Starting From Zero

Chapter 6 Religious Madman

Although what I saw shocked me, I had to pretend that I couldn't see anything because our eyes were still covered at this time. Fortunately, the Crab Man quickly removed our blindfolds after closing the entrance and disguising the stairs leading down. Naturally, I pretended to be surprised at what I saw in front of me.

What shocked us all was not an artificial structure or a natural wonder, but an exhibition hall that looked like an animal expo. This huge, outrageous underground space is densely packed with countless kinds of creatures that we have seen or never seen before, and the total number of these creatures is so large that I cannot visually calculate it.

We dragons have all been colonized with auxiliary electronic brains, so large-scale readings are not difficult for us. For example, if you grab a handful of rice and sprinkle it on the ground, normal people would have to squat there and count it for a long time if they want to know how many grains of rice there are. But we can know the exact number just by looking at it, and we can even tell the complete number upon request. How many degrees reach a certain proportion. It is said that the creatures here are arranged so neatly that we can count them at a glance. But the problem is that there are so many creatures here that I can't see the edge at a glance. Because I don't know how many creatures are outside the field of vision, I can't figure it out. How many there are? It is only known that there are more than 17 million individuals within the visual range.

With so many creatures gathered together, it was like a super zoo, no, it should be said to be a super specimen library, because all these creatures were blind and motionless. I couldn't hear their breathing or heartbeats, and I couldn't feel them moving. They looked like cars in a parking lot.

Just before we could calm down, the three crab men who brought us down walked to three of the empty seats, and then lined up backwards in the queue. Just when I was about to ask them what they were going to do, these three guys actually climbed out from the backs of those big crabs together. I was surprised to find that there were two normal-looking legs connected to them below the waist, and the big crabs became as blank-eyed and motionless as the surrounding creatures after they left.

Rose and I looked at each other in surprise. From the other party's eyes, we learned that we had the same guess - these creatures here are all their mounts, or means of transportation. Now I finally understand why they are called parasites.

Rose leaned over and whispered: "Now I know why the rb people want to deceive their trust."

I hugged Rose's head affectionately into my arms, and took the opportunity to whisper in her ear: "If I had seen it earlier, I would have lied."

"I agree." Rose pretended to kiss me and whispered in my ear: "We will try to dig them all back later. This will be an extreme tactical force, one to one hundred."

"Don't worry, it didn't come out after it went into my mouth."

Wuyue came over and shouted: "Hey! Can you two stop being so affectionate in front of so many people and bully me for not having a girlfriend?"

Rose and I looked at May, and then we stretched out the ring of love together with a very tacit understanding. "Did you see the double heart symbol in the middle? Only the love rings obtained by real couples who have received marriage certificates in reality have this thing. What does it have to do with you if I kiss my wife (husband)?"

"OK. OK, why don't you think I'll disappear?" Wu Yue stepped aside dejectedly.

Rose immediately gave me another sexual kiss in a demonstrative manner, and at the same time took the opportunity to say in my ear: "It doesn't have to be someone, just a manipulation method will do."

Rose is so smart that she came up with the second option in such a short time if the first option didn't work. It seems that the way these guys enter these mounts is some kind of magical ability. If it is not the special magic of the tribe, there may be a way to learn it. As long as they can bring the technology back, it doesn't matter whether they want the finished product or not. We can also catch the creatures ourselves. The key is to learn how to use it.

The three parasitic people immediately walked up to us after jumping off the big crab. They seemed to be much taller than humans. When I stood next to him, I was just a little under his chest.

"Come with me, I will take you to see our clan leader now."

We nodded and quickly followed, while everyone else was looking at and pointing at the strange creatures along the way. Rose and I were busy trying to trick these people into talking.

Rose pretended to be an ignorant girl and asked, "I see you just took off half of the crab body. Is your body just two parts?"

The parasitic tribe member immediately smiled and said: "That's not my body, it's just a mount. We, the parasitic tribe, can capture all kinds of creatures to use as our mounts."

I quickly interjected and asked, "Then you can change your mount at will when you go out?"

"Of course." The other party replied proudly: "Otherwise, do you think that so many creatures here are just for good looks? There are not so many people in our family together. These creatures are used to carry out tasks according to different needs. Replacement. But we usually have our own special mounts. Riding other people's mounts will be a favor to others, so most of the time we use the mounts we caught ourselves."

"So you are not like the heroes of the tribe?" Rose asked.

"Of course." These members of the parasitic tribe were obviously still young people, and their blood immediately boiled when Rose said it. "We are the people in the clan who have captured the most mounts except for Berry. The more mounts we have, the greater the honor. The bigger and more difficult the mounts we capture, the better it shows our ability. Similarly, the use of powerful mounts in battle Combat strength is also a big help to myself.”

Rose immediately saw that these guys were getting excited, and immediately hit the rails while the iron was hot: "Then how did you capture the mount? Did you rush up to fight it and beat it to death?"

"Of course not." The leader of the parasitic tribe said: "If you kill it, you can't ride it. It must be alive, and it must be healthy and strong. If you capture the old, weak, sick and disabled, you will only be laughed at by the tribe."

"That must be very exciting, tell me quickly." Rose continued to use her strong charm advantage. In fact, there is no need to work hard at all. Young guys like to show off their abilities in front of girls, and they are naturally more excited than anyone else when talking about their specialties. If you don't let him talk, he will get angry.

As expected, these three guys fell into the trap immediately and said, "First of all, you must choose a creature that you can handle. This is very important. If you choose a creature that is too far ahead of you, then basically It's 'suicide'. Of course, if you really choose one of these creatures and unexpectedly succeed, then you will undoubtedly become a hero."

"It's so exciting." Rose poured a bucket of oil on the burning nerves of these three guys at the right time to help them become more excited.

Those guys rushed to say: "After you have chosen the monster, you must leave it alone, otherwise your capture may be interfered by its companions. Then you must approach it carefully and remember not to be discovered. Since you If you want to catch this mount, it must have some kind of speciality. This means that the target mount is difficult to deal with, so you must approach it without defense. Once it becomes a head-on battle, it will be difficult. Of course. , if you are strong enough, like us, there is nothing wrong with fighting head-on."

"What happens after that? Are you going to rush in and fight?" Rose looked very excited.

"You have to fight. Just don't just fight. The main thing is control. You have to stabilize your target. It's best to climb on its head, because you need to enter their control center from here when connecting."

"What about after climbing up?"

"Then the hardest part comes. You have to put your legs on this guy's head. Then use fusion magic to fuse yourself into its head, but be careful not to be thrown out in the process, and some creatures If you can reach the top of your head, you have to be careful about this. Don’t get caught halfway through the fusion and it’s over.”

"Does it count as being caught once the fusion is completed?"

"Not exactly. After that, it's like taming a wild horse. You ride on it to resist its struggle, and use your own willpower to cleanse the other party's willpower. Until its mind is completely erased, it's complete."

"What if he resists very strongly? For example, their spirit is very strong. What if they turn around and wipe you out?"

"The fusion spell is not fake. If it cannot erase the opponent's mind, it will not be erased in turn. However, once a creature that cannot be erased appears, you have to run away quickly. Because the fusion spell can also paralyze you after you leave. The other party has ten seconds. If you can run away within this time, it will be considered safe. Of course, we will consider the opponent's mental strength before arresting. No one will be stupid enough to catch someone whose mental strength is much higher than his own. A super creature, right?”

Rose secretly made a V sign to me. These fools have no sense of self-protection at all, and we have easily exploited their racial specialties.

Rose continued her efforts: "This fusion spell of yours is really powerful. The person who wrote it must be very great."

"I don't know yet, but I think so. Most people will definitely not be able to think of such a powerful spell." The three guys said in fascination: "If we didn't have this kind of magic, how would our race be bullied by others! "

Rose is indeed amazing. The most critical information was easily obtained. It seems that this ability is not a racial talent, but a kind of magic. In other words, anyone can learn, which is very important to us. If this is their racial talent, we must win over their entire clan, at least most of them, and we can only provide limited help. If it is magic, it is different. We only need to bribe anyone in the whole clan to know this magic. It's enough for the locals. As long as we get the magic, we can teach the entire guild when we go back, and the use value will be much greater.

While we were talking, we had already passed the place where the creature mounts were parked. Passing a downward staircase, we seemed to have entered another world. Unlike the bare rocky world above, this is simply a green world. The cave is still a cave, but the walls and ceiling are completely covered by a glowing green vine, which looks quite dreamy.

"How's it going? Isn't it beautiful here?"

We all nodded unconsciously. "It's indeed beautiful. These plants emit light on their own, so how do they get energy?"

"Energy? What energy?"

"Don't you understand?" I was surprised. "What about nutrients? Plants need to absorb nutrients and then obtain enough manufacturing substances through photosynthesis. But there is no sunlight here, and they will still emit light. In this case, the energy loss is too great. How do they live?"

"Oh. This is what you are talking about." A person from the parasitic tribe said: "They absorb heat, and there is a lava river flowing below. The vines absorb the heat of the magma, and then grow fruits to provide food, and they also emit light to provide us with food. Provide lighting.”

"This is really a good plant!" I whispered quietly into Rose's ear: "I will try to get some seeds to take back later."

As we speak, many villagers have gathered nearby. In our opinion, their height is strange, but in their opinion, we are also very strange, so both sides treat each other as if they are cherished animals.

"This is the common residence of our clan leader and wizard." The crab man who led the way pointed to a cave next to the main passage and introduced us. "Come in with me."

After following this guy into the cave, I only found that the layout inside was very strange. Compared with the dreamy environment outside which is all green, this place is simply hell. The walls are full of weird animal skulls, and some strange symbols are painted with dark red paint on the ground. Anyway, what do you think? Like a cannibal restaurant.

There are two door-like things open in the deepest part of the cave, but they are only covered by a layer of curtains and there are no door panels. Speaking of which, I haven't seen any house with a door panel along the way. Maybe the people here are simple. No thieves or anything.

The big man leading the way shouted something inside. The content was not in the language of their tribe. It seemed to be a specific term, so my translation system could not track the translation. When the shouting ended, the two door curtains were lifted at the same time. A huge man who was half a head taller than the guy leading the way walked out from behind the curtain on the left. This guy is also wearing armor. But the style is completely different from that of the one leading the way. It suddenly occurred to me that the equipment of this clan seemed quite strange. The people of their tribe seem to wear simple woven fabrics, and their industrial level is obviously extremely backward, but the armor on their bodies seems to represent high-level forging technology. But the problem is that these equipment seem to be very inconsistent, and there are almost no duplicates. Based on so many circumstances, I roughly inferred a conclusion - their equipment was not made by themselves, but was stolen from them.

This giant-like guy should obviously be the patriarch, but compared to his image, the one coming out of the door next to him is more distinctive. This guy wearing a hedgehog robe is less than my height. It is really special to have such a short individual in this giant family. Of course, apart from his height, this guy's clothes and decorations all look very different. I can't even determine his gender.

The tribesman who brought us in saluted the two of them, and then introduced Rose and me to them. In the introduction, we finally confirmed that these two are indeed the patriarch and the wizard.

After the introduction, I was about to get down to business, but the wizard suddenly pointed at me with the skull staff and yelled some unintelligible language. Then he shouted in the language of the parasitic tribe: "He is the source of evil. They are demons who have come to enslave us.”

With this wizard's words, the atmosphere immediately became tense. Rose and I took a step back together, carefully blocking Rose behind us. The guy who brought us in also quickly moved to their clan leader's side, and both of them pulled out their weapons.

Although the atmosphere was tense. But I still smiled and said: "Master Wizard, are you kidding me? We have just arrived here. You don't have to say that about us, right?"

As if the wizard didn't hear us, he jumped around and sang a strange song. Combined with the strange pendants on his body, it's like dancing to a master. But after dancing for a while, this guy quickly pointed at us and said: "The ancestors told me that these people will bring war and death, and the road ahead will be full of blood."

"Hey!" I shouted to the guy who brought us here: "We are here to discuss ways to help, not to fight with you. Is this how you treat guests?"

The parasitic tribesman who brought us here hesitated for a moment, and then said to the wizard: "Grandma Grand Wizard, they were invited by me to help. Is there something wrong?"

Upon hearing this, the wizard immediately pushed the guy away, then turned around and rushed into the room he had just come out of. After a while, he saw her running out holding a skull sealed in a crystal ball. When the patriarch and the guy who brought us here saw this thing, they immediately knelt down and shouted: "Ancestral Spirit!"

The wizard cherished the green crystal ball with the skull inside and approached me. Just when she was two meters away from me, the crystal ball suddenly burned with a raging green flame. , the usually light black magic halo under my feet also lit up with a dazzling red light, and with a bang, raging purple-black magic flames rose up on my body.

The flames were burning brightly on both sides. But after all, I am much larger than the crystal ball, and the flame is naturally larger. The wizard held the crystal ball and seemed to be struggling to get closer to me, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't push it forward. Suddenly, she bit her finger and dripped blood on the surface of the crystal ball. The green flame on the crystal ball instantly turned into dark red. At the same time, the crystal ball floated up on its own, and There is an extra layer of green light mask outside.

"The ancestral spirit comes to the world." After the wizard shouted this, he suddenly fell back and spurted a large mouthful of blood. Then he passed out.

A shadow of a skull suddenly appeared outside the crystal ball, and then slammed towards me. I gave the rose away, then turned around and crossed my hands in front of me to hold the crystal ball, but the impact forced me to slide back four or five meters before I stopped.

"Ring of Commandments." I gritted my teeth and shouted against the crystal ball. The ring of commandments behind me suddenly popped out, and then disintegrated in the air. The black magic halo under my feet also lit up suddenly. The flat black magic halo quickly became three-dimensional, forming a three-dimensional defense above, below, left, right, and front of me. Array. The eight support pillars on the Ring of Discipline also flew to form a defense line around me. Following the Heart of Discipline in the center, a red light suddenly shot out and hit the crystal ball. I heard a crackling sound, and the crystal The ball exploded in the air, and I took the opportunity to flex my hands. The skull in the crystal ball was ejected by me.

The skull didn't land after flying out. It only flew out a few meters before flying back again. But now that the black magician's halo has been fully deployed, it is not that easy to rush in again. The skull suddenly hit one of the magic circles one meter away from me. All the symbols on the magic circle lit up, and the skull screamed as if it had been electrocuted.

"Hmph, you're unlucky to have bumped into a soul-absorbing array." After the black magic halo became three-dimensional, except for the halos above my head and feet that didn't move, the eight standing magic arrays around me all rotated around me. , so it’s not certain which one the enemy will hit. The skull just now was quite unlucky, and it happened to hit the most powerful soul-absorbing formation. This kind of formation can absorb the enemy's power and permanently replenish it into my body. It is a very vicious evil spell, but what I have under my feet is an evil black magic halo after all, so it is normal to split such a magic circle.

As the energy was transferred, I felt that something in my body was being squeezed outward, and the phantom seemed to be helping the energy in my body to hit this thing outward. It seemed that this was not a good thing, otherwise the phantom would not have moved towards it. Extrapolately.

Suddenly my chest relaxed, and a red crystal ball flew out of my chest and fell to the ground. It's the crystal that the rb people used to seal my magic pet summoning ability. The damn thing almost did me a disservice, but now it can't affect me anymore. Because the crystal ball has cracked in half after leaving me.

The skull that tried to break through the barrier was immediately ejected after the red crystal fell out. The flames on my body were automatically extinguished, and the ring of commandments returned to my back. The skull did not fly back after being ejected this time, but fell to the ground without moving again. The flames burning on it gradually became smaller and finally extinguished completely, leaving only a purple ball in the skull. The flame of 'color' is burning.

The wizard suddenly twitched all over, then jumped up from the ground and pointed at me and shouted: "He is a soul eater, don't let him touch the ancestral spirits."

The guy who brought us here rushed forward desperately, hugged the skull and threw it back to the wizard, and then immediately took a defensive posture on the spot. "Don't even think about touching the ancestral spirits."

I took a deep breath, suppressed it as much as possible, and then said: "Let's make it clear, I don't care about your ancestral spirits at all. Those childlike souls are of no use to me. What I need is this." Yes." I said and released the king. The king is a heroic spirit that was forcibly killed through the method of refining gu in the demon formation. Its characteristics are similar to those of the ancestral spirit, but its combat power and murderous aura are much stronger. Only such a soul is valuable to me. "See? Do you think I would care about your ancestors even if I have subordinates like this?"

"Then why did you attack our ancestral spirits?"

"Hahahaha!" I laughed angrily at these guys. "Is that stuff around your neck filled with paste? I'm here to discuss cooperation. Your wizard will attack me when he sees me. I'm just self-defense, but you actually ask me what I want to do. I really want to know. What are you going to do? If you want to fight, I will accompany you. Don't be crazy. I don't like wasting time with crazy people."

The wizard woke up weakly from the ground, pointed at me and said, "We don't make deals with the devil."

"Your ancestral spirits are more like devils."

"But you injured the ancestral spirit, and you also brought with you such a terrifying warrior spirit. The murderous aura in him is thousands of times more powerful than our ancestral spirit."

"So what if you have murderous intent? You have enslaved so many creatures. Your murderous intent is not much less than ours."

"Those are unintelligent creatures."

"Arrogant guy." I said to the wizard: "Wisdom is not evaluated by anyone. Compared to me, you can basically be regarded as a creature without intelligence. So is it reasonable for me to kill you?"

"Don't try to confuse my thinking. I will not compromise with the devil. The ancestors told me that believing in you will bring bad luck."

This wizard is obviously a stubborn guy. In fact, I am most afraid of this kind of religious fanatics, because they have two basic understandings in their brains. 1. One’s own religion is always correct. 2. When you make a mistake in your religion, consciously refer to the first point to deal with it. These two thinking theorems are regarded by religious elements as the most basic theories and are kept in their hearts. So no matter how you explain it, they will not believe you, because the basis for their judgment of truth is not whether it is a fact, but whether it is recognized by the religion. This wizard was obviously a similar person. She only believed what the so-called ancestral spirit said, even if the ancestral spirit pointed to a pile of mud dug out of the sewer and said it was eight-treasure porridge. She will also pounce on them and eat them without hesitation. As for the information fed back by her nose and eyes, she would automatically think that it was her nose and eyes that deceived her, because in her heart, only the ancestral spirits would not deceive her.

Since I can't explain clearly, I don't want to say anything more to this religious lunatic. As for the two people beside her. I don't think it's necessary anymore. In such a small tribe, the status of the wizard is often higher than that of the clan leader. Since the wizard is a religious lunatic, the clan almost cannot treat him politely! But I have no intention of giving up that magical fusion magic, because the value of that thing is indeed very great.

"It's okay not to cooperate with us." I looked at the wizard and said, "How about we negotiate some terms? As long as you agree, I can forgive you for your offense against me."

"No." The wizard's answer surprised me very much.

"Why?"

"Because the ancestors said they can't trade with you."

"Hey, what we are talking about is your life. If you don't agree to the deal, you will be dead. Even if trading with us will bring bad luck, that will happen in the future. If you don't trade, you will be dead now. What do you think? Which one is more cost-effective?”

"We're not trading anyway." Well, this old witch is a lunatic and has basically no communication value.

I turned to look at the tall patriarch. "As the leader of the clan, you bear the important responsibility of protecting the lives of the entire clan. I don't think you want to see your entire clan die unexpectedly, right?"

After hearing my words, the patriarch immediately said: "The wizard said that trading will bring bad luck. We will never trade with you. Even if we are killed, we will return to our ancestors to enjoy eternal happiness. We Not afraid of death."

I have to admit. Although 'superstition' will seriously hinder the development of society, it is really suitable for training dead soldiers. These guys are simply unwilling to take advantage of them, and I really have no choice.

Rose suddenly said to the patriarch: "You are the patriarch, but you are so cowardly."

"Why am I so cowardly?" Rose's words instantly angered the big man.

Rose deliberately said in a sinister voice: "According to the instructions of your ancestral spirits, trading with us will bring serious misfortune, which is even more scary to you than death. However, if you don't trade with us, you will soon die because of us. The village was massacred out of anger. You have also seen that even your ancestral spirits are no match for us, so you cannot resist. But since you are the clan leader, you would rather be massacred than sacrifice yourself to save everyone. Do you think you are cowardly?"

"I'm not a coward. What do you think we can do to protect everyone?" I had already heard the meaning of Rose's words, but the patriarch obviously hadn't understood it yet and had already stepped into this big trap.

Rose immediately said: "As long as we get your fusion magic, we won't care about your sudden attack on us before. So, you just need to sacrifice and tell us the magic yourself, so that you are the only one who trades with us, Doom It will only happen to you. Although you will suffer misfortune, your people will be proud of it. Do you dare to do such a thing that only heroes dare to do? "

"I dare." Before the clan leader could say anything, the young man from the parasitic clan who brought us in couldn't help shouting. "I'm here to tell you the magic and bear the consequences of misfortune, as long as you let our people go."

"We always keep our word." I answered sincerely, but actually I was laughing in my heart. People from such primitive tribes are really easy to deceive, and a simple provocation method will do the trick.

Of course, the patriarch would not let the younger generation look down upon him. He immediately rushed up and pulled the young man away, and then handed me a book. "This is my tribe's fusion spell study book. I've given it to you. Just let our tribe go."

When I was flipping through the book and preparing to say something to comfort this guy, the old witch suddenly got up from the ground and rushed towards me to grab the book, but she was only a mage, so of course she couldn't talk to me. Than agile. I gently turned half a circle and let her pass. The old witch didn't stop and fell directly out of the cave and flew into the main passage outside.

The guild players and members of the parasitic clan who were standing outside waiting for news were all frightened by this sudden situation. Before they could react, they saw Rose and I lifting the door curtain and running out. The old witch lying on the ground suddenly pointed towards me and shouted: "They hurt the ancestors."

This shout was so loud that everyone in the clan immediately focused their attention on us, and the people in our guild quickly drew their weapons and gathered around us.

Rose and I quickly moved among our own people, and the king whom I had summoned before also took out his weapons and stood on guard. We quickly moved towards the entrance of the village. Being surrounded by the crowd here was not conducive to exerting our fighting power. It was better to withdraw from the crowd first.

We were moving outside, and the patriarch and the young man also ran out. The wizard was helped up by everyone, and then stared at us fiercely. The situation became tense and a fight could start at any time.

Rose patted me: "Husband, isn't your summoning ability liberated?"

"Well, that's right! These guys made me so angry." I quickly expanded the Phoenix Dragon Space, and the tank immediately jumped out of it. This narrow passage has tanks blocking the front, so there is no need to be afraid no matter how many people there are.

Just when I thought the opponent would retreat out of fear of the tank's size, the burly patriarch suddenly did something that surprised us.

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