LRAB Chapter 325 The Mimicry Brain
Chapter 325 The Mimicry Brain
Chapter 325 The Mimicry Brain
As the first blue mantis hatched—
Then hundreds of lumps on the land were cut open from the inside, and insectoid warriors of various shapes flew out from them, quickly becoming overwhelming.
"Wait! Huh?"
Ye Yang, who was the first to see this scene, was stunned for a moment.
What the hell is this? What's going on?
The void fungus drained almost all of its hyphae, condensed all its energy, and quickly bred more than a hundred Zerg warriors.
Wait, isn't that a clump of fungus? Not a Zerg Queen?
Ye Yang silently watched everything below.
Hundreds of Zerg warriors at the Realm Lord level rushed over and ganged up on the eight Demon Realm Lords.
Despite their rather rudimentary fighting style, their insectoid combat instincts allowed them to successfully kill all the demon realm lords!
Then----
Ye Yang looked on with some horror at both the fallen insectoid warriors nurtured by the fungus and the corpse of the dead demon realm lord.
It actually started to move slightly, and then it shakily stood up.
The countless hairs that sprouted from their bodies were actually hyphae of Void Fungi, and these corpses were probably completely filled with these hyphae.
A long strip gradually grew from the top of these corpses' heads.
It eventually grew into a mushroom.
After the battle, the surviving Zerg warriors and a group of moving corpses formed a circle.
Gradually, it emanated an increasingly powerful force, vibrating repeatedly, seemingly trying to collapse this world in this way, thereby reaching the vast universe outside.
Unfortunately, Ye Yang was prepared and transferred all the shockwaves to himself, stabilizing the entire world.
He was a peak Realm Lord with a life gene level thousands of times higher, and suppressing him was a piece of cake.
"The soul fluctuations of the void fungus tripled after parasitizing those demon corpses—it seems it can enhance its thinking abilities by using the corpses."
Ye Yang's expression was extremely solemn.
He truly hadn't expected that the abilities of this void fungus would be so heaven-defying and bizarre!
This would probably be a nightmare for any plant or flesh-and-blood life form.
Moreover, this evolved in less than a day.
This is the most incredible part!
He grew from the initial cosmic level to the realm master level in less than a day.
Even a Golden Horned Beast with the pinnacle of cosmic bloodline would need thousands of years to grow from a cosmic-level being to a realm lord without consuming the metal combination!
This demonstrates its rapid growth and terrifying potential.
"Then—should we test whether it can, in the form of a World Lord, erode and parasitize an immortal being?"
Ye Yang thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No, continuing like this will only lead to us raising a tiger that will eventually harm us."
"The next step should be the soul annihilation experiment, followed by the limit expansion experiment, to understand the maximum size that the void fungus can expand to under the control of a single soul consciousness —"
Ye Yang had a premonition that the Void Fungus might be a kind of life form similar to the special life form "Nether Sea," whose future divine body size could touch the limits of the rules!
"Is it no use?"
Dark clouds shrouded a desolate land.
More than a hundred giant insects, some with grotesque and sleek shapes, others covered in purple fur, stood upright, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations.
Meanwhile, eight different monstrous beasts, all covered in purple fur, sat on the ground, their eyes gleaming with an eerie light.
"You know how to unleash power to cause the collapse of a world, and you can even speak the common language of the demon race. It seems you really can extract some memories from corpses."
The long-haired youth had appeared at some point, surrounded by an invisible force that caused any foreign objects that approached to automatically dissipate. He stood quietly in front of the group of monsters.
Instantly, hundreds of monsters either turned their heads or rolled their eyes, all looking at the young man.
"You've finally appeared."
"Should I call you Father God? Master?"
The monsters asked in unison.
"Hmm?" Ye Yang couldn't help but laugh: "It seems you've learned quite a bit from their memories, and will use it to train you..."
And I, who initiated this experiment, am called Father God? Heh, too bad, I don't need your loyalty.
"Moreover, from the fluctuations of your clear and innocent soul, I can feel a strong and pure desire; you are lusting after my body."
Ye Yang's eyes grew cold.
The monsters, or rather the newly born void fungal consciousness, nodded in direct agreement: "Yes, I want to grow on you."
There's nothing more to say.
After confirming through conversation that the unified consciousness of the Void Fungus could also possess extremely high intelligence, Ye Yang did not hesitate to unleash a soul attack!
First, the illusion —
This void fungus consciousness has only been born for a short time and has no time to comprehend the fundamental laws of the universe.
Many of the skills and techniques in terms of telekinesis or physical abilities were only recently learned through the memories of the Demon Realm Lord.
They know and remember, but they haven't truly learned it yet.
Therefore, faced with Ye Yang's methods, they were completely powerless to react and were pulled into the illusion.
"Hmm, it seems the only weakness of the Void Fungus is its soul defense. Especially for those with weak willpower, it's easy for them to be controlled and enslaved by illusions, or to be infiltrated, corroded, and killed by their souls."
After Ye Yang controlled the consciousness of this void fungus, its body was completely in a state of operating on instinct.
This allows Ye Yang to better explore the secrets of this strange life form by following the connection between its soul and body.
"Every hyphae actually possesses a faint trace of soul energy. And if there are enough hyphae, they can coalesce to form a relatively powerful soul entity!"
"That's probably how it came to be."
"But this requires a massive amount of mycelium to support it—yet after it possessed the demon's corpse, its soul quickly grew several times stronger. The reason is that it possessed the brain of a truly intelligent life form."
"Before, it was probably like a plant life form such as the Moyun Vine, with only a vague consciousness, equivalent to a young child, acting mostly on instinct. But when it parasitized a corpse, and even when its hyphae formed a special network structure along the neurons in the brain, everything changed—"
Ye Yang observed carefully for a long time before he finally understood.
Use the human body as a comparison.
Those countless ordinary mycelia are actually equivalent to a person's hands, feet, internal organs, and skin. Although they are part of a living organism and carry a soul, their efficiency is very low.
The hyphae of the mimicry neural network structure are equivalent to the human nerve center, or even the brain!
The soul that the brain can contain and the spiritual power it can generate are naturally on a completely different level from ordinary muscles and skin.
Therefore, once the Void Fungus learns to mimic a neural network structure, it essentially mimics a brain, naturally resulting in a significant increase in intelligence and a surge in its soul strength.
In other words, when the Void Fungus can mimic the brain of the Demon Realm Lord and use "their brain structure to think," its "brain domain width" experiences a leap in growth.
It's normal for mental strength to increase dramatically.
Similarly, when multiple mimicry brains are connected in parallel, thinking ability will naturally increase linearly.
"Is this really that incredible?"
Ye Yang was astonished, but after a moment's thought, he shook his head and said, "No, mental power cannot grow indefinitely. The soul itself cannot withstand it; it will create limitations, unless a portion of the mycelium splits off and breaks free from the original soul's control. But—"
With a thought, Ye Yang used his soul-annihilating technique to instantly obliterate the soul of the void fungus.
In an instant, all the monsters and the mycelium on their bodies ceased their life activities and lost their vitality.
"As expected, once separated from the soul, or if the soul is completely destroyed, the cells of the Void Fungus will lose their activity."
"Because a certain primordial energy within the cell is bound to the soul, when the soul dissipates, the primordial energy within the cell also dissipates —"
Ye Yang couldn't say whether he was disappointed or satisfied with this restriction.
Despite this limitation, which makes many operations impossible, the risk of things getting out of control is also eliminated.
At least it won't lead to a situation where you can't control yourself after your own cells detach.
"As it stands, it's quite suitable. But there's one last test—the volume limit!"