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Lu Yuan didn’t know whether Monsters followed the theory of evolution, but from the principle of evolution, the setting of the Monster seemed somewhat unreasonable.

In the end, it was Old Cat hiding in the backpack who couldn’t help but say, "You all are thinking off track. The Monster’s real purpose isn’t to kill people, but to select more powerful servants."

"Don’t think that Different Space is invincible. There are always some abilities in the world that can break through Different Space."

"Therefore, the power of the Monster is closely related to the servants it enslaves. This Monster has only domesticated Rize Civilization, and can’t even handle you, a human warrior." Enjoy exclusive content from empire

"Once it domesticates a stronger race, killing this human warrior will be a matter of minutes."

"So its way of thinking must be inclined towards domestication and enslavement, rather than direct killing."

"Killing people is pointless for it."

Lu Yuan couldn’t help but roll his eyes. Old Cat, do you have to degrade it like that? What do you mean by it only domesticated Rize Civilization.

The Rize people were also very embarrassed. They were already in despair, and to be looked down upon like this... Those Rize people being controlled were once their compatriots.

However, Old Cat’s analysis did have some merit.

"Each little Monster here possesses its own abilities; some even possess Divine Skills."

"Your Rize people’s superpowers haven’t proliferated to this extent, have they?"

Tado shook his head: "The birth rate of superpowers is about one in eight. Most people’s abilities are quite weak, barely better than nothing."

"That shows that the Monster does have some selection." Old Cat said coldly, "Individuals with powerful skills have become its servants."

"Those without skills or with very weak combat abilities might have just died and become food."

"Therefore, to the Monster, you few with powerful superpowers are quite attractive. It wants to capture you as servants."

The faces of the many Rize people didn’t look so good.

But it sounded somewhat reasonable.

The power of Monsters and Demons represent two different dimensions; both possess the ability to grow, but Monsters always hide in the shadows and never launch a frontal attack.

"From another perspective, trapping enemies in Different Space to starve them to death is an extremely long process. Over time, it might become unsustainable." Old Cat continued, "The Monster also needs Ideal Energy..."

It suddenly screamed, "Wait, I’ve thought of how to kill a Monster!!"

"How to kill it?"

"Through a prolonged war of attrition, first find a way to kill off its servants." Old Cat said, "The army entering the limestone caves, once they show signs of being controlled by Spirit Manipulation, should immediately blow themselves up with bombs!"

"Without its servants, the Monster’s combat power will plummet. It’s like chess with just a bare commander left; its combat power is naturally limited."

"You have to know that growing eyes on your body definitely consumes energy. Over a long period, it too will die from lack of energy."

Lu Yuan fell silent and touched the eyeball on his buttock.

What kind of civilization could be so fierce, willing to use human lives to wear down an Anomaly?

It’s hard.

The current human race is definitely incapable of doing it.

The few Rize people were also silent, saying nothing. Their civilization couldn’t do it either... because they didn’t have that many experts.

After being enslaved by the Monster, these servants’ combat power would skyrocket, and they also gained abilities like "Spiritual Spike" and "One Second Different Space."

And their current population size and productivity couldn’t support a long-term war of attrition.

Lu Yuan shook his head: "Your method has some sense. But the current Rize people don’t even have an Extraordinary Spark. Sending in a large army would just result in a collective frenzy."

A Rize person said disappointedly, "Yes, this method isn’t realistic... The higher-ups wouldn’t agree either, the stakes are too high."

Old Cat nodded and said in a way that couldn’t be denied, "All in all, selecting powerful servants is the Monster’s innate instinct. Especially in the Early Epoch, time is precious. If it doesn’t get powerful servants, throughout the long Epoch, there’s always the possibility of capsizing in the gutter."

"This innate instinct is what drives its behavior."

"Just like each Demon desires to Take Over, yearning for a powerful body, every Monster has Different Space and hopes to gain powerful servants."

"We must start from this angle to speculate on the thinking of the Anomaly."

Old Cat whimsically said, "Actually, the ability of Different Space is quite useful. If we can capture a Monster alive... it could protect civilization, allowing a calm withdrawal from the Safe Zone."

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, "Is there really a civilization that can capture one of these things alive?"

Old Cat: "I’m just speculating. Compared to the most powerful Anomalies, it’s as docile as a baby. At least you’ve been here for most of the day and haven’t died yet; that’s a strong piece of evidence."

Lu Yuan’s eyelids twitched a few times, wishing he could strangle this fat cat. With foreign people present, can’t you give some face?

The few Rize people present were sweating profusely.

Some of this conversation was in human language, which they didn’t understand, but they did understand Old Cat’s language.

Words like Demon, Monster, these key terms were making their heads spin.

But this information was indeed very valuable. They recorded it in their hearts and had their telepaths transmit it.

"Elder Old Cat, our think tank has asked through telepathy if a Monster’s intelligence will gradually increase over time?"

"I have such memories... However, this process is slow, measured in hundreds or thousands of years, not something that can increase in a short period of time. So there’s no need to worry too much," Old Cat slightly shook its head, the cat’s eye stone reflecting the blazing firelight.

"Considering that, based on your previous analysis, the intelligence of the monsters may stem from two possibilities," Lu Yuan pondered aloud.

Tado breathed out deeply.

"The first possibility is that it gains intelligence by consuming intelligent beings."

"Meaning the ’God’ attribute might contain higher Mind Energy, which could cause it to undergo subtle evolution."

"The second possibility is that it may be a hive-mind organism... The core of the monster, together with the chain of servants it controls, comprises a hive with intelligence."

"This would also explain why there are so many layers set up instead of simply trapping and killing the enemy."

"A hive tends to expand itself; killing one person doesn’t really matter. The number and type of servants can enhance its wisdom."

"Moreover, these eyeballs growing on us could be similar to sensors... The more eyes, the greater the hive’s influence on us."

"Precisely because of the information transmitted by these eyes, the monsters here can predict our moves, making the combat significantly more challenging..."

"Your wolf companion not being infested by eyes is evidence. Because it’s too dumb, the existence of such low intelligence individuals could negatively affect the overall intelligence of the hive, hence they are rejected."

Hive mentality dictates a "queen bee," a central will, with other sub-beings having semi-independent consciousness.

Sub-beings must obey the highest consciousness to some extent, and those that do not comply will be eliminated to prevent the whole from collapsing.

Conversely, the sub-beings also influence the overall intelligence of the hive.

"That makes sense... Does it mean the monsters’ anticipatory attacks, the Different Space the group possesses, are all provided by the hive?" Lu Yuan stroked his chin.

This information was naturally analyzed by the think tank in the rear.

Every civilization has its prodigies, especially technological civilizations, which excel at turning the unknown into the known.

Even if the conclusions aren’t necessarily correct, they still tend toward the right path.

Lu Yuan let out a soft sigh, if he envisioned those numerous eyes as "hive network sensors," maybe it wasn’t so terrifying anymore?

However, even guessing the true conclusion didn’t mean much.

Because they couldn’t penetrate deeper layers.

As long as they couldn’t reach deeper layers and kill the core entity of the monster, they wouldn’t win this battle.

"Even if we reached the deepest layer, what could possibly kill a monster?" Lu Yuan weighed his trump cards in his mind.

The true strength of the monster’s entity was unknown, and it was never an exaggeration to overestimate it.

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The first option was to turn himself into a Demon; Shadow Illumination of a Demon, with abilities like "Dark Instantaneous Movement" and "Shadow Tentacles," was almost perfectly suited to this ghastly place.

As long as a Demon can see the monster’s true body, killing it shouldn’t be a problem.

The second was to use a drop of Ghost’s blood.

He picked up the clump of ghastly green resin; the blood of the Ghost wriggled inside it like tadpoles.

Seemingly sensing the vitality outside, it emitted an even colder chill.

"Using an Anomaly to combat an Anomaly... No way."

What nonsense about an Earth Mother Goddess, it was clearly the terrifying Ghost.

Once the blood of the Ghost is released, the consequences are unpredictable... Lu Yuan didn’t dare take the risk, as it involved the most horrifying natural disaster, and his knowledge of the Ghost was incomplete.

As for the third option, it only left the use of high explosive bombs and other technological weapons...

Warriors of the Rize Civilization had indeed brought a few bombs with them.

But could just using high explosive bombs kill a monster?

The power of technological weapons was quite significant; Lu Yuan himself would be injured or even killed by a high explosive bomb, so a monster would likely die after taking several blasts.

"It seems the third method is the only choice... but I can’t give up on the first and second methods either..."

Lu Yuan thought for a moment but couldn’t find a surefire way to win.

He finally understood why some were willing to consume the remnants of a Demon; they were all driven to desperation.

He now faced the same dilemma.

"If possible, stay a while longer," Old Cat suddenly said. "The time flow here compared to the Pangu Continent is 1:100, just wait a bit longer, hold out for a few more days."

Lu Yuan frowned slightly and nodded.

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