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Chapter 300 The Fate of the Star Seeker (54, 1w5 update, the ruins are basically over)
Although he said that his will was different from that of the hive, Ian had indeed been eroded by the other party's spiritual energy a lot.

The only thing that was beyond the expectations of the worm nest was actually only one thing - it integrated the memories of the Great Elder and all those who were devoured by him in the past, and together, Ian was not as crazy as Ian alone.

Although the other party was holding a sword, he looked rational, objective, calm and indifferent, but this monster felt a kind of fear towards Ian.

Because of the madness of the other party, it was almost to accomplish an 'impossible thing'.

Through the spiritual contact just now, it can understand that Ian is not lying, and can also understand Ian's speculation about the Prisoner Star Prison in his heart... so that he feels desperate.

But Ian has come out of despair and is still firm in his dream.

It's not that Ian and the will of the hive are different and cannot resonate, but the will of the hive finds that it can't keep up with Ian and cannot resonate with the other party.

But at this moment, all the mist, fluorescence, spiritual energy and guards that lingered in front of the white cocoon of flesh and blood were dispelled, and the entity of the will of the hive finally appeared in front of the young man in its entirety.

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 viscous slurry. A brain-shaped shadow was suspended in it.

This shadow is constantly releasing spiritual energy fluctuations, trying to connect Ian's thinking and spirit again.

But just like the immune system of the body will produce antibodies against foreign viruses, the spirit will also be insensitive to foreign heterogeneous spirits, just like jokes that are read too much will not be funny, and too much happiness is exerted on the body in a short period of time On the contrary, it would feel like pain, and the current psychic power of the hive will not have any effect on Ian.

In fact, the will of the hive has not been fully formed. Now it is just a collection of wills residing in the brain-eating worm's psionic 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. It is not.

Can the psionic energy in the Terra world be independent of the physical body? Supernatural power needs a medium to manifest in the material world, just as pure psionic creatures like goblins need a core to carry their power, so is the will of the hive. It is this brain that gives it the confidence to display powerful psionic abilities, but this is not enough.

It wants to build a body strong enough for itself.

At first it was an ether crystal dragon, but now it is Ian, so it steals the crystal dragon egg and intends to assimilate Ian.

Of course, it may also be assimilated by Ian, making Ian the will of the hive.

No, it will definitely be assimilated by Ian - it thinks that its obsession is far less crazy and bewildered than Ian, and naturally it cannot beat this young man in mental confrontation.

The other party may be the real master of the fate of the swarm.

They don't care, the swarm just want to see the stars.

They don't care who is in charge, as long as someone can see it.

It's just that there are not many stars in this world.

Ian took a step forward, and he felt a familiarity. The thinking of the Hive Will reminded him of Isengarde, and the looming Axel, the guardian of the earth behind him... His Majesty the Emperor is really Do you want to use your grandson as the carrier of your will?Is he also looking for his new body like the will of the hive?

Is it really that simple, is it really that despicable?
Perhaps—maybe the Emperor's family is so devoid of family affection...but can he really underestimate the opponent he is destined to face in the future...one of the kings who rule 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...a pre-epoch armor that had been mostly destroyed.

The armored cockpit has been destroyed, and there is a damaged corpse inside, and the root system of the white cocoon is wrapped around the corpse, from which it conceived, grew up, and finally changed into this appearance.

And the crystal clusters and the metal matrix are also derived from this armor—they are all derivatives of the etheric core in this armored engine!

The fluorescent crystals that spread around the entire worm nest are all 'element derivatives' produced by the malfunctioning of the ether armament, a low-purity element crystal doped with a lot of dust and calcium!
And the metal layer is even easier to understand... They are all subsidiary creations of the core material of the ether-armed furnace core 'Living Metal Morion Steel'!

It is this kind of living metal capable of self-repair, which grows and spreads under the guidance of the psychic hive will, so that it can absorb the metal from the ruins of the surrounding water purification plants, mix with local rock formations and crystals, and shape the current hive !
Of course, it is also possible that the Sequoia base system self-inspected and noticed that the cooling port here was damaged, so it drove the self-repair metal, that is, 'Morian Steel' to carry out automatic repairs, but was intercepted by the swarm.

Ian seemed to have seen a thrilling battle. In the past, when the Great Elder was an enemy of the entire Sequoia Base, someone stepped forward and drove the armor to fight him.

They fought and attacked each other, and no one spared their own lives, and even wanted to throw them away impatiently.

In the end, the Great Elder lost, and their bodies died together. The Great Elder who lost his body could only stay in the brain devouring psychic network and continue to be an enemy of the base.

This also gave the other five elders in the base a chance to upload their souls into the psionic 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 all people are mixed together and reappeared in a long time, and the slugs of ignorance once again become Be a terrible parasite and start building a nest deep in the ground.

A remake of 'Heart of the Swarm'.

There was a water-colored halo in Ian's eyes, and he could see too many shadows from the swarm... The Great Elder, the five elders, each longed to go above the ground, above the sea, and breathe fresh air. Enjoy the sunshine, look up at the blue sky and the soul of the stars.

The insect swarm is terrifying and abominable, but it assimilates the core of the essence of life, but it is such a beautiful "desire".

Haha, he made a mistake.If a wish, a grand plan, or a vision of the future is not beautiful, how can it be desirable and make people want to integrate with it?
never has been.

Staring at the enemy in front of him, the insect nest in front of him, Ian's eyes had countless fragments of the past that were flowing light and dark.

In 3319, the alien spaceship 'Obera Spark' landed on the far side of Terra Moon.

In 3432, the Federation Lunar Exploration Team found this Tinder spacecraft carrying an entire alien ecology.

In 3472, Sequoia Base was established.

In 3518, Sequoia Base launched a closed operation test, and all thirteen heterogeneous ecological circles were operating well.

Soon after, a catastrophe from the sky came, and Sequoia Base was isolated from the surface ecology.

Passed down from generation to generation, sacrificed from generation to generation.

The ecological balance and the power structure in the base, as well as the efforts to maintain the Sequoia Base and the scientific and technological achievements of the entire pre-epoch civilization, which the leaders of the past generations have thought about, have finally come to an end.

Ended up in life's oldest and wildest longings.

The mortals dare to desire eternal life.

——Eternal life, eternal life——Eternal life carries all the meanings, so that too many regrets can no longer be regrets, and too much haste becomes unnecessary.

That's why it's crazy.

"No... what's more insane than the desire for eternal life should be the life on earth, who dare to look up to the sky."

"Just because such a desire is too inconceivable, human beings can only retreat and use eternal life as a foreshadowing, so that they can see a glimmer of hope..."

Sighing, Ian mobilized the energy in the ancient dragon's core, and at the same time provided strength for the sand armor apprentice and the fairy wings, and he wanted to prepare for the final blow.

At this moment, the outside world is shaking violently, and the roar of the weak dragon's voice and Bishop Baiwu fighting with all their strength can be heard. The combination of the female worm and the giant eel has temporarily suppressed the combination of Bishop Baiwu and the ether crystal dragon.

He must use the fastest speed to defeat the will of the hive in front of him, otherwise he will face failure.

But in fact, the boy's heart is not as determined and crazy as the insect nest thinks.

Under the temptation of the worm nest, he even wavered for a moment.

yes.If he can seize the will of the insect nest and become the real master of the brain-eating insect psionic network, then how easy it will be for him to develop power in the future.

Use brain-eating worms to devour the brains of several key people and become your own subordinates. Attaching the brain can also guarantee the loyalty of everyone, and even turn all subordinates into saints who are not corrupt, criminal and selfish. This is enough to establish Great power, even winning every war.

Then continue to cultivate insect nests in the ruins, erode the surrounding monsters, defeat the ether crystal dragon, and make it into your own monster incarnation, biological battleship weapon; then slowly reproduce the technology in the ruins, and cultivate the civilization that was already in the previous era. Quite a mature 'core creature of the ecosystem'.

Coupled with the "fire engine" he has already obtained, that is a ready-made biological super-light spaceship.

Under his leadership, the Terra swarm will quickly leave this boring land and go to the sea of ​​stars to explore why the stars are extinguished.

He could do it—the vision told him that a future of golden glory awaited him.

Yes.

In Ian's eyes, since he saw the will of the hive, he didn't see any danger.

What he saw was a golden ocean!

It is a bright golden waterfall that looks like countless stars gathering, and finally upstream, reaching the sky!

[Star Seeker Hive Will (Master Species)]

【First energy level, first birth, core, assimilable】

[The main consciousness of the psychic network, built through the accumulation of various mutations and soul fragments, has now initially formed the master brain of the gestalt insect nest. Through the same emotions, desires and dreams, it attracts others into itself, and now lacks a main central soul order The worm nest carries out will integration, resulting in sublimation and transformation.It is the initial form of bee colony civilization]

[Incorporating the heritage of many other star field civilizations, the prototype of the new hive civilization born in the Terra star field, but because the development process is too bloody and primitive, it does not comply with the "Tinder Civilization Protection Agreement", and will be handed over to the "Original Life Reserve" Correction and improvement]

【…】

【They are inviting you to be their master】

Such characters danced on the silver chip.

As long as he is willing to resonate with the will of the hive and become the true master of the hive, he can embark on this path of destiny... and embark on this [path of the swarm] that is civilization all by itself!
Bishop Baiwu, or in other words, the "catastrophe" seen by the "Huaiguang Church" was not a worm's nest at all, but him who chose the worm's nest path!It was Ian who chose to become the master of the hive!
It's just the mutual influence between the prophets, so that the prophets of Huaiguang Church can't see the truth and mistakenly believe that

Ian is the brave man who can stop the will of the hive.

That's the truth of the crisis that is truly threatening the entire world, and indeed the 'only these people present are enough to prevent' catastrophe!

but……

Holding tightly in his hand, the sword left by the teacher, and the heat from his core made the white-haired boy wake up a little bit.

Ian recalls the brilliance of the chip.

It is made of countless colors, bright and shining, dreamy and magnificent... [Rainbow] brilliance.

Rainbow colors.

--yes.

Gold is not the highest level of haze.

On top of it, there is a rainbow-colored 'future'!
"Let me be greedy once—"

The corners of his mouth curled up to make the source matter burn on the surface of his body, and then pour it into the long sword in his hand. Ian said calmly: "This is the greed of the prophet. Because I can see the future, I can't help it, I can never help it." ..."

"I can't help it, I want to reach the best future!"

He raised his head, stared at the will of the hive in front of him, and peeped out the opponent's weakness, while the brain inside the cocoon was beating uncomfortably. It sensed pure hostility. Countless crystals and metals were drawn by it and covered the cocoon. as a last resort.

As long as it takes a while, the frantic female insect will break free from everything and come to protect it. It only needs to hold on for a while.

But it is still sending out invitations to the youth, hoping that the other party can become its own master, become the real heart of the swarm, so that they can also reach the high heavens.

But Ian ignored those psychic tentacles that were looking for cracks and gaps in his spirit. He had once again strengthened his heart and his desire.

——The worm nest in front of you has a thousand-year history, and the ruins with it are creations of 600 years ago.

The base of the glorious civilization in the past, now only the bones are left to sleep.

The towers of the old civilization reaching the void, now only ruins and decay remain.

In the past, the civilization could go to the other side of the ecological circle, but now only the screams of beasts are left.

All the longings, wishes and dreams of the past are now scattered, leaving only empty ruins for future generations to gaze at.

But now, some of the people gathered here are for the pursuit of eternal life, some are for leaving the cage, some are for killing their relatives, some are involved in accidents, and some are following the prophecy to wipe out the great harm in the future.

Some nobles are fighting each other, and some soldiers are continuing the dispute.

Prisoners of this world, their souls are bound by gravity.

Raise your head, even in the deep underground, still look up to the sky.

Ian tightly held the long sword in his hand, and the Chongyuan iron sword seemed to be covered with a layer of light golden illusory crystals, and then cyan source quality was wrapped around it, like water veins.

The six sublimation structures in the body were working together, and the young man's eyes were shining with blue halos. His swordsmanship and inscription skills allowed him to see a huge gap in the many crystal iron armor suspended on the giant cocoon in front of him.

"I'm no different from them, just to fulfill my wish...I'm hostile to you, but I'm also afraid that I will agree to you."

"I can swing a sword..."

Before he finished speaking, he leaped forward, flew up, and condescendingly slashed a sword at the will of the hive that was wriggling frantically and constantly retreating!
The sword's light is green and golden, tearing the dim fluorescence. It is just an ordinary slanted sword, but it cuts through all the armor protecting the will of the insect nest.

It is difficult to describe the sword technique Ian is using at this moment, maybe it is not a sword technique, because the trajectory of the young man's sword at this moment is not just a sword technique, but is enough to cut off the tentacles of spiritual energy, cut open the flesh and blood of the insect nest, and reach all enemies The crucial sword of the Prophet——

This sword light is like lightning, swiftly crushing all other objects blocking its edge, but in the perception of the will of the hive, this sword is extremely slow, as if a thousand years of time have been bit by bit on this sword Sliding down from the ground, it was like the condensation of the thousand-year history of Sequoia Base, and finally turned into that dim arc of light, cutting through the giant cocoon of flesh and blood, and hitting the fragile brain of the pale insect swarm!

Even the trembling brain-eating mother worm, giant eel, ether crystal dragon and bishop of white mist, even Master Goser and Isengard seemed to sense something, and they couldn't help turning their heads to look at the center of the insect nest.

Even Patrick, who had just woken up and lost half of his body, looked at the sublimation sword light that the young man swung under the gaps with complicated expressions.

[We are the same kind...why...why don't you let us out...]
[We just want to break free, we just want to see the stars...]
boom!
The thunder exploded underground, and Ian could clearly feel that the giant cocoon was torn apart by him, and the psionic slurry containing extremely high radiation was splashed on him.

But without hesitation, he continued to move forward with his sword light, until the heavy sword like a meteorite completely smashed the pale brain that seemed to want to say something and resonate with him.

The shield of spiritual energy and the resistance of flesh and blood were meaningless, and under Ian's observation with all his spiritual energy, they were found to be flawed, smashed into pieces, and turned into nothing.

Yes, the will of the hive is right, it may indeed be of the same kind as itself, and they may be able to go to the sky at the fastest speed together.

The way of the swarm, perhaps, is the most suitable and most efficient way for him, a foreigner who has awakened the memory of his previous life.

But he swung his sword—

Standing on the verge of shattering, falling apart, and slowly collapsing the cocoon of flesh and blood, Ian retracted his sword and stared at the brain fluid under his feet, as well as the brain fluid surrounding him, which had completely drifted away, and it would take some time before it recovered in the insect nest. Hive Will Psionic Fragments.

The Prophet stared at a path of fate that had been cut off by himself, and sighed softly.

"Just for a better future."

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The large-scale dungeon of about 20 days is just right, and it can be regarded as revealing part of the world view, which is quite satisfactory.

There are still some ending plots, so take your time!
　
(End of this chapter)