The Underdark is completely different from the surface environment. Even if it has a unique ecosystem, it is still full of dangers and unknowns. Even the intelligent creatures that live and breed in the Underdark do not dare to claim to understand all the environments and biological species in the underground world.
Moreover, the Underdark is just a general term for surface creatures to the underground world. In fact, the Underdark is both connected and dangerous. Myconids can breed underground in the old and new continents at the same time, but the two groups have never interacted with each other.
Therefore, as both myconids, Myang had no feelings for his fellow tribesmen in the Old World, not to mention that the feelings of myconids were quite weak to begin with.
The ecological niche that myconids occupy in the Underdark makes them similar to farmers deep underground. Because there is no sun underground, the vegetation growth environment is either close to a water source or a carpet of fungi formed by the deposition of humus.
Therefore, the myconids in the dark regions of the Old World can often provide fungi as food for other intelligent creatures. In addition, the myconids can affect the thinking of organisms by releasing spore mist, thus forming a relatively special underground animal husbandry.
Some myconids also use this method to raise a group of underground monsters as guards to protect the myconids' carpet farms and pastures. In addition, the myconids like to be quiet by nature. If they don't encounter very strong and difficult to resist,
They are unwilling to migrate due to invasion and attack.
Myconids may not be a kind-hearted race in the general understanding of humans, because the living environment of the Underdark often involves life-and-death competition for different resources. However, the attitude and behavior of the Myconids are often encountered by other intelligent creatures in the Underdark.
of intrusion.
In the Underdark of the Old World, apart from the myconids, the most well-known intelligent creatures are the spiders and gray dwarves.
Gray dwarves are a branch of the dwarf family. Compared to their cousins who live in hollowed-out mountains, gray dwarves live in a deeper underground world and are equally good at stonemasonry and metal smelting. They mainly live in the dark areas in the north of the Old World.
activities, not favored by cousin races in the mountains on the surface.
The spider people mainly live outside the eastern border of the empire, in the dark areas under the plateau desert. Except for mages or scholars who are interested in research, most humans do not even know that the spider people exist. This kind of brain is
A race of giant spiders has no interest in communicating with surface creatures.
What is suspicious is that these three intelligent creatures living in the Underdark Realm all possess the racial talent of psychic powers. There is even a saying that the memories of the mages and scholars who went to the Underdark Realm to study these creatures were corrupted by the psychic abilities.
It can be tampered with, leaving very little information about these three races on the surface.
However, from the perspective of characters like Xuan Weizi and Doragon, there is actually no big secret. The main reason is that the pulse of the earth passing through the Underdark Region will radiate powerful magical effects, which itself is an important resource. In addition,
The gem crystal mines in the Underdark are much more abundant than those in the shallower layers of the earth, and it goes without saying that the gem crystal mines are useful for psychic powers.
Both spidermen and gray dwarves often plundered the myconids, or asked a certain myconid tribe to provide them with a stable source of food. In short, the number of battles that broke out in the Underdark was immeasurable and countless.
It's just that there are very few super-large holes in the Underdark that can't be seen at a glance. Even if it is built with psychic energy, there is a limit to the number of species that an underground hole can carry.
This means that there is no large country in the Underdark, but rather city-state settlements occupying resource points. Therefore, the scale of the battle cannot be compared with the ground army attack. Maybe something is happening somewhere in the Underdark at this moment.
There was a fierce battle, but the races on the surface were unaware of it.
As for the five myconids that Xuan Weizi and his team are facing now, they are slaves controlled by the spider people. They were forcibly moved from their original homes to rebuild a carpet farm for the spider people, provide them with a variety of food, and provide food if necessary.
Stationed somewhere as a guard.
"Are you exploring deeper to isolate outsiders?" Xuan Weizi asked.
The five myconids answered in unison: "Yes, going down from here, you will reach a crystal steel excavation area. We are ordered to release spore fog in the caves and passages in this area and block all incoming enemies."
"Crystal steel?" Doragon asked: "Is it the kind of associated crystalline mineral that reshapes its shape and structure due to high temperature and high pressure?"
"Yes. The spider people need this mineral to build buildings." The five myconids replied.
"Building?"
Is the Spider-Man Commander building a crystal steel building?"
The five myconids replied: "I don't know, we don't know the specific location of the 'leader'."
Doragon asked impatiently: "What exactly does the Spider-Man want to do to build the crystal steel building? Is it some kind of powerful psychic launching device? Where is the crystal steel building located?"
"We don't know the purpose of the crystal steel building." The five myconids were so ignorant that Doragon was so angry that he was about to burst into flames. Fortunately, they immediately replied: "But we know about the crystal steel building."
I can show you the way."
Doragon barely suppressed his anger and glanced at Xuan Weizi: "Are their words credible?"
Xuan Weizi held a pair of amethyst balls in his hands, looked at Ma'ang for a while, and then said: "At least these five people did not lie. But you also understand the means of psychic energy. The deceived do not know that they have been deceived, thus conveying falsehoods."
Information is a common tactic."
"That's why I say that no psychic is trustworthy!" Doragon snorted.
Estée put an arm on Doragon's shoulder with a casual expression: "Then what should we do now? You are a legendary mage and a legendary psychic, but you still can't find the central core of the Spider-Man. Or are you going to kill Nahasa?
Have all the underground caves under the wasteland been cleared?"
It stands to reason that the prophecy detection ability of a legendary spellcaster is by no means comparable to that of an ordinary spellcaster, and it is not surprising that he can detect and peek regardless of distance barriers.
However, the large number of associated crystal mines buried under the Nahasa Wasteland have now become the biggest obstacle to interfering with the prophecy spells. Even if the incarnation of Xuan Weizi holds a photo-containing light mirror, the psychic detection is still chaotic and chaotic, just like being in a desert.
In the tangle of threads, there are so many threads that it is difficult to grasp.
For Doragon, the situation is not much better. Although the associated crystal mine is the product of countless fierce battles between the dragons and giants, and the deposition and transformation of the corpses of the dead, it also contains the unique magic power of the dragons, but it has long been mixed with the magic power of the giants.
It is also intertwined with the pulsating radiation of the earth. If you look at it with "secret vision", it is just like a big pot of multi-colored spiritual light porridge, which is impossible to distinguish.
As a legendary spellcaster who is used to coming and going, he gave up the prophecy detection of seeing and hearing in all directions, and was blocked by magic radiation. The feeling is indeed very unpleasant. It's like a martial arts master being deceived.
With his eyes tied up, he can't use any clever moves, so you can imagine how difficult he is.
"Lead the way." Xuan Weizi said to the five myconids, "I'm really curious about what the spider people are doing."
Xuan Weizi and his party rushed from the surface to the depths of the ground. With the strength of this group of people, of course they were able to go unimpeded. But the strange thing is that they did not meet any more Spider-Man. The closest thing to the Spider-Man was
Those large spider beasts with low intelligence.
The Spider-Man can control some of the orc leaders by implanting spider eggs in their brains, so the Spider-Man should have noticed the behavior of Xuan Weizi and his group into the Dark Territory early, but so far they have not gathered the strength to do so.
It's a bit strange to use combat power to stop it.
Xuan Weizi guessed that the spider-man was indeed planning some big move. Doragon obviously also expected this, so he was eager to penetrate into the core of the spider-man to prevent or even interrupt the spider-man's actions.
Xuan Weizi and the others followed the five myconids all the way deep, passing through a mineral vein excavation area, and down an underground hot spring river until the water turned cold and flowed over the cliff into a waterfall.
Standing on the edge of the cliff, in front of you is a huge underground cavity with no visible edges. With dim vision, you cannot see the rock formations on the other side of the wall. There are a large number of stalactite-shaped buildings on the dome of the cavity, which are carved out of special crystals.
The upside-down building exudes a faint purple light, and occasionally there are thin figures floating back and forth, flying up and down.
Compared with the inverted crystal building with a dome, the most eye-catching thing about this underground cavity is the egg-shaped building below, which looks like a large erect goose egg and is more than 300 feet high. The placement of such a huge thing
In the underground cavity, it doesn't look crowded at all. The dome building is silver-white, smooth, and flawless. It is obviously made of that kind of material called crystal steel.
And this dome building emits extremely strong spiritual energy fluctuations, radiating subtle light and heat outwards. Xuanmizi discovered that this radiation effect can effectively strengthen psychic powers, not only filling the huge underground cavity, but also
It penetrates into the rock formations and spreads psychic effects outward along special tracks that cannot be captured by the naked eye, like an invisible giant net.
"Xingzang Dharma Altar?"
Xuan Weizi almost blurted out, because this feeling was so familiar. He used the astral body's virtual and real characteristics to construct orbits and networks of energy operations, penetrating into every corner of the surrounding space. It made people within the scope of the altar
, which can be amplified and strengthened when using psychic powers.
It's just that compared to the Star Gang Altar, the psychic effect emitted by the silver dome is more of a weak influence on the mind.
"This is...'Dream Enlightenment'?" Doragon frowned, and he discerned the specific effects of the psychic energy fluctuations.
"A very exquisite skill." Xuan Weizi said: "This is not to confuse and control other people's minds, nor to force others to take any action, but to appease the thoughts and ideas of living creatures, which can make people feel mentally soothed and full of vitality.
, is a positive effect.”
"To make those goblins and lizardmen more active in mining?" Doragon said with a sneer.
"Why not? Instead of wasting time on enslavement and driving, wouldn't it be a more convenient method to use spiritual energy to make slaves feel that work is a value-creating thing?" Xuan Weizi asked with a smile.
Doragon didn't believe it at all: "Wouldn't the value created end up in the hands of the Spider-Man? It would be terrible to create an illusory feeling and let others think they act out of free will."
Xuan Weizi said: "I guess this building affects the mind, mainly when creatures are sleeping and resting. By regulating dreams in a wide area, it gradually shapes the background thinking and subconsciousness of creatures over time. Let those controlled creatures and populations,
They instinctively believe that the Spider-Man is their master."
Xuan Weizi was quite emotional. This spider man was indeed the best slave of the half-giant back then. He really used his psychic powers to manipulate people's hearts to the extreme. He could easily collapse the resistance of other races, even if there were resisters.
Unfortunately, these are also thought fragments implanted by the Spider-Man in advance, making those who resist think they are resisting, or leading their resistance in the wrong direction.
What is brainwashing? This is called brainwashing!
Xuan Weizi originally thought that countries that relied entirely on psychic control would tend to be too rigid. But judging from the current situation, that may not be the case.
If the boundaries of the prison are wide enough, it will make people mistakenly believe that they have freedom.
What Spider-Man can do is probably not difficult for a half-giant. The half-giant has tampered with the "Ladder of Ascension" and does not intend to try to destroy the world like the ancient giants and return to the state of the Creation Titan. Half-giant, or Ace
After Zhuo becomes a god, he should continue to rule the world.
So what kind of rule is the most stable? Spider-Man's actions serve as a reminder to Xuan Weizi.
"I don't like it here." Esther twisted her shoulders and neck: "It's strange. The air and atmosphere here are obviously quite comfortable, but there is an underlying feeling of depression and despair."
"Yes, what could be more desperate than enslaving yourself?" Xuan Weizi sighed. Spider-men and half-giants have obviously reached the peak level of psychic powers, which is another aspect of Alchemy's pursuit of transcendence.
An extreme opposite - taking advantage of the weaknesses of the world's minds and enslaving and controlling everyone.
If the fragile, fearless and difficult-to-overcome part of the heart is a person's inner demon. Then the person who uses everyone's inner demons to enslave and control everyone is undoubtedly a demon!
Of course, today's Spider-men are not considered demons, but their existence makes Xuan Weizi have to be wary.
"Then what should we do now?" Estée picked up the heavy sword and asked, "Are we going to go in directly and chop everything here to pieces?"
"No need, they have already come to the door." As Xuan Weizi spoke, a series of silver lights flashed around them, and dozens of Spider-men accurately teleported to them, forming a siege.
The spider-men are thin and skinny compared to humans. Dozens of spider-men stand with their feet off the ground, relying on their spiritual energy to stand in the air. The eight eyes on their heads glow with various colors of light to express different emotions.
Just as the battle was about to break out, Xuan Weizi and others heard dozens of spider men saying in unison telepathically——