"This is the place."
Even though it looked exactly like an Ershi Min on the surface, it didn't walk like one.
For example, it didn't raise its feet when it walked. Instead, it slid along the ground.
Looking at this Biru-like creature gliding before her eyes … it was quite interesting.
The Shapeshifting Octopus' body mainly consisted of … a large number of tentacles. Many thin and flat tentacles. When they were perfectly stacked together and combined with their ability to change color, they looked just like an Ershi Min's skin.
Among these tentacles were some very sturdy and thick tentacles. They could be considered as … supporting pillars.
They used these tentacles to imitate the bones of an Ershi Min and formed this shape.
But if one looked closely, they would be able to see that there were many differences between them and an ordinary Ershi Min.
Not long ago, the Shapeshifting Octopus brought Lin's velvet ball through a complex cave system … and arrived at a place.
They called this place the 'quarantine point'.
In fact, it was still a cave.
"There are creatures responsible for guarding this place." The Shapeshifting Octopus didn't have any vocal organs. But they created some kind of vocal device that allowed them to speak the Ershi Min's language.
In front of them was a cave with a diameter of over 30 meters. In the center of the cave was … an egg-shaped, two-meter tall rock.
"If you approach the rock, the creature will appear," the Shapeshifting Octopus said. "It is very dangerous for us … but it shouldn't be a problem for you."
"…" Lin didn't say anything. Instead, she let the velvet ball slowly drift toward the rock.
When it was one meter away from the rock, a 'boom' suddenly came from the ground … A sharp object reached out from the ground and stabbed at Lin's velvet ball.
However, the velvet ball dodged before it could reach it. Then, the sharp object abruptly retracted and … it didn't come out again.
At this time, Lin saw the Shapeshifting Octopus acting as Beeru lying on the ground. It seemed to be sensing something. After a few seconds … it got up again.
"It's done. It has left," the Shapeshifting Octopus said. "Let us continue forward."
"What kind of creature is that?" Lin asked.
"A 'bus-type' creature," the Shapeshifting Octopus said. "There are many of them in this place. They are protecting this place."
As it spoke, the Shapeshifting Octopus moved forward.
Bush-type creatures were Lin's translation, mainly referring to the many small bush-type creatures that Lin had seen before.
This kind of creature … seemed to roam around here and protect this place.
Because of that, the Morphing Octopus had always treated this place as a forbidden place, but now that Lin was with him … he felt that he could finally go to this place.
After that, Lin and the Shapeshifting Octopus walked a relatively peaceful path together.
There were also many sea creatures in this place, and it was no different from before … But Lin and it soon saw another creature.
This creature … was completely white. It looked like a 'sea cucumber', and it completely blocked the front of the cave.
"This is … this is it!"
The moment it saw the white sea cucumber, the Metamorphosis Octopus became agitated. Its body exploded with a bang, and it no longer maintained its Beelu form. Instead, it stretched out a large number of tentacles and quickly crawled on the ground.
It was as if … the creature that looked like a sea cucumber was Ershi's neural structure.
As the transformed cuttlefish chased after it, the 'sea cucumber' quickly … retreated into the depths of the cave.
Seeing this, Lin also chased after it. The pompom quickly flew along the cave to its target … but the 'sea cucumber' was not retreating very quickly.
So, Lin soon came into contact with it, and touched its … skin.
The moment she touched it, Lin felt that … this was not a neural structure. It was just an ordinary bush-type creature.
However, it did not seem to be aggressive. After being touched by Lin, it quickly retreated.
Lin had the pompom … stick to its skin, and moved with it into the depths of the cave.
The Morphing Octopus also quickly crawled over from behind. Right now, it looked like … a Beelu that had been split into many pieces.
However, these pieces … which were its tentacles, were constantly moving, allowing it to quickly follow behind.
While following it, it excitedly said … this' sea cucumber 'seemed to be a rather special type of bush-type creature.
As long as they followed the 'sea cucumber', they would be able to quickly reach Ershi's neural structure.
However, they had only seen 'sea cucumbers' from far away before. They had never been able to follow it so closely like this.
So … the Morphing Octopus believed that their long-cherished dream could finally be realized.
After a while, Lin found that the 'sea cucumber' had stopped.
The Morphing Octopus also spoke excitedly, "We're here … right here!"
"Right here?"
Lin found that the 'sea cucumber' had arrived at … a rather special cave.
The walls of the cave here were covered with hairy objects, which looked like coral tentacles. And these were …
"We've arrived here."
Lin heard a 'voice'.
This was a … signal from the hairy objects on the walls.
"This is Ershi!" Without waiting for Lin to say anything, the Morphing Octopus ran over and said excitedly, "I saw it … I touched it! I touched it! "
Seeing how excited it was, Lin floated to the wall and examined the hairy object.
Indeed, this was the neural structure of the Star Bus. Only a small part of it was exposed on the wall, and a rather large part was connected behind it.
So, it was certain that this was Ershi's neural structure. However, Lin found something strange.
That was the part connected behind it … although it was quite large, it was not as large as the real Star Bus's neural structure.
Compared to Lin's bus … it was about half as small, and its shape was also a bit strange.
Lin believed that it was Ershi's neural structure, but only a part of it.
Perhaps Ershi had found a way to divide his neural structure into multiple parts.
However, this neural structure was able to communicate with Lin normally. "Since we're here, we can have a long discussion."
"Are you Ershi?" Lin asked the signal.
"Yes," it quickly replied, "but only a part of it, there's another part doing something else."
"However, you can get any answer you want here," it said, "because now … it's time."
"It's time?" Lin continued asking.
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