Lin Shu started with lower-level spells, wanting to see the soul resistance of these star ants. Unexpectedly, the remaining ten star ants were hit together and stopped almost at the same time, for about three seconds. They regained their autonomous consciousness, and then sent out a distress signal in panic. As expected, this signal was transmitted using gravitational fluctuations.
Fortunately, Lin Shu had already prepared it, so he simply used a barrier to block it.
After sending the signal, these worker star ants turned around without hesitation and wanted to escape. Unfortunately, Lin Shu's movements were much faster than them. A soul-suppressing spell could make these strong star ants lose consciousness for three seconds. The strength of their souls seemed really real. The level was very low, and Lin Shu followed up with a slightly higher and more intense soul-suppressing spell. At this time, the star ants were completely lost.
Lin Shu calmly gave these star ants one by one the soul-residing spell. When the star ants woke up, they were a little confused, because in their simple brains, they inexplicably received an unfamiliar command, asking them to stay. Stand by in place. Although they don't know where this order comes from, they have chosen to obey this order without exception, because in their concept, as long as there is an order, they must listen to it. As for where this order comes from Come on, that's not an issue they need to consider.
With their IQ, it was impossible to imagine that someone would block the original command channel and steal their control. Lin Shu breathed a sigh of relief. His guess was correct. In order to maintain this racial structure, individual IQ must be suppressed. , the Star Ant Tribe relies on the overall strength and wisdom of the tribe.
"Our guess seems to be correct. The individual IQ of star ants is indeed very problematic. What's the next step? If these guys don't return, there may be problems, right?"
Niraya curiously observed the ten working star ants looking around blankly, and asked with a smile on her lips.
"In fact, they will soon find that these ten star ants have lost contact, and I have cut off their command system."
"How do you knowoh, the soul-searching technique?"
Lin Shu smiled and shook his head: "There's no need at all. These guys are simply terrifying. You can easily understand the way they send and receive signals just by looking at them. By the way, let's send Nasha a message that everything is fine."
"Well, let me come and tell them our findings."
"Use directional soul power to pass it on."
"knew!"
Lin Shu and Nilaya waited in the barrier for two days, during which they observed the star ants eating. It turned out that they really eat stones, or they can eat anything. Any substance that reaches their stomachs will be transformed into an ionized state by a high-speed vibration method. Then they are compressed, and the high-speed moving particles collide with each other and release energy. This energy is directly absorbed and utilized by the star ants. In a sense, these star ants seem to be silicon-based life forms.
But apart from this part and the exoskeleton. The other parts of star ants are carbon-based tissues. In other words, star ants are a synthesis of silicon-based and carbon-based life.
This is indeed a very magical life, but it is a pity that its intelligence is too low, otherwise it would definitely be the same as the Dragon Clan and the Star Beast Clan. Become a truly advanced cosmic race and become famous throughout the universe. But they seem to have become famous now.
Niraya is studying the evolutionary traces of the body structure of star ants. The conclusion is that star ants evolve much faster than imagined. In other words, star ants are actually a genetic product of the queen ant. As long as the ants After adjusting the genes and producing them, Niraya can even roughly deduce the genetic alternative modules and composition of the queen ant based on the body structure and functions of the star ants.
"Lin Shu, the queen ant's wisdom is definitely much higher than we imagined. However, her wisdom may be biased towards war and genetic knowledge."
"What's the basis for your guess?"
"Do you know how long the star ant's genetic chain is?"
"Of course I don't know. Isn't this what you are researching?"
"Haha it's a little longer than ours, and there are many more gene segments that have actual effects than ours, and there are a lot less redundant and ineffective parts. From a physical level, we are far inferior. A star ant is a high-level one, but compared to a star ant, human genetic efficiency is really too low, and it¡¯s completely scum.¡±
Lin Shu thought for a while and said: "This is a completely different concept. The queen ant only needs to protect her own genes. The rest are experimental products, so she can change them however she wants. She is not afraid of making mistakes. She doesn¡¯t have to worry about the consequences. She will have to go back and practice again in the worst case. She doesn¡¯t have to worry about these genetic errors leading to annihilation, let alone whether the genetic changes of these star ants will destroy the entire universe ecosystem, because they are inherently destroyers.¡±
Niraya nodded: ??Indeed, they are just a bunch of irresponsible guys. "
"So, it is easy to be a bad person, but it is difficult to be a good person. The difficulty is that good people want to build and develop, so they have many worries, while bad people only need to destroy and don't think about anything. In terms of efficiency, it seems that bad people are more powerful, but as a An advanced being should look at who has contributed more to development, rather than comparing genetic efficiency, haha"
"Tch, don't worry, I'm a good person."
Lin Shu curled his lips and said, "But the guy opposite us is a bad guy, and the bad guy's minions have already arrived."
"Our spies haven't reached the ant nest yet."
"These fighting star ants may have come from the middle. The numberwait a minutemore than three thousand. Uh, does this queen need to be so careful?"
Lin Shu didn't hide at all, still staying in the close range barrier, and then watched helplessly as the ten star ants he controlled were slaughtered in the blink of an eye. The star ants were also very determined towards their own people. Because they don't have the luxury of feelings at all.
The combat star ants that killed their compatriots seemed to smell something unusual. They did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they patrolled and set up defenses around, as if they were searching for something to guard against. Others took away the ten star ants. corpse.
Niraya looked carefully at the combat star ants patrolling not far outside the barrier, from a close distance. The Battle Star Ant is not ugly at all, on the contrary, it is very beautiful and majestic. Basically, an efficient creature must look good on the outside. This is a deep Tao.
From a physical structure point of view, star ants are more adaptable to fighting in space than dragons. Their turning ability, limb control ability, close combat methods, group fighting methods, etc., if they are to fight with dragons outside the atmosphere. The dragon clan will definitely suffer. But in the atmosphere, the star ants' short wings are not conducive to fast flight, and the giant dragon can kill them by flying a kite.
"They took the body back to study it. The queen ant really doesn't miss any opportunity to study evolution, but what is the direction of its evolution?"
"Being stronger and destroying all enemies is the instinct of living things. Oh, there is also reproduction, but this queen ant should understand that in today's time of food shortage, reproduction should be a secondary pursuit. The pursuit now is survival. .¡±
"Well, judging from the genetic sequence, the lifespan of a single star ant is not long. It will probably die from the collapse of the digestive system in less than a hundred years."
"A hundred years? It's not too short, oh. By the way, in fact, the recovered corpses may also be taken back and eaten."
Niraya rolled her eyes at Lin Shu: "After the research is completed, I will naturally eat it. Didn't you say that food is tight? Even with recycling like this, the number of star ants should still be declining."
"This requires more precise calculations. Now I will try to control a combat star ant first."
" Lin Shu said, with a seal on his hand, the spell was released. The target was not the star ant close to him, but one far away.
The battle star ants only shook for a moment before returning to normal. This shows that the soul strength of the battle star ants is much higher, or because the brain structures of the two are different. Lin Shu did not hesitate when he saw this, and continued with spells. Use it, and when the surrounding star ants feel something is wrong and gather around, Lin Shu's control has been completed.
Lin Shu asked the controlled star ant to send out all safety signals, and the other star ants dispersed hesitantly.
This time Lin Shu used embedded control. He changed his soul-sending technique to contract technique, and then intercepted the original channel for receiving orders. After filtering by himself, he sent it back. With Lin Shu's thinking speed, It won't cause any trouble to Star Ant's execution at all.
Even the star ant itself doesn¡¯t know that a Trojan horse has been put into its brain. The only blame for this is that the brain made by the queen ant is too small and too simple.
"It's done?"
"Well, this time we used embedded intrusion. The brain structure of these fighting star ants is different from that of working star ants, and their resistance to soul energy is much stronger. However, they still have to retain efficient reception and transmission of signals. The channel is the biggest loophole. You must have never imagined that these combat star ants do not communicate using modulated gravitational waves, but directly use soul power to transmit information."
"Huh? Directly using soul power? So, the queen ant still has a very deep understanding of soul power?"
"It's possible, but considering that the combat star ants cannot use soul magic"
"Wait a minute, considering their brain capacity, is it possible to use direct soul magic?"
"That's true, but will there be a kind of brain with a greater capacity?"What about the big ones? For example, someone who is specifically responsible for command? "
Niraya thought for a while and said: "Probably not. Aren't the queen ants worried about being replaced? It's even possible to be raised in captivity by a group of guys who hold real power. The structure of the Zim Ant Clan is not suitable for individuals with power sharing. However, there may be a kind of communication relay, what do you think?"
Lin Shu nodded slowly: "What you said is probably the truth. I just discovered that there are two star ants in the periphery. At first, I thought they were the commanders. Now it seems that they are surveillance and communication star ants. Let's go Catch one and study it.¡±
"Wait a minute, as soon as you catch these, you will be exposed immediately."
"You can let it die in an accident!"
"Why did he die in an accident? Was he hit by a meteorite or angry to death by his companions?"
"Wellthis is also a question. How do star ants usually die naturally? By the way, if the digestive system collapses, then let its digestive system collapse. As long as I can cut into his soul during the period of collapse .Wait, there¡¯s no need, it¡¯s passed in both directions, I can infect it by going down.¡±
Nila Ya was stunned for a moment, and then she thought of a problem. If Lin Shu continues to be infected at this pace, and finally controls the superior communication star ants in the star ant clan's tree-like communication structure, it will be equal to the entire star ant. The group was under control, and Lin Shu did not use it for anything else. As long as he kept ordering the working star ants and fighting star ants to die, this huge group would soon collapse.
Of course, the prerequisite for realizing this idea is that the number of superior communication star ants in the star ant tribe cannot be too large, and Lin Shu can just control it. In fact, this problem is the same for the queen ant. How many can the queen control at the same time? What about a communication star ant?
Niraya discovered that the development of things seemed to be a little strange!
How to get it to the end? It seems that Lin Shu and the ant queen are competing to see whose soul control ability is stronger. The one who can control more communication star ants will win.