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Chapter 979 Electric Squirrel and Iron Raccoon

New World.

On the east coast of the Endless Ocean, Dawn Port.

120 years ago, the pioneers of Far Shore Island drove the most advanced steam-powered voyage ship at that time, set off towards the endless ocean on the west side of the Terra continent, and finally arrived at the New World.

According to the intelligence of the high-level sublimators at that time, although the New World was barren and barren, it was a new continent, so it had a lot of precious mineral resources. Even if the remote islands were not short of minerals, the large amount of rare minerals in the New World still had a certain mining value. , Attracted a group of people to take risks.

Because at that time, the remote islands were fighting against the nations of the Tranquil Sea, competing for the "life-extending wonder" in the depths of the Tranquil Sea, and a large number of sublimators stayed in the mainland. There were only two second-level players in this pioneering team, facing the sea. The endless crises in the depths seem a bit stretched.

Due to the endless ocean vortex, attacks by sea beasts and abnormal magnetic field changes, only six of the fleet of fifteen ships finally reached the New World.

Of the 480 six pioneers who survived, only 120 nine survived to the arrival of the second fleet, and one of the two second-level crews also died.

Nearly three-quarters of the deaths occurred for two reasons.

First, the natural source matter field and virtual environment in the New World are extremely abnormal. Simply put, the concentration of source matter in this place is sometimes high and sometimes low, and the same is true for spiritual energy. It is difficult for humans who have adapted to a stable source matter environment to adapt to it. .

Just like deep-water animals will die when they enter shallow water, and shallow-water animals will die suddenly when they enter deep water. Humans, as higher animals, cannot adapt to such drastic environmental changes. Pioneers can only dismantle the alchemy furnace core of the long-distance ship to create field towers , to maintain a stable source quality environment.

The second is the attack of the local Warcraft.

Warcraft in the New World, in simple terms, are smart.

In other words, these guys are not so much monsters, but intelligent life with the power of monsters.

The monsters in the New World have certain similarities with those in Terra, but they are stronger and smarter than those in Terra—because only the outermost circle of the New World has basic plant ecology, and most of the monsters inhabit Around the coast, the pioneers' behavior of landing and building camps, in the eyes of the local Warcraft, is a provocation of encroaching on the territory.

At the beginning of the attack, the pioneers didn't think too much after repelling it with force. Ordinary monsters would retreat from this place after suffering heavy losses, but they didn't know that these monsters had reached the point where they could remember 'hatred' , and persistently to the point of 'revenge'.

Therefore, every night after that, every time the team went out to explore, they would be attacked by local monsters.

The strong body of the local monsters can adapt to the abnormal natural environment of the New World, and their actions are far more convenient than humans. In the first year, just dealing with their harassment exhausted all the efforts of the pioneers.

Until the arrival of the second batch of teams, the pioneers had only established the most basic food production system, and there was a crumbling port full of ruins and signs of destruction.

The main island of Far Shore Island attaches great importance to the situation of the exploration team - because there is no winner in the sea battle between Far Shore Island and the Alliance of Seven Cities, and the two countries collapsed. Faster, so Far Shore Island had to shrink its forces and set its sights on the New World.

Far Shore Island, which has lost its strength in the Tranquil Sea, has sent a professional army. After all, they can't beat the Seven Cities Alliance or your Warcraft?This is indeed the case. Under the suppression of the professional soldiers on the far shore island, many monsters that had been entangled with the pioneers were all wiped out, and the port ushered in a long-lost peace.

But the good times didn't last long.

Because of the military oppression of the people on the far shore islands, the Warcraft of the New World, who were originally intelligent but did not develop because of the lack of pressure, were forced to unite under pressure... and even formed several huge "Kingdom of Warcraft".

Although it is not a country at all, it is at most a group of scattered intelligent monsters, but the sleeping beast kings invited out by the monsters do have the strength of the fourth energy level.

When the fifth energy level must suppress the main island, and the fourth energy level is also difficult to station in the New World for a long time, the existence of several beast kings is enough for the far shore island to sign a non-aggression agreement with them.

As humiliating as it may sound, it actually accelerated the development of the Far Shore Island New World colony considerably.

Because a fairly vast area on the east coast of the New World has been turned into a "human territory", rare intelligent monsters appear, and the pioneers can develop freely and carry out in-depth development and construction of the New World.

And the originally dilapidated port has become the glorious morning port, the most shining pearl of Far Shore Island in the New World.

Even at night, Dawn Port is still dazzling, and the brilliance of Nightless Port shines in all directions. The tidal power station and geothermal energy that cut off the gorge provide almost unlimited energy, and the field towers that maintain the stability of the natural environment stand on all sides of the port, maintaining With a paradise.

Of course, for the people of Terra mainland, such a person who may die suddenly when they go out, is likely to be attacked by monsters when they go out to explore, and whether the colony that has to work twelve hours a day is considered a paradise is another matter. Next to it is the lava river, and even for the people on the remote island who want to sleep on the boat and drift at sea, they can sleep peacefully in a solid house on the ground and settle down in a place where there are no earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. It is completely considered a paradise up.

Moreover, such days will soon be changed.

When the 'Seed of Terra' from the Far Shore Islands arrives in the New World, then, whether it is the abnormal source matter psionic environment or the barren and poor ecology of the New World, all will become history.

The tasteless new continent will also completely become the cornerstone of the rise of Far Shore Island!
This is the human perspective.

For Warcraft, everything is another matter.

Dawn Port, outside the port.

A squirrel and a raccoon hide under the leaves of a coastal brown elm, looking out over the human harbour.

It is said that squirrels and raccoons are actually monsters. The scientific name of squirrels among humans is "fluffy electric squirrels". The fluff accumulates electricity and explodes in an instant, and can even create a discharge phenomenon comparable to a lightning strike.

The raccoon just looks like a raccoon, but in fact, it is a metal-based life form, a close relative of the reef-eating sea otter. Its scientific name is 'Iron-eating giant raccoon'. Its food is an unusually strong iron tree, and its temperament is quite violent. It is a kind of evil beast.

But these two monsters cooperated quite tacitly. The raccoon didn't look vicious or violent at all, and was even a bit smart. On the contrary, the squirrel was similar to his own kind in Terra, with bright eyes and flickering big fluffy tail.

[Big Tie, when do you think those human fleets will arrive]

After watching for a long time, the squirrel's tail was tired and it complained: 【Let's just slip back to sleep, anyway, it seems that the fleet will not come today, and we are not the only ones sent to monitor】

Although there are only chirping sounds in the mouth, psychic communication allows creatures of different species to understand each other's meaning.

【Wait for the crackling first】

The raccoon called Big Iron murmured that it was about to fall asleep, and its head was shaking up and down little by little. After hearing what his friend complained, the raccoon became a little more sober: [Don’t forget not to obey the general’s rules What is the result, I don’t want to be chewed to pieces and eaten]

【Oh, I don't have much meat, the general must be too lazy to eat me】

The squirrel called Pipa huddled up in fear. From a distance, it looked like a big ball of fluff, round and cute.But soon, the squirrel poked its head out again, and couldn't help saying: [But why do the generals and kings care so much about human ships?They were not allowed to approach, so they sent us to observe, but they did not tell us the reason for the observation]

【Who knows】

The raccoon never thinks about this, so the raccoon has always been indifferent: [Anyway, we just obey the order, the higher-ups didn’t tell us, they just didn’t intend to let us know]

【Got it, we might be eaten】

If a human could hear the content of the communication between these two monsters, they would definitely be surprised—their intelligence and communication are no different from that of human beings, and they can even be regarded as intelligent.

But their strength is not strong. Whether it is a raccoon or a squirrel, they are barely above the first energy level at most. They can be leaders in a small place, but not in a slightly larger group.

This goes against the common sense of the people of Terra.

You must know that in the continent of Terra, if a monster wants to have the most basic intelligence, it needs a soul at the second energy level, and if it wants to obtain intelligence similar to humans, it needs at least the third energy level.

Warcraft in the New World is so unreasonable.

However, it is also because of the arrival of humans.

Before the arrival of human beings, the monsters of the New World were indeed intelligent, but their behavior and society were extremely primitive. After the arrival of humans, these monsters somehow seemed to be enlightened, and they actually established a stable order and system. Today there is even a common language and script in circulation.

This rate of development is incomprehensible even to the most intelligent anthropologists, who have analyzed many things and come to no conclusion.

Because the speed at which these monsters create language and text is not like starting from scratch at all, but like 'memory'.

Both squirrels and raccoons are the latest generation of intelligent monsters. They didn't think about how strange their intelligence is, but they took it for granted.

The squirrel shook its big tail up and down, and the electric current crackled in it, causing the raccoon below it to sneez. It stared blankly at the coastline on the other side of the port: [So, Big Iron, what is the meaning of our life? what is it then? 】

[Not eating nuts anyway] The raccoon touched its nose, and it sighed: [You know, my head turns slowly, and I never think about it.But it doesn’t matter if you don’t know the answer, in short, live first and then talk]

【Crackling, I know you are smart, but don’t show it in front of the general. It likes to eat smart beasts. I don’t want you to turn into a fluffy ball and be digested and spit out】

【Anyway, it’s definitely not staying here and waiting for the ship! 】

The squirrel was not frightened and muttered in a low voice.It is active by nature and really doesn't like such boring waiting, but just when the squirrel was about to think about a few more topics to avoid being blocked by the raccoon, it suddenly noticed dark spots appearing on the coastline.

This dark spot is constantly getting bigger, and then turned into shadows one by one.

The squirrel was stunned for a moment, and then saw in astonishment that a super-giant fleet that seemed to occupy the entire coastline was heading towards Dawn City.

【I'm coming! 】

It lifted up abruptly, and was pulled back under the brown elm leaves by the tail of the raccoon, but the squirrel who loved its big tail the most in the past didn't care at all at the moment, it cheered: [The human fleet is coming—let's go quickly The general returns! 】

And the raccoon was also shocked by this scene—although it doesn't like to use its brain, it is easy to count the number of fleets in front of it: [more than 100 ships...or are they just pioneers?Doesn't the whole fleet have hundreds of large ships? ! 】

【Hurry up, let's go back and report】

The electric squirrel doesn't care about these 'minutiae', it doesn't care what humans do at all, it just doesn't want to waste life and time here: [If it is the first report, the general will definitely reward it! 】

——It seems that this is not the answer the general wants to know.

Still silently counting the number of fleets, the raccoon's heart sank, but it had no other choice, it could only nod slightly: [Let's go, let's go back and report to work]

【I hope this time, the general can reward you with something good】

at the same time.

Ian, who followed the New World Colonial Ship Group on Far Shore Island, also noticed something was wrong in the New World.

"This feeling is... a pulsar?"

The Glazed Dragon lurks in the sea. He has observed the coastal continental shelf of the New World, and has sensed the unique and unpredictable field of the New World—the immigrant convoy of the Far Shore Island has a method of stabilizing changes, so the alchemy furnace is not affected. But if there is no shielding method, basically any instrument related to the source of psionic energy will be difficult to operate.

But in Ian's perception, this sudden abnormality and smoothness is too regular, basically like the light flickering on the pulsar's rotation. Every time the pulsar shines, the source quality will skyrocket, and the pulsar's magnetic pole When the radiation disappears, everything will return to calm.

In the New World, there is an extremely huge energy source, which is releasing energy with the rhythm of breathing, or the rhythm of pulsar rotation!

"The thing that can cause this kind of vision in Terra must be extraordinary."

Thinking of the perpetual motion machine, he took a deep breath, and now Ian really began to believe that there were indeed clues about the perpetual motion machine in the New World, otherwise it would be impossible to explain this level of energy explosion.

More than that.

The gift of the star god in Ian's body also sensed it... This strange fluctuation of the spiritual energy field seems to contain a lot of information. It is not so much a natural disaster or a natural phenomenon... It is better to say, like is a signal.

A signal to 'activate' something.

"Interesting. But it hasn't been long since humans colonized this place on a large scale. They don't have the gifts of the star gods, and they don't know about pulsars. There is a high probability that they haven't discovered this yet."

Withdrawing his gaze, at this moment, Ian was thoughtful: "But Warcraft is different. After all, they have lived in this land for a long time, so they should know something."

"I heard that the monsters in the New World are very intelligent, and I happen to be the body of a monster now... I just happen to be able to collect relevant information from the monsters."

As soon as he thought about it, he acted, and Ian broke away from the track of the fleet on the far shore island, and began to swim towards the uninhabited coast on the other side of Dawn Harbor.

"Catch two monsters first, and ask about the local situation."

　Ask for a monthly ticket~
　
(End of this chapter)