Chapter 44: The First Age
At the edge of the forest, in just a moment's effort, the black ant tide had devoured most of the bee colonies on the field, and those wasps who could still barely fly were also nailed to death by black ants with spears one by one.
Glancing at the battlefield where the victory was decided, Xing Xiao once again looked up at the two figures that were still interspersed in the sky, and the two pairs of membranous wings behind him flapped, driving it to rise from the ground.
It knows very well how agile the tabby is in the air, even if the strength of the human ally is obviously stronger, it is not easy to deal with the other party in a moment and a half, so it is ready to fly into the sky to strangle the tabby together.
Different from ordinary worker ants and soldier ants, the male ant class in the ant clan has the ability to fly, they have two pairs of membranous wings similar to the drone, and can also soar in the sky, although the flight speed is certainly not as fast as the bee tribe that specializes in this area, but it is not a big problem to help assist in containment.
Not long after the membranous wings flapped, the figure of the upward rush paused again, only to see a golden red flame explode in mid-air, and then a yellow shadow popped out from the center of the flame and fell straight towards the ground, followed by the human allies who followed.
"Huh, it's been solved so quickly?"
The tentacles on his head trembled, and the torturer decisively turned around and flew in the direction where the tabby landed.
"Bang!!"
The yellow shadow slammed to the ground, and after a muffled sound, a large cloud of smoke and dust rose, followed by a silver figure that also landed lightly, and the metal wings behind it only flapped a few times, and then set off a violent wind.
The wind howled, and in a short time it dispersed all the rising smoke and dust, revealing the golden-ringed wasp with mutilated limbs and scaly wounds in the pit, which was the bee tabby.
However, compared to the majestic image when he first appeared, the current tabby can be described as in a miserable state, with most of the mannous wings on his back burned by the flames, the carapace around his body is shattered, and the insect feet in front of him are gone.
The skull was the most severe, the skull and two antennae had been cut off in half, and a pair of oval-shaped insects had become dim, which was caused by the overclocking state for too long.
It was precisely because of this rather troublesome overclocking vision that the tabby was able to hold out in Xu Yue's hands for so long, and in the case of wanting to dodge, Xu Yue spent a lot of effort to shoot it down.
The wings on his back were closed, Xu Yue lowered his eyes and looked down, after making sure that the mutilated body in the pit still had a faint breath, the long halberd in his hand stabbed down, and the sharp halberd tip broke through the airflow, and stopped steadily in front of the tabby's pair of insects.
"What do you mean by the old people, the disaster of the sea god?"
The cold words spread faintly, but there was no response for a long time, and the tabby in the pit seemed to be dead, and a pair of gray eyes just looked up at the sky blankly.
Xu Yue frowned slightly, and when the halberd in his hand was about to stab forward, a low voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"It has been cut off the antennae on its forehead, and it has lost the ability to communicate with its heart, let alone respond, and now it can't even understand your questions."
"If your allies have any doubts, ask me, and I will know everything that can be answered."
The voice in his mind stopped, Xu Yue's eyebrows raised slightly, and Fang Tian's halberd was sent forward, and the tabby's head was easily penetrated, and then he looked sideways.
I saw a dark red giant ant behind the right slowly stepping forward, although the cold insect compound eyes could not see emotions, but in Xu Yue's perception, the other party did not reveal hostility.
What was speaking in his mind just now was undoubtedly the giant ant in front of him who was standing nearly three meters tall, looking up at the pair of tentacles trembling slightly on the other party's forehead, Xu Yue's eyes drooped slightly, on this island, he rarely encountered creatures smaller than him.
Xu is eyes noticed by his allies, and the frequency of the trembling of his tentacles intensified a little, and at the same time, the familiar voice sounded in Xu Yue's mind again.
"Ant Clan, Torture, I don't know what this human brother is called?"
"Torch."
This time, Xu Yue's language was not the same as before, but the giant ant on the other side still understood the meaning he expressed, and did not feel wrong at all.
"The Flame Brothers are strong, and I want to thank you for your help to the ant clan."
"I just noticed that there was a bee clan team to besiege you, originally I led the army to support, but now it seems that even if I don't come, Your Excellency can easily deal with it."
In the face of the praise of the torture, Xu Yue did not fluctuate, and what he was more interested in now was the other party's way of communication.
Whether it is ants or bees, these zergs seem to be able to rely on the antennae on their heads to directly act on their minds to communicate, and even for his words, they directly understand the meaning, rather than understanding his language.
"It's just a little bit of strength, it's just that my ability just has some restraint on the bees, so I can still deal with it."
As he spoke, Xu Yue's gaze fell on the other party's trembling tentacles again, and he spoke:
"Not long after I first arrived on this island, I have many questions, and I hope that the torture brothers can solve one or two questions."
"Those who fight against the bee clan are all allies of my ant clan, and the confusion of the allies will be answered."
As soon as the words of the torture man fell, a paradise prompt appeared in front of Xu Yue's eyes.
[Hint: The Hunter's excellent performance in killing the Bee Clan on the battlefield has earned the favor of the 'Ant Kingdom', and the current opinion is (62/500). 】
His gaze quietly swept over the prompt in front of him, Xu Yue's heart was slightly relieved, the endorsement of the paradise was far more reliable than the guarantee of this giant ant, and the appearance of this favorability showed that he had truly established contact with the civilized tribes on this island, which was the first step in exploring the details of the world of survival trials.
"I don't know what the 'heart-to-heart communication' that Brother Torture said before means?"
"Heart-to-heart communication, ......"
He wasn't surprised that Xu Yue would be the first to ask this question, and from the moment the other party pressed him towards the tabby, whose tentacles had all been severed, he knew that this human ally didn't understand the Zerg's way of communication.
After muttering for a few breaths to sort out the word order, it raised its hand to its antennae and explained:
"Compared to you humans, whether it is a bee clan or our ant clan, the initial form is a genus of insects, so we all have no vocal organs, and when the wisdom has not yet awakened, this is not an impact, although it is not accurate enough to rely on other methods, but it is barely enough."
"Then after the baptism of the rain of the sea god, the ant clan gradually got rid of the ignorant chaos and began to awaken their own wisdom, and at this stage, the past communication methods are no longer enough to meet the needs."
"So our great first queen ant found a different way and created a unique way of communication for the Zerg, and also made our civilization not stagnate."
"The so-called psychic communication is to use the antennae on the forehead as an amplifier to amplify our spiritual energy, and in this state, the Zerg can build a shallow mental connection path with creatures other than themselves to achieve communication and communication."
"As long as they are intelligent beings, they can communicate with each other without barriers through this connection, and they will not be limited by language, because the meaning that the other party wants to express will be automatically transformed into the language mode we are most familiar with by thinking."
Speaking of this, the torturer seemed to have something in mind, and then added:
"And because this connection is extremely shallow, it can only support the conversion of communication between each other, and it will not cause serious consequences such as thought leakage and mind manipulation, which you can rest assured."
"So when you cut off the tabby's tentacles, it's equivalent to depriving it of the ability to receive and send thoughts, and naturally you won't be able to answer your questions........."
Quietly listening to the torture explanation, Xu Yue's heart flashed a little clear, from this detailed explanation, it was obvious that the other party's sincerity was sincere.
Torture is not simply explaining what psychic communication is, but elaborating on the principles from its birth to operation, and it seems that his identity as an ally of the ant clan still has some weight.
And with the understanding of the operating principle of 'spiritual communication', Xu Yue also understood why he changed his language, Xing Xiao could still understand the meaning he expressed, and the other party's words and sentences would seem so familiar, and even contained idioms such as special word habits.
After figuring out the above doubts, he couldn't help but look at the other party's tentacles with a bit of admiration, this ability is very practical, and its objects are all intelligent beings with thinking activities, and the universality is extremely high.
"An advanced way of using spiritual power, a very powerful technique."
"Torture, can a foreigner learn this skill?"
"Uh..."
Faced with Xu Yue's sudden question, Xing Xiao was slightly stunned, and after looking Xu Yue up and down, he hesitated:
"Although psychic communication is essentially only the use of spiritual power, without the tentacles of our Zerg, it is impossible to amplify spiritual energy and link it to the outside world."
"So the role of the tentacles is the key, and you humans probably can't learn it."
"You can't get it by studying......"
Hearing the shocking conclusion, Xu Yue muttered in a low voice, and suddenly lowered his eyes to look at the tabby corpse in the pit on the side, and the deep purple meaning in his eyes flashed.
Since you can't learn it, then burst it out, after killing the tabby, he failed to burst out of the treasure chest, but it doesn't matter, the existence of bee swarms is known for its quantity, so don't worry about running out of chances,
If you can't kill a thousand, then kill 10,000, 100,000, there is always a chance, he has plenty of time on this island, and he has just met an ant clan ally, and the other party will definitely be very happy to support his actions.
Anyway, whether it was the psychic communication that the torture hacker said, or the bullet time effect brought by the bee overclocking vision, he was very interested.
"Torture, the telepathy of the bee clan, is it the same as the effect of your ant clan?"
"There is no difference, they all learned from my ant clan and queen, in the first age, the ants and bees belonged to the zerg and were natural allies, but in the second age, the bee clan rebelled, and the group of cowardly meat worms ........."
When talking about the word betrayal, the torturer was angry, and Xu Yue could clearly hear the click of the other party's palate, which was somewhat similar to the state of a human gritting his teeth.
He wasn't interested in whether the bees rebelled or not, but the term First Age attracted his attention, and the existence of a time node meant that there was a complete historical background in this trial world, which was the best way to understand the current status of the survival trial.
After the torturer finished spitting and insulting the bee clan, Xu Yue then asked:
"Now that telepathy is understood, can you elaborate on the specific meanings of the terms First Age, Old People, and Poseidon's Calamity?"
Hearing this question, Xing Yue paused, and looked at Xu Yue with a little strangeness in his eyes.
"It seems that Your Excellency is indeed a genuine foreigner."
Xu Yue nodded, he had never thought of hiding the identity of an outsider, the lack of intelligence was too serious, as long as he had in-depth contact, it would be difficult to disguise this identity, it was better to be honest.
"It's true that I've only been here for a long time."
"Has the Flame ever been baptized by the rain of the sea god?"
"If you're talking about the rainstorm two days ago, no."
"Not once?!"
After receiving Xu Yue's reply that he had not been baptized, the emotional fluctuations caused by the torture were very violent, and the tone that echoed in Xu Yue's mind was obviously raised by several degrees.
After a few breaths of silence, Xu Yue still decided to answer truthfully.
"Not once, what, is there anything special about this reply?"
“…… It's just a little rare, but since you're a foreigner, that's reasonable. ”
"Ahem, I'll continue to answer your questions, about the First Age, that's a long story."
As he spoke, the horrifying tone quickly calmed down, and then quickly brought the topic back to Xu Yue's previous question, as if he didn't want to discuss too much about the particularity of not receiving the baptism of the Seagod's Rain.
On his side, Xu Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't continue to ask, he still had a long time on the island, so there was no need to rush it.
Raising his eyes to look at the ant bee battlefield in front of him, which was in a state of entanglement and hard fighting, after making sure that the ant tide would not be defeated in a short time, he said lightly:
"It's okay, there's plenty of time, we can talk slowly."
Following Xu Yue's gaze, Xing Xiao also glanced at the battlefield in the distance, but he didn't care much about the outcome of the battle, this battle could kill the drone of the spotted tiger, and their ant clan side had already made money.
Even if the lake is temporarily ceded to the bee tribe, it is not a loss, anyway, the corpses of the alienated creatures in the lake have been transferred, the big head has been eaten, and a drone has been earned, and the next one is acceptable no matter what.
This is also the reason why Xing Hao has time to chat with Xu Yue slowly outside the battlefield.
"Whether it is the First Age, or the old people, or the disaster of the sea god, it is inseparable from one god, that is, the sea god ........."
……………
In the next ten minutes, the torturer systematically narrated the history of the world it knew to Xu Yue.
About a few hundred years ago, Mystic Island was not an island, but a real continent.
At that time, there was no alienated creature on the continent, and human beings were the absolute rulers of the continent and the only intelligent civilization.
Then the god of the sea came, and as a deity, when he came, he brought a global rainstorm to the whole world, which was the first rain of the god of the sea.
The torrential rain lasted for seven whole days, as if the sky and the earth had fallen into an ocean, and it became the territory of the sea god.
Seven days later, the rain stopped, but the whole world was also changed, and every drop of rain from that rainstorm had unimaginable powers.
It can make huge creatures small, make small things huge, and change far more than just size, including strength, constitution, talent, and even intelligence.
After the rainstorm, at least 70% of the world's creatures were alienated by the divine power of the sea god, and the pattern of the world was also changed.
Humanity is no longer an absolute ruler, they have become the old people, belonging to the creatures of the old era abandoned by the sea god, under the alienation of divine power, their size, talents, intelligence, everything began to shrink irrepressibly.
However, some small beasts, insects and other creatures have been favored by the sea god, and they have become a new Chosen People, and under the effect of divine power alienation, they have become huge in size, and their wisdom has begun to slowly awaken.
It was during that period that the ants and bees slowly transformed into truly intelligent lifeforms, until the creation of 'psychic communication' completely marked their evolution into a new civilization race.
That period is called the First Age, the first era of magnificence, the fall of the human race, and the birth of all races.
(End of chapter)