Lin had also done some research on the smaller brain. Their armies would normally ignore Lin's explorers, as their obsession with war was quite strong.
The smaller brain had a similar structure to the larger brain, but it didn't have any dormant regions and was almost 100% operational. Even so, it still had a hard time attacking the larger brain.
Furthermore, the smaller brain also had a reproductive organ, and the arthropods that were fighting the fungi outside were all thrown out by it.
Lin had a basic understanding of these two brains. This was how they worked, the larger one would continuously use the nutrients from the soil to produce an army, while the smaller one would steal the nutrients from the larger one to produce more troops. The two of them had reached a strange balance, where neither could kill the other and could only remain in a state of eternal war.
No, this war wasn't a result of an eternal balance. Lin discovered that the dormant regions of Da Mi's brain were actually caused by Da Mi's brain. Da Mi's brain would occasionally produce a special cell army, which Lin's Drill Explorer happened to witness. These cells had a sort of camouflage ability that allowed them to infiltrate Da Mi's brain. Lin discovered that they contained a type of toxin that would cause those regions of Da Mi's brain to stop functioning.
Lin didn't know what those regions were for, but it was obvious that they would affect the intelligence of the larger brain. For example, the cells it released were usually more aggressive, while the smaller one was more intelligent and knew how to use battle tactics.
However, it was very difficult for the small brain to successfully infiltrate the system. Usually, it would be discovered and destroyed halfway through the infiltration. However, even if it only succeeded once, if this continued, after a period of time … the small brain would be able to completely stop the big brain from operating.
How did they come to this state? Why were the two brains stuck together and constantly engaged in war? How long had they been fighting for? What was the relationship between these two brains and the plague fungi?
There were too many mysteries here. Lin didn't know where to begin her research. Perhaps she should check the nearby caves to see what was inside? Perhaps she should try to read their memories? Or perhaps …
Lin had a unique thought … perhaps these two brains were originally one? Indeed, this would occasionally happen. If a specific region of a creature's brain was damaged, Lin would call it the 'connection center'. Damaging this region would cause the creature's brain to develop a unique problem called 'splitting'. When their connection was damaged, one part of the brain wouldn't know what the other part was thinking.
At this time, some interesting things would happen. For example, the two halves of the brain would control the limbs separately, resulting in uncoordinated movements and so on. One of them might let the left leg move forward. One of them had its right leg move backward. This kind of creature usually died very quickly. None of them could survive.
But … the brain that Lin discovered might be a living example. The two brains had different thoughts, and they were trying to get rid of each other!
These two brains could even mobilize their original immune cells to fight. This might be related to their strong control ability. If they were the brains of the plague fungus, perhaps this could explain why the plague army occasionally displayed intelligence.
Lin also learned something about the ancient squid. The bigger brain released a signal in order to attract the ancient squid.
The reason why it attracted the ancient squid was that it wanted to use them for something. For example, he tried to get rid of the little girl's brain, but he didn't succeed. After all, the ancient squids had their own thoughts. They probably liked the feeling of receiving the signal, but they had no idea what the signal was trying to tell them …
So, what was Lin going to do now? Destroy these two brains? Would this make the plague fungus stop moving? Or help one of them defeat the other. Perhaps then she could communicate with them?
But it was better to finish exploring this place first. The crystal was not at the end of the cave. There might be something hidden deeper.
Lin let some of the assassins stay here to watch the ancient squids' dance '. Some of them continued to go deeper, while the explorers continued to explore the two brains. Lin had only seen the general idea before, there were still many details that she hadn't observed.
The assassins walked deeper into the cave. This place was the same as before. There were many clusters of crystals on the sandy ground, but there were no Echo Eggs to be seen. Instead, there were quite a lot of … remains.
These remains were too fragmented to be identified, but they were the carapace of some kind of arthropod. There was a considerable amount of them, almost covering the entire ground.
Lin let the assassins turn over the remains. On the ground covered by them, there were things that Lin had seen in the mainland's salt cave … fossils of fungi.
These fossils were exactly the same as the ones there. There were many traces of mushrooms and mycelium protruding from the ground. There were traces of them everywhere under the remains. Most of the mushrooms' heads were missing. Looking at the traces on the stems, Lin believed that these were the kind of mushrooms that could explode. Their heads were blown off.
So that's how it is …
Along the way, they encountered some relatively large wreckages. These wreckages weren't too badly damaged, and their original shapes were still recognizable. They were a type of large arthropod-type creature, Lin speculated that they might be some sort of branch type of troop.
There were a lot of them here, and the fragmented fragments were scattered all around them. The carapace of these large arthropods also had traces of corrosion. It was obvious that a war had once taken place here.
Lin could almost guess what had happened, but she still had to explore thoroughly. This should be the end of the underwater cave.
The assassins discovered more and more wreckage. However, it appeared that there were only two types of wreckage. The cavern here was getting wider. After walking for a while, the assassins discovered a large object in front of them.
Was this … the head of the Plague Leader?
Could it be that the Head of the Plague was also placed here? The assassins spread out and looked around. They found that there was only one head around. This head was bigger than the previous one, but there didn't seem to be anything special about it.
The assassins went around the head and continued forward, but they had already reached the end. The light of the assassins illuminated a large rock wall in front of them, followed by a large pool of water on the ground.
There really didn't seem to be any other way out. The assassins examined the rock wall at the end of the cave for a while, but Lin couldn't find any hidden passages. Lin then looked at the pool. The 'content' of this pool was very rich. Not only were there a lot of remains, there were also many small fish, trilobites, starfish, mantis shrimp, and other creatures. These mantis shrimp were very small, only about 10 centimeters long.
Why were there so many creatures here? With that in mind, Lin had the assassins dive into the pool. They found a cave about 1 meter in diameter at the bottom of the pool.
Lin had one of the assassins dive into the cave. The inside of the cave was very complicated, and there were many sea creatures living here. After walking for a few hundred seconds, the twisting cave gradually became vertical. Finally, the assassins arrived at an extremely wide area — — the ocean!
Looking at the boundless water around them, it was just as Lin thought. The cave just now led directly to the ocean, which was why so many creatures had come here.
However, the situation here didn't seem to be normal.
This place should be relatively deep in the ocean. The surrounding light was relatively dim, but Lin could still see the environment clearly. There were many structures that looked like stone pillars around them, and these stone pillars were filled with all kinds of holes.
The assassins swam into the holes on the stone pillars and found a lot of remains inside. Even in the ocean, they were still intact, unlike the shattered remains they saw before.
Lin had seen this kind of stone pillar before. It was obvious that these were the nests of these creatures. Now, she should be able to deduce what happened between them. However, mere deduction wasn't very accurate, it would be even better if she could find out more details.
At this time, Lin's scout in the two brains found an interesting method.
In the big brain, the dormant regions were dormant due to a kind of poison. If Lin could remove this poison, she might be able to wake up part of the brain.
Before that, she had to figure out their left and right sides. The big brain should be in a state of unconsciousness right now, so Lin didn't want it to completely wake up. Lin discovered that one of the regions had a structure similar to the memory regions of other creatures. The memory regions of different creatures were also located in different locations, but most of them were relatively scattered. However, this brain had gathered all of its memory regions in one place, and the information stored in it seemed to be very easy to read. The information stored in it was much more obvious compared to other creatures.
If she used the Brain Reader to read this location, she should be able to learn a lot of things. Although Lin wasn't sure if the Brain Reader could completely read it, she was sure that this brain was much easier to read compared to other creatures.
Lin had the assassins outside shoot a lot of sticky eggs into the crystal. A large number of Drill Explorers emerged from these eggs. They drilled a large hole in the crystal, and the last egg hatched into a small Brain Reader. It followed the group of Drill Explorers into the crystal and floated to the brain inside.
At this time, Gusquido was still dancing, and the tiny army between the brains was still fighting. Meanwhile, Lin's Brain Reader pierced all the tiny tentacles on its body into this brain. The tentacles kept growing, connecting to the memory storage area.
At this time, the small Drill Explorers began to secrete a kind of detoxifying liquid, waking up the dormant region.
This liquid must not leak to other places, it must be controlled within a certain region …
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