Chapter 298: The fate of the Star Seeker (5/4, 1w5 update, the ruins are basically over)
Although he said that he was different from the Hive Mind, Ian had indeed been eroded a lot by the other party's spiritual energy.
The only thing that was beyond the expectations of the Insect Hive was actually that it integrated the memories of the Great Elder and all the people he devoured in the past. Together, Ian was not the only one who went crazy.
Although the opponent held the sword and looked very rational, objective, calm and indifferent, this monster was afraid of Ian.
Because of the other party's madness, he was almost trying to accomplish an 'impossible thing'.
Through the mental contact just now, it can understand that Ian is not lying, and it can also understand Ian's speculation about the Star Prison... to the point of despair.
But Ian has emerged from despair and is still determined to dream.
It's not that Ian and the Hive Mind are different and cannot resonate, it's that the Hive Mind finds that it can't keep up with Ian and cannot resonate with the other party.
At this moment, all the fog, fluorescence, psychic energy and guards lingering in front of the white cocoon of flesh and blood were dispelled, and the entity of the Hive Mind finally appeared completely in front of the young man's eyes.
It was a huge cocoon, more than five meters high. Its surface was covered with a layer of slippery and greasy mucus, and its interior was filled with a thick slurry, with a brain-shaped shadow suspended in it.
This shadow is constantly releasing psychic energy fluctuations, trying to connect Ian's mind and spirit again.
But just as the immune tissue of the body produces antibodies against foreign viruses, the spirit will also become insensitive to foreign alien spirits. Just like a joke will not be funny after seeing it too many times, too much happiness will be exerted on the body in a short period of time.
On the contrary, he will feel pain, and the current hive mind psychic energy cannot have any effect on Ian.
In fact, the Hive Mind has not been completely formed. It is now just a collection of wills hosted in the brain-eating insect psychic network. Its physical world entity is the brain in the cocoon in front of it. It sounds like it has created a weakness for itself.
This is not the case.
The spiritual energy in the world of Terra cannot be independent of the physical body. Supernatural power needs a medium to manifest in the material world. Just as pure spiritual creatures such as fairies need a core to carry their power, the same is true for the Hive Mind.
It is this brain that gives it the confidence to display powerful psychic powers, but this is not enough.
It wants to build a strong enough body for itself.
At first it was an ether crystal dragon, and now it is Ian, so it steals the crystal dragon egg and intends to assimilate Ian.
Of course, it is also possible that he was assimilated by Ian, allowing him to become the Hive Mind.
No, it will definitely be assimilated by Ian. It thinks that its obsession is far less crazy and crazy than Ian, so naturally it cannot defeat this young man in spiritual confrontation.
The other party may be the real master of the insect swarm's fate.
They don't care, the swarm just wants to see the stars.
They don't care who is the master, as long as someone can see it.
However, there are not many stars in this world anymore.
Ian took a step forward, and he felt a sense of familiarity. This kind of thinking of the Hive Mind reminded him of Isengard, and the looming Earthkeeper Axel behind him... That Emperor is really
Does he want to use his grandson as the carrier of his will? Is he looking for his new body like the Hive Mind?
Is it really that simple, is it really that despicable?
Maybe the emperor's family is so devoid of family ties... But can he really underestimate the opponent he is destined to face in the future... one of the kings who rules this land?
As he got closer, he could see more clearly. The young man could see that behind the giant white cocoon was actually an armor... an armor from the previous era that had been mostly destroyed.
The armored cockpit has been destroyed, and there is a damaged skeleton inside. The roots of the giant white cocoon are wrapped around the skeleton, from which it nurtured, grew, and finally changed into this appearance.
The matrix of crystal clusters and metals are also derived from this armor. They are all derivatives of the ether furnace core in this armored engine!
The fluorescent crystals that have spread around the entire insect nest are all 'element derivatives' produced by the malfunction of the etheric weapons, a low-purity element crystal doped with a large amount of dust and calcium!
The metal layer is even easier to understand... they are all subsidiary creations of the core material of the furnace heart of the etheric weapon, the "living metal Morien Steel"!
It is this kind of living metal that can repair itself, which continues to grow and spread under the guidance of the psychic hive mind. It can absorb metals from the ruins of the surrounding water purification plants, mix it with local rock formations and crystals, and shape it into the hive it is today.
!
Of course, it is also possible that the Sequoia Base system self-checked and noticed that the cooling vent here was damaged, so it drove the self-repairing metal, that is, 'Morien Steel' to perform automatic repairs, but was intercepted by the insect swarm.
Ian seemed to have witnessed a thrilling battle. In the past, when the Great Elder was against the entire Sequoia Base, someone stepped forward to fight him in an armored duel.
They fought and attacked each other. No one cared about their own lives, and even couldn't wait to abandon them.
In the end, the Great Elder lost, and their bodies perished together. The lost Great Elder could only stay in the brain-eating insect psychic network and continue to be the enemy of the base.
This also gave the other five elders in the base the opportunity to upload their souls into the psychic network and smash him into pieces.
Thousands of years have passed. Whether it is the Great Elder, the five self-sacrificing elders, or other Sequoia people, the memories and desires of everyone are mixed together and reappear in a long time. The crawling and ignorant slugs have once again transformed.
Becoming a terrifying parasite, it began to build a nest deep underground.
Reimagining ‘Heart of the Swarm’.
There was a water-colored halo in Ian's eyes, and he could see too many shadows from the swarm of insects... The Great Elder, the five elders, each longed to go to the underground, to the sea, to breathe fresh air,
Enjoy the sunshine and look up at the blue sky and the stars.
The insect swarm is certainly terrifying and abominable, but it has such a beautiful ‘desire’ to assimilate the core of the essential operation of life.
Haha, he made a mistake. If a wish, a grand plan, or a future picture is not beautiful, how can it make people yearn for it and make people want to be one with it?
It's always been like this.
Staring at the enemy in front of him and the insect nest in front of him, there are countless fragments of the past flowing between light and dark in Ian's eyes.
In 3319, the alien spacecraft "Obrafire" landed on the back side of the moon Terra.
In 3432, the federal lunar exploration team found this fire spacecraft that carried an entire alien ecology.
In 3472, the Sequoia Base was established.
In 3518, the Sequoia Base launched a closed operation test, and all thirteen heterogeneous ecosystems were operating well.
Soon after, the disaster struck, and the Sequoia Base was isolated from the surface ecosystem.
The inheritance from generation to generation, the sacrifices of people from generation to generation.
The ecological balance and power structure within the base that leaders of all generations have thought over so deeply, as well as the efforts to maintain the Sequoia Base and the scientific and technological achievements of the entire pre-era civilization, have finally come to an end.
It ended in the oldest and craziest desire in life.
There will eventually be a dead person who dares to covet eternal life.
Eternal life, eternal life carries the meaning of everything, making too many regrets no longer regrets, and making too many rushes unnecessary to rush.
That's why it makes people crazy.
"No...what is crazier than the desire for eternal life is the life on earth that dares to look up to the sky."
"Just because such a desire is too unbelievable, human beings can only settle for the next best thing and use eternal life as a foundation, so that they can see a glimmer of hope..."
Sighing, Ian mobilized the energy in the heart of the ancient dragon, and at the same time provided strength for the sand armor apprentice and fairy wings. He wanted to prepare for the final blow.
At this moment, the outside world is shaking violently. We can hear the weak roar of dragons and the roar of Archbishop Baiwu fighting with all his strength. The combination of mother worm and giant eel has temporarily suppressed the combination of Bishop Baiwu and Ether Crystal Dragon.
He must defeat the Hive Mind in front of him as quickly as possible, otherwise he will face failure.
But in fact, the boy's heart was not as determined and crazy as Insect's Nest thought.
Under the temptation of the insect nest, he even wavered for a moment.
Yes. If he could seize the will of the insect nest and become the true master of the brain-eating insect psychic network, then how easy it would be for him to develop his power in the future.
Use brain-eating worms to devour the brains of several key figures and turn them into your subordinates. Possessing the brains can also ensure the loyalty of everyone, and can even turn all subordinates into saints who are not corrupt, criminal or selfish. This is enough to establish
Great power, even winning every war.
Then continue to cultivate insect nests in the ruins, erode the surrounding Warcraft, defeat the Ether Crystal Dragon, and make your own Warcraft incarnations and biological battleship weapons; then slowly replicate the technology in the ruins, cultivating the pre-epochal civilization that was already there
A fairly mature 'ecosystem core organism'.
Coupled with the 'fire engine' he has already obtained, it is a ready-made biological super-light spacecraft.
Under his leadership, the Terran swarm will quickly leave this boring land and head to the star sea to explore why the stars are extinguished.
He had a precognitive vision that told him that a golden and glorious future was waiting for him.
Yes.
In Ian's eyes, he has not seen any danger since he saw the Hive Mind.
What he saw was a golden ocean!
It is a dazzling golden waterfall that looks like countless stars gathering together, eventually flowing upstream and reaching the sky!
[Starseeker Hive Mind (Dominator Species)]
[First energy level·First birth·Core·Assimilation]
[The main consciousness of the psychic network constructed through various mutations and the accumulation of soul fragments has now initially formed the Gestalt Hive Master Brain. It attracts others to join it through the same emotions, desires and dreams. It currently lacks the main central soul command.
The insect nest integrates its will and produces sublimation and transformation. It is the initial form of hive civilization]
[The prototype of a new hive civilization that was born in the Terra Star Territory is integrated with the heritage of many other star domain civilizations. However, because its development process is too bloody and primitive, it does not comply with the "Fire Civilization Protection Agreement" and will be transferred to the "Primitive Life Reserve Area" for further development.
Correction and improvement]
【……】
【They are inviting you to become their master】
On the silver chip, characters like this dance.
As long as he is willing to resonate with the will of the worm hive and become the true master of the worm hive, he can embark on this path of destiny... and embark on this [Path of the Insect Swarm] that is civilization all by itself!
Bishop Baiwu, or in other words, the 'catastrophe' seen by the 'Huaiguang Church' was not the insect nest at all, but him who chose the path of the insect nest! It was Ian who chose to become the master of the insect nest!
It was just the mutual influence between the prophets that caused the prophets of Huaiguang Church to lose sight of the truth and mistakenly believe that
Ian is the brave man who can stop the Hive Mind.
That is the truth of the crisis that will truly threaten the entire world, and it is indeed a disaster that "only these people present can prevent"!
but……
The sword left by his teacher in his hand, as well as the heat coming from his core, made the white-haired boy wake up a little.
Ian recalled the glory of the chip.
It is made up of countless colors gathered together, bright and shining, dreamy and magnificent... [Rainbow Color] brilliance.
Rainbow colors.
yes.
Gold is not the highest level of light mist.
Above it, there is a rainbow-colored ‘future’!
"Let me be greedy for once."
The corner of his mouth curled up, causing the source material to burn on the surface of his body, and then poured into the long sword in his hand. Ian said calmly: "This is the greed of the prophet. Because he can see the future, he can't help it, and he can never help it.
…”
"I can't help but want to reach the best future!"
He raised his head and stared at the Hive Will in front of him, spying out the opponent's weaknesses. The brain in the cocoon was stirring uneasily. It sensed pure hostility. Countless crystals and metals were pulled by it and covered the cocoon.
As a last resort.
After a while, the frantic female insect will break away from everything and come to protect it. It only needs to hold on for a while longer.
But it is still sending out invitations to the young man, hoping that the other person can become its master and the true heart of the swarm, so that they can also reach the sky.
But Ian ignored the psychic tentacles that were looking for cracks and gaps in his spirit. He had once again strengthened his heart and strengthened his wishes.
The insect nest in front of you has a thousand-year origin, and the ruins with it are creations from 1,600 years ago.
The base of the glorious civilization in the past, now only the bones are left sleeping.
The towers of civilization that once reached the void are now only ruins and decay.
In the past, civilizations could travel to the other side of the ecosystem, but now only the screams of beasts are left.
All the longings, wishes and dreams of the past have now been scattered, leaving only empty relics for future generations to gaze at.
But now, some of the people gathered here are pursuing eternal life, some are trying to escape the prison, some are trying to kill their relatives, some are involved due to accidents, and some are following prophecies and coming here to eliminate the great harm in the future.
There are nobles scheming and fighting, and there are soldiers perpetuating disputes.
The prisoners of this world have their souls bound by gravity.
Raise your head, even if you are in the deep underground, you still look up to the sky.
Ian held the long sword tightly in his hand. The Chongyuan Iron Sword seemed to be covered with a layer of light golden illusory crystals, and then there was cyan source matter wrapped around it, like water veins.
The six sublimated structures in the body were working together, and the young man's eyes were filled with cyan halos. His swordsmanship and inscription skills allowed him to see a huge gap in the many crystal iron armors suspended in the giant cocoon in front of him.
"I am no different from them. I am just trying to fulfill my own wishes...I am hostile to you, but I am also afraid that I will agree to you."
"I can swing a sword..."
Before he finished speaking, he jumped up and flew up, condescendingly slashing out a sword at the hive mind that was crawling crazily and constantly retreating!
The sword's light, lapis lazuli, tore through the dim fluorescence. It was just an ordinary slanting sword, but it cut through all the armor protecting the will of the hive.
It is difficult to describe in words the swordsmanship that Ian is performing at this moment. Maybe it is not a swordsmanship, because the trajectory of the boy's sword swing at this moment is not just a swordsmanship, but it is enough to cut off psychic tentacles, cut open the flesh and blood of the insect nest, and reach all enemies.
The critical sword of the prophet
This sword light is like lightning, quickly shattering everything that blocks its edge. However, in the perception of the Hive Will, this sword is extremely slow, as if a thousand years of time have been spent on this sword bit by bit.
It slid to the ground, like the condensation of thousands of years of history in the Sequoia Base, and finally turned into that dim arc of light, cutting through the giant cocoon of flesh and blood, directly hitting the fragile brains of the pale insect swarm!
Even the brain-eating mother worm, the giant eel, the ether crystal dragon and the white mist bishop who were still trembling outside, and even Master Gosei and Isengard seemed to sense something. They couldn't help but turn their heads and look at the center of the insect nest.
Even Patrick, who had just woken up and lost half of his body, looked at the sublimated sword light swung by the young man under each gap with a complicated expression.
[We are the same kind...why...why don't you let us out...]
[We just want to break free from the cage, we just want to look at the stars...]
boom!
Thunder exploded underground, and Ian could clearly feel the giant cocoon being torn apart by himself, and the psychic slurry containing extremely high radiation sputtering on his body.
But he did not hesitate and still moved forward with the sword light, until the heavy sword force like a meteorite completely shattered the pale brain that seemed to want to say something and resonate with himself.
The shield of psychic energy and the resistance of flesh and blood were meaningless. Under Ian's observation with all his psychic powers, flaws were found, shattered with one blow, and turned into nothing.
Yes, the Hive Mind is right, it may indeed be the same kind as itself, and they may be able to go there as quickly as possible by joining forces.
The path of the insect swarm may be the most suitable and efficient path for him, a stranger in a foreign land who has awakened the memory of his past life.
But he wields the sword
Standing on the verge of being shattered, disintegrating, and slowly collapsing, Ian sheathed his sword and stared at the brain slurry under his feet, as well as the brain fluid surrounding him that had completely dispersed, and it would take who knows how long it would take to recover in the insect nest.
Hive Mind Psychic Debris.
The prophet stared at the path of destiny that was cut off by himself and sighed softly.
"Just for a better future."
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A huge update for 1w5! Please give me a monthly vote!
The large-scale dungeon lasted about 20 days, which was just right. It also revealed part of the world view, which was quite satisfactory.
There are still some ending plots, so take your time!