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Shisui quickly withdrew his attention from the Beastfolk Leader's mind and then focused directly on the Insect Mother's mind.

The brain structure of this Insect Mother is bizarre and complex, with layers upon layers, resembling a giant onion.

Each layer is half a thick, wrinkled layer of skin, gently undulating, causing the grooves on it to frequently change and flow.

When the Shisui consciousness invaded it, the brain actually produced a faint resistance.

However, this resistance proved so ineffective when the energy supply was cut off.

Like a machine that has lost its power, no matter how ingenious its design, it can no longer function properly.

The soul fluctuations that the Insect Mother sent out to transmit information were intercepted by a wall formed by a Koukaku.

Immediately afterwards, Shisui Psychic Energy enveloped it.

The futile resistance was instantly suppressed, as if it had been held down by an invisible hand and could no longer move.

Shisui began to peruse the memories of this Insect Mother.

He then discovered that the Insect Race Insect Mother could pass on her memories.

This information comes from the surface of this brain.

There are even more memories in the lower levels, so many that even Shisui is having a headache.

Due to the unique structure of their brains, the way the Insect Mother stores memories is quite different from other species.

As mentioned earlier, the Insect Mother's brain is layered, like a strangely shaped building.

Each floor stores different types of memories, which are categorized and placed in different "floors".

Moreover, the closer the memories are to the core area, the more important they are, and the more difficult they are to explore.

This is like a heavily guarded treasure vault, where the most precious treasures are always hidden in the deepest part.

Based on the current state of the Insect Mother's brain, Shisui could foresee that if he forcibly probed the memories in the core area, the Insect Mother's brain would likely immediately enter a self-destructive state.

This is like triggering the security mechanism of a vault.

However, while others might call the police, the Insect Race's brain chooses to perish together with the enemy.

After all, if the signal weren't blocked like this, the memories in their brains could be transmitted remotely to other Insect Mother.

Therefore, even if one Insect Mother dies, the loss to the entire Insect Race will not be too severe.

However, this presents a problem for Shisui.

He could only carefully and slowly peruse the vast amount of memories the Insect Mother possessed.

Start by examining the surface-level memories, gradually delving deeper to explore the hidden content.

The memories in the shallower regions are mostly about the Insect Race's classification, basic structure, and interpersonal relationships.

And some personal matters that need to be handled in the near future.

Shisui only skimmed through this part, relying on his terrifying memory to memorize it.

Next, we move on to the middle layer.

Military intelligence, which is not highly classified, has begun to emerge, and some of the Insect Race's inherited talents and skills are also included in this part.

Considering that this place was not suitable for a long stay, Shisui decided not to study it in depth for the time being, but simply to make a note of the contents.

He explored further for a while, his Shisui brows furrowing slightly.

He feared that the Eye of Madness's intelligence had been deliberately placed in the core area by the Insect Mother.

If that's the case, then he won't get this information for a while.

Even worse, this Insect Mother might not know anything about the Eye of Madness.

She was simply letting the Eye of Madness parasitize those Insect Race soldiers, following the established procedure.

Fortunately, as Shisui approached the core area, he finally found a clue.

The part about the Eye of Madness was mixed in with the conversation between the Insect Mother and her superiors.

The description was vague, consisting of only a few sentences, and therefore not very noticeable.

But these few words were given a place near the core area.

"Mother."

Shisui saw the Insect Mother from his memory lying prostrate on the ground, submitting to the other end of their soul connection.

"That thing is so strange, my children tell me they are in pain."

"Moreover, the number of deaths after parasitism far exceeded expectations."

"If this continues, we might not even be able to muster enough soldiers for routine patrols."

"Mother, do we really have to continue?"

The Insect Mother's voice trembled slightly, clearly indicating that she was somewhat frightened.

As soon as those words were spoken, another, even gentler voice rang out.

Shisui could vaguely sense that the owner of that voice possessed an undeniable, soul-level pressure.

Opposite them was undoubtedly a Heaven-Controlling Realm expert.

The memories continue to play.

"Don't worry, darling, it won't be used on you until there's progress in the Laboratory."

"I will have people send you supplies to replenish your energy regularly."

"Furthermore, this is a rare opportunity for you to carefully observe the fluctuations in Soul Energy when the Eye of Madness is in operation."

"It might give you some inspiration in the application of Soul Energy."

"Furthermore, the more you learn, the faster you can take control once you've successfully mass-produced and stabilized the eyeballs."

The Insect Mother was still somewhat afraid; the mortality rate from being parasitized by that thing was too high, making her hesitate to go.

But she also knew that her mother wouldn't let her die in vain.

Therefore, she still replied, "Yes."

Seeing that the Insect Mother was still filled with fear, the other side spoke again.

"Darling, you need to understand that there aren't many ways to break through that bottleneck; every one you use is one less you can have."

"It was indeed extremely dangerous, but the fruits of success would be great enough, wouldn't they?"

Shisui could sense that the other person had mixed some Soul Energy into their voice.

This energy was exceptionally domineering, and much of it remained even in my memories.

He used his own Psychic Energy to filter out the energy, and therefore remained unaffected.

However, while Shisui was unaffected, the Insect Mother might not be.

After listening this time, the Insect Mother seemed to understand something.

His feelings toward the Eye of Madness shifted abruptly from fear to undisguised fanaticism.

"I understand, Mother."

The memory was interrupted; the following content, as well as the record of the Insect Mother observing the Eye of Madness, did not appear.

That makes sense, as Forbidden-Class Weapons, its status is only second to the Heaven-Controlling Realm, which is like a pillar of strength.

The specific details will naturally be stored deep within the Insect Mother's memory.

However, even without more intelligence, Shisui still managed to obtain quite a bit of information.

Based on the memories of the two previous Beastfolk, he deduced that the Eye of Madness used to attack him not long ago was likely only a half-finished product.

The true finished product should be the Eye of Madness, which can be transplanted into a living organism and controlled.

To be honest, Shisui was very interested in this.

Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to have a new pair of eyes transplanted.

His Kakugan was no less powerful than the Eye of Madness.

Moreover, Shisui is not the type of person who likes to choose between two options.

He's better at having it all!

So he thought, if he first used [Fire Thief] to peel off [Eye of Madness], and then used [Predator] to devour it.

Could this allow the power of the [Eye of Madness] to be absorbed and merged into the Kakugan?

His random thoughts lasted only two seconds before Shisui refocused his attention and carefully put the [Spirit Dream Recall] away.

Shisui also planned to preserve these brains so that he could access their memories later.

After doing all this, Shisui roughly estimated the time.

He had been here for nearly an hour and a half since he attacked the Beastfolk settlement.

In other words, there is not much time left before Hua Guangqi's scheduled departure time of 6:00 AM.

According to the information he obtained from reviewing his memories, the Beastfolk Main Lineage would send someone to escort him.

If he stays any longer, Shisui might run into this group head-on.

He hadn't obtained a sample of the Eye of Madness yet, and he didn't want to expose himself to the Beastfolk Main Lineage so soon.