They called themselves the 'creatures closest to Ershi'.
They were a very ancient type of mollusk. Using the Ershi Min's classification system, they were members of the 'Cephalopoda' class.
Compared to the common cephalopoda on Ershi, the octopus … Lin found that they were closer to the ancient squid on the pompom.
Some of the Ershi's octopuses were believed by the Ershi Min to have high intelligence … they could develop into intelligent creatures.
What limited their development was not their intelligence, but their lifespan, which was usually only a few Ershi years.
If the Ershi Min could only live for such a short time, they would not be able to develop anything.
However, the creature Lin encountered in the underwater cave … it seemed to belong to the type of octopus that had a long enough lifespan.
In short, this creature had just told Lin that its population had always been living in this underwater cave.
They had a special name for themselves, but because they did not usually communicate with sound, but with … color changes, they usually used a mixture of many colors to describe their race.
Translated into the Ershi Min's language, it would be called 'Metamorphosis Octopus'.
'Metamorphosis Octopus' could completely disguise itself as an Ershi Min. They were very good at … transformations and color changes.
Just like the one talking to Lin … it pretended to be Beelu.
At the same time, it also told Lin a lot of things.
This cave was not just what Lin saw, it also had a very large and complex cave system. More importantly, this was a 'nerve dissection point'.
In other words, the nervous system of the Star Bus would shed some old outer layer and small pieces as it grew. These shed parts would often appear in this underwater cave.
Just like the ones Lin saw earlier.
Because this group of creatures had lived here for a long time, they had also been in contact with these shed parts for a long time.
It was said that in the 'primitive era', the ancestors of the Metamorphosis Octopus mainly collected these small pieces of nerve structures to make nests.
At first, nothing special happened, but after a long time, they suddenly began to understand the information in the ganglion.
Even the smallest ganglion could contain a large and complex amount of information. From then on, the Metamorphosis Octopus' intelligence, or rather, knowledge, began to skyrocket.
They also began to develop rapidly, forming tribes, groups, societies … and countries.
In the beginning, they were relatively 'ignorant'. Like many creatures with individuality, they fought each other for various things.
The biggest reason for war was to rob the other party's ganglion.
They regarded small pieces of nerve structures as' sacred objects'. The Metamorphosis Octopus that obtained the most ganglion was the individual at the top of the group.
In other words … the King.
At the peak of their development, they began to try to leave the underwater cave and develop outside.
The outside … was the depths of the ocean.
Because it was difficult for them to adapt to the deep sea environment, they quickly dismissed the idea and continued to live in the cave.
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In one war after another, the Metamorphosis Octopus experienced death and rebirth, and then death and rebirth again.
Until … a 'mass extinction' event. That event killed 99% of the Metamorphosis Octopus.
But they thought it was a good thing.
Because after that event, the warlike individuals in the Metamorphosis Octopus population seemed to have completely disappeared. The rest were quiet individuals. The war between the Metamorphosis Octopus population also ended after that event.
The remaining Metamorphosis Octopus could be called a 'group of scholars'.
They became a group of creatures who only liked to live a quiet life. Their main activity was to study Ershi's nerve structure.
By studying these nerves, they could learn about the whole world even though they stayed in the cave.
Even further away, they could learn about the matters in the Void.
Especially the one Lin met now … it knew a lot of things.
Including Lin's.
It told Lin that Ershi had been watching Lin, mainly through Biru.
Biru's initial approach to Lin's Veronica was not entirely voluntary, although it was mostly voluntary.
But Ershi also 'pushed' it in the dark, which made Biru want to get closer to Veronica.
Since then, Biru had been staying with Lin, and Ershi used this to observe Lin.
Ershi was just like the researchers said. It 'watched' all the creatures on its body, including Ershi Min and other creatures.
The researchers believed that Ershi could not take care of every creature in detail. But in reality … they were not entirely correct.
Ershi could very carefully observe the growth of every creature, including microbes. But sometimes, Ershi did not always watch every creature.
It would only do so when it wanted to.
As for Biru, Ershi was always watching it because it was in contact with Lin.
Ershi used Biru to observe Lin's condition, but that was it. It did not want to do anything, or at least, it did not see any related plans in these ganglia.
Until Lin … came to the real Ershi.
The octopus said that Ershi had been trying to avoid direct contact with Lin since then. It used various methods … but it did not directly attack Lin.
The octopus believed that if Lin went deep underground, Ershi would not be able to stop her. That way … it would be able to come into contact with Ershi.
The octopus' reason for helping Lin was that it also wanted to come into contact with Ershi. This was its … lifelong pursuit, which was in line with its current 'scholar' personality.
Although it had been receiving all kinds of information from the detached ganglia, it had never directly communicated with Ershi.
It wanted to communicate with Ershi directly, but it did not have the ability to go to the communication point.
So, it had to go with Lin.
The communication point … was where Ershi's nerves were located.
Not the detached ganglia, but the entire nervous system … The octopus indicated that it was not far from this cave.
But there were some obstacles along the way, so they could not pass through.
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