Chapter 693 Play with it!
"To show sincerity."
Taros answered Romantina and Dugu Bo's puzzlement, "Regarding your parallel and independent inner world system that relies on the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body, I already know the general theory. As a reward, I will tell you this. Neither of us owes you anything."
Zhou Qing grinned, knowing that the Zerg was well aware of the bad nature of humans, but still chose to use courtesy before force.
And those two choices—
"Okay, since you are in a hurry to choose, you can start choosing. We can talk about other topics later. I don't mind telling you everything I know." Then, the brain worm changed the subject and waited for everyone's choice.
“We definitely can’t choose the first one.”
Romantina spoke first.
"That's really not possible. I still have to go to the seventh floor to find my mother!" Riko was the first to agree. Even if she didn't mention the matter of finding her mother, as a qualified explorer, she absolutely could not stand still.
Go to the next level!
Imperative!
Zhou Qing looked at the brain worm for a long time, but could not see any anthropomorphic expressions on the strange brain-like worm. Even if there were, he was not the only human being who could see it. He looked at Taros for a while before asking, "Can we choose neither of these two options?"
"What are you talking about?" Romantina grabbed Zhou Qing's shoulders and shook them hard, suspecting that he had received too much information and his brain was unable to react for a while.
"can."
However, Talos gave a positive answer, "Other people's choices before were to stay in the Zerg or go to the next level. As long as they no longer harm the Zerg, they can do anything."
Romantina was stunned.
Dugu Bo, Riko and others also stared at Taros with their small eyes in disbelief, then looked at the brain worm, all with a look of doubt about life.
and so--
Why go to all this trouble to give them two options?
But Zhou Qing knew the reason.
To relieve loneliness.
From the moment the brain worm was born, it can be called the embodiment of the entire swarm consciousness, but it is independent of the swarm consciousness.
Intelligent creatures with independent thoughts will instinctively seek out their own kind. If they cannot find them, they will either become crazy or... become gods. Gods will create the world and living beings. No matter what the initial reason is, such as curing diseases, seeking breakthroughs, etc., it is ultimately just to alleviate the emptiness deep in the soul.
The most fundamental purpose of calling all the outsiders living in the Zerg Kingdom here was probably to confirm with their own eyes whether there were any intelligent creatures that could communicate with it.
Its knowledge and insights do not necessarily have to be broader than its own, and it is also very clear that the knowledge of all intelligent creatures on the entire planet combined is not as much as the information contained in one of its neurons.
But the number of basic material elements in the universe is limited, so as intelligent creatures, our thoughts and emotions should be able to resonate.
What the brain worm needs is an intelligent individual who can resonate with it on the level of thought and emotion.
However, this cannot necessarily be determined 100% through pheromones, so the brain worm needs to make personal contact to make the distinction.
It can be said that the test had already begun from the moment they saw the brain worms. The so-called punishment of Taros and Tais was nothing to the worms, it was just a show by the brain worms, but for Taros and Tais, it was really bad luck. However, they also reaped the fruits of their own labor, their skills were not as good as the worms, and they could not blame others.
"Is it really possible?" Romantina came back to her senses and loosened her grip on Zhou Qing's shoulders. After mumbling something, her eyes suddenly lit up and she asked the brainworm, "Then let's choose the second one!"
"No! We can choose to go directly to the seventh floor!" At this moment, the bunny girl realized the difference in Romantina's thinking process.
"I agree with Romantina."
To Dugu Bo's surprise, Zhou Qing did not refute this time. Instead, he stood on the same front with Romantina and actually chose the second one.
reason?
Naturally, it is based on the previous speculation.
Even if the embodiment of swarm thinking realizes that it needs the company of intelligent creatures that can understand it, and judging from the behavior it has shown so far, it is very reasonable, so there is nothing wrong with playing with it.
Even if there are accidents, they have the capital to escape: Aitarja!
Although the Zerg has a long history and even possesses a great deal of wisdom, it is no longer what it used to be. If it wants to truly create god-level power, it will inevitably take a lot of time. Even before it has fully tested the method of inner world, it may attract the attention of the gods if it rashly creates god-level power.
The gods in the divine world are still at the stage of understanding the rules of the universe as existences that will not allow them to live a good life, but this does not mean that their power is weak. The divine world, which possesses the power of the five great god kings, is indeed a commendable master in this star field.
The Swarm
Zhou Qing was sure that they could definitely defeat the God Realm, but judging from the current way the Zerg survived, it seemed that they were not willing to cause trouble. He even seriously suspected that this Zerg had a survival attitude close to that of giving up, and even if they were destroyed by a sudden continental collision one day, they would not care too much.
With their methods, they must have left a lot of backup plans. Even in the universe, as long as there is a swarm of Zerg, it will not be truly destroyed.
The independent thinking individual who embodies the swarm will of this swarm kingdom is only worried that he will be lonely in the future.
There is nothing else to think about.
Therefore, agreeing to the second option and accepting the test of the brain worm is actually equivalent to playing a game with the brain worm. If you win, you will get a prize; if you lose, there will not be too severe punishment. Even from the way the swarm deals with other people, unless the interests of the swarm are really harmed, such as stealing eggs and controlling the actual actions of the swarm like Taros and Tais, the punishment for losing is unlikely to be restricting personal freedom.
After all, the options of staying or accompanying mentioned by the brainworm do not specify a specific time period. It can be forever, or it can be gone in the next moment.
Zhou Qing could vaguely sense that the attitude of the brain worm was just like that. It all depended on how they understood the rules it set.
Otherwise, the brain worm should have added a time limit directly after this option, just like the time limit it set for punishing Taros and Tais: one thousand years.
But the brainworms have no such restrictions on them.
Maybe it’s because he’s worried about Atarja’s strength?
Or is it really very reasonable?
But no matter what, the Zerg, no, it should be said that the brain worm, an individual with independent thinking, gave them the greatest respect.
Zhou Qing thought it was reasonable and necessary to respond to the expectations of this "newborn" who was just three days old and play with it.
(End of this chapter)
