Experiment

Soon, they landed on a planet, and Regi stepped out of the cabin and looked around.

In the distance, the familiar T855 star is partially visible.

This made him realize that he was currently on one of the planets of T855, but due to the angle of view, he wasn't sure which one.

The ground rippled, revealing a deep, dark cave entrance, Morgan led the way into it.

Regi stepped inside and discovered that although the planet's surface appeared normal, it was only the top layer. Beneath that concealing layer of sand and gravel, it had been hollowed out by a dark purple creature.

These creatures resembled the internal organs of a living organism, occasionally wriggling, and as they passed by, they emitted a hazy purple glow along their path.

"That's amazing," Regi exclaimed. No wonder they hadn't discovered it before; it was so well hidden.

"If you saw the colorful KTV surround lighting before, you'd definitely find it even more amazing," Morgan thought to himself. However, he didn't say it aloud. He didn't know if the Overlord was watching him; this kind of embarrassing history was something the Overlord strictly forbade to mention.

"How do you plan to execute me?" Regi finally couldn't help but ask, watching Morgan lead him around in circles. He had come to terms with it now and understood Kamas' feelings back then.

Morgan paused, then chuckled and said, "Old friend, things aren't as you think."

"You're going to use me for experiments?" This was Regi's biggest worry, after all, he had already glimpsed a glimpse of the other party's methods.

"No," Morgan answered decisively.

"You're not going to let me go back, are you?"

"That's hard to say," Morgan said with a smile.

"Really? You won't kill me?" Regi didn't believe it, but a strange sense of anticipation lingered in his heart.

"How should I put it? We will kill you, but you will be reborn."

Fear gripped him; the words sounded eerie and gave him a very bad feeling.

Seeing Regi's expression, Morgan comforted him, "Don't worry, you'll like it."

"How did you know I'd like it?" Regi cursed inwardly. But it was too late to say anything now; he could only silently await his impending fate.

Finally, they arrived at a small room entirely composed of those dark purple organisms. At Morgan's command, Regi lay down in the center of the room, and the dark purple organisms wriggled and slowly covered his entire body.

Just before he was completely enveloped, he vaguely heard Morgan's words. "Old friend, haven't you always wanted to see him? When you wake up, you can see him."

"Who exactly is he?!" A somewhat muffled voice stubbornly emanated from the writhing creature's body.

Regi's consciousness went dark.

Morgan stared at the wriggling fungal sacs before him. Over the years, although he had always addressed Rowan as "Overlord" in Rowan presence, Morgan preferred to call Rowan "God" in front of others.

More than a century has passed since the birth of the first Intellect Morgan. Millions of Intellect have been transformed from Rat-folk, and Rowan has gained a new understanding of this transformation.

Through his observations and research, he discovered that when the Rat-folk's spirit enters the Swarm Network, it is not as simple as just "entering the door," but rather involves a complex transformation process.

First, the memories of the spiritual entity are stripped away by the Swarm Network, and then the spiritual entity itself becomes material for creating Intellect.

The Swarm Network absorbs the spiritual entities and then uses that energy to shape a prototype of an Intellect.

When the Intellect is first created, it is a blank slate, devoid of any consciousness or memory. At this point, the Intellect has no relation to the original spiritual entity. Just as meat is digested and converted into fat, it is now entirely a creation of the Swarm, no different from the biological units produced by the Mother Nest.

A product of a physical Swarm, a product of a spiritual Swarm.

Since mindless Intellect have little effect on the Swarm, the Swarm Network will completely copy the memories of the previously separated mental entities and infuse them into the Intellect.

Give them intelligence and creativity.

That's why they were completely loyal to Rowan.

Just as Rowan is the game server and the data itself, these Intellect are NPCs derived from the player data. Their existence is based on Rowan, and strictly speaking, they can even be said to be a part of Rowan.

Once this concept is clarified, the research can proceed accordingly.

Why can Rat-folk be transformed into Intellect?

The Rat-folk were products of Rowan's experiments; their ancestors contained genes from the Mother Nest's creations, and some of their ancestors were even Mother Nest's creations themselves.

However, this alone cannot make them Intellect, but it can lay the foundation for them.

If we use farming as an analogy, Intellect is the fruit, and to obtain fruit, you first need a piece of land, suitable land.

And the body, infused with the genes of the Mother Nest's creations, is this suitable land.

With the land secured, the next step is to Seed.

This Seed may be something akin to a soul, or a spiritual entity. It grows and develops on this land, eventually reaching the point where it can be harvested.

However, Rowan discovered that some Seed were good and some were bad; most of Seed failed to meet that standard.

He had experimented on many animals, but their mental bodies simply did not meet the minimum standards for creating Intellect. Later, Rowan discovered that Seed also needed nutrients after being planted.

These nutrients are knowledge, experience, and other things that can be collectively called wisdom. It's unscientific, but that's the truth.

The ancestors of the Rat-folk could not become Intellect because they lacked wisdom. As they were born and evolved into civilization, civilization nurtured wisdom, and wisdom watered the Seed.

Finally, the land, Seed, and nutrients all met the standards, producing qualified materials that were then harvested by the Swarm Network and transformed into Intellect.

However, Rowan's only Rat-folk have consistently met the standards in all three elements, while other species always fail to meet the standards in one or more of them.

What's holding back almost all other species is sustenance, which is intelligence. But cultivating another intelligent race is extremely difficult. First, there must be an Ecological Star, and second, it requires a very long time. Rowan is unlikely to patiently cultivate another civilization like he did with the Rat-folk.

Fortunately, this matter is not urgent. To put it bluntly, this civilization is similar to a material production base. Although there is only one production base at present, its output is sufficient for the current Swarm.

However, having more production bases is always a good thing. What if one day an enemy destroys the Origin Star? If there's only one material base, wouldn't the Intellect be unable to produce anything anymore?

Fortunately, the Riken Race appeared at this time.

Thank you Jiyu the 1500 Qidian Coins reward, and Abyss Order, guwangjinlai, and Lonely Demon Dragon Wolf for the 100 Qidian Coins rewards.