Chapter 1854 The Magical Use of Beetles (Ⅰ)

After finishing the spiritual communication with Cosette, Joan immediately projected a little of his own consciousness onto the other party, using Cosette's eyes to observe the local environment.

In the dark grotto, as Cosette said, many large holes were dug out of the surrounding stone walls. The ear-piercing scratching sound came from the depths of the caves and echoed in the empty and closed underground space, making people feel uneasy.

Evelyn opened the "invisibility ball" to cover her companions and hid in a corner of the grotto. Behind her was the tunnel she came from. She was obviously ready to retreat the same way if the situation was not good.

Joan looked around the grotto, thought for a while, took out the glass bottle containing the fire beetle from his pocket, unscrewed the cork, and poured the fire beetle into the palm of his hand. It evolved from "Bug Affinity" after using the blood of the fusion insect master The "Insect Enlightenment" endows the fire beetle in the palm with intelligence comparable to that of human beings.

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Reconnaissance target: mutant fire beetle (insect subspecies, enlightenment subspecies)

Attribute: insect subspecies, enlightenment subspecies)

Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 15, Constitution 6, Intelligence 10, Wisdom 14, Charisma 10

Special Abilities: Telepathy 60 ft., Fluorescence

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Under the observation of "advanced internal vision", the changes of the fire beetle are obvious. "Enlightenment" not only means the improvement of intelligence level, but more importantly, it is to get rid of ignorance. In just one minute, you have obtained a knowledge reserve commensurate with your intelligence, just like the prophet in myths and legends: an illiterate shepherd who was originally an illiterate one day suddenly Obtain divine enlightenment, wisdom and enlightenment, and write poems praising the gods.

The fire beetle enlightened by Joan is like the "prophet" who has received divine inspiration among insects. Although it is still an insect's body, its knowledge and thoughts far exceed the level of insects, and it can communicate with higher intelligent creatures through telepathy. It is like a prophet talking to the god he worships.

"My lord, it was you who lit up the light of wisdom in my heart. As a small and humble beetle, I am terrified and do not know how to repay your grace."

Every insect enlightened by Joan will spontaneously have a good impression and even admiration for him, but different individuals express their emotions in different ways.

Judging from past experience, most enlightened insects will regard Joan as their "mother", with more family affection than worship, and some are like "Mutated Fire Beetle", who regard him as their religious idol and believe in him devoutly , Worship.

Why is there such a difference?

Is it random, or something else?

Qiao An once conducted some research on this issue, enlightened hundreds of different types of insects for experimental comparison, and finally concluded a rule.

What kind of attitude the enlightened insects have towards him, whether they regard him as a relative or a god, mainly depends on the "perception attribute" of the insect before being enlightened.

If the insect's perception attribute was very low before being enlightened, then the perception attribute would be raised to 10 points at most after being enlightened. Most of these insects regard Joan as a relative, and usually they are not likely to spontaneously develop religious consciousness.

As for those insects whose perception attributes exceeded 10 before being enlightened, they are very sensitive in themselves, and their intelligence has also improved after enlightenment. With high perception, it is easier to generate beliefs, so they are more inclined to establish a self-identified relationship with Joan. Family affection is a more noble, more universal, and more sacred emotional bond, that is, believers' fanatical worship of the Creator, a typical religious emotion.

Take this mutated fire beetle as an example. Before the enlightenment, it had a perception attribute of 14 points. After the enlightenment, it was infused with a lot of knowledge. It realized that the world was far more complicated than it was before. Spiritual sustenance, and then worship the person who bestows wisdom and knowledge as a god, which is logical.

Joan didn't think he was really that great, worthy of being worshiped by the mutated fire beetle as a god, but he had to admit that the bond of faith was often stronger than the bond of family affection.

If he hurts an enlightenment beetle that regards him as a relative, the other party may feel resentment and turn against each other. Has there ever been an unfilial son in the world?

However, if he said to an enlightened beetle who enshrined himself as a god, "Abel, you should kill your only son you love and sacrifice to me to prove your piety", the devout beetle would not resent it. The gods, on the contrary, regarded it as a glorious trial, and willingly killed their sons as sacrifices.

Regardless of morality and ethics, a "fanatic" is even more trustworthy than a "son". What Joan needs now is such a fanatic who obeys his orders.

"I want to send you a task." Joan touched the mutated fire beetle with his fingertips and established a "mythical link" with it. For the convenience of communication, he also gave it a name, "From now on, your name It's called... 'hood'."

cover?

A look of confusion appeared in the mutated fire beetle's eyes.

It understands the meaning of the word "hood" in human language, a kind of container that is turned upside down on an object, but it doesn't understand why Joan named it with this word, and it dare not question it. It can only think that the gods have their own deep meaning, No need to explain to yourself.

Joan put the "cover" back into the glass bottle, screwed on the lid, and then chanted the mantra to call the "green ice secret storage box" from the spirit world.

"It may be a little cold, bear with it, and someone will take you out of the box soon."

After exhorting the mutated fire beetle, Joan stuffed it into the green ice secret storage box and sent it back to the spirit world.

Immediately afterwards, Joan sent a telepathy to Cosette and asked her to open the box to receive the goods.

The moth girl hurriedly recited the mantra silently, called the secret storage box, opened the lid, and found a small glass bottle inside, and a glowing beetle in the bottle. .

"Dr. Vader, I have taken out the things you sent through the secret box, what should I do next?"

"Go to the center of the cave, find a flat ground, and put down the bottled beetle."

Cosette followed Joan's prompt and walked towards the center of the grotto holding the glass bottle. When Evelyn and the others noticed that she had left the "invisibility sphere" without a word and was exposed to the eyes of the lurking Dreadclaw, it was too late to stop her.

In fact, the Dreadclaw lived in the dark underground world all the year round, and its eyesight was seriously degraded. At the same time, it evolved a well-developed sense of hearing and smell that is more suitable for the dark environment. Long before seeing Cosette clearly, he heard the footsteps of the moth girl. Smelling the faint body fragrance emanating from her body, they immediately made a commotion and climbed out of the cave one after another.

Joan used Cosette's eyes to observe the Dreadclaws, and found that their appearance was even weirder than the illustrations depicted in the book.