Chapter 122 Inspiration

Li Yi said:

"As for the evidence, perhaps once we decipher the language system of these insects, we can be sure that they are intelligent species and it is impossible for them not to explore the environment around them."

Guan Shanyue nodded: "Yes, since it is an intelligent creature, then its language is definitely not incomprehensible. It is indeed possible to decipher it. But do we still need to continue exploring deeper?"

This is indeed a difficult problem.

Chen Qiongzhi hesitated for a long time before saying, "Let's wait for Mo Lihong to wake up first."

Li Yi said to Teng Juli: "Senior Teng, take out the bugs and let me try to analyze what they are saying."

Teng Juli said: "Don't joke around in this kind of situation."

Li Yi said, "Let's give it a try. We are in a dilemma now, so we should give it a try. I want the reddish and thinner one."

"All right."

Teng Juli did not refuse anymore. He controlled the Raging Tide mecha, opened the side waist slot, and gently pinched out a red bug.

If you look closely, you can find that this red worm is slightly different in appearance from the others.

The others were very strong overall, with oval abdomens and six arms that seemed to be equipped with reinforced exoskeletons. They felt hard to the touch considering their body size.

The mouthparts at the lower end of the face are slightly long, and the compound eyes are dark, giving it a weird look that resembles a human shoe-horn face wearing round-frame glasses.

The main body of this red insect is similar to the others, but its compound eyes are red, and there are more of them, at least dozens of times more than other species.

Therefore, because there are too many and too small, if you don't look closely, you can't see many characteristics of the compound eye, and the entire eyeball looks like a smooth red mirror.

Although the mouthparts are also quite sharp, the internal part responsible for vibration has an additional organ similar to the human tongue, which obviously indicates that a more sophisticated sound production system has evolved.

The Pluto mecha took the insect and tried to gently fiddle with its antennae and various parts of its body. It then used the information collection system to carefully record the different changes and patterns in the frequency of the device's voiceprint.

Logically speaking, if this insect's evolution is not complete, its antennae should be very sensitive, and when touched, it should produce all kinds of interesting reactions.

After fiddling with it for a while, with the help of the information collection system, Li Yi actually confirmed several special voice patterns of the insects, which should express emotions such as fear, terror, and begging for mercy.

Based on this, a fact was quickly confirmed—

This bug should have developed a relatively complete language logic. In addition to uttering various emotional phrases, this red-eyed bug also repeatedly used relatively complex words such as "I", "you", "don't", etc.

Animals with normal intelligence cannot use referential words to distinguish between you and me.

Zhou Changling observed the movements of the Pluto mecha and suddenly laughed:

"Not bad, a 69-meter-high mecha can actually perform kung fu like an embroidery needle. Li Yi, your fighting skills must have reached a very high level."

Li Yi said: "Thank you for the compliment, Senior Zhou."

"No compliments, your basic skills are better than mine now, what an enviable talent! If I had your talent when I was young, I might have become a Heavenly Rank expert by now."

Zhou Changling was filled with emotion.

Naturally, others could also see that the way Li Yi used the Pluto mecha to fiddle with the red-eyed bug was obviously more delicate and clever than Teng Juli's binding technique.

Teng Juli couldn't help but ask curiously, "Li Yi, can you really decipher the insect's language by fiddling with it like this?"

Li Yi said: "I originally thought it was quite difficult, but now after trying it, I found that the intelligence of this red-eyed bug is much higher than the others, so it is obviously easier to decipher."

"Moreover, if they are just ordinary low-level intelligence and have only developed an ordinary language system, then there is no value in deciphering it."

"After I get back, if you give me half a month, I should be able to basically decipher it."

Chen Qiongzhi asked: "If I give you more samples, will your decoding progress improve?"

Li Yi pondered and said, "If there are a few more of these bugs like the red-eyed bugs, we can increase the speed to within seven days."

Teng Juli said: "Yes, in addition to this red-eyed bug, there are other types, but my side waist slot space is limited, so I only caught three types."

Seeing this, Chen Qiongzhi decisively said: "In that case, Teng Juli, lead the way!"

Soon, under the guidance of Teng Juli, everyone came to a group of rock caves more than ten meters high near the southeast wall.

The layout of these caves is like a dense forest, jumbled together with no obvious pattern; some are very close together, while others are very far away.

But without exception, the same kind of insects live in every cave.

…

Seven mechas stood five kilometers away from the cave, turned on the long-range detection system, and observed quietly.

Their individuals are too large. If they get close to each other, it will most likely cause panic among the insect colony and cause them to flee directly, which will be detrimental to Li Yi's subsequent decryption work.

Before, Teng Juli was worried about alerting the enemy, so he only captured a few wandering insects on the periphery.

Chen Qiongzhi said, "I have contacted Zhang Pengting, explained the situation, and asked them to go to other areas to collect intelligence."

"Now, Li Yi, you stay here around the cave and see if you can translate more. Lao Guan, you stay here and be responsible for assisting, guarding, and protecting Mo Lihong."

Guan Shanyue smiled and said, "You want to give me such an easy job? No problem."

Chen Qiongzhi nodded and continued, "The rest of you, Senior Zhou and Teng Juli will go to the north to explore, and Hu Yitong and I will go to the south to explore."

"Try to go as far as possible, at least map the area where the side wall is located, and verify the map found before."

"Of course, if you encounter a strong enemy, don't fight back, just retreat!"

Because we had previously used the remote detection system to observe several directions where there were almost no obstructions, we confirmed that the danger was not high.

Therefore, Chen Qiongzhi was so confident in dividing the troops and taking action.

Several people responded quickly and set off quickly.

…

Mo Lihong's Ranlong Mecha was still lying on the ground and had not yet woken up.

Guan Shanyue was not in a hurry and said with a smile:

"Well, what are you going to do?"

Li Yi said: "It's okay, let's first get some insects with higher intelligence as samples."

There are all kinds of insects wandering around outside, and their numbers increase as you get closer to the cave.

Therefore, if the two move forward a little, they can get a lot, and the overall task is quite easy.

The main difficulty is to try not to kill them. After all, the divine mechas they are driving are so large, and there are no relevant capture equipment prepared, so it is quite difficult to catch them.

Fortunately, both of them are experts in fighting and have their own delicate use of strength, so there is no need to worry about accidentally crushing them to death.

Moreover, after a series of arrests, Li Yi even felt that he had some inspiration on how to break through the perfection of his fighting skills.

"My fighting skills, at this stage, have reached perfection and are impeccable."

"But at a more microscopic scale, such as millimeters and micrometers, these tiny force changes cannot be controlled at will."

"If I can compress the scale of force from the previous centimeter and millimeter scale to the micrometer scale or even the nanometer scale, perhaps this will be a completely new realm of fighting."

"It can even reach the point where the internal molecular structure can be destroyed with bare hands, making it impossible to easily restore it with divine power."

The more Li Yi thought about it, the more he felt that there was a lot of room for imagination and the directions for improvement were almost endless, so it was worth a try.

However, although it is easy to think about it, it is not easy to achieve it.

Moreover, the current focus is on deciphering.

He made note of the inspiration in his mind and planned to think more about this direction in the future to see if he could find a corresponding solution in his dream.

…

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

During this period, the two teams left and returned to the two logistics departments respectively, and transported back various items and resources found along the way.

Judging from the traces found everywhere, the area with the richest resources is obviously the foggy area deep in the hills.

There isn't much around.

Therefore, apart from the discovery of this intelligent species named Ant-Fly Man, it can basically be said that there was not much to gain.

But after the news was passed back to the biological research institutes of each ship, it was found that the research value of this item was quite high, and a reward of 30,000 military merits was offered.

Although considering the strength and status of the 14 people, the gains are not much, but it is better than nothing.

Mo Lihong was also sent back to the logistics department for recuperation. He was in a coma for three days before he finally woke up.

At this moment, Li Yi, who was collecting various types of ant-fly people in the cave area and concentrating on deciphering their language, also received the news brought back by Chen Qiongzhi.

"You mean, Mo Lihong lost his memory and forgot who he was?"

In the cockpit, Li Yi was surprised.

"Is it a physical reason, or a spiritual problem?"

Chen Qiongzhi said:

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"According to the examination, there is no obvious physical injury. It should be caused by the soul."

Guan Shanyue looked grim and asked, "Could it be that the mist has the ability to absorb the souls or memories of intelligent beings?"

Chen Qiongzhi let out a long breath and said, "Maybe so. We have arranged for a soul expert to diagnose and treat him. It may be possible for him to recover."

Li Yi asked: "What are the specific symptoms of amnesia? Did he just forget his identity, or did he even forget common sense?"

Chen Qiongzhi said: "His common sense is still there, but judging from his overall performance, he seems to have regressed to the state of his teens. He has lost more than 20 years of memory."

Li Yi said: "What about muscle memory? For example, fighting basics, nerve reactions, etc.?"

"These are still there, so the experts determined that there might be hope. In fact, the fog did not absorb the memory, but only sealed it."

Chen Qiongzhi continued:

"Of course, the situation is not confirmed yet. Anything we think about now is just guesswork. Li Yi, how is your current translation progress?"

Li Yi said:

"The progress is not bad. Perhaps because I have been collecting and analyzing basic language data from scratch, my decryption skills have improved a lot recently. I can now communicate with the advanced species of Ant Fly People."

As he spoke, Li Yi controlled the Pluto mecha and grabbed the first captured red-eyed bug from under a hand-made pit, placed it on the ground, and then controlled the Pluto mecha to emit a strange sound wave.

The red-eyed bug immediately responded by opening and closing its mouthparts with a humming sound.

Li Yi was controlling the Pluto mecha while introducing it to a few people on the public channel: "I have been communicating with this little red-eyed guy for several days, and I am already very familiar with him."

"Just now I asked it if it was hungry. It said that it had just eaten the grass I fed it and was very full. It thanked me for not killing it and for my hospitality."

Several people found it quite strange.

Although in their time, humans' decryption skills were advanced enough and they had translated the languages ​​of many intelligent species.

But there are also many that can never be deciphered.

After all, it is an extremely difficult skill that requires a lot of knowledge. Even for evolvers like them, without talent and a lot of study, it is obviously impossible to master it.

Moreover, this is a newly discovered intelligent species.

Its academic significance and value are probably enough for Li Yi to be awarded the title of senior decryption expert.

Zhou Changling said: "You are good at both civil and military affairs. Li Yi, you are simply a role model among mecha masters. You put us old guys to shame."

Guan Shanyue laughed and said, "That's nothing. Li Yi will shock you even more later, Boss Zhou."

Zhou Changling said: "Then I'd like to see it for myself."

Li Yi controlled the Pluto mecha and continued to talk to the red-eyed ant-fly man, who quickly responded.

After a while, as the Pluto Mecha continued to speak, the red-eyed Ant Fly Man began to walk down the pit, helped the other Ant Fly Men to untie their ropes, and then all knelt down in front of the Pluto Mecha, shouting something in unison.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Changling was indeed surprised:

"Has this red-eyed ant-fly man become your believer? Or have they already developed this kind of primitive worship?"

Li Yi said:

"Rather than being believers, it's more like they are out of fear and have to glorify me in their hearts... From our perspective, we are just using them as test subjects, but they may really think we are great gods."

Guan Shanyue said with emotion: "If one day our true bodies appeared in front of them, I wonder if they would continue to worship us like this."

And what appeared before them was just the first small pitfall of Li Yi's experiment.

There are several more behind, and Li Yi designed different experimental modes for them.

After going through these sufficiently complex environments, Li Yi obtained sufficient language materials from the Ant Fly People and had basically gotten the information he wanted.

Li Yi said:

"After my communication with these ant-fly people, I have basically determined the situation in the foggy area."

"First, these red-eyed or blue-eyed Ant-Fly Men are most likely advanced species of Ant-Fly Men. They are quite intelligent, but they are very afraid of the foggy area."

"In their ancient legends, every high-level species cannot enter the fog area. Once they enter, 99% of them will disappear."

"On the contrary, their lower-level species, those with ordinary black compound eyes and strong bodies, were fine after entering."

"Of course, it's not absolutely okay. If it exceeds a certain period of time, the probability of disappearance will increase."

"Among them, they used the fragments of information from the explorations of the lower-level species to draw a detailed exploration map deep in the cave."

"Another point is that if a low-level species can stay in there for a certain period of time and return successfully, it is very likely to advance to a high-level species."

"That is the red-eyed and blue-eyed ant-fly people we are seeing now."

"Also, there is another interesting point."

"That is the king of the Ant-Fly People. All his descendants must pass the test in the Mist Zone before they can inherit the throne."

"Moreover, these offspring must first be high-level species before they can undergo trials."

"If they return successfully, they will advance to become a more intelligent king species."

Several people listened silently.

Zhou Changling said thoughtfully:

"Could it be that this foggy area is actually a trial area for intelligent creatures?"

"An area that can enhance wisdom or soul?"

"This is somewhat similar to the ruins I have come across before. Some of the ruins have inheritance attributes."

Chen Qiongzhi also agreed with Zhou Changling's statement and said, "According to statistics, 5% of the ruins were used by ancient people to pass on knowledge. This place is very large, so this is not impossible. Li Yi, do you have any other information?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "That's all for now. If we want to know more about the situation in the foggy area, we probably have to find the map drawn by the Ant Fly People in the cave, or find their king species."

Chen Qiongzhi pondered and said:

"How about this, Li Yi, you continue to decipher and see if you can dig up some more information. Senior Zhou, please be on guard for Li Yi this time. Lao Guan, you come with us this time."

"The rest of you, follow me and join Group 2. They found a hidden entrance on the northeastern wall. We can go explore and see if we can find anything else there."

Guan Shanyue smiled and said, "Well, it's rare that I've been lazy for several days. In that case, let's go over and stretch our muscles and see if there are any unexpected gains."

Li Yi agreed and said, "Then please be careful and don't run into any accidents at the hidden entrance or exit."

(End of this chapter)