The other students glanced at each other and walked to their rooms. Siegel took two steps back, but for some reason stopped. He looked at the black bugs that were still wriggling on the ground, and curiosity prevailed. He turned around and walked back again, picking up a worm with the mage's hand and placing it in front of him to observe.

The worm wriggles, its spiraling mouthparts opening and closing, making a subtle but sharp sound. This bug was distinctly different from the one that burrowed into the body of a bald mage, with no hidden abilities or any ability to do damage. It can only keep struggling in Siegel's control, delivering a message of anger.

All worms have magical psychic connections that weave into a complex web of each other. This is very similar to the side brain system of the Star Cable, which integrates the basic intelligence of elemental beings and improves their ability to deal with problems through division of labor and cooperation. After observing this line of thought for a while, Siegel was surprised to discover a fact: each bug is equivalent to a subbrain, although the ability of a single body is not as good as that of an elemental subbrain, but their number is too large, and the computing power brought by tens of thousands of bugs is beyond imagination.

No, if that's the case, then the masked elf mage's mind will be extremely smart, and all the secrets don't exist in his eyes, so there must be something wrong. Siegel dug up a few more bugs from the ground and put them together to observe. It turns out that the efficiency of information exchange between insects is not high, and a large part of the computing power is wasted on mutual coordination. Coupled with the drawbacks of chain interaction, the entire bug cluster should eventually be about as intelligent as most humans.

Right before Siegel's eyes, the bugs began to split and grew rapidly. Each new bug will interact with other bugs. Good to confirm that they belong to the same cluster. This time. Siegel has learned what bugs do: it's certainly a way to prolong life and be reborn. Transfer your memories to the swarm, and as long as one bug remains, the mage will be able to get back on his feet.

In addition to being able to respawn, the mage's memory and calculation abilities are able to improve as the number of bugs increases, which is very important for a spellcaster who needs to learn constantly. Siegel thinks that in addition to the lack of efficiency, there must be other reasons why the insect mage cannot use the full ability of the auxiliary brain, although this topic is interesting. But he didn't want to get involved in it.

Whether it's turning into a bug or a lich, these changes will eventually affect the mage's original personality. Siegel is well aware of this, and he is definitely two kinds of people in his normal form and skeleton form. I don't know what kind of way of thinking it will be after becoming a swarm, maybe I will have a soft spot for the corrupt black soil? Thinking of this, Siegel shuddered. There are many ways for mages to do this, but getting weirder is never a good way out. Luckily, I was researching cloning and not other resurrection methods.

He crouched on the ground studying the bugs, and some of the cadets looked at him with strange eyes. "This newcomer is dead. "They all maintain that attitude. Judging by the magic fluctuations escaping from the ground, the masked mage must still be alive, he is just waiting for his body to reorganize. The new old man didn't know how powerful the mage was. He would soon be cleared out, as the masked mage would never allow others to study his body.

No one is going to help the old mage. Even Elf Anna didn't leave the room. Just like she said before, remind me that she has shown good intentions, if others don't listen to the persuasion, what can be done? Several mages were secretly observing, because every battle between other students was a good learning opportunity, because no one knew if they would face the same battle situation in the future.

Siegel didn't think about it that much, he simply wanted to study this rare phenomenon in front of him. Since the bugs are not gathering now, their mutual sensing is not very complicated, and it is still within Siegel's analytical ability. If the Masked Mage is reborn, the highly congregated bugs will block Siegel's detection, and even psionic vision will not be able to detect the flaw.

Time passed slowly, and some bugs avoided danger in the soil and had completed their division and rebirth. They slowly burrowed out and began to gather into one mass of worm thread. Each thread increases their intelligence, and now it is different from the way it did before. A single black bug only knows to stay as far away as possible from the place of death, and scatters in a hurry. Now these black balls of weird yarn were able to sense the danger around them, at least knowing how to avoid Siegel as much as possible, rolling and pulling away for some distance before slowly gathering together.

The increase in numbers has also made the psychic communication network between the insects strong and complex, and has gradually changed from the state of fishing nets to some kind of diffuse field effect, a phenomenon that caught Siegel's attention. He unleashed a large number of elements, which spread throughout the entire area of space. He never interferes with the actions of the insect mage, but all changes are transmitted to his mind through the change of the elements.

If you think of each bug as a small spell, the combination of thousands of bugs is very complicated. The process of the Worm Mage's reorganization is not deliberately slowed down, and each reorganization will be different due to the different starting conditions, and the process is ever-changing, and may never be repeated. The large amount of information that changes at high speed cannot be memorized and analyzed, and the huge variables make it impossible to repeat the experiment, so no one has been able to analyze any information from this process in the past. The method of becoming a bug mage has always been a very secret knowledge, and even the bug mage himself can't tell. If you want to become a bug mage, you must obtain a "protoworm" from another bug mage, and then raise it yourself to be successful.

As long as hidden knowledge exists, there is always a way to learn it, and the twenty-sided dice are made for this. Tens of thousands of spell junctions are complex, but they can't compare to goblins' circuit technology. The analytical abilities given to Siegel by the dice played a key role in this, making Siegel the first mage to be able to track the entire process of change.

From a line to a surface, the spiritual link also changes from a network to a field. At this moment, the insect mage's will was resurrected, he could already feel the outside world, control himself, and his magical ability gradually recovered.

This is a pivotal moment, the moment when wisdom is born. Siegel thought of Xingsuo, if he could increase the power of the auxiliary brain and achieve the same effect, maybe Xingsuo would be a real living soul. Similarly, there is a network of swarm intelligences on a larger scale than the Bug Mage, known as the Star God. The sheer volume of data and the complexity of the structure make it self-aware, and although it is the most rudimentary one, it is a qualitative change from a network to a field.

"Let go of my body. The insect mage, who had already formed the basic outline, spoke, he had no vocal cords or other organs, and his voice was more like being squeezed out of the body of an insect, no wonder it sounded so weird before. "Old fellow, if you want to be hostile to me, I can accompany you to the end. ”

Siegel shook his head and let go of the force field, letting the last few bugs go. If you want to destroy the Bug Mage, you need to defeat him and destroy all the bugs one by one. But even with a large area of damage spell, you won't miss a bug or two. This time the reorganization is on the ground, but that doesn't mean he can't reorganize elsewhere.

It's a very troublesome enemy to deal with, like Siegel with his cloning skills. Besides, he had already learned the most crucial information by observing the insect mage, and he could leave satisfied. So he didn't wait for the insect mage to fully recover before he turned away.

But at this moment, a force field blocked in front of the entrance to Siegel's room, preventing him from passing. As Siegel tried to disarm the force field, the Lamp God spoke, "It costs a hundred points to break someone else's magic barrier. Please confirm. ”

The door to one of the trainees' rooms slowly closed, and the person casting the force field wall retracted his hand into the room, but Siegel had already caught it. Casting a non-destructive spell on a terra location doesn't cost any credits, and the force field wall doesn't have to be paid by the caster at all. However, it managed to isolate Siegel from safety, leaving him to face the possible wrath of the Bug Mage.

The account was written down, Siegel thought to himself. He turned to face the insect mage. He only has about 200 points now, and if the opponent attacks, he has the means to counterattack. Before he had fully recovered, Siegel had already cast protective spells for himself, drawing his sword and staff, and preparing for battle.

The insect mage slipped into his past coat and twisted it a few times before putting it on. Since his entire body is made up of bugs, and there are all kinds of worms crawling on his face, it is impossible to read his expression at all. Whether it is war or peace now needs to be decided by the insect mage.

He slowly picked up the mask from the ground, fastened it to his face, and began to put on his gloves and arrange his clothes. He showed no signs of releasing magic, and the fluctuations of the elements around him were normal, and even the communication field between those bugs could not be felt because of the restraint, but Siegel never dared to relax.

The insect mage stood still, looking at Siegel without saying a word. Behind the mask was a terrible face, completely inhuman, but on the mask was a serious face, with raised eyebrows and a slightly open mouth as if to say something.

"Today is your lucky day, I don't want to fight you anymore. The masked mage's voice was still sticky as ever, "But you can't be lucky all the time, especially when you're messing around with Anna." ”

"It's not Anna who is holding me back with a strong field wall, and it seems to me that if the elves and insect mages choose one as an ally, I will definitely choose the elves. Siegel held his staff across his chest as a defense, and said to the insect mage, "Can you tell me how you just died?"

"It's a message worth a thousand points," said the Worm Mage, "but in my opinion, this message is not for sale." ”

With that, he quickly turned around and walked to his room. When the door closed, Siegel realized that he was worried that he would break him up again! )