A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 304 This swarm of bees is too cautious

Unbeknownst to the Princa civilization, some mysterious outsiders have appeared in their civilized society.

These outsiders, from a biological perspective, belong to the juvenile stage of the Plinka people, but on a consciousness level, they belong to another civilization.

Within the Prinkia civilization, a group of Prinkia infants, inhabited by the consciousness of the Tower of Babel bees, were born silently!

This is not an infection or parasitism; in a sense, it can be said that these Plinka larvae are born this way.

When they were still genetic cell embryos, the intervening organism caused a tiny change inside the nucleus of one of the naturally occurring genetic cell embryos in some Plinka human bodies through particle collisions.

This minor change does not lead to any cross-species biological changes in the resulting Plinka infants; it merely causes some minor structural adjustments to the infants' brains, enabling them to interface with the hive's psionic network.

In this interaction, the brains of these young Plinka humans, whose personalities had not yet developed, were taken over by the mature consciousness of the swarm of bees.

Within the swarm network, a beehive asked in bewilderment, "Lu Shang, the main brain, I still don't understand why you don't directly control this civilization, but instead use this inductive method? It's too complicated and not efficient at all."

For the Babel swarm, a powerful civilization spanning the universe, controlling a civilization still struggling to survive in the cosmos like a puppet would be easier than eating and drinking.

There's absolutely no need to resort to this troublesome method of inducement-based control.

It's important to understand that the juveniles of the Pulinka people currently controlled by the swarm only constitute a small fraction of all the juveniles. For the swarm to influence the Pulinka civilization, these juveniles need to grow into adults and then join the power center of the Pulinka civilization. Only then can they exert influence and control over the civilization.

This approach is quite complicated and troublesome, and its success rate is far lower than other methods.

Lu Shang replied, "It's precisely because it's complex enough that it's also well-hidden."

"The swarm knows too little about the ultimate destruction that led to the demise of the Unity Civilization, and it is also uncertain whether the other party possesses intelligence. If the other party traces the civilization and discovers that the civilization is being secretly controlled by other civilizations, then the swarm's information advantage will no longer be so obvious."

"We must not let the enemy realize the existence of the swarm."

The swarm has thoroughly investigated the reasons for the war between the Princa civilization and other interstellar civilizations through the medium organism.

These civilizations are vying for certain spacetime nodes. When these spacetime nodes receive energy of a specific energy level at the same time, they can open a wormhole connecting to an unknown spacetime bubble outside the universe.

The spacetime node and the spacetime bubble with unknown coordinates both originated from a certain advanced civilization. The reason why many interstellar civilizations in this universe, including the Prinkia civilization, were able to enter the universe and reach the level of faster-than-light civilization is also due to the influence of some relics and remains of this advanced civilization in this universe.

From the ruins and artifacts, Prinkia and other interstellar civilizations in this universe learned about the existence of spacetime bubbles and spacetime nodes. They believed that the unknown spacetime bubble was the place where the main body of this advanced civilization existed.

Whether out of admiration, greed, or self-preservation, these interstellar civilizations in the midst of war all wanted to monopolize the spacetime bubble left behind by that advanced civilization.

Civilizations that revere others regard that unknown spacetime bubble as a sacred place and will not allow any other civilization to touch it.

Greedy civilizations believe that since the unknown spacetime bubble is the location of a high-tech civilization that has already perished, it must have left behind many high-tech products, or even directly left behind the legacy of the civilization. Once obtained, it can achieve a huge leap in the development of the parent civilization.

Self-preservation civilizations exist to prevent other civilizations from inheriting their advanced technology. Their fate is not in the hands of others. They dare not even imagine what other civilizations might do to weaker civilizations if they achieve a leap in civilization.

The Pulinka civilization that Lu Shang and his group chose belonged to the greedy category. The Pulinka people hoped to seize more spacetime nodes from other civilizations, obtain the legacy of their extinct high-tech civilizations, and thus participate in the war.

As for why these civilizations believe that this advanced civilization is the Tower of Babel swarm, this relates to the remnants of that advanced civilization. Because much of the information in these remnants is incomplete, and the term "Tower of Babel swarm" appears most frequently, these interstellar civilizations, though it's unclear who started it, have all come to call this extinct advanced civilization the Tower of Babel swarm.

The swarm had also observed and deciphered the information on the remnants of that advanced civilization. It seemed to be something left behind by a member civilization of the cosmic alliance, and it was indeed related to ultimate destruction. However, due to the incomplete information, Lu Shang was unaware of any further details.

In order to figure out what's inside that spacetime bubble, it becomes essential to have some civilizations serve as observation samples for the swarm and to induce contact with the unknown things inside the spacetime bubble.

That is, what the bee colony is doing.

The hive, still questioning, continued, "But if that's the case, why don't we secretly control those individuals who have become the rulers of that civilization? That way, the swarm wouldn't need to spend time planning."

"Because it's unnatural," Lu Shang replied.

"Unnatural? I don't understand," the beehive replied, puzzled.

Lu Shang patiently explained, "Let me give you an example. Imagine an optimistic and positive individual who wakes up one day and suddenly changes their personality, becoming颓废 and desperate. As an observer, wouldn't you find that individual's behavior strange?"

The beehive thought for a moment and replied, "Hmm... yes."

Lu Shang continued, "The situation is similar for those who directly control the ruling individuals of a civilization. The swarm cannot perfectly replicate the original individual's personality, thinking, and so on. The unnaturalness after control increases the possibility of exposure."

"To maintain the information advantage of the bee colony, this kind of thing should be avoided as much as possible."

Always prepare for the worst. Lu Shang doesn't know what's inside the spacetime bubble, so he can only make bold guesses. Ultimate destruction is trapped inside that spacetime bubble.

If that's the case, and the bee colony actively opens the wormhole, then the result... will be like finding love around the corner.

Therefore, for safety reasons, another civilization would need to open the wormhole for the swarm, and then the swarm would hide in the shadows to observe any changes in that civilization. If there were no changes, then it was safe, and the swarm would then come out to take control of the overall situation.

However, if the ultimate destroyer possesses intelligence, it might discover the hidden swarm from the slightest clues, so Lu Shang requires maximum concealment.

Ultimate destruction is something we know too little about bee swarms, and we must be wary of it; it's always good to be cautious.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Shang suddenly asked, "By the way, is there still no news from Nanali?"

"Not found yet," replied a mother hive universe responsible for directing the swarm exploring the cosmic ocean.

Lu Shang said, "If you have any news, you must report it to me immediately."

"OK."

(End of this chapter)