Chapter 1026: The Parasitic Mystery (Ⅰ)

When a creature dies, the spirit leaves the body, leaving only a cold, unconscious corpse.

At this time, if a large number of "parasitic spores" take advantage of the void and use their own "brood will" to replace the missing soul of the corpse, activate the functions of some organs, they can stand up again, and even move freely as before. Become a flesh and blood "coat" of the "Will of the Brood".

For creatures parasitized by spores, their souls are replaced by the "Will of the Brood", no matter how high the intelligence level was before life, the current intelligence attribute will become the same as the "Will of the Brood", only 2 points.

A creature like monitor lizard, whose intelligence attribute was less than 2 points when alive, was parasitized by spores after death, transformed into a spore monitor lizard, and became smarter than before, which is a bit embarrassing.

If there are only "parasitic spores" in the host body, and the "brood will" formed by all "parasitic spores" has free will, then it will do whatever it wants.

However, judging from the behavior patterns displayed by the spore monitor lizard, it is obvious that it does not have absolute autonomy and is controlled by the fungus king everywhere.

Why can the fungus king control the spore monitor lizard, to be precise, how to control the "brood will" of the "parasitic spore"?

In Joan's view, there are two possible explanations for this.

First of all, "parasitic spores" are reproductive cells produced in the body of the fungus king, which is equivalent to the offspring of the fungus king. It is likely that there is some kind of mysterious spiritual connection with the fungus king himself, and they absolutely obey the will of the fungus king.

Joan couldn't help but recall the "activation experiments" he conducted on blood samples.

A drop of blood extracted from one's own body, activated and endowed with intelligence, the "activated enlightenment bloodworm" formed, isn't it just analogous to the "parasitic spores" isolated from the body of the fungus king?

Since the "Activated Enlightenment Bloodworm" recognizes him as his "mother", obediently obeys his orders, and actively helps him decipher the encrypted spell inside the spell configuration, then as an analogy, the "brood will" formed by "parasitic spores" follows The will of the bacteria king himself is not difficult to understand.

In addition, there is another possibility, which is also a guess made by Joan from observing the spore monitor lizard.

Joan noticed that there were not only "parasitic spores" flashing green fluorescence in the spore monitor lizard, but also a large number of silver "spiritual spores".

The "parasitic spore" endows the monitor lizard with soul and vitality, while the "spiritual spore" enables the dead monitor lizard to regain the ability to communicate with the outside world.

Or to be more precise, the "mind spores" serve the "brood will", and the "brood will" can communicate with the surrounding creatures on a spiritual level by diffusing the "mind spores".

In this case, "Brood Will" can of course communicate with the fungus king.

As long as the fungus king convinces the "Mother Nest Will" to recognize his old father, then he can order his "good son" to do things for him, including driving the spore monitor lizard, and serving as a means of transportation and a fighting machine for the old father.

This logical chain cannot be said to be impeccable, but it is basically self-consistent.

Both theories make sense, so which one fits the facts?

The more Joan thought about it, the more excited she got up and paced back and forth in the bedroom.

Pure theoretical deduction is no longer able to help him answer his questions, and only by relying on empirical means can he uncover a corner of the veil covering the truth.

Joan decided to discuss it with his companions tomorrow morning. Please don't leave the mushroom forest in a hurry and give him some time to study the spore monitor lizard.

Only by using the sample of the spore monitor lizard and conducting a series of experiments can Joan understand the working principle of "parasitic spores".

Of course, he still needs to ask the King of Fungus for advice—this may be the easiest way to answer doubts, and there is no need to waste time and effort on experiments.

However, Joan still insists that whenever there is a chance of demonstration, don't just be satisfied with the knowledge taught by others—or from books.

It's not that he doesn't trust the king of bacteria. In fact, the experience of the king of bacteria is likely to be completely consistent with the experimental results. However, only after personal verification can he feel at ease in his heart, as if only the knowledge he learned in this way truly belongs to him.

Joan himself finds this "obsessive-compulsive disorder" mentality very annoying, but he can't overcome it, so he can only laugh at himself wryly:

"Anyway, I've been a monster for a long time, and I don't care about one more quirk."

Qiao An regards seeking knowledge as the highest pleasure in his life, but thinking that in order to satisfy his thirst for knowledge and curiosity, he had to delay his companions' trip for a day, he couldn't help but feel ashamed, so he could only ask his companions for their understanding.

Whenever this happens, Joan's heart is always very tangled, and he can't help but have an impulsive thought: "If I am exploring alone, I can stay if I want, and I don't need to ask the people around me to do anything. How free should people explain it..."

However, he will immediately force himself to get rid of this dangerous tendency, and sternly warns himself to reflect deeply:

"Because of a little unsatisfactory, you give up on yourself, try to escape from the crowd, and be alone. This kind of behavior is very shameful!"

"Joan Vida, you can't allow yourself to escape from those who treat you well and become a lone monster in the wilderness!"

The next day, that is, June 15th, the surface time, Joan mustered up the courage to put forward his request to his companion and King Fungus at the breakfast table.

The result moved him very much.

Hyrule, Audrey, and Holden didn't mind changing the scheduled itinerary for him. They also said that it's still early anyway, and it doesn't matter if they continue to stay in the mushroom forest for two or three days.

When Joan was doing research, the three of them would not waste time. They could survey and draw maps in the mushroom forest area, collect ores, animal and plant specimens. The more complete the data collection, the more practice points they would get after the expedition in the future. .

The old man King of Fungus is also very loyal. He not only patiently helped Qiao An answer questions, but also revealed all the mysteries of "parasitic spores" to him, and also lent his spore monitor lizard to Qiao An for research.

After listening to King Fungus' advice, Joan found that the two speculations he made last night were only partially correct.

The "parasitic spores" produced by the king of bacteria themselves contain some kind of "pheromone"-like substances.

When the fungus king excretes a part of the "parasitic spores" to form a spore cluster (spore cloud), and then obtains the "brood will", the "brood will" can identify the identity of the fungus king through pheromones, and a family bond will naturally be formed.

In addition, the king of bacteria can also use the "spiritual spores" to communicate with the "brood will" to convey more complex thoughts.

In fact, it is these two factors that work together to make the "brood will" obey the will of the fungus king.

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