"What do you mean by...?" Xue Hua was stunned for a while before he understood the meaning of Abathur's words.
However, he hoped that he would be wrong...
"The liquid sample submitted by the master contains the following substances: water - large amount, protein - large amount, dopamine - trace amount, sugar - medium amount, chloride - medium amount. Preliminary determination is that this substance is brain tissue fluid -
—Cerebrospinal fluid."
Abathur ignored Xue Hua's question and just made the report on his own. However, every time he said a word, Xue Hua felt a chill in his heart.
Until the end, when Abathur expressed its judgment, Xue Hua could not wait to retract his body into his clothes...
However, Abathur's report still did not end here, it continued.
"Based on the genetic identification of trace amounts of biological tissue contained in the sample, these tissues come from the nerve center of the brain of a certain organism and are the epidermis of nerve fibers..."
"That's enough! Stop talking, I already understand...you mean...we are now walking in the...mind of some kind of creature?"
Xue Hua couldn't stand it anymore. He had touched the disgusting mucus on the wall with his hands before. At that time, he just thought these things were disgusting, but he never thought that he was walking in a thick cranial nerve.
...
"To be more precise, it is in the neural network of brain tissue..."
Abathur answered, and then made a rare request to Xue Hua.
It wants to come out of Leviathan and see.
Xue Hua satisfied its request and released it from Leviathan.
Abathur's first action after appearing in this "brain nerve channel" was to crawl to the side of those "channel walls" and stretch out his appendages to touch those "cave walls".
The vesicles behind it kept flashing, and it looked like it was thinking about something.
But Xue Hua really didn't want to stay in this weird "brain nerve channel" any longer. Ever since he learned that he was staying in the "brain" of a certain creature, he just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
So, he turned around and wanted to let the king insect waiting outside pull him out of this strange place.
However, when he turned back, he was slightly horrified to find that the exit that was just above his head had now disappeared at some point.
"This is so damn good..." Xue Hua rolled his eyes and glanced around with an ugly expression. However, except for the "passage" he passed through when he came, which is now blocked, he
There are no other "roads" found elsewhere.
"Abathur! What should we do now?" After discovering this, Xue Hua suddenly felt pain in his balls. He walked directly behind the insect swarm's biology expert and asked in a hurried tone.
"The brain structure of this creature is quite simple, and it is not a brain structure designed for thinking, so you still have a chance to see its body and capture it, which will make a great contribution to the evolution of the insect swarm."
Abathur answered very calmly. Of course, it was very calm at almost all times.
"The body? Where is it? I don't even know how to get out of this closed area now, how can I catch this thing?"
"By observing the direction of nerve signal transmission in the creature's brain, I can provide you with the exact location of its body. You can let the infected person use neural parasitism to paralyze part of the creature's neural network and allow part of its brain nerves to defend themselves.
The mechanism is governed by the Swarm."
Abathur gave a very strange method but worth trying.
"Well...since we are already in this guy's...um...brain, why don't we just use a large number of infected people to use neuroparasitic skills to control it?"
Xue Hua blinked and suddenly thought of a problem. The infected person's neuroparasitic skills control the nerve center of the target unit. Those neuroparasites can control the target's consciousness and spirit by creating fake neural pheromones.
If that's the case, then why don't they just control that thing here?
"An impossible idea. The brain structure of this creature is simple, but it is a separate structure. Its real nerve control center is on the body. This conclusion can be inferred from the conduction rate of its nerve signals."
Abathur's explanation directly cut off Xue Hua's whimsical ideas, and at the same time made Xue Hua understand why this thing allowed so many monsters and humans to run into its brain.
It turns out that people's brains are divided into two parts. One part is a huge brain neural network located in some unknown space and partially connected to the normal space. The other part is precise and critical neural signals located on its body.
processing center.
Among these two parts, the brain neural tube network forms a huge defense and feeding system. These neural tube networks are very strong and difficult to destroy. Even if they are destroyed, they can be quickly regenerated.
The outside of the neural tube network is a very special virtual and real space, that is, it is connected to the real world, but the location of the neural tube network cannot be found through conventional methods.
The function of this neural tube network is to help the body absorb "food" - the corpses left behind after battles between human professionals who accidentally entered the tube network and monster projections, or the death of ghosts who are part of the "neural defense system"
Beetles come to kill those poor creatures.
And provide protection for the body.
This special mechanism reminded Xue Hua of some records from Talasha's ancient tomb.
According to rumors, Tarasha's ancient tomb was banished to a space between reality and illusion by Tarasha himself.
It is impossible to reach there through conventional means, but it does have an interface with the real world.
This interface is the legendary "mysterious refuge".
The image of the mysterious refuge in the game is indeed very similar to the neural network where Xue Hua is now...
So... this seems to be imitating Tarasha's ancient tomb?
Just as Xue Hua was running wild with speculations, Abathur's research also came to an end.
The first sentence it spoke indirectly confirmed Xue Hua's guess just now.
"There are traces of gene stitching in the gene sequence of this creature, and the stitching method is highly consistent with the stitching method I collected on the gene of 'Experimental Subject No. 1'. It is judged that the two are performed by the same higher intelligent life or group.
Genetic testing remnants.”
"Is this thing...man-made?" Xue Hua's eyes widened, looking at the "walls" with mucus flowing around him, and for a moment he couldn't accept the fact that this thing was actually man-made.
But he soon felt relieved.
Yes, given the particularity of this thing, it is indeed difficult for natural evolution to evolve such a strange species...
However, the second half of Abathur's words made his hair stand on end. When Abathur had analyzed the genetic specimen of "Experimental Subject No. 1" and announced that it had traces of artificial modification, Xue Hua had already expressed his doubts about this universe.
I became suspicious, and now there is such an...indescribable creature here again.
And both of them are actually made by the same kind of intelligent life...
What does that guy, or those guys, want to do?
Who are they? Where are they now?
Could he be hiding in a dark corner, watching his every move, and laughing secretly?
When he thought that he might be being observed from all directions, he couldn't help but feel cold all over his body, and waves of chills spread crazily from the bottom of his spine upwards.
Fortunately, Abathur seemed to see through his thoughts and spoke directly to relieve his concerns.
"Whoever the transformer of these creatures was has now left this place.
This creature is a biological device that has been transformed into some kind of laboratory or experimental equipment. Therefore, its brain is underdeveloped and has no thinking ability, but it is enough to carry a large amount of information and experimental data.
It possesses extremely rigid program-based information processing capabilities and excellent concealment capabilities. These two abilities should normally hide its existence when someone is in charge.
But now, because of the biological survival instinct, it has exposed its own existence.
For biological devices, this behavior means that the manufacturer and user have not "maintained" it for a long time.
Usually this situation means that its creator is either dead or has not come back for a long time."
