A few days later, San'in Kingdom.

A dark cave was filled with a large area of black smoke, and countless worm-like arthropods swam in it, making a rustling sound.

At this time, in the depths of the cave, there was a faint roar of an unknown creature.

Hiss!

The insects hidden in the thick smoke kept chirping, as if with excitement and cheerfulness, and after a while, the low roar from the depths of the cave was heard disappearing, and soon a large puff of smoke poured out of it.

Rumble!

In the mountains and forests, plumes of dark smoke rose one after another.

The pitch-black smoke spread out all over the sky, and a strange creature covered with ring-shaped scales and countless tentacles and small feet on its abdomen could be faintly seen in the smoke surrounded by countless small black dots.

……

"Sora caught a goblin."

A half-cut body with a bare face extending out of the dirt, it was now communicating its thoughts to a shadow in front of it.

"Let it be."

In the blurred and distorted shadows, Zhou Wuwu was concentrating on research.

In front of him were several humanoids in a deep slumber, and at this time, invisible spiritual power was shining through their bodies over and over again.

"Strange, the transcendent nature hidden in the depths of the human blood in this realm comes from the legacy of the ancestors? It doesn't look like it's artificial, but it looks like a race that has failed to adapt to evolution. ”

Zhou Wuwu's eyes were contemplative.

In his mind, pictures of the interiors of the bodies of these humanoids emerged, and he could see various organs of different structures inside, and there was a hint of pale color light and shadow on them.

"These lights and shadows represent different transcendent qualities, faint but still malleable."

In Zhou Wuwu's eyes, in fact, this represents a kind of foundation.

"It's just that these transcendent properties contained in the depths of the bloodline, instead of allowing them to achieve a leap in the life level, have become a cage that imprisons their development."

Zhou Wuwu shook his head and sighed.

At this time, through the analysis of spiritual power, we can see that the spiritual power of these humanoid creatures is constantly escaping, turning into wisps of invisible emotional thoughts and disappearing in the air.

"Is this the result of evolutionary failure?"

Zhou Wuwu has basically understood the origin of the development of this group of humanoid creatures, probably a group of creatures born with extraordinary properties, in the process of constantly adapting to environmental changes, wisdom is gradually revealed, while the extraordinary nature of the body is fading.

And under the interference of the remnants of the transcendent nature of the body, the application of mental power is minimal, and it is allowed to escape freely.

"The mountains."

Zhou Wuwu withdrew his mental power at this time.

Suddenly, the distorted shadows slowly receded, and he asked the half-cut body that was extending out of the dirt not far away, "How long have these humans been around?" ”

"Well, it's been a long time."

On the bare face of the mountain monarch made of earth, there was a faint brilliance surging.

As an earthly life, it has existed for a very long time, ancient and dating back to the beginning of the world, but it has not been so long since it became self-conscious and formed the concept of time.

"They passed through here 10,000 years ago......"

The mountain-kun's mind fluctuated, and he seemed to fall into deep thought: "At that time, they still had dense hairs on their bodies, which could release clouds and mist......"

“…… Thousands of years ago. ”

"When they reappeared, they became what they are now, there were many of them, some continued to migrate, some stayed here, and the flesh and blood in their bodies were exactly the same as the creatures that passed by at the beginning......"

The grand idea of the mountain monarch was spoken intermittently.

"Oh?"

Zhou Wuwu's eyes flashed at this time.

In the narrative of the life of this earth, it reveals a lot of information, in addition to the origin of this group of humanoids, including some basic clues to the development of this world.

“…… They made stone statues, sacrificed to the mountains and rivers, and awakened me from my sleep...... Later, I will take their ancestors and become the guardian of San'in Kingdom, protecting them from the ghosts. ”

The transmission of the Mountain's thoughts has come to an end.

"Is that really the case?"

Zhou Wuwu bowed his head, and through the narration of the life of this earth, and then reflected the clues he analyzed, he basically learned the truth of part of the matter.

"The loosening of the rules in this world has led to many creatures born with extraordinary powers."

"And with the passage of time, the extraordinary power of some creatures gradually degenerates and becomes ordinary, and here these humanoid creatures are the mainstay, and those creatures that still have extraordinary powers are collectively called ghosts."

The more clues Zhou Wuwu grasps, the clearer his understanding of the world becomes.

"In the ghosts, there will even be earth-like lifeforms?"

He looked at the half-cut body that extended out of the dirt, and through his psychic sense, he could sense that there was an incomparably large shadow hovering under the dirt.

"There are so many secrets in this world."

Zhou Wuwu was a little uneasy, he vaguely sensed that in an extremely distant place, there seemed to be something unimaginable hidden, but it was too distant and vague for people to define.

……

Wow!

A large cloud of pitch-black smoke spread from the sky above the mountain forest.

Countless dots swam in it with the sound of rustling, and a grub-like creature loomed out of the smoke, and it didn't take long to float to a hillside.

"Sora."

Zhou Wuwu stood on the hillside with a smile on his face.

At this moment, a group of earthworm-like creatures were waving their arthropods, swimming around him in the smoke, and waves of thoughts were transmitted from it, exuding admiration and cheerfulness.

Syllable!

A grub-like creature with ring-shaped scales and a belly of tentacled legs fell to the ground from the smoke.

"Did you catch this for me?"

Zhou Wuwu smiled.

In this special life idea with a group consciousness, he felt a tooth-like thought, full of innocence speaking to him.

"Since you caught it yourself, then you can eat it yourself."

Zhou Wuwu chuckled lightly surrounded by smoke.

At his level, the requirements for food are becoming more and more demanding, and ordinary flesh and blood cannot be satisfied at all, so he can only directly absorb nutrients from the world through spiritual power all the time, forming an energy balance.

Whoa!

A dense gnawing sound came from the clearing.

On the half-cut body of the Mountain Monarch extending from the dirt, the bare face was quietly staring at the clearing.

Thick black smoke gathered from mid-air.

Inside, countless flattened worms like worms, with their monstrous mouthparts stretched out in the shape of spiral jagged teeth, wrapped the strange creature into a wriggling hill one after another.

In a few moments, the hill quickly flattened with the sound of biting.

Rumble!

A large field of smoke rose into the sky.

The strange creature in the clearing was now without bones, not even a trace of residue could be found, apparently eaten by the swarm.

"Although he has intelligence, he is as immature as a child of seven or eight years old."

Zhou Wuwu shook his head at this time.

He knows that these special life forms are inherently inhuman, and in their conceptual cognition, there is no so-called good and evil at all, and various ways of ingesting energy such as devouring, gnawing, and sucking may only be felt at the level of food.

"If the level of life can't be jumped, when you encounter this grub-like ghost that is now reduced to food, you may have to feel this horror of being eaten up firsthand."

Zhou Wuwu was faintly touched in his heart.

At the heart of his quest for detachment is self-preservation, and strange and terrifying lives and environments abound in a strange world full of dangers.

If you can't protect yourself.

Isn't it a kind of sadness to feel the horror of being eaten by being reduced to a puddle of food with the ability to think.

Zhou Wuwu pressed down his slightly undulating mood at this time, and he saw that the smoke swirled in mid-air for a while, and then gradually flew into the vast mountain forest, it seemed that the grub-like creature could not satisfy its appetite, and needed more food.

……