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.
To be continued...