"It's ...... What is it? ”

"Praying mantis."

"I knew it was a praying mantis, and it was a mantis that looked a little like a human. But what I want to ask is, why is there such a big humanoid mantis on this Hejia Fort, and it is after the dwarf died. ”

"How do I know?" The circle of fire surrounding Gao Zhan had been extinguished, and at this time, he was holding his saber in front of Lord Xin: "I don't know where this humanoid mantis came from, but I know that this thing is a carnivore, and it has treated us as delicious food, ready to swallow it at any time." ”

"You don't scare me, even if she is a carnivore, if she wants to eat, she will eat you first." Bai Li carefully observed the humanoid mantis: "Husband, did you say that this humanoid mantis was summoned by that dwarf with Fang Cai's formation?" ”

"Yes!"

"What did he summon such a thing?" Bai Li frowned: "Could it be that this humanoid mantis is even more powerful than the weird bat he raised before?" No matter how powerful he is, it's not as valuable as his own life, right, he tore himself apart just to summon this? ”

"Ma'am, do you know the praying mantis?" Bai Ze did not answer the rhetorical question.

"I know, of course I know, I saw this thing a lot in the countryside when I was a child. I remember if I was four or five years old, and I wanted to catch one to play with because I was curious, but my grandmother saw it, hit me on the back of my hand with a cane, and warned me not to touch it. ”

"Why not?"

"Because it's dangerous." Bai Li looked at the huge humanoid mantis, which had already reached the barrier and was ready to launch its first attack. Seeing this, Bai Li first observed the changes in her husband's facial expression, and saw that he had no special reaction, so she continued: "I heard my grandmother say that praying mantis is poisonous, and if you touch it, you can't keep your hand." Children, they can't stand being frightened. Ever since my grandmother knocked me on the back of my hand with a cane, I never dared to fight the praying mantis again. Even if you meet, you take a look at it from a distance. ”

"It is said that there was a tribe in a distant land that loved to eat people, and they divided those who could eat into two categories. One is the enemy, who firmly believes that eating the enemy can effectively intimidate the enemy and make the enemy dare not attack easily. One is relatives, who believe that they can never be separated from their loved ones if they eat them and become one. ”

"I've heard what my husband said, it seems to be called cannibalism. However, no one can say whether this cannibal cannibal eats people or not. Some say it's true, others say it's a rumor, but their custom is very similar to that of the praying mantis. It is said that the female mantis will eat the male mantis clean after making friends with the male mantis. ”

"What kind of habit is this?" Gao Zhan frowned: "This female mantis eats the male mantis, isn't it equivalent to the wife eating her husband." ”

"You're not wrong with this analogy, on our people, this kind of behavior is really difficult to understand, and it is very cruel, once it happens, you will definitely need to come forward to arrest it. But in the world of praying mantises, all this is very normal. Bai Li looked up at the praying mantis: "Judging from the size, the one standing in front of us is a female mantis with strong combat effectiveness." ”

"Leave this one in front of us alone." Gao Zhan glanced at the humanoid mantis, saw that it was just standing still, and then asked, "What do you mean by what you just said that in the world of praying mantises, all this is normal?" Could it be that all female praying mantis will eat male mantises? ”

"Not all, but probably the vast majority. When I was a child, my grandmother told us a story. The reason why the female praying mantis in the story eats the male mantis is for the sake of the offspring, that is, the mother is forced to eat the children's fathers for the sake of the children who are about to be conceived and born. When my grandmother told me this story, my cousins and I were so touched that we felt so sorry for the praying mantises that we even wondered if we should find some food to feed them. It's a pity that we haven't found anything suitable for the praying mantis to eat for a long time, and we don't know how to avoid such a tragic thing from happening in the praying mantis. ”

"And then?" Gao Zhan asked, and even Bai Ze looked at her with curious eyes.

"Later? Where else is there anything later. Oh, come to think of it, and when we grew up, we realized that the story that our grandmother told us was wrong. The praying mantis is a creature that is born to be brave and ruthless, especially the female praying mantis. The reason why the female mantis had to eat the male mantis was not to give birth to offspring, but because it was hungry. ”

"Hungry? Just because it's hungry? ”

"I know it's going to be hard for you to accept, and frankly, I found it hard to accept when I first found out, and I thought it was my grandmother's story that was more beautiful. But reality is often much more cruel than stories. Do you think the male mantis doesn't want to run, do you think it wants to be eaten by the female mantis? It didn't want to, and even it thought about escaping, but it couldn't, because the female mantis was relatively large, and before the male mantis could escape, it had already turned into food and entered the belly of the female mantis. In the eyes of the female praying mantis, the male mantis is not the father of the child in its womb, but a tool for reproduction and food to fill the stomach. Praying mantis is not human, they do not have the seven emotions and six desires of human beings, and their world is to eat, drink and Lazar in addition to reproduction. ”

"Fortunately, we are not praying mantises, and there is a good chance that our small physique will be used as food by the mother mantis." A catcher next to him couldn't help but speak.

"So it's still very happy to be an ordinary, ordinary person." Bai Li stretched his arm, turned his head to look at Bai Ze and said, "You haven't answered me the question I just asked." ”

"It's not that my husband doesn't want to answer, but I don't know where to start for a while." Bai Ze squinted his eyes and looked at the humanoid mantis outside the barrier: "Gao Zhukuai is a person in the public family, but he still remembers the disappearance of the rich son twenty years ago." ”

"Mr. Bai is talking about the disappearance of Xu Xuan, the third son of Xu Dechang's family?"

"Yes, it is indeed the disappearance of Xu Sangongzi."

"I wasn't born twenty years ago." Gao Zhan first touched his head, and then said: "Although I was not there when this case happened, I have heard many people mention this case since I was sensible. ”

"The case of the disappearance of Xu Sangongzi? Does this case have anything to do with the humanoid praying mantis at the moment? Bai Li asked puzzled.

"Yes, yes, no, no. Li'er, you have been in Huaxi Town for so long, and you have never heard anyone talk about this case? ”

"Nope." Bai Li shook his head: "What's so strange about this case of Xu Sangongzi's disappearance, and why everyone wants to discuss it." ”

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