The Worm of Knowledge worked even as it gnawed away.
It flew while continuously absorbing the deposits on the bones' surface, releasing a guiding scent, and drawing the scent components in the blood into its body.
A thought struck Lu Yuan.
It could eat the knowledge in the Sea of Knowledge?
The Worm of Knowledge could not eat anything within the Sea of Knowledge because that knowledge was too "raw."
It needed Lu Yuan to provide processed knowledge, such as Consciousness Crystals or knowledge from himself. But now, it was eating directly, and there was no rejection.
Either the corpse had "cooked" these things, or the worm itself was changing. Neither was good news.
And as it ate, it was also giving off something.
Lu Yuan sensed it through the Symbiotic Link, but he could not make out what it was.
It seemed to be an instinctive action. Even the worm itself did not know what it was doing.
Lu Yuan wanted to call it back, but the Worm of Knowledge was now the students' invisible guide. Obviously, it could not be withdrawn. Besides, Lu Yuan was not particularly willing to retreat just like that.
Lu Yuan wanted to know more. With Gray-White Text and incomparably powerful rationality as his foundation, if he missed this opportunity, he would definitely slap himself twice.
So for now, he could only keep watching.
After they returned, no matter what happened, he had to get to the bottom of this.
And so, under the Worm of Knowledge's guidance, only eighteen of the twenty-three students remained in the group.
Of the other five, some had been led by curiosity and walked alone toward a certain "pillar," while others had fallen behind during the journey, putting a fatal distance between themselves and their companions.
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