Mia's reaction was like a great enemy, and she couldn't be blamed for making a fuss, although the phenomenon of energy-type mutation was rare and not many people knew about it, it was indeed extremely dangerous, and anyone who knew about this phenomenon would not dare to underestimate it.

This is an anomaly that even Legendary-level powerhouses will feel a headache.

Energy-based mutation is a biological mutation, which refers to the biological mutation produced by the body from the inside out when an organism lives in an area with extremely high energy concentration for a long time and is stimulated by environmental energy.

High concentrations of energy are dangerous for living beings, and the higher the concentration of energy, the more destructive it becomes.

In an area with a high concentration of energy, if it is an ordinary animal or a low-level magical beast, it is difficult to fight against the surrounding high concentration of energy, and it will be killed by the environment within a few minutes, even if it is a high-level magical beast, staying in that environment for a day or two will also cause its own energy to be exhausted, and the body will be directly exposed to the high concentration of energy environment, resulting in many unknown adverse effects, and even direct death in serious cases.

Therefore, in a place like the Mage Tower, ordinary people are strictly forbidden to enter the energy facilities, even if the mages themselves, when entering and exiting the magic pool for maintenance, they must be very careful to protect themselves, often in groups of three, one person outside and two inside, just to avoid accidents and casualties.

However, there is always a special case for everything, and that is energy-based mutation.

Under some special conditions, there will be a small chance of special changes in the environment when organisms are placed in the height concentration energy environment, and they are stimulated by the environment for a long time. Their bodies will gradually adapt to the energy concentration in the environment, and even devour the energy around them, so that both the energy intensity and the physical strength will change dramatically.

This is a low-probability biological mutation that only occurs with powerful high-level Warcraft. Weak creatures die before they mutate, mutations cannot be carried out, and only by holding them for a period of time can they have a chance to mutate.

Some scholars have studied energy-type mutations, and they have even considered using energy-type mutations to artificially create high-level powerhouses. With the support of some powerful people, these people carried out a large-scale experiment, which not only included thousands of magical beasts of different strengths and weaknesses, but even persuaded some gold-level powerhouses to participate, allowing all the test subjects to live in a closed high-concentration energy environment for a period of time.

However, the results are disappointing, all the demonic beasts below the golden level died, and the people and demonic beasts above the golden rank did not produce any changes, it has been proved that the energy concentration and physical fitness in their bodies are enough to resist the energy stimulation of the outside world, without a long period of continuous stay, in terms of the existing energy concentration, it is not enough to induce mutations, and the environment of higher concentration, with the existing technology, can not be built, as for the ultra-long stay, which golden rank powerhouse is not interested in staying in a closed environment for decades, so the experiment can only be stopped in the end。

Therefore, people can only study energy-type mutations from the special cases that appear by chance, and in the records, every case of Warcraft that produces energy-type mutations will become more powerful, and its strength will be increased by at least one level, and the damage caused will be much greater than that of ordinary Warcraft.

None of the people present were stupid, and hearing Miridi mention the energy-type anomaly, combined with the anomalies in the magic tower, they could only draw the only conclusion.

There is a demonic beast that devoured the energy in the magic pool of the magic tower, and an energy-type mutation occurred, and the energy fluctuations that everyone felt and the energy vision they saw were actually emitted from the mutated demonic beasts, and only in this way can we explain why after more than four thousand years, the energy in the magic pool has not been completely lost.

"Wait, that's not right. The tiger-headed orc Barnett habitually shook a few beards on the side of his face, and asked in a muffled voice, "Even if it is a demonic beast, few of them can live for thousands of years." ”

"There's an ability called hibernation. Before Milita could answer, Mia had already explained for her, "Warcraft are more powerful than intelligent creatures in many ways, and under special circumstances, they can use dormancy to spend a long time. It wasn't surprising that it was a creature tens of thousands of years ago, and now it's only 4,000 years old. ”

Everyone has no doubts, and since Miridy said it, it means that she has seen the mutant monsters in the magic pool with her own eyes using the undead she controlled, and the only problem now is ......

"Exhibitionist, what's inside?"

"You won't like it. Miriday's haughty gaze swept over Shure's face, and said with a smile, "Your Excellency, I can answer your question just now, it turns out that spiders can't burrow, at least burrowing spiders can't, so it was locked in the room of the energy pool, buried in the soil for more than four thousand years and couldn't escape. ”

"Hell. The faces of several high-ranking mercenaries turned iron-blue, and even Yuri, the winged man who had always been graceful and elegant and full of aristocratic temperament, but always called himself an ordinary mercenary, couldn't keep his indifference, "It's actually a burrowing spider." ”

Some scholars have studied that most intelligent creatures have a natural fear of reptiles and lower creatures, and the objects of fear are different, but they can basically be attributed to four types of reptiles: spiders, centipedes, worms and snakes. As a representative of one of the categories, there are not a few intelligent creatures who are uncomfortable in the face of spiders, at least those few mercenaries with blue faces are included.

"What about the strength?" "Shul and Saf don't care, "Burrowing spiders are social creatures, and their general strength is only the Black Iron Rank, but this nest nearby is ......"

"Bronze. Duck added tacitly, "My scouts have counted. ”

"Mm-hmm, it's bronze. Xiuer nodded, "If nothing else, the mutant one is the missing person outside thousands of years ago, and it is said that the difference in strength should not be big." However, it is impossible for the bronze level to mutate, since there has been a mutation, we are facing at least a golden level, and it is also a golden level with great destructive power. ”

"Unfortunately, you guessed wrong. The smile on Miridy's face was a little bitter, "In the future, everyone will have the capital to show off to others, look, I have had close contact with Legendary Rank Demonic Beasts, and they are Legendary Rank Demonic Beasts formed by energy-type mutations." ”

"Are you sure?" asked Mia with a grimace.

"You can test it with your barren boobs to see if I'm sure. "It's a magical verification method, but at this time, everyone has no heart to imagine, the Legendary Rank Demonic Beast is not a pleasant creature, especially the Legendary Rank Demonic Beast that has been hungry for four thousand years, it must not mind enjoying a sumptuous meal delivered to the door.

"How big is it?" Shuer's question hit the nail on the head, if it was only sixty or seventy centimeters like an ordinary burrowing spider, the danger would be acceptable, at least its appetite wouldn't be too great. However, this is just an extravagant hope, energy-type mutations are often accompanied by an increase in body size, depending on how much it increases.

"Five or six meters. ”

It's okay, a spider of five or six meters, at least more than half of the length of the legs, the body is not too big, that is, the size of an adult, although this is already an exaggeration, but it is not unacceptable.

"You misunderstood, I'm only talking about the length of the body, it's still sleeping in a huddle, and I can't tell the length of its legs for the time being. ”

Well, what a delightful answer, you can already imagine a spider like a hill patrolling between more than a hundred humanoid spider sacs, picking food for the night.

"Got it, let's get ready to fight. Mia was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Miriday, you keep an eye on your target, and notify me as soon as there are any signs of waking up." Others, give you three minutes to prepare, and enter the magic tower in three minutes. ”

"I'm against it. ”

It was a very unfamiliar voice, so unfamiliar to every high-level mercenary, that everyone thought about it for a long time before they remembered that it was the voice of the thief who always gave people a sense of neuroticism and exuded a cold aura anytime and anywhere. In the seven days since he joined the team, he has only said one thing in his self-introduction, which is to reveal his name - Fleison, and has not said a word since then, and has never communicated with anyone else.

"We are guards, not hunters, and the task you gave us is to protect the excavation team, not to exterminate the legendary demonic beasts. ”

It must be admitted that what the thief Fleison said is very reasonable, the difficulty of protecting the excavation team and exterminating the legendary monster is very different, the risks are different, and the price is completely different, and his opposition is normal. In fact, it wasn't just him, everyone's expressions were somewhat reluctant, obviously not very satisfied with Mia's decision.

"Now it's about protecting the excavation team. Mia was even colder than his voice, "If you don't deal with this spider, the digging team will inevitably be seriously threatened, so my request is not beyond the scope of the mission." ”

"The Lord said, to be respectful of the unknown, not to be arrogant, to do foolish deeds beyond your own ability, the word of the Lord is the truth of the world. Xiuer coughed dryly, his fingers rounded, "To deal with the unknown mutant demonic beast, it is better to bury the magic tower again, since it has been sleeping for four thousand years, let it continue to sleep." ”

"It's a pity that the magic tower has been opened, and the energy balance within a few kilometers around it has been broken, although we can't feel it, but it will definitely have an effect, and it will soon wake up because of it. ”

"Before, it would be honest, because there was the protection of the magic tower to stop it, but now that the protection is lost, the soil layer of more than ten meters may not be able to stop it, once it breaks through the ground, let's not say that we don't have time to escape, even if we get away with it, the gravel city seventy kilometers away will become its best hunting ground." This kind of small border town is not protected by so many strong people, and before a legendary strong man is hired to solve it, how many people do you think will be hunted down in Gravel City?"

Shuer spread his hands, although he didn't say it directly, but the meaning was already obvious - how many people died and what does it have to do with me?

Behind him, Saf bit her lip and gently tugged at the corner of Raschel's clothes. The shy female swordsman was very considerate and did not openly oppose Shuer's thoughts, but only used small movements that only the two of them could perceive, vaguely expressing her dissatisfaction.

"The reward is doubled, and the corpse of the monster returns to the Green Tower. Mia stared at Shuer with a cold face for a long time before saying, "Everyone is the same. ”

"The Lord says that you should love your neighbor with a heart of love for yourself, and you should protect every weak person who needs help as you protect your loved ones. The will of the Lord, that is, my will, praises the moon without light, holy. Shur shook his robe, pulled Saf a few steps forward with a holy face, and stood beside Mia, "In the name of the saint, in order to protect the civilians of Gravel City, even if it is a legendary monster, I have nothing to fear. ”

What about your face? The high-ranking mercenaries couldn't help but look at Xiu'er with adoring eyes, they were worthy of being senior priests, how could they make excuses for their actions. I've seen shameless, but I've never seen you so shameless.

"It's better not to take chances. Within seconds, Shul had completely changed his position, "Do you really think that you can stay out of it?"

No, we don't think so, it's all your own words.

"Yes, you do have the option to leave the digging party and flee this place before it wakes up, there is food ready here, and it can't bother to chase you, you have a good chance of escaping. However, you seem to have forgotten the existence of the underground shelter, and if you choose to escape, in order to protect ordinary people, we can only order the mercenaries to enter the shelter for refuge, and although it will be extremely crowded with more than a hundred people, it can still be maintained for a few hours. There is a mage of the Blue Tower reinforced inside, and I think it will be difficult for it to break through the outer wall of the shelter in a short time. ”

Shuer's voice was calm and soft, but the words he said made people feel a chill.

"Which side do you think a hungry mutant spider will choose between a difficult wall on one side and a delicious prey on the empty wilderness on the other?"

Does this still need to be asked? Of course, it's a good side to deal with.

"So, I'm not against everyone evacuating, just remind me in advance, think about it before evacuating, whether you have a good way to avoid yourself becoming prey, if not, then I can only wish everyone good luck, hehe, I ......"

Shul suddenly couldn't say any more, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he looked at the object of his threat with an expressionless face, one of the wings flew into the sky without understanding it, and comfortably maintained a sideways position in the air, as for the other, uh, would a hungry spider be interested in a tree?

"Eh, I'm just a tree, why are you staring at a tree like that? And it's a tree with no clothes? Are you so hungry that you want to put your hand on the plant?" The bark of the tree wriggled to reveal Moria's appearance, "What? Evacuate? Yo, ah, no, I'm a tree now, blah, are you stupid, the tree won't move at all, how can you evacuate, have you ever seen a tree walking around with broken steps?"

Well, I've seen it, and I've seen it now.

Shuer suddenly felt a pain in his head, the most difficult thing in the world to deal with is a guy with a not very normal mind, especially since there is more than one such abnormality.

"I'm just an ordinary wingman. ”

Well, no one says you're not, everyone is too lazy to say it.

"Don't you think mutant monsters are interesting?"

No, only the winged man's hopeless desire to explore would be curious about this kind of thing, we just want it to turn into a corpse as soon as possible.

"Of course I'm going to stay, such an interesting creature, how can I not see it?"

It's good, I actually found the logic in her words, I'm just amazing. Shure finally understood why Mia was always expressionless, and if she constantly dealt with such an abnormal thinking anomaly, and didn't try to stay indifferent, it wouldn't be long before she went crazy.

But if you are crazy or not, now that you have the support of these two people, the ratio of the number of the two camps in the high-level mercenaries has been reversed.

With a calm smile, Xiuer calmly looked at the few people who had not yet expressed their position, and it seemed that everything was a foregone conclusion.