The sea surface rises and falls, not counting the hot sunlight shining on the sea surface, and a gourd-shaped object rising and falling under the influence of the current...

It was the collector who opened the shackles

At this time, it was no longer troubled by hunger. The opening of the shackles allowed it to break through its authority, and it awakened a new ability - to control its own cells.

It sounds powerful, but it's actually not as exaggerated as Hogu. It directly controls cells in a comprehensive sense. It only slightly adjusts the original biological structure, so that it can only be used as a collection of six organic materials.

The digestive cavity can also provide supplies to the collector's body, which means restoring the digestive cavity to the 'gourd' design.

After all, even if Huo Gu is not here, the collector cannot obtain all the permissions of the entire cell population. At most, it can only affect his own body cells...

However, even so, it is already very strong, especially in this world where large macroscopic creatures that have not yet evolved naturally are everywhere.

The petal-shaped mouth has almost negligible bite force. Every time it opens and closes, it brings countless deaths. It is like a black hole, swallowing up the tiny microorganisms swimming nearby.

This increases the amount of energy it obtains.

Ascension means that it can make one's body reach the most full and complete state. This has never happened before. It is like a skinny beggar and a strong muscular warrior. Although they are of the same species, they are both different.

There is almost no comparison in terms of physical ability.

The improvement of physical ability provides the foundation for higher thinking intelligence. The brain, which was already quite energy-consuming, can now operate fully and wantonly.

On the basis of the desire to survive, more thinking emotions and more complex ways of thinking are extended.

Now, a premise and a question are before it.

The disappearance of the supreme will means that they have been defeated. This is the premise.

Does the enemy still exist? That is the question.

Two possibilities extend from the question.

The supreme will disappears and the enemy also dies, which is to die together. Although the collectors still don't know the idiom "die together", the truth is still clear.

The supreme will disappears and the enemy is still alive, which means that the threat to survival still exists.

The first possibility is safety, and the second possibility is danger. It may be that under the influence of the supreme will that has never been actively contacted, the collector abandoned luck and subjectively believed that the situation was based on the worst outcome, and chose the second option.

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This is why it is now floating on the sea like a rotten driftwood. It is camouflaging, and its poor brain capacity has given it a plan to survive in a dangerous environment.

Wandering along the way, it unknowingly arrived at a more distant place.

On the way, you can see countless smoke pillars rising from the bottom of the sea, the huge body of the beehive tirelessly carrying out the work given by the Creator, and the thick roots constantly providing supplies.

Of course, there are also scrappers among them. They have made an error in some link. This error may be caused by genes, the transportation process of materials, or the invasion of some extremely threatening microorganisms.

Mountain-like figures stand on the seabed. They are inactive and are already cold corpses, enduring the gnawing of microorganisms.

The collector stared intently at the natural scene of these weak animals preying on the strong. Some kind of throbbing vaguely arose in his heart, but just when he wanted to pay attention to this inner throbbing, it suddenly disappeared.

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't find that throbbing feeling. I guess it wasn't something like knowledge, so it should be in the category of dispensable. This is what the collector thought.

Without thinking too much, it went along with the current. It didn't know where the current would lead it, but now it was camouflaging, and the temperature of the sea water was getting higher and higher. This made it feel safe, as it hated low temperatures, so there was no need to take the initiative.

Change your course.

The arrangement lasted for many days and nights, and the sea currents entered from the temperate zone to the tropical seas. The collectors were also in this place, getting off the bus of the sea currents.

When it first arrived in the new environment, the collector was very confused. It looked at the surrounding environment and found that both the hive and the roots were much larger than what they had seen before.

If I had to describe it, it would be like how people from a poor mountain village feel when they enter a big city and see those high-rise buildings.

Life of the same form has many cognitions in common, and a huge body can often give a strong sense of security and deterrence. However, when this kind of thing is combined with another thing, it can easily cause greater fear.

That is 'even if we have such power, the supreme will is still dead'.

The collector once again felt the throbbing rising in his heart, but he still couldn't grasp that feeling and didn't understand what that feeling meant.

The collector who did not know what was going on continued to look at the environment blankly. Map information can be recorded as knowledge. Although the terrain is variable, without map information, there is no way to extend the 'concept' of location, and many things cannot be done.

For example, where should the collected organic materials be transported? Where is a specific area? How should you describe your current location, and where should you go?

For such reasons, Huo Gu included ‘map information’ in the category of knowledge when he originally designed it.

What the collector is doing now is what it often did in the Hadean Era. No matter what you are going to do, you must first determine the surrounding map information.

Suddenly, the ever-zooming pupils captured a figure floating in the sea. It was the same as the collector and had the same gourd-shaped appearance.

The collector felt very happy to have found his own kind. This joy even made him ignore the principle of 'camouflage' that he had to follow before, and actively approached the gourd-shaped figure.

...It turns out I'm not the only one left...companion...

It stretched out its tail tentacles and touched the gourd-shaped object.

puff!

Just touching it with so little force that it ushered in unexpected disintegration. The collector could see a huge number of microorganisms pouring out of the gourd-shaped body. In fact, this gourd-shaped individual was already a

Lifeless organic material.

The throbbing feeling emerged again, far heavier than last time.

However, the collector still can't grasp that feeling...

After that, one after another floating corpses of the same kind appeared in the sight of the collectors. They were all collectors who woke up from the ice, died one after another because they could not get supplies, and were brought to this area of ​​​​water by the sea currents.

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In fact, Huogu didn't have time to give the collectors the ability to protect themselves from the cold. It was already a miracle that they could survive the ice. And the collector who has now escaped from the shackles is even more lucky among the miracles.

With its pitifully small brain capacity, it has forgotten what happened before. It still touches it with hope, and then welcomes the dream to be shattered like a bubble.

again and again……

Finally, that throbbing feeling was caught. It was deeper than fear, more advanced than survival, and more basic than reason...'I' was born.
Chapter completed!