Chapter 3107 Void Hunter

Li Yao stared at everything dumbfounded.

He didn't know whether this was a real picture of the ancient times, or an exaggerated depiction with strong symbolic meaning. In short, the tentacles protruding from the void tightly entwined one immigration starship after another, regardless of the particle cannons of these starships. It doesn't care how it attacks the vacuum torpedo, but it drags all the starships and the Yuanshi clan into the lavender gap.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yao's field of vision seemed to turn into a bizarre dreamland. Amid the kaleidoscope-like splendor of the turbulent waves, he saw a gigantic monster that seemed to occupy half of the sea of ​​stars, possessing ten thousand tentacles and one hundred million similar eyes. The translucent organ of the body emits a faint light, full of strangeness and fear that cannot be described in words.

Afterwards, the colorful fragments re-condensed, and the chaotic time and space stabilized again. The Yuanshi clan's immigrant fleet was brought by this monster to a brand new world, where spiritual energy and crystals were everywhere, and the energy was inexhaustible. "Paradise"!

"This, this is"

Li Yao's soul trembled with excitement, as if he could taste the sweetness of infinite spiritual energy from the picture, "What is this?"

"As you can see, this is a kind of alien race in the starry sky that can freely shuttle in the four-dimensional space and jump across the star sea. We call it the 'Void Hunter'."

The voice explained, "Although our 'Yuanshi Civilization' is one of the earliest civilizations born in this cosmic sea, it is not the first intelligent life to be born. Long before us, in those 'Cave Heavens and Paradise' with abundant aura, countless people with The intelligent alien races in the starry sky form a huge 'cosmic ecosystem', and the Void Hunter is one of them.

"It's just that they have spent hundreds of millions of years, but they haven't created a highly developed civilization. Most of the alien races in the starry sky are like 'Void Hunters', beasts that survive on instinct, and their IQ will not exceed seven or eight years old. Only a very small number of alien races in the starry sky have developed a primary social form with slavery."

"Why?"

It's hard for Li Yao to imagine, "It doesn't make sense to have a wealth of psychic energy, and even enlighten the rudimentary wisdom, but waste hundreds of millions of years of precious time, and still not develop civilization!"

"On the ancient earth, there were also many species that thrived for hundreds of millions of years, forcibly resisted several mass extinctions, and gained the reputation of 'living fossils', such as turtles, crocodiles and cockroaches, but they never produced wisdom and civilization."

The voice said, "In the final analysis, the so-called 'civilization' is not necessary for life, and evolution is by no means an eternal path forward. The so-called 'evolution' is just a helpless evolution formed after cruel eliminations again and again under the drastic changes in the environment. That's all.

"Life is a very lazy thing, as long as the environment has not changed much and can barely survive, it will never think of changing and 'evolving'.

"Just like tortoises, crocodiles, and cockroaches, they are already the kings in their respective fields, or the top hunters at the top of the food chain, or have unparalleled defense and incredible survivability. They don't need wisdom, let alone Civilization can still live well and continue its genes.

"So, what motivation do they have to change, to 'evolve'?

"The same is true for the Void Hunter. You can simply imagine it as a giant octopus that has the ability to jump across the star sea and can survive in a vacuum. It instinctively chases meteorites and asteroids that contain spar veins in the vast sea of ​​stars. , extending tentacles from the gap in space to wrap around the meteorite, using a specially constructed negative pressure sucker to devour the energy in the spar, this instinct has allowed it to comfortably multiply in the center of the universe for hundreds of millions of years, with its huge size and elusive appearance It has no natural enemies, even if it encounters an enemy it can't afford, at worst, it will get into the four-dimensional space, escape a million light-years, and go away, what use is wisdom and civilization to it?"

Li Yao thought about it for a long time.

Have to admit, the voice is right.

A creature born in a blessed place with abundant aura, born with the ability to devour crystals, absorb energy, and navigate in the void, there is no need to work hard to develop wisdom and civilization.

Just like the children of the rich who were born with golden chopsticks in their mouths, there is no need to work hard.

Only human beings, weak and pitiful primate creatures who have struggled all the way from hairless monkeys in the spiritless space, have the need to evolve superior wisdom and create a strong civilization.

"So"

Li Yao felt parched, "All the remaining immigrant starships were brought to the center of the cosmic ocean by this...'Void Hunter', to the 'Cave Heaven Paradise'? Didn't it devour you?"

"Swallowed part of it."

The voice said, "Void hunters are the most proficient travelers in the universe. They are born to perceive the shadow ripples that are projected by the four-dimensional storm into the three-dimensional universe, and they can control these shadow ripples to create fleeting wormholes. Carry out ultra-long-distance star sea jumps, and use this method to chase erratic meteorite rain and resource planets.

"This void hunter sensed the tail flames released by the immigrant starship, and regarded our fleet as a meteorite belt rich in energy, and then appeared from the four-dimensional space, engulfing and swallowing us all.

"However, you should have also noticed that our immigration fleet had run out of ammunition and food at that time, and there was no fuel left in the warehouse. This 'Void Hunter' smashed and swallowed three immigration starships, and found nothing but rust Apart from the scrap copper and rotten iron, he couldn't squeeze out much energy at all, so he gave up eating.

"Although no civilization in the true sense has evolved, the Void Hunter is a primary intelligent life that has multiplied for hundreds of millions of years in the center of the cosmic sea. It soon discovered that the Yuanshi Clan in the starship was also a small life form.

"In the middle of the universe sea at that time, there was a set of criteria for judging the strength and risk factor of life.

"Basically, the thicker the psionic energy contained in the body and the more proficient the skill of manipulating the psionic energy, the stronger and more dangerous it will be.

"Although we, the Yuanshi Clan, have come into contact with a few spars that fell from the sky on the earth, and have practiced preliminary supernatural powers, we are still beginners, and we have just tasted it. Most of the propulsion systems, including our starships, also use chemical energy and atomic energy. .

"Void hunters can't understand our complex social form and civilization, can't perceive the potential and danger hidden under our weak appearance, and can't understand how advanced technology and complex industrial system our starship represents , in its view, we are just a group of... small bugs that are harmless to humans and animals."

"A harmless bug?"

Li Yao couldn't help laughing out loud.

Humans, the most powerful fighting race in the sea of ​​stars, are actually treated as small bugs by a huge octopus. It's really interesting.

"Void hunters treat us like elephants treat ants. It doesn't matter if you step on them to death, and it doesn't matter much if you ignore them."

The voice said, "But for the survivors of the Yuanshi Clan, the appearance of the Void Hunter is tantamount to a devastating subversion, completely shattering our world view and scientific view, and the endless streams of heaven and earth, endless auras It moved, and made our nearly annihilated survival instinct expand again, bursting into the most ferocious flame.

"All the survivors acted immediately, racking their brains to think about how to survive in such a strange and rich environment.

"It didn't take long before a few wise men with highly evolved brains who could freely amplify and release brain waves found a way. They tried their best to reach an agreement with the Void Hunter, and the two sides formed a harmonious symbiotic relationship. The 'probiotics' and 'parasites' of the Void Hunter."

"this"

Li Yao was stunned, "How is it possible?"

"Void hunters are travelers who travel alone in the vast universe, without the concept of living in groups and society. However, during the long and desolate journey, they will inevitably feel lonely and bored, especially when they often travel through the four-dimensional space, repeatedly tearing their nerves element, will eventually have an impact on the neural cluster."

The voice said, "In order to survive, a special profession called 'Dream Maker' was born among the Yuanshi clan. They use their intricate brain waves to perform 'spiritual massage' for Void Hunters and weave all kinds of colorful dreams. The Void Hunter naturally cannot understand the memory images and rich emotions of the Yuanshi Clan, but the strange dreams poured into its nerve clusters can make it feel very comfortable, just like scratching it.

"In this way, the Yuanshi tribe parasitized on the Void Hunter, and managed to survive through some of the 'leftovers' that leaked from its tentacles, that is, fragments of spar, while the Void Hunter used our rich emotions and imaginations to survive. Come for a 'spiritual massage' to eliminate the loneliness of the long journey and the side effects of jumping in the starry sky.

"The seemingly harmonious symbiotic relationship harbors a subtle murderous intent.

"One day, when the dreamers on a starship were doing 'soul massage' for the void hunters, their starship was suddenly smashed to pieces by the void hunters. Those who died on the spot died in Huangquan.

"The rest of the survivors were taken aback, not knowing exactly how they had angered the Voidhunter.

"It wasn't until nearly ten million people on the other four starships were randomly killed by the void hunters that the remaining people gradually realized that the 'dreams' created by the dreamers on these starships for the void hunters were too old , too boring, repeated too many times, making the Void Hunter impatient.

"That was really the most humiliating and dangerous moment of Yuanshi civilization.

"In order to survive, the entire Yuanshi clan had to search their brains and rack their brains to weave beautiful and colorful dreams, and to 'tickle' the Void Hunter's nerve clusters in different ways. They couldn't stop for a moment. , every second, we must do our best to send out the most interesting brain waves, when the brain waves are a little dull and dim, it is the day when an immigrant starship is completely destroyed!"