Game of the World Tree

Swarm consciousness, also known as colony thinking, or swarm consciousness.

This awareness is a kind of groupthink, often seen in Bluestar's various sci-fi.

Creatures with a swarm consciousness are swarms of life.

In this group, each individual has its own consciousness, but their consciousness is not independent, sometimes even imperfect.

Above them, there is a more powerful consciousness that controls them, like a king.

And this supreme mind that controls all independent individual mind consciousness is the hive consciousness.

In many of Bluestar's sci-fi works about Zerg, the Zerg that devours everything is considered to be a kind of hive mind, and their supreme mind is their mother.

When Eve looked at the corpses of the crypt spiders, he also found some similar characteristics of them.

Unlike other independent creatures, these crypt spiders do not have complete souls. Their souls are all formless, and strictly speaking, they cannot independently support the normal operation of a living body.

This shows that above them, there is also another more powerful consciousness or soul that controls them.

When these crypt spiders entered the kingdom of Eve, all their connections with the outside world were completely cut off.

It is impossible for them to survive normally with their own broken souls alone.

So... after struggling for a while, they naturally collapsed and died of their own souls.

Not only that, when these crypt spiders were struggling, Eve could even faintly feel that there seemed to be unknown existences in the distant places trying to send some kind of thinking signal to reconnect with them...

And the direction of the signal source is located in Rivendell!

However, it was obvious that the other party could not break through the obstacles of the kingdom of God, and finally failed.

"So...there is indeed a more powerful being behind these crypt spiders, or an individual. I am afraid that the last consciousness I felt was it, a bit similar to the Zerg Queen!"

Eve's heart moved.

At this time, he also understood why the black dragon Meriel was unwilling to help the player deal with the crypt spiders.

This chicken thief's colored "silver dragon" must know the secrets of the crypt spider.

I am afraid it already knows that the giant spiders in the middle of silver are just minions, and behind them, there is an existence that even the little black dragon is unwilling to provoke!

It seems that Merrill is not stupid.

"Queen of Spiders?"

Eve became interested.

If it is really analyzed by him, the mother who controls so many crypt spiders, I am afraid that the strength is definitely not weak...

At least... there must be a golden rank!

Eve was lost in thought.

But then again, how did these crypt spiders come to his kingdom of God?

Hmm... By the way, he just accepted the sacrifice requests from the players.

Offer... a sacrifice request.

Eve: ...

He vaguely guessed what might be going on.

Thinking of this, Eve absorbed all the remaining life force in these crypt spiders, then sank into consciousness, found the player who had just prayed, and put it into the other party's field of vision...

Soon, He saw the picture in the eyes of the player Hulu.

Rivendell, the entrance to the underworld.

The deep underground world cave has already become empty at this moment, and you can faintly see the deeper underground scenery, and there is no longer a crypt spider...

The four players were surrounding a huge sacrificial circle not far from the cave, looking excited.

"Fuck! The lunch box is huge, and it really succeeded!"

"Damn it! After sacrificing a big guy, and adding more than a hundred minions, the system actually gave us 1,000 contribution points!"

"Hahahaha... I really sacrificed the boss, hahahaha... I can still play like this!"

"It's amazing. If you encounter bosses that you can't beat in the future, you will sacrifice them!"

"Hahaha, sister goddess's sacrificial array is really omnipotent!"

"Low-key...low-key...this is our trump card in the future!"

"Hahaha! If we don't like any wild monster in the future, we will sacrifice it to the goddess!"

"Don't be too happy! Maybe not all living things can be sacrificed."

"Hahaha, anyway...We can't beat the monsters, there must be good things on them, and if there are good things, the sacrifice array must be swallowed, what are you worried about?"

"Hey...you say that, it seems to make sense!"

The players discussed excitedly, as if they had discovered a new continent.

And Nightingale, who was hiding aside, was stunned:

"It turned out...the sacrifice was really successful..."

"Wait... someone was killed by a spider! Aren't you sad?"

She is a little messy.

"Don't worry, Miss Nightingale, we will be resurrected. The dead guy is probably already in the city of heaven. If you don't believe me, look, is his body still there?"

"Hahaha, you'll see him when you return to the city!"

The other players laughed.

nightingale:……

She was stunned for a while, looked at the direction of the formation, and found that the corpse of the elf warrior had disappeared, only a bloodstain...

"It turned out...really gone."

She murmured in shock.

"Wait...he won't be sacrificed too, will he?"

The face of the elf girl suddenly turned pale.

"Hahaha! No, the sacrificial array doesn't eat players. Someone has tried it before."

The other players replied.

nightingale:……

But soon, doubts appeared on her face again, and she muttered to herself:

"Those sacrificed spiders...are they really good fertilizer? Does Her Majesty need fertilizer too?"

Eve: ...

What the hell is fertilizer?

What strange knowledge did the players transmit?

He was bewildered.

However, after seeing the huge sacrificial circle on the ground, Eve also confirmed the guess in her heart.

Sure enough, the players sacrificed!

He was a little dumbfounded.

God knows, the magic circle that Eve originally only intended for believers to sacrifice god blood crystals to him would be played like this by players.

They even sacrificed the monster they were about to fight!

Should it be said that players are really a group of creatures who are used to finding game bugs?

From the scraps at the beginning, to the direct sacrifice of monster bosses...

Wait...they won't sacrifice living creatures every day from now on, will they?

He imagined the scene of a group of living creatures being thrown into the kingdom of God by the players every day, and then running around in the kingdom of God...

Eve: ...

No, no, this loophole has to be closed.

Although the life and death of the creatures sacrificed to the kingdom of God are all controlled by Eve, he can even take all the vitality of the sacrifice, but the risk is too great.

Because once this hole is opened, it is estimated that the players will not stop at all.

I am afraid that when they encounter a difficult enemy in the future, they will find a way to sacrifice each other...

If the sacrifice was successful, it would be fine, and Eve would accept it with a smile.

But if the sacrifice fails and the sacrifice circle is exposed to the enemy, and the enemy happens to be Eve's hostile force, then his existence can be completely exposed...

The sacrificial circle acts on the body of the true god, and as a world tree, Eve's sacrificial circle has lines unique to him, and anyone who knows it can see it.

Moreover... this is like cheating, and it is not conducive to the growth of players, and it is not conducive to his image among the believers.

Accepting the sacrifice of living creatures... that is what the evil gods do!

Generally speaking, the new gods who have turned to righteousness will not accept the sacrifice of living creatures.

This is a kind of respect for life, and it can be regarded as the criterion among the true gods since ancient times.

Otherwise, everyone will be playing live sacrifices, and the entire Saiggs world has long been in chaos.

Eve pondered, and already had the idea of ​​patching in her mind.

At this time, the discussion among the players continued.

"Wait... If that's the case, why don't we go back to the mine road? There are so many crypt spiders in the spider lair there, if we sacrifice all of them... This, how much contribution does this have to make? !"

With a move in the heart of a player, he put his mind on the underground lair again.

After listening to his words, the eyes of other players all had intentional expressions.

Even the boxed lunch was a sight to behold.

Sacrificing a metal spider leg, the game system will only give a poor 5 contribution points.

Generally speaking, players still choose to give spider legs to elf NPCs.

Because as long as he helps in the forging shop, the elf blacksmith Carlos will allow the player to make this spider leg into a powerful arrow, and then sell it to other shooters to sell 15-20 contribution points!

Even if it is sold to Carlos himself, he will give the player 10 contribution points!

But... there are probably thousands of crypt spiders in that nest.

10,000 crypt spiders, one spider has eight legs, if sacrificed, one leg is 5 points of contribution...

All sacrifices, this is 400,000 contribution points!

Not counting the spider legs of the large spiders with higher contribution, and the giant spiders!

If they were all drawn out, they would all be sacrificed...

hiss……

This... how much contribution does this have to have!

Omg... it's not a dream to be dressed in gold!

"Fuck! It feels like we're going to make a fortune!"

All the players reacted, and their expressions were excited.

"Is there enough paint to draw the circle?"

"There are many more..."

Bento clenched his fist, patted his thigh, and made a decision:

"Done!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Nightingale again:

"You go back first, it will be very dangerous, and I can't take you with me."

Tone, no doubt.

After speaking, he turned around with the group and ran to the underground mine...

Seeing the boxed lunch and the other Chosen who suddenly became excited, Sa Yazi ran away, Nightingale was stunned.

She stamped her feet angrily and cursed:

"This self-talking wood!"

And seeing the players excitedly rushing to the mine, Eve felt strange.

"They found a crypt spider's lair?"

"They... don't know that there are big guys behind these spiders?"

The existence of the consciousness signal that Eve can vaguely feel, I am afraid that the rank has at least reached the golden rank!

Gold rank, that is the real high rank!

And if it is a life form of hive thinking, I am afraid there will be tens of thousands of younger brothers.

From Eve's point of view, these guys are just crazy about money.

Really a group of players who don't want to die for money...

Wait, as if they were not afraid of death at all.

Eve shook her head secretly.

However, since Bento and the others discovered the crypt spider's lair and planned to continue to die, He did not intend to stop it.

"This... may be an opportunity to draw out the parent behind it."

Eve made preparations for her avatar at any time.

"If they can really lead out the mother body of the crypt spider, and let me have the opportunity to subdue it, why not give them some contribution points?"

Being able to subdue the spider mother behind, Eve can control the entire crypt spider population.

As a group of crypt spiders that have been entrenched in Rivendell for an unknown number of years, they must know the surrounding situation very well.

Not to mention, this is a powerful force!