In the darkness, a dim light flickered.
The leader and two other standing scorpions held the crystal and spear in their hands, nervously looking at their surroundings. It was so quiet that only the sound of their heartbeats could be heard.
Just now, one of the standing scorpions had disappeared. The moment it disappeared, it let out a terrifying scream as if it had suffered great pain. When the leader and the other two standing scorpions reacted, only a pool of blood was left on the ground.
There was definitely a terrifying creature lying in ambush here, or at least that was what they thought.
But the leader didn't think of retreating. It raised the crystal and carefully observed the surroundings. It still wanted to find the spy that had escaped before.
'Da da da da …'
A small sound made these standing scorpions instantly tense up. At the same time, they shone the light of the crystal in the direction of the sound … But they saw nothing.
This was really interesting.
Lin's spy was hiding behind a larger crystal. While chewing the corpse of the standing scorpion that had just been killed, it used sound waves to observe the movements of these standing scorpions.
She didn't know why the leader was so obsessed with catching the spy. In their view, the spy was just a standing scorpion that had been driven mad by the illusory crystal. Why catch it?
But because of this, they were in a predicament.
The spy could easily come and go freely in the dark shadows, but the light of the crystal in the standing scorpions' hands was getting dimmer and dimmer. She didn't know why the crystal could shine, but it obviously didn't last long. If they fell into complete darkness, Lin believed that they would be no different from dead.
Standing scorpions didn't have night vision. Their other senses weren't strong either. They didn't have the abilities that most cave creatures should have. Maybe they originally lived in very bright places … This was a little different from Lin's impression of the Atte species that lived in the deep sea.
It didn't matter. It was time to end one of them again.
Now, the three standing scorpions were back to back. They used their light to illuminate the surroundings. They thought that there would be no blind spots, but …
The spy walked to a crystal that was closer to the edge of the light source. Then, it stretched out its forelimbs and pulled its head off and placed it on the ground. Then, the spy's body ran behind another crystal …
"Ah —!!!" The head placed on the ground suddenly let out a violent scream. The three standing scorpions immediately looked in the direction of the head. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the spy rushed out of the crystal and quickly approached the back of one of the standing scorpions. The hook of the tail instantly pierced its throat.
It didn't even have the chance to scream before the spy quickly dragged the fallen body away and disappeared into the shadows.
When the leader and the remaining Li Xie turned their heads to look, they discovered that another of their companions had disappeared.
At this time, the spy had already placed the body in a distant place, and then climbed back to put the head back on the body.
'This sneak attack feels really interesting …' After that, Lin felt that she didn't need to act anymore.
The remaining two Li Xie's were terrified to the extreme. First, they were frightened by the screams, then they saw their companions disappear. They obviously could not bear this feeling.
"Ahahaha!" One of the standing scorpions immediately screamed and turned around to flee in the direction they came from, but the leader caught its tail.
Although the leader was also very scared, he tried his best to suppress this emotion. He pulled the standing scorpion back, pressed its body down, and shouted at it: "Oh! Gulugga! "
"Ahhhhhhh!" The standing scorpion struggled desperately. It obviously didn't want to stay here any longer, but the leader didn't let it escape. The two of them quarreled.
They really showed their true nature. These standing scorpions were really troublesome. Two of their companions were already dead, and the remaining two were still quarreling over whether to escape or not … These creatures were really interesting.
The best decision they could make now was to escape, but they didn't know why the leader didn't want to escape. And it didn't want to let its companions escape? In this environment, there were more than just spies. Who knew when a Rib Centipede might appear?
'Pa!'
All of a sudden, Li Xie, who was being pressed down by the leader, suddenly grabbed a piece of crystal and smashed it towards the leader's face. That piece of crystal caused some cracks on the carapace on its face, and blood slowly flowed out from it … …
The leader became extremely angry at this moment. Several of its hands grabbed a few pieces of Jing Kuang nearby and smashed them at the standing scorpion. The leader's strength was obviously much stronger. After a series of fierce smashes, the cracks on the standing scorpion's head became bigger and bigger, and finally, the whole head burst open.
When the leader stopped, the ground was already covered with the standing scorpion's blood. The standing scorpion was also a corpse with a rotten head.
… They were really crazy.
For this phenomenon, Lin felt that this was the only suitable word to describe them.
Perhaps this phenomenon could be deduced. Perhaps after losing their brains, all the standing scorpions were indeed crazy. Strictly speaking, they weren't crazy. They just couldn't decide who to command who. They also didn't have the habit of choosing a new leader. After a long time, they became like that.
However, there were still a small number of them who realized the problem. They chose a leader and separated themselves from the original standing scorpion group. They came to this place full of red crystals and formed a small 'village'. They hunted the creatures that appeared here, left the quarrels and noise, and lived a safe life.
This made sense. The standing scorpions that Lin saw with crystal spears were relatively normal. Under the leader's command, they could assign tasks. But in the end, they didn't know how to command. At critical moments, they would still argue. They would have the consciousness of wanting to run and not wanting to run. They wouldn't work together to decide which was best.
The leader looked at the standing scorpion on the ground. It was stunned for a long time before it reacted. It picked up the crystal spears and the glowing crystals on the ground, slowly stood up, and looked at the surrounding environment.
It still didn't have the intention to run? Why was it so obsessed with the idea of chasing the spy? Not only did it kill its own kind, it didn't even care about its own life?
Lin felt that there was no other way. She felt that it was necessary to find out what was wrong with the leader.
However, it would take a long time to create troops like the Brain Reader. Before that, she had to make sure that its brain was still alive.
What should she do? Lin had already thought of a way.
The spy slowly walked out from behind the crystal and approached the leader whose hands were stained with the blood of its own kind …
… After a day and a half …
Near the red crystal village, a large group of standing scorpions were anxiously looking at the dark depths of the cave. Although they were very worried, none of them were willing to enter the dark depths of the cave to look for their leader.
They had been waiting for a long time. Some of the standing scorpions couldn't wait any longer. But at that moment … a figure appeared in the darkness.
"Ohhhh!!!" The first standing scorpion to see the figure cheered. The others immediately looked in the direction and saw the leader slowly walking out of the darkness.
Its carapace was stained with blood. All the standing scorpions surrounded it and kept asking questions. But the leader didn't say anything. It silently walked through the group of standing scorpions and walked back to the largest crystal house where it was.
It seemed that it had successfully sneaked in.
Lin was now in a special situation. The spy had indeed taken over the leader's body, but it didn't damage its brain. Instead, it dissolved the leader's body structure and replaced it with its own structure. However, Lin still kept the leader's head and continued to feed the brain to keep it alive.
Now, it could be said that only the head belonged to the leader, while the rest of the body belonged to the spy. However, the head's mouth and vision had been replaced by the spy's. Otherwise, the leader would have screamed.
Lin felt that if she wanted to find out the secret of the brain, the best way was to start with the leader. Lin felt that this leader was a bit special. It might know more about the situation. Next, she just needed to stay here for a while and create the Brain Reader.
Lin looked outside and saw that the other standing scorpions didn't follow her in. Instead, they kept a certain distance from each other and gathered outside, talking to each other. It seemed that they wouldn't affect this place.
Susumi was still in the same place. It could eat the pterosaurs there. Once Lin solved the problem here, she could bring it out with her.
Speaking of which, this house was quite large. Lin looked around and saw that the entire house was made of crystals that were glued together into a square shape. The length and width of the house were over 10 meters, and there were quite a few things placed here and there.
Lin found a kind of stone in the corner. Next to the stone were several unfinished crystal spears. They seemed to be using this kind of stone to polish their spears.
Lin picked up one of the spears and examined it. The spear wasn't very hard, but this was the only thing they could make in this place. The spears probably weren't used for hunting, but rather to defend against large creatures or other standing scorpions.
Although most of the crystals here were red, not all of them had hallucinogenic properties. Most of them were ordinary crystals, some of them could even store Light energy. Under certain circumstances, they could even explode with light. These crystals were very interesting, but … what was this?
Next to the pile of crystal spears, Lin saw a large piece of red crystal with a white object inside.
Could this be …
Lin immediately released a Drill Explorer to drill into the crystal. Soon, Lin saw the true appearance of the thing inside …
They really liked to put their brains inside the crystal. However, this wasn't a brain, but a part of the brain. It seemed to have some function of transmitting signals, but more importantly …
This thing was still alive. Floating astronomy.
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