Basalt.

Nameless swamp, deep underground.

In the secret room, Cheng Huo sat cross-legged, placed a large cyan tripod in front of him, and poured a little 'pain power' into it.

This cyan tripod is called the 'Shinto Ding', and it is a treasure used for communication and exchange of information between the members of the organization's 'Shadow Pavilion'.

The members of the Shadow Pavilion use the 'power of emotions', that is, the monk's own cultivation, as currency.

- After avoiding the Western Tribulation through the 'Planetary Teleportation Array', while surviving to save his life, he also deeply felt the power of the unspeakable creature.

This made him feel uneasy, so he thought of using the 'Shinto Ding' to get more useful information from the members of the Shadow Pavilion.

In the secret room.

Not long after surviving and injecting the 'power of pain' into the tripod, a black shadow appeared on the tripod.

"What's going on, Daoyou, how is your cultivation of the 'Technique of Making Something Out of Nothing'?" As soon as the black shadow appeared, he couldn't wait to rush to live and ask.

"It's going well." Cheng Huo responded: "Didn't I tell you before that we have a catastrophe coming here? Then, just a few days ago, I and some people around me relied on the 'technique of creating something out of nothing' to get a teleportation array and teleported to other places for refuge, which can be regarded as barely saving our lives. ”

"Somewhere else?"

Hearing Cheng Huo say this, Shadow suddenly interjected: "Hearing Daoyou say this, I want to confirm: Daoist friend just said 'teleportation to other places for refuge', does the 'other places' refer to a certain continent, or does it refer to teleportation to another planet?" ”

"Of course, it's a continent." Cheng Huo said truthfully: "As far as I know, if you want to teleport to another planet, you need to use the 'Galaxy Teleportation Array' or the 'Star Field Teleportation Array', right?" ”

"And of all the monks I know, the strongest is only deep. It's just a late Yuan Infant cultivation, so naturally he doesn't have the ability to arrange a 'Star Field' or a 'Galaxy Teleportation Array'. ”

"Understood." Shadow said, "Then, if you just flee to another continent, or another region, instead of escaping from this planet, then it will not be surprising that you will encounter unspeakable creatures again in the future." ”

Cheng Sheng looked puzzled and said, "How do you say this?" ”

"You may not be sure: the range of unspeakable creatures, or their territory, is not based on a certain region or continent. Rather, it is divided in units of planets. ”

"So, although you are safe now, it is only temporary, and as long as you are on this planet, you will eventually be threatened by unspeakable creatures again."

I can't figure it out.

He frowned, "But the question is, aren't all unspeakable creatures feeding on humans, so why do they still persecute us humans like this?" Aren't they afraid to fish with all their might? ”

"Heh," Shadow sneered, "In that year of famine, or when war broke out, wouldn't the government collect taxes and take away the grain that the people used to sow seeds?" Could it be that the government doesn't understand the truth of fishing with all its might? ”

"This" is speechless.

Shadow added, "If I'm not mistaken, the unspeakable creatures of your planet are currently at war!" ”

"Really!" Cheng Sheng nodded and said, "Those two indescribable creatures who are fighting endlessly, one of them is called 'Buddha', and the other is called 'Woo'. ”

"Then there can be no mistake!" Shadow followed: "The reason why your area is invaded by unspeakable creatures, to put it bluntly, is because those two unspeakable creatures are fighting. And when the gods fight, mortals suffer, so you on the battlefield of unspeakable creatures have also been affected. ”

"And that's not all."

He continued: "This ripple is not limited to your territory, whether you just said 'woo' to grab that territory, or 'Buddha' to win that battle, they will continue to fight for the next area on your planet. ”

"They will continue to fight like this until one of them completely occupies all areas of the planet."

"And in the process, every inch of land and every corner of the entire planet will be polluted by unspeakable creatures."

"Under pollution, no human beings living on the planet will be spared!"

This.

Hearing what the shadow said, Chengsheng realized the gravity of the current situation.

He asked, "Dare to ask our predecessors, what can we humans do to stop the battle of unspeakable creatures?" ”

"Or what can we do so that we don't get caught up in their fighting?"

"Well," said Shadow, who suddenly laughed 'hey, hey, hey'.

Cheng Sheng understood the meaning and immediately injected a little 'pain power' into the Da Ding.

However, this little bit of 'painful power' does not satisfy the shadow.

He complained: "Fellow Daoist, you give too little, I used to see that your strength was low, so I took less 'pain power' from you, the purpose is to let you grow faster, so that it will be convenient for us to cooperate in the future." ”

"And now that you've grown up and become a primordial infant monk, I don't ask you to reciprocate, but you can't always give so little, right?"

Seeing the black shadow sitting on the ground, Chenghuo showed hesitation on his face, and sat cross-legged in the secret room in silence.

"What, do you think I'm asking for a price?" Seeing that Chenghuo didn't speak, Shadow said again: "Regarding the price, in fact, you can rest assured, because our Shadow Pavilion has a scale for measuring the value of the 'Power of Pain'. ”

"If you don't believe it, you can focus on the 'Shinto Ding', and then you will naturally understand everything."

The Shinto tripod in the mouth of the shadow is the 'cyan tripod' in front of the living.

In order to prevent a trap in what the shadow says, Cheng Huo first severes the connection with the shadow.

Then, he cautiously shifted some of his attention to the 'Shinto Ding'.

It's like when you read a jade slip, a large amount of memory is forcibly poured into the reader's mind.

When Seijo concentrated his attention on the 'Shinto Ding', countless consciousnesses also drilled into Segju's mind at this moment.

These realizations are all related to the Shadow Pavilion as an organization.

And most of them are about the various rules of trading between members of the Shadow Pavilion

After briefly combing through these rules in his mind, he was once again connected to the black shade through the 'Shinto Ding'.

At the same time, he did not forget to inject a certain amount of 'pain power' into Dingzhong as the cost of this consultation.

"Hey,"

Regarding the sudden disconnection of Chenghuo, Black Shadow was not annoyed, and said with a rhetorical smile: "You kid is quite cautious, knowing that it involves spiritual operations, you need to cut off the connection with me first, and then study the big ding." ”

The black shadow asked Cheng Huo, "You are so cautious, you must have been taken away by others before, right?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Cheng Sheng immediately thought of his friend Li Aotian, who was a friend of his gods: "I have never been taken away, but I have a friend, he was."

"I understand, I understand, you have a friend, I understand." Shadows are very good at things.

As soon as he heard Chenghuo say the word 'friend', he immediately rushed to say: "Since it is your friend's experience, then I won't continue to ask." ”

"Let's get down to business, then." Shadow turned back to the previous topic: "As I said, the battle between unspeakable creatures can affect the entire planet, so there are two ways to avoid the effects of the battle as far as I know. ”

"What two ways?" Cheng Huo asked busily.

Shadow said: "The first method is to use means such as the 'Star Field Teleportation Array' to escape from the planet you are on. ”

"In this way, you are not on that planet, and naturally you will no longer be affected by the war between unspeakable creatures."

"However, the Star Teleportation Array is extremely difficult to arrange." The shadow said again: "Daoyou only used to arrange the 'Star Teleportation Array', and he needed to use the magic power of 'Creating Something Out of Nothing', so I think I definitely wouldn't be able to arrange the 'Star Teleportation Array' that consumes more." ”

Cheng Sheng said helplessly: "I really can't arrange this." ”

Shadow said: "Then there is only the second option left: that is the check and balance!" ”

"Checks and balances?" Cheng Sheng thought thoughtfully: "What kind of checks and balances? ”

Shadow said: "On your planet, aren't there two indescribable creatures 'Buddha' and 'Woo' fighting? ”

"And the unspeakable creature with two words as its name is far stronger than the unnameable creature with one word."

"So if I'm not mistaken, between these two unspeakable creatures, 'Woo' must have the upper hand."

"Really!" Cheng Sheng echoed in time.

Shadow continued, "But 'Woo' can't have the upper hand in this fight, or rather, no unspeakable creature can prevail in this fight!" ”

"I see!" Chengsheng Ruo realized: "The checks and balances that the predecessors just mentioned are to make those two inseparable, regardless of whether they are up or down. ”

"Only by letting two unspeakable creatures win or lose, and continue to stalemate like this, can we humans survive in the gap between the two!"

"Correct solution!" There was a hint of appreciation in the shadow's tone.

Cheng Huo said: "But the question is, how can we keep the battle between 'Buddha' and 'Woo' in a state of stalemate? ”

"I'll ask you." Shadow immediately asked, "When your friend fights with someone else, you can't beat it, what will you do?" ”

Survive without thinking: "Of course it's to help"

Shadow said of course: "That's not the end of it!" 'Buddha' can't beat 'woo' because it's just an indescribable creature of one word. ”

"But if you call another unspeakable creature and join this war, and become two against one, won't the two sides be able to stalemate?"

"It seems to be true!" After the shadows, Cheng Sheng subconsciously thought of the third unspeakable creature on the Xuanwu Star 'Shou'.

'Shou' appeared on the planet Xuanwu 20,000 years ago.

At the same time, it is the only unnamed creature that Cheng has heard of on Xuanwu.

"As for the way to introduce the third unspeakable creature into the battlefield?"

Shinto Ding.

The black shadow finally rushed into a living and said: "There are many forms of pollution from indescribable creatures, so how to introduce a third party into the battlefield of 'Woo' and 'Buddha' requires you to adapt and play according to the actual situation." ”

"Besides, if you really can't find the third unspeakable, then you can only improve your strength as soon as possible and find a way to escape from this planet as soon as possible."

"If you can't do either of these things, you'll have to die."

"All in all, you have to remember one thing: don't try to go toe-to-toe with unspeakable creatures!"

"After all, it's not as powerful as one of our thousands. Whether we can see them, whether we can find them is a question! ”

"Understood!" Cheng Huo nodded and said, "Don't go toe-to-toe with unspeakable creatures, and then find a way to form a balance between them." ”

"If you really can't do it, then increase your strength and escape from this planet as soon as possible."

"Well, it's good to understand." Talking about this, Black Shadow didn't want to talk any more nonsense: "That's all I have to say, do you have any other questions to ask?" ”

"It's gone." I don't want to continue to consume the 'pain power' in my body anymore.

If you compare the 'power of pain' to the mana in the game.

Then what has just crossed into the Great Ding is the upper limit of mana, and the upper limit is reduced, which is equivalent to the loss of strength.

It will take at least half a month to a month to fully recover from these losses.

"Since there is no question to ask, then I will take my leave first."

Shinto Ding.

Seeing that it was impossible to continue squeezing oil and water from the place of survival, the black shadow disappeared from the top of the mountain.

"Ahh

In the secret room.

Seeing the black shadow leaving, Cheng Sheng sighed, then put away Da Ding and walked out of the underground secret room with a helpless face.

…

Time passes.

Out of prudence, after getting the opinion of the black shadow, Chengsheng did not rush to leave the swamp, but stayed on the swamp for nearly half a month.

During this time, there were no anomalous issues on the swamp.

With the exception of the occasional insanity and breakdown of the people who have been distracted from the 'fire of reason,' and a very small number of people who have been poisoned or died by poisonous insects and diseases, there has been almost no attrition in the entire new settlement.

Therefore, after making sure that there was not much danger, Cheng Huo traveled from west to east with Thunder, Zhong Ran, Nili and other monks.

And Li Zhuo and Yun Rusong, two monks in the deep diving period, chose to stay in the settlement because they couldn't let go of the people of Liang Kingdom.

Monks in the deep diving period, monks in the blood pill stage have extremely fast foot strength.

In just three days, Cheng Huo traveled nearly thousands of miles east, and on the night of the third day, he saw a human settlement.

It is different from the city of the Great Liang Kingdom.

This human settlement is very small on the ground, and its area is not even as good as the village of Liang Kingdom, but it is surrounded by a high wall more than ten meters high.

The walls are covered with countless talismans, as if to prevent certain beings from jumping over the high walls.

Air.

Zhong Ran looked at the high wall and said with a puzzled expression: "The high wall outside this settlement, and those talismans, are they to prevent some kind of monster from invading?" ”

"Probably not."

Nili is sharp-eyed.

He pointed to the monks of the Birth and Worship periods who were patrolling the high walls, and said, "Have you noticed that when these monks are patrolling, their eyes are always fixed on the interior of the settlement, which means that they are guarding against some people or objects inside the settlement. ”

Cheng Huo followed: "And it doesn't seem to be guarding against mortals, after all, if it is just to prevent mortals from escaping, it is more than enough to build a high wall more than ten meters high, and there is no need to put those many talismans on the wall." ”

After that, Chengsheng quietly observed in the air for a long time.

After confirming that there were only the monks of the Womb and Worship Period walking back and forth in the settlement below, they flew straight towards the high wall of the settlement.

When the monk breaks through to the fetal construction stage, he can fly with a weapon.

And when it comes to the Blood Pill stage, it can be volleyed into the void.

At this moment, Chengsheng did not use any utensils, and could be directly suspended in mid-air, and the monks of the fetal building and worship period on the high wall saw it, and naturally subconsciously recognized it as a monk of the blood pill period.

So the monks bowed down to Chenghuo one after another, chanting 'senior'.

"No need to be polite."

Chengsheng raised his hand and motioned for the monks to get up.

He said expressionlessly, "I would like to ask you what kind of place this place is and what is the name of this settlement. There are also high walls around the settlement. ”

"These high walls, are they used for defense or something?"

(End of chapter)