The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Listening to Joe's narration, Leo nodded, with a look of regret on his face, but deep in his heart he was calm, and he didn't even believe what Joe claimed about his experience in the Mithra family.

Since the first conversation with Joe a few days ago, Leo has easily made Joe subconsciously think that he is a trustworthy person through various verbal hints and topic guidance methods. Frank dialogue, but Leo does not think that this kind of psychological suggestion can change a person's character and habits in such a short period of time. No matter how much you trust a person, you will never confess everything to that person without reservation, let alone fully expose your thoughts.

By listening to Joe's heartbeat, Leo could easily judge which of Joe's various descriptions about the Mithra family were untestable. For example, it should be true that the Mithra family found Joe's father in the first place. , but after that, the Mithra family should not have looked for Joe, it was Joe who came to find the Mithra family, and Joe also felt that he was not just the son of a circus master before he was called an adventurer, as he said, because Leo felt the temperament of a spy and secret agent in Joe.

In addition, the fact that the Mithra family was able to establish trade relations with the native tribes of the jungle may also be related to Joe, and it should be true that Joe and the Mithra family have fallen out, but the reason for the fallout may not only be the Mithra family If you want to monopolize the benefits, there must be deeper contradictions, such as the underground world.

Of all the things Joe has said about the Mithra family, he is absolutely certain that the Mithra family took away the Keewel Notes about the underground world. This is not only reflected in the tone of voice, but also In terms of the subtle physiological reactions caused by various emotional changes in his body, such as breathing, heartbeat, etc., in Leo's view, he can be so sure of this, which can only mean that he should have seen it in the Mithra family. Notes describing the underground world, and he should be very sure that the interests contained in the underground world are extremely amazing, so he will spare no effort to find pioneer groups from various countries to join, trying to find a new collaborator.

This also allows Leo to be sure that Joe should have tried to join the pioneering teams of many other countries before joining the pioneering team in Matouwan, but the result may not be as he wished, and the pioneering team in Matouwan recruited The conditions are very loose, not only has no ability restrictions, but also has no status restrictions, so Joe was able to join.

In addition, Joe is very likely to be involved in the attack plan of the Pahuo tribe, the blood wolf tribe and other indigenous tribes under their control against Matou Bay, and he is not only a spy or an insider, but may even be one of the planners , As for his purpose, it is easy to explain, that is, when the two sides are in a desperate battle, he can come forward to help the two sides complete the reconciliation negotiations, and even help the two parties establish trade relations, just like helping the Mithra family and the indigenous tribes to take a trade Cooperation is the same.

Because only in this way, Joe can show the ability that others do not have in the eyes of the Governor of Matou Bay and others, and then gain more power, financial resources and manpower to explore the jungle and help him find the secrets recorded in the notes before the Mithra family. The entrance to the underground world.

"What's the purpose of telling me these things and telling me so many secrets?" Leo asked directly after quickly analyzing Joe's situation.

"I hope we can cooperate." Joe said in a deep voice.

"Cooperation for what?" Leo continued to ask.

Joe hurriedly said: "Cooperate to find the entrance to the underground world and explore the underground world."

"Why me?" Leo asked slightly puzzled: "Accordingly, I am not the best or the most famous consultant in the development group, and your Excellency and I have only met for a few days. That's all, why did you find someone like me to cooperate with? You won't tell me that I am pleasing to the eye, so you should cooperate with me?"

"Of course not." Joe shook his head, stared at Leo, and said, "Although on the surface, His Excellency Leo is the most common among the consultants of the pioneering group, but I know very well that you should hide your true identity." ability. I don’t understand why you want to hide your ability, but I know that your plan does not conflict with mine, and we can cooperate, and when you mentioned the native tribes of the New World, it was revealed when no one else mentioned the native tribes The disdain and contempt that came out, and the behavior you showed when the blood wolf tribe attacked the pioneer group before also proved that you don't want to be hostile to the indigenous tribes of the New World, so I think we should be able to cooperate."

After listening to Joe's explanation, Leo suddenly smiled and asked, "How do you know that I have the ability to hide? I don't think there should be anything unusual when I talk to you these days? So you shouldn't be Infer from the way I speak and behave that I hide my abilities."

Facing Leo's question, Joe seemed to find it difficult to answer, and fell silent.

Seeing that Joe didn't answer, Leo analyzed by himself: "When you mentioned my hidden ability just now, you used the word real ability. According to the normal situation, you should not use real ability, but I will use real knowledge. After all, I am a scholar. Having a lot of knowledge is the outside world’s perception of my ability, but you use the word real ability, so it represents my hidden ability and scholar in your eyes. It has nothing to do with your knowledge, but another kind of ability." As he spoke, he looked at Joe seriously, and suddenly seemed to think of something, his face showed a thoughtful look, and said, "You have come into contact with Pa The Huo tribe, and it seems that your relationship with the Paho tribe is not just a simple contact as you said. You should have a certain identity and power in the Paho tribe, and the Paho tribe is willing to give you a certain identity And power, I'm afraid it's not just because of your ability or Kevier's descendants. Since the Paho tribe is very good at using bugs, then he should also implant parasites in you. Compared with humans, some Creatures have a much stronger sense of danger, so it’s not that you feel that I’m hiding my ability, but that the parasitic bugs in your body sense the danger, am I right?”

After listening to Leo's analysis, Joe felt the shock in his heart completely covered his entire face. He opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer Leo for a while, because what Leo said was completely correct, and this In his opinion, it is very unbelievable. In his opinion, this secret is only known by four people in the whole world, and the other three are all in the Pahuo tribe. It was inferred that this ability was completely beyond his imagination, and he suddenly had the illusion that all the secrets in this world might not be able to hide from Leo.

As Leo said, he was also implanted with a Paho parasite, but this parasite was not implanted by him, but he requested it on his own initiative. On that night, He was no longer Joe the Adventurer from the continent of Novat, but Joe the Paho.

For him, the parasites in his body are not just a status symbol, but also contain some kind of magical ability. It is this ability that allows him to walk safely in the jungle and gives him the confidence to complete his mission. plan.

Now that his deepest secret was revealed by Leo, Joe should have killed Leo immediately so that the secret would never be spread, but at this moment he couldn't think of attacking Leo at all, not only because He has a strong feeling in his heart that Leo is a trustworthy person, and more of it is the strong fear generated by the parasite in his body, as if in the perception of the parasite, Leo is a person who is so terrifying that he can't help it. Like a monster described in words, this emotion is something he has never felt from a parasite in the years since he acquired the parasite.

"Yes, I do have Paho parasites on me." Now that Leo already knew about his situation, and it seemed that Leo didn't intend to publicize it, Joe nodded and admitted: "This parasite The worm has been in my body for several years. It is different from the parasites on the Dana people in Matouwan. It is a parasite bred by the Paho people with a special method. I don’t know what its function is. But I now know that it has two abilities, one is to allow me to perceive danger, and the other is to keep some of the most dangerous beasts and poisonous insects in the jungle away from me."

After talking about the parasites on his body, Joe faintly felt a little abnormal in his heart, wondering why he would reveal the abilities of the parasite so easily, but he quickly attributed this abnormality to Leo revealing his hole card The shock brought to him caused his mentality to lose his composure, and he said some things that shouldn't be said.

Leo didn't give Joe time to think about his own problems, and then asked: "Did you join the Paho tribe to help the tribes in the New World resist the colonization and invasion of the Norvat mainland kingdom?"

"Of course not." Joe shook his head decisively and said, "I joined the Paho tribe to explore the entrance to the underground world, and the tribes in the New World don't need me to save them. Have you already taken advantage? You must know that it has been more than ten years since these kingdoms began to colonize the New World, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops sent to the New World, and there are also ordinary people who have been transported here for various reasons to colonize and develop. Several million, but the colonies of the various kingdoms have always been maintained near the coastline, and they have not been able to go deep into the jungle of the New World, don’t they want to? No, they have no way to build colonies in the deeper jungle.” Said Then, he paused, looked at Leo, saw that Leo did not interrupt him at the beginning, and continued: "The indigenous tribes they have fought against these years are only the most marginal tribes among the indigenous tribes of the New World. Tribes like the Pahuo tribe have not yet formally confronted each other. Once the Pahuo tribe gathers all the surrounding tribes together, with the power of the countries of the Novat continent in the New World, there is absolutely no way to resist. All the people in the colonies will either die or die. Become slaves to these natives whom they look down on."

Leo didn't doubt Joe's words, because Joe was the one who had really contacted the core strength of the indigenous tribes of the New World. He was perhaps the person in the world who knew the difference between the tribes of the New World and the colonial forces of various kingdoms.

Leo asked again: "Is this operation against Matou Bay a test for the Paho people to solve the colonial territory in the future?"

"I don't know." Joe gave a vague answer, and quickly explained: "I know that the Paho tribe will attack Horsehead Bay, but I don't know why they choose to attack Horsehead Bay. Among the Kingdom's New World colonies, Matou Bay is not the most threatening, but it is not something that can be taken casually."

Although Joe's tone was sincere, Leo didn't really believe what Joe said, but he didn't pursue the question, but turned the topic back to himself and asked, "If I cooperate with you, what do I need to do?" What, what can you get?"

"What you need to do is very simple, that is, to help me explore the jungle. Of course, I won't let you do anything dangerous, because we have enough people who can find the way." Joe raised his head outside the tent as he spoke. head.

"Are you planning to act with the Pioneering Group in the future?" Leo asked.

"Of course, with such a good helper, it would be a waste if we don't make use of it." Qiao explained simply: "After the people from the Matouwan Development Team and their collaborators meet up, I will throw out a The bait, this bait will lure the pioneering group to go to the place I want them to go, and then I need you to assist me to make my bait play its due role." He said with a hint of embarrassment again, and said: "You also know that my reputation is not very good now. Even if I present enough evidence, no one will believe what I say, so I need someone who can testify to the bait I provided."

Leo nodded slightly and asked, "Can I see the bait you took out?"

Joe hesitated for a moment, took out a pure gold statue from his bag, and placed it in front of Leo.

From the appearance, this statue looks like a snake-shaped monster, and its style is in line with the impression of the people of Novat Continent on the indigenous tribes of the New World. But in Leo's eyes, this snake-shaped monster is a completely different matter, because this monster It is a simplified abyss serpent.

The reason why Leo is so sure that it is the serpent of the abyss rather than other monster-shaped snakes is because the mouth of the golden statue of the serpent is carefully crafted with a pair of incisors. In Leo's memory, it seems that only the abyss that is good at bewitching Big snakes have such a pair of protruding front teeth.

Although Leo was surprised in his heart, his face was always calm, and he put on a curious look, asking: "This snake-shaped statue is really weird, it has such a big pair of front teeth, have you seen such a big pair of front teeth?" Snake?"

Qiao shook his head and said, "I haven't seen this kind of snake before, but I know where there are such snakes." He pointed to the ground and said, "There are in the underground world."