Chapter 18: The Mocking Face
"I didn't expect this shield to completely ignore their will and enter a state of anger desperately!"
Fang Lei was taken aback, these skeleton brothers in front of him were completely out of control, and they were about to kill him, he didn't have the ability to resist this kind of unwarranted disaster, so he had to put away his shield and face it. Then, the chaotic group of skeletons immediately calmed down, and everyone's expressions were very strange.
"Do you remember what just happened?"
"Remember, you drew us in with a shield, but for some reason I felt like I was in a state of complete frenzy - Chief, I didn't mean to kill you, but I was very angry when I saw the shield, and it made me feel that my dignity was being challenged to the limit. A skeleton confirmed Fang Lei's inference.
All the skeletons agreed, and Zao Wou-Ki said with trepidation, "It's strange to say - I've never been angry enough to do this, but I still want to take another look at the shield to see if I'm going to be provoked." ”
Fang Lei smiled, he looked at the shield by himself, and then hid it properly, "When I have the opportunity, I will definitely study it carefully with Brother Zhao, but now this will be risky." After I communicate with the seniors, I will give you an answer. ”
Although I really wanted to test the magic of this shield, I felt that it was inappropriate, and an unspeakable pain greatly demoralized the skeletons who had experienced the incident just now, and they didn't even have the desire to get out of this cave.
"I want to get some sleep here!"
Huangfu lay on the ground, snoring and sleeping, how tenacious Zao Wou-Ki and the others were, they all began to have an inexplicable discouragement, and everyone only thought about the skeleton with the middle finger on the shield surface, no—to be precise, the middle finger raised high, it was so disgusting and low. Many highly disciplined skeletons fell to the ground one by one and deserted, exactly like a group of rebels without the slightest restraint.
The weariness of soldiers spread among the crowd, and Fang Lei realized that these were all the consequences of this shield, but he didn't figure it out thoroughly. He didn't want to throw away his shield so lightly.
"Let's rest on the spot, let's wait here for a few days and let those little bugs hatch and then go back to our base. ”
Fang Lei finished giving the order, but found that almost no one responded to his answer. My heart sank, and I became more and more aware of the seriousness of the matter.
"Sister Hong...... You don't feel bad right now because you saw the shield. I'm going to take it away now, so as not to demoralize everyone. ”
Just as she was about to walk out of the door, Hong Mei stopped Fang Lei, the woman stopped talking, and glanced at Fang Lei and said softly, "Chief, I don't seem to be affected by anything." Let's go to another place and take a closer look, maybe we can find the answer. ”
Looking at each other, Hong Mei lowered her head first and no longer looked at Fang Lei.
"Sister Hong is actually fine, which is also strange. Let's go, let's go over there. ”
From beginning to end, Hong Mei has been observing the situation of the entire team, she only felt a little disgusted when she saw the shield face, but she did not react as strongly as other masters, I have to say that this puzzled Fang Lei. It's just that the grinning Fang Lei didn't realize that Hong Mei didn't seem to be too willing to communicate with him, and even now he kept a certain distance from him.
The messy corridor was full of all kinds of clutter, and the two finally found a relatively clean place.
Fang Lei spread out this wooden shield, on the slightly curved shield, the smiling skeleton was so gentlemanly, but the exaggerated index finger had a provocative, provocative, ** and even obscene gesture, and anyone who saw it wanted to crush it. But on the contrary, Fang Lei and Hong Mei were not affected at all.
Especially in Hong Mei's eyes, this wooden shield is nothing more than a prank!
Shaking her head, she couldn't see any clues, Hong Mei was a little disappointed, "Maybe it's really time to find the predecessor of Jun Yan, among the clansmen who fought here with us back then, it is said that there are still some strangers, presumably this is the masterpiece of one of them." ”
Some people feel disgusted when they look at the clown mask, and the style of painting can only make a small number of people feel uncomfortable, and if the vast majority of people have strong hatred and resentment at the same time, it proves that this shield is not so simple.
"What Sister Hong said is true, I will communicate with Jun Yan's predecessors now. ”
Fang Lei's plan was disrupted again, because many large cockroaches one inch long appeared densely on the ground, and from the holes in the bricks below the secret room, these creatures with extremely strong vitality were as many as thousands, and they formed a square formation, with only one target - shields.
The surprised expression appeared on Fang Lei and Hong Mei's faces at the same time, the cockroach group on the ground was divided into multiple formations, marched in an orderly manner, and stopped at a distance of one meter from the shield, the golden cockroach standing at the front was obviously the leader, it suddenly stood up, supported the ground with both feet, and walked like a human, and the cockroach that was only the size of a thumb was in front of the shield, and actually bowed deeply, with a humble and peaceful expression, this shield was like the holy object they revered the most.
Fang Lei didn't disrupt the pilgrimage ceremony of the little bugs, and after seeing the bugs leave, he said to Hong Mei, "In the world where I know the Dao, cockroaches are synonymous with dirtiness. They salute the shield, indicating that it is the dirtiest. ”
Hong Mei nodded, "At first, I thought this shield was very dirty, but it wasn't, you can see that the shield surface is clean and smooth, but it still makes me reluctant to get close to it." Maybe you're right, even the cockroach worships it, but maybe it's a dirty item in ancient times. ”
The two were communicating, but they heard a squeak.
Dozens of rats stuck their heads out of the rat holes at the same time, they were obviously afraid of Fang Lei and Hong Mei, but the appearance of the wooden shield made them suffer even more.
"You see, the rats are coming, and they represent disease—in our world, these pests have caused several catastrophes that have nearly wiped out an entire race. Fang Lei roughly mentioned that in the Middle Ages, the earth was killed by the Black Death (bubonic plague), and there are still many museums in Europe that retain some of the objects of that year.
Fang Lei and Hong Mei talked softly, and the group of rats finally made up their minds to get out of the cave, and naturally they all came running for the shield.
Squeak, squeak!
The two were surprised to find that these rats walked up to the shield, and actually knelt up, their forelimbs learning to be human fists, and the slightly longer hind legs were bent, and their tails were used to support their weight. These small mammals didn't pay attention to Fang Lei and them at all, and worshiped the wooden shield with their fingers outstretched in groups!
Fang Lei's eyes were attracted by the surface of the wooden shield, and at this time he found a strange situation, at the edge of the wooden shield picture, a small mouse-shaped pattern gradually appeared, not only that, but after the cockroaches came here just now, there was also a small piece of cockroach-shaped pattern on the wooden shield.
Fang Lei kicked away the rats, took the wooden shield in his hand, pointed to the addition of two patterns, and said to Hong Mei, "Look, it's only been a short while, and there are actually more of these on this shield." ”
Following Fang Lei's fingers, Hong Mei saw that there were dozens of animal and insect patterns that could not be called famous in the border area of the wooden shield, but these patterns were not worshiped by the corresponding race, so they were still drawn with dotted lines, and they couldn't be found if they didn't look carefully. But the appearance of cockroaches and rats makes these two patterns on the shield very obvious.
"As long as you accept the worship of the race, new patterns will be added - you see there are also poisonous lizards and flies, I know both animals, but what does it do to add them?"
Puzzled, Fang Lei was suddenly startled, "Adding new graphics, is it to increase the effect of taunts?"
Hong Mei had never heard of Fang Lei's words, and gradually, the woman's eyes became more and more intense, and the bone fire in her eye sockets surged; in Fang Lei's surprised gaze, she suddenly took a few steps back, and then grabbed the bow and arrow in the quiver, and shot more than a dozen sharp arrows at Fang Lei in a row.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
The sound of fried bean-like shots was all aimed at this shield, how powerful the red plum was, and the lethality of the White Snake Arrow Method, combined with the footed arrows of the second-order war insects, played a major role in the last battle to block the second-order pincer insects. But when these sharp arrows landed on the wooden shield, they slid to the ground like hoses.
"Angry, she was angry—this shield was definitely a taunter's shield for filth, designed to make others hate it, and then unwittingly pollute those haters and demoralize them. Looks like I've got a weird treasure. ”
Fang Lei put away the wooden shield and comforted Hong Mei a few words, seeing that she was also distracted, she fell to the ground and fell asleep, but fortunately she didn't fall into a deep place, so she left the cave alone.
On the sand sea, Fang Lei found a crawling scorpion on the ground foraging, he flashed his shield, and as a result, the scorpion became angry as if it had eaten explosives, and attacked Fang Lei with pincers and tail pins.
Subsequently, Fang Lei found an unknown underground worm and put the wooden shield forward, but the worm was angry at that time, and the "Peng~" exploded, and the juice flowed down the shield surface.
This bug has a common name called the Explosive Bug, and once it gets angry or resists the enemy, it will only have one move - explosion.
As a result, Fang Lei's experiments have progressed, and this shield can not only taunt skeletons, insects, mollusks—and even his own subordinates, war bugs. But no matter how Fang Lei tried, the taunting shield was completely ineffective against himself!
"Well, that's right - the worms on the mother's side are hatching soon, I'll have to keep an eye on them. At the same time, we also tested whether the shield had any effect on the mother worm. It seems that the effect of the shield on motherhood is far worse than that of men, and this was the case with Hong Mei just now. ”
Fang Lei suddenly realized this important discovery, thinking of this, he immediately got up and returned to the nest, his time is very limited, after hatching these eggs on the spot, he still needs to rush back to the base as soon as possible, the defense facilities over there are not complete, and there is no general to press the formation, if the king of kava pincers breaks through, he will not get any advantage.
This shield was in his hand, and for the time being, it only served as a toy, and Fang Lei didn't realize that as a mocking face that remained intact in the ancient war, it had a unique and almost anti-heaven function. The treasure was born in the nest of the third-order pincer worm, and he was obviously sorry for the noble status of this treasure.