Chapter 262

That was the shadow of a bug.

The bug was also white, but it looked completely different from the white bugs that everyone had seen before.

This bug had no shell-like shell on its body, nor did it have the hideous mouthparts of other white bugs. It looked more like a worm than a beetle.

The front of its body was particularly large and swollen, like a sphere.

There was a lot of white soft tissue under and behind the sphere.

If it were just these two things, this thing might still look cute. z

Unfortunately, it also had a lot of structures like snail tentacles on its body, distributed all over its body. h

At a glance, this worm had at least dozens of tentacles. u

This was a bit eye-catching. A

Of course, that alone would be fine, but what was even more unacceptable was that the edge of the worm's body was also covered with a circle of dense, hard black whiskers. N

The black whiskers slightly bend downwards, and the front end is extremely sharp, like a black steel needle, and exudes an ominous aura. Q

"What the hell, what is this disgusting creature?" Lu Lin frowned, "Some kind of higher-level insect?" U

"Not sure," Luo Di said, "The thing that looks like a humanoid creature is composed of two different insects. I thought it was just one kind before, so I just wanted to bring the head, but you should have seen it before. After the thing disintegrated, another kind of insect came out of the clothes." n

"Ah, I remember it, it's also a soft-bodied insect, but it seems to have many pairs of legs on both sides of the body," Oro nodded, "but judging from the number and shape, I tend to think that the one you caught is higher than them.":

"But You should have noticed during the conversation that the sound of the thing when it spoke came from inside the body," Xiulinsi said, "How do you explain this?" ⑼

"No, I don't think this is a problem. On the contrary, I think this is also evidence of the higher level of this thing," Oro said, "Remember, when it spoke, the mouth shape of the head was able to match the sound throughout the whole process, and I paid close attention to it. Its mouth shape never lagged behind the sound." ０

"In other words, it's not the right mouth shape, but the sound is indeed dominated by the head?" Xiulinsi touched it, "Well, but it is also possible that when it When they talk, are they using certain characteristics to make them a de facto whole? "⑷

"There are many possibilities and many doubts," said Luo Di, "This thing does look like a core that can command the swarm of insects, but there are also strange things. If it is this commander, why did the swarm of insects return directly after we rushed out of the dungeon? It stands to reason that after I put this thing in the box, it should no longer be able to communicate with the outside world. "⑻二

"Maybe it is not the core, there may be multiple cores, and maybe the core itself is not that important," said Oro, "Insect monsters are always troublesome, and their system composition forms are all different. Yes, without a certain amount of intelligence accumulation, it is difficult to understand their specific situation. "⑷九

"Well... let's use the most common words of insect swarm society," Lu Lin touched his chin, "ordinary white worms are soldier ants, the special white worms that make up the human body may be worker ants, and the one we caught is an ant king, and the queen ant responsible for breeding these worms is still hiding deeper?" ⑵④

"It's not impossible to understand it by using the known insect social structure, but remember not to really think in a fixed way. No one knows how many kinds of these worms there are, and their actual structure may also be some novel way that you have never imagined," Oro shook his head. ⑼０

"Well, I understand," Lu Lin nodded, "By the way, where is the dagger?" ０４

"Here," Luo Di pointed to another box next to it. ⑸３

"Can it be opened?" Lu Lin asked. ⑤

"Okay, this thing is not a living thing," Luo Di nodded, "I was just thinking about asking you to help study it." Liu

"Okay, let me see," Lu Lin said, opening the box. ⑷

The white pointed dagger lay quietly in the box. Although he had seen it before, the situation was urgent at the time, so Lu Lin naturally couldn't take a close look.

He picked it up and touched it. The surface texture was very warm, some parts were slightly rough, and some parts were smooth to the point of disgust.

The handle felt softer, and the closer to the tip, the harder the texture, and the tip was the sharpest and hardest.

"Hmm..." Lu Lin looked at the dagger in his hand and frowned slightly.

Then, he changed from holding it in the right position to holding it in the wrong position, or in terms of the way he held the dagger, it should be considered a change from holding it in the wrong position to holding it in the right position.

Then, Lu Lin tried to slowly swing his arm in front of Wang Zheng.

"Hmm? What are you doing?" Oro asked in confusion.

"I was thinking, does this dagger look like a fang?" Lu Lin said.

"Fang?" Oro frowned slightly, "Well... only the tip is sharp, the blade itself is not sharp, the front is sharp and the back is thick, and the whole body is white. Now that you put it that way, it does look a bit like..."

"Insects should not have the ability to forge weapons, right? And this thing doesn't look like it was made by humans, it looks more like a one-piece mold," Lu Lin said, "Do you think this thing is actually something from a certain kind of insect?"

"It's possible," Luo Di said, "If you want to verify it, do you plan to saw it open and look inside?"

"It's not impossible, 奀怺&岜≡〓２∴∮㈣山三粦紴中ｑuＮ:, but why don't we do some experiments first?" Lu Lin said, "If I remember correctly, there was one before. The people from Como also said that when he was dealing with the followers of the Empty God Cult, the other party pierced his chest with a dagger and almost killed him? "

"Well, it's possible that this was the kind of dagger he encountered at that time," Xiulinsi said. pull

"Yes, so I'm thinking about one thing," Lu Lin said, "If you really use this thing to pierce a person's heart, what will happen to the other person?"

"According to the people of Como, that person will probably become a believer of the Empty God Religion, right?" Oro said, "But to be honest, this so-called Empty God Religion is rough in every aspect and is not at all like It’s what a true sect should look like, not even a cult…” Four

"Yes, so I always feel that this so-called sect is more like a specious thing created by people who have little understanding of what sects are in human society. If it is a sect created by truly transformed humans, I always feel that it should not be So rough," Lu Lin said, "Moreover, the so-called oasis city lord before was just a monster with the same face. In this case, is there a possibility that the function of this thing is not to transform the human body, but to transform the insects? Is there a way to transform into the appearance of the humans it killed?”ba

"Hmm...sounds like it's worth a try," Luo Di nodded. die

"But we don't have any convenient materials for experiments here, right?" Auro said, "To verify this thing, we have to use human lives to experiment..." Two

"It's true that there isn't one here, but it shouldn't be hard to find over there, right?" Lu Lin asked Luo Di. Chirp

"Ah, it's not difficult to find a guy suitable to die in the prison of the Execution Hall," Luo Di said, taking the dagger from Lu Lin's hand, "I'll make arrangements, and the results should be available soon." 0

After that, Ruodi took the dagger and left. Nai

㈨ "You really have no hesitation, forget it, after all, it is the Black Demon School and not a good baby organization," Xiulinsi said, "By the way, what about now, how to deal with this insect?"

"Take it to the alchemy room, I want to do some tests on it," Lu Lin said, "Then, I want A Diao to try to see if I can transform this thing into an undead creature."

Chapter 8432: Is this a tauren in a certain sense?

②The experimental plan for this bug is not complicated, and its main purpose is to verify some of Lu Lin's guesses.

⒋For example, whether this bug is as photophobic as they suspected, whether it has higher intelligence than other bugs, and whether it responds to various injuries and stimuli.

3. Relying on an entire alchemy room's advanced equipment, Lu Lin spent two days completing all the experiments.

san First of all, this insect is not photophobic. On the contrary, it actually has a certain degree of phototaxis.

0 But this phototaxis was later verified in detail by Lu Lin. It has nothing to do with the light itself, but more to do with the heat and energy brought by the light. It is considered a false phototaxis.

Wu is just like other ordinary white insects. What attracts this kind of bugs most is still magic power, heat and other strange energies.

Including electrical energy, the strange energy possessed by Oro, Tanuki's sword energy and other things, can all become its food.

Of course, the bug cannot absorb kinetic energy either.

As for testing in other directions.

Poison gas and some injected venoms were tested with little success.

The form of this bug is too monotonous, and it cannot absorb anything other than energy. It is difficult for the poison to invade its body, and naturally it cannot cause harm.

Strong acids and alkalis can cause damage to them, but the efficiency is not very good. This has also been verified in experiments with ordinary white worms. The shell of this thing is not very hard. Compared with using acids and alkalis to kill it, , it would be better to shoot him directly in the head.

Of course, it might be a good idea to shoot acid-laced ammunition into its brain and then explode it.

However, considering the troublesomeness of designing and manufacturing such ammunition and the time it takes for it to take effect, the price-performance ratio is still not ideal in terms of results.

In short, when it comes to physical characteristics in combat, this special bug is very similar to the ordinary white insect beetle. However, because it does not have a thick shell, the combat effectiveness of this special white insect is not even as good as those ordinary beetles. .

The seemingly sharp vertebrae on the edge of its body are actually quite awkward in strength. They are slightly stronger than ordinary metal needles, but they are very slender. An ordinary adult male can break them with force. If metal is used, It can be cut easily by hitting and chopping with tools or physics.

Lu Lin guessed that this thing might be a special structure used to attach to other things, just like when it stuck to the body made of soft-bodied white worms.

９ＹUＨANqUNＮ：捌浯.〖qi...辘_～liu∧△san¨‰ Temple｝〃思№▲哓 And the only effective test is about intelligence.

lin Lu Lin constructed a testing space composed of three pipes.

One end of the four three pipes is closed, and the other end is connected at the same point.

⑧The inside of the pipes are connected. Lu Lin will put the bug at the end of one end of the pipe, and then put cold ice and small pieces of magic stone at the ends of the other two pipes.

④A very simple intelligence test, but also quite effective.

erIn the first test, the bug paused and observed the surroundings for a while, then crawled to the side with the magic stone and ate the magic stone.

After eating, its body showed no obvious signs of swelling, but some of the external injuries it suffered during the previous test were all healed.

After confirming this result, Lu Lin repeated the same test twice. It reacted the same way three times, and the pause time was shorter each time.

５And every time it ate the magic stone, its condition would become better, but unlike ordinary beetles, it showed no signs of getting bigger.

This also confirmed Lu Lin's guess, that is, this special bug that can disguise itself as a human will not change its size no matter how much magic power it absorbs.

At least it will not change uncontrollably.

As for the source of this speculation, it is a re-examination of the current situation of the three oasis cities after knowing the existence of this kind of bug.

The so-called "Empty Sect" believers there are likely to be disguised by this special bug.

Of course, it is just a guess. The situation in these three cities may be more complicated, and may also involve more other forms of bugs that they have not yet discovered.

After confirming this feature, Lu Lin conducted the fourth experiment.

However, this experiment was different from the previous three. After the bug crawled towards the direction of the magic stone without hesitation, it suddenly found that a metal net appeared on the road in front of it, blocking its way to the magic stone.

After the bug realized this, it did not retreat, but stuck to it, stretched a tentacle from the middle of the grid, and wanted to touch the magic stone behind the metal net.

Lu Lin did not stop it, just observed it.

The tentacle continued to extend, and finally successfully touched the magic stone. In just a moment, it drained all the magic power in the magic stone.

Lu Lin nodded, then suddenly pulled up the metal net and tore the tentacle off.

The creature was obviously in pain and shrank back. Then, after the metal net disappeared, it pounced on it and swallowed its lost tentacle back into its stomach, and the broken tentacle quickly grew back.

"Well, can even its own body parts be used as nutrients?" Lu Lin recorded the result and started the next round of tests.

This time, the situation was basically the same as last time. The only difference was that the metal net with a relatively sparse mesh was replaced with a mesh with extremely small mesh.

Lu Lin wanted to see the extreme deformation of this thing.

If he guessed correctly, even such a mesh should not be able to prevent the deformation of this insect.

And the fact is indeed so. After the tentacles of the insect stuck to the gauze, they turned into countless long whiskers as thin as hair, and finally touched the magic stone, and then absorbed the magic power in the magic stone at the fastest speed. Then, its long whiskers began to retreat rapidly. Obviously, it was afraid that Lu Lin would cut off these long whiskers.

"The reaction is very fast..." Lu Lin frowned.

The two situations are not the same. Such caution at least shows that it has the intelligence of cats and dogs.

But Lu Lin's expectations for it are not limited to this. In Lu Lin's guess, the intelligence level of this thing is likely to be on par with humans.

In order to verify this, Lu Lin did dozens of rounds of experiments later, and the equipment still It was this simple three-way tube. Lulin would change some rules every time he tried it.

For example, in the eighth experiment, after it went to the direction of the magic stone, Lulin would directly close the road, cut off one of its tentacles, and restart the experiment.

In the tenth experiment, it changed its mind and went to the direction of the ice cube on the other side, but it received a piece of ice cube that Lulin threw in later.

This experiment lasted three times, and Lulin changed the rules again, so that it would be injured no matter where it went, and it would only stop at It takes a certain amount of time to get the magic stone in the same place.

This time, the bug spent five times, repeatedly trying the passages on both sides, and finally found the secret.

After giving it three rewards, Lu Lin changed the rules again, cycling between the three rules. Each time, the location where the experiment can harvest rewards will change according to a fixed cycle.

Lu Lin wanted to try how long it would take for the bug to discover this new rule.

The result was terrifying.

After only five tests, the bug had already mastered the reward rule and could make the right choice every time.

This speed is empathetic...

Although I haven't done any related experiments, but...

Lu Lin feels that it is not a simple matter for a person to be thrown into such an environment and to summarize the rules within five times.

The intelligence level of this bug is definitely at the level of humans.

⑨ If the bugs in the depths of the dungeon are all of this intelligence level, then the degree of danger in the depths of the dungeon is probably completely different from the outside.

０Lu Lin didn't know what the concept of A-level and B-level dungeons was, but one thing was certain: the trouble caused by the enemy's intelligence level improvement would definitely not be less than the trouble caused by the improvement of the ability strength itself.

Si And the stronger the enemy, the more terrifying the benefits of the increased intelligence level.

⑧This is not good news. The situation deep in the nest is probably more dangerous than he expected at the beginning.

siFortunately, he also has a powerful operation card in his hand.

⒉ "My test is over, A-Diao," Lu Lin turned to look at the snow mink, "The next step is up to you. If possible, I hope to make it necromancy in the most perfect state."

氿"I'll try my best. To be honest, from my point of view, all undead creatures are the same," said the snow mink, "It needs to be detailed and complete... Anyway, let's just use the Nether Abyss Bubble and see?"

錂"Well, let's try it," Lu Lin nodded, "In fact, there is no need to be too stressed. Even if it fails, the worst thing is to catch other samples later. Just ≤& Zero Temple⑻♦㈣∠ ⑵匛′≌0㈤ to experiment."

5 "I don't know if it will fail or not. After all, I haven't done this before," said the snow mink, "Let's see if it works. If it doesn't, we can only exchange it for a posture bubble?"

As he said this, the snow mink took the three-way tube containing the insects, opened the lid, and vomited a mouthful of Nether Abyss into it.

The insect noticed that the lid was open and wanted to rush out, but as soon as it moved, it was covered by the dark fountain of death.