Quadruple split

Chapter 1751 Demon Core

"These creatures..."

Ji Xiaoge, who had already retreated nearly two meters, paused, then endured both physical and psychological discomfort, and cautiously walked back to Mo Tan. After much hesitation, he took out a pair of shoes from his bag. He put on a particularly Counter-Strike mask.

Mo Tan: "..."

"Why are you looking so speechless?"

Ji Xiaoge's voice sounded muffled from under the mask, and he said angrily: "If you think I'm pretentious, then..."

"you misunderstood."

Mo Tan interrupted Ji Xiaoge with a wry smile, and then extended his right hand to the latter: "The reason why I put on a very 'speechless' expression in your eyes has to do with whether I'm being pretentious or not. It doesn’t have anything to do with it, I’m just a little bit confused as to why you did it on yourself, and you didn’t want to do the same thing on me.”

Ji Xiaoge was dumbfounded at the time. He looked up blankly at Mo Tan, who had a normal expression. After being silent for a while, he asked in a low voice, "What do you want it for?"

Mo Tan was also stunned for a moment, then asked: "Why are you wearing it?"

"The smell is too strong, it smells unpleasant."

Ji Xiaodao's answer was without any hesitation, and he said very matter-of-factly: "After wearing this, those embarrassing smells will be filtered out."

Mo Tan sighed, with a very depressed expression: "This is terrible, I also smell uncomfortable."

Ji Xiaodao was shocked: "Wow!"

"Whoa what?"

Upon hearing this, even Mo Tan, who has a very good temper at the moment, rolled his eyes and said in a bad tone: "I am also a normal person, okay!"

"Hey hehe~"

Ji Xiaoge stuck out his tongue playfully, and then took out another mask called [Head-mounted Air Purifier] from his luggage. The quality was ordinary, and the effect was that it could literally purify the air. He handed it to Mo Tan. Holding it in his hand, Le said: "I have already realized it. I am teasing you on purpose."

Mo Tan casually knocked Ji Xiaoge's mask with the seven-star fan, and then took off his own face armor that could be directly spliced with the breastplate, and put on the one that, although it had no attribute bonus, could make him The mask, protected from the rotten air, quickly walked towards the nearest monster corpse, which was only four-fifths of its original size at most.

The beautiful winged girl next to him naturally followed quickly. After she could no longer smell the disgusting smell, Ji Xiaoge's steps had returned to lightness and her wings were also straightened.

However, a few seconds later, the girl's newly-stretched wings drooped down. For no other reason than that the corpse of the monster was too... helpful for dieting.

"Disgusting--"

Considering that the other party was obviously the kind of ferocious beast whose mind was filled with the desire to kill, Ji Xiaoge did not show any mercy and made the simplest and clearest evaluation straightforwardly.

"really."

Mo Tan also nodded, squatting down and carefully observing the 'Warcraft' in front of him. His eyes under the gas mask were very solemn, and he said solemnly: "These creatures... are very abnormal."

Ji Xiaoge, who was putting one hand on Mo Tan's shoulder to stretch his wings, blinked and asked curiously: "What's abnormal? If you want to compare it with the outside of the game, there is basically nothing normal about this game where even a mouse can discharge electricity. The species exists.”

"is not what it means."

Mo Tan shook his head slightly, and his tone became more serious: "As far as I know, in the [Innocent Realm] world view, in addition to humans, dwarves, elves, gnomes, orcs, half-orcs, goblins, and lizards, In addition to mainstream intelligent creatures and plants such as humans, half-dragons, half-elves, tree elves and other elven subspecies, and half-orc subspecies such as harpies, most of the remaining creatures will basically be classified into Warcraft and Beasts These two concepts, of course, are very one-sided, but they can explain most of existence."

Ji Xiaoge nodded immediately and said closely: "In other words, there are people, plants, and animals outside the game. People and plants in the game remain unchanged, but animals have become two categories: Warcraft and beasts?"

"That's the theory. Although it's not absolute in this world view, I don't think this kind of monster is enough to be a 'special case'."

Mo Tan, whose level of erudition is even comparable to that of some second-tier studio databases, nodded lightly and stabbed the [Dawn·Everlasting Sorrow Thorn] in his hand into the neck of the corpse in front of him, his expression became more and more serious: " But the problem is that not only does it have nothing to do with beasts, it is even far from the concept of 'Warcraft'."

Ji Xiaoge, who gradually couldn't keep up with Mo Tan's rhythm, was stunned for a moment, then refocused and carefully observed the corpse in front of the two of them -

As we said before, from the appearance point of view, this creature, which is about 150 centimeters in length, is very close to a 'wolf' in appearance, but its attack mode is more like a feline, but in terms of appearance , whether it is a jackal, tiger, leopard, lion or dog, they are basically much better looking than this thing.

There are many reasons. For example, although this creature has fangs and claws, it has almost no hair. Its dark pink muscles are nakedly exposed to the air, and countless earthworm-like sinews are visible to the naked eye. Not only that, a few individuals There will even be twisted bone spurs growing from the shoulders, spine and other parts of the body, which look very unsightly.

Of course, as the saying goes, there are all kinds of strange things in the world of innocence. Even if they grow up to this virtue, this kind of creature will still not make the two big hearts of Mo Tan and Ji Xiaoge feel uncomfortable. However, when they lose their vitality, the originally knotted surface muscles will In a short period of time, it turned into some kind of soft and sticky 'jelly'-like substance, which slowly 'melted' as if being corroded, and in the process emitted bursts of odor. Although it was not obviously harmful to the body, it was very strong. The smell of corruption is enough to cause a psychological shadow on people.

"Of course, that's not the point..."

Mo Tan pulled out the dagger with a solemn expression, turned to Ji Xiaoge and said: "The concept of beasts is easy to explain. We can just apply lions, tigers and other creatures outside the game. In the World of Innocence, [Warcraft] ], they have an extremely obvious thing in common.”

Even though he has Lu Wei, a mentor who knows everything from ancient times to the present, Ji Xiaoge still doesn't understand many common sense concepts in the world of innocence. He blinked his eyes and asked curiously: "What do they have in common?"

"That means they must have something like a 'magic core'."

Mo Tan gently shook off the mucus attached to the Everlasting Sorrow Thorn, stood up and said solemnly: "That is the source of power for all monsters. The more powerful the monster, the higher the quality of the 'magic core' in the body. It can The greater the power that can be stored or channeled.”

Ji Xiaoge frowned slightly and muttered subconsciously: "Although this is the first time I heard about it, isn't this setting a bit vulgar?"

"I'm just giving an example, and 'magic core' is a more convenient term to understand."

Mo Tan shook his head, and while walking towards the body of another monster, he explained: "In short, as long as it is a Warcraft, whether it is the lowest level Nikaqiu or the highest level Behemoth, there are similar The core of power, that core may be in the shape of a sphere, a cylinder, or a triangle. It may hide evil energy, magic, or elements. It may be in the heart, brain, or stomach. In short, even a monster with only physical lethality, as long as it meets the requirements of "Warcraft" This concept is destined to have such a core as the source of strength."

Ji Xiaoge nodded vigorously and drew inferences from one instance: "Is it just like those golden elixirs and Yuanying in the stories about cultivating immortals?"

Mo Tan thought for a while and felt that the example given by the girl was quite reliable, so he replied: "Well, you can understand it that way."

"Then I want to know..."

Ji Xiaoge's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he subconsciously shrank his neck, trotting up to Mo Tan even though there was no one around him, and whispered in his ear: "Is the dragon like the one you mentioned?" 'Magic core'?"

Mo Tan, who was about to squat down to continue the inspection, trembled. He turned his head slightly and smiled bitterly at Ji Xiaoge, whose face was full of curiosity: "The question you asked is somewhat sensitive."

"I know I know."

Ji Xiaoge nodded nervously and said with a sneer: "That's why I asked you secretly. I think even Fimi, who has been familiar with us for a long time and can use his dragon scales to make bullets for me, After hearing this, I won’t look down upon you."

"Indeed, after all, dragons are the most honorable creatures, otherwise there wouldn't be so many scholars who tried to classify them into World of Warcraft like Beamon back then who would have died in various 'accidents'."

Mo Tan smacked his lips and sighed: "If you want to say it, I am idle. They are obviously smart and wise. Apart from the fact that the number is not large, the proportion of scholars and strong men is far higher than that of normal intelligent races, but There are always some stubborn people who are unwilling to admit the status of dragons in the [Innocent Continent]. To be honest, I think those who criticize the dragons as inferior creatures died unjustly. No matter how knowledgeable and talented they are, they will definitely die. He is not worthy of the words "high moral character and respectable people."

"I think so too."

Ji Xiaoge nodded vigorously, then changed the topic and said worriedly: "But if the little bastard continues to go down the wrong path..."

"They will only be scum among intelligent creatures."

Mo Tan, who also had an unattractive complexion, continued and sighed softly: "After all, he will not become a beast."

Ji Xiaoge fluttered her wings feebly, and then sighed: "What you said, I don't know whether I should be happy or sad."

“Although there is a long way to go, as long as we don’t give up, we won’t let it become a public hazard.”

Mo Tan said this in a tone that sounded like it was broken but not completely.

"Uh-huh!"

Ji Xiaoge also cheered up and nodded vigorously, and then lowered his voice and continued to ask: "So did the giant dragon silence what you just said..."

"have."

Mo Tan did not continue to hide it, but gave a straightforward answer in the affirmative, saying helplessly: "Whether it is the giant dragon in conventional knowledge or some sub-dragon species, they are all there."

Ji Xiaoge immediately opened his eyes and exclaimed softly: "It's true!"

"Really, but that doesn't mean anything."

Mo Tan spread his hands and said in a convincing tone: "You must know that the genetic similarity between apes classified as animals and humans, the only known advanced intelligent creatures, is as high as 90%, but between the two There is still a clear 'boundary' between them, so identifying the giant dragon as a monster because it has a demon-like core structure... This idea is no longer stupid."

Ji Xiaoge immediately feigned anger and said, "Are you scolding me?"

"No, because you have never thought of it that way."

As a result, Mo Tan was not moved at all and just said something lightly, which left Ji Xiaoge speechless.

After a while, three minutes after Mo Tan had knelt down to inspect the second magical beast again, Ji Xiaoge broke the silence again and asked with interest: "So the magic core you mentioned is there?" Where are the dragons? Heart? Head? It can't be wings, right?"

"random."

Mo Tan shrugged and said without looking back: "For the giant dragon, that thing is actually a scale, and it is a scale on a certain part of the body."

Ji Xiaoge was shocked again; "Scales?"

"That's right, scales, or rather a flowable, switchable power that usually uses a certain scale as a carrier."

Mo Tan, who had shared a lot of knowledge about giant dragons from Wang Badan, did not hide it, and patiently explained to Ji Xiaoge: "And that scale is usually called [reverse scale], you should not mention this." It’s not unfamiliar, after all, there is also a saying outside the game that ‘dragons have reverse scales, and they will be angry if they touch them’.”

Ji Xiaoge stuck out her tongue playfully and said with a silly smile: "I thought the reverse scale refers to the sensitive spot of the dragon..."

"What a mess."

Mo Tan, who was just about to stand up, almost stumbled. After he stood firm, he immediately turned his head and glared at the innocent-looking winged girl: "What are you thinking about every day?"

"Hey hehe~"

"Well, in short, the so-called reverse scales exist like that, but unlike many Warcraft, if the dragon's reverse scales are shattered, although the strength will decrease in a short period of time, a new one will soon reappear. 'Reverse Scale', and if it encounters a dangerous situation, the dragon can also use force to induce the power of the reverse scale to overdraw its combat effectiveness."

"so smart!?"

"Yes, that's why many people say that dragons are the intelligent creatures closest to perfect form."

Mo Tan nodded and hung the Everlasting Sorrow Thorn back on his waist: "But giant dragons generally treasure their reverse scales and won't let outsiders know about it easily."

"Where is Turtle Son's reverse scale?"

"The outer and lower part of the left eye is non-reflective."

"Oh, what about yours?"

"ah?"

"You must have reverse scales too!"

"I'm half-dragon, not a real dragon."

"I don't care, you must have it, you even have a skill called 'Reverse Scale'!"

"Uh... these are two different things."

"So you don't actually have one?"

"That's not true."

“You’ll know it just by looking at me!!”

"Ahem, let's not talk about this for now. I have now determined that these monsters are not Warcraft."