Chapter 135: Communication
Because the individual strength of the mirage beast was too weak, Liu Ergou had only obtained a mere eight hundred bloodline points from this mirage, which was less than a fraction of his current strength.
However, because Liu Ergou devoured this mirage beast and was stimulated by the Black Tide Moon, his illusion ability was greatly enhanced.
And this strengthened power has a large amount of residue in the mirage's body, and because of this, after devouring the mirage, the system generated an ability that Liu Ergou was a little unexpected.
It's called: Parallax Illusion.
"The so-called parallax illusion is to generate different illusions according to the differences of each observer." Al began to explain this ability to Liu Ergou in detail.
As El explains, the power of parallax illusions is gradually revealed.
Unlike the mirage's illusion, the parallax illusion cast by Liu Ergou does not cause the recipient to fall into a state where they cannot perceive their surroundings. On the contrary, it also slightly amplifies its perception of its surroundings.
However, in this process, due to the enhancement of perception, the amount of information received by the recipient is slightly different from the original level of reception.
Liu Ergou's parallax illusion can invade and control the information flow of these "differences", and then use the recipient's own perception as the medium to construct an illusion that belongs to the unlucky man himself.
In layman's terms, it's like Liu Ergou drew a ghost and then pasted it on the retina of the recipient.
In this process, the recipient's perception of the surrounding environment is not affected in any way. It's just that there will be an extra ghost in his vision that doesn't actually exist.
This ghost is Liu Ergou's "parallax illusion".
There is no doubt that this is a skill that, once used correctly, can become extremely powerful!
Just imagine, if Hoffman and Liu Ergou were to fight to the death, and at the last moment, a Bufax suddenly came out from the side and slashed at Hoffman with a claw! What will be the consequences?
Of course, Hoffman must allocate a part of his forces to defend against this "Bufax", and this will give Liu Ergou an opportunity to take advantage of, and maybe he can change the direction of the battle!
But in the same way, in the same way as Liu Ergou to break the illusion, if in the case of insufficient "information", an illusion that is very different from the recipient's cognition is simulated, for example, the simulated Bufax suddenly rubbed a fireball out?
Or simulating a buffex who comes and goes like the wind, beyond the processing power of Liu Ergou's brain, making the movements of this illusion look obviously abnormal?
This sense of cognitive dissonance will allow the recipient to quickly perceive the abnormalities implanted in his own perception, and then recognize the illusion.
In addition, Al also reminded Liu Ergou. His "parallax illusion" did not manipulate the recipient's perception.
Again, there is no way to achieve the purpose of causing damage by making the recipient simulate the feeling of injury like a mirage.
In other words, it's just an illusion. No matter how similar the performance is, after all, it is just a mirror.
But sometimes, even if it is a mirror, it is enough to make some people linger and don't know why.
The only thing that made Liu Ergou a little regretful was that due to the great stimulation of the Black Tide Moon, this mirage was already close to madness before it died. From the body of this mirage, no complete "sight and hearing" was extracted.
The extraction and analysis of "seeing and hearing" is a small skill that Liu Ergou evolved on his own with the help of the system from the "bloodline exploration" given by Kugris.
The bloodline is inherited, and naturally there is also a memory. For some powerful and long-standing bloodline inheritances, the knowledge, strength, and even combat experience accumulated over a long period of time will be precipitated in this bloodline.
And when a newborn with enough talent awakens this bloodline, then all the things accumulated in it will be reproduced in this newborn to varying degrees.
For example, the gifted ones of the Mammoth Clan of Maimans are even born with decent war trampling. All that is lacking is the strength of the flesh.
Like Liu Ergou's two encounters with Kugris's spirit body, it was actually the insight contained in that drop of dragon blood (dragon marrow), which was powerful enough to form an independent spirit body.
And even the weakest bloodline will record the individual's experience to a very vague degree.
However, this record is not enough to pass on to the next generation, and when the individual dies, the record will quickly dissipate.
It's just that now the "sight and hearing" of this mirage beast is shattered like a handful of gravel.
Presumably, because of his excessive madness before death, this mirage beast did not know what happened to him until he died.
No matter when and where, as long as Liu Ergou needs it, the system can immediately call up the map within a certain range of his current situation. Wind, temperature, magical conditions, and even the altitude where the decimal point can be pinpointed.
But for this Sunset Mountain Range, if there was an Olo soaring above Liu Ergou at the moment, then he could only see the cascading ridges and the continuous canopy in his eyes. And what exactly lies underneath this is unknown.
For the current Liu Ergou, this is exactly the problem. Relying only on the topographic map provided by the system, Liu Ergou can only get his own location.
In the secluded Sunset Mountains, location is the least valuable thing.
Because they can be lost at any moment, and because besides being lost, there are all kinds of sinister calamities waiting for them.
Clapping his hands vigorously, Liu Ergou said to everyone: "Everyone hurry up and rest, we will continue to set off tomorrow!" ”
Then he said to everyone: "Ellanst! You assign half of your men to form four scouts and a patrol! Each team must have one Olo, two Mais, and a gargoyle with Winston! ”
"From tomorrow, the scout team will fan out to the front of the team, and the patrol will be on guard with the team as the center of the circle! The rest of the people stayed in the team and carried the luggage and supplies! ”
"Hoffman! Bert! You take your own Bell Bears and protect Avril and Elantst! ”
After arranging the work, Liu Ergou said to the old gargoyle again: "Winston, you can stay with me!" I have a lot more to ask you about this Sunset Mountains. ”
After thinking about it for a while, Liu Ergou called Eran Ester again and instructed him: "The reconnaissance team can be sent out three in turn every day, and the remaining one will stay at night to take over the patrol." You can arrange it later, and let the shift start to be on guard tonight. ”
As planned, early the next morning, the teams set off according to their own instructions.
But after only half a day, the reconnaissance team in front had to withdraw to its own team.
The reason is very simple, if they continue like this, they will lose contact with this team!
Sitting by a huge tree stump, Liu Ergou and Elantst, who had listened to the report, glanced at each other, and they both clearly saw the gloomy expressions in each other's eyes.
Unlike ordinary mountain ranges, the Sunset Mountains are as majestic as ordinary mountains are like dragons and lizards.
And this gap is reflected in the sunset mountain range, which is that unless it is sunset, the sun in the east of the mountain range will not be able to leave even a trace of light in the mountain forest that is densely covered with various vegetation due to the obstruction of the mountain range itself.
In this case, the field of view of the reconnaissance team leaving the team will be greatly hindered.
And if they can't grasp the location of their team, it will only be a matter of time before the scout team gets lost in the mountains.
Moreover, since the team is mainly composed of the Olo Owl Clan and the Maiss Rat Clan, these two races that are accustomed to day and night will greatly reduce various physical functions during the day, not to mention night vision.
And if it is changed to a night march? Regardless of whether Liu Ergou and the group of Bear bears, who are accustomed to rising and lying at night, can stand it, the dense fog in the mountains at night will also bring great obstacles to the night march.
After thinking about it, the only time suitable for marching was a few hours a day from sunset to sunset.
Even so, in the absence of effective means of communication, the reconnaissance team could not be too far away from the team. Otherwise, once something happens, it will be difficult to send even a message back.
"Speaking of which, how do you Maess rat clan usually communicate with the Olo owl clan?" Liu Ergou asked Erant.
"Communication? We're idle, why are we talking to them? Ellanster was already surprised by the priest's "lack of common sense", and only shrugged his shoulders when he heard this.
"Don't say that the settlements of our two tribes are hundreds of kilometers apart, and if it weren't for the important things on weekdays, there would be no communication at all."
Ellanster took a sip of water and said again: "Even if we can, we won't take the initiative to communicate with them." ”
"If you think about it, the main food source of those Olo is the long-tailed brown rats of the wasteland, and it seems that they are somewhat related to us Maiss rat people.
Although Olo will not take the initiative to attack our Mais, he will inevitably salivate when he meets us. ”
"So, what are we going to do with them? Is it good to communicate with yourself? Buffex and I have a personal relationship, and it doesn't mean that our two races are close. ”
"Then how do you and Olo usually communicate with each other from a distance?" Liu Ergou asked again.
"By shouting, and occasionally by running over to pass the word." Unsurprisingly, Ellanster gave a rather primitive answer.
The head of the reconnaissance team is named Brent, who is considered to be Boudley's cousin. At this moment, he also stood aside and added to Liu Ergou: "When we Ao Lo hunts at night, we can communicate long-distance by chirping, but ......"
Speaking of which, Brent is also embarrassed. Raising a wing, he pointed to the woods, and said to Liu Ergou: "But this forest is too dense!" Usually in the sky, a chirp can be transmitted far away, and communication is naturally not a problem
But now in the woods, I just tore my throat, and it was hard to hear clearly. Even if you hear it clearly, you can't tell it. ”
"I testify that what the captain said is true!" Brent's deputy on the side, and the captain of the other reconnaissance team also complained with an aggrieved face.
"In the morning, the captain and I kept each other safe, and I shouted 'All right!'
As a result, the captain heard it as 'a stupid bird!' When he came back, he gave me a kick, and now my butt still hurts! ”
Although it is not a wonderful story for the deputy's ass, it is effective in relieving the tension.
In fact, this is also true. Compared with humans, dwarves, elves and other races with relatively advanced technological levels, orcs rely on unique racial characteristics and embark on another path of development.
Even though the level of technology and industry is very backward, but relying on the powerful and unique racial ability, the orcs still have established a system of their own.
For example, in the Orc Empire, as long as it is a town of a decent size, there must be one or several Fokshi fox clans with awakened abilities stationed in it.
The main role of these fox tribes is to use their unique telepathic abilities to transmit and exchange information to other towns.
For this reason, the status of the Fukshi Fox Clan, which has such special abilities, is not even much lower than that of the ruler of the town.
On the battlefield, in addition to methods such as banners and beacons, the orc army will also carry specially bred and fast-growing Snell snails.
If two of these snails were placed in two identical, specially adjusted magic circles, the words carved into the shell of one of them would be exactly the same on the shell of the other.
From ancient times to the present, this cultivation method has been a secret of the Orc Empire, and it has not been passed on.
In addition to these, some generals with special bloodlines can even make their own mental fluctuations resonate with the soldiers of the entire army, and command the overall situation with their own strength!
It is with these unique abilities that the Orc Empire can maintain its current position in a corner of the country in a relatively backward situation.
If you only rely on all kinds of moats, then the orc empire will cease to exist a long time ago.
However, for the current Liu Ergou, in this northern wasteland where birds don't, whether it is the Fukexi fox clan or the Snell snail, it is simply unheard of.
As for himself? He has not yet gained any special psychic abilities.
In desperation, Liu Ergou could only equip each reconnaissance team with one more Olo and use it as a messenger full-time. However, in this way, the strength of this team is extremely weak; And the number of fighters who need to rest every day has also increased significantly.
Speaking of which, if he could master some kind of long-distance communication means, then Ellanster would not have waited so long for the support of Liu Ergou and Bufax.
Not only that, Liu Ergou has always had the idea of wanting to establish his own Beiyuan City; And all the efforts he is making now are also striving for this goal.
However, without effective means of communication, it is impossible to maintain effective governance. And once the governance is not properly governed...
In this northern wasteland with strong folk customs, Liu Ergou's Beiyuan City, I am afraid that in a few days, it will become a Beiyuan slum!
The means of communication, this matter, is now in the first order on Liu Ergou's schedule.