Eight days after entering the city.

No. 7 Avenue in Shiluo City, in a civil machinery shop.

Under the lights, Zeyo is carrying out repairs on the clock with a screwdriver. The screwdriver flies between the fingers, and the parts are automatically embedded in the mechanical watch as if they are controlled by an invisible force field.

Zhou You: "It seems that my hands are familiar very quickly, and I really like machines by nature." Saying this, the tour of the sky is obviously automatically ignoring the situation of the crane tail car when the bell civilization was first educated a few years ago.

With a "bang", the owner of the store walked in with a flawed imitation of aristocratic gait.

He picked up the flashlight and shone it directly towards Zeyu, then picked up the things on the side of the table, looked at them over and over again, and added his opinion. For example, "the plating of the case should be repaired" and "the parts should be oiled".

Then he was very "generous" and announced: "Zhou You, this batch has been repaired today, and if you finish that batch again, you can go and rest for a while." ”

After coming to this machine shop for a week, Zeyou basically knows the boss's temperament.

The boss's nickname is called the Prayer Bird. It's a bird endemic to the planet, with its gorgeous feathers, but it likes to be near dead bodies, and its cry is crisp and seems to be praying, but after doing all this, it begins to eat scavengers! He can have this kind of nickname, naturally he got it 'by ability'.

For example, the sentence just now sounds like caring about employees, but it is actually the workload of the second batch of work tasks. If the Celestial Tour is completed again ahead of schedule, he will happen to have a new mission sent to him soon, and continues, "After this is done, you can rest." ”

Zhou You raised his head, looked at this seemingly loyal but treacherous prayer bird, and showed a sunny smile: "Uncle, thank you." ”

Half an hour later, there was a "clang".

A man pushes open the door. It was a man wearing a metal helmet, and the jewel in the center of the helmet's eyebrows was very agile. - This is a nobleman, only a nobleman will be in the head, and there is an insect phenomenon. And the "jewel" on this helmet is actually an insectized sensory organ protruding from the helmet. On this planet, the relationship between humans and crystal worms is a symbiotic relationship. From the individual example, it is humans who parasitize on insects, and human thinking has dominance. On the other hand, bugs use the intelligence of the human brain to keep them thriving.

After seeing this guest, the prayer bird in the store immediately said respectfully: "Master Boming, please, please!" ”

The young master looked around and walked to the back hall.

The Prayer Bird glanced at Zeyu, who nodded, and immediately returned to his room 'properly'. The other disciples in the shop quickly closed the door.

Bo Ming looked at the back of Zeyu.

The boss on the side smiled and said, "The acquaintance introduced me is my son and nephew, so it's not in the way." ”

A few minutes later.

In the room, Bomin pulled out a box the size of a violin.

Inside the box, a purple wriggling larva appeared with a large number of nerve chains on its tail waiting to dock with humans.

When the prayer bird saw this, his eyes lit up, and then he exclaimed, "Purple Light Demon Bee, this is a fifth-level war insect!" Hello young master, I got all this thing for you. Just, this thing? ”

Bo Ming: "Two hundred and forty golden beetles." ”

The prayer bird said with a bitter face: "Young master, I don't have so much money, it's difficult for you to be a small shop." ”

Blooming paused and put away the box.

The prayer bird advised, "This ...... Young master, two hundred and forty golden beetles are really too expensive, you know, although this contract worm is a fifth level, it belongs to a type of forbidden beast. ”

Bo Ming stared at this treacherous guy and asked in a low voice, "How many ...... can you make?"

Prayer Bird: "One hundred and fifty." ”

Bo Ming: "Two hundred!" No, I'll go. ”

The prayer bird gritted its teeth and nodded, "Deal." ”

……

Twenty meters away, Zeyu was completely aware of the conversation next door, and despite the thick granite walls here, it couldn't stand the matrix eavesdropping.

Crystal worms and humans live in symbiosis and are able to form a highly 'insectized' warrior.

Fourth-level and fifth-level crystal worms are contract worms that most civilians look up to. But those who can win the favor of the middle class of the city are generally male insects.

The fusion of general male insects is more combative. As for the female insects, their combat effectiveness is mostly weaker than that of the male insects, and except for the high-level female insects, they will not be chosen to contract.

But the Purple Light Demon Bee is very special: her female insect has not weak combat power, and she also has an extremely terrifying ability - that is, parasitic control, controlling other warriors of the low-level Gu insect contract below level five.

Through the realm, he searched through the books of the nobles in several neighborhoods, and found that the purple light demon bee might even evolve in this way.

The way of evolution is very cruel.

That is, the Purple Light Demon Bee Mother Worm Contractor allowed her contract worm to lay parasitic eggs in the bodies of other victims. The larvae that emerge from the eggs develop into a strong male in the victim's body, and then the female contractor "merges" with the male who gave birth to the resulting male.

Zhou You: "Isn't it just that the queen bee and the drone mate, and then the male peak x organ is integrated into the queen bee's body, tsk!" ”

The Purple Light Demon King Bee has a chance to obtain new powerful mutant genes, and then lay eggs to diversify and start to advance! Of course, the probability is very slim, and it may only be possible that if the parasite is a few hundred Gu worm contractors of the same level, there is a chance of mutation.

In this way, the way of cultivating mutants was considered to be a madness even within the Holy Gu Dynasty, so this kind of Gu worm was called a forbidden Gu.

The Holy Gu Dynasty forbade this kind of thing at the source, and strictly guarded the cultivation room of each city, but in fact, the management of the feudal era was very corrupt, and there was always a trace of forbidden Gu on the black market.

If the lower strata get this kind of forbidden Gu, and the contractor does not pursue mutation frantically, but only completes the control of the splashing skin among the people, then the big men of the empire will turn a blind eye. After all, the executive power of this feudal society was not enough to control society in detail.

In the small room, Zhou You turned over on his bed, the bed board 'creaked', put his arms on the back of his head, and shook his head: "This world of insects does not raise people." ”

……

On June 4, 102, a month after the Celestial Tour settled in this machine shop.

The prayer bird at the door of the store recalled his son, who was studying in the capital, and it was also in the secret room that he gave the purple light demon bee to him.

And the boss's son was extremely surprised, but after hearing the reputation of this purple light demon bee forbidden Gu, he hesitated - this young student mainly didn't dare to attack other Gu masters. However, the boss smiled slightly in the secret room and comforted: "Take your time, don't rush." ”

This made Zhou You, who was eavesdropping through three walls, couldn't help but sigh: "Pity the hearts of parents in the world." ”

At the same time, some of the old clerks in the store had a smile on their faces after the return of the son of the prayer bird, but it was obviously very unnatural.

Zhou You, who normally goes to work, sighed again: "Oh, the complicated relationship between family businesses. ”

But the next day, I couldn't feel emotional.

At nine o'clock in the morning, when the pendulum clock, "jingle bell" strikes.

In front of the workbench, the prayer bird uncharacteristically came to the front of the Zhou You to ask for warmth, asking how many people are in the family? It's hard work to get out there, isn't it? ……

After asking for a lot of information, it seemed that he was moved by the spirit of Zhouyou who came to the outside world alone, and took out a money bag and handed it to Zhouyou. And said gently: "Zeyu, go to the Contract Tower to sign a contract worm." ”

In the face of such a kind boss like an old father, Zhou You's face was very weird.

It's like the 21st century, seeing the boss call him brother and talk about the blessings of work. In the face of a suddenly enthusiastic boss, Zhou You thinks of 'weasel giving a New Year's greeting to a chicken.' ’

Zhou You finally took the money, but he was a little jealous in his heart.

I couldn't stand the care, so I walked out of the store to find "the future that the noble man pointed to".

But since he left the machine shop, he has been opening his field to explore. After walking for three quarters of an hour, he completely lost the last trace of "the other party is not so bad" expectation.

The prayer bird has made various arrangements in the machine shop, such as the presence of poisonous insects that can cause anesthesia under his bed. I even wrote a sign to continue recruiting.

……

Fifty minutes later, he walked to the Covenant Tower in the middle of the city.

Zeyou sensed the rear again, and eighty meters behind him, the boss quietly followed behind in a carriage pulled by a long-legged bug.

In the face of such an active murder, the last bit of hope to ease the plan was also shattered.

Zeuyou sighed and mobilized the matrix.

In the corner of the busy wall in the distance, the boss stretched out his head to secretly observe Zhou You, and made sure that Zhou You had entered the city pregnancy Gu station, and he pressed down the big brimmed hat. And at this moment, forty meters above his head, a stone carving decoration stretched out, with the high temperature of thousands of degrees and the sudden cooling of a line, the crack spread silently, and finally broke open.

A large "falling off" stone sculpture and some small gravel fell unusually smoothly, without even tumbling.

With a muffled sound, the sneaky boss was hit as he stretched out his head to look, and the whole person was knocked to the ground. Hit hard in the waist, this bone injury will not heal for a few months.

Bright red is dyed from the sleeves. The people on the street who saw this scene immediately dodged to the side and looked up at the building. As for stepping forward to save people? - There aren't many well-wishers in this world.

……

And Zeyu has already entered the contract tower at this time. Inside, it's a very different atmosphere from the outside: mirror-smooth floors, bright electric lights, ornate carvings on the pillars, all of which are like a modern library in the 21st century.

When a waiter entered, he inquired like a banker.

He took out his ID (given by the boss) and said that he knew that he would have to pay the fee. The waiter took the tour to the sixth floor to go through the formalities.

After handing over the fourteen Silver Celestial Bulls, Zeyo was asked to wait aside. While waiting, Zhou You casually picked up the information on the contract worm on the side. However, after opening it, Zhou You's expression froze for a moment, and his heart trembled: "This world, for the sake of power, seems to be too different!" ”

……

The low-level contract worm is mainly based on combat power.

For example, the Purple Light Demon Bee will become a contract warrior that can spread its wings and catapult stingers when fused.

High-level crystal worms above level seven, although there are also male insects as combat power fusion, but the crystal worms at this level are respected by the female worm.

Because they can generate hives and have a strong racial differentiation ability, after absorbing metal and electricity, they can generate a large number of intelligent thinking troops, and have strategic power.

For example, the giant dragonfly mother, which is a level 7 bug that can be loaded by a truck. After docking the power plant, enough aluminum ingots (and even bauxite) are sucked to be able to produce a dragonfly sentry with a wingspan of one and a half meters.

Can throw incendiary bombs the size of egg eggs.

Or shoot explosive bugs that are the length of a mineral water bottle and the thickness of a thumb. The explosive insect is propelled by flame and has a range of up to 400 meters. It's like it's a biological base.

For the more advanced classes, the Hive can create more combat units, especially the Golden Beetle of the Imperial Family.

It is capable of producing infantry armored bugs with a length of five meters and a weight of 1.2 tons, as well as flying bugs with a mass of 270 kilograms and three pairs of wings vibrating.

It is even possible to differentiate special worker insects to produce steel pipes like spider wires, while others produce high-nitrogen compounds like poop pulling.

These steel pipes, assembled by a small number of welding bugs under the command of Imperial engineers, were assembled onto the infantry armor bugs, while high-nitrogen compounds were stuffed into the bodies of the infantry beasts to form small-caliber artillery.

In this way, as long as the lord and a very small number of servants, they can control an extremely sizable military base.

The mining of this world, as well as agriculture, revolves around the lords' bases. With the feudal system, they mastered the power of primary industrialization.

As for the engineers? - Contract worms will inevitably worm their body parts. The more dependent you are on the functionality of a bug, the more insectified it is. In the lord's factory, these acolytes are completely insectized.

Zhou You looked at the mutation of the engineer on the picture, who looked like a human body in clothes, limbs, and torso limbs, and was disgusted: "Huh, ......!?" It's disgusting. Then Zhou You glanced at the photo: "Well, the lord seems to be, it's not so disgusting, but is this still a human?" ”

"Please follow me, sir." The waiter in the building invited Zeyu and walked towards the inner floor of the building.

Didn't go upstairs, but took the elevator directly downstairs.

Because under the building, there are layers of Gu nests.

The Gu Hive is like a beehive, layer upon layer of hexagonal. Sometimes the partition of the glass hexagonal hatch will open, and the ferocious insects will bite each other, and after completing the mutual elimination within the group, they will devour each other again.

Zhou You watched the fight in those hexagonal glass beehives, his eyes flashed with curiosity, this is much more curious than the animal world!

A few minutes later, Zeyou came to the second level of the hive. This is a fourth-level insect nest, and that prayer bird is really sparing no expense now.

As for the more powerful bugs, they are no longer kept in the Gu nest, but are refrigerated in the depths of the base, and civilians cannot access them no matter how rich they are.

The assistant took a step back, and the doctor on the side tied a medical ring to Zhouyou's arm. And it is reminded that if the symbiosis fails, the Gu worm will not inject the symbiotic liquid, but the digestive juice, and immediately press the button on the medical ring.

The person in charge repeatedly emphasized to Zeyou: "Every year, there are fools who want to defeat the powerful insects and subdue the Gu insects by will, but they fail to press the medical ring button in time, and they end up half-paralyzed." ”

Zhou You nodded hurriedly, muttering in his heart: "Just take a form." Lao Tzu didn't intend to live with this thing at all. ”

So, Zeuyou walked around outside the glass cabin, looking at these strange-shaped insects.

"You have a lot of legs, don't! It's ugly. ”

"There's a human face pattern on the back, don't, this thing looks panicked."

"And the one that twists and turns, like a snake, get out, Lao Tzu is not interested in you."

After turning around, I found that there was nothing to look at.

Just as he was about to choose one at random, he suddenly saw a cluster of armor pieces covered with sand in a corner, and Zhou You used the matrix to channel kinetic energy and poked the mound.

"Hey, this long, scaly guy, is it a pangolin?" The two claws are very powerful, and the mouth is very small, how does this thing have to eat?

With a 'bang', a steel needle shot out of its small mouth.

The force is comparable to that of a bullet, and of course, the kinetic energy of the flying needle is erased by the matrix halfway through. Traveling directly along the original path of the flying needle, poking the needle back into its mouth.

If it hits the glass layer, cracks will definitely appear and an alarm will be triggered. Zhou You suddenly became interested, this thing can destroy the isolation cabin, how did it get here, and also, is this thing really a Gu worm? Pick up the key of your choice.

The glass door slowly opened, and the scales on the object's body instantly stood upside down, arching itself like a cat, and then quickly pounced. However, halfway through the jump, he was choked by Zeuyu. To be exact, the lines of the force field of the matrix system firmly locked the muscle chain of this thing, and it was twisting and struggling, but it could not escape the inquisitive gaze of Zhou You.

Zhou You turned over and looked at this thing, and the eyes of this thing the size of mung beans also stared at Zhou You. He buckled his abdomen and found the glands that lay eggs.

Zhou You: "It's up to you." ”

What is the contract process?

Generally, contract worms inject symbiotic cells into the contractor, and the cells of the two sides converge, similar to becoming "of the same kind".

But this thing, Zeyou meow doesn't want this thing to 'produce' anything on himself. The most violent and direct method is to directly use electricity to subdue it and connect it with 14,000 muscle points to directly control its mobility. Once it's under control, then take it back and train it slowly.

Half an hour later.

Zeyou walked out with this "pangolin". And this pangolin has become a 'fish scale armor' at this time, which is safely attached to the arm of Zhouyou, and it seems that a symbiosis has been achieved.

But in fact, it was the overlord who made a hard bow and directly pressed it on his arm with a forceful field.

The person in charge noticed that Zhou Yu came out, looked up at Zhou You, drew a tick on the notebook, and then he seemed to realize something, and suddenly looked up. He looked at the thing on Zhou You's arm and said in surprise: "Lin Dragon Worm!" ”

Zhou You lowered his head and commented with satisfaction: "Eh, this thing is called Lin Long?" It's pretty good, it's solid enough. ”

The person in charge put on his glasses, his nose was exhaling, he pointed to Zeyu's arm, and asked, "How did you contract this non-tame!" ”

In the eyes of the person in charge looking at the shit luck, Zhou You learned that although there are many Gu worms on the rock crystal star, the time for humans to use Gu worms is very short, and there are only 1,700 kinds of insects in the orthodox contract, and there are still many Gu worms that humans have not found a way to contract.

Zhou You smiled stupidly, patted the carapace of this insect, and pretended to be stunned: "This is how it is tamed." By the way, sir, what level is this Gu worm? ”

The person in charge realized something and suddenly asked rhetorically, "You got it from below?" ”

Zhou You: "Well, yes, or else?" ”

The person in charge denied: "How can it be at this level, this is not supposed to be in the ——? Then he changed his tone and pointed at Zhou You and said, "You have entered an area that you shouldn't enter!" ”

Zhou You twitched in his heart: "Your shameless virtue, how can you be the same as some unscrupulous media in the capitalist era!" ”

The assistant on the side had already flipped through the thick information book, but dozens of seconds later, he called the person in charge to come and see.

On the screen, a gorgeously dressed person raised a few Gu worms from below, then picked one at random and left. And the rest was casually placed in the Gu nest of this fourth-level insect.

And special insects, after all, are special insects, and they can pick up money in the wild, and they can naturally look at it at a glance.

The person who took the Lin Dragon Gu and gave it up in the surveillance, Zhou You knew, was that Bo Ming.

This eldest young master obviously brought up several forbidden insects here, and the purple light demon bee that Zhou You saw in the prayer bird shop was only one of them. Linlong's thing was just abandoned because it was not easy to sell without a contract.

As for why the dragon is stuffed into the upper cabin, it is the same reason why some people flip through books in the bookstore and casually stuff them into another bookshelf after reading them - bad habits.

And this matter, in fact, is not a big deal.

Isn't it normal for a noble young master to turn over some things from the treasury under his own supervision and take them out for money? Undefeated, can you call it a young master?

After registering for the tour and writing a pledge that you will not leave the city without permission, you will leave the place. Then the person in charge here hurriedly picked up the monocular phone, turned the ring number dialing circle, and reported the situation to a certain nobleman.

The people in the office were busy in panic, and the sea tour was driven to the next door like a fly to wait. Zhou You: Do you even give me a bench?

It's approaching evening

Walking out of the contract tower, Zhou You turned his head to look at the building, and the person in charge of the building who was in charge of the building was scolded by the big nobles who rushed over, and couldn't help but shrug his shoulders.

Zhou You: "It's really corrupt. He looked down at this piece of armor, but the realm scanned the various states in this building, and couldn't help but sigh: "Compared to the loss of things in the treasury mansion, you are more concerned about the risk that the young master may be injured when he enters the forbidden Gu storage room, and he will be angered, right?" ”