Chapter 242: Hunters and prey

"What do you hire me for?" Leo did not exclude them because they were non-humans. After all, in the Earth Federation, he worked with aliens countless times, most of them Not a humanoid figure, he is more curious about the employment conditions proposed by the other party than the other party’s alien identity.
"Clear...reason..." the web weaver said very hard.
Although it is very simple, Leo has understood the meaning of the other party, but he still confirmed: "Do you want me to help you clean up the gods and clan close to you?"
The weaver nodded.
"What are my benefits?" Leo asked with interest.
"Friends...Yi..." The web weaver said an answer that surprised Leo.
If it had been before, Leo would have refused to hire directly if he didn't want to. In his opinion, the so-called friendship is too vague compared to substantive items.
But now, Leo’s mentality is different, and the angle of view of things is different. The friendship of an ordinary person may not make him perturbed, but the mysterious friendship like a web weaver is extraordinary, far from money. Measurable.
Although the time with these web weavers is very short and there is little communication, but from the behavior details of the previous web weavers, it is not difficult to see that these web weavers are more like a kind of artificial intelligence, and their behaviors are in accordance with Some rules and procedures operate, even if you have wisdom, but wisdom is only based on the most basic rules.
Therefore, Leo speculates that the employment condition proposed by the web weavers is their friendship, which is equivalent to establishing a new rule on top of the underlying rules. As long as he does not break this rule, this rule should be able to bring him nothing. Fewer benefits.
The reason why Leo made such an inference about the behavior status of the web weavers is entirely because there is an alien race with a behavior pattern similar to the web weavers in the extraterrestrial civilizations connected by the Earth Federation. After this alien race and the Earth Federation concluded the alliance treaty, no matter how dangerous and disaster the Earth Federation encountered, they did not abandon the alliance treaty until the Earth Federation did some stupid things and destroyed the alliance treaty by themselves. So that he released the alliance with the Earth Federation.
"Is it your friendship, or the friendship of the web weavers?" Leo asked in a hurry.
The net weaver said slowly: "I...weave...net...weaver, weave...net...were...me..."
"Psionic symbiosis!" Upon hearing this, Leo's name immediately appeared in his mind.
From the words of the web weavers, it is not difficult to hear that all web weavers are a whole, and there is no individual. Leo has established a friendship with a web weaver, then it is equivalent to establishing a friendship with all the web weavers.
This kind of individual is the whole, and the whole is the individual. It can only be seen in the psionic symbiosis, but it is still the psionic symbiosis that has completed evolution and reached a higher life form.
Leo had never seen such a completed symbiotic symbiosis in the Earth Alliance, but he had heard of rumors of this symbiosis, knowing that each sub-body of this symbiosis is a separate existence, They have the wisdom and emotions of ordinary people, but they are a whole, just like the blood cells of the human body. What’s even more amazing is that when the parent body of the psionic symbiosis falls in battle or disaster, one of the countless child bodies will automatically evolve into the parent body, which makes the psionic symbiosis have as many child bodies as you have. Second chance for rebirth.
It’s just that Leo was also puzzled. In his view, the dangerous existence of those who watched the asylum seekers should be easily solved by the web weavers. And escaped. Whether relying on the power of the net weavers in front of us, or letting some net weavers descend from the world wide web, they can easily solve problems without hiring an outsider.
But the web weaver now asks him for help abruptly, and at the expense of the web weaver's friendship, it is a bit unreasonable to hire him to clean up the relatives of these asylum seekers.
"Unless they have restrictions?" Leo couldn't help but guess.
This is the only answer that Leo can think of. He remembers that in a religious ancient book describing the ritual of divine descendant in the Rembrandt old man’s study, the arrival of the gods in the real world requires many cumbersome conditions and will be restricted by the world itself. Do things that exceed the limits of the world.
Leo does not know whether the content written in this book is true or false, but if it is assumed that the content is true, and the web weaver is really a psionic symbiosis that Leo guessed, then hire him to clean up the surrounding threats This matter makes sense.
Because no matter how perfect the independent wisdom of the psionic symbiotic body is, it is still a part of the mother body, just like Leo’s auxiliary brain is always a part of Leo, even if the intelligence is high, so the immediate The web weaver can also be equated with the great existence on the big web of that world, and after such a great existence comes to this world, it will naturally be rejected and suppressed by the world.
Thinking of this, Leo also made a decision, nodded and agreed: "I accept your employment."
Hearing Leo’s answer, a smile appeared on the net-weaver’s face. Although his smile seemed stiff in ordinary vision and dire under spiritual sight, Leo felt a sincere Inexplicable emotions.
Now that the employment agreement has been reached, Leo naturally has to fulfill his employment responsibilities. In the following time, he will open the spiritual network from time to time, perceiving everything around him, and several times he has found the unsuccessful son of the swamp trying to think To sneak into the camp from other places.
Although Leo discovered these swamp children in advance, there is no way to completely solve them, because these swamp children have a very strong ability to hide and escape, and they are also very familiar with the surrounding terrain. When Leo was just about to get up, he was spotted immediately, and then fled, and later appeared from another place.
This kind of harassment war may be useful to ordinary people, but it does not apply to Leo. Whether it is the combat skills of the bioman period or the psionic powers he has now, he can help him always for several days or even tens of days. Stay in combat and do not need to sleep to relieve mental and physical fatigue.
At this moment, Leo missed his king and queen very much. If he had those two psionic weapons in his hands, he didn't need to get up close at all, just find a resting place with wide vision and shoot.
The refuges and hunters in the camp were unaware of the danger hidden in the dark. They spent the night in the uncomfortable tent and by the bonfire, continuously when the sun was projected from the top of the valley mountain. After a long snowstorm, the camp stopped and the camp became noisy again.
Asylum-seekers burrowed out of the tent, moving their bodies non-stop to relieve the cold. Later, under the command of the hunters, the crowd began to pack up the tent and various items. Be organized.
It's just that this busy and calm scene was quickly destroyed by a burst of noise. I saw that the crowd gathered to several different camps, and after a while, I saw one or two bodies lifted out of each tent. , Placed on the open space in front of the tent.
These corpses are all old people, without any pain on their bodies, and their expressions are very serene, apparently dying in their sleep. During this period of ups and downs in the survival experience, seeing the hope of leaving Miriam City, the difficulty of walking on the mountain road, etc., all gathered together in the first time, the strong body is good, but it will be affected but not Fatal, but for those old people who have already reached the physical limit, this effect is enough to be fatal.
In fact, this situation was expected before the departure yesterday. The leader recommended by Barak and other asylum seekers persuaded the old people to stay in the village, but in the end did not prevent these old people from escaping from the rice. The determination of Liya City.
The death of the old man made the atmosphere of the camp a little bit depressed, especially the remaining ten old people all looked dead and dead, exactly the same as when they camped yesterday.
Although someone died, this did not affect the team’s progress. Barak divided several people to find a suitable place, piled the old people’s bodies together, and then covered them with a layer of stone, even if a simple Co-burial tomb.
After all the packs were packed, when everyone was ready to go, I don’t know who initiated it first. Everyone picked up a small stone and placed it on the graves of the deceased old people, gradually thickening the old people’s graves. Several copies.
Seeing this scene, Leo did not feel much. After all, too many wars have been experienced in the Earth Federation, and all kinds of solemn funerals have also been numb, but for those net weavers, the asylum seekers’ The behavior was so novel that they also tried to pick up a stone and placed it on the tomb, but this behavior did not give them the expected feeling, which made their eyes full of doubts.
As everyone put their minds on the road, the previous depression atmosphere gradually began to dissipate. Because the wind and snow stopped, the team traveled much faster than yesterday, and because there was no wind and snow blocking, the mountains in the distance It is also clearer that everyone can feel that the distance is shortening a little bit with their pace, which also makes them a lot more optimistic.
Compared to the asylum seekers who rushed to the road, the hunters who worked as guards around were obviously busy and nervous. Because they have found some very strange footprints in the snow more than once. These footprints are neither human nor beast. These strange footprints that have never been seen make many people think about the Dibia Mountains in their minds. Monster anecdote.
There are rumors of monsters living in the Dibia Mountains. Almost all villages around the mountains have been circulated. Many people have even seen those monsters in the forest or in the mountains. Some of them have left some monsters. The items that come down include not only some weird stone statues that look like sculptures, but also some skeletons of monsters. No matter what kind of things, it can cause a lot of commotion among the wealthy merchants in Miria City and become a rush of collectibles for these wealthy merchants.
The discovery of monster trails is only a good thing for adventurers and treasure hunters who wish to make a fortune and make a fortune. For hunters who live in the Dibian mountains all year round, the appearance of monster trails often represents Death and disappearance.
"Head, we should make some preparations. These footprints should be left by the group of cannibals." One of the old hunters, who had encountered monsters more than once, stood in front of some footprints and stroked the size and shape of the footprints. , Slightly suspiciously, Barak, who stood beside him, said: "However, I don't understand, according to the character of these guys, should I start right last night?"
Barak also looked at the footprints in front of him seriously, and did not know whether it was due to luck. From an early age, he had never encountered a monster in the Dibia Mountains, and even he walked over the canyon alone. The Dibia Mountains also did not encounter any objects that could be called monsters.
Although he has never seen a monster in person, this does not mean that he does not believe that there are monsters in the Dibia Mountains. Just like most other mountaineers and hunter villages in the Dibia Mountains, their villages are also the same. It is believed that monsters really exist in the deep mountains, and they are more certain that these monsters are not all cruel. Among them are monsters that feed on people, and some monsters will take out treasures and villagers in exchange for items.
The monsters that have left these footprints in the snow can now be said to be regulars in the village of Barak, and the most hated monsters by the hunters in the village. The hunters in the village have formed the Soshan team more than once in an attempt to encircle these monsters, but in the end no In return, the monster was even counterattacked and killed a dozen people.
However, these monsters have not appeared around the village in the last one or two years, and Barak has repeatedly entered the depths of the mountain alone, and no traces of monsters have been found, so he thought that these monsters have moved to other places.
Unexpectedly, these monsters are reappearing now, and it seems that they have used their pedestrian as prey, which makes Barak feel a little headache.
"Can you tell how many?" Barak asked the old hunter~EbookFREE.me~ The old hunter replied very positively: "There should be about seven or eight, no more than thirteen."
"It's okay to do so." Barak couldn't help being relieved when he heard the number.
But the old hunter's words raised the heart he had just let down.
The old hunter said seriously: "I'm just worried that they are just outposts."
The surrounding atmosphere became a little bit tense with this sentence, and other hunters' faces also showed a little flustered expression.
"What now?" The old hunter felt that the surrounding atmosphere was not so good, so he asked directly, wanting Barak to come up with a countermeasure to stabilize the emotions of everyone.
It’s not the first time that Barak and the old hunter have cooperated. It’s easy to understand each other’s meaning and think for a moment, saying,
Don’t spread the news, strengthen the defense, everyone is not allowed to act alone, the other few Guests should focus on protection and not let them have any accidents."