Azeroth Shadow Trail

  Chapter 1026 122. The Cenarion Order feels a chill behind-Happy Lantern Festival [33]

   The endless Silithus desert is no longer what it used to be.

   After the battle of quicksand a thousand years ago, this desert where countless souls were buried was quiet for a while, but soon, the darkness hidden under the desert emerged.

   At first, it was just some weird bugs digging passages in the desert to build insect nests, and then they emerged on a large scale, spending hundreds of years to create three large "cities" belonging to them in the desert.

   Anyone who has been to Silithus knows the names of these three large hives, Ash, Rhaegal, and Zora, given to them by the elves stationed in the Cenarion Fortress in the center of the desert.

  Because the bugs don't call their home in Elvish.

   These three worm nests are located in the north, southeast, and mid-west respectively. No one knows how many alien insects are in the worm nest. They have different postures and are strange, and it is difficult to find two identical insects.

   However, unlike the Great Rift Hive in the Tanaris Desert, the Silithus worms are more "tolerant" of visitors.

  According to the experience of the local elf guards, as long as you do not make dangerous moves, the bugs will allow you to approach the edge of the nest, and they will do their own thing and ignore you.

   even allows you to tiptoe to take a peek at the hive that extends underground.

   This move proved a terrible thing.

   That is, the bugs of Silithus are not mindless beasts. According to the observations and summaries of the local Druids for many years, these qirajis from the Beetle Wall have certain wisdom and remarkable sociality.

  Biologists believe they communicate, maintain rank, perform occasional mysterious rituals, and even crawl out of messengers to "trade" with neighboring hives.

   Of course, outsiders are not allowed to watch their ceremonies.

  If outsiders try to break this rule, those reckless guests will become "commodities" traded between the nest and the nest the next day.

   Such a thing has happened more than once in the Silithus desert.

The only problem with the   Qiraji, and the silithid living in other areas of Azeroth is that they can't speak, and few people can communicate with them except for some senior druids and high-level hunters.

   And it's not a good thing to communicate successfully with them. Basically, people who do this will end up badly.

   or crazy.

   or suicide.

  Either on a certain night, he disappeared into the desert with his dull eyes and words.

   So long ago, the Cenarion Order strictly forbade druids to use natural magic to converse with silithid.

   This coercion is for protection.

  Unfortunately, if anyone wants to figure out the secrets of the bugs, or try to use the bugs to get inside the beetle wall that has been sealed for a thousand years, they must break this rule.

   Regrettably, breaking the rules has always been costly.

   like now

  Blake smiled and sat under the parasol in the posture of a big golden sword. Fool Fina and Little Xingxing stood behind him like guardians.

Next to    is a pirate-dressed black dragon girl who specializes in serving tea and water.

   is actually a bronze dragon.

  Although he already has an entity, Sefir still maintains the habit of being a ghost and is not very willing to touch the sun.

   "I may have tried a little harder just now, does it hurt?"

   The smelly pirate asked gently.

  Emeriel Shadowguard, who was sitting cross-legged in front of him, covered his face and shook his head.

   "I hope you understand that although my actions are a little rough, my heart is good. I really want to help you. My chief retainer doesn't want to see you die tragically in the worm's nest, so I accede to her request.

  I didn't send you back to the World Tree first, and then I helped you "heal". You can't say that I don't respect women.

  Although I am a heinous pirate, I also have my own bottom line, and I will not do anything like hitting a woman.

   It's just that if I don't save you, you will end badly. For the sake of your life, I have to break my rules and it hurts me a lot.

   Can you understand my troubles? "

  Black took a glass of wine from the plate Sefir was holding, shook it in his hand, and asked again.

  Emeriel in front of him nodded silently.

   "Very good, it seems that you are a reasonable woman, so I can rest assured."

  Blake laughed, took a sip of wine, and said:

   "So, let's get into the Q&A, my first question is, why do you think your hunting knowledge is enough to help you conquer the qiraji?

   You have also participated in the Battle of Quicksand. As a top hunter, you should know that conquering the will of the swarm has never been done before. "

   "It's not a drop! There is a tender call! My parents have a lot of electricity!"

  Emeriel raised his head and retorted.

   But the originally beautiful and cold elf girl has swollen cheeks like a big bun, and her speech is a little leaky. Fortunately, the "change of tone" in the Salas language is not difficult to understand.

   It's just that Emeril's way of speaking is really bad, and it's a bit funny.

   made a group of big villains around Black burst into laughter.

   This laughter made the leader of the secret passage very embarrassed, but you can't expect a group of stinky pirates to be so stylish, can you? What's more, they rescued Emeril, who should have fallen into depravity.

  People need to be grateful, and elves also take this as a virtue.

   So the embarrassed elf could only choose to grit his teeth and be silent. But her words made Blake and Windrunner's mother, bandaged around her waist, look at each other.

   The little murloc was also lying beside his bucket in confusion, looking at the embarrassed elf with a swollen face.

   These three people are the only three hunters present, and the meaning revealed in Emeril's words is especially important for hunters, because it means that the alien species protected by the will of the huge swarm can also be tamed by hunters!

  To understand the value of this information, we must first understand the special concept of "the will of the swarm".

  Humanoids, all living beings including elves, trolls and tauren are independent in will, they just share a population on a civilizational level.

   But the xenomorphs are different. All the xenomorphs in Azeroth originated from the servants of the ancient gods in the age of the dark empire. They drew power from the void and derived a set of extremely special civilization forms.

   To put it simply, although the xenomorphs can be regarded as independent beings in form, their will is unified, and each worm nest will have a swarm consciousness, which is the "master brain" of countless xenomorphs fused together.

  Each worm nest can be regarded as a special life body, which is given orders by the main brain, and each xenogeneic individual is a "brother and foot".

   They serve the common will of the swarm as individuals.

   And to outsiders, the reason why Qiraji has a kind of strict social nature is here.

   Hunters cannot tame alien insects, no matter how powerful hunters are, because no matter how strong the will of a living body is, it cannot resist the mastermind formed by the will of countless insects.

   This is a truth in Azeroth's high hunter circles.

   And now, the famous saying "Truth is meant to be broken" has once again shown its power in the face of pirates.

   "No wonder I casually said a joke earlier, you actually ran and risked your life to tame the xenomorphs to try to find the secret way to the beetle wall."

  Windrunner's mother stood up and walked to Black's side, looking at Emeril Shadowguard who was rubbing his face and twitching, she said seriously:

   "You didn't die because of my words! You have seen someone tame xenomorphs before, so you decided to replicate the miracle of the year, you bad girl!

   Makes me uncomfortable thinking I almost killed you.

  Let me guess, the hunter who tamed the xenogeneic bug was your mentor, my friend Namuria Linge? Is there still a secret behind her death in the Battle of Quicksand? "

"Um."

  Emeriel Shadowguard lowered her head, not knowing whether she was ashamed because she concealed the truth, or because her face was swollen and shameless, she said in her leaky way of speaking:

   "Nuo Danglian is in Niu Sajiejianni"

   "Okay, okay, we'll have to guess next year if you say that."

  Black reached out his hand to interrupt the Shadow Guard's painful way of speaking.

   He took the pen and paper from Sefir and handed it to the Shadow Guard, who let out a long sigh, lowered his head and began to write quickly, and then handed the paper full of Sarasian language to Black.

   also emphasized:

   "Jiejian is a tenderizing enzyme Hiranen! Niandai Lande Green Stone Saves the Street!"

   "We understand, you can rest assured."

   Black took the paper and assured Emeril, who was looking at him:

   "You're not a person who can't tell the difference. Since you have kept this secret for a thousand years, I have reason to think it is very dangerous. Don't worry, this secret will be guarded by me in the future."

   After finishing speaking, the pirate and Windrunner mother turned to look at the words on the paper, and the little murloc jumped out of the bucket with a tossed head, jumped on Blake's shoulder, and crawled there to look with his head.

   Not much information on paper, but very critical.

   In the Battle of Quicksands a thousand years ago, the Sentinel General and the creator of the Hidden Path, Ms. Namuria Lingo, commanded the Sentinel Corps to participate in the battle.

   In the cruel war, she realized that it was impossible for the elves to completely defeat the Qiraji, and she had to find another way.

   So Ms. Lin Ge began to use her knowledge as a hunter to study the characteristics of the Zerg outside her busy military affairs. At that time, the priests of the Sisterhood of Elune had confirmed the existence of the will of the Zerg, but Lin Ge was not discouraged.

The veteran who fought the ancient wars, the Satyr wars and guarded the Kaldorei for more than 9,000 years even used some forbidden knowledge for this. The qiraji's "queen" was learned from his pet.

  Lin Ge realized that the queen was the source of the Qiraji and the master of the will of all the swarms.

   As long as he can assassinate the Queen, the consciousness of the swarms scattered in the worm nests will immediately lose their leaders and fight each other in chaos, and the proud army of destruction of the Qiraji Empire will also collapse in an instant.

   But at the same time that Lin Ge discovered the Queen, the Queen also discovered her through the connection of the Qiraji's swarm consciousness.

  The time was running out. In the face of the hunters sent by the Queen, Ms. Lin Ge did not choose to escape but faced the terrifying opponent.

  Before she left, she told her discovery to her only disciple, Emeril Shadowguard, who treated her like a daughter.

  Lin Ge told her that if she failed and she failed to return from the dark temple of the Qiraji, she would hide the news.

   She didn't want to see other hunters die because of it.

   As for the method of taming the qiraji, Lin Ge recorded it in his handbook, but that handbook has been permanently left somewhere in the depths of the Qiraji Empire with the end of the Battle of Quicksand.

   "Let me just say, no matter how rebellious the disciple is, he can't let his mentor expose his corpse to the wilderness for a thousand years."

  Black read the information on the paper and exchanged glances with Windrunner's mother, he said:

   "It turns out that there is a secret here. To be honest, I didn't intend to die with the Qiraji, but now that I have this information in hand, I must go around the Qiraji Empire."

"really."

   Windrunner Mama nodded and said:

   "If the valuable knowledge left by Lin Ge is still there, we hunters will have a terrifying opportunity for strength enhancement, if we can also tame the mighty qiraji"

   "Teacher, I have to criticize you now, you are so unimaginative!"

  Black shook his head, he approached Windrunner's mother's ear, and whispered:

   "You can tame xenogeneic insects, why do you still think about just taming those ordinary insects, why not tame the 'Queen' directly?

The   bugs have their own empires.

  They command the Qiraji to be invincible, but their power can also become ours, as long as we find the right way, now, this way has been sent to us by fate. "

  Windrunner's mother was stunned by this arrogant proposal.

   But she soon realized that the whimsy of her own disciples was not impossible.

   In fact, it is highly maneuverable, and the risks and benefits of this plan are crazy, making her, as an undead, a little short of breath at this moment.

   "This is something that only hunters can accomplish, not even druids."

   Windrunner's mother whispered something, while Blake patted the mentor's shoulder and said in a low and arrogant tone:

   "As long as our vote is made, Druid? Bah! They're such shit! From now on, only hunters are worthy of calling themselves the sons of nature.

   Think about it, mentor.

   You have a chance to immortalize more than being a Ranger General. The Windrunner family will rise again, and this time, it is Quel'Thalas' turn to be proud of the Windrunner. "

   "I am your retainer, Your Highness."

General    Lireza did not hesitate too much, she said:

   "I obey your orders!"

   "Very well, then let me spend some time planning it."

  Blake let out a low laugh, ignited a void fire, and burned the paper in his hand. He turned his head and reached out his hand to caress the swollen face of Emeriel, making those bumps disappear.

   He said to the huntress:

   "Go and rest, the secret has connected you and me, now we are on the same boat, I will help you, and the price is, you have to call me captain!"

   (end of this chapter)