feeling was really strange. The signal seemed to change according to the waving of the tentacles, and it had a very 'attractive' effect on the ancient squid's brain.
It was like being attracted to the opposite sex or something exciting, but this feeling was much stronger than usual. It was enough to produce a strange effect on the ancient squid's brain. Lin remembered that some creatures would have this reaction after eating a special hallucinogenic plant … Could it be that this was what made these ancient squids do this strange action?
But they shouldn't have received any signal before doing it. How did the crystal attract the ancient squids in the first place? But what Lin was most concerned about was what was going on with this signal. Could it be … from the brain in the crystal?
Lin made the ancient squids stop waving their tentacles. Suddenly, the signal began to fade and dissipate. Soon, the signal was gone.
Sure enough, it was related to this action.
The moment Lin stopped, the surrounding ancient squids looked over. However, they didn't stop moving. Instead, they looked over with their protruding eyeballs.
They seemed to have a lot of complaints about Lin not doing anything, but they didn't have any complaints when the ancient squid was taken away. What was the meaning of this?
Lin purposely didn't do anything to see how they would react. At first, these ancient squids only looked over, but after a few seconds, Lin sensed that they were clearly angry. The color of their bodies began to turn red.
Ancient squids liked to use red to express their 'anger', but Lin still didn't move. She watched as the 'anger' of these ancient squids slowly increased. Finally, it seemed to have reached a limit. These ancient squids stopped waving their tentacles and surrounded her.
Their bodies flickered with all kinds of colors, all of them containing anger. They used their tentacles to wrap around Lin's ancient squid, and then pulled with all their might.
The ancient squid was very soft. When it was pulled by such a large group of ancient squids, its body was torn into several pieces under the powerful pulling force. Its internal organs and blood gushed out from the broken pieces …
After Lin's ancient squid was torn to shreds, the other ancient squids immediately returned to their positions and continued waving their tentacles.
This group of ancient squids … seemed to have gone mad. Did they view dancing as more important than their companions?
Lin guessed that this was the result of being under the influence of that kind of signal for a long time. Their brains were already occupied by a large amount of this kind of signal, becoming extremely strange. It was something like an electrical signal, similar to the brainwaves emitted by Cephalopods.
At this moment, Lin suddenly heard a sound from afar … She saw even more Ancient Abyssal Squids walking over.
They seemed to be from another group nearby. These ancient squids didn't carry anything like fish. They directly joined the dancing group of ancient squids. After they arranged themselves in the same formation around the crystal, they began to dance as well …
Following that, Lin discovered that many Ancient Abyssal Squids had appeared in all directions. They were circling around the crystal. After a while, the ground around the crystal was densely packed with ancient squids. They began to dance together, waving their tentacles continuously. The colors were constantly changing, but they were very consistent. It was a very … strange sight.
They must have all gone mad. Doing this kind of thing wouldn't do them any good, but they just liked to do it.
Lin was hesitating whether to kill them all or not. She decided to take a look, or rather … check the brain in the middle of the crystal first.
An Assassin Killer extended its claw and aimed at the hole that the Mantis Shrimp had smashed into the crystal.
Bang!
With a soft sound, a small 'egg' was shot out by the Assassin Killer. The egg stuck to the hole in the crystal, and a worm-type soldier about one centimeter long came out of the egg — the 'Driller'.
They used their drill-like heads to drill holes in the crystal, slowly approaching the brain inside.
Even though the Driller didn't have a brain or any sensory organs, it could still feel the strong signal emitted from inside. It seemed to resonate with the ancient squids' dance, and the signal seemed to become stronger because of their dance. However, this signal was very monotonous and didn't seem to be used to 'command'.
Regardless, the Driller drilled into the depths of the crystal and slowly moved forward … As the crystal was drilled open, a new space appeared in front of Lin's eyes …
This is …
Lin realized that the inside of the crystal was hollow. The brain wasn't fixed in the crystal, but … it was floating in the hollow. It couldn't be seen from the outside.
No, it wasn't floating. Lin realized that there were some thin threads pulling the brain, hanging it in the center of the crystal.
The Driller didn't have the ability to fly, so it seemed that it would have to transform to get close to the brain. However, before Lin could get close to the brain, she discovered something strange.
Lin discovered that there were a lot of arthropod-like creatures on the crystal wall. These creatures were very small, only about 0.5 to 1 millimeter long. Lin began to think that they might be the 'army' protecting the brain, but that wasn't the case.
These tiny arthropods were fighting with another kind of creature, which looked like … a fungus.
These fungi looked like aggregated spheres of mycelium. They moved slowly on the crystal wall, spraying a kind of dissolving liquid to attack the arthropods. The arthropods used a more ordinary method — rushing up, tearing apart these fungi spheres, and eating them.
When Lin's Driller came in, it saw the scene of them fighting. Both sides were extremely large in number, like two armies, constantly killing each other on the crystal wall … It was as if they were flying through the sky.
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