Indeed, there is a saying that for such social bugs, individuals should be counted in the unit of the group, and one cannot be regarded as a separate individual, they are only part of the swarm. Shul tapped his thigh lightly and said thoughtfully, "I've heard of this theory, but it's ......."

"You've heard of a ghost. Miridy finally found an opportunity, and not only rudely interrupted Shure's words, but also secretly made a rude gesture that only the two of them could see, "The kind of theory you said can be applied to all biters, but I didn't. The insect swarm here has a real sense of unity, they are not like a whole, they themselves are 'is' a whole, understand, all the insects in this world add up, is a complete individual, we have to face the enemy, not a certain one, a certain group of insects, but the whole insect swarm. ”

"Pavatiga's swarm, each of which has a strict division of labor, is responsible for fighting, building, producing, and taking care of, and it does look like they are formed together into an individual called the swarm, but if you dig deeper, each of them is actually independent, with an independent life system, an independent brain, and even an independent soul. But the swarms we're dealing with now are completely different, none of these things, you know, they are completely dependent on the swarm as an individual to survive, and they won't live long without the swarm. ”

"But......" Shure frowned, obviously not too understanding, not only him, but everyone looked puzzled, unable to figure out the difference between the two, "Pavatiga's social bugs, it seems that they can't leave the tribe ......"

"Don't mention Pavatiga, the bugs in the swarm of Pavatiga, each of them can survive on their own, whether they can survive or not is one thing, but at least theoretically. Just like that group of mutated burrowing spiders, isolating a small spider alone, can you say that it can't survive? Another example is the bee, if you catch Bingfeng and even the queen bee, as long as you are given enough food and space, they can live well. But the swarms here are different, they don't have a self-sustaining system at all, you know? If you leave the swarm, they will starve to death even if you put more food in front of them. ”

"Forget it, I can't explain it to you, come to the research room with me, show you my autopsy results today, and see what I mean. ”

"No, just go to the control room. Xiuer shook his head and said, "You should have a record of your research process in the afternoon, and by looking at the records, you can not only know the results, but also see the process." ”

"It would be nice to have a record, I don't want to do all those tests again, it's too much trouble. ”

"Wei, the video record of the research room in the afternoon should be accessible. Obviously, there were only mercenaries around, but with Shuer's inquiry, Wei answered mechanically from nowhere.

"Now that the video recording is ready, please go to the control room to check it. ”

Nodding to each other, the eight of them ran to the control room with their hearts on their minds, although they didn't particularly understand Miridy's words yet, but if what she said was true, the swarm was really an inseparable whole, then the difficulty of the confrontation would change qualitatively, after all, the difficulty of fighting against four people and fighting against the four people who were divided into four people by the limbs of one person are completely two concepts.

As soon as you enter the control room, you can see that in the corner on one side, the recording image of the research room has been prepared, in the video, Miriday's small phantom standing on the platform, facing a corpse of insects, with a serious expression, looking very comedic.

Poke and poke, poke and poke, a pale green nail poked at Miridy's phantom's face, there is no doubt that the only one who can do this kind of thing is a creature like Lin Jing with an unusual mind: "Eh, it's so fun, obviously there is nothing." ”

"You tree, haven't you ever seen illusion magic, go away, don't poke me in the face. With a slap to Moria's messy hand, Milit nodded to Shure, "It's time to go." ”

“#@￥@#￥。 Shuer whispered to Wei who was standing on the central platform for a while, then suddenly looked up and asked, "You have dissected a total of seven bugs in the afternoon, which one do you want to consult?" ”

"Let's look at the first one. Miridy thought for a moment, "The first, fifth, and sixth are all more representative, just look at these three paragraphs." ”

The illusion is slightly magnified, and in the video, the little Miridy slowly walks to the test bench with gloves on her and begins to flip the corpse of the bug.

"You look at this bug, it has obvious fighting organs, sharp claws, spikes on the top of its head, and here, these are their mouthparts, and if you look at their teeth, they are not like the teeth of a bug, but like the teeth of a carnivorous beast, just by looking at it, you can feel the intimidating power. If you look at it from the perspective of Pavadiga's swarm, this is undoubtedly a combative member similar to the soldier bee and the soldier ant, right? ”

The seven nodded, and without Miridy's words, everyone had long regarded them as soldier bees and other things in their hearts.

"Don't you think it's anything special? Think it's just a little bit of a gap in the image? Heh, once you dissect it, you won't think so. ”

In the video, Miridy has begun to dissect the first bug, the bugs are very familiar, everyone comes to this projection world, and they are the ones you see the most.

"They have solid muscles under the exoskeleton, can you zoom in a little bit? Great, thank you. Here, the muscles fill the exoskeleton, look, the muscles are compact and elastic, this is undoubtedly a very strong bug, and the nerve clusters wrapped in the muscles are also very obvious, yes, the one I just picked up. ”

In the display of the stereoscopic image, Militi started from the legs, and slowly dissected the corpse of the insect little by little, worthy of the necromancer who deals with the corpse every day, even if it is a creature that has never been seen, it is very skilled in dissection, and the hard exoskeleton of the insect can't stop the necromancer from using a magically strengthened scalpel, and soon, the inside of the corpse will completely appear in front of everyone.

"Perfect corpse, isn't it?" Even though she saw the picture in the video, Militi was still a little intoxicated by the corpse, and her eyes were confused, "Look, strong muscles give them great strength, rich nerves make them move more agile, thick blood vessels make their blood circulate more quickly, endurance far exceeds that of normal creatures, plus exoskeletons, this is simply a creature born for battle." ”

"Exhibitionism that desecrates corpses. Mia sarcastically sarcastic, "You just want us to see how perverted you are?"

"Idiots with flat chests, stupid mountain elves, long-eared green skins with rigid thinking, the shame of intelligent creatures who recognize the age of savage, stubborn species whose brains can be used to build walls, imbecile mages whose brain capacity is filled with new knowledge. A long list of scoldings, not even having to change the breath, the proficiency was as if it had to be repeated a hundred times a day, and the rest of the people forced their eyes away with a smile, well, we didn't hear anything, we didn't hear anything, "Are you blind, or are your brains really being used to build a house?"

Hey, it's not a professional, I haven't found it without prompting, and Miridy only noticed that this bug is missing too many things.

It does have mouthparts, but the end of the mouthparts has been filled with muscles, there is no passage for food to pass through, downward, there is no organ that is even involved in digesting food, and the excretory system is of course non-existent, in addition to the muscles and mucous membranes in the body, there is only the heart and blood circulation system that supply blood, and there are some unknown functions, similar to the diameter of nerve clusters from the surface of the body to the heart.

Can this thing be a living thing? What are you kidding?

"Don't they all need to eat?" Duck leaned closer to stare at the corpse of the insect and asked in surprise, "Even if the insect doesn't have a respiratory system, it doesn't have any digestion, absorption, and excretory organs, how can it still be alive?"

"I remember that there was a kind of little flying worm, after breaking out of the cocoon, they also had no digestive organs, they could only live for half a day, and after half a day, the accumulated energy would be exhausted and they would die. Shul also crouched beside Dark, and the two enemies stared at the stereoscopic image together, "Is this thing similar?"

"Well, most likely, and is it male or female?" Duck's primary concern is always a little subtle from that of a normal person, "how can I not see its gender." ”

"yes, and neither does the reproductive system. Shul nodded, "It can't be asexual reproduction." ”

"Oh, man, this is a man. Milit smiled disdainfully like a queen, and suddenly slammed the table, "Is all you have in your pathetic mind for eating and sex? Can't you think of anything else besides these two things?

"I can't agree with that. Darke retorted solemnly, "What could be more important than eating and sex...... Oops. ”

"Brain. Shul retracted the foot that knocked Duck over, "It doesn't have a brain, but ...... Bugs don't necessarily have brains. ”

"Hmph, both. Miridy sneered, acknowledging Shure's discovery, "It's just not as obvious as other creatures, their brains are actually formed by some nerves piled together." However, this bug doesn't even have such a pitiful brain. ”

In the video, Miridy is seen rummaging through the corpse of the bug for what appears to be a brain organ, however, she finds nothing except a few slightly protruding ganglia necessary to control the body.

"Do you know what this means? It means that theoretically this kind of worm, which can't have an appetite and no reproductive organs, won't do anything other than lie on its stomach all day long or run around in a small area to consume energy. Miridy sighed and said seriously, "Fighting, killing, dismemberment, it doesn't exist, it doesn't have that concept at all. ”