Chapter 51: Brainworm Colony

A tribe of head bugs? Leviathan picked up speed and flew to the canopy of a twisted tree closest to them.

The way twisted trees grow is very peculiar. When they grow to a certain height, usually more than 30 meters, they will start to grow in a rotating coil, forming wide discs with a diameter of more than ten meters. The disc is the 'crown' of the twisted tree, which is usually overgrown with leaves and has a high load-carrying capacity that can easily carry the weight of a Leviathan.

Leviathan folded his wings, walked to the edge of the canopy and looked down, only to see the creatures painted on the head worm wandering around, looking left and right on the ground, as if searching for prey.

They are very similar to cockroaches standing up on the upper body. They are about one meter long, which feels quite small, and there are only five of them. Lin estimates that the colony of head worms is not very large.

Lin rolled up the head bug with its tentacles so that it could see these creatures too.

"Confirm the smell of the ethnic group and start communicating." The head worm became excited immediately when it saw this. It made a very sharp cry. Lin had never heard this kind of cry before, and it was estimated that it was specially used to communicate with the same kind.

However, the few 'similars' did not respond, they were still doing the same thing as before under the bushes, and they didn't notice the sound of the head worm at all.

The sound of the head bug continued for a while, but the few bugs below didn't look at it at all, and ran away after a while.

Could the head worm recognize the wrong kind? I feel like this is unlikely.

"Communication failed." The head worm's emotions became lost: "The reason, there are other head worms. It caused a conflict of information, among the two information. The ethnic group prefers the new head worm."

Lin felt that the 'lost' emotion of the headworm seemed to be very strong. This emotion occasionally caused it to behave strangely, such as rolling around, but this time the headworm didn't do that, because Lin held it down with her tentacles. got it.

However, their group seems a bit strange, when there are two head worms. Will the new one be preferred? Generally speaking, don't the older ones have more knowledge?

"Looking for a new head bug in the group, trying to return to the group, Lin, together?" The head bug's lost emotion slowly disappeared, and Lin found that no matter how serious an emotion was, it would be converted in a very short time.

"Together." Leviathan put the head worm back on his back. Then she spread her wings again and flew to the sky above the jungle. Lin was just about to ask where the head worm's territory was, but at this time it had already seen that the worms in the forest were moving towards a few rocky mountains in the distance.

run away,

Leviathan immediately flew in the direction of those rocky mountains.

Those rocky mountains were more than 20 meters high. More than ten meters wide, it seems to be a mixture of soil and rocks, and there are some small holes about half a meter in diameter below.

Three of these rocky mountains were located in a small clearing among the twisted trees, and Lin could see the groups of head bugs coming in and out below.

Sure enough, it's not a very large community, it may have been very large. After all they defeated the Aztecs, but because of what happened. That's why it's so small, or is it just a sub-base?

"Clan Territory Discovery, Slime Rock, Approaching Queen, Information."

The head worm became excited again after seeing these rocky mountains. Leviathan landed next to a rocky mountain. When Leviathan touched the ground, a large number of insects suddenly rushed out of the rocky mountain, surrounding the Leviathan. live.

Lin found that they were all in one form, with their upper body erect, their forelimbs bladed and covered with small barbs, and they moved with four limbs. This kind of creature was called 'infantry' by the head worm, and it seemed to be a very common use Hunting troops.

These 'infantry' seem to regard Leviathan as an enemy, and they keep waving their forelimbs, ready to surround and attack.

"The ethnic group reacted violently and sent a signal of peace, not the enemy."

Lin smelled a strong smell released by the head worm, and all the infantrymen began to slowly retreat a certain distance after feeling the smell, and put down their forelimbs, as if they had lost their will to fight.

So that's the case... Lin thought it was very interesting to see this phenomenon. Even among the same kind, are there so many complicated communication methods? And the same kind of 'Lin' is 'Lin', so Lin actually never had any communication until she encountered the head bug.

"After identifying, start calling the new head worm - Muktu." Then, the head worm made the same sharp sound as before, and after a while, a white mass of meat appeared at the entrance of the rock mountain.

Is this the new head worm called 'Muketu' by the head worm?

'Muketu' is a special name for it by the head worm. This way of calling it is very strange. It seems to refer to a certain individual, rather than that kind of creature or race.

The head worm looked at Muktu and had a very strange mixed emotions, which seemed to have various emotions such as anger, happiness, excitement, and so on.

For each emotion of a creature, the organs in its body will produce some liquid substances corresponding to its emotions. Lin's sense of smell can smell this substance, and judge whether the emotion of this creature is serious or not based on its intensity, but at the same time it produces so much. So emotional, it was the first time that Lin met.

And the new head worm 'Muketu' also looked at Leviathan and the head worm on his back with a feeling of doubt and surprise.

"Old head bug, Maya."

With mixed emotions, Muktu uttered a few words.

Lin has seen some creatures' voices change a lot when their emotions fluctuate, but the head worms don't. They are almost always the same tone, but in fact, the emotions in their thoughts are quite rich.

Lin's head worm seems to be called 'Maya', as if every head worm has a specific name.

"Muketu." The head worm rolled off Leviathan's back and fell in front of Leviathan and said to Muketu, "Lin, there is no threat, bring me here and see the tribe."

"Never seen before, wonderful creature." Muktu looked at Leviathan suspiciously, then turned his attention to the head worm and rolled in front of the head worm.

Do they all roll and move like this?

Now, both of them stared at each other, but neither made a sound.

"Competition, chief."

After looking at each other for a while, the head bug and Muktu said the same words at the same time.

"Competition?" Lin questioned the head bug.

The head worm said: "There is only one head worm in the group. If there is more than one, then the competition will win, the strong will rule the group, and the loser will leave the group."

In this case, it is very similar to the competition of ordinary creatures. Let the stronger person be the leader. This method is conducive to the evolution and the strength of the group. However, how do the two head worms compete? Shouldn't it be two rolls to see which rolls faster? (To be continued...)