Compared to the Giant Jellyfish Monsters they had encountered before.
This Giant Jellyfish Monster, formed from as many as six hundred million members of the Shepherd Civilization, surpassed them by far—not only in size and overall energy level.
It also had a layer of "light armor" covering its body, made up of countless colorful points of light!
It was like a Giant Jellyfish Monster that had been armed.
So the first impression everyone got was of a "Giant Armored Jellyfish Monster."
Of course, this straightforward, rather crude name was soon replaced.
Because once the Giant Armored Jellyfish Monster had fully taken shape,
the pillar of light that had reached from heaven to earth completed its mission and dissipated.
The mysterious ritual made up of countless bands of light across the surface of the Tidal Heart was also withdrawn.
An invisible wave of thought swept across this region of space.
"Tidal Child!"
Naturally, everyone learned the scientific name of the Giant Armored Jellyfish Monster.
"Tidal Heart, Tidal Child, Shepherd Civilization...
Perhaps, from a certain perspective,
the Shepherd Civilization is merely a tool of the Tidal Heart.
A tool for gathering source energy from the mental seas of intelligent life, and using it to drive the Tidal Heart's evolution toward higher levels of life!
Taking the idea further,
let me make a bold conjecture.
Perhaps the Tidal Heart itself isn't a purely biological entity.
Perhaps it's a materialized manifestation of Tidal Spiritual Energy?"
Gao Luanqin suddenly murmured.
Everyone was stunned at first.
Then a nameless chill welled up in their hearts.
After all, they were currently inside the Tidal Ocean.
You could say they were in its absolute domain—or, perhaps... inside its body?
"There's no need to dwell on it too much.
The only thing we're facing right now is the Tidal