Hotel on the mountain

When Jetro thought about this, fear could not stop emanating from all parts of his body, causing him to look around in panic--

Too quiet! The school of lantern fish was too quiet! Why did their mouths seem to be curved? Like they were laughing?

The sound of "plop" sounded four times in a row in the river.

Four giant black lantern fish knocked away their peers blocking the way on the water surface and landed on the shore with a "bang".

Facing the slow approach of the four giant lantern fish, Simba on the mound began to shout: "Run away! Boy! Even if you save the blacksmith shop, you will die!"

At the same time, the small lantern fish in Pearl Lake also began to get excited. They rushed to the enemy's butcher knife one after another, almost crushing the hunters' will with their flood-like numbers.

At this time, Yetro finally understood what the first Duke of Raya said: "They are clearly glowing, but they are as cold as the night." He was referring to the waves of black giant lantern fish. The light sacs on their heads clearly emit dazzling light, but they bring great survival pressure to people.

But Qiu Guang stood there like a rock, with no intention of retreating. He took out two round bottles of potions from his robe, one bottle of dark red was "enhanced ghost medicine", and the other bottle of dark yellow was "enhanced hardening medicine". Ghost medicine can enhance explosive power, and hardening medicine can enhance defense.

The potion is difficult to make and expensive. Opening two bottles can be called invincible.

Raise the shield to resist the monster's bite! The machete chopped the head vertically!

Qiu Guang stood in the group of monsters. The first giant fish to bear the brunt had splashed him with blood, but he stood still - counted, there were still three to deal with.

Yetro's expression did not relax because of the strength of the eight-star hunter, because the hunters on the other side did not have the strength and financial resources as strong as Qiu Guang. Their spirits were on the verge of collapse under the attack of the monster wave, and casualties were increasing. Yetro felt that if they held on for a while longer, everyone should retreat. Next, they could only let everyone stay in the mountain fort, try to reduce the appearance of open fire, and use the research results of Daoer and Simba in the past few months - food to attract blue speed dragons and powerful weapons for defending the city to hold on until the arrival of the second wave of hunters.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves rang out behind Yetro, and Daoer's clear and loud shout came through the dust stirred up by the horse hooves: "Ye! No. Lord Yetro! I found it! I know why the school of lantern fish wants to devour the flames!" Daoer's riding skills were not very proficient, and the horse did not listen to her command. When it came in front of Yetro, it braked suddenly and almost threw her out. Fortunately, Daoer quickly pressed the bachelor's hat on her head and leaned on the horse's back to stabilize her body. Then her fair and flawless face bloomed with a smile, and she said excitedly: "A hunter discovered a small volcano further west of the Raya River! And found the ash forest and a large number of lantern fish skeletons there! Lord Yetro! Those skeletons are piled up together! Like a battle line! The upper and lower layers of bones are separated by a history of a hundred years!" The clues in Yetro's mind instantly strung together into a line - devouring fireworks is not the life hobby of lantern fish, but their survival instinct! They are not fighting to repel the invaders from the mainland! They are fighting for the survival instinct inherited from their ancestors!

If the forest fire caused by the volcanic eruption is not extinguished, the ecological environment of the Raya River will be destroyed. This is the ecological chain responsibility evolved by the lantern fish in the natural survival. They devour open flames for the sake of ecology and are forest firefighters.

"Simba! Is there any way to put out the fire in the blacksmith shop?!" Jetro asked hurriedly after figuring everything out. Because he believes that reducing the appearance of open flames will weaken the offensive desire of the lantern fish.

"Sir, it can't be put out." Simba was a little helpless, "In fact, I want to see how these fish are going to put out this fire. This is the fire of the Flame Dragon couple. Unless the fuel is exhausted, only monsters with ice attributes can put them out... Qiu Guang cares about the monster materials in the fire, because once the refining stops, the materials will be useless." "Sith!" Jetro pulled the horse's head and continued to shout on the mound, "Take all the people who can move, as well as torches, arrows and everything you can think of. In short, I want you to take people to burn the forest on the other side for me!" "Yes! Sir!" A large group of people and horses galloped with him. Knights are weapons in wars between people. Let them kill and set fires more professionally than killing monsters. At this moment, the voice of Meng Zhi suddenly sounded in Yetro's mind: "Invadeable consciousness nodes detected, invade?"

"Invade? What's going on? What does it mean?"

"Deep in the center of the lake, there is a closed consciousness node. If you want to communicate with it, you can knock on its door in the consciousness world, force it to surface, and then use psychic energy to invade its brain and build a communication channel."

"You mean, there is an intelligent life form deep in the lake that can communicate with consciousness? But it is now closed to the outside world? Do I need to break in?"

"Yes, many intelligent lives have this kind of mechanism, and their consciousness signals are difficult for me to scan unless the distance is close enough - I have to admit that this may be a protective behavior evolved by other creatures when facing creatures like me. I am an invader in their eyes."

"Why? I feel very happy chatting with you, and this way of chatting is very convenient. Many people dream of having this kind of communication ability."

"I'm happy, really, I'm happy. But I think it's probably because of our current equal status in the world of consciousness - you find that so far, we are the only ones who can touch the consciousness of other creatures. node, and no other creature can come close to us."

Jetro thought for a while and replied: "In other words, we are at the top of the ecological chain in the conscious world?"

This may be a heavy topic, or Jetro's metaphor is wrong. In short, Mengzhi has no follow-up response.

Jetro calmed down and entered the world of consciousness - it was a scene that looked like a star map of the universe. In the center was his accumulated spiritual energy cluster the size of a pond, surrounded by tens of millions of dim star clusters. A thick beam of energy separated from the psychic energy group and connected to a bright light group nearby - this was the consciousness of the dream.

There is also a small dot that emits light but is not connected - that is Thorad's consciousness.

Jetro searched carefully and found a star cluster with a light outline but darkness inside. This may be the hidden consciousness of other creatures mentioned in the dream.

So he activated the psionic energy cluster, separated a beam of energy, and spread it towards the star cluster with great difficulty. When the spiritual energy touched the star cluster, Jetro felt that the spiritual energy was "cracking" like electric sparks, eroding the bright outline of the circle.

In the real world, ripples suddenly appeared in the center of Pearl Lake, and a large amount of foam emerged from the water. Everyone noticed this abnormal scene, including the lantern fish. Stopped attacking.

As if a huge thing would emerge from the water, people swallowed nervously.

When Jetro consumed his spiritual energy to erode the outer layer of the star cluster, the star cluster suddenly became brighter - which meant that it could use spiritual energy to build bridges in the real world.

So Jetro opened his eyes and returned his attention to the real world - "Fuck!"

He expressed his unique expression of surprise before traveling because he could not suppress his emotions at this time - he saw a super giant red lantern fish that was as big as two giant black lantern fish superimposed together - it All he had to do was press his body down and roll a few times by the lake to crush all the hunters here into a pulp. And its temperament is completely different from other lantern fish, because its eyes reveal the light of thinking and wisdom, and a fish lip contains all the sharp teeth. Looking from a distance, it looks majestic and handsome. look.

The light sac on its head was bright and bright, and its red fish head turned twice, as if it was looking for something - and finally its eyes were fixed on Yetro on the hill.

And Jetro followed Meng Zhi's prompts and drove his horse down the hill regardless of everyone's dissuasion!

As he approached the lake, he raised his arm and pointed it in the direction of the red lantern fish, stimulating a large amount of spiritual energy in his body to shoot towards the red lantern fish! The dazzling beam of light became the focus of the audience - it tore the air and made a crackling sound, while Jetro was like a brave man wearing a psychic suit, driving his horse towards the monster.

The spiritual energy continued to flow away during the impact. Yetro could only close the distance further to reduce the consumption of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy accumulated in his body by relying on "last hits" was rapidly passing away, but he made a decision. There was no room to look back, and Jetro could only keep attacking.

When the beam of spiritual energy crossed the lake and hit the red lantern fish, Yetro's pond-sized spiritual energy group shrank rapidly - in the world of consciousness, the bridge of communication was taking shape, just after the spiritual energy group was almost exhausted. , the bridge finally stabilized.

But Jetro feels that building a bridge of communication is not the final move. It seems that he can continue to increase his investment in psychic energy to cover the light group of this walking lantern fish. What will happen then?

Jetro didn't have time to think deeply because he received the message from the red lantern fish——

"Are you the emperor of the tribe?"

Mengzhi is a very magical existence. She can load the same communication module for different species, so that the two in the conscious world can communicate seamlessly. But it was really the first time for Jetro to communicate with "fish".

"I am their leader."

"Oh, then you must have the authority to order the behavior of the pack."

"To a certain extent, yes."

"Ah, your power level is very similar to mine."

Each person and fish must concentrate to maintain conscious communication, so that everyone, including the school of walking lantern fish, do not understand what is happening - why the majestic eldest son of the Raya family released a The psychic beam with perfect visual effects stood still, and the red lantern fish that was hit by the beam was also still.

Then there were voices of suspicion in the crowd——

"Oh my God, if I read it correctly, then, that, is that 'psionic control'? Why do people from the Raya family control the Chike Empire's psychic abilities? Could it be that they..."

"Young man, don't talk nonsense without knowledge. Psychic control is not like this. This must be the ancestral skill of the Raya family. Maybe their first Duke relied on this skill to make his fortune."

"Then what do you think psychic control is like? Why isn't it like this?"

"Psychic control is like this, do you understand?"

There was a strange quarrel in the crowd, a large number of lantern fish also retreated into the water, and the two sides entered a brief truce.

"What should I call you?" Jetro sent a friendly greeting.

"If you call my tribe 'Light Fish', you can call me 'Emperor Lantern'. What about you?"

"Jetro, Jetro Raya."

"Okay, Jetro, let's make a deal."