dark moon

Chapter 663: News from an old rival (two chapters in one)

"Do insects also belong to mythical giant beasts?" Staring at the arthropod, Shuer was in a daze for a moment. It wasn't until Rex called him with a thunderous roar several times that he looked back and asked, "And mythical giant beasts also Have you started using tools?”

"Tools? Of course if you have something handy, you will use it. Why do you ask this question? Oh, you said that guy is holding the leg. Yes, intelligent bodies have often used it in the past two years. Our carnivorous bodies are only suitable for hunting. , it’s very troublesome to cut grass in exchange for something, but some people just want a certain kind of grass, and the demand is quite large. In the past, we could only exchange prey with other creatures, which was too troublesome and a big loss. But it’s much better now, and that thing is so convenient for mowing grass.”

The Thunderstorm Beast was obviously very interested. As he spoke, he gestured with his two short forelimbs in front of him, lest Xiuer would not understand how convenient it was.

"So, where did that thing come from?" Shuer originally wanted Rex to help stop the giant beast that was passing by with its limbs in its mouth. However, seeing how vigorously the Thunderstorm Beast explained it, it was obvious that he knew the inside story, so he might as well just He gave up his original plan and said, "It looks like the remains of a bug, and it's quite small. That's why I asked, is the bug also a member of the mythical beasts?"

"That's not true. We and bugs are not the same kind. Although there is no shortage of bugs in the wilderness, and there are also some larger species among them, they are not capable of developing intelligence like us. They only know how to eat and reproduce, and they are not considered wild. Giant beasts." Thunderstorm Beast shook its rectangular head vigorously and said with disdain, "And they are too weak. They can barely survive in the wilderness only by being large in number and hiding well."

"I have reservations about their strength." Xiuer thought of the insects all over the mountains and plains in the insect swarm world, and shook his head subconsciously. Even a thunderstorm beast as powerful as Rex would be inexorably killed if thrown into that world. The swarm of insects will stop and be submerged, but that is not the focus of Shuer's attention. His attention is always focused on that arthropod. "In addition, the insects here are not intelligent?"

"Of course, are all the insects in your civilized world intelligent?"

"Uh... not at all." This guy must be irritating on purpose. Xiuer secretly rolled his eyes. The little deer on the side saw that he was choked and couldn't speak. He was laughing so much that he almost fell off the back of the giant beast. .

"Yes, it's the same here, but..." Rex's little paw pointed at the passing giant beast, "Is this thing an exception?"

"Ok?"

"The owner of this thing lives in a valley two hours away. It's a nest of spiders. I don't know where they originally lived. They moved here two or three years ago. Their female insects are intelligent, and they are the only ones I have so far. I’ve seen intelligent bugs.”

Sure enough.

Shuer and Moria looked at each other and smiled bitterly. The time and the group were aligned. It seemed that the owner of the arthropod was an old friend from back then.

The mutated spider mother of the cave spider relies on energy-type mutation to break through the strength limitations of the race, and absorbs special crystal energy from the insect swarm world. Her personal intelligence and physical fitness are greatly enhanced, and her strength is quite terrifying. If she hadn't joined forces with it back then, I'm afraid there would be no one except Except for a few gold-level warriors, none of the team members who mistakenly entered the insect swarm world could come back.

After breaking up in the western wilderness, it took a few children and left in the direction of the wilderness. It was never heard of again. I thought that was the last time the two parties had an intersection. Unexpectedly, three years later, I actually saw it here again.

When he saw this pitch-black arthropod just now, Xiuer immediately thought of the mutated spider mother.There was no way. In order to kill it in the magic tower, Xiuer had repeatedly observed it and had already memorized its physical characteristics in his mind. Therefore, Xiuer could confirm as soon as he saw the arthropod that it definitely belonged to a cave-dwelling spider, and it was Giant cave-dwelling spiders that theoretically cannot exist.

The stump of...

Xiure's mood was a little subtle at this time. The stumps of old rivals and old friends were placed in front of him, which really made people unhappy. After all, he had helped him back then, so it was difficult to treat him as a strange insect.

"Didn't you say that intelligent beings won't kill each other?" It's hard to say that he was hurt by this, but Shuer still hoped to find out the cause of death of the mutated spider mother, which could be regarded as a way to express his gratitude for its original assistance, "or both of you. What’s the conflict between them?”

"It is true that intelligent beings do not kill each other, but some intelligent beings will still die at the mouths of other unintelligent predators. Although it is not common, it is inevitable. After all, this is a wild place." Rex showed a He took it as a matter of course, and even didn't understand why Shuer asked such a stupid question.

It's right to think about it carefully. Even if you are intelligent, you are still a resident of a barbaric land. Intelligent bodies treat each other preferentially, but those pure beasts have no such concept. They will not change their goals just because their prey is intelligent.Of course, intelligent individuals do have a greater advantage in surviving when being hunted, and have a lower chance of dying compared to similar species, but this is not necessarily the case when unlucky people encounter them. Intelligent creatures are often hunted when they leave the city. A monster attacks and eats it, let alone a mythical beast in a wild land.

"And although that big spider can be considered an intelligent entity, it doesn't have much communication with us, and it rarely even comes here."

"Huh?" Shuer asked, "Why?"

"Because it can't talk." Rex looked at Shuer sideways and said angrily, "Have you ever seen a spider talk? How can you communicate if you can't talk?"

"I've never seen a thunderstorm beast talk." Shuer muttered, "I haven't seen that today either."

"But we have vocal organs. Once we have intelligence, we can imitate the pronunciation of your intelligent creatures by adjusting our vocal cords with energy. Spiders don't have vocal cords. No matter how they adjust their energy, they can't communicate normally like us."

"Okay, that's true." Shuer sighed softly, "But what you just said was that there wasn't 'much' communication?"

"Yes, although we can't understand it when it hisses, the dragons can. The dragons have a skill called spiritual resonance. Through the collision of hearts, we can directly understand what the other party wants to express."

"The voice of the soul?" The first thing Shuer thought of was the voice of the soul that can only be used by the gods to communicate directly through the soul.

"What is that?" Unfortunately, Rex had almost no contact with gods, so of course he couldn't understand what Soul was talking about.

"No, Shuer." Fortunately, Moria was here. Perhaps because her mother and the dragons were both divine creatures, she also had some understanding of the dragons. "Psychic resonance is a racial skill of the dragons, and the voice of the soul Completely different. It is not through soul dialogue, but as long as a certain creature has a sound consciousness and can express it through vocalization, the dragon family can make both parties understand each other through spiritual resonance. It is a bit like the beast whisperer in the wood elves, or we hunters The voice of the wild, but the spiritual resonance is more advanced than the voice of the wild. We can only vaguely feel the thoughts of the beast, but the dragon can translate it [-]% accurately, and it is two-way. Of course, the premise is that the soul of the other party can understand such complexity. content.” “Tsk, that’s so convenient.”

"Yes, I have always felt that the voice of the wild that the forest elf hunters mastered was actually learned from the dragon clan, and was later taught to the wood elves, so that the profession of beast whisperer came into existence. But it was too long ago, and there really is no such thing. Fa confirmed that we asked my mother, but she said she didn’t remember it either.”

"Gods can forget things? Well, gods really seem to forget things." Thinking of Lord Anika's style, Shuer didn't find it strange at all. "I think it's because the dragons want to leave things everywhere." Techniques developed only by descendants.”

"Eh? Isn't that just right for you? No wonder you keep asking. It turns out you want to learn it too. It will be convenient for you when the time comes... Hmmmm."

Although it was nonsense, both of them actually understood that Xiure's guess was probably close to the truth. The dragon race can leave descendants with various giant beasts from ancient times. In addition to their special bloodline, there must also be a race of spiritual resonance. skills relationship.

"Ignore her, you continue." Realizing that Moria was actually trying to lick the palm of his hand like a real deer, Shuer quickly withdrew the hand covering her mouth and said to Rex as if nothing happened. , "So the Dragon Clan has communicated with it?"

"Yes, we have a new neighbor, and he is intelligent. Of course the dragons will check it out, and then it will officially join the ranks of intelligent beings." Rex seemed to suddenly remember , added, "By the way, you know it, right? No wonder you keep asking. I think about it. It seems that it was the first time that the dragons mentioned your name."

"Huh?" Xiuer almost lost his balance and fell off the back of the giant beast, "Wait, wait, I remember when we first met, you said someone mentioned me in front of you. I thought it was Master Anika, is it not her but the mutant spider mother?"

"Anika? We haven't met before. Maybe she has also mentioned you to the Dragon Clan. No, she must have mentioned you. Those words that praised you should have been said by her." Rex shook his head and said, "But That happened later. The dragon clan first knew about you through that big spider, and then told us that you should be the first intelligent creature that we all paid attention to besides those mages. Later, some time ago, about half a year You know, they went to find the big spider again, and after they came back, they started studying how to deepen their cooperation with the Mage Tower."

Half a year ago, around the time of the Rift Space Gods Conference, well, that’s right. Shuuer has reorganized the whole thing in his mind. There are no other intelligent creatures on the planet except bugs. I don’t mind. The battle priest who cooperates with the beast, the prototype of the city in the experiment, the rift space to be developed, the newly born Twisted Void community, the weak Segris, the whole family of divine creatures possessing divinity, the purpose of the Dragon Clan has slowly come into consciousness. Outline and shape.

The ambition is indeed not small, but...

"Since the Dragon Clan has accepted it, why did it still die in the end?" Shuer has not forgotten his original focus, "It should not have been killed by those ordinary mythical beasts, otherwise its residual limbs would not have had a chance to be killed by you. Use it as a tool.”

"Who said it was dead?"

"what?"

"Don't you know that bugs shed a layer of their carapace every once in a while?"

"Huh?" I know, I really know, but who would have thought that this is just its shell that has peeled off? Shuer rolled his eyes toward the sky, silently mourning the subtle emotions in his heart just now.

"After all, it is just a bug. It is not protected by thick scales and hard muscles, and its body is not strong enough (I think that idiot Duck must disagree with this sentence). It is still very safe to guard the valley with tens of thousands of little spiders. , but it will be more dangerous if you come out of the valley. Unless you take all the little spiders with you, they will inevitably become food if you encounter a group of predators, so they rarely come here." Thunderstorm Beast ignored it. Shuer disagreed and said to himself, "But the carapace and the spider silk it spun out are still very good. Everyone likes it very much. When necessary, they will take the initiative to drive a group of beasts to the valley as exchange. . I also know the valley where they live. If you want to take a look, I can take you around later."

"No, I'm not interested in spiders. Besides, Moria, shut up." Shuer shook his head vigorously without thinking, "Besides, I estimate that there will be many opportunities to meet in another world in the future. Let's talk about it then. Bar."

"It's up to you." Rex didn't care at all, because his attention was already attracted by another thing, "Why do they keep staring at me?"

"I think they are actually staring at me and Moria, and you have been ignored."

At this time, the thunderstorm beast had already carried Shuur and Moria to the center of the square. The people around were all mythical creatures. It was like an ancient creature exhibition. Moreover, these mythical beasts were speaking in common language in an unconventional way. , carrying out all kinds of incredible transactions. Fortunately, no currency has appeared so far, otherwise Shuer would seriously consider whether the mythical beasts already have their own civilization.

But even without currency, what happened in this settlement far exceeded Shuur's expectations. Do the gods know everything that happened here?The gods know everything. Shuer believed that at least some of the gods must know it, but they did not stop it or even set up obstacles. Instead, they allowed the dragons and mythical beasts to develop slowly on their own.

Perhaps in the eyes of the gods, these mythical behemoths with wisdom are actually no different from mortals. The previous choice to separate the two sides was just to prevent the beasts from killing believers. Since the intelligent mythical behemoths can accept the order, Existences, living normally like real intelligent creatures, as long as they can maintain it, maybe with the love of the gods, they don't mind that they slowly develop their own civilization, and are even happy to see this day come.

Of course, that was what happened originally, but as for now...

Xiure, who was thinking, suddenly sensed something. He looked up suddenly and saw a pair of eyes.

　It’s so troublesome. I have to drive out today, a round trip of more than 300 kilometers. I really can’t write until too late. In the end, I only managed to get out so much. I have no choice but to limit myself to [-] words today.

　　In addition, I have intentionally made corrections in these chapters. Although it mainly describes the situation in the wild land, it has begun to be greatly compressed and the plot has been re-advanced vertically. I don’t know if it feels better. I hope you can share your opinions.

　　One more thing, this volume is expected to be completed within five to seven days, and the penultimate volume will be opened soon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)