After the size of the cluster is reduced, the will of the brood will also be weakened, which is reflected in the macro data, which is the decline in intelligence attributes.
By extension, if a colony's intelligence attribute (hive will) is less than 4 points, it will never be able to split.
On the other hand, if a cluster splits into two and each cluster has an intelligence attribute greater than 4 points, it has the potential to continue splitting.
One is divided into two, two is divided into four, four is divided into eight... and so on, until the minimum group intelligence is less than 4 points.
Under normal circumstances, the hungry ghost cluster can be reunited after being divided, and its size, vitality and intelligence attributes are restored to their original state.
But there are exceptions.
If there is a cluster of hungry ghosts, the intelligence attribute is exactly 4 points.
Then after the split, the intelligence attribute of each group is <1 point, usually represented by a horizontal bar (-).
In this case, two groups with nearly zero intelligence can no longer merge independently.
After all, if the intelligence is too low, they will not realize that merging similar species can bring benefits to themselves, and they will only rely on instinct to survive alone.
In addition, the hungry ghost cluster also has a more perverted ability called "devouring all living beings".
When a swarm of hungry ghosts devours living creatures, it can absorb the victim's vitality, use it to restore its own HP, and integrate the victim's bones into the swarm.
The more lives it swallows, the larger the size of the hungry ghost cluster becomes, and its hit dice will continue to rise.
When the size increases by one level, the hungry ghost cluster will evolve, and the agility attribute and intelligence attribute (brood will) will increase by 2.
If sufficient food is provided to the hungry ghost cluster, it will continue to devour living creatures and increase its size like a snowball. It will eventually evolve to a super giant size with 20 life dice, reaching the level of a "quasi-legendary" monster, which will pose a threat to all living beings.
A devastating threat!
That would not be an opponent that Gao Fei and others are capable of solving.
After reading the analysis report, Gao Fei couldn't calm down for a long time.
No wonder Hong Debiao is so rampant.
Judging from the cluster of hungry ghosts he created with his own hands, this madman does have the arrogance to do it!
If he had been given another era or another country, it would have been possible for Hong Debiao to realize his crazy ambition and become the master of one party.
As with most talked-about artists, madness may well be an external manifestation of Hong Debiao's spiritual talent, but this talent also damaged his mind.
If he was not so crazy and arrogant, he should use the hungry ghost cluster more carefully, find a safe place, and slowly develop his power.
Until the hungry ghost cluster evolves to its peak state, it won't be too late to go out and cause trouble.
Instead of just throwing out this trump card casually like now, it will end up being a waste of effort.
Of course, this kind of thing is always difficult to have both ways.
If Hong Debiao were a rational person with a normal mind, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to awaken the powerful spiritual power.
At this time, Gao Fei and his teammates all received reward reminders from Astrolabe.
Five people work together to kill the hungry ghost cluster with challenge level 8 and share 3900 experience points.
Wang Daqing and Ma Tao each scored 400 points.
Goofy got 600 points.
Jiang Feng is the main output force, scoring 1,200 points.
The MVP of this battle is undoubtedly Wu Xiaoqian, who got the highest experience point in the team, 1,300 points.
These are just appetizers.
The additional reward for reporting a cluster of hungry ghosts is the main course!
Calculated based on three times the reward, each member of the Goofy team gained 11,700 experience points!
Too many, too many!
Isn’t it so refreshing?
Just when Gao Fei and others were overjoyed, Wu Xiaoqian suddenly raised her hand to her forehead and shook her body.
Jiang Feng quickly supported her and asked with concern: "Sister Wu, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, I'm just a little dizzy..."
Before she finished speaking, Wu Xiaoqian tilted her head and fainted in Jiang Feng's arms.
Gao Fei quickly went over and touched her forehead, his tentacles were hot!
"Sister Wu seems to have a high fever. Could it be that the air in the ancient tomb is too polluted, inhaling germs or something, causing an emergency?"
Jiang Feng guessed worriedly.
She applied "qi therapy" to Wu Xiaoqian in an attempt to detoxify and cure the disease, but it turned out to be useless.
Wu Xiaoqian's eyes were still closed and she was unconscious.
"Brother Fei, Sister Wu is not sick. The reason why she suddenly fell into a coma is because her super power has entered the evolutionary stage."
Ma Tao pointed to the astrolabe and said.
After being reminded by him, Gao Fei quickly opened the astrolabe and checked Wu Xiaoqian's status panel.
Sure enough, in the health status column, I found the mark "Coma (evolving)".
This matter is actually not complicated.
The final analysis is because Wu Xiaoqian gained too many experience points at once, and her life dice jumped directly from 8hd to 10hd!
After Wu Xiaoqian upgraded two levels in a row, she happened to cross the evolutionary threshold of a mutant. Most of her physiological functions were given priority to serve evolution, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain and she temporarily fell into a coma.
If nothing unexpected happens, Wu Xiaoqian will wake up on her own after being asleep for a while.
By that time, she would have successfully evolved from a "developmental stage" mutant to a "mature stage" mutant.
The problem is that Gao Fei and others don't know how long she will be asleep.
The safest plan is to stay here and guard Wu Xiaoqian until she wakes up.
However, everyone is worried about Wu Xianyun who was kidnapped by Hong Debiao.
If Madman Hong takes advantage of everyone's delay here, escapes, and even kills Mr. Wu, this arrest operation will be a complete failure!
Everyone discussed it and agreed that time is urgent and there must be no delay!
So Gao Fei picked up the sleeping Wu Xiaoqian on his back, accompanied by three teammates, went deep into the ancient tomb and continued to hunt Hong Debiao!
Wu Xianyun's injured right arm dripped blood in the tomb passage, providing a trail marker for the winged cat with a keen sense of smell.
Hu Zi went ahead to explore the path, and Gao Fei and his party followed closely behind, following the bloodstains to choose the branch road to the tomb.
After walking through the maze-like complex underground tombs for about half an hour, Huzi suddenly stopped and squatted in front of a closed stone door of the tomb, meowing.
Gao Fei carried Wu Xiaoqian to Huzi's side and observed the closed stone door.
"Xiao Fei, why did Huzi stop?" Wang Daqing asked.
"The blood disappeared in front of the door." Gao Fei replied in a low voice.
"That is to say, Hong Debiao kidnapped Mr. Wu and entered the tomb and closed the stone door." Jiang Feng guessed.
"It seems so, but this is not consistent with Hong Debiao's previous behavior." Ma Tao touched his chin and said, "The doors of all the tombs he broke into before were always open, so why did he suddenly develop the habit of closing the door easily?
Habit? I suspect there is a deceit here: either it is a pretext to create suspicion, or it is a hidden trap to deliberately lure us into the tomb."
"Your worries are reasonable, but the blood stains have disappeared from here, and there are no other clues. If we don't enter this tomb, where else can we go to pursue Hong Debiao?"
Jiang Feng's rhetorical question left Ma Tao speechless.
