"Huh?"

Seeing that Cordyceps actually dared to play with himself, a dangerous light suddenly appeared in Bai Qi's eyes, and Alpha had already raised the sword of death, intending to give Cordyceps a break.

"Ahem, hero, don't worry first, listen to the explanation."

Seeing this, Cordyceps hurriedly took a few steps back and said, "It's not a joke in the lower parts, it's really strange that the situation in the lower part is really strange." ”

"Strange? Let's hear it. ”

The mixture of plants and insects is indeed rare.

Cordyceps briefly sorted out her thoughts, and a sad aura suddenly appeared on her body.

"Once upon a time, Zaixia was still a carefree dream vine, winding around this ancient tree every day, absorbing the nutrients of the ancient tree, sharing each other's dreams with the ancient tree and the surrounding plants, and life can be regarded as carefree."

"But one day, the ancient tree died, and there was no companion to share the dream, and he fell into a long sleep."

Hearing this, Bai Qi couldn't help but interrupt Cordyceps' words and said, "So, you are a dream vine?" ”

Cordyceps shook her head and said, "Don't worry, hero, the next story is not over yet." ”

"And the story?"

When Bai Qi heard this, he suddenly became interested, and simply asked Shu Ke to conjure a chair and sit on it, and by the way, let Gamma pick a few angel fruits and eat them.

Eat melons and eat melons, how can you do without melons?

Cordyceps was silent for a moment, and the aura on her body suddenly changed and became cheerful.

"Once upon a time, Zai Xia was still a happy soul devouring worm, by boarding on different creatures, growing his own experience in Xia, wandering between heaven and earth, until one day, Zai smelled a tempting smell, and was attracted by this smell, and came to a valley......"

"Wait a while, you will be a vine for a while, and a worm for a while, dare you really be a cordyceps?"

Bai Qi couldn't help but interrupt Cordyceps halfway through hearing this, and complained.

"Cordyceps? It's a name that fits the current state of things. ”

Cordyceps sighed and said, "Although I don't know what caused it, it can indeed be regarded as a combination of the Spirit Devouring Worm and the Dream Vine now. ”

"A combination of a Soul Eater and a Dream Vine?"

Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, and the information of the Spirit Devouring Insect suddenly appeared in his mind.

[Name]: Soul Eater

[Attributes]: Insect system

[Bloodline Level]: High Lord

[Introduction]: The soul eater can snatch the control of the host by gnawing on the host's nerves, brains, and even snatching control of the host, and can nourish itself with the flesh and blood energy of the host, and when its own level exceeds the host, it will be replaced with a stronger parasite, which is an existence that both beasts and humans hate.

"I see, is it a parasitic worm?"

Bai Qi suddenly looked at the half-cordyceps and half-grass shape of Cordyceps, and said, "So, you are a soul devouring insect parasitic with a dream vine?" ”

"Not exactly."

Cordyceps shook his head and said, "Although Zai Xia has seized control of the Dream Vine, his soul has also been eroded by the Dream Vine and his body has been taken away, so Zai Xia is now also a Dream Vine." ”

Ahh......hh

(Ben Wang suddenly felt a little dizzy...... ）

After listening to Cordyceps' explanation, Beta only felt that his brain was about to die, and Shuck was frantically calculating the possibility of such a situation.

As for the alpha, it is even more foggy.

However, Bai Qi still quickly figured it out.

"According to what you said, it was the Spirit Eater that parasitized the Dream Vine first, but the soul of the Dream Vine seized the body of the Spirit Eater Worm."

"To put it simply, you killed yourself, but you resurrected yourself, and you and you are in a very strange state of symbiosis."

Cordyceps nodded and said, "That's pretty much what it means." ”

Bai Qi looked at Shu Ke and said, "Shu Ke, is there a high probability that this will happen?" ”

Shu Ke shook his head and said, "The Spirit Devourer itself is a parasitic type, which is not surprising, but the Dream Vine rarely erodes the souls of other creatures, and they should be regarded as activating their abilities at the same time, resulting in both the body and soul being entangled now." ”

"However, this is only theoretically possible, and normally one side will succeed in plundering the existence of the other, and there will be no integration."

Shuke's face was full of doubts, and his curious eyes kept looking at Cordyceps.

Porphyrium porphyr.

(Could it be that the Soul Eater was treated as a new control center after devouring the control center of the Dream Vine, so the souls of both sides did not reject this body and instinctively chose to fuse?) Hmm, it's like grafting plants? ）

"I don't think so, grafting is just a fusion of plant limbs, and it has nothing to do with the soul, it should be for some other reason."

Porphyrium porphyr.

(But the body and soul are not inseparable, except for the undead creatures, the soul should exist in every part of the body, not to mention the core location of the brain.) ）

"But ......"

In the blank eyes of Bai Qi and the others, Shuke and Delta started a heated debate, and Bai Qi, who was the owner of the two pet beasts, wanted to step forward to persuade him, but suddenly found that he couldn't interject.

There's no way, it's too professional, and I can't talk nonsense if I want to.

Huh?

(Ben Wang wants to ask, does Dream Vine have brains?) ）

"Shut up!"

Porphyrhoea!

(Shut up!) ）

Shuck and Delta turned their heads to look at Beta at the same time, and Beta, who knew that he had asked a stupid question, quickly turned his head and pretended that nothing had happened.

However, it is precisely because of this that Shuke and Delta also stopped arguing and began to patiently study Cordyceps.

"Being able to completely merge the bodies and souls of two creatures will definitely not retain their original consciousness, otherwise it will be easy to split."

(That's right, that is, this consciousness is actually born later, and the memories that can have both should be obtained from the remaining memories.) ）

"But if you want to successfully fuse, you can't rely on them alone, I can't detect any traces of two lifeforms at all, there must be some foreign help from outside."

(Delta thinks so, too.) ）

The two pets exchanged opinions in an instant, and looked at the big tree in front of them in unison, Bai Qi was also thoughtful.

Although this ancient tree had been dead for a long time at first glance, Bai Qi could still feel a little vitality and a different kind of breath, obviously, this was not a simple plant.

After all, in this world, whether it is animals and plants, or even a stone on the side of the road, the long sword in the hands of the ancients can also give birth to a spirit and become a pet beast after the gestation of time, and listening to what Cordyceps just said, this story also has a dream, that is obviously a spirit has been born.

Rata la rat.

(Boss, judging from the remnants of the aura, this ancient tree may have been a sixth-order monarch-level creature during its lifetime, or even higher.) ）

"Sixth-Order Monarch Rank? It could be even higher! ”

Bai Qi was stunned when he heard this, and Shu Ke suddenly said: "After testing, this ancient tree has an eighty-one percent probability that it is an ancient tree of knowledge, eighteen percent is an ancient tree of war, and one percent is an ordinary ancient tree. ”

"The Ancient Tree of Knowledge, one of the three ancient trees on par with the Tree of Life?"

Bai Qi looked at the ancient tree in front of him with some surprise, which had basically withered, obviously there was no way to connect it with the three ancient trees.

Listening to the conversation between one person and four beasts, Cordyceps weakly raised his hand and said, "That, in the next memory, it seems that there is indeed a mention of the identity of this tree, which should be the ancient tree of knowledge." ”

"It's really an ancient tree of knowledge, it's a pity."

After getting Cordyceps' confirmation, Bai Qi no longer doubted it, and a trace of regret suddenly rose in his heart.

The Ancient Tree of Knowledge, this is a creature that claims to know everything in the world, if it can be subdued, it will be crooked, even if it can't be subdued, taking out the core of the ancient tree before it completely dies is at least a legendary resource.

Well?

Ancient Tree Core?

Bai Qi rushed to the ancient tree of knowledge, and through the hole in the trunk, he quickly found one of the huge hollows, and he could vaguely feel a strong vitality.

"What about the core of this ancient tree of knowledge? Where did it go? ”

Bai Qi turned around, picked up the cordyceps and asked loudly.

"Ancient Tree Core? Do you mean that delicious berry, when I was too hungry to sleep, I ate it? ”

"Eat!"

Bai Qi glared angrily, and shook the cordyceps up and down for a while, as if he wanted to throw the core out, and Shu Ke directly set up a full set of surgical tools, and he was going to dissect it directly.

Fortunately, Bai Qi was not so frustrated, and he chose to give up after struggling for a while.

According to the results of Shuk and Delta's discussions, Cordyceps is able to fuse two bodies and souls, and give birth to a new consciousness, which requires the assistance of external objects.

Obviously, it is definitely the core of this ancient tree of life.

Click, click.

(Master, if you don't let Gamma stew him, you should be able to absorb a little bit of the energy of the core.) ）

Gamma, who had always been silent, finally spoke, but the words he said made Cordyceps almost faint.

He slept well in his own house, how could he provoke such a group of demons.

Why don't you find a chance to run?

Thinking of this, Cordyceps glanced at Bai Qi and the four pets who were discussing whether to cook him, and then quietly stepped back.

But before he retreated, Cordyceps felt a chill on his back, and a black long sword hung on his back at some point, but the owner of the long sword, Alpha, was still guarding Bai Qi's side.

It's over, there's no escape.

Cordyceps suddenly felt loveless, completely gave up the plan to escape, and simply lay down in front of Bai Qi and the others, looking like they were being slaughtered.

Seeing this scene, Bai Qi couldn't help laughing, grabbed the cordyceps, and rode on Delta's back.

"Anyway, the task is completed, go back and hand in the task first, and then study this guy well."

The Spirit Devouring Worm and the Dream Vine, plus the core of the knowledge ancient tree of at least the sixth order, the probability of these three things being together is not high, and if they have to be fused together, the probability is even lower.

Such a rare creature, just throwing it in the wild is not Bai Qi's consistent style.

(End of chapter)