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This search and rescue operation, Huazhenxing, did not alarm Yang Tehong. For the sake of the two missing students who entered the wilderness without authorization, the array he had set up was large enough, so there was no need to disturb him anymore.

If Old Man Yang is willing to take the initiative to ask about something, Huazhenxing will fully respect the wishes of his family; if Old Man Yang’s family does not want to meddle in other people’s affairs, Huazhenxing will not bother them. His attitude towards the three elderly people was the same.

For the past six months, Old Yang has been opening a canteen at the entrance of the living area. Hua Zhenxing is now much more knowledgeable than before, and he understands some of the mysteries of how masters walk in the world, but he can't tell whether the old man Yang in the canteen is his true form or his incarnation.

Since he is an old man who runs a small shop, this matter has nothing to do with him. At this moment, Hua Zhenxing was also surprised when he suddenly received a system task. This should be Old Man Yang's reminder to him.

Old Yang, who doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, suddenly started to meddle in other people's business. It seemed like the matter was quite serious. But the "mission" asked him to uncover the dark creatures, but it touched upon Hua Zhenxing's blind spot of knowledge. What are dark creatures, and what does it have to do with the disappearance of the two students?

If Old Man Yang wanted to explain, he would have been told in the system mission. The reason for not explaining in detail was obviously to let him verify it himself. Fortunately, Huazhenxing has many friends, many of whom are senior. If you don’t know, just ask the teacher.

He took out a phone and adjusted the settings, and first called Ding Qi. Teacher Ding answered quickly, with a bit of surprise in his voice: "Xiaohua, what happened? Did you come to see me at three o'clock in the middle of the night?"

Hua Zhenxing quickly explained: "Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the time difference! Actually, there is nothing else. I just want to ask you, what is a dark creature?"

Ding Qi: "Dark creatures? I'm not really familiar with this, and I don't even know what it is. I've just heard of the term. You can ask Master Bai, he should know much better than me.

I have only heard that there is an organization of Temple Knights in Gambistine, whose duty is to destroy dark creatures. You have been cooperating with Gambistine for such a long time, and you don’t even know about it? "

After hanging up the phone, Hua Zhenxing remembered that there is a special type of being among the magicians, called black magicians. Because they have studied black magic and fallen into the darkness, they have always been the targets of Gambistine's pursuit.

Six years ago, Hua Zhenxing captured a great magician named Ralpha in Wage Mining. This man was the black magician wanted by Gambistine.

Hua Zhenxing also asked for advice on the concept of evil spirits. Old Man Yang said that remnants of life are evil spirits, and Uncle Mo said that harming the world is evil spirits.

Gambistine has a detailed definition of "black magic". The most typical one is that when obtaining magical power, it must not cause harm to innocent people or even take away their lives. Such power comes from the devil.

This is basically consistent with Old Man Yang's definition of "evil magic". For example, Hua Zhenxing practices the art of nourishing energy, but he cannot absorb the vitality of others to practice. If it is such a secret method, it will be regarded as an evil art.

Not only do magicians have to swear not to study black magic, but if they find someone using black magic to do evil, they are also obliged to stop it in time. If they can't stop it, they must report it to Gambistine immediately. These are also written in the Theurgist Code.

From a translation perspective, whether it is Adin, ancient Hebrew, or modern English used in Gambistine, black magic can be translated as "dark magic" in Eastern Mandarin, and black magician can also be translated as "dark magic." division".

Could it be that dark creatures refer to black magicians, or creatures that practice dark magic? Teacher Ding suggested that he ask Bai Shaoliu. Hua Zhenxing was very curious about knowledge. He looked at the time and dialed the number, but it was Yue Gao Le who he was looking for.

Yue Gaole answered the phone in time, and was surprised when he heard this and asked: "Xiaohua, Director Hua, your Yangyuan Valley has more than one complete lineage of magical inheritance, but you don't know what a dark creature is?"

Hua Zhenxing: "If I don't know, I just don't know, and no one has told me. Locke and Lian Na have never mentioned it, and you have never mentioned it to me. I just learned that there are temple knights in Gambistine, Specialized in destroying dark creatures."

Yogao Le: "You haven't even heard of the Temple Knights, right?"

Hua Zhenxing said an Adin word, and then asked: "If this is the Temple Knight, then I have heard of it. The ancestor of the Fulgan family, the great magician who left the book of inheritance, claimed to have been Is a temple knight.

But I don’t know what the Temple Knight does, and I thought it was just an honorary title. "

Yue Gaole: "The responsibility of the Temple Knights is not to communicate with others in a friendly manner, but to deal with people. We are partners. It is normal that you have never dealt with the Temple Knights.

It is indeed an honorary title, but it is not easy to get this title. You need to take an oath and pass a test. Your cultivation level is at least equivalent to that of a great magician, and he is the kind of great magician who can best fight.

The book of inheritance left by Locke's ancestor did not contain the fighting skills of the Temple Knights. He could not pass them on without permission, even to family descendants. "

Hua Zhenxing: "Mr. Yue, I just want to ask you what a dark creature is. Is it a black magician? Or does it generally refer to creatures that practice black magic?"

Yogo Le: "Magicians are also human beings, and humans are also living creatures. Of course, they may also degenerate into dark creatures. The practice of black magic is strictly prohibited in Gambistine, because black magicians are as hateful as dark creatures.

However, there is a strict definition of true dark creatures. There is a group of people in Gambistine, including me, who have always advocated not expanding the concept of dark creatures.

All kinds of sinful desires will flash in people's hearts, but it does not mean that they belong to darkness.

But there is a different situation. Sinful desires have taken over the soul and become the master of consciousness. The motivations for their actions all follow some kind of sinful logic.

People make mistakes and commit crimes, but normal people do not exist just for a certain sin or for a certain sin.

But such a person is not the same creature as ordinary people, normal people, or you and me. They have fallen into a dark world, and their way of existence and behavioral logic are different... Do you understand? "

Hua Zhenxing: "I kind of understand the meaning, but I don't quite understand it yet. Can you give me a specific example?"

Yue Gaole: "You've always heard of the vampires, right? They are the most typical and representative dark creatures."

Hua Zhenxing: "Vampires, do they really exist in reality?"

Yue Gao Le: "You have a friend who founded the Ten Thousand Changes Sect and taught a bunch of monsters how to practice. I have a friend who also carries a gourd with him and uses it to smuggle people into the world. So many weird and weird things exist, why can't we Are there vampires?

It’s impossible that you haven’t heard of Blood Tribe. There have been so many movies made, some of which may have been funded by them themselves. The vampires in the movie are different from the real vampires, but they also reflect a lot of reality..."

In various legends and stories, the Vampires believe in eternal life in the darkness, and use the ritual of first embrace to convey the secret of eternal life. They will always betray the light and embrace the people they love most into the darkness.

Legend has it that blood keeps them young forever, but this is actually a misunderstanding. They do not become immortal because of blood-sucking. There is a hymn circulated among the vampires, which goes as follows:

All life will die, and everyone will accept the doomsday judgment. Why not give me your life, the blood flows into my throat, and life continues in my body. I will replace you until eternal life.

According to Yue Gaole, blood-sucking is just a spell-casting ritual. There are two types of rituals. One is to pass on the secret of eternal life to the next generation of vampires, and the other is to extend the life force of the killed person into one's own life force.

Vampires kill people in order to keep their vitality alive forever. They tend not to suck the blood of the weak, but like to kill those with the strongest vitality.

Depriving others of their lives to extend their own youth, it is said that the vampires have been cursed and can only move in the dark night. This is actually a misunderstanding, implying that their identity cannot be seen in the light.

Hua Zhenxing: "You can only hide in the darkness. What does that mean?"

Yue Gaole: "Otherwise, what do you think? They look just like ordinary people most of the time, but the reason why vampires are called vampires is that they are indeed another kind of creature, obeying their biological instincts and behavioral logic.

They have special constitutions and most of them have abnormal psychology. They do hate the sun and usually don't like to be seen too clearly, but that doesn't mean they can't tolerate the sun or appear in broad daylight.

It's just that those newbies who have just become vampires do need a period of silence in the dark, in order to complete the physical transformation in the process of accepting inheritance.

Perhaps because they all have such experiences, after they officially become vampires, they often feel psychologically disgusted with the sun, which affects them physically and makes them feel uncomfortable. "

Hua Zhenxing: "Thank you, you helped me answer a lot of questions... So how do you identify vampires?"

Yue Gao Le: "As long as you meet them, you will naturally be able to distinguish them, and you can distinguish them in your own way. In fact, for the vampires, the person who can distinguish them better is the Yangyuan Master.

Those white-board monks you trained in Yangyuan Valley are like lights in the dark when they walk among the crowd, and like the best steaks prepared by top chefs, they will make them drool uncontrollably... Do you understand what I mean? ? "

Hua Zhenxing: "Will the Yangyuan Master become the prey of the vampire clan?"

Yue Gaole: "Not only the Yangyuan Master, in theory anyone can become the food of the vampires. But the vampires cast spells to absorb the vitality of others, and there is a price. Ordinary people whose vitality is not strong enough can not even make up for the consumption.

The theoretical best prey for vampires is of course monks. The higher the level of cultivation, the more delicious the food is, but that also means the more dangerous it is, because hunting monks is too risky! "

Hua Zhenxing: "I understand, thank you sincerely!"

Yue Gao Le: "Don't hang up the phone in a hurry. Have you encountered dark creatures or do you want to study dark creatures? I suggest you avoid black magic. It's too easy to make mistakes! If you encounter dark creatures, you need to Help?"

Hua Zhenxing: "I am just investigating the disappearance of two classmates. I suspect it is related to dark creatures, but I have not found any specific clues yet. Don't bother Mr. Laoyue yet. If I am really unsure and need help, I will ask!"

Yue Gaole smiled: "Dark creatures can't see the light. They can't openly confront you in Yangyuan Valley. They can only use covert means. You have to be careful. That's all. I want to tell you another thing. Why is there no one? Mentioned the Temple Knights to you?

Because within the scope of the Luoba Alliance, there have been no traces of dark creatures for a long time, and this matter is also related to Bai Shaoliu. You also know Goline, Helen Goline. Last time, Gumby Stine sent her as a plenipotentiary to discuss the affairs of the Garden of Grace with you..."

Yue Gao Le told a story from the past. When Hua Zhenxing was about seven or eight years old, a civil strife broke out in Gambistine. As a result, the "dark faction" represented by the chief magical instructor Fordima was completely purged.

Fordimo himself is of course not a dark creature, nor can he even be considered a black magician. Although he has also studied black magic, he has studied and mastered many magical arts, and the so-called various black magics are only a small part of them. .

He and his disciples secretly cultivated a group of black magicians. They cannot be said to have colluded with each other. There are several dark forces lurking in the world that they secretly cultivated to do all kinds of shady work.

The trigger for this civil strife was Fordimo accusing Helen and his daughter of colluding with dark forces, imprisoning them and preparing for public execution. Bai Shaoliu led people to stage a good show of robbing the law field and robbed the people.

Bai Shaoliu took Helen and his daughter and fled to the Green family's castle. He was also assisted by a group of Kunlun monks such as Dan Zicheng. Fordimo led a team of priests to attack in large numbers. At the critical moment, someone blew a horn.

This horn can actually summon dark creatures. Dark creatures on the Luoba continent come from all over the world and flock to the castle like a tide. These dark creatures cannot distinguish between the camps inside and outside the castle, and will only engulf both the offensive and defensive sides.

At that time, few people knew that Fordimo was the mastermind behind the dark forces. Most of the priests who came with Fordimo were not black magicians. They were just Fordimo's subordinates. They still regarded dark creatures as the most hated creatures in the world. sin.

Then the situation was reversed. The magicians who were attacking the castle relied on the castle and started a fierce fight with the dark creatures that came from Bu Tuan. This battle almost destroyed the elite power of Fordimo... …

The purpose of asking Gao Le to tell this story was to tell Hua Zhenxing why he had been cooperating with Gambistine for so long and had never dealt with the Temple Knights or heard anyone mention dark creatures.

Because almost all of the most powerful dark creatures on the Luoba continent were wiped out in the castle war that year. The dark creatures that did not arrive on the battlefield in time were also eliminated by Gambistine after their lair was exposed.

There may still be remnants of dark creatures on the Luoba continent, but they must be quite rare, and they dare not be exposed at all. They have disappeared for many years, and few people mention them anymore.

There is almost no news about dark creatures in the world today. The best place for those remaining dark creatures to hide is probably the poor, chaotic and unattended Black Desert Continent.

After hearing this story, Hua Zhenxing asked: "You mean, there is a horn in Zuohuai Villa, and if you blow it, you can summon dark creatures? Then take this horn and blow it all over the world, otherwise you will blow all the dark creatures. Are you out yet?"

Yue Gaole smiled bitterly and said: "It's not as simple as you said! That thing can't be blown casually. It must be blown with the most restless desire, but it requires the player to have a clear and restless state of mind.

The sound of the horn is inaudible. It is like a call from the depths of the soul, which can make those dark creatures restless and driven by desire. Moreover, its sound does not travel far and cannot cover a large area.

At that time, a monk from Kunlun came to the aid of Bai Shaoliu and asked the master to use a magical weapon to continuously spread the sound of the horn to all parts of the Luoba continent, and at the same time calm the restless souls of ordinary people. "

Hua Zhenxing: "How far can the sound of the horn travel?"

Yue Gaole: "I heard that you are building the city wall in Biyue Town. With your cultivation, if you can blow that horn, it will almost cover the area within the city wall of Biyue Town... Do you have anything else to ask? "

Hua Zhenxing: "Last question, can vampires really live forever?"

Yue Gaole laughed out loud on the phone: "With your vision and cultivation, how could you ask such a stupid question?"

…

In front of the gate of the terminal, Hua Zhenxing hung up the phone and subconsciously looked up. There was an open parking lot in front of him. There were landscape trees around the parking lot, including tall oil palms.

Seeing the oil palm, Hua Zhenxing inexplicably thought of another person. This man also represents a certain type of people in the world, the type of people who were overthrown during the establishment of New Zealand. His name is Morrison.

Xia Yading was once a slave laborer rescued from a plantation by the New Alliance. Chen Weihu, a police officer from Dongguo and vice president of Fangguan Development Group, also became a slave laborer in the same plantation, which was owned by Morrison. next industry.

Chen Weihu was sent in by gangsters in Banda City while investigating a transnational immigration fraud case, while Xia Yading was deceived into the plantation by gangsters in Fiso Port when he went out to look for a job.

The most important crop of that plantation is oil palm. Oil palm is a cash crop whose fruits can be used to extract palm oil and exported overseas as industrial raw materials.

The plantation is on the outskirts of Feso Port, a place with the best local agricultural conditions. The plantations use almost all of the land that is most suitable for farming and has irrigation conditions to grow oil palm.

There are many plantations in Kilili Country. In order to plant oil palm, a large number of trees are cut down and grasslands are burned. This not only consumes precious water resources, but also leads to the spread of desertification.

On the other hand, they did not grow food on the land most suitable for farming, which directly exacerbated the famine. How many people will die from famine is not a question that Morrisons consider. Anyway, people die there every day.

The various archival materials of the original Kingdom of Kilili are quite imperfect and are almost non-existent in many places. Therefore, there are very few official records about Morrison. We only know that he is a descendant of the colonists of the Kingdom of Yin.

Morrison originally had dual nationality of Kilili Country and Bag Country, and he also lived in Bag Country all year round. If you want to ask whether there are vampires among ordinary people? Then Morrison is it!

He has been greedily and ferociously sucking the blood of this world, including Xia Yading's, Chen Weihu's, and even Hua Zhenxing's, because Hua Zhenxing is also a member of this world.

After talking about the blood clan seeing oil palm again, Hua Zhenxing inexplicably thought of Morrison. According to Yue Gao Le's introduction just now, there is often a kind of person around the vampires, which can be called blood servants or blood slaves when translated into Dongguo.

If Morrison is compared to a vampire, aren't the gangsters who provided services to him equivalent to blood slaves? Some blood slaves may be forced, but more vampires do so voluntarily.

They regard the vampires as their masters and claim to be loyal stewards or servants. They are driven by the vampires and provide various services to them. These blood slaves are often tempted by the secret of the vampire's immortality, and long for one day they can also undergo rituals and receive gifts to become a vampire.

In their eyes, vampires are not evil dark creatures, but symbols of nobility, power, mystery, and elegance. They are noble existences that transcend all living beings.

Thinking of blood slaves, Hua Zhenxing couldn't help but think of another series of stories, including comics and movies. The protagonist was a bat master wearing a black cloak and a mask.

Next to Mr. Bat, there is an old butler who is proficient in aristocratic etiquette and loyal, and has been taking good care of Mr. Bat.

In many Western legends, bats are often used to symbolize vampires. If Master Bat is a vampire, then the old butler is also a very typical blood slave.

The way the Bat Lord redeems himself in the story is to put on a cloak and a mask, transform into a Dark Knight and go out to catch criminals on the street. Those criminals who can never be caught, are caught and released again, and more and more criminals are caught...

In the midst of his thoughts, Hua Zhenxing left the airport and walked along the highway to Miri City, walking into this strange yet familiar city.