Ceng Kang did not answer Jun Ling's question directly. He suddenly looked up at the night sky. It was pitch black, and there were no stars, but Ceng Kang's eyes seemed to flicker with light.
After a long time, he let out a long sigh. "Actually, Professor Yang's question is very good. Why has it been dormant for more than twenty years, and why hasn't it hatched a fourth time?
The reason is simple. It's because Madison has almost no resources for it to absorb. For example, the God's Stone that you have guarded for generations has long been sucked clean by it. "
"What about psionic energy?" Ding Meng could not help but ask.
Zeng Kang sighed. "It already has the ability to absorb psionic energy. If it continues to absorb psionic energy, the result will be very simple. It will either become a psionic monster or become stronger. But no matter how it changes, it will not be able to achieve the effect of evolution. You have to understand that the ultimate goal of the mother body is to evolve into a higher life form through incubation and metamorphosis. The conditions required for each evolution are different, and the conditions are getting more and more difficult. It's the same principle as us psionicists advancing."
This principle was actually very easy to understand. For example, if a warrior continued to absorb energy, at most his foundation would be strengthened, but he would never be able to break out of the warrior category. If he wanted to become a warrior, he would need the corresponding martial arts, martial arts, secret manuals, and scriptures.
Of course, Ding Meng's Diamond Astral Technique was a special case. If the Diamond Astral Technique was replaced with Heat Source Art or Blazing Star Technique, Ding Meng would still be a warrior in the eyes of others. At most, he would be a very powerful advanced warrior.
Jun Ling said, "I understand now. The mother body has not contaminated our last prairie, nor has it attacked Health Town, because there are resources it needs here?"
Ceng Kang nodded. "You're right this time. But I've been curious for the past two years. Health Town is just a palm-sized place. What is it that the mother body wants?
There are no resources, no starships, and nothing else. If there is something, it would be your people and the disabled psionicists who have been coming to Health Town over the years. "
Yang Wei said, "If you say that the mother body wants these people, I won't believe it even if you beat me to death."
Zeng Kang said word by word, "The mother isn't interested in these people, but their fighting spirit?"
"Battle intent?" Everyone was curious.
Zeng Kang nodded and said, "You've all fought in the Endless Forest. You were especially fierce and brutal during the battle. The monsters are the same. After killing for a long time, do you feel that your own hostility is especially strong? Especially belligerent, especially angry, especially violent, especially bloodthirsty …"
Not to mention Jun Ling and the others, they had long been accustomed to this feeling. Even Ding Meng had a deep understanding of it. When he saw Xiao Shanzi's body on Planet KV303, he really had the urge to destroy everything. He could not wait to cut all the members of the Extreme Pirate Troop into pieces and swallow them alive.
Zeng Kang's words were shocking again. "All the fighting spirit that you and the monsters produced formed a very negative and violent emotion, and the mother relied on devouring your emotions to secretly carry out the fourth incubation."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, confused, and calm.
The person who was shocked was Yang Wei. He was a biology expert, so he naturally understood this.
The confused people were definitely Elephant and Leopard. This was the first time they heard that emotions could be devoured and evolved after being devoured.
The person who was calm was naturally Ding Meng. When he was at Starlight University, Principal Zhu Bin had already proposed this theory, but he had never seen such an example in the real world. Now that Ceng Kang had brought it up, he still found it hard to believe.
Zeng Kang said, "I didn't believe it at first, but I gradually believed it."
Ding Meng suddenly said, "On the one hand, Health Town attracted disabled psionicists to come here. On the other hand, you constantly perfected your bone armor technology, installed prosthetic limbs for everyone, and let them fight here. Finally, your guess was confirmed."
Ceng Kang said, "Humans are different from machines. Machines don't have emotions, but humans do. Human emotions can infect others. The locals are warlike and bloodthirsty, so over time, they will naturally develop a murderous aura. It's the same for Psionicists. The angrier they are, the more bloodthirsty they become. The more they kill, the angrier they become. In the long run, they will be no different from a homicidal maniac.
Yang Wei seemed to understand something. "What if Health Town was a peaceful environment where everyone helped each other?"
Zeng Kang replied coldly, "Then we would have been destroyed long ago."
Jun Ling still did not quite believe it. "Professor, why are you so sure that the mother is devouring our emotions?"
Zeng Kang said, "Don't you think it's strange?
Every time you go out to hunt, the number of monsters you encounter is the same?
Every three to five days, do you feel that you can't sit still and have nothing to do? Do you have to go out and kill monsters?
Every year in the big hunt, the number of monsters is the same as the number of people we send.
The reason why Health Town hasn't fallen is that the mother will never allow it to be completely destroyed. It needs you to keep fighting and dying so that it can have a steady stream of energy to absorb … "
He sighed again. "Relying on devouring the emotions of creatures to hatch, I really can't imagine what kind of existence it will be after its fourth evolution."
Yang Wei admitted defeat for the first time. "Zeng Kang, you're a mechanic, but your knowledge of biology makes me, a so-called biological expert, feel ashamed."
Ding Meng's voice turned cold. "Professor, when did you discover this secret?"
Zeng Kang said, "I only discovered it five years after I came here. But fortunately, devouring emotions is an extremely slow process. I speculate that it will take decades for it to hatch."
Ding Meng stared at him. "The question is, since you've discovered the mother's secret, why are you still absorbing outsiders, making bone armor, and organizing activities like the big hunt to encourage everyone to fight? Isn't this accelerating the formation of the mother?"
"I knew you would ask this question." Zeng Kang sighed. He turned his head and looked at the starship in the distance.
If you looked closely at his eyes, you would find that there was a trace of sadness in his eyes. "When I was sent to Madison, I thought that I would only need to stay for a few years before I could be repatriated and reunite with my family. But in the third year, my wife and daughters died. All of them died."
Ding Meng was stunned. "What happened?"
Zeng Kang gritted his teeth and said, "They were killed by someone. After they died, they were burned clean. Not even their ashes were left behind. My eldest daughter was only nine years old at the time, and my youngest daughter was only three years old. If they could live to this day, they would be like you, healthy and lively young people. Perhaps they could even become psionicists, but …"
His tone was full of pain, and he couldn't continue speaking.
Ding Meng also gritted his teeth. "Who is so vicious that they even want to kill children?"
Yang Wei sighed. "I'm afraid it's the Golden Shield Alliance.
Maybe it's that Gao Sun. "
Zeng Kang said, "Gao Sun's son is also a mechanical authority. The higher-ups felt that they no longer needed me, so his son replaced me."
Ding Meng said, "But there's no need to be so ruthless, right?
They could have just let you go. Is there a need to kill your family? "
Zeng Kang shook his head. "You've lived here since you were young and have never come into contact with the outside world. You don't understand the real human world. The most complicated and terrifying creatures in the universe are humans. They are far more terrifying than the mother on this planet."
There must be a deeper reason for this, but Zeng Kang was unwilling to say it. Ding Meng said, "Then how did you find out about this?"
Zeng Kang sighed. "Every year, Old Du came personally to the big hunt. Old Du and I were friends when he was alive. He secretly revealed to me that Gao Sun's family was the murderer of my wife and daughter. But this year, it was a different person. If I'm not wrong, Old Du is also dead …"
Ding Meng sighed. "I understand. Old Du is working with you. Every time he goes back, he deliberately uploads fake news, saying that the mother is slowly preparing for the fourth and fifth incubation to buy you time."
Zeng Kang nodded. "That's right. That Gao Sun has always been in charge of the mother project. When the so-called fifth incubation time comes, he will definitely come here personally. If he really has the ability to take the mother away, do you think they will take me away?"
Ding Meng and the others lowered their heads. When Gao Sun arrived, it would be the day of Zeng Kang's death.
Zeng Kang suddenly sneered. "But it's not that simple to kill me. Since they want to obtain the mother so much, then fine. I'll let the mother grow strong and see what it will become after its fourth evolution. Gao Sun and the others think they can control this alien creature. They must be dreaming."
Yang Wei exclaimed, "If you do this, not only will you kill everyone here, but I estimate that even Madison Star will be destroyed."
Zeng Kang sneered even more. "Yes, I want everyone to die. I'm not a match for Gao Sun, but I think Gao Sun is a match for the mother.
I can't take revenge with my own hands, but the mother can avenge me!
Anyway, I'm going to die anyway. I don't mind dragging a group of people down with me. "
"You son of a b * tch!"
Yang Wei was furious. "You said I'm crazy? You're the one who's crazy. You're the one who's really crazy."
"It's the same whether I'm crazy or not!" Zeng Kang regained his calmness, his expression indifferent.
Ding Meng sighed. He could understand Zeng Kang's mentality. His only family and friends had been killed, but he could not take revenge. Even if he had the chance to take revenge, he was not a match for the other party.
Although Zeng Kang was still alive, his heart was dead. He no longer had any worries or solace. His last hope was that the fourth incubation day would come early so that the mother could kill Gao Sun and the others. Of course, he would not be able to escape death.
Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well be crazy and let the mother form quickly. As for whether the mother could carry out the fifth incubation in the future, crossing the stars with its physical body and destroying humans with one hand, that had nothing to do with him.