"This is what the empire calls a greedy wolf." The Seventeenth Elder stood on the top of the mountain, looked at the huge shadow that slowly rose and fell in the gray mist below, and said, "Ever since we were subdued, we have been secretly hiding the greedy wolf in the mountain in order to prevent the Empire's surprise attack. ”

The chief designer looked at the greedy wolf, with a flickering light in his eyes: "You hidden insects are based on this gray smoke of the greedy wolf?" How does it work? Does this smoke have transfiguration properties? Or can smoke alter the original genetic sequence of cryptozonas and cause mutations? ”

"Uh......" Elder Seventeen said, "The creation of the Crypto Worm is not the responsibility of the Hong Clan, but I have already asked my subordinates to call the developer of the Crypto Worm, it is on this mountain, and it is estimated that it will be ...... soon Look, that's it, it's coming, that's the maker of cryptoscots. ”

The chief designer looked at an alien who was climbing up from the mountainside, and his eyes narrowed: "A raccoon dog? ”

The Seventeenth Elder said, "Yes, the Raccoon Dog Clan. This raccoon dog clan is born an outlier in the clan, and its mind is very useful. Legend has it that the way of heaven is not absolute, there is always a glimmer of life, and it is probably said that this is the existence. Who would have known that the raccoon dog clan who wanted to come to the bloody dementia could have such a guy? ”

"What's it called?" The chief designer looked at the figure that jumped on the rocks with his hands and feet like a raccoon cat, constantly trying to approach the top of the mountain, and couldn't help but be interested, it was actually a raccoon dog?

The Raccoon Dog is one of the standard assault fighting races of the primeval races. Their bodies are covered with a layer of bone armor that grows out of their flesh, covering their heads and shoulders down, and even on their hind legs, they are very hard.

They look like elongated raccoon dogs, but the fur on their bodies is not as long as that of raccoon dogs, and they are replaced by large bone armor and can walk upright. Generally speaking, the adult raccoon dog is estimated to be able to cover the upper half of the head, and wrap the neck, chest and back, and the lower jaw is exposed.

Due to their anatomy, they are fast, adept at navigating mountains and grasses, and are highly concealed. The bones of the head and back are able to withstand bullets and bows and arrows. Therefore, the raccoon dog clan is often used as an assault attacker, rushing into the enemy's camp and destroying the enemy's fortifications and fire network.

But the IQ of the raccoon dog itself is generally not high, and these guys who look very much like beasts, like their appearance, have a heart like a beast. The raccoon dog people love blood and fight. Even when there are no foreign enemies, they will engage in nest fighting, fighting to the death in the territory.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that the reproduction ability of the raccoon dog family has not allowed them to flood in number, and the mass-produced raccoon dog clan has either died in battles with other races, or has been digested internally by itself, and basically maintains a stable state.

The Raccoon Dog Assault Attackers that the aliens are now using are generally sub-clans that have been re-bred in other places by the people who have been brought out of the Raccoon Dog clan itself. As long as they keep opening up new places to live, these guys will be able to continue to multiply, and they will be able to form a huge tribe without three or four years of shooting.

Therefore, when it was discovered that the alien race that produced the hidden insect would actually be a raccoon dog, the chief designer was so surprised. The general IQ of the raccoon dog family, not to mention the design of a new species classification, I am afraid that even addition, subtraction, multiplication and division will be a problem, who can know that there will be a kind of existence in Heyang?

The Seventeenth Elder looked at the approaching Raccoon Dog clan and whispered to the chief designer, "It's called Jiayi. ”

It didn't take long for Jia Yi to jump to the top of the mountain, stand upright, look at the seventeenth elder and say, "Elder, are you looking for me?" Did the cryptoscots find something wrong? If there's a problem, I can fix it right away. ”

The chief designer immediately shook his head with some disappointment, and the seventeenth elder was surprised and asked, "Why is the chief designer a little dissatisfied?" Don't you believe that the beetle is the one that created the hidden insect? ”

The chief designer said: "I didn't mean that, since the cooperation, you and I have been honest with each other, and I naturally believe what the Seventeenth Elder said." I shook my head that it was a pity that such a smart guy was not trained to be a qualified researcher in the environment of all races. ”

The Seventeenth Elder and Jia Yao were both stunned, Jia Yi looked at the chief designer, looked up and down, and said unexpectedly: "Human? Yes, humans! So tell me, what exactly is a qualified researcher? I, Jiayi, broke the curse of the Raccoon Dog Clan for many years, created a hidden insect, and can even restrain you from being a mecha, am I not a genius? Why do you say I'm not a qualified researcher? ”

The chief designer smiled: "First of all, it's the empire's mecha, not ours. Secondly, your Crypto Worm does not restrain mechs, but sneaks up on mechs. Sneak attacks aside, the Cryptont is nothing in front of the mech. But what the mecha itself is good at is a battlefield rush, not a night raid. ”

"The human combat system is very complex, even if you can use the Hidden Worm to sneak attack and destroy the opponent's mecha, the opponent can still maintain enough combat effectiveness, which has been proven by countless facts. Therefore, the cryptoscot has no restraint effect at all, it is nothing more than a miracle effect. ”

"Finally, as a qualified researcher, you shouldn't have said that if there was a problem, I would solve it right away. When you say this, it already shows that you don't have the consciousness and enterprising spirit that a researcher should have, is it that the problem only needs to be solved when it appears? ”

"Your crypto worm is still not perfect, at least the problem between sneak attack and head-on conflict I am talking about has not been solved, and a qualified researcher should never be satisfied with his achievements. They will look for the problems in the results they create, take the initiative to explore, and take the initiative to escalate, rather than waiting for the problems to occur. ”

"Obsessed with what breaks the spell of the raccoon dogs? What restraint mechs are addicted to? Think you're a genius? Amusing! The raccoon dog clan is a group of low-IQ existences, since you already have enough IQ, you should have the consciousness to completely separate yourself from the raccoon dog clan, instead of being a swan in a group of chickens and be complacent! ”

"What? With a result, you feel like you can eat it for a lifetime? Relying on the Crypto Worm, you plan to make a great contribution on the battlefield? Let's not talk about whether the Crypto Worm can play such a big role, let's talk about the Empire, and now they are already working on the Crypto Worm. ”

"I ask you, are you a genius? You may not even have a tenth of the genius of humanity, the Empire is full of talent, and you're just a lucky guy who discovered the secret. And those who are more powerful than you, the empire has, they are all busy making special means for crypto insects, what will you do when the time comes? ”

"The Empire has acquired the consciousness of self-evolution, and you are still living in your own right. Wait until the empire comes up with something and you find out oops! The Hidden Worm is broken, and then you take the Empire's methods to study and find a solution, and when you have researched a solution, the Empire's front has advanced to the territory of the Ten Thousand Races. ”

"Even when you come up with a solution, you suddenly find that the Empire has long expected you to use such a solution to solve their means, and they have prepared ten thousand coping strategies to make your solution useless, such a history, isn't it repeated over and over again between the races and the human race?"

"That's it? Would you like to say that you are a qualified researcher? The chief designer sneered: "I repeat, you are just a guy who was lucky enough to discover the secret, real scientific research is not like this, and real researchers should not be like you." ”

Listening to the words of the chief designer, Jia Yi was stunned on the spot. Its face was covered in bones, and it was impossible to see the expression inside. Of course, even if he saw the expression inside, the chief designer didn't know what emotion a raccoon dog's expression represented.

However, the pair of eyes exposed in the bone armor revealed the change in Jia's mood now. It was confused at first, then angry. This anger came from its bloodline nature and lasted for quite some time. The Chief Designer and the Seventeenth Elder were all waiting, waiting for Jia Yao to defeat him.

They all knew that if the armor could not use reason to overcome the blood and tyranny that existed in the bloodline, then it would never be useful. Without a sane mind, it's really just a guy who has discovered secrets, and any intelligent race can take its place.

After about three minutes, Jiayi's body trembled, and he seemed to wake up suddenly, and then excitement and anticipation appeared in his eyes. When it raised its head and looked at the chief designer again, it had changed dramatically: "Human! Can you teach me how to be a qualified researcher? ”

The chief designer smiled slightly: "Otherwise, what am I doing here?" ”

When he went down the mountain, the seventeenth elder glanced back at the one person and one raccoon dog who were being discussed on the top of the mountain, and his mood was still a little complicated. It knew that from now on, Jiayi might no longer belong to all races. But relying only on the power of the nations themselves, it will never be possible to create more things against the Empire.

Times have changed, and all races should learn to be flexible. Humans have created mechs that can formally compete with the aliens, and the advantages of the aliens are gone. Human beings took this opportunity to open the Second War of the Ten Thousand Races, and they are full of confidence, and at this time, if they don't die and be flexible, sooner or later they will be completely driven out of the continent by humans.

Of course, it's too late to find a workaround, or at least it's too late. The Seventeen Elders are gambling, gambling that even if the smart guys of all races are brought out by the people of the Origin, they will not all take refuge in the Origin. After all, the benefits that Origin can give them are never enough.

The reason why Origin was able to expand so rapidly and on such a huge scale was nothing more than for the sake of immortality. And their immortality comes from the study of human detachment. In other words, the results of their research have actually had no effect on the Wan Nation, let alone any temptation.

The Seventeenth Elder believed that there would be many people who had learned the spirit of origin research to stay in the foreign race and continue to fight for the prosperity of all races. And the nail in front of him is the first experiment. The expansion of the Crypto Worms is indeed urgent, and they urgently need a way to reach deep into the rear of the Imperial front to disrupt their supplies.

It sighed, looked at the mountain in front of it, and looked at the greedy wolf sleeping on the ground halfway up the mountainside, and couldn't help but sigh. When will they have to rely on this half-heaven and earth alien to protect the territory that originally belonged to them? It feels like history has been reversed.

And the beetle on the top of the mountain has been explained to the chief designer in the research and development process of the crypto insect: "The discovery of the crypto insect is indeed an accident. This kind of bug, itself a kind of phosphor bug, only survives in a few places, and there is a lake around the raccoon dog family that can thrive. ”

"You know, in that kind of place, I feel like I'm surrounded by fools, crazy people who can only fight, and I'm actually very uncomfortable. Normally, I don't have any other hobbies, so I like to go to the nearby lake by myself to see this bug, and gradually I began to understand how to observe and study the survival characteristics of a creature. ”

"The bug is oviparous, and an adult female can produce about 10 to 20 eggs at a time. The size of the eggs is only about five millimeters in diameter, and they do not exceed one centimeter in diameter. These eggs are usually laid in the crevices of rotting wood near the water, I guess to keep them warm. ”

"The ovipositor of the bug is very long, and it can lay eggs at any time from early spring to late fall. Later, it was proved that what makes them have the desire to lay eggs is actually the temperature, as long as the ambient temperature reaches the standard, they can continue to lay eggs. This also confirms my previous conjecture that the eggs are not hatched if the temperature is not enough. ”

"After the eggs hatch, the larvae are very small, white bugs. The insect is elongated, about two centimeters long when born, like a thread. They generally eat the tender branches and leaves of low plants, and a larva can eat about half a palm-sized leaf a day at first, and finally two to three such leaves a day when they are nearing maturity. ”

"After growing to maturity, the length of the insects is about five centimeters, and they are also very thin, I have not measured how thin they are, but they are often active in the water, like silk threads floating in the water, very inconspicuous, and they can hardly be found in the water."

"Then, they start looking for localized pupae. The place of pupation is usually in the shade of a branch with a height of 10 to 15 meters, and now it spits out secretions around it, forming a kind of cocoon about the color of the trunk, and then pupates inside the cocoon, curling up into an almost spherical pupa shape. ”

"After about five to eight days, the bug can break out of the pupal and become a kind of moth that sheds starlight powder on its wings. The effect of this phosphor itself is not very obvious, but I found that it can change the state of light according to the shape of the background. ”

"It's like a simulation, it's fun. But I didn't take this phenomenon to heart at the time, and as for the other races, they probably never observed the shape and change of the phosphor glow scattered by the bugs. Otherwise, this bug wouldn't even have a name. ”

"Later, I came to Rokuzan because of the transfer and was in charge of guarding the nearby battle line, and I was watching the temperature promote the hatching of eggs, so I brought some eggs with me. Then I saw the clouds that filled the mountain. ”

"Gradually, I noticed that this cloud seemed to have a similar effect. This cloud is able to change shape depending on the surrounding environment and can even confuse the eye by simulating the appearance of a forest. The smoke appears to be alive in its own right, rather than being controlled by greedy wolves. ”

"I started to wonder what would happen if I could make the phosphor that the bugs emit have the same effect? So I divided the eggs into three parts, one to hatch in the smoke, one to incubate in the normal environment and then send the smoke to grow, and the other to become worms, put them in the smoke and let them mate to produce new offspring, and observe the changes of these worms. ”

"In the end, I found that smoke seems to have a particularly strong effect on insect growth. The eggs and larvae died in the smoke in less than a few days. Only adults can survive the smoke, but the number of survivors is less than 30% of the total, and the number of those who successfully mate and give birth to offspring is halved. ”

"Fortunately, the eggs laid by the mating adults eventually hatched in the smoke and acquired both. However, after the mutation, the dust emitted by the hidden insects has turned gray and is constantly flowing, and it is unknown where the generated energy comes from. ”

After hearing this, the chief designer suddenly laughed, what kind of research is this, this is simply the original means of people using the principle of natural selection to cultivate mutated organisms at the beginning. There is no theoretical basis, let alone specific observation data, and it is impossible to involve the genetic level and the law level.

Moreover, Jia Yao didn't know what kind of attribute the energy of the hidden insect and greedy wolf was, and he didn't understand the source of this energy at all. How much energy does dust produce? Of course, it comes from heaven and earth, and the ubiquitous dark matter hidden in the back of the world is its energy source.

What the chief designer sees is far from the future of a cryptoscopic worm. He was thinking, since the Crypto Worm can obtain the ability of the greedy wolf to communicate with the dark matter plane, if other creatures also obtain this power through similar means, can they better manipulate the dark matter energy?

In this case, in the face of all living beings who use positive material energy, is it invincible?