Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1058 Misjudging the meaning of civilization

"Canuas Guntus?"

Spiritual communication is a more direct way of communication than verbal communication. It is generally believed that even two parties of different races and cultures can understand each other relatively accurately through spiritual communication.

However, the spiritual information transmitted by the big octopus still hanging on the cliff is extremely messy, and there are even inconsistent parts.

If it weren't for the relatively clear warning, dissatisfaction, anger, fear and other emotions in it, Xia Duo would have thought this big octopus was a lunatic.

If he wanted to, he could send spiritual information to the big octopus with the help of the perception field, but the big octopus didn't seem very smart, so Xia Duo stopped thinking about communicating.

The reason why the perception field is still maintained is just to delay the time for "Yuanfang".

Undoubtedly, this big octopus had discovered the "Yuan Fang" before, and even Xia Duo could distinguish some content related to the "Yuan Fang" from the confusing information sent by the other party.

This part is quite interesting. This big octopus thinks that "Yuanfang" is also a giant ocean beast, and as for the humans on "Yuanfang", they are vassals of the giant beast.

For this reason, the big octopus also reported its own name-Canuas Guntus.

However, in the expression of the big octopus, "Canuas Guntus" is not only its own name, but also its race.

In other words, this big octopus is probably not an octopus that has mutated and grown up, but an independent race.

This result also made it easier for Xia Duo to accept. To be honest, if this kind of big octopus had an equally huge race, the Narrow Sea would have been occupied by them long ago.

According to relevant records and Captain Bill's introduction, the sea monsters in the narrow sea—that is, these giant sea creatures—have different forms.

Most of them are in the form of normal fish, and there are relatively few in the form of octopuses.

And unless a ship hits their mouths, these sea monsters will reluctantly attack. Under normal circumstances, these sea monsters will not actively attack humans, and they will not even go to the offshore area.

Of course, no matter what kind of sea monster it is, it is relatively rare, at least from the perspective of human discovery records, it is quite limited.

The first time Xia Duo went out to sea by boat, he met them, and he didn't know if it was luck or bad luck.

But anyway, if the worst doesn't happen, that's enough.

Since the big octopus regards "Yuanfang" as an ocean giant, Xia Duo will accept it tentatively, as long as the big octopus doesn't attack "Yuanfang", 8000 gold coins is not a small sum.

If this is converted into the money of my hometown, it will be almost 160 million!

In this way, Xia Duo used the perception field to confront the big octopus. If he didn't release the perception field, the big octopus would not come down from the cliff, and would not stop sending out spiritual information.

This scene is somewhat funny, but it really happened.

And from the follow-up spiritual information of the big octopus, Xia Duo finally found the reason. The reason why the other party thinks that "Yuanfang" is also a sea monster is Xia Duo himself.

The existence of special bloodlines is not sensitive to human beings, and it can even be said to be completely unaware.

Only those mages who are proficient in transformation spells and must be in the human body field can easily discover the existence of special bloodlines from the characteristics of the connection between the magic net and the human body.

But this is for humans as non-magical creatures. If it is a magical creature like a giant octopus, magic is like instinct for them.

The perception of special bloodlines may be more sensitive than humans.

The big octopus always thought that "Yuanfang" was a sea giant, and it was because Xia Duo stayed on board all the time, which affected its judgment.

In a sense, Xia Duo can almost be regarded as a living figure that can shelter ships.

But it's a pity that Xia Duo is not good at how to become a qualified figurehead, so even though the big octopus has shown fear, he still hasn't released the field of perception.

This state of confrontation lasted until Xia Duo's main body on the "Distant" heard Niya conveying the notice from Captain Bill-Watch Island is coming soon!
Xia Duo himself looked up, and sure enough, there was a huge gap in the sea in the channel mountain range on the west side of the "Yuanfang", and a lonely island was right in the middle of the gap.

That is Watch Island!

At this time, the "Yuanfang" was already very close to Watch Island, and Xia Duo could even see the mage tower standing on the cliff at the edge of the island, or—

Lighthouses do too.

Although the sun had already set in the west at this moment, the sun was no stronger than noon, but the "Yuanfang" sailing westward facing the gap in the channel mountain range was facing the direction of the setting sun!
The light that bloomed from the top of the mage tower on Watch Island was even stronger than the sunlight from this angle!
It is conceivable that if it is at night, the light may be seen by ships passing by from a very far distance.

When he got here, Xia Duo didn't want to confront the big octopus anymore. If he continued to confront, if he provoked the other party, it would be a disaster for no reason.

However, before releasing the perception field, he used the perception field to cast psychic spells to send a warning message to the big octopus, to the effect that——

I cover the surface of the sea, don't come to the surface if you have nothing to do!

After delivering this piece of information, Xia Duo didn't want the big octopus to reply, and was about to release the perception field, but unexpectedly the big octopus replied to him!
The message replied by the other party was still messy, but Xia Duo caught one point, that is, the big octopus itself lived in the deep sea, and this time it came to the surface because of chasing a big whale.

The other party explained it, and Xia Duo quickly accepted it as soon as he saw it, and didn't continue to communicate. If the communication continued, he was also worried about revealing his secrets.

Furthermore, with the chaotic consciousness of the big octopus, it is difficult to make any long-term guarantee that it will not come to the surface of the sea, as long as it is allowed to leave this time.

One must know that the "Yuanfang" will return to the voyage tomorrow, and it would be embarrassing if it was blocked halfway.

However, the communication with the big octopus also made Xia Duo think that if he saved the big whale before, he might be able to gain a more stable communication partner.

Judging from the final decision of the big whale to commit suicide, its wisdom is obviously higher than that of the big octopus.

But it is a pity that in this world, high intelligence is not necessarily strong, and methods and tools that can give full play to intelligence are needed.

In this world, there is no doubt that magic is such a method, a tool.

If that big whale knew (non-blood) magic, maybe the big octopus would have died in the previous battle.

Even as long as the big whale has spells or props that are immune to psychic spells like [Pioneer Scepter], it is impossible to be killed by the big octopus almost harmlessly.

This is what Xia Duo learned later. He didn't know that the big octopus had psychic powers at first, and maybe those murloc vassals were controlled by it with psychic powers.

And in addition to transmitting information and controlling, psychic powers can definitely be used as a means of direct attack, what a pity for the big whale!
Maybe it has a good bloodline ability (at least one of summoning water elements), but it can't conduct real magic research, and finally dies so aggrieved.

Maybe it's because there are so few of its kind!
With this experience, Xia Duo is more able to understand the meaning of civilization. Only by gathering the most, broadest, and most comprehensive wisdom can we cope with the infinite and unknown future.

　In fact, large whales cannot develop civilization. In addition to the reasons for the lack of similar species, the shape is also a major factor. Such a large body is difficult to make and use tools, and tools can basically be the beginning of a civilization. Without tools, there is no civilization. .

Without the influence of civilization, the intelligence of this kind of creature may not be much higher~~
　
(End of this chapter)