Global Evolution: I transplanted the heart of the Supreme God.

Chapter 1209 Cluster Consciousness
However, Bai Pu had already gotten used to it.

To cultivate multiple skills and possess formidable combat power far exceeding that of others at the same level, one must exert far greater effort than others at the same level.

Bai Pu is now at the tenth star of each of his poles, placing him on the same level as the other Gaia princes.

However, the other Gaia princes turned pale at the mention of S-class dangerous places. Apart from Jin Yue, none of them dared to set foot in S-class dangerous places, let alone obtain rare treasures from them.

Upon arriving, Bai Pu immediately explored the Void Folds and forcibly broke through their unique environment, eliminating a group of Phase Hunters and obtaining a mid-level Cave Heaven Treasure.

Compared to the other Gaia princes, Anmie was merely lucky to obtain a mid-level grotto-heaven treasure. By upgrading his grotto-heaven to the mid-level, he gained the envy of so many people.

Bai Pu believed that whether it was increasing the attributes of the Misty Palace Cave Heaven or raising the energy gathering limit, his efficiency would far surpass that of others.

"Since we are going to advance on all twelve fronts at the same time, we must also visit all the other dangerous places, just like visiting friends."

Bai Pu pondered for a moment, "The problem is, the coordinates of the other grotto-heavens I can teleport to are all acquaintances I've had banquets with. Unless they invite me, it's not easy to make a move. And the Prince Star is so big, flying there slowly according to the map would be too time-consuming."

While Bai Pu was pondering, Hong Xiao had already finished tidying up the back hall.

She found Bai Pu and said with some worry, "Gang Xin, although we won't be affected by that mysterious consciousness inside the cave, we'll still be hypnotized once we leave the cave and enter the third fold zone. This place is really quite dangerous."

"Fortune favors the bold. The efficiency of absorbing spatial energy here is quite high."

Bai Pu pointed to the ornamental columns in the front hall.

The ornamental column representing the "wind" attribute has turned cyan for about one percent of its length, starting from the base. This is the wind-based energy that the Misty Palace draws from the external energy of heaven and earth.

The Huabiao pillars, which represent the attribute of "space", have transformed into the "colorless" space from the base, representing that the efficiency of the Misty Palace in absorbing spatial energy is ten times that of the wind energy!
Hongxiao still felt lingering fear when she recalled that mysterious hypnosis: "What exactly is the origin of that mysterious consciousness that hypnotized us?"

Bai Pu countered, "Did you notice the information I gleaned about the colorful 'phase jellyfish' at the beginning?"

Hongxiao nodded: "I remember."

"The outermost phase jellyfish, outside the first fold zone, has the attributes of an ordinary monster, yet it has a priority of 33 points of absolute evasion. Don't you find that strange?"

Hongxiao slowly opened her mouth wide: "You mean... it's related to the mysterious consciousness in the central region?"

"It's more than just related; I think the mysterious consciousness in the central region is actually the collective consciousness of the entire Void Fold Jellyfish Swarm!"

Collective consciousness is the integrated wisdom of a biological group, forming a level of consciousness and behavioral ability that far exceeds that of an individual.

In nature, ant colonies can construct well-organized underground kingdoms, sardine swarms exhibit a tenfold increase in their escape response against predators, and similar examples include bee colonies and slime mold colonies...

Biological groups possessing psionic particles exhibit an even more terrifying collective consciousness.

In a spirit world plane called "Forgotten Continent," there is a city's sewers inhabited by a group of rats who, for unknown reasons, have awakened a collective consciousness.

When the rat colony consists of only a little over a hundred rats, their collective consciousness and intelligence are equivalent to that of a human child of about ten years old.

When the rat population expanded to more than 300, their collective consciousness and intelligence were equivalent to that of an adult human.

The rat swarm grew to over a thousand, their collective intelligence surpassing that of ordinary humans. Their mental precision, computational abilities, and even their spiritual attributes reached the level of elite mages. Later, beneath the city, the rat population reached a million, their collective spiritual attributes surpassing those of any archmage! This led to the infamous "Sewer Catastrophe," which ended in the complete destruction of the city.

The jellyfish swarms in the treacherous, folded void are so numerous that they seem to gather into colorful clouds. How many are there?
How terrifying must the collective consciousness that is born in this way be?
Hongxiao was not ignorant; she had obviously heard of the concept of "collective consciousness," and her face immediately turned pale.
"No wonder they could use mental suggestion and hypnosis on us from such a distance... Just the range of their mental power alone surpasses that of a King-level expert!"

Hongxiao quickly figured out some of the doubts: "No wonder the phase jellyfish on the outer perimeter, despite having only the attributes of a normal template, has a priority of 33 points in evasion ability... This evasion ability should be an enhancement given by the consciousness of the jellyfish swarm."

At this point, Hongxiao thought of another question: "By the way, you must have been hypnotized in the third fold zone, right? How did you wake up?"

Bai Pu smiled slightly, and a wisp of magical sand rose from his fingertips.

"Time bombs, you've heard of them, right? Actually, when I heard that mysterious whisper, I set up ten delayed-detonation magic sand bombs in advance. I calculated the distances precisely: the first bomb would detonate in the first fold, the second in the second fold... The one that just detonated and alerted us was the third delayed-detonation bomb."

"In order for the bombs to have the effect of forcibly breaking the hypnosis, I severed the energy control connection between these magic sand bombs and me in advance, so the time bombs will also harm me."

Hongxiao was stunned: "The third bomb was detonated? Then the first and second bombs should have been detonated long ago, how come I didn't notice?"

"No, I was still conscious when the first and second bombs reached their designated detonation time, so I disposed of them in advance. It wasn't until the third bomb reached its detonation time that I was hypnotized, which is why it exploded successfully."

Bai Pu disposed of the remaining seven bombs.

Hongxiao breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment, and still praised, "It's really smart of you to prepare an escape route in advance."

Bai Pu simply smiled slightly.

His pre-prepared escape route was far more than just the magic sand bomb; that bomb was merely the first line of defense.

However, he didn't need to boast to Hongxiao.

“Next, I have an idea… I’m going to make good use of these phase jellyfish in the Void Folds and see if I can hitch a ride.”

Bai Pu smiled and said, "Prince Star is an undeveloped planet without any roads. Every time we travel to other dangerous places, we have to rely on flying, which is a huge waste of time."

"You want to take advantage of the Phase Jellyfish's 'Mirror-Breaking Touch' ability?"

Hongxiao also has a good memory. After all, she is a genius. With a little recollection, she remembered the information about the phase jellyfish and the ability that Bai Pu wanted to use.

【Broken Mirror Touch: The Phase Jellyfish slowly lashes out at the target, teleporting it to a distant spatial region.】

"Yes."

Bai Pu nodded and said, "As long as I break through the 33-point priority limit and disturb the Phase Jellyfish, it will launch an attack and teleport me to a space region far away from itself. Because of the existence of the Heavenly Black Fiend surrounding the Prince Star, this teleportation will not leave the Prince Star's range... And for me, breaking through the 33-point priority is not too difficult."

"But would the phase jellyfish really be so kind as to take you wherever you want to go?"

Hongxiao was a little worried.

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