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

This consciousness is a kind of collective thinking, which is often seen in various science fiction of Blue Star.

Creatures with a sense of swarming are all group life.

In this group, each individual has his or her own mental consciousness, but their mental consciousness is not independent and sometimes even imperfect.

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

And this supreme thinking, which controls the consciousness of all independent individuals, is the swarm consciousness.

In many of Blue Star's science fiction works about the Zerg, the all-devouring Zerg is considered to be a swarm thinking lifeform, and their supreme thinking is their mother worm.

When Eve examines the corpses of the crypt spiders, she also finds some of their similar characteristics.

Unlike other independent creatures, these crypt spiders do not have complete souls, their souls are unformed, and they are not technically able to support the normal functioning of a living organism on their own.

This means that there is also a more powerful consciousness or soul controlling them.

And when these crypt spiders entered Eve's kingdom, all their contact with the outside world was completely cut off.

Their own mutilated souls alone cannot survive properly.

So...... After struggling for a moment, they naturally collapsed and died.

Not only that, but while these crypt spiders were struggling, Eve could even faintly sense that there seemed to be an unknown being in the distance trying to send some kind of mind signal to reconnect with them......

And the direction of that signal source is in Rivinedell!

It's just that it is obvious that the other party could not break through the obstacles of the kingdom of God, and finally failed.

"So...... Behind these crypt spiders is indeed a more powerful being, or individual. I'm afraid the last consciousness I felt was it, a bit like the Zerg Mother! ”

Eve's heart moved.

At this time, he also understood why the black dragon Merrell was reluctant to help the player deal with the Crypt Spider.

The chicken thief's colored "silver dragon" must have known the secrets of the crypt spiders.

It's probably already aware that the giant spider in the middle of the silver is just a minion, and behind them, there is an existence that even the little black dragon doesn't want to provoke!

It seems that Merrell is not stupid.

"Mother Spider?"

Eve was intrigued.

If it was really the mother worm who controlled so many crypt spiders as he analyzed, I am afraid that her strength would definitely not be weak......

At least...... There is definitely a gold tier!

Eve fell into deep thought.

But then again, how did these crypt spiders get to his kingdom?

Not...... By the way, he just received the player's request for sacrifice.

Offer...... Sacrificial requests.

Eve:......

He vaguely guessed what might be going on.

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

Soon, he saw the image in the player's gourd's eyes.

Rivendell, the entrance to the Underworld.

The deep underground world cave has long been empty at this moment, and you can faintly see the deeper underground scenery, and there is no more crypt spider......

Four players are surrounding a large sacrificial circle not far from the cavern, looking excited.

"! The lunch box was huge, and it was really successful! ”

"Mom! Sacrificed a big guy, plus more than 100 minions, the system actually gave us 1000 contribution points per person! ”

"Hahahaha...... I really sacrificed the BOSS, hahahaha...... It turns out that you can still play like this! ”

"It's amazing, if you encounter a boss that can't be beaten in the future, you will sacrifice them!"

"Hahahaha, the goddess sister's sacrificial circle is really omnipotent!"

"Low-key...... Low profile...... This is our killer feature in the future! ”

"Hahaha! In the future, if we don't like any monster, we will sacrifice it to the goddess! ”

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

"Hahaha, anyway...... The monster we can't beat must have good things on them, and with good things, the sacrificial circle will definitely be swallowed, what are you worried about? ”

"Shhh...... When you say that, it seems to make sense! ”

Players are excitedly discussing as if they have discovered a new continent.

And the nightingale hiding on the side was dumbfounded:

"Unexpectedly...... The sacrifice was really successful......"

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

She's a little messy.

"Miss Nightingale, don't worry, we'll be resurrected. That dead guy is estimated to be in the Chosen City now, don't believe it, his body is still there? ”

"Hahaha, you'll see him when you get back to the city in a while!"

The other players laughed.

Nightingale:......

She was stunned, looked in the direction of the array, and found that the corpse of the elven warrior was indeed gone, only a trail of blood......

"Unexpectedly...... It's really gone. ”

She muttered in shock.

"Wait...... He wouldn't have been sacrificed, would he? ”

The elven girl's face suddenly turned pale.

"Hahaha! No, the sacrificial circle doesn't eat the player's, someone has tried it before. ”

The other players replied.

Nightingale:......

But soon, her face was full of doubts again, and she muttered to herself:

"The spiders that were sacrificed...... Is it really a good fertilizer? Do you also need fertilizer under the crown of the mother goddess? ”

Eve:......

What the hell is fertilizer?

What strange knowledge did the players transmit?

He looked confused.

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

Sure enough, it was sacrificed by the players!

He couldn't laugh or cry.

God knows, Eve's magic circle, which was originally just for believers to sacrifice divine blood crystals to him, would be played by players like this.

They even sacrificed the monster they were going to fight!

Should we say that the players are really a bunch of creatures who are used to finding bugs in the game?

From the scrap at the beginning, to the current direct sacrifice of the monster BOSS......

Wait a minute...... They won't sacrifice living creatures every day, will they?

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

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 in Eve's control, and he can even drain all the life force of the sacrifice, the risk is too great.

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

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

If the sacrifice is successful, forget it, and Eve will laugh at it.

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

The sacrificial circle acts on the essence of the true god, and as the World Tree, Eve's sacrificial circle has a pattern that belongs to him, and anyone who knows how can see it.

And...... This is like cheating, and it is not conducive to the growth of players, let alone their image among believers.

Accepting the Sacrifice of Living Creatures...... That's what the evil gods do!

Generally speaking, the new gods who have been converted will not accept the sacrifice of living creatures.

This is a kind of respect for life, which can be regarded as the standard of the true gods of the Seges Continent since ancient times.

Otherwise, everyone would play the live sacrifice, and the entire Saigs world would have been chaotic for a long time.

Eve thought about it, already thinking about patching.

And at this time, the discussion among the players continues.

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

Some players moved their hearts and put their minds on the underground lair.

Hearing his words, the eyes of the other players were full of interest.

Even the boxed lunch is a sight to behold.

Sacrificing a metal spider leg will only give Poor Baba 5 Contributions.

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

Because as long as he helps in the forge shop, the elf forge Carlos will promise the player to make this spider leg into a powerful arrow, and then sell it to other shooters, and the player can sell it for 15-20 contributions!

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

But...... I'm afraid there are thousands of crypt spiders in that nest.

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

All sacrifices, this is 400,000 contributions!

Not counting the legs of the larger spiders that contribute more, and the giant spiders!

If you bring them all out, you will sacrifice them all......

Hiss......

This...... How much contribution does this have to be!

Damn...... It's not a dream to be dressed in gold!

"! It feels like we're going to get rich! ”

All the players reacted, and their expressions were thrilled and excited.

"Is there enough paint to draw the circle?"

"There are quite a few ......"

The lunch box clenched his fist, slapped his thigh, and made a decision:

"It's done!"

After speaking, he looked at the nightingale again:

"You go back first, the next one will be very dangerous, I can't take you with me."

tone, unquestionable.

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

Seeing the boxed lunch and the other chosen ones who suddenly became excited, the nightingale was stunned.

She stamped her foot in exasperation and scolded:

"This self-talking wood!"

And seeing the players excitedly rushing towards the mine, Eve felt strange in her heart.

"They found a nest of crypt spiders?"

"They...... You don't know there's a big guy behind these spiders, right? ”

The existence of the consciousness signal that can be vaguely felt by Eve is probably at least at the golden level!

Gold Tier, that's a real high tier!

And if it is a swarm thinking lifeform, I am afraid that there are still groups of tens of thousands of little brothers.

In Eve's opinion, these guys are simply crazy about money.

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

Wait, as if they weren't afraid of death either.

Eve shook her head secretly.

However, since they had discovered the nest of the crypt spider and were planning to continue to die, he did not intend to stop it.

"This ...... Maybe it's an opportunity to bring out the matrix behind it. ”

Eve was ready to come to her incarnation at any moment.

"If they can really draw out the mother body of the crypt spider, why not give me a chance to subdue it and give them some contribution?"

Able to subdue the spider mother behind her, 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 everything about the surrounding situation.

Not to mention, this is a force that is not weak!