After another long night, when daylight fell, Su Anran quickly pursued the spirit shuttle.
Relying on Qingyu's talent of seeking good luck and avoiding evil, and her intuition of danger, she was barely able to find traces of Ximen's alien. This is why Su Anran has not lost it so far. But unless she can travel day and night, otherwise
Judging from the fact that the night in the Land of Souls is longer than the day, it is completely impossible for them to intercept the Ximen alien.
The spirit shuttle is suspended in mid-air.
Su Anran looked at the messy ground with a solemn expression.
The signs of bonfires here indicate that at least a dozen monks have stayed here before, and there seems to have been some kind of collective struggle.
"He's already in contact with other people."
After Su Anran inspected the camp, he said in a deep voice.
Qingyu looked at Su Anran's expression, and she knew that what Su Anran was most worried about had happened.
Regardless of whether Ximen Alien's strength has improved or how fast he escapes, these are not problems for them. After all, before the insect egg has truly digested all the memories and soul contents of Ximen Desheng, he
The upper limit of their cultivation level is fixed there. With their strength, as long as they can trap the Ximen alien and prevent him from escaping, they have many means to deal with it.
But the problem is that as Ximen Alien’s intelligence increases and his disguise is completely impossible to detect by conventional means, as long as he comes into contact with other monks, he will be able to quickly develop a large number of servants——
In other words, it infects more monks.
These are the food reserves of the Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider, and are the source of its further evolution.
"I'm afraid these people are in danger." Qingyu shook her head.
"Can these food reserves created after being infected by Ximen's alien continue to infect other people?" Su Anran asked.
"Okay." Qingyu nodded, "But only once."
"Tell me more about it."
Qingyu frowned and thought for a while, seeming to be organizing her words.
After a while, she spoke: "We assume that the Soul-Splitting Mountain Spider is the ancestor of the first generation, then the eggs it produces are the descendants of the second generation. For example, the infected Simon Desheng, he is now
They are no longer the children of the Ximen Family, but become the children of the Soul-Splitting Demon Mountain Spider, which is considered the second generation. The children of the second generation, by absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy, can continue to cultivate the third generation of insects in their bodies.
Eggs, as long as there is enough spiritual energy, can be cultivated almost unlimitedly."
"Almost unlimited?"
"Yes." Qingyu nodded, "The only limitation is that this method of cultivating insect eggs actually consumes a lot of energy. If the infected Ximen Alien wants to continue to improve his cultivation, then he has no choice.
Continue to cultivate insect eggs. But if he does not intend to improve his cultivation level, then he can cultivate more third generations of insect eggs from his body by consuming spiritual energy and true energy."
"What a disgusting way of infection." Su Anran curled her lips, "So, as long as the descendants of the second generation have enough spiritual energy, they can continuously produce insect eggs to create the third generation. But the descendants of the third generation can only
Infected once?”
"Yes." Qingyu nodded, "And the infection methods are different... The descendants of the second generation can be infected through various methods. As long as the eggs are successfully parasitized into the target's body, they can be infected. The speed of the effect depends on the infection method.
It’s different. But the descendants of the third generation only have one way of infection, and that is... forced infection. By the fourth generation, they have completely lost their ability to infect, and they are a real food reserve."
"What about the level of wisdom?" Su Anran asked in a deep voice. This was the question he was most concerned about. "What about the third generation, and the fourth generation after that?"
"The fourth generation has almost no wisdom at all. They are more like puppets, the true reserve food of the Soul-Splitting Mountain Spider." Qingyu said, "However, the infected people of the third generation still retain a considerable degree of wisdom.
, not much weaker than the second-generation infected...but because they can only be infected once, in historical records, these third-generation infected are both food reserves and fearless guardians."
After listening to Qingyu's meaning, Su Anran roughly understood.
The infected people of the fourth generation have almost no intelligence at all, so in terms of the value of the Soul-Splitting Mountain Spider, it is the purest food.
The infected people of the third generation still retain a considerable degree of wisdom, but because they only have one infection ability, once this infection ability is consumed, their value will be greatly reduced. Therefore, for the Soul-Splitting Demon Mountain Spider,
The infected people of this third generation are expendable consumables - when food is scarce, they are food, and when food is sufficient, they are the first line of defense to protect the Soul-Splitting Mountain Spider.
In other words, cordon.
The only ones that are truly valuable are the second-generation infected, those created by the Soul-Splitting Demon Mountain Spider himself.
"What about the issue of autonomy?" Su Anran asked, "Can the third and fourth generations also be allowed to act at will?"
"According to records, the fourth generation has no independent ability. After all, they have no wisdom at all." Qingyu shook his head, "Although the infected people of the third generation retain a considerable degree of wisdom, due to their own value issues, they
They can only move within the territory of the Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider, and it is almost impossible to be allowed to leave...Only the second generation of infected people have a high degree of autonomous action rights and can move freely."
"Is there an upper limit for the number of infected people in the second generation of the Soul-Splitting Mountain Spider?"
"Upper limit? What do you mean?"
"That's how many second-generation infected people this Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider can create."
"I've never heard of this." Qingyu thought for a while, and then said, "For this type of information, the information we know about in the Demon Alliance are only records in various ancient books. The only people who really know about the Soul-Splitting Demon Mountain Spider are
The Shadow Clan... But what our Demon Alliance can be sure of is that every fully grown Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider is quite terrifying. Their growth relies on all creatures with true energy as nourishment, not just human monks.
, monsters, and even other monsters and ferocious beasts are also their food."
"It's just that compared to monsters and ferocious beasts, it is easier to obtain a large amount of food through infection. Therefore, the Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider will become the most terrifying creature in the mysterious world. Once the Shadow Clan discovers that there are clan members
When atavism occurs, no matter what potential the other party had before, there is only one end."
Su Anran knew what the outcome would be without having to guess.
"The Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider has just released its seal. Is it particularly weak and needs a lot of supplements?"
"Yes." Qingyu was a little surprised why Su Anran asked, "Monsters or ferocious beasts that can reach the Taoist realm are not simple. If they cannot be killed and can only be suppressed, they can live for a very long time, even longer than
Daoji realm monks will take even longer."
In the monastic world, monks who have reached the natal realm are generally around a hundred years old. If they have some hidden disease or other problems, they may not even live to be a hundred years old. Only after reaching the natal realm and the body has been reshaped and transformed,
Only in the Soul Condensing Realm can one live for about three hundred years. The same principle applies to the Soul Condensation Realm. The soul is tempered and strengthened, thus ensuring that the soul remains immortal and can live for thousands of years.
After that, the Earthly Immortal Realm is usually about three thousand years old.
It is said that the Taoist realm is about five thousand years old. However, if you start to cross the sea of suffering, your life span will increase differently depending on your cultivation level and your understanding of the laws of heaven and earth.
But these are just the definitions of longevity for human monks.
The situation of demon cultivators is slightly different. After entering the soul-condensing realm, their lifespan is often more than twice that of human cultivators.
As for the demonic beasts and ferocious beasts that can almost be said to represent the origin of heaven and earth, their lifespans are even longer, especially those above the Taoist realm, which generally live for two to thirty thousand years or even longer. But as a price
, it means that their cultivation progress is slower than that of human monks and demon cultivators - or this is also a kind of balance between heaven and earth. The longer the lifespan of a creature, the more difficult it will be to cultivate.
From Qingyu, Su Anran naturally learned that judging from the lifespan and cultivation growth of the Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider, it needs a very large amount of spiritual energy to recover after it has just recovered, so even all the monks in the entire Tianyuan Secret Realm
Even though they have become its food, it can't bring it back to its peak, maybe not even half of it.
So based on this, Su Anran can easily draw a conclusion.
"let's go."
"Where to go?" Qingyu was a little confused.
She didn't understand why Su Anran said she was leaving without even a destination after asking a lot of questions.
"We must find the large army in the Land of Souls before Ximen Alien comes into contact with other monks." Su Anran said, "Thanks to the social activities organized by the international beauty, it really helped a lot this time.
...But the premise is that we must get ahead of that group of infected people."
"I don't understand." Qingyu was still a little confused.
However, she did not get to the bottom of it. Instead, she got on the shuttle with Su Anran and started to rush forward quickly.
This direction is exactly the direction that Qingyu judged that Ximen Alien and others left.
"The Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider has only instincts and no wisdom at all. Its purpose is to continuously evolve." On the soul shuttle, Su Anran explained, "Now that it has just been released from the seal, it is eager to
It requires a lot of resources to restore its strength. Although it is uncontrolled, its instincts still exist, so it will cultivate the second generation of infected people and let them find more food on its behalf."
"I know this."
"Then what method will the second-generation infected person use to quickly obtain a large amount of food after reading Ximen Desheng's memory?"
Qingyu was stunned.
"you mean……"
"As long as Ximen Alien can create unlimited third-generation infected people, then as long as he is given enough time, he can infect all the monks in the entire Land of Souls." Su Anran said, "I had something to do with him last night.
The monks who came into contact, if not unexpectedly, have all become third-generation infected. And as long as these people bring Ximen Alien and the socialist organization of the Fairy Palace to join together, then it is equivalent to letting Ximen Alien
Completely mastered two-thirds of the resources in the Land of Souls."
After hearing Su Anran's words, Qingyu thought about it carefully and suddenly felt shuddering.
"And in addition, if I were Simon Desheng, then I would have a more complete and comprehensive plan, which can even be said to be the best of both worlds."
"What plan?" Qingyu always felt that what Su Anran was going to say next would definitely not be anything good.
"You should know how noble a proud man like Ximen Desheng is, right?"
"I know." Qingyu nodded, but the next second, she had already reacted, "This land of souls..."
"Yes!" Su Anran said in a deep voice, "Apart from you and me, there are also leaders of many major forces such as the Fairy Palace, the Four Clan of Zhongzhou, and the Tianwang Temple in this land of souls. I'm afraid Ximen Desheng has already tasted it.
The sweetness brought by identity is enough, so for these people, he will definitely not train them to become consumables of the third generation, but will absorb them into the same kind in another way... So, you say
How can we trick them all into thinking they are one of our own?"
"Dongfu..." Qingyu is not really stupid. Su Anran has made it so clear, how could she not know.
This time, nine out of ten people who came to Tianyuan Secret Realm came for the cave.
So now, when Ximen Desheng throws out the bait of "Dongfu", I am afraid that no one will not take the bait.
And as long as these people enter Ziyou Daojun's cave, judging from the current situation where the entire cave is occupied by the Soul-Splitting Demonic Mountain Spider, it is probably only a matter of time before these so-called favored ones become the second generation of infected people.
. And as long as these people become the second generation of infected people, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of impact they will have on the entire Xuanjie once they leave the Tianyuan Secret Realm.
Needless to say, waiting for them to leave Tianyuan Secret Realm, as long as they are given enough time and can come into contact with other monks currently in Tianyuan Secret Realm, the spread of this infection will be almost completely unstoppable.
Thinking of this, Qingyu was really panicked from the bottom of her heart.
And she finally understood why she felt an unprecedented death threat before.
In particular, as Su Anran spoke these words more clearly, the sense of death threat became clearer, so much so that her face even began to turn pale.
"Su...Anran..."
"We have no time." Su Anran said in a low tone, "Once Ximen Alien's plan succeeds, we may really have no way out... Now we are no longer chasing Ximen Alien, but we must find a way
Protect yourself!"
No one knows this better than Su Anran.
Once these monks are made aware of the existence of the cave, how intense will be the attack he and Qing Yu will face as they try to stop Ximen's aliens?
That was the joint effort of nearly a thousand monks in the entire land of souls!
It's definitely not as simple as before, when you only had to face a dozen monks from the Sword Sect.
"From now on, we will not rest until nightfall. We must... find the group of fools having a social gathering before Simon Desheng."
Looking at Su Anran, the pale Qingyu bit her lower lip, as if she had finally made up her mind, nodded and said, "Okay."
