In the sea called 'brain', there were many mysteries … The brain could do many things. It could command a huge army of hundreds of millions, but sometimes it felt inadequate …
This feeling of inadequacy was … thoughts. One brain only had one thought at a time, so it couldn't think about more than one thing at a time.
During a time of war, the brain was faced with endless new tactics from the opponent. It also needed to constantly come up with new methods and constantly create new types of troops to restrain the opponent to win. So the brain came up with a way. It wanted to create some troops that could 'think' for it.
Thus, the standing scorpions were born.
The process of their birth was not complete, but it seemed to come from a species that lived in shallow waters.
Although the standing scorpions were controlled by the brain, each of them had an independent 'personality'. The ratio of their brain to their body was about 1.22%, which was very large among common creatures. They could think of various ways to help the brain create new troops, think of new tactics, and so on.
The reason for the huge brain of a branching species was almost always to command a large number of troops. Their thinking ability was not necessarily strong, so it needed these standing scorpions.
However, the brain found that there were many problems with this troop. Because their personalities were too obvious, they would try to resist the brain's control. Secondly, because of their personalities, they often did not get along well and would fight over small disputes.
Whenever they fought, the brain could only forcibly control them, but they would still hold grudges and fight the next time they met.
Finally, the tactics they came up with were not necessarily effective. Some were even very stupid tactics. This put the brain in a disadvantageous position in the war.
That was the end. It could be seen that the standing scorpions were a failure, but even so, the brain did not give up on them. It was probably because there were so many of them, so it could still come up with a few useful plans.
Perhaps because the war made the brain unable to manage them too much, the brain thought of a way to manage them and customized a leader for them.
The leader was a standing scorpion with a relatively large body, and the brain found something interesting. If the brain directly controlled the standing scorpions, they would try to resist, but a powerful leader could make them quieter.
In this way, the brain only needed to control one leader. The brain of the Atte species seemed to have some kind of splitting ability. It separated a small part of its body and let the leader take the brain. The reason it did this was unknown. It might be to control the leader or for other reasons, but the brain also relied on this ability to successfully parasitize the fungus' brain.
However … Even with so many Scorpions helping it think of a solution, it still lost the war. Brain brought the rest of the tribe into the continent and hid underground to live a life of hiding.
That was all he had.
He didn't find out the main reason why his brain died, but at least he found out the origin of Li Xie. So that's how it was, thinking for himself …
Lin's spy had stayed in this scorpion colony for more than 10 days and nights. After creating the Brain Reader, the first thing Lin did was to read the information of the white object inside the crystal.
Susumi was currently staying with the spies. Not long ago, Lin brought them into the tribe as the 'leader'. These Scorpions did not have any objections. While Lin was searching through her memories, she also told Susumi about these creatures.
The brain that was placed in the leader's house seemed to be just a small part of the brain. It was a small sphere with a diameter of about ten centimeters, but it stored a lot of information.
What Lin was more concerned about was that it was only a part of the brain that was parasitized by the fungus. After being parasitized by the fungus, the fungus' brain should have become difficult to control. Even so, the Atte tribe still lost the war?
There must be something else going on. No matter what, the Atte tribe's brain died in the end. The Scorpions were no longer willing to listen to their leader's commands, so the leader could only leave with a small group of Scorpions that were still obedient.
As for the leader's memories, because the various functional areas of the Scorpions' brain were rather messy, there was no way for the Brain Reader to read them.
Lin also discovered some other things about the Atte tribe. Most of the Atte tribe's troops were queen-type troops, but the Scorpions could reproduce on their own. If the Atte tribe no longer had a queen, then the Scorpions should be the last of their troops. However, Lin felt that the Atte tribe might have left some queens behind. After all, there were other troops here.
The spy stood up and looked outside. The Scorpions outside were still polishing the crystal spears in their hands. During the time that Lin lived with them, she rarely interacted with them. The Scorpions didn't seem to mind, but they were a little curious. Although the Scorpions here would occasionally have disputes, they basically didn't fight with each other.
Perhaps after the brain died, some of the Scorpions still followed their leader, while the rest started acting recklessly. They might have formed a kind of consciousness to begin with. Some followed their leader, some followed their brain, and some just wanted to break free from its control. However, under the control of the brain, these thoughts weren't too obvious. After the brain died, these thoughts erupted.
Lin called this place the 'Red Village'. Perhaps the Scorpions living here had a way to restore the Atte tribe.
But what would the tribe be like after it was restored? Would they no longer be a tribe that divided their work? Would they become a tribe like the Skeleton Dragons? This was indeed a possibility. The Scorpions only had slightly larger heads, but they didn't have the abilities of the original Atte tribe …
Lin felt that she had explored enough, so it was time to leave. Then, she would slowly observe their development … Lin wouldn't disturb them. She just needed to make sure that they weren't a threat. Of course, after that, Lin would send in some troops.
She would explore them to see if there were any 'fragments' of their queen or other brains that existed somewhere.
Right now, Lin's main goal was to bring back the Vision Crystal, and it was time to leave.
The Scorpions were preparing the crystal spears and glowing crystals. They were preparing these to 'recharge' them.
This cave was always in darkness. Sunlight couldn't reach here, so every once in a while, the Scorpions would have to go somewhere to recharge these crystals.
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