Goblin Slayer World, Base Zero, inside a laboratory.

The four walls of the laboratory are inscribed with magic corridors, and high-dimensional energy flows through them. This is a large-scale dream magic that can make creatures unconsciously surrender their memories through dreams.

On a metal platform in the center of the laboratory lay a deer-headed man with brown hair all the time, surrounded by five or six researchers in white coats and an armored soldier.

At this time, the deer-headed man lying on the metal platform suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the unfamiliar metal ceiling above his head, and said with a puzzled expression, "Where is this?" ”

The next moment, he suddenly found that he was fixed on a metal platform and couldn't move, and the deer-headed man's expression became a little flustered, and said, "What's going on?" Why am I here? ”

I remember we went to a human city to collect energy, and suddenly a human came out of nowhere and attacked us, and then ......

And then those robots were able to dodge human attacks, making humans mistakenly think they were of the same kind!?

The deer-headed man came back to his senses in an instant, and finally noticed a few figures around him, and hurriedly said, "Please spare me... I didn't see anything, really I didn't see anything! Please..."

The deer-headed man's voice stopped abruptly, and he noticed that it was not those robots or other creatures standing around him, but creatures standing at the top of the biological chain on the earth, a lingering haze of all the creatures on the earth, humans!

"Ahh The deer-headed man was instantly attacked by the huge fear opportunity in his heart, and the whole person collapsed, opening his mouth wide and roaring hysterically, venting the fear in his heart.

A human researcher glanced at the lich colleague next to him and said in a joking tone, "Wu Yuan, you're scared of people. ”

An ugly smile appeared on the lich's withered face, and he said in a hoarse voice, "According to the information I have obtained so far, it is supposed that you have scared people, but I am curious about what is the reason why the creatures of that world are so afraid of humans." ”

"Their fear is obviously not simply because of the strength of human civilization, but because of the fear of individual human beings, somewhat similar to the fear of monsters. In biology, it's like the relationship between predator and prey, a fear of predators. ”

The deer-headed man lying on the metal platform was in complete despair the moment he heard this human speak. There's a saying in the Gatherer profession that if you can survive from a king-level human, then you don't have to be a Gatherer. Gambling, buying lottery tickets, etc., can make you prosperous and wealthy for a lifetime.

And all the king-level humans on Earth have one thing in common, and that is that they can speak.

At this moment, a magical corridor appeared in the hands of a researcher, unleashing a sleeping spell on the deerman.

【Memory Extraction Begins】

The lich placed his withered finger on the deerman's celestial spirit cover, and the fingertips emitted a faint blue light, followed by the magic gray wolf on the wall also emitted a faint blue light, and the large dream magic activated.

The lich's withered fingers slowly lifted and left the deerman's celestial spirit cover, and at this time, an extra ball of light appeared on the dry fingertips, which was his soul.

The deerman's soul left its dry fingertips and floated in midair, and then streaks of blue light stretched out from the surrounding walls to wrap around the ball of light.

The dream world began to slowly guide the soul, allowing him to release his memories.

……

[My name is Ganka, I am a deer man, and I was born in a place called the Icks Sanctuary. 】

A fawn-man more than a meter tall stood on a rooftop and looked out at the city below that was entirely made of steel. Looking at the past, all the buildings were made of steel, even the ground was made of alloy, and there was not a trace of green in sight.

The only place in this icy steel forest that has green is in the middle of the entire shelter, where the superior live. And this rooftop happens to be able to see the canopy of the towering trees in the upper area, which is why the fawn people often come here to watch, that rare touch of green.

The fawn people didn't know what the green thing was, but they thought it was special, so they often came here to look at it.

At this moment, a low, powerful voice came from behind the fawn.

"Ganka."

The fawn man turned his head and saw a six-meter-tall deer man in gray armor, his father, a gatherer.

As for what a gatherer is? The Fawnman's father told him that it was a dangerous job and that he needed to leave the shelter to gather energy in the outside world. And the outside world is full of humans, a terrible creature.

The word human was heard by the fawn man since he was a child, and everyone told him that it was a very dangerous creature. This is a monster born of darkness who will kill all animals.

If you encounter a human in the future, all you need to do is run away and don't try to fight back, as that will only reduce your chances of escaping.

The father of the deer man came to the little deerman, reached out and picked him up, put him on his shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Ganka, I'm asking you what you should do if you meet a human in the future?" ”

The fawn man replied, "Run away, you can't fight back." ”

The deer man asked, "Why can't you resist?" ”

The Fawn Man replied, "Because it takes battleship-level firepower to kill these humans, it is impossible for the gatherers to have such powerful firepower, and resisting will not cause harm to humans, but will provoke human aggression." ”

"If we don't resist, we only need to escape a certain distance, and humans will lose interest in us."

The deer father nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask, "Then why do you have to carry a large number of weapons every time you go out?" Can these weapons be used against humans? ”

The Fawn Man replied, "Weapons can be used against humans, but they are used to deal with, or to beware of, other lifeforms. ”

The deer father asked, "Then why not assemble a huge fleet to sweep all of humanity, or orbitally bombard the entire planet in outer space?" ”

The fawn man replied, "The size of the spaceship, coupled with the high energy response, can easily attract the attention of humans hundreds of kilometers around. Once the ship remains in the air for more than ten minutes, it will be attacked by a king-level human. At present, all ships on Earth can only make space migrations and come directly to the shelter, or leave the Earth directly. ”

"As for orbital bombing of the entire Earth? I once stumbled upon a document that showed that a thousand years ago, four civilizations had assembled thousands of starships to form a huge group of warships, ready to orbit the entire Earth. ”

The deer father hurriedly asked, "What happened later?" ”

The deer man frowned slightly, and said, "That information only has the news and scale of the fleet assembly, and I don't know what happened later." Judging by the current situation, this fleet did not succeed. ”

"But this is a civilization that has assembled armies, and I have only seen the lifeforms of two of these civilizations moving on Earth and collecting energy from Earth."

The deer man father said, "Then the last question, what is a king-level human?" ”

"King-level humans are the strongest among human beings, each of them has the power to destroy the world, once they attract the attention of these monsters, only destruction awaits him. They have one thing in common, all Monarch humans can speak, but do not communicate with any living beings other than humans. The fawn man replied.

Researchers who watched the conversation from God's perspective immediately came up with several important pieces of information.

First, there are places of sanctuary in this world. From the superior people that this deer-headed man was looking at, it could be seen that the hierarchy of this shelter was very strict.

Most of the people at the bottom of the second level are gatherers, risking their lives to mine high-dimensional energy in the outside world. From here, it can be seen that the high-level energy of the place where the shelter is located is very thin, and it needs to be collected at the risk of his life to go to the human city to collect it.

Third, there are at least three or more interstellar civilizations that gather on Earth and exploit the high-dimensional energy here, and most of these civilizations have mastered space migration technology and wormhole technology.

Fourth, the human beings in this world are very strong, and their individual strength has reached the extreme, even the fleets assembled by the four interstellar civilizations cannot defeat the human beings in this world. They suspected that there were seventh-order human beings in this world, or even eighth-order.

In the years that followed, the researchers responsible for mining memories did not unearth many useful memories. It may be that this deer-headed man is too weak and a gatherer at the bottom, so most of the memories are the lives of the people at the bottom of the shelter.

……

New World, Yunhua College, Art Room.

In the spacious and bright art room, a three-meter-tall silver mecha full of a sense of technology and a girl in a blue and white sportswear looked at each other.

"Why are you hiding inside?" The girl asked again in a crisp, pure voice.

Tazmi replied, "Because it's my weapon, it guarantees that I won't be killed by you." ”

At such a close distance, Tazmi realized that this girl was not just the sixth order, she also controlled some kind of rules, and this school building was her domain.

This is a true god who controls the rules, and if the girl attacks him here, even with this mecha, Tazmi is not sure if he will survive. There is too much uncertainty in the rules, and a sixth-order powerhouse who controls the rules is even more dangerous than dozens of sixth-order powerhouses who don't control the rules.

The girl smiled slightly, didn't say anything, turned her head and picked up the easel, the brush without any dye, and painted again on the white canvas.

This time, the girl left a mark on the drawing board and drew colors, and it was clear that the brush was not stained with any dye, but she was able to draw a variety of colors.

Tazmi asked, "Who are you?" Why is the city completely deserted, and why have all the humans in this building lost their sense of self? Why are you all so strong? ”

Perceiving that this sixth-order true god had no malicious intent, Tazmi opened his mouth and asked a series of questions. It's hard to meet a human who can communicate, and of course you have to ask what is going on in this world.

Faced with this series of questions, the girl did not answer, and her expression was unusually focused on drawing her picture, as if she had not heard Tazmi's question at all.

A beautiful girl in a blue and white sportswear sits in this studio and paints intently. A breeze blew in through the window, the blue curtains rose with the wind, and the girl's beautiful black hair began to shake. It all seemed so peaceful and beautiful, but outside the window was a city as desolate as the end of the world.

The quiet and tidy studio and the barren world outside seem to be separated, obviously in the same world, but giving people the feeling of two worlds.

At this time, Tazmi's communication suddenly rang, and he connected the communication and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

[Captain, I just got the news that a team has captured a smart creature base and sent a retreat signal. 】

Intelligent life? It shouldn't be a human being, if a human can communicate, it should have the strength of the sixth order, and it is very likely that it controls some kind of rule. If you want to catch a true god who controls the rules, it is obviously impossible to use the current strength of the combined team. In other words, there are other intelligent beings in this world?

[Tell the base that I found a human who can communicate here, and I can't evacuate for the time being]

【Yes!】 】

As soon as Tazmi hung up, the girl stopped her paintbrush because her painting was finished.

The girl put down the paintbrush, pinched the upper right corner of the drawing board with her hand and pulled it gently, and something magical happened. The freshly painted painting was torn off, and the drawing board returned to its original whiteness.

The girl gave the drawing to the pedestrian mecha next to her, smiled slightly, and continued to ask in that crisp and pure voice, "You, why are you hiding inside?" ”

Tazmi reached out and took the painting, focusing on it, and then his pupils contracted suddenly, and his body took two steps back.

Black occupies most of the painting, while in the center of the painting is a white figure. The surrounding black pierced into the figure like spikes, and the pure white body was contaminated by wisps of black, and the white figure revealed a sense of sadness and shame.

Tazmi suddenly raised her head to look at the smiling girl in front of her, and said, "Why are you ......?"

There was still a faint smile on the girl's beautiful face, and her crisp and pure voice continued to ask: "You, why are you hiding inside, why don't you dare to take a step forward?" ”

The man inside the silver mecha opened his mouth slightly, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Without waiting for Tazmi to answer the question, the girl picked up her paintbrush and pointed it out the window and drew a circle lightly, then got up to pack up her easel and prepare to leave the place.

Only then did Tazmi come to his senses and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

The girl held an easel in her right hand and a paintbrush in her left hand, and replied, "I'll go clean up the garbage." ”

As soon as the words fell, the girl's figure disappeared in place.

An inexplicable fluctuation emanated from Yunhua Academy, and the space within a radius of 100 miles was instantly blocked, and then a starship several kilometers long appeared out of thin air, apparently forcibly squeezed out in the process of space migration.