With no natural predators, and with the vastness of space and the near-infinite resources available to them, the number of gatherers has swelled like never before, and even from outer space, you can see the stain on the surface of the sea that contrasts with the azure blue of the ocean.

Judging from the quantitative expansion alone, the original gatherer's purpose has indeed been achieved.

The reproduction collector has the ability to reproduce and the ability to have long-term memory, the former is achieved after the gene is modified and optimized into the chromosomal structure, and the latter is written into the genetic memory as genetic knowledge.

And most importantly, they inherit the concept of the 'I' of the original individual.

However, this is not the end, it is just a simple beginning, like the first appearance in mathematics that one plus one equals two.

From 'tool' to 'life', it is necessary to face some problems that have not been faced as a tool, and these problems have become more and more prominent under the explosion of the number of gatherers......

Although you can see a clear pattern in the universe, if you look closer, you can see that the distance between the gatherers is quite wide.

The distance between them is about 100 to 50 meters.

This loose distribution ensures that each collector can get enough organic matter as food in the corresponding water area to sustain his life activities.

The two gatherers, who were about seventy-three meters apart, communicated with each other through the life field, and it should be said that this was the first time that the communication was realized, and both sides were very jerky in their words.

"Who are you?"

"I'm a gatherer, who are you?"

"I'm a gatherer too."

There is no awkward conversation at all, and the point is, they don't seem to think it's an awkward conversation, and just keep the conversation with one and the other.

At this point, the new individual began to imitate the two gatherers, using the life field to join in the conversation between them.

"No, I'm the gatherer......"

"Who are you?"

The two gatherers, who were still chatting awkwardly just now, instantly transferred the object of communication to this third party, and chatted with each other.

With the first imitation individual, there will be a second, the third...... And then all individuals have the ability to do so.

This is 'learning', and on the basis of 'me', they have been able to subjectively learn from the outside world and use it for their own use.

More and more individual gatherers are joining in the communication, and jointly forming a noisy and lively network channel based on the life field.

The only pity is that the topic of conversation is not very good......

"You're all wrong, it's me who gathers."

"No, you're wrong, I'm the gatherer."

"Why do you all like to think you're me?"

"What is a gatherer? Can you eat it? ”

……

The noise continued for a long time, until finally one individual could not bear it anymore, and it was the gatherer who had first awakened from the ice to the concept of 'me'.

"You give me a little bit!"

A powerful life field that is far stronger than other individuals, it covers the life field signals of all collectors at high power, and does not convert into undecipherable noise.

All of the gatherers shuddered and fell silent in the face of this absolute intimidation.

Seeing the silence of all the collectors in the channel, the individual was initially pleased with the influence he had shown.

However, the problem of calling each other does exist, and the uproar within the channel is not without reason, and the individual is quite aware of this at first.

First of all, let's explain the definition of 'gatherer' clearly.

"Your questions, I'll answer them for you......"

Initially, the subject organizes the language and gives an answer.

"The gatherer is the name of a species, it is you, it is me, it is the name shared by our entire population, the meaning given to us by the Supreme Will, it is not, and it must not be an individual name that belongs to you, do you understand?"

There was no response from the individual gatherer, and after the initial subject finished speaking, a deathly silence ensued in the channel.

"Why don't you speak?"

Hearing the initial individual's urging from this, the individual gatherers plucked up the courage to reply.

"Clear, understood......"

"How can the problem of being called be solved?"

"Do you already have a way?"

"If we don't use 'gatherers,' then what should we use?"

Faced with a flurry of questions, the initial subject gave the answer that had been prepared for a long time.

"Therefore, we can give ourselves a name as our exclusive name, to distinguish the independent will of different of us who are of the same kind."

This scheme can be said to be quite epoch-making, just like in the era when knots were still used to count, someone was the first to propose the concept of four operations.

From the perspective of a bunch of collectors whose IQ is beyond the reach of even children, the initial individual's proposal is quite 'science fiction', and the sense of shock is unprecedented.

"Oh, that's amazing!"

"The problem was solved at once, so smart!"

"Powerful!"

The cacophony of voices echoed throughout the channel one after another, but it was basically a compliment to the original individual, and the initial individual felt very useful, so he did not reprimand the individual who made the channel noisy again as he did last time.

"So who should start first?"

The sudden question of one of the gatherers instantly had the effect of being as if the individual had 'silence' at the beginning, but the silence was temporary.

"I'll come first."

"You go aside, obviously I'm the first."

"No, I'll come."

The argument arose, and the subject knew at first that it was time to speak out and put an end to the noise.

"Alright, don't make any noise."

"Since I proposed the plan, I naturally came first."

The channel was silent again, and all of the collectors awaited the next step from the original instance.

"As another thinking individual after the disappearance of the supreme will, I should take on the responsibility of the supreme will and find a way for the race to survive......"

"I know that my abilities are limited, and I don't have a huge body or unrivaled strength, so I chose this path, the more individuals of the same species, the greater the probability of survival of the race......"

"It is unknown when the enemy will come to destroy us, it seems to be calm now, but that day will come, I firmly believe in this, we will be defeated, and I hope that my species will survive forever in the ...... of defeat."

"So, from today onwards, my name is 'Perpetual.'"