Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible

At the edge of the dense forest, in just a moment, the black ant tide had swallowed up most of the bees on the site, and those wasps that could still manage to fly were nailed to death by the black ants with their spears.

After glancing at the battlefield where the victory was decided, Xing Hai looked up again at the two figures that were still intersecting in the sky. The two pairs of membrane wings behind him flapped, causing it to rise from the ground.

It is very clear how agile Taobao is in the air. Even if the human ally is obviously stronger, it is not easy to deal with him in a short time, so it is ready to fly into the sky to strangle Taobao together.

Different from ordinary worker ants and soldier ants, the male ant class in the ant tribe has the ability to fly. They have two pairs of membrane wings similar to drones. They can also soar in the sky, although the flight speed is definitely not as fast as that of the drones. This is a bee clan, but it is not a big problem to help assist and contain them.

As his membrane wings flapped, not long after Xing Hai took off, his upward momentum paused momentarily. A ball of golden-red flames exploded in mid-air, and then a yellow shadow popped out from the center of the flames and fell straight to the ground. , followed by human allies.

"Hey, it was solved so quickly?"

The antennae on his head trembled, and Xing Hai decisively turned around and flew towards the direction where the tiger stripe landed.

"Bang!!"

The yellow shadow fell to the ground, and after a muffled sound, a large amount of smoke and dust rose up, and then a silver figure landed lightly. The metal wings behind it only flapped a few times before setting off a strong wind.

The howling wind soon dispersed all the rising smoke and dust, revealing the golden-ringed wasp with mutilated limbs and bruises in the pit, which was the tiger-spotted bee species.

However, compared to the majestic image when he first appeared, Tiger Spot is now in a miserable state. Most of the membrane wings on his back were burned by the flames, the carapace around his body was shattered, and two out of six insects in front of him were missing.

The injury to the head was the most serious. Half of the skull and two tentacles were cut off, and a pair of large oval-shaped insects also became dim and dull. This was the backlash caused by maintaining the overclocking state for too long.

It was precisely because of this troublesome overclocking vision that the tiger stripe was able to persist in Xu Yue's hands for such a long time. Xu Yue spent a lot of effort to shoot it down when he wanted to hide.

The wings on his back were closed, Xu Yue lowered his eyes and looked down. After confirming that the mutilated body in the pit was still breathing weakly, he stabbed the halberd in his hand. The sharp halberd tip broke the airflow, and stopped steadily at the tiger-spotted pair of insect eyes. Before.

"What did you mean by the Poseidon's disaster for the old people before?"

The cold words spread lightly, but there was no response for a long time. The tiger spots in the pit seemed to be dead, and a pair of gray eyes just looked up at the sky aimlessly.

Xu Yue frowned slightly, and when he was about to stab forward with the halberd in his hand, a deep voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"It has had its tentacles removed from its forehead and has lost the ability to communicate spiritually. Let alone respond, it can't even understand your questions now."

"If your allies have any doubts, you may wish to ask me. I will tell you everything I can answer."

The voice in his mind stopped, Xu Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, and Fang Tian sent his halberd forward, easily piercing the tiger's head, and then looked sideways.

I saw a dark red giant ant at the rear right slowly walking forward. Although the cold insect compound eyes showed no emotion, in Xu Yue's perception, the other party did not reveal any hostility.

The one that spoke in his mind just now was undoubtedly the giant ant standing nearly three meters tall in front of him. Looking up at the pair of tentacles trembling slightly on the other person's forehead, Xu Yue's eyes slightly lowered. On this island, he was very... He rarely encounters creatures smaller than him.

Xu noticed the sizing eyes of his allies, and the trembling frequency of Xing Hai's tentacles intensified a bit more. At the same time, the familiar voice sounded in Xu Yue's mind again.

"Ant tribe, Xing Hai, I wonder what I call this human brother?"

"Firefire."

The language Xu Yue used this time was not Chinese as before, but the giant ant opposite still understood what he meant and didn't feel anything wrong at all.

"Brother Xinhuo is very powerful, and I would like to thank you for your help to the ant tribe."

"I just noticed that a bee squadron was attacking you. Originally, I led my army to support you. Now it seems that even if I don't come, you can handle it easily."

Faced with Xing Hai's praise, Xu Yue showed no signs of wavering. What he was more interested in now was the other party's way of communication.

Whether they are ants or bees, these Zerg seem to be able to communicate by relying on the tentacles on their heads to directly act on their minds. Even for his words, they directly understand the meaning instead of understanding his language.

"It's just a small amount of strength. It's just that my ability is just enough to restrain the bees, so I can still cope with it."

As he spoke, Xu Yue's eyes fell on the other party's trembling tentacles again, and he said:

"I recently arrived on this island and have many questions. I hope Brother Xinghai can shed some light on them."

"Those who fight against the Bee Tribe are all allies of our Ant Tribe. We will answer all our allies' questions."

As soon as Xing Hai finished speaking, a paradise prompt appeared in front of Xu Yue's eyes.

[Tip: The hunter’s excellent performance in killing the bees on the battlefield has gained the favor of the ‘Ant Kingdom’, and the current favorability is (62/500). 】

His eyes quietly glanced at the prompts in front of him, and Xu Yue felt slightly relieved. The endorsement of the paradise was far more reliable than the guarantee of this giant ant. Only the appearance of this favorability level showed that he had truly established a relationship with the civilized tribe on this island. Contact, this is the first step in exploring the details of the world of Survival Trials.

"I wonder what Brother Xinghai meant by 'spiritual communication' before?"

"Soul communication..."

Xing Hai was not surprised that Xu Yue would be the first to ask this question. When the other party asked the tiger with all its tentacles cut off, he knew that this human ally did not understand the Zerg's communication method.

After pondering for a few breaths and sorting out the word order, it raised its hand and pointed to its tentacles and explained:

"Compared to you humans, both the bee clan and our ant clan were originally from the genus of insects, so we all have no vocal organs. When wisdom has not yet awakened, this does not matter. We rely on other methods. Although it’s not accurate enough, it’s still adequate.”

"Then after being washed and baptized by Poseidon's Rain, the ants gradually broke away from the chaos of ignorance and began to awaken their own wisdom. At this stage, the past communication methods are no longer enough to meet their needs."

"So our great first ant queen found a new way and created spiritual communication, a communication method unique to the Zerg, which also prevented our civilization from stagnating."

"The so-called spiritual communication is to use the tentacles on the forehead as an amplifier to amplify our spiritual energy. In this state, the Zerg can build a shallow thinking connection path with living beings other than itself to achieve communication. "

"As long as they are intelligent beings, they can communicate with each other without any barriers through this connection, and will not be restricted by language, because the meaning that the other party wants to express will be automatically transformed by thinking into the language mode we are most familiar with."

Speaking of this, Xing Hai seemed to have thought of something, and then added:

"And because this connection is extremely shallow, it can only support the conversion of communication between each other. It will not cause serious consequences such as thought leakage and mind manipulation. You can rest assured."

"So when you cut off the tiger stripe's tentacles, it is equivalent to depriving it of the ability to receive and send thoughts. Naturally, you will not be able to answer your question..."

Listening quietly to Xing Hai's explanation, Xu Yue felt a sense of clarity. From the detailed explanation, he could clearly see the sincerity of the other party.

Xing Hai did not simply explain what spiritual communication is, but detailed it one by one from the beginning to the end of its birth to the principles of operation. It seems that his identity as an ally of the ant tribe still has some weight.

With the understanding of the operating principle of 'spiritual communication', Xu Yue also understood why he changed the language, and Xing Hai could still understand what he meant, and the other party's words and sentences seemed so familiar, and even contained idioms. This special wording habit.

After thinking through the above doubts, he couldn't help but look at the opponent's tentacles with a hint of admiration. This ability is very practical. It covers all intelligent creatures with thinking activities and is extremely universal.

"An advanced way to use mental power, a very powerful technique."

"Xing Hai, can foreigners learn this skill?"

"Well…"

Faced with Xu Yue's sudden question, Xing Hai was stunned for a moment. After looking Xu Yue up and down, he hesitated and said:

"Although spiritual communication is essentially the use of spiritual power, without the tentacles of our Zerg race, it is impossible to amplify the spiritual energy and link it to the outside."

"So the function of the tentacles is key. You humans probably won't be able to learn it."

"There is no way to obtain it through learning..."

After hearing Xing Hei's conclusion, Xu Yue murmured in a low voice, and suddenly lowered his eyes to look at the tiger-spotted corpse in the pit beside him. A deep purple light flashed in his eyes.

Since you can't learn it, just explode it. After killing Tiger Spot, he failed to explode the treasure chest, but it doesn't matter. The existence of the bee swarm itself is famous for its quantity. Don't worry about not having a chance.

If killing a thousand doesn't work, then kill ten thousand or one hundred thousand. There is always a chance. He has plenty of time on this island, and he has just met an ant ally, who will definitely be very happy to support his actions. .

Anyway, he was very interested in whether it was the spiritual communication mentioned by Xing Hai or the bullet time effect brought about by the overclocking vision of the bees.

"Xing Hai, is the telepathy of the bee tribe the same as that of your ant tribe?"

"There is no difference. They are all learned from our ant queen. In the first era, both the ant and bee clans belonged to the insect clan and were natural allies. However, in the second era, the bee clan rebelled. That group of cowardly Meatworms……”

When the word "betrayal" was mentioned, Xing Hai was very angry. Xu Yue could clearly hear the clicking sound caused by the collision of the other party's upper jaws, which was somewhat similar to the state of human beings gnashing their teeth.

He was not interested in whether the bees would rebel or not, but the time term of the First Age attracted his attention. The existence of time nodes represented the complete historical background of this trial world. This is to understand the current survival trial. The best channel for the current situation.

After Xing Hai finished his series of insults and insults towards the Bee Clan, Xu Yue then asked:

"I already understand telepathy. Can you elaborate on the specific meanings of the terms First Age, Old People, and Poseidon's Disaster?"

Hearing this question, Xing Hai paused and looked at Xu Yue with a bit of strangeness in his eyes.

"It seems that Sir Xinhuo is indeed a genuine foreigner."

Xu Yue nodded. He had never thought of hiding his identity as an outsider. The lack of information was too serious. As long as he had in-depth contact, it would be difficult to disguise his identity. It was better to be honest.

"It's true that I just came here not long ago."

"Have you ever been baptized by Poseidon's Rain, Mr. Xinhuo?"

"If you are talking about the heavy rain two days ago, no."

"Not once?!"

After getting the reply that Xu Yue had not been baptized, Xing Hai's mood swings were very violent, and the tone that echoed in Xu Yue's mind was obviously raised several degrees.

After pondering for a few breaths, Xu Yue decided to answer truthfully.

"Not once. Why, is there anything special about this answer?"

"...It's just a bit rare, but since you are a foreigner, it is reasonable."

"Ahem, let me continue to answer your question. Regarding the First Age, it's a long story."

As he spoke, Xing Hai's tone quickly calmed down, and then he 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 being baptized by the Poseidon's Rain.

At his side, Xu Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not continue to ask. He had been on the island for a long time, so there was no need to rush.

He raised his eyes and looked at the battlefield of ants and bees in front of them, which was in a state of struggle. After confirming that the ants would not be defeated in a short time, he said calmly:

"It's okay, there's plenty of time, we can talk slowly."

Following Xu Yue's gaze, Xing Hai also glanced at the battlefield in the distance, but he didn't care much about the outcome. If they could kill the drone, Spotted Tiger, in this battle, the ant clan would have already made a profit.

Even if the lake is temporarily given to the bees, it won't be a loss. Anyway, the corpses of the alienated creatures in the lake have been transferred, most of them have been eaten, and a drone has been gained. Whatever happens next is acceptable.

This is why Xing Hai had time to chat with Xu Yue outside the battlefield.

"Whether it's the First Age, the old people, or the Poseidon disaster, it's all inseparable from one god, and that's Poseidon..."

……………

In the next ten minutes or so, Xing Hai systematically told Xu Yue the history of this side of the world that he knew.

About hundreds of years ago, the Mysterious Island was not an island, but a real continent.

At that time, there was no alien species on the continent. Human beings were the absolute ruler and the only intelligent civilization on the continent.

Then Poseidon came. As a god, when he came, he brought a torrential rain that stretched across the world. This was the first Poseidon's Rain.

The heavy rain lasted for seven days, as if the sky and the earth had fallen into a vast ocean, becoming the territory of Poseidon.

After seven days, the rainstorm stopped, but the whole world also changed. Every raindrop dropped by that rainstorm possessed unimaginable power from the Poseidon.

It can make huge creatures small, make small things huge, and change far more than just body size, including strength, physique, talent, and even wisdom.

After the heavy rain, at least 70% of the creatures in the world were alienated by the power of Poseidon, and the structure of the world also changed.

Human beings are no longer absolute rulers. They have become old people, creatures of the old era abandoned by Poseidon. Under the alienation of divine power, their size, talents, and wisdom, everything began to shrink uncontrollably. .

However, some tiny beasts, insects and other creatures were favored by Poseidon, and they became brand-new people chosen by God. Under the influence of the alienation of divine power, their size became huge, and their wisdom began to slowly awaken.

It was during that period that the ants and bees slowly transformed into truly intelligent life forms, until the creation of 'spiritual communication' completely marked their evolution into a brand new civilized group.

That period was called the First Era, a magnificent era in which the human race fell and all races flourished.