Leech appeared above ground and saw many corpses being eaten ' Right I still have that scalie to deal with . ' he didn't feel any of the god's gaze ' But how do I deal with him I can't go through his domain I can't even find him . '
He swung his hand and took down an incoming frost dragon in the forest letting it fall from blindness ' I can only get through him with his network but that time wasn't enough ' He looked at the dragon and saw its soul being dragged elsewhere .
But disappeared ' Mmh must be some kind of law that brings them to dragon heaven or something ' Leech sighed and continued to walk around the forest ' There's nothing to do here why the hell did I come to this place in the first place ? '
Leech looked at the chaos and then thought what happened this morning ' Right I was hungry ... Though should I capture the god so I can see his ancestor's memories ? ... Yeah maybe that will be my goal for now but that coward is so good at hiding '
The forest started to shake and Leech tried to find the cause by feeling the ground ' Might've been some kind of dragon on the planet . ' " Detected potential hivemind " " What the fu "
Leech was gone and reappeared in a control room " Oh wow so this is how you became and treated like a god " Leech smiled looking at the control room and smelled a dense scent of dragon blood .
" Hmmm so you live here huh was not expecting a spaceship . But this ship is next level " Leech could already see the functions after inviting it to his hivemind .
Leech can manage to bring a computer into his swarm since it is like a normal brain ... just much easier to bring since it wasn't as complicated as a normal brain .
Leech went to the kitchen ' Now that I think of it I have barely been hungry ... is it because the molecule density on this planet is greater ? ' he breathe some air in and nodded ' Definitely it ... right the dragon god . '
Leech searched and saw an empty hole " Whatever description of the ship " " Hivemind legacy " ' More like some hivemind being hidden inside so they can take over me or something ' " Would you like to inherit ? "
' Gotta catch them off guard first ' " Hehe a rare hivemind legacy , of course , I will inherit it " Leech walked to the pod and sat in it for a helmet to be placed on his head ' I wonder what kind of Legacy this can give me , hiveminds are strange beings that are a collective of a group '
' Maybe genetic material information , but if they are hiveminds wouldn't that mean they are giving the successor information since that information would be their most valuable asset or the thing that they can't lose since they probably stored that data in some preserved brain or something . '
' This guy is taking longer to take over ' ' Moreover there might be copies of the hivemind who knows which one is original , In some sci-fi movies they would duplicate the entire program of an AI to mass produce a factory but it would take longer the more complicated the program is . '
' The hell is this guy saying it's making it even harder to concentrate on taking over his body just how messy and strong his brain ... But the harder it is for me to take over the better the reward would be '
Leech was dropping off some hints to the one taking over his mind ' But isn't this taking longer than usual ? Normally , the process would be quick like entering a game . ' ' How is this taking so long '
' It's taking forever , May as well sleep ' ' Great cause this would be the last of your sleep ' Leech needs to occupy his mind or he might show his real intentions to the one taking over his mind so instead of counting sheep which is too simple he chose to do something more complicated .
' Sleep is like a temporary death , But some people don't sleep . If in terms of the gods it is more like an escape to unconsciousness . Dreams are like some mash-up of little thoughts in the subconscious area ' ' His rambling is annoying '
Leech's thoughts were too loud for him to hear the other person's rambling . At one point he fell asleep and just like he said drifted to unconsciousness after he passed his subconsciousness .
" Hmm ? " Leech woke up in a city and sighed " Great now I have to find some way to get back to my consciousness ... maybe I can meet that thing " Leech looked around the city and thought " Well I should just keep walking around "
Leech saw a restaurant and went there ' Should be enough to buy a whole meal ... and it will be a good way to arrive into subconsciousness ' he ordered a lot and some of them asked if he could finish it .
He didn't mind and started to eat as many as he can fit in his mouth " Taste good " he was beaming with excitement and continued to keep eating the food . Once he finished he thought of another area and shifted to another place .
' The unconsciousness is too convenient some forgotten memories are in here ... Though I'd rather not go there ' he feels a little more hungry and looked around spotting a figure with a smile " Oh s*** " He dispelled the thought of a land of food and looks at the wooden house ' Right some monsters lived here '
He spread his mind swarm which is basically like his extension of mind except the extension was like a wireless extension .
He devoured the monsters and they came back like resurrection because this is his mind " getting closer " he looked at some figures and calmed himself down .
Soon he saw a visible figure " Hey " " What ? " " Yeah it's me the one you are taking over , is my mind " Leech caught him and stuck him to the ground " You know in the mind you can take the form of anything you want "
Leech let him talk " Who are you " " You don't want to know , for Hiveminds have a terrifying history no matter what ... "
" SHUT UP , I have been a hivemind " " And yet you couldn't handle my influence when you tried to invade my mind "
Leech looked at the boy that looked the same age as him " What did you do to me ? " " I told you ... influence , some hiveminds use this type of thing to brainwash others to keep themselves sane or something . But when someone in modern society has that ability "
The surroundings change to a room where a woman and a man was sitting . The man had already influenced the woman and he smiled thinking of what he was going to do " Now he got the ability to influence others and brainwash her into becoming his wife . "
" Basically it's a terrible ability for when there is no danger they can use it for multiple purposes . Brainwashing for pleasure , money and a lot of things . " Leech turned everywhere into a battlefield .
" Now look at that guy , he brainwashed his enemies to shield him . That still makes him dangerous . " Leech turned the whole place into a void and turned to face the other boy " So who are you to resist this influence "
Leech was taking more than he usually needed to influence the invader " You'd be gone if I wasn't holding back ... but you're not like the other collective consciousness or hiveminds or are you a psychic "
" Yeah I'm a psychic " Leech looked at his hand which was hiding a thumb " No you're not the good thing about influence is that I can use it like a truth serum ... and you're not actually telling the truth "
Leech pointed at the clenching hand which was hiding a thumb . The invader looked at it and memories started to torture him " What is this ? " " It's like losing your memories and gaining them back , though in this case , I gave you the habits of another person . So you are gaining the memories of one of the many civilians in a society . "
Leech repelled the invader out of his mind and opened his eyes to look around seeing screens showing the memories of the girl who had the habit of hiding her thumbs when she lies " That was a good nap "
The time of his nap was actually very short since he was in his mind that is connected to his swarms " You have a comfortable bed and ship ... but how come you didn't take that dragon's body he has a hivemind contact ability "
He forced the screen to display the scene of when the dragon god came to the ship . A convenient ability of Leech is to reach through the unconsciousness which would have a very clean detail of the target's memories .
The dragon god entered the spaceship and heard the invader informing him of his ability . He later mastered the ability and pretended to be god while hiding his hideout ' No wonder I couldn't find him he closed off the ship from any telepathic connections . I should consider that next time '
The screens were becoming more problematic but he managed to continue watching the dragon god turning into something suitable for the invader's looks . The dragon became more terrifying thanks to the influence of a copy of a hivemind .
" Meh looks tame " Leech laid back and hear the invader ' What's this thing's name anyways ? ' he looked at the words he forced out of the invader " Maw , so like Marvel's Squidward " Maw was still suffering from the memories of the girl Leech had obtained out of the girl without killing or making her notice anything .
" As for that question of who I am you can probably see it in her memories " ' If that thing allowed the dragon god to learn maybe I can rake some goodies out of him ' he intentionally let Maw hear his voice .
' What the hell does he mean ? ' Maw was still tortured by the memories that he went through his head ' What did he mean I'll see it in her memories ' Maw saw some big events not understanding them at all .
' Why is this torture not ending at all ? ' " I'll give you a hint , Loop " Maw froze and ignored the pain of the endless recollection . He turned his attention back to see that there was a difference in the looped torture .
' It can't be ... you are a ' " Hivemind or a person who took over a time-looped universe that should've been lost in existence due to the nature of being trapped in an endless cycle of destruction and creation additionally fate .
A time-looped universe is an endless universe that is created and if not tampered with , the events of the beginning till the end will be the same . But to hiveminds , this is one thing they all want to use .
You can think of a timeline of the time-looped universe as a ring that has no endpoints . And it is a good place to get endless resources for the hivemind's army .
But even so , Leech can't fully use it since he will still get hungry after all the curse grows as his swarm grows " So tell me where is the rest of the hivemind ? " Leech used to be part of some hivemind gathering but left because of the number of creeps over there who lose their sense of conquest .
' If this is another one of those disgusting hiveminds I'm gonna beat them up ' a shell returned back to the ship ' So Squidward is using the dragon god ' Maw quickly came with the dragon god's body making himself look exactly like what Leech made him look like .
' Hmm , I would feel more comfortable with people like me so he must be hungry or something . ' Maw dropped his body to the ground . Leech stared at Maw getting all of his memories ' Motherf '
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In the hivemind community where countless hiveminds are gathered , the community earned the name "Nest" where the hiveminds settle . With a leader which is at the top called Quiin " Silence hiveminds "
The court which gathers all the presently registered hiveminds is sitting with an avatar or person to represent them " We have important matters to discuss " Quiin made her entrance by coming with a beautiful lady .
" On which planet should we hold the next genetic sharing ? " there are some cheers who were excited about doing this kind of event with others . But this was the event that annoyed Leech very much .
Even when Leech was here he couldn't convince the hiveminds to just memorize the genetic sequence since hiveminds are lazier than he is . So he not wanting to join the genetic sharing .
If you wanna know what genetic sharing is , it is basically reproduction where the hiveminds throw in selected members of their colony for them to go inside a planet where they can go through the event of genetic sharing .
The event is practically good for hiveminds since they don't remember the genetic sequence like Leech does so they go through the old and ancient way of spreading each other's seeds . Though the only thing they consider is the number and the living condition of each colony .
" We have gathered your files and compiled them to select a number of planets to start the event " Quiin replicated a landform of the selected planets " Which one should we take ? " she sent each of the representatives a sample and all of them took a sniff , look and analyze the landforms .
Some sounds were made were the hiveminds tried to look into the landform and then Quiin sighed " Who am I kidding we are taking all of them " many cheers were made as they were all excited for the upcoming or
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" That disgusting animal " Leech made a very disgusted expression as he watched Maw transform after he took the influence out of him " Ugh Why the f*** did I look into your memory ? "
Leech was extremely disgusted at the original Maw the pervert ' And I thought a pervert who only thinks of a girl's three sizes was worse ' original Maw had lots of fetishes and was a powerful hivemind Maw was one of the copies of the real Maw since the real Maw was just weird as Leech saw in Maw's memory .
" Please I'm not like the original " Maw told Leech still traumatized by the experience he had with the original " God " Leech put his hands together to form a finger gun with his two hands thinking of the original Maw .
" A human who obtained the ability meant for a hivemind is even more terrifying than a natural hivemind " Leech sighed and thought of teaching that human with enhanced value caused by their hivemind ability " How should I deal with that scum huh ? "
Leech thinks back to how he killed those who obtained the hivemind abilities and didn't realize it would show on the screens since he was still connected to the spaceship .
Maw was frightened to look at the screen showing countless mutilation of humanoid beings " You're a real pain in the ass the next time I hear a human having the hivemind's ability and getting on my nerves they're getting to my hell for it "
Maw whose original was a human had all the memories of the original only a difference in emotions which was tailored by the original who made him docile like the others .
' He may be the copy of Maw but there are some of the personality of the real Maw in him , Though that seems to be gone after I influence him and took it out while the original Maw's alteration hitched a ride out '
" What do you mean the original Maw " Leech glared at Maw and turned to the screens . He sighed and disconnected from the ship " Nothing " he grumbles ' There goes all the fun ... but I still need to look for that disgusting animal '
Leech wanted to leave but found no way other than talking to Maw ' Rather not guess I'll pop out somewhere again , All that excitement to see something new and I get nothing but a traumatized hivemind ... Though it would be great for a break at the starting point '
Leech jumped into a portal and the starting point he was talking about was the civilization he came from . He walked out of the alleyway feeling very bored and just ignored any eyes staring at him .
' Well maybe some trouble will be great I have been too bored in the hivemind's world ' he went to the street ignoring whatever eyes who are specifically gazing at him with an intention ' I could get some barbeque . '
He made a nearby man drop his wallet and took it ' Oh that guy was a hunter ' Leech took the money and made the guy take it back . He released him from his swarm and the guy took out his wallet " What ? THIEF "
" A thief ? When has the last crime ever happened ? " " And he is a hunter , what kind of bravery would it take to steal from him " ' The bravery of intelligence maybe ? ' Leech bought some barbeque and heard a fight .
He went to see a girl being held by the hunter he stole from " Hey pretty lady you shouldn't steal you know " ' He must be attracted to her money bag ' " The hell is wrong with you ? Don't go around accusing people of theft "
" Yeah right I saw that money bag you got , it looks crude so you must have stolen money and put it there " " Sir you are assaulting the daughter of the phoenix guild master " a butler came looking intently at the hunter .
" Hmph , you're lucky I'm in a good mood " he let go of her knowing Miller's strength " Ugh what a jerk " " Madam you need to visit the guild house " ' Hmm I did have this kind of meeting ' he was a hidden member of the guilds as a hivemind that prevent the planet from getting discovered by other hiveminds in exchange that they concentrate their research on food so he wouldn't go crazy or that was what it said in the report .
' I should have told the dragon city but I can't do that since they are already doing it plus they have a spaceship that is used to prevent a hivemind's senses . ' Leech concluded in his mind and went to the location where he was supposed to meet .
He Walked into the building through his improvised entrance and entered the meeting room filled with people and sitting with a bored expression " Leech you're here ? " Miller asked Leech " I got bored " " I thought something is happening "
" Trust me nothing important happened " Leech said knowing he'd probably be yelled at for doing something that could've been bad since terminal points have no way of knowing where you are .
He keeps telling them all the time , that he can sense the location but they believed him but they think it would rip a hole in his protection " Are you sure , you sound like you went somewhere ? " ' Dang their intelligence '
" Well I wouldn't care about the reason " Miller took a seat and Leech didn't care much about the report since all he cared about was finding someplace to hide from the victim he stole from .
" Don't worry I only came here for no reason at all " " Just say you are looking for someplace to eat " " That was the plan " " Anyways what have you been doing ? " ' She's using that thing again ' Miller closed a sound barrier covering Miller and Leech so they won't bother or be bothered by the rest of the executives .
" Nothing much met some really nice people and another hivemind " ' I won't be caught this time ' he could already see the surprise on Miller's face and knew that he would get away from the trouble this time .
" The hell then are they preparing an army " ' She's still putting up a sound barrier ' " This is gonna start rumors you know " he controlled her mind to dispel the barrier " I met a hivemind " " What ? "
"They are not hostile and probably not even here " everyone calmed down relaxing and Miller also had to do so since she was the one who overreacted the most " What the hell is wrong with you ? "
" There isn't anything wrong with me but there is something wrong with you " ' Ya f***ing jerk ... using that innocent childish for to trick others that you didn't do anything ... if I wasn't born you could've got away with anything '
Miller wanted to punch Leech so much but she has no reason to do so or any sane reason to so " Plus you have to locate that hivemind they sound like the type of person who would stick to you " " Did that ability of yours evolve or something ? " Leech asked with awareness of future annoyance .
The rest of the people in the meeting room didn't care about Leech and Miller's conversation and concentrated on what they gathered a meeting " Of course I have , your quite lucky the truth telling ability isn't that rare or else I would have gone insane from trying to make people trust you "
Leech looked at her blankly " I don't think you can go insane when you already are " Miller punched Leech down shoving the skewers he was about to eat through his head " Hey you could've killed someone you know !? "
" Shut up ! You're alive and talking aren't you ? " Leech pulled the skewers out of his head and eat with anger " Shut up I was right about you " " Just tell us where that hivemind is and their exact purpose not being hostile is not enough to convince us we're safe "
" Ugh but they're already so far away right now " Miller got back to her seat " Tsk your lucky " knock knock . Tension started as everyone could feel that the being by the door was a big threat ' Who is it out there to carry such a terrifying presence '
Leech was busy eating his skewers to care plus the tension was not gonna affect him since his hivemind was very big so such a small weak feeling was not gonna make him flinch in the least .
' Is there some newcomer here they look like they are some strong lineage of inheritance their bodies feel strong too ' the door was kicked out with the one at the end of the table dodging it by a hair .
" Yo everyone I heard there was something going on so I came to look " " Fergus what are you doing ? " Miller slammed her hands on the table looking at the rising newbie who popped out of nowhere .
" Oh don't be such a party pooper " " Shut up can't you see people are holding a meeting ? " Leech said " Then you should stop bringing food or not attend if you're gonna just eat and not listen "
The other people who were in the meeting felt like there were only two or three people in the meeting now since Miller and Leech kept talking and minding their own business and Fergus barged in taking all the attention .
" Madam please stop " " Hahaha this is interesting but whose child was by the door she seemed shy " " None of the meeting members has a child " Miller said and everyone looked at Leech " You think I want a kid ? "
Leech look outside to see a girl " Ahh shit " " What you actually had a kid " Miller's truth-telling skill was improved and saw that Leech was annoyed " No it's the hivemind I encountered today the one I talked about "
" Uhm " Maw was a little shy since it lost all the influence from the two hiveminds that influence her leaving her in a state similar to a child " You're taking care of her " " No I will not in fact you guys will I'll just set up a few rules then you can even go ahead and absorb her into your guild . "
" I take your offer but isn't she looking for you for a reason ? " " Hey Maw why are you here " " Maw ? " " So that's his name . By the way , this influence thing I talked about to ya'll . His original person was also a hivemind too "
" What are we talking about now ? " " Shut up Fergus " Miller looked at the other meeting members and takes a deep breath " As you have all heard about what Leech said this hivemind will be given to me "
Leech can feel the hatred directed at Miller but didn't care since it was not his problem ' I still hate this guy all of them are hiding their hatred on me because I was the one who was his support the most due to my guild's efforts on food '
" So tell us about this hivemind " " I'll tell you but you're gonna feel like you're in one of those sites " Leech threw the sticks at the trash bin and started the story " This Maw here is a copy of the original Maw "
" That Maw person are they hostile ? " " First , I have no idea , They mind their own business . But they are very powerful and this copy is used to please themselves "
" Wait wait wait " Fergus interrupted Leech's speech as he didn't understand what he said " Why do you keep saying "they" " " Hiveminds are collective of consciousness . So sometimes they are essentially not just one kind of mind but a whole set of them "
Leech flicked his fingers throwing out a brain cell " Hiveminds naturally like to take the brains or organs with similar functions . But as they consume the mentioned organs they will also be eating a person's mind "
He flicked another tiny cell as it gets consumed by the brain cell " So they basically devour those minds and own the person's memories . At the same time, they can experience changes unless they are a powerful hivemind "
" I still don't understand " " Fergus you really don't have to be here in the first place " " Can you kick him out he's not important enough for this meeting "
They all nodded and Fergus left to avoid the anger of the influential figures " Now as I was saying This Maw over here is an exact copy of the original Maw so he is more stable and is not a combined mind of collective consciousness but a person with many memories "
Maw looked around and found a seat which was at the corner beside the broken entrance " So she isn't going to eat us ? " " Yes he won't " " Why do you keep saying he ? " " Because the original Maw was supposed to look like an adult man , not a little girl "
" Then tell us why you are like this . " Miller asked Maw " Uhm I just saw that little girls were popular " ' He/She must be talking about anime ' " By the way the original Maw is some kind of otaku with a similar TV culture as this planet "
Leech took back the brain cells but continued his discussion " Also it seems that Maw is trying to create an egg universe " " A what ? " " Miller I told you about that topic I'm gonna leave " Leech dispersed into a swarm as Miller sighed and looked at Maw .
" Maw , can you turn into a small little guy instead ? My perspective of children has been too distorted thanks to him " Maw nods understanding what Leech had said when he said that he was giving him/her to Miller .
" Okay , then I can now tell you about hiveminds " " He told you about them ? " " Only when he was sleep talking , a powerful hivemind like him have a very interesting trait that allows him to act during his sleep as if he was awake "
" Then what did he say about other hiveminds " " He said there are a lot of powerful ones , the community he joined and visited had plenty of normal kinds of hiveminds that control species like what we had imagined "
" So there are more than just consuming minds then " " Yep they can take over an entire universe and create an entity where they sent out their offspring to become a single being that will take over the universe "
" What kind of terrifying creature is that ? " " He didn't explain much but he did say that once the singular being started its origin or creation process we are no longer ourselves but different incarnates of each other and a unified consciousness that will eventually be completed giving birth to a hivemind born with a collective consciousness but still remain as one person "
" What's special about that ? " " Hiveminds usually consume more and more minds together to make themselves stronger by consuming intelligent beings with awareness or consciousness . A life form born out of countless lives like that doesn't have to go through the process anymore and will not just be a hivemind "
" What will it be then ? " " Like a god , we will all end up together as a god . A single being who we have no control over because we are nothing but a speck of dust inside the universe it will originate from "
" Why god ? " " The single being has enough experience from the various lifeforms it reincarnates to and had slowly been bypassing time . They could be their own wife by reincarnating as the wife like time traveling "
" So how do we stop them then ? " " I don't know I suggest killing the original Maw they can't complete the egg universe they are trying to make . But it would feel like abortion " " So the original Maw is trying to make a kid ? "
" Not sure they could make it mindless so it can consume for itself , but Leech said that there is no need to worry about Maw since they have yet to bypass time , so the best we can do is search for Maw . "
" How will we fight him " " That will be Leech's problem " Miller said " Also Maw you will be acting as a relative of mine here is some data on our society's rules " Leech looked around the streets as he rummages through the bills he stole from Miller .
' Egg universe huh ... this will be interesting ' he smiles and continues walking while looking at the loop universe turn like a spring being made only that the beginning was just a ring . Due to his countess interruptions , the ring would dodge the other end and continue until he left it unsupervised which would result in the ring hitting the other end and each turn signifies a single lifespan of the entire universe .
There were times when he didn't interfere which seemed to have split the spring from one spring with two rings with one as the beginning and the other as the end and another ring which is exactly like the looped universe ' Hm looks like I got to do something about this ' he looks at the rainbow lights flashing at the turning at the circles of the spring .
' I really have to fix this again ? ' he was a little problematic and took two springs one was growing and the other had a rainbow glowing and speeding around the end ring very fast . He poked the two rings together as the rainbow lights moved to the newer ring exiting the looped universe resembling a spring .
' Good now I have another one ' he threw them into a space that had some springs of similar length . All those springs are from the same loop universe whose time movement was supposed to be a ring .
I probably haven't explained the spring thing very well but I'll do it properly this time . A loop universe will always have the same events , possibilities and fate no matter how much time passes . As long as they are not external variables all internal variables inside the loop universe are incapable of changing their fate .
Of course , when Leech messed with this world he ended up changing fate a lot for example tosing a tiny rock . But every time the universe has been recreated the effects of his interference disappear as the end of its lifespan was to destroy everything and the birth was to recreate everything from zero with the same fate and events .
He could choose to interfere with the all the time but that would be too bothersome and if he interferes with the completed spring then it could tangle itself up .
But the most important part about those springs and some rings is that they are universes that can be used to create the egg universe to allow the hivemind to be born as they pass through countless lives whether it is a single living organism or a cluster of cells such as a plant or animal .
Actually , Living organisms aren't the limit , it can even be the planet they are standing on . Basically , the whole universe is them once they completed all their lives . But this kind of process isn't like sleeping in the mother's womb .
It's more like an instant birth because these worlds are looped universe so time is very complicated as it could possibly get . But the process of this is where the term hiveminds call egg universe due to its long incubating time .
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