planter of the future

Fanfan was crying so much that he wailed "I didn't cry" and groaned "I can't stop" aggrievedly. Seeing that An Yi couldn't laugh or cry, at last he was coaxed by the bottle, and Fanfan hugged the bottle and fell asleep sobbing. caught.

Ma Si looked at them kindly, An Yi was uncomfortable being looked at, and wanted to hand Fanfan to Ryan to hold him, but unexpectedly, the little guy fell asleep and was still grabbing An Yi's hair—it seemed to be his hair. Get used to sleeping with your hair.

An Yi had no choice but to hold it by herself.

"I want to visit your snake people." An Yi lowered his voice and said to Ma Si.

Ma Si nodded: "I understand what you mean, but leave it to the wolf king. It's too busy in the Xifan forest now, and it's not as convenient for humans to enter as it is for the orcs. I will send someone to lead the way."

This was what An Yi was waiting for, so he said, "Thank you."

An Yi didn't stay with Masi, and asked Adonis when he left, but Adonis said that he would stay with Masi.

Afterwards, An Yi did not participate in the arrangements for the investigation and contact with the puppet worms.An Yi focused on how to detect the parasitic status of the puppet worms, and how to prevent ordinary people from being parasitized by the puppet worms.

In a sense, this is something that only An Yi and Fanfan can do.

However, what came to fruition earlier than this was the little bag on the head of An Yi's spiritual body—the pink little bag matured again, and it matured two at a time.

An Yi thought, it probably included the golden packet.

An Yi didn't burst out the little jellyfish immediately, but looked at Fanfan curiously: "What is your natal spiritual plant?"

Fanfan was sitting in the stroller, holding the feeding bottle in all directions.Hearing An Yi's question, he hummed twice: "It's Immortal Grass Peak."

An Yi was taken aback: "Isn't that a domain?"

Fanfan rolled his eyes at An Yi: "I told you that the natal spiritual plant is actually the manifestation of the planter's spiritual power. Whatever you think it is, that is what it is."

An Yi pondered, but heard Fanfan add: "However, with your current level of mental power, it is difficult to affect your natal spiritual plant. So your natal spiritual plant still does not know what it is."

"Why don't you know?" An Yi defended himself, pulled out his own little jellyfish, and then pointed to the doll jellyfish that Fanfan leaned on as a pillow: "Isn't it all made by me?"

Fanfan shook his head, and the doll jellyfish under his head gave a contemptuous kaomoji expression at the right time.

"Natural Lingzhi, Lingzhi. Is this Lingzhi? This is the part of my ability that was swallowed by you! I have accumulated it for a long time and purified it. I haven't used it once, but you stole it! "

An Yi originally wanted to complain that the Immortal Grass Peak was not Lingzhi, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, she suddenly became interested: "Tell me?"

"There's nothing to say." Fanfan said angrily, "That's part of the puppet I devoured."

"It's a puppet?" An Yi was stunned, but then his head seemed to be enlightened, and he figured it out.

"I'll go!" An Yi slapped his thigh, took out the two mature pink balls, and crushed one of them.

Countless ant-sized pink jellyfish floated out like spores, and before they fell, An Yi collected them into the storage space of Xiancao Peak - there is a separate area for them in the space.

An Yi took out a little pink jellyfish and squatted beside Fanfan's crib.

"This kind of little jellyfish can be split." An Yi said, and the little pink jellyfish turned into three in his palm.

An Yi looked up at Fanfan: "Do you think it's similar to the division of those puppets?"

With a movement of Fanfan's little hand, the big doll jellyfish stretched out its tentacles, and with the top of the canopy, Fanfan was adjusted to a sitting position.He looked closely at the three little jellyfish and understood what An Yi meant.

"It's really similar." Fanfan said.

An Yi let the little golden jellyfish fall into the palm of his hand again, looked at Fanfan and said, "And do they look like a spiritual net between puppets? Let alone the two of us, but Ares is not a planter, he also Hearing our words and communicating with us mentally. This shows that our spiritual power is connected by them. They are our spiritual network."

Fanfan's eyes widened: "That is to say, you have the characteristics of a puppet, but you just realized them into a spiritual body... No, a puppet is originally a consciousness cloud, and it can be said that it is not too different from this kind of spiritual body." Big difference. So..."

Fanfan put down the bottle, stared at An Yi and said, "Your abilities are not so much similar to them as you are creating them. Just like the queen of an ant colony, the queen bee of a bee colony, you are the queen of puppet worms. "

The corner of An Yi's mouth twitched: "Don't just change my race for me, little ancestor."

"But this is the truth. And it makes sense." Fanfan picked up the bottle again and smashed it, and continued: "If your ability is to create, that is to say, to reproduce, then the reason why the puppet wants you It couldn't be easier.

We guessed before that the consciousness cloud of the puppet worm is reproduced in the way of "transformed from a physical worm", but what if it is not?Entity worms can reproduce on their own, but the puppet worms in the consciousness cloud cannot reproduce?

So, they need you.In other words, you need your ability to reproduce your brain. "

An Yi frowned, all of this was just a guess, but undoubtedly, this guess was too convincing.

"But these are all our guesses, don't worry about it." Fanfan comforted An Yi for the first time: "And think about it in another way, since your little jellyfish is so similar to the puppet, then you can try to use them to detect A parasitized person."

An Yi's eyes lit up: "It's possible."

But soon An Yi frowned and said: "But the premise is that we have to find some people who have been parasitized, otherwise how can we determine whether it is successful or not?"

"No one in Ansenster is as good at finding the puppet worms as you are."

"But I don't know what to do."

Fanfan didn't speak anymore, he didn't know either.When he was still in the state of the cloud of consciousness, he could see the existence of the puppet worm, but now that he has a body, and it is still a newly created body, he can't leave this body easily, otherwise all the previous efforts would be in vain, maybe He has to be a cloud of consciousness that will never grow up for the rest of his life.

An Yi frowned for a while, then cheered herself up again: "Anyway, let's try it first."

In the following time, An Yi devoted himself to this matter, but made no progress.

Midsummer, the team that went to investigate the situation of the snake people came back.This team was led by Langye and composed of orcs, all of whom were familiar with Xifan Forest.

None of them broke, but they brought back a bad news.

A swamp of snakes appeared in the forest.

Longye washed off his exhaustion, and talked with Ares and An Yi about this matter.

"Snake Marsh?" An Yi frowned, and the word gave people goosebumps.

"Yes." Langye recalled what he saw in the forest, and couldn't help frowning: "It was originally the territory of the snake people, but when we arrived, it was already deserted. So we We went to the territory of the royal family of the snake people, which is close to Xinyete, and we were afraid that the people in Jingcheng would startle them, so we took a detour."

"But when we got closer, we realized that the royal territory of the Snake-human clan was also deserted."

An Yi thought for a while and asked, "Has the snake-human race already entered Xinyate?"

Langye shook his head: "I don't know. But we found traces of snake people in the Snake Swamp. Let's talk about the Snake Swamp first."

"The Snake Swamp is in the territory of the snake-human royal family. When we arrived, the territory was surrounded by thick fog, and the fog was poisonous, and the surrounding plants were corroded.

We prepared a bit, then organized a small group and went inside. "

Longye paused, and continued: "The situation inside is worse than outside. I even wonder if it's within the scope of Xifan Forest.

The forest was completely changed, with rotten plants and ferocious beasts everywhere; the ground was piled up with blood, carrion, and rotting plants into thick mud, and the mud was also highly corrosive.This caused injuries to some of our players. "

"And there are living things in there. Some undead beasts are not much of a threat, but some crustaceans are a headache. Their size and attack power are not big, but they are not afraid of the poisonous fog. They can still come and go freely in that kind of mud, and some even live in that mud, and they will jump out and attack when they are not prepared.

Although the attack power is not strong, some small wounds are also very dangerous in the place covered by the poisonous mist. "

"Of course, these are not enough to stop us. When we arrived near the altar of the original snake-human royal family, we found the snake-human."

"Those snake people are very similar to the snake people in the beast tide. They are covered with scales, with long arms and long fingers. They still retain some sense, but they can't be regarded as 'people'.

If I really want to talk about it, it is those snake people who could not speak under the 'Queen' at the time of the beast tide. "

"But their appearance has also changed. Some of their scales have fallen off, and their bodies have decayed to varying degrees. Even the most serious one, I saw that half of his head is gone, but they still move freely.

They spotted us and launched an attack.Compared with the snake people during the beast tide, their physical strength and mobility have decreased, but they have one more ability-using poison. "

"In addition to the snake man, there are rats and horned pythons. Rats are numerous and rotten the most, but they are also the most flexible. The horned python is the most intact and has a strong attack power, as if it was originally living in It’s the same in this environment.”

Langye raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "It took us a lot of effort to get out of it, and we were obstructed when we came out—a lot of snakes came out, and they were all poisonous snakes."

An Yi was also a little scared after hearing this. It can be regarded as a miracle that no one was lost this trip.

After a few people were silent for a while, Fanfan, who was still emotionally weak, spoke first.

Fanfan's doll jellyfish moved under Longye's nose, and a row of characters lit up on the big umbrella cover.

[Those bugs, have you brought back samples? 】

Langye just came back, and he didn't know what An Yi and the others had guessed about the shape of the puppet.

When Fanfan asked, An Yi finally came back to his senses, and explained to Longye: "In Masi's memory, I have seen a strange insect. We think it is a kind of puppet insect. And the snake-human race and the puppet insect The origin of it is very deep, so I think there is a high possibility of puppet insects among those insects."

Langye was taken aback when he heard the words, but then smiled again: "Coincidentally, yes. Some of those bugs are parasites. Some of our injured people were drilled into their legs by bugs. I collected those bugs. When I came back, I was sent to the small building."

【All dead? ] Fanfan asked again.

"Yeah." Longye nodded.

Fanfan felt a little regretful and continued.

【Do you remember what the other bugs looked like?Are there any other discoveries?For example, a puppet in the form of a cloud of consciousness. 】

Langye shook his head and regretted, "Although I have a mental barrier to protect the team, I did perceive something, but because I'm not good at it, I'm not sure."

Fanfan bit the pacifier, the doll jellyfish swayed, and returned to Fanfan, lying on his stomach like a pillow, without a sound.

And Ares, who had been silent all the time, spoke at this time: "It's not so much a puppet that perceives ideology, it's better to say it's... a parasitic state."

"Oh?" Longye raised his eyebrows and looked at Ares.

An Yi also turned to look at Ares.

Ares: "The rotten snake people, rats, and even the non-rotten horned pythons you mentioned may have been parasitized."

Several people suddenly realized.

indeed.

According to Langye, those snake people are the most serious, even half of their heads are lost. How can such people live?

"Very likely." An Yi pondered: "And, does this also mean that the parasitism of puppet insects does not require the host to be independent?"

【idiot! 】

Fanfan's little ancestor lost his temper again.

An Yi has long been used to Fanfan's "ancestral attitude", and has perfectly managed to selectively filter Fanfan's words.

So An Yi asked calmly: "Oh, what advice does my little ancestor have?"

Fanfan didn't hear An Yi's perfunctory at all, but every time he heard "Little Ancestor", he would hum happily twice.

[Since we all know that there are more than one form of puppet worms, do you think that only the consciousness cloud form can parasitize? 】

[You will not forget, in the last days of the earth and the apocalypse of the holy star, the parasitism of those puppet insects, right? 】

"Zombie." An Yi gasped.

Human zombies, according to Longye, similar things appeared in the orcs at that time.The body is dead, yet able to move, without pain, without fear.

"It seems that the puppet worms are much smarter than us." An Yi smiled wryly.

They thought that the evolution of the puppet worms was for the whole race, but they didn't expect that they were also selective.They reproduced so many advantages, they would give up in order to survive, but not what they thought, the whole race made the same sacrifice.

Up to now, the puppet worms don't know how many forms they have, and how many abilities they have evolved with reservations.

Fanfan snorted again.

[As I said before, since the puppet worms have formed a spiritual net, then there is a "worm emperor". 】

[And the puppets that have reproduced so many orcs and fierce beasts are equivalent to gathering tens of thousands or millions of brains. 】

[So many brains serving one consciousness is unprecedented. 】

[Even human scientific researchers have different factions.But they don't. 】

"Stop it." An Yi frowned, he felt like he was listening to a horror story.

Ares stretched out his hand to wrap An Yi's shoulder, and squeezed his broad palm on An Yi's shoulder for comfort.

"So, the whole army of snake people has been wiped out." Ares looked at Longye.

Langye took a sip from his teacup and said, "I'm not sure. The area of ​​the Snake Swamp is very large, and we haven't finished it completely. Moreover, the Snake Swamp is very close to Xinyate, and the fog tends to spread to Xinyate. .

So I think, if the snake-human race is really like Mas said, they have always worshiped puppets.As for the defection of Xinyate's Elephant Human Race, I am afraid that the puppet insects were also involved.Then, it is likely that the fog will eventually envelop Synyat as well.After all, Xinyate's Well City is too close to Xifan Forest. "

"It sounds like the appearance of that snake marsh was premeditated." An Yi said, "Could it be another sacrifice by the snake-human race? Well, if things go on like this, the worm emperor of the puppet worms is likely to be in that well city." inside?"

"The people who went to Xinyete are coming back soon, and we will know when the time comes." Ares said.

But they all know that this matter is almost inseparable.

The next day, news came from Xiaolou.

The corpse of the bug that Langye brought back, although it is not sure if it is a puppet bug.But according to comparison, a section of its gene is very similar to the Gaia virus on Earth.

Afterwards, Duogu went through a large amount of orc historical materials, and found this kind of bug in the totem of a small tribe.This confirmed that this bug was the puppet bug that should have disappeared for many years.

This is bad news.Because this means that An Yi's guess that the puppet worms can choose to evolve independently is solid.There are not only one or two forms of puppet insects, but many kinds. As long as they are willing, they can even produce forms comparable to the biological types of the holy star.

After another five days, the person who went to Xinyete to find out what happened came back.

The news they brought back once again made An Yi cut off his fluke mentality—Xinyate's well city was completely shrouded in poisonous fog; and there were insects in it, and there were many insects.

They went into the well city, and the well city was foggy, but compared to the news brought back by the people last time, there were still some changes in the well city.

First, there are fewer people.In other words, there are fewer people who can see it.

After the investigation team entered Jingcheng, most of the "people" they found were dead bones.Even corpses with a trace of flesh and blood are rarely found.But there were people in the well city, because during their investigation, there were sounds of living things moving around.But no matter how much they paid attention, they couldn't find those people in the end.

They walked many streets, but found nothing.Except for the accompanying voice, not even a cat or dog was seen.

But when they walked to the center of the city, the owners of those voices who had been avoiding them, finally appeared.

That's a bug.A bug covered in hard armor.

The worms were about the size of a dirt dog, with barbed feet like spiders and powerful pincers like ants.

An Yi showed them the images that Mas "drawn" before, and they confirmed that they saw the same bugs as Mas saw.

Those bugs came out from all directions, everywhere on the ground and walls.

The people in the investigation team thought they were dead.

But it didn't.

Those bugs didn't attack them, on the contrary, those bugs drove them away.It wasn't until they retreated to the edge of the Jingcheng wall that the bugs launched an attack.

The members of the investigation team are all natural-type supernatural beings. Although the number is not equal, they will not be caught off guard.

Almost all of them were wounded, but no one died.Until they left Jingcheng.

As soon as they walked out of the walls of Jingcheng, the bugs stopped chasing them, and instead moved quickly to move the bricks and tiles to repair the city walls they had damaged.

But the strange thing was that after they left Jingcheng [-] meters away, a member of their team suddenly fainted.That person didn't suffer any serious injuries, even among a group of people, the injuries were considered light, and there were no signs of poisoning.

This team of investigators, because they were coming to Xinyate, had already been informed of the existence of the puppet worm's consciousness cloud before leaving.So at that time they thought that they should be parasitized.

They didn't dare to stay even more, and quickly returned to Ansenster with the fainted person.Fortunately, on the way back, no one else was parasitized again.

Now, the fainted person is placed in a small building.Duogu and the others couldn't detect that person's brain, so An Yi decided to go and have a look by himself.

The one who fainted was a young man, or should he be called a boy—at least he looked like a boy.He looked very calm, and his face didn't look sick in the slightest, as if he had just fallen asleep and would wake up in the next second.

But after seeing the state of those hundreds of amnesiacs, An Yi didn't think so.

"This is given to you by the puppet." Fanfan said to An Yi while being held in An Yi's arms.

An Yi also knew.

Why let the members of the investigation team leave, why did they parasitize after they left, and why only one person was parasitized.

Because this is specially reserved for An Yi by the worm emperor of the puppet worm, it is a message for An Yi.

"But I haven't learned to separate my consciousness from my body." An Yi frowned.The last time his consciousness was out of the state, he couldn't control it. He didn't want to do it again. After all, he now knew that the purpose of the puppet was on him. If his consciousness was out of the body and he couldn't go back, the result would be obvious , will be captured by golems.

When the time comes, it's too late for An Yi to cry.

"Don't worry." Fanfan kept staring at the drowsy supernatural being, and the voice in An Yi's mind could even be called pleasant: "Since it's for you, naturally I won't read it before you read it." Disappear. Or...you can try it with the mental tentacles."

An Yi thought for a while, and accepted Fanfan's proposal.