On the underground path, a group of four of us took a monkey, ah no, it was four people who were led by a monkey, all the way forward, in the middle, almost every minute or dozens of seconds, there would be a fork in the road, or even two, looking at the past, it was all black and rumbling.

I also took a closer look at why there are lights in the place where we walk, and that's because the walls here are covered with paper notes for lighting, and there will be one every few steps, just like pressing a bunch of hallway lights, of course!

However, these talismans are all invisible, and only when we walk by will a faint outline appear, and emit a bright light to illuminate the surroundings.

Moreover, these things should be like voice-activated lights or temperature sensors, which will only light up when we pass by, and when we walk past, they will fail and fall into darkness. However, it has to be said that in this way, the life of these paper symbols will be extended, and the replacement time can be extended and the frequency of replacement can be reduced.

I looked behind me, and behind me, the three members of the Shadow Army were lined up, because the path was not wide, and only two people could walk, so let's just go straight to one by one, and I could avoid being directly surrounded. After that, a long distance away, and then beyond the range of the illuminated paper symbol, it was dark, and it was impossible to see clearly.

However, there is no creature breath there, and it seems that those white monkey monsters have not followed, so they should be safe for the time being.

"Sir, do you still have some concerns?"

The sudden speech of the old monkey in front of me startled me, so frightened that I turned my head and stared at it nervously, but the thing didn't seem to care about anything, and continued to walk on, without even looking back.

Didn't look back...... Do you know what I'm doing?

"No, no. I replied in a calm and calm tone.

"That's good," said the old monkey. "Yamagami-sama may not like people who are nervous and nervous, but when you see Yamagami-sama in a while, remember not to be nervous, just talk normally. ”

Usually speak...... Such a strange monkey is looking for me to drink tea, how can I talk to it normally?

"I don't really understand it now, your ...... Lord Sanjin, why are you looking for me?"

When the old monkey in front of him heard this, he suddenly stopped, turned his head, looked at me with a puzzled expression, and said, "Didn't a few of you come uninvited first?"

“......”

Like, there's nothing wrong with that!

"Ahem, ahem, one more thing I'm curious about is why you're talking. "I was embarrassed for a moment, so I quickly changed the subject.

The old monkey also turned back and continued to walk, and said as he went: "Well, aren't humans originally evolved from us? Our bodies are similar in structure, so it is possible for us to learn human speech, and besides, there are already animals that can speak human language, and parrots are not." ”

"Parrots are just learning their tongues, just because the place responsible for making sounds is like us, but they don't understand what those words mean, they just imitate them, and you seem to know what they mean. ”

"Well, I think it's very ordinary, as long as I get some allocation, plus I happen to have some luck, I was born with some little talent, here, I am not the only one who can speak. ”

The old monkey laughed as he spoke, as if he were very proud of it.

It's happy, it's proud, I don't think so. If I had thought it had been a fantasy before, but now, as long as I see this grass beyond the scope of animal ability and has signs of humanization, I am basically sure in my heart that this thing is a monster!

I also discussed it with Master and found that this is a very contradictory form of life.

Master said that it may be because we are human beings, so we will subconsciously think that human beings are the strongest creatures in history, but we are not as agile as cheetahs and less powerful than tigers. We don't have the wings of an eagle, we don't have the minions of a tiger and a wolf, we don't even have the poison of a poisonous snake, so why are we called the strongest creatures?

Maybe in the eyes of some animals, we are really inferior to them.

But the reason why we are at the top of the world's biological chain is because we are smart and use tools. We didn't know how to fly, we invented airplanes, we didn't dive long hours and didn't cross the sea, we invented submarines and boats. We didn't run fast, we invented cars, we didn't have powerful attacks, we invented weapons...... We invented everything that would make it convenient for us, make us stronger, so we won.

But we must admit that this kind of strength refers to comprehensive strength, if we throw unprepared human beings directly into the mountains and forests, we are no match for tigers and wolves and other beasts, so those animals that live in the mountains and forests, many of them look down on us.

In this way, they don't bother to imitate us, in their worldview, we should imitate them, but, the tangled point comes, all really have the opportunity to become stronger, and when they start to become monsters, all creatures without exception begin to learn from humans.

Learn to speak, learn to walk upright, learn to transform into a human form, as if you can become more advanced in this way.

But is this ...... Isn't it a contradiction?

Master explained to me this matter: Although these animals look down on human beings, the world, the top of the life, are the strongest, the most inviolable, and of course, they are also the most talkative.

Although those animals look down on humans, it is impossible for them to look down on the gods, or even fear those gods, and at the same time, they yearn to be them. And if you want to be a god, you have to ...... Like a person!

Because, the first gods, the true rulers of this world, were human beings at the beginning!

So, they set an important condition for godhood to be...... Be sure to act like a person!

That's right, because we are human, so we think that people are the strongest, and the tiger may also think that it is the strongest in the world, and the fox also thinks that it is the strongest in the world, but what can be done? The ruler is us humans, you yourself feel useless, if you want to progress, you have to give up your values and accept us!

It's a very unreasonable thing to do, but it can't be helped.

I hadn't thought about it yet, but when I saw this talking monkey, I suddenly remembered this, the so-called mountain god, according to the villagers, was a cyan monkey, but wouldn't this not be in accordance with the rules set by the gods?

"Speaking of which, I want to ask, Lord Mountain God should be the most honorable here, he ...... Do you speak human language?"

"Why do you want to be able to speak human language? Lord Yamagami is powerful, handsome, and no worse than humans, so why should he learn from humans? If you want to solve the problem of communication with humans, it is enough for us. ”

"Oh, you're a translator. I said subconsciously.

"Let's just say that. The old monkey said. "But that's not all, we will do everything, and helping the mountain god communicate with humans is just one of the small things, because ordinary humans are not worthy of meeting the mountain god at all. ”

As he spoke, the old monkey suddenly tilted his head and looked back, looking at me with only his right eye, and a strange smile seemed to appear on the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, I suddenly felt a chill in my heart, but I also knew that there was no killing intent in this old monkey.

"Lord Yamagami doesn't understand human speech, so he won't change into a human form. ”

"Of course," said the old monkey, turning his head back and walking on. "Lord Mountain God doesn't need to be like a human, what can a human being be in the eyes of God?"

Now it's basically certain that this mountain god can't speak human language, can't change into a human body, so he looks like a cyan monkey, but this is different from what Master said to me, how can the mountain god be equivalent to a small ruler of the place, they are all gods, why can the place not be a person? You are discriminating against the place!

"Alright, several. As I was thinking, the old monkey suddenly said, interrupting my train of thought.

When I looked over, I saw the old monkey standing aside again, facing us, making a gesture of "please" in front of us, and said, "Here, go further on, and it will be the residence of Lord Yamagami, please come in." ”

I looked ahead, there seemed to be no paper symbols for lighting, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see the five fingers, and the old monkey next to me, that look, just didn't want to go in first, but wanted us to go first, I don't know what is boring, that smile, how weird it looks.

"Lord Mountain God, live here?" I frowned and looked over, secretly using the Heavenly Technique in my hand, a dead horse as a live horse doctor, but sure enough, it still didn't work, it didn't count anything at all. The perception ability also decreased as it went deeper and deeper, and I could only vaguely feel that there were indeed living beings inside, but the specific number was not clear. In other words, my perception is now so poor that I can only distinguish between zero and countless ones.

"What are your concerns?" asked the old monkey with a smile again.

I said to myself, isn't this nonsense? Can you still have no worries in this environment? Subconsciously it's like saying no, but suddenly I think about it, it's not right.

Generally speaking, you have to cooperate in action, so don't you just go in? Oh, you old fritter is waiting here, don't urge me on the surface, just wait for me to jump in by myself, heh, the monkey routine is deep.

So, I turned my head to look at it, nodded seriously, and said, "Yes, there is!"

“......”

The old monkey was visibly stunned.

Hey, I don't play according to the routine! You see how you trick me?

But at this moment, in the darkness in front of me, someone suddenly spoke: "Why don't you come in? Make trouble in front of my house, but you don't even have the courage to come in and see me! Hmph, rat ears! Boom out!"

"Yes!" said the old monkey beside him.

"Wait!" As soon as I heard this, I quickly raised my hand to stop it, glanced at the old monkey, and then at the darkness in front of me, and said: "Who said that I dare not come in? I am just doing a kind of etiquette, we humans have a lot of etiquette, your status as a mountain god is noble, and you are the master here, I should have some etiquette, okay, I am going to come in now." ”

After speaking, Wow Oh looked around, then looked at the three people behind him, raised his feet and entered, his feet were empty, and there was a sense of weightlessness in an instant, but then, he regained his down-to-earth feeling again.

In the next moment, the surrounding lights suddenly brightened, could it be that the paper talismans pasted around finally worked?

No!

When I really saw what was going on around me, I knew I was wrong, and at the same time, I saw the guy in front of me - a cyan monkey that was two meters tall!

It's the so-called mountain god!

At the same time, I saw the countless golden objects piled around him, and the strange sigils on them.