Blessings to the beautiful stars

Chapter 356 Hunger
As primates, how many similarities do humans and orangutans have?

If you use genes to distinguish, the gap between the two is not as big as imagined. Compared with the remaining data, the approximation is even as high as 90.00%.

But it was just such a small gap that determined that one side was heading towards the sea of ​​stars, while the other side was still an uncivilized beast.

Even the 90.00% approximation is so different, so what about the countless civilizations with different origins in the star sea?

The gap between everyone's genes is naturally much higher than this "90.00%". They should be like humans who can't understand orangutans and empathize with orangutans. One party can regard the other as a lowly wild animal as long as it is a few decades advanced. The massacres whitewashed as "development" or "education" should also never end.

However, the fact is that as long as civilization is developed, species can communicate with each other almost without barriers. Everyone is different, but there is no order of magnitude difference in wisdom at the level of civilization. It has to be said that it is a miracle in this sea of ​​stars. .

It is so miraculous that many scientists think that this situation is intentional by some kind of existence, but unfortunately there is too little evidence, this idea is just a guess; there is no way to compare other samples, after all, there is no civilization in the Star Sea today. The Milky Way, to meet other civilizations on the other side of the universe.

and so.

Even if they are both worms, Della doesn't think she has much in common with the protozoa queen——

You are a guest from the other side of the universe; I am a newcomer to the galaxy who combines the blood of dragons, humans, and strulls. I occupy your body, but it is more like humans eating animal meat, and we should not have each other Any extra thoughts.

Della originally thought so, but she didn't expect that when her consciousness projected into the queen's body, she seemed to be in touch with the queen's dream.

Dreams should be complicated and grand, they should be the reflection of the central nervous system when it is dormant, there is no need to pay attention to any logic, it should be vague and unconstrained.

just.

The dormancy strategy adopted by the protozoa queen in order to survive the loneliness across the universe is different from ordinary sleep. It is an absolute suppression of her own nerves, leaving only the most basic instincts to drive.

Also, the protozoa's original awakening strategy is also very particular. After receiving the signal from the scouts, the queen's nerves that should be used to control logic are awakened first, and she is bound to master the greatest degree of wisdom in the shortest time. And efficient thinking indifferently observes the new world visited by oneself.

This time is different, the queen's waking up was abruptly interrupted - her central nervous system only awakened a small part of her logic, and the rest of her incomprehensible intelligence to this world was supplemented by imagination.

Perhaps for the queen, her current state is also the first time in her life, she does not need to hold absolute rationality and calculations derived from hunger, and think about the world coldly.

The Queen's consciousness found Della, who had learned the language of the Librarians through the efforts of the previous Eternal Protozoa: "Who are you? I don't know you, are you me?"

Della thought for a while: "I'm going to be you soon."

The queen thought for a while, and her consciousness trembled; it seemed to be uneasy, and it seemed to be giggling: "You lied to me, you came to eat me! I have been avoiding hunger for so long, I didn't expect to be eaten today! "

Chong Niang was puzzled: "Escape from hunger? You came from the other side of the universe just to find more food? Isn't there any... more meaningful reason?"

The queen was in a trance, but suddenly:
"Ah! I understand what you mean. I can read some of your thoughts. You think that we Thorin protozoa are being chased and killed by some terrible thing, from the other end of the universe to this end, That’s why it’s such a long journey.”

Della nodded: "Is that so?"

If there is really an enemy that is constantly chasing and killing Thorin, will it follow in the footsteps of Thorin and come to this galaxy?

And, why is there no sign of any civilization observed outside the universe at present?Could it be that the unknown enemy was chasing the Thorin protozoa, passing through one galaxy after another, killing all the civilizations in other galaxies except the Milky Way?
what!This seems to be the "Fermi Paradox" that Dad said?Unexpectedly, after everyone entered the star sea and got acquainted with countless civilizations, the Fermi paradox would still plague the regime that has become an interstellar civilization.

It seems that as long as most of this world is still unknown to living beings, there will be no satisfactory answer to similar questions.

Della's curiosity began to arise, what kind of scene is beyond the Milky Way?Is it another kind of prosperity, or is it a boundless loneliness?

Chong Niang began to look forward to the queen's answer, but she didn't expect the queen's consciousness to smile in a daze: "I don't remember."

"...Ah, it doesn't matter if you don't want to tell me. After I eat you, I will go to see your memory myself." Della's mood became depressed and she was very unhappy.

"Okay, I just don't know how I taste; and I'm not lying, I don't seem to have woken up enough to support the logic of deception,"

The queen also curled her lips, and immediately whispered:
"What am I running away with with my tribe? Is it really an irresistible enemy? Or... I regard the huge hunger that I cannot resist as an enemy that I must desperately escape with my tribe? I ask you, what will I do? The stranger I ate, which of the two do you think is scarier?"

Della thought for a while and turned her eyes away: "My father raised me very well, and I have never been hungry."

The queen was surprised: "Huh? Then you have no meaning in living."

Della's doubts deepened: "Aren't you running away from hunger, shouldn't you be envious that I haven't been hungry before?"

"That is to say, but if you have not experienced the deepest hunger, how can you experience the pleasure of satiety?"

The queen laughed wildly: "Ah, I am a poor child trapped in this galaxy. You can't go further into the universe. Could it be that you want too few things and don't even know how to satisfy yourself?"

Della was silent for a moment, then suddenly opened her consciousness, wrapping the queen layer by layer, causing her to giggle.

Chongniang said softly: "You and my beautiful mother should have a common language. She always talks about satisfying her own hunger, thirst, and wishes."

"Really, I think all the creatures I've seen in the past have this temperament. Compared with this, eat me soon!"

"Ah."

Della nodded, as if she had a natural ability, she began to devour the opponent's consciousness.

Food always has an impact on diners.

As the queen's consciousness melted, Daila suddenly felt that there seemed to be some inexplicable things in her heart.

The curiosity about the scenes beyond the Milky Way flourished in Della's heart, and Chong Niang couldn't restrain her impulse, and she blurted out, "You don't remember if there were enemies chasing you, but can you remember the scenes in other places in the universe? "

"I can't remember! I was sleeping during the trip, and when I arrived at a destination, I only thought about how to eat better and faster!"

"...reckless things," Della had already received some of the Queen's memories, and curled her lips: "You know how to eat, but you can't even remember the taste of what you ate."

"Smell?" The queen only knew what a smell was through the knowledge of library civilization: "You say that...it's really a pity."

"Well, since you ate me, why not promise me a request?"

Della shook her head: "There is no right to bargain for food."

"It doesn't matter. After you eat me, you will naturally inherit my request. Delicious food is often more fierce, right?"

The queen smiled: "I want you to take good care of my tribe and lead them to continue to escape from uncontrollable hunger; also, I want you to taste more flavors for me!"

"In exchange, I will give you the power to leave the galaxy. Of course, whether you use it or not in the future depends entirely on you."

Della didn't nod.

The queen's consciousness became more and more scattered: "Haha, you can't refuse it! It's me who was eaten, why do you feel that I made money instead!"

"Ah... what a beautiful dream, I can escape from hunger..."

The exclamation drifted away, as if it disappeared with the wind.

Daila slowly opened her eyes, and at the first sight she saw that she had changed her body—the translucent palm was filled with boundless power, and could change shape according to her own mind.

Mind?

In an instant, Chongniang heard countless consciousness pouring into her heart, and they were also unified in her heart. They are gradually waking up, they are Sorin protozoa.

They are now their own tribe.

Della adjusted her body and stood up slowly, adapting to the body with only one eye, and feeling the potential of this body.

suddenly.

Chongniang saw a small figure kneeling at her translucent feet—it was the body she was using just a second ago, and it was really small, because even if the queen of protozoa was shrunk to the smallest size, she could easily break through in height up to 15 meters.

The moment Della seized the Queen's body, the power of the new body made her unconsciously break the connection with the old body, and also awakened Gary, who was the original owner of the body.

Della bowed her head, Gary undoubtedly congratulated herself at the first moment, but she didn't hear it—Gary was too weak, his voice was already covered by the dream of the protozoan tribe, and it didn't reach him at all in the ear.

How does this work?
Chongniang squatted down slowly, she remembered the promise she had made - she is the queen of all the tribes under her command, and she must not give priority to each other because of the strength of each other.

Lifting Gary up will be the first step in fulfilling his promise.

Just, Huh?

An indescribable feeling spread all over her body in an instant. Della lowered her head and felt that there was a huge black hole in her stomach, devouring the energy stored in this body unrestrainedly, and also made a feeling infinite. Unstoppably pushed towards his own limbs——

hunger.

The deepest, boundless, inescapable hunger that can almost destroy one's sanity just swept away.

Is this the curse that this protozoa queen bears?
Della was startled suddenly, and suddenly found that Gary had been pinched by herself at some point; his carapace was almost crushed by herself, and the tentacles were also wet——

It was drenched by what could be called saliva that poured out of his mouth like a waterfall.

The instinct of the body is cheering, saying that if you eat the tiny creature in front of you, you can relieve this maddening hunger a little bit, just a little bit, just a few milliseconds.

Like drinking poison to quench thirst, this "poison" with little effect is already so attractive.

Della's hands were trembling, and she was slowly pulling Gary closer to her mouth; Gary's face showed a trace of nostalgia, he struggled a little, but finally raised his head, and shouted as if he was willing to accept his fate: " Queen, please use! This is my death deserved!"

No, my clan shouldn't feel worthy of death just because of this.

Chongniang seemed to have regained her sanity at the last moment, and threw Gary to her side like crazy.

Its white carapace had deep cracks on the ground. Gary was stunned, but regardless of the pain of broken bones and tendons, he struggled to get up and knelt down again.

Gary can feel that his transmitter is still being sent to the insect mother, and Della can also interpret Gary's feelings and thoughts through the transmitter.

As a bugman with a hive consciousness, the queen controls everything in the tribe. Gary, as a tribe, should also offer everything he has to the queen, including life and thoughts, in exchange for mutual understanding.

but.

Gary, who was kneeling, and Della, who was overlooking the bugman with one eye hanging high above, felt that the other party was extremely strange at the moment.

Until Gary's stump could no longer support it, and after it broke, it turned over his body; Della finally thought of a way to escape the endless hunger coming from this body, which was to interrupt the projection of consciousness and return to the main body of the Star Sea Alliance to go.

The queen's huge translucent body returned to the state of being managed by instinct once again, slowly curling up like a baby, but the face already stained with Della's eyebrows and eyes was wrinkled in pain.

Gary slowly got up, completely dazed.

The ramblings and murmurs of the surrounding protozoa kept drilling into his ears, all of which were incomprehensible whispers and murmurs.

Really... They are the queen's tribe just like him, so they should be his brothers, right? ...Why didn't the distance between each other get closer, but got farther and farther?
……

On the home planet of library civilization.

Jinmian and Levina also heard Zuo Wu's declaration that they would cover the planet, looked at each other, and shrugged together.

It's a pity that none of the surviving children around dared to step forward, and those metal bodies carrying the librarian's consciousness did not let down their vigilance because of Zuo Wu's declaration.

Speaking of "covering", it seems that there is still a long way to go between each other, but this road may never end.

Jin Mian went to appease the children, Levina could only sigh and think about some more realistic issues——

What can this library civilization bring to Zuo Wu?Its most precious thing is that most of it has been lost with the library being turned into ashes, and the rest is only the azure crystal that is everywhere as wreckage.

I don't know if there is any residual knowledge in the crystal?

Levina squatted down, trying to pick up a crystal to check, but suddenly found a warning red light in the eyes of the metal body.

"Wow, this one won't work? What about this one? What about this one?"

The warning red light came on and off, and the elf frowned, thinking whether to persuade Zuo Wu to smash all these metal bodies, and suddenly found that the body nodded to a crystal.

"Huh? Can I take this?"

The elf pouted, picked it up with difficulty, and looked at the sun.

In a trance.

She saw the appearance of a blue planet reflected in the crystal, twinkling brilliantly in the sunlight.

(End of this chapter)