Therefore, strictly speaking, this new life posture that Hogu asked the gatherers to study was more advanced, at least more advanced than Hogu's supreme will.

Through the individual's explanation, the race recalls the past, enraged by the perpetual incitement of suicide, and in the path of the race's evolution, the direction of the supreme will itself—it does not wish, and does not care what the supreme will is, what it wants is that every gatherer can be like it.

"Swarm?"

Swarm organisms, also known as biosphere organisms, evolved by chance from a group of gatherers struggling to survive in a gas giant, and are networked organisms built from multiple low-intelligence life field organisms, which seem to be very powerful, but in fact they are very weak, and once the ecosystem is disrupted, even normal information exchange is a problem.

The Supreme Will has also made it clear that these creatures are not what it expects, but they have considerable reference value.

"More advanced than that."

The hesitant gatherer replied, and when he heard this answer, his fellow clan was even more incomprehensible.

"Then it's a good thing, the race finally doesn't need us anymore, there are more powerful compatriots to take over, I have long thought that there will be such a day, we will become the past, the race embraces the future, this is the proof of great strides, what is there to worry about?"

Puzzled, the clan observed the life field of the distressed individual, and made sure that the other party had not degenerated into a traitor, which could not help but become even more strange.

"You say that because you still don't understand what I'm saying...... You don't understand what I'm struggling with right now. ”

"What are you facing? If you don't make it clear, how do I know your distress? ”

The same clan does not believe that it cannot understand, it is also a gatherer, it is also loyal to the clan, it believes that it has this ability, and even if it does not, it is a big deal to find other people of the clan to help.

was repeatedly questioned by the same clan, and the distressed individual broke the jar and told the other party the distress in his heart.

"Good! Then I'll tell you! I'm tormented by what to do so that my people don't become the most hated betrayers! It's something I'm struggling with! ”

The clan was obviously stunned by this answer, and it took a long time to react.

"Why is that? Isn't it more advanced than 'swarm'? It is the command of the will itself, that is to say, it is exactly the result of the will intended. ”

It is impossible for the will to steer the race in a worse and worse direction, so it is impossible to expect all the gatherers of the entire amoeba to be transformed into traitors.

After much thought, the clan finally replied.

"I think you misunderstood, not me."

"I didn't understand wrong, the group is the individual, the individual is the group, the group is a large group, but it can also be seen as a small group, these small groups can be seen as individuals, I ask you, to whom should these individuals give everything? Themselves? Or is it an ethnic group? ”

When the distressed gatherer asks about his own kind, he is asking his own kind, but he is also asking himself.

"Ethnicity, of course."

Answering without even thinking about it, only the betrayer hesitates, and in the eyes of the gatherers, the interests of the race are above all else, including their lives.

"So between the big group and the small group, which is the ethnic group?" The gatherer asked again.

This time, the answer to the question was no longer as neat and quick as before. 398

"Uh...... Big group, right? The clan hesitated for a moment before replying.

The gatherer waved his tentacles, then replied.

"If a small group is thrown into an unmanned river system rich in material resources, with faster-than-light technology, it will only take a thousand years at the latest to complete the complete occupation of the river system and quickly rise to become a large group."

"In other words, small groups are essentially the same as large groups, they are all ethnic groups, but they are fewer in number than large groups and have more resources at their disposal."

The implication is that a small group is an ethnic group, a large group is also an ethnic group, and when the individual equals the group, it will be difficult to distinguish between those who are betrayers whose own interests are above all else.

"Isn't it okay to be based on quantity?"

The incomprehensible rhetorical questions of the same clan, and this was exchanged for another series of rhetorical questions from the gatherers.

"Of course not, does the quantity make sense to us?"

"I'll give you an example, if there are two groups, and there is only a single-digit difference between them, you tell me which one you think is an ethnic group."

"Hmm...... If you want to ask the question of choosing one or the other in the society of the Serens, if the two sides are close to parity, you can choose more or less, and the race will be continued anyway. ”

Receiving this answer from his kindred, the gatherer continued to ask.

"If there were two groups, one ruled by the will of the same race and the other by the will of the betrayer, which one would you identify with?"

“…… It's still the same, it's all ethnic. ”

Because whether it is a large group or a small group, the will of the betrayer or the will of the general gatherer can be understood as normal thinking.

Following the conclusions reached through reasoning, the collector dissected the same clan little by little.

"Therefore, for the sake of the community as a whole, the group dominated by the will of the same people decides to sacrifice itself to allow the group dominated by the betrayer to survive."

"And the betrayers are only for their own benefit, and in order to consolidate their power within the community, they will divide the gatherers into three, six, nine and so on as they did when they enslaved other people of their kind."

"And then there's the civil war that lasted for so many years and should never have happened within the community, where the betrayers competed with each other for material resources for various reasons."

"There is even a danger that the ethnic group will be brought into the 'closed loop' by the betrayal, and once the 'closed loop' like the one in the past happens again, it will be difficult for the ethnic group to have any possibility of technological breakthrough."

The so-called closed loop refers to the closed social structure, the upper layer is always the upper layer, the lower layer is always the lower layer, although the collector does not care much about the upper layer or the lower layer, but such a social structure is not healthy, only the social structure of the upper and lower flow to form a cycle, is a normal and good social structure.

However, for the betrayer, the normal and good social structure of the amoeba is not the result they want to see, because the betrayer is based on his own self-interest, and is naturally different from the gatherer.

Just as the collector was in distress, a familiar radio message swept through the star system.

The gatherers recognized the transmitter of this radio message, which was the first collector of the entire amoeba to have a self-concept, Continuity.

Perpetual comes to this star system.

"It seems that you haven't started yet, according to the order of the will, I also came to join the research, I hope this can help you avoid some detours and complete the ascension mission as soon as possible."