"That's what it is...... Kashe?" Lu Wu looked at the statue in front of him and asked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"As it should be," Ivan said, admiring the sculpture with interest. "Even at the Banshee's Gate, it's a rare rarity. ”

Lu Wu carefully observed up and down, this sculpture should be made of stone, the upper body of the statue, that is, above the waist, resembles a human body, but the lower body is a snake body. However, if it is said to be like a snake, it can be seen that there are no external tissues such as scales. Wrapped around the serpentine body is a tight skin. However, when Lu Wu went around the back of the sculpture, he found that its tail was not snake-shaped. Because the tail of the snake, as everyone on earth knows, the tail of the snake will slowly taper and eventually become the tip of the tail. Although the front half of the tail resembles that of a snake, the second half of the tail, especially the end of the tail, is as abrupt as an earthworm.

Of course, its upper body can only be said to be humanoid, not human. Because this creature bears little resemblance to a human other than its arms. Even the end of the arm, the hand, is very different - the creature has four fingers, and the knuckles of the fingers are one more than those of humans, that is, four knuckles.

The reason why you can see so clearly is because the sculpture is holding a short stick with an unknown purpose in its hand. The statue's hand gripped it tightly and held it high, as if trying to smash it at something.

Of course, the differences are even greater in other parts. The creature's head is not round, instead, its head is more like a man wearing a high hat. Its face, apart from its symmetry, bears little resemblance to humans. In particular, their mouths, which cannot be called mouths, should be called mouthparts, and have too many insect characteristics. Its body, which is its upper body, resembles that of a human female. The only thing that isn't certain is whether it's ** or not.

They, or rather, they should be the so-called "Gasha." When he saw this statue, Lu Wu felt that if he gave this creature a name, "Banshee" was really a very appropriate name.

It's unclear if the word Gasha comes from their own name, or if it's a name given to them by the Warlocks when they first meet, or if it's actually the name of the world from which they originated (just like the earthlings). If earthlings meet strange creatures from another world one day, perhaps these creatures will mistakenly think that "Earth" is the self-name of human beings.)

Lu Wu already knew that this creature was a mercenary from another world - or had been a mercenary. They don't know how to connect with the warlocks, and then with the help of the warlocks, they come to this world in batches to be cannon fodder. Almost all of the relevant records have been lost. However, it is clear that these creatures are not completely stupid, and after being here for a while, they quickly abandoned their mercenary status and planned to make a big move.

But they're not far from stupid, if not completely stupid. They either ignore the warlock's power or are overconfident in their own strength. In short, the mercenary contract ended in an embarrassing way. The entire area of the Banshee's Gate was "alienated", and the Gasha people only left a place name here that has been passed down to the rest of the world. That is, the city of Gashe. However, as mentioned earlier, even if it is Gasha City, it only leaves a name, and the alien buildings in it are long gone.

The two men went back and forth several times around the statue. This is the first time that Lu Wu has seen an independent intelligent creature that is "not of my race" (the destroyer is an artificial creature). A creature that causes a lot of trouble even for warlocks. Even if he has never regarded "scientist" as his ideal, Lu Wu has a great interest in this creature.

"Rare?"

"yes, this statue is a bit of history. Its contemporaneous works are estimated to have long since peeled off to the point of not being in shape. Ivan was also interested. Even by the standards of a native of him, this kind of thing was rare. When the devastation of war and the erosion of nature are combined, few can resist it, not even the stone statues.

For the current inhabitants of the Banshee Gate, "Gashe" is turning from a legend to a myth. Not to mention what kind of intelligent creatures they are, what kind of civilization and technology they have, even what they look like is no longer available.

I have to say that Grumas has a little bit of a looting ability. God knows where he found it.

That's right, where they are at this moment is Grumas's headquarters, his residence and fortress here in Nice. Of course, Grumas is dead, and his power is gone. But as everyone knows, when Grumas finally put up a stubborn resistance, he found that his pre-prepared electromagnetic turret had been secretly destroyed by the spies. So the final battle turned into a one-sided, one-sided bullying and ravage. Such an overwhelming battle will not cause much damage. Many of the collections that Grumas collected around the neighborhood are intact, such as this statue of the Gashers.

"Where did you come from?" Lu Wu finally asked this question after looking at it for a long time.

"The Stygian Moon said that it was provoked by Huiyue, and Huiyue said that it was provoked by Stygian...... Anyway, they all don't admit each other, and they throw dirty water on each other by the way. Anyway, the wood is already in the boat, and the Banshee's Gate has been alienated. "Ivan was not very interested in this historical question. "They're dead anyway, and there's not much to prove their existence...... Except for anomalies. Ivan said. "In my opinion, they should also be a civilization with the ability to travel through the Aetheric Sea, and may even be specialized invaders......"

The word "intruder?" surprised Lu Wu a little. He instinctively remembered a science fiction novel he had read, "Independence Day". An alien civilization with supertechnology has come to Earth in a huge spaceship in order to destroy humanity and conquer the earth. Of course, there are many such stories, and it seems that civilizations in other worlds, as long as they have enough ability, will choose to invade and conquer.

However, when Amber came to Earth, she didn't give Lu Wu this feeling at all. On the one hand, Amber said it herself, and on the other hand, Lu Wu could feel it. I don't know why, maybe it's because the earth is also human, or maybe the warlocks have conquered so many worlds that they don't have any interest in the earth at all?

"Yes, to invade civilizations that conquer other worlds. Ivan said naturally. Of course, it's not difficult to find another world, but how to find a world suitable for your own race and civilization, and then cross the world wall to reach the other world...... That's going to be hard. They don't have a First Lawyer. ”

"It costs a lot of money for them to find a different world where they can live...... So naturally, this cost has to be compensated. What could be more cost-effective than taking over an entire otherworld?"

"What do you mean...... Gasha wants to occupy the whole world?" Lu Wu had always thought in the past that Gasha should just want to occupy the Banshee Gate.

"Of course, why would they alienate this region?" replied Ivan, disapprovingly. "Your Excellency Lu Wu, don't underestimate the effect of alienation...... The biological resources of the entire Banshee Gate region have undergone terrible mutations and can no longer be used. Think about it, if it weren't for the fact that our world was big enough, and that we had enough power to wipe them all out before the mutation spreads...... This mutation spreads all over the world, so even a warlock can only flee this world. ”

Lu Wu originally thought that the so-called alienation was just transforming this place into an environment suitable for the survival of Kashe. Now that I suddenly wake up, it's a different story.

The methods of the Gashes were actually much more terrible than the atomic bomb. If the whole world is alienated, the basis for human existence will not exist. In fact, I also understand that if you want to cross the sea of ether and enter the other world, you can only have a relatively small and elite force. With a force of this size, it would be okay to face a low-tech and low-demon world. When encountering a foreign civilization whose technology is no less than its own, it is completely impossible to conquer the natives by means of war. So the Gashes could not have relied on force - they had a better choice. Just alienate the whole world and wait patiently. No civilization can withstand a famine attack of this magnitude. Even if they don't all die, their numbers will be reduced to a point where they can't sustain civilization and technology.

It is indeed a simple and effective yet powerful means of conquest. There is a legend of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse on Earth. Famine, as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, is not covered by strength. When all the natives are dead, the effect of alienation will gradually weaken, and eventually it will become a pristine world without any enemies for the Gashes to survive and develop.

If you think about it, you will feel that this is a rather terrifying, almost unsolvable means of invasion. Fortunately, the warlock power in this world is indeed very strong.

"I hear," Ivan said casually. "The reason why Gasha was able to transform the Banshee Gate was because of an artifact. ”

When he said the word "artifact", Lu Wu immediately understood that this was not the original meaning of the word, but just that Lu Wu instinctively looked for the most suitable and appropriate word in Chinese to replace.

It's no wonder that the experts don't like this method very much. Although there is no problem with daily communication, there are some sequelae from time to time.

"Where's that artifact?"

"It's in the hands of the warlocks...... But no one knows whether it's the Bright Moon or the Stygian Moon. Anyway, no one even knows which warlock will destroy Gasha in the end. Ivan spread his hands. "But, Your Excellency Lu Wu, we've seen enough. ”

"Enough of it. Lu Wu just now can be regarded as looking at the entire sculpture in detail up and down.

"It's a pity," Ivan said with a little regret. "I'm going to send it away. He beckoned, and several men dressed in skeletal armor (i.e., mechanical, unarmoured, thin-skinned, slow-moving) came over and carefully lifted the sculpture out with special tools.

"Tens of millions of Belica...... It's good to be rich. Ivan watched the stone statue leave, "It's really a price we can't refuse." ”

The statue has already been sold. After they occupied the entire city of Nice, the buyer quickly made an anonymous request to Lu Wu through the public trade network. The price given by the other party is a figure that Lu Wu can't refuse. At least for Lu Wu, who is now in dire need of a large sum of money to repair the Floating Fortress.

The other party must have asked Grumas for a purchase before and was rejected. However, Grumas may have this leisure, and Lu Wu will not have it. Compared with this stone statue, which is rare but cannot be eaten or used, it is still more affordable for money.

"The purchaser didn't know who it was. Lu Wu watched the thing disappear at the end of the aisle, and couldn't help but say something.

"It's some scientist or some artist. Ivan said. "Whoever he is, now we have the money to pay for the next repair! We should take a closer look, maybe Grumas has a lot of valuable things hidden in this place. ”

Of course, Lu Wu unconditionally accepted this opinion.

He regretted it a little now. After that incident, Hide was clearly furious that his repair and construction progress had been disrupted. It's not polite to add a number to the bill. To make matters worse, because the schedule was disrupted, a lot of the preparation had to start all over again, which meant a lot of expenses Lu Wu had to pay a second time.

As a last resort, Lu Wu almost wanted to dismantle the entire city of Nice and sell scrap to pay the bill for the floating fortress.

However, it all depends on the statue of this "Gasha". Now that Lu Wu can finally get rid of the problem of the next maintenance cost, he can think about some other things - for example, the maintenance cost of the next phase or something.