Soul Land: The Heavens and the Earth
Chapter 690

The Swarm's "Selfishness"

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Become Zerg!

Was that the Brain Bug's goal?

No one was willing to accept such a fate.

But at this moment, aside from Zhou Qing's group, none of the others—not even the Fallen Ones—had the strength to resist the Swarm.

This had once been the method the Swarm would choose.

The Brain Bug changed the subject and began to explain.

This was also why the Swarm possessed so many different appearances, some of which did not even look as though they belonged to the same species.

We absorbed the Genetic Material of ants, wasps, mantises, and every other living thing, analyzed the information within it, fused it into our own Genetic Material, and modified it.

Most people could not understand any of this.

But the Brain Bug continued speaking.

Because it knew that there was an individual below who could understand.

Words could be lies!

Mental fluctuations could also be controlled and imitated!

But genuine thoughts within the heart would cause the body itself to emit a particular Pheromone, allowing the Brain Bug to detect it and judge one's true thoughts based on factors such as the speed and concentration of its release.

It could not be called mind-reading. It could only roughly determine the direction of one's thoughts, but for the Brain Bug, that was enough.

However, the Brain Bug was ultimately rather "considerate" and gave everyone a demonstration.

Three Bug Eggs, freshly secreted by the Mother Bug below, were carried before the Brain Bug by three Transport Bugs. Then, three Hatching Bugs crawled along the Mother Bug's carapace to the eggs and smeared them with corresponding Pheromones.

Immediately afterward, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Energy converged upon the three Bug Eggs, causing the liquid inside them to change and form hearts.

Thump! Thump!

As the hearts beat, the

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