"Is the king of the strange duck clan missing?" Leo sat in his office and muttered to himself.
After a while, Leo stood up: "Stim, inform everyone that the break is over, gather in the Steel Hall."
…
Under the leadership of Kalderin and Wei Luo, thousands of strange ducks quickly flew towards the Marvel base.
But when Calderin arrived near his destination, he circled in the sky several times, but could not see any buildings on the ground.
"Calderin, what is going on? Where is the human base you are talking about?" The elder named Luo Lin flapped his wings and asked in confusion.
"I don't know either. The base is obviously nearby. It's very big. I just saw it not long ago..." Kalderin's face turned red with anxiety.
Wei Luo quickly flew over to help: "Elder, Kalderin did not lie. He and I really saw a huge human base here. You have to believe him."
Just when Kalderin and Wei Luo didn't know how to explain themselves, suddenly, a sudden change occurred.
There was originally a lush forest at the feet of the strange ducks, which looked exactly like normal trees.
But at this moment, the forest suddenly became illusory, as if there was a translucent light film covering it.
The light film quickly dissipated, gradually revealing the tall and orderly buildings underneath.
"Human base," Kalderin pointed at his feet and shouted excitedly, "Elder, look, Human base, I didn't lie."
Elder Luo Lin nodded, with a tuft of hair on his head raised high, highlighting his serious expression.
The light film quickly dissipated without a trace, and the Marvel Legion emerged from the invisible state. At the same time, the door of the Marvel Legion automatically opened, and the electronic synthesized sound immediately sounded: "Quack, quack, quack, quack~ (strange duck language)"
Translated into human language, it means: Friends of the strange duck clan, please come in and talk.
Elder Luo Lin quickly made a plan with other elders, and finally Elder Luo Lin selected a dozen strange ducks with more beautiful feathers as bodyguards (including Calderin), and they entered the Marvel Legion base together.
Other strange ducks have landed around the base, forming a grazing array.
…
In the metallic hall, Leo and a group of senior legion members took their seats and looked out the door.
More than a dozen duck spirits walked into the hall, swaying their plump duck buttocks, looking around like curious babies.
"Please take a seat," Leo's loud voice echoed in the metal hall.
As his voice sounded, the nanoparticles were outlined, and soon a dozen cradle-shaped seats were formed, not too many, not too many, and there was exactly one for each of the duck spirits who came in.
Elder Luo Lin made a "quacking" sound, and a dozen strange ducks sat down one after another. After sitting down, they even squirmed their buttocks, looking very comfortable.
However, the chairs under the weird ducks' buttocks were deliberately arranged by Leo to form a triangle.
According to common sense, only the most prestigious members of the Weird Duck Clan are qualified to sit at the front.
In fact, Leo did know the strange duck sitting at the front, and he had just discovered a lot of secrets through drone surveillance.
For example, the duck currently sitting at the front of the triangular seat is named Luo Lin. He is the elder of the strange duck clan and has quite a say in the clan.
Thinking of this, Leo looked at Elder Luo Lin who was sitting in the front, pretending not to know anything: "Are you the talker of the strange duck clan? My name is Leo Irwin, and I am from the Marvel Legion.
Leader, the master of Io, the supreme god of Midgard, it is a pleasure to meet you, a friend from the strange duck clan."
Elder Luo Lin was frightened by Leo's series of titles. Although he didn't know the true meaning of those titles, the words "leader, master, supreme god" sounded very bluffing.
After a long time, Elder Luo Lin came back to his senses: "My name is Luo Lin. I am the elder of the strange duck clan. Hello, my friend from the human race."
Leo nodded calmly.
Bucky immediately followed the arranged script and made a fool of himself: "You are the elder of the strange duck clan? Elder Qu Qu, how do you get the qualifications to talk to our leader?!"
Before Luo Lin could answer, Bucky continued to scold loudly, "Let your king come!"
Although the improvised plan made by Leo and Bucky was very crude and half-measured, it was just right to deal with these ducks who had never seen the world.
Luo Lin was frightened by Bucky's loud voice, and thought to himself: The behavior of this human race is different from what Calderin just described, how can he look friendly at all?!
Subconsciously, Luo Lin turned his head and looked at Calderin.
"Gah~"
Kalderin spread his wings and let out an embarrassed cry. He didn't understand what was going on.
Elder Luo Lin had eaten rock moths for decades longer than Calderin, and had a pile of stones condensed with the essence of fire rock in his belly. He seemed more stable and better at lying.
He made a strange cry, similar to a human cough: "Captain, you don't know something. In fact, our strange duck clan does not have a king. Our clan implements an elder system, and many elders jointly decide on affairs..."
"Bullshit!" Leo pointed out his lie directly, "I heard it just now. Your 'King' has disappeared, and you still want to lie to me?!"
As Leo's voice fell, Stim controlled the holographic projection particles to fly out, playing the images and sounds from the strange duck family's gathering just now.
Luo Lin: "..."
You said you overheard it, why are you talking so much!
Now that Leo has mastered so much information, Elder Luo Lin stopped lying. He spread his wings quite bachelorly: "Captain, just tell me, what do you want?"
The corners of Leo's mouth slowly turned up in an arc.
Luo Lin's tone and actions already showed an attitude of letting others take advantage of him. As long as Leo's next request was not too excessive, Luo Lin could accept it.
Therefore, Leo and Luo Lin began to communicate in detail (formalism), and then invited (fooling) several other elders of the strange duck clan into the legion base to continue the communication (formality).
Finally, Leo knew the past of the strange duck family.
There is only one intelligent race on Io, the Monster Duck. Because of their unique life form, long life span, and no natural enemies, although they have wisdom and language, and have unique racial talents, they have not yet embarked on technology.
The path of civilization or magical civilization.
This is the normal evolutionary history of the salted fish race that lacks pressure and motivation.
Years passed that were too long for them to record, and the strange ducks were still living a primitive tribal life where they could find any hole they wanted to make their nest.
But despite this, they still lived happily and contentedly, but 103 years ago, an unexpected incident changed their lifestyle.
In that incident, not only did they lose their only king, but they were also forced to change from an amphibious lifestyle in the core of the earth to a coward who only dared to live in the core.
Only during rock tides every 15 years do they come to the surface to feed.
As to what exactly happened 103 years ago, Leo finally couldn't find out the reason from the strange ducks' mouths.
I only know that something terrible happened on Io back then, and it was suspected that extremely powerful creatures were fighting, which in turn led to space dislocation.
Unfortunately, their king and a lot of strange ducks fell into the chaotic space and disappeared. The surviving strange ducks were so frightened that they could only hide in the core of the earth.
The king of the strange duck is not dead. I don’t know how the elders of the strange duck are sure about this (they don’t want to say whether they are dead or alive). Leo guessed that maybe there is a spell such as the "king's" soul lamp or something left in the core of the earth.
Magic weapon.
The old king is not dead, and the new king cannot be established.
The entire Strange Duck clan follows this tradition and has been waiting for their king to return.
After listening to it, Leo evaluated it as a "singing and boring story."
Later, Leo revealed this matter and began to discuss with the strange duck clan how to "peacefully coexist" in the future.
The discussion went smoothly. Leo showed a little about his methods and knowledge of the universe and the stars, and then expressed the idea that the Marvel Legion would be permanently stationed on Io and was willing to provide safe haven for the Strange Duck Clan.
All the tribesmen raised their hands, feet and wings to express their approval.
They have been fearful for too long and urgently need a sense of security.
And just as Leo originally guessed, if you can't live on the surface, who wants to live underground!
The strange ducks live much more comfortably on the surface than underground.
Of course, Leo's shelter for the strange duck family was not free.
The strange duck family provided Leo with a unique material - fire rock essence.
This is a special material catalyzed by the fire rock essence accumulated by the strange duck clan after swallowing rock insects or rock moths, supplemented by the unique protein in the strange duck's body.
Leo has tested it and found that the properties of this material are extremely superior, with excellent magic conductivity and ductility.
Whether it is used as a magic weapon making material or spell casting material on the magic side, or used to make unique devices on the technology side, it is a rare treasure.
In this way, the strange duck family uses the essence of fire rock as a reward (baohufei) for Leopi (ya) to protect (zha) the strange duck family.
Luo Lin and other elders formally reached a strategic cooperation with the Marvel Legion represented by Leo. Leo successfully gained a large number of subordinates and labor force without spending any money, which was simply a blessing.
Leo was in a good mood, so he simply made a big pot of noodles with beer and entertained all the duck spirits.
Seeing the duck spirits lowering their heads and "lucking" happily in the bowls and cups in front of him, Leo was also very pleased: "This circle of strange ducks is really easy to feed."
The strange duck eats and drinks enough, and drinks wine to get tipsy and in a good mood.
Several elders made a casual calculation under the influence of alcohol and found Leo in the office.
"Captain, we have something to ask for." Luo Lin took the initiative.
Leo looked at the duck, which was no higher than the table: "What's the matter?"
"After listening to your common sense about the universe, we have a bold idea," Luo Lin said with a bright face and rosy cheeks. "We would like to ask you to help us, the strange duck clan, find our king."
[The system prompts that you have triggered the mission "Retrieve the lost strange duck king."]