Infecting a creature and then controlling its behavior was a new method of retaliation for the plague fungus. In the beginning, the Cerebrum would often search for more powerful creatures, but they weren't easy to find, and the enemy was still slowly destroying the territory it occupied.
For the time being, Lin referred to this race of creatures that were fighting against the plague fungi as the 'Subspecials'. It didn't have any particular meaning, but Lin felt that they might be related to the Inca swarm. According to the memories of the 'Brain', the 'Subspecials' had abilities very similar to the Inca swarm, but their habits were a little different …
Because the number of infected creatures was limited, and powerful creatures were even rarer, in order to deal with the Subspecies, the Cerebrum came up with a new plan to combine the infected creatures.
This plan was called the 'Plague Leader' plan, which was actually a name Lin came up with.
The Cerebrum tried to combine several large creatures into a single creature, then wrapped it in hardened mycelium for combat. At this time, the Cerebrum found that it was difficult to command too many infected creatures, so it specifically infected some creatures to spread information, and thus the Fungus Overlord was born …
Many infected creatures were made into the Plague Leaders in the deep sea near the five islands. The Cerebrum's original plan was to create a creature that was incomparably large, with a body like … a wyvern.
A wyvern? The wyvern's appearance suddenly appeared in the Cerebrum's memories, and Lin felt that it was a little strange. There were no memories of wyverns in the Cerebrum before, so this might be caused by the Cerebrum's incomplete memories.
The Cerebrum's plan did not succeed. The Subspecies had already reached the vicinity of the five islands, and almost all of the Plague Leaders were in an unfinished state. The Cerebrum hid them in the islands.
Against the crazed Subspecies, the Cerebrum was almost helpless. However, just before the last line of defense collapsed, it found that it could infect and control the Subspecies.
At that time, it was the first time it had experimented with something like this. Previously, it had only killed these Subspecies, so it immediately controlled a large number of Subspecies. It made them start to 'kill each other'. With this method of control, the Cerebrum slowly gained the upper hand. The Subspecies relied on devouring other creatures to strengthen themselves, but they could not find creatures that were immune to the Cerebrum's infection.
The plague fungus usually spread a large amount of its dust. Generally, it would first infect the Subspecies' food and let them eat it to be infected. Sometimes, it would directly infect the troops. There were different ways to infect different types of troops, because it could infect a relatively large number of troops each time. The plague fungus could even transform the enemy troops into their own troops.
However, the Subhumans were also researching ways to prevent themselves from being infected, and in the process of the Plague Fungus' continuous counterattack, the brain discovered some secrets of the Subhumans. They also had their own 'leaders' to command their troops.
After discovering this, the brain wanted to infect the leader of the Subhuman group to end the battle. Soon, it was able to determine the position of the leader of the Subhuman group by analyzing the signal and other methods.
When it first discovered the target's location, it prepared a team to ambush the target. In fact, the Subhuman Special Forces were the same as the Cerebrum. When they discovered the plague fungus, they had the Cerebrum as the commander. So their leader thought of a sneak attack to destroy the brain.
The plague fungus's brain discovered the ambush of the sub-special forces and immediately gathered its troops to defend. At the same time, it hid in an underwater cave.
Both sides launched a sneak attack on the other almost at the same time, but the plague fungus's brain succeeded first. It used a large amount of bacterial dust to successfully infect the sub-special group's brain …
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His memories started to become blurry at this point … but there were some intermittent contents.
Pain, control, battle. Reaction … Kill … Kill … Victory … Ambush … Rebirth, division, growth, battle … Curse … Death …
'Curse'? What was that? When Lin saw this memory, this word appeared in her mind for the first time. It was a strange word. Why would such a word appear in her mind?
Then, the memory seemed to have reached its end. It was more accurate to say that this area of the brain was no longer used for recording, but Lin could know what happened next …
The fungus's brain controlled the sub-special group's brain, but because the sub-special group's brain was too strong, it affected the plague fungus's brain instead. Making it feel pain might have the same effect as being affected by the brainwaves of the Cerebrum. The sub-special group's brain might have sent a large number of signals through this, causing the plague fungus's brain to be unable to withstand it. That was probably when the memories were damaged.
However, the plague fungus finally endured the pain and successfully killed the sub-special group's brain. Then, it completely massacred the sub-special group's troops and units. The large amount of wreckage that Lin saw should be the traces of that massacre …
At this point, the plague fungus could be said to have won.
However, the sub-special group's brain wasn't completely dead. It seemed to have used some method to 'rebirth' on top of the plague fungus's brain.
The sub-special group's ambush troops must have also successfully ambushed the plague fungus's brain and used this method to rebirth on top of it. Lin believed that the sub-special group's ambush troops carried eggs or something that could produce brains. They successfully placed the eggs on top of the plague fungus's brain and then grew a new brain … Then, this new brain began to fight for control of the plague fungus's brain.
The two brains began to fight each other. Lin believed that they started off by attacking each other with immune cells, but later on, they even developed small troops to attack each other.
In the process of fighting each other, the troops on both sides also began to slaughter each other.
In the midst of the war, the plague fungus was clearly at a disadvantage. Most of its brain was shut down, and it could be said that it was slowly being devoured by the enemy …
In fact, the sub-special group's brain even gave it … a 'curse'?
Lin found a hint in the plague fungus's last memory. The plague fungus's ability to survive in the sea was affected by this curse. It seemed to have lost its ability to filter the sea, causing the plague fungus to completely die in the sea.
At the time, the plague fungus's brain was probably located in an underwater cave without water, so it wasn't particularly affected.
Meanwhile, the sub-special group's troops were mostly wiped out in the war. Without the brain's command, the rest were slowly heading towards extinction.
… Was this what they meant by mutual destruction?
But strangely, the plague fungus continued to grow on the islands after losing its brain, continuing to live …
The large number of fungus monsters and plague leaders on the Five Plague Islands were originally prepared by the brain to deal with the sub-special group, although the war ended before they could be used.
After the war, the two brains continued to fight in the underwater cave. The plague fungus could be said to have wiped out the sub-special group, but their brain wasn't completely dead. Instead, it used its final ambush to try and control or kill the plague fungus's brain …
The various' intermittent intelligence 'displayed by the plague fungus must have something to do with the brain here. The brain was still constantly emitting signals, occasionally successfully affecting these troops and increasing their intelligence.
However, these troops were only affected by the signals and had their intelligence increased, but they didn't know how to save the brain, which was a little strange.
So the plague leader was an unfinished product, no wonder it looked so strange … However, Lin found a memory fragment that hinted that there was in fact a finished product, but there was no relevant information about where it was.
Lin's attack might have awakened these 'slumbering' troops, causing them to launch a counterattack. They should still have some intelligence and basic combat reactions, but they didn't have any tactical abilities.
So that's how it was. They once had such a history.
This was mainly because the plague fungus's brain stored its memories clearly in one area, unlike other species that were scattered and indistinct. That was why Lin could read it more completely, although there were still some incomplete details.
For example, how they petrified themselves was still unknown. The plague fungus's brain might have lived for thousands of years, or even longer, including the time when the two brains were fighting against each other. In fact, it didn't expand as quickly as it did now, and its transmission ability wasn't as strong. It was more inclined to infect other species and fight against them. Now, the plague fungus grew on its own, and controlling other species was just a coincidence …
They might have originally been a fungus-like species, but how they evolved into a brain was still a mystery.
Furthermore, there was no information about the previous disaster in the sea. Could it be that they weren't affected at all?
The ancient squid's worship of the brain was indeed because it kept emitting signals that affected them … When Lin discovered their history, she also learned some interesting things … which she might be able to use in the future.
In that case, all she needed to do now was to blow up this brain to stop the plague fungus's army?
That was indeed the right thing to do. No matter how long they had lived, or what they had experienced in the past, it should all be over now. The plague would be put to an end.
After that, Lin had the Drill Explorer search the two brains again to make sure she didn't miss anything. The closed areas didn't seem to contain more memories, while the other areas were probably used for thinking or commanding purposes. These larger brains had separated these areas very clearly, unlike other creatures that were more scattered, which was why it was difficult to read their memories.
Wait a minute … What was this?
While Lin's Drill Explorer was searching the brain, it suddenly discovered something strange. It was … a strange object.
It was floating inside the brain's blood vessels, but it was different from the cells around it. Its appearance … was very familiar to Lin.
This is the crystallization of the Observer … (To be continued.)
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