When Otogawa caught the translucent little bug, he knew that the witchcraft civilization of Southeast Asia had infiltrated the mainland.
From the old Taoist priest, Xiao Yi gained a preliminary understanding of that strange world.
A civilization based on the practice of witchcraft.
According to Chinese mythology and some traditional culture.
The so-called method of making Gu is to place hundreds of insects in a dish and let them eat each other. The one that survives is the Gu.
The ancient oracle bone inscriptions used the thinking method of observing objects and drawing images to make pictographic diagrams of the preparation of poison, that is, a variety of poisonous insects were placed in a dish-shaped container.
Most of the methods of making Gu that are popular in the world are similar to this one.
Take poisonous insects and seal them in a container. Let one of them eat the others. Then, the living insect is called a Gu, and the toxin is extracted from it.
As an ancient book says: "The method is to gather hundreds of insects on May 5th, ranging from the largest to the smallest, such as snakes and lice, and put them in a container, letting them eat each other. The only one that survives is kept. The snake is called snake poison, and the lice is called lice poison. They are used to kill people by eating into the human stomach and the five internal organs. When the person dies, the offspring is moved to the home of the poison owner."
But the civilization in that other world is very different.
Based on information obtained from prisoners and guides in Southeast Asia.
That world, which relies on Gu as its civilization, believes in and develops Gu magic.
Humans are the spirits of all things, and Gu are the essence of heaven and earth. In that world, there are tens of thousands of Gu, countless in number. They live in every corner of the world, in the soil, in the grass, and even in the bodies of wild animals.
In the process of reproduction and survival, the ancestors of the invaders gradually discovered the mystery of the poisonous insects.
Those who open up the void and use their own true essence to feed, refine, and control these Gu to achieve various purposes are collectively called "Gu Masters".
Just as the Earth uses science and technology as the direction of civilization advancement, the witchcraft civilization uses the development of witchcraft as the driving force for civilization progress.
According to the information collected, there are countless poisonous insects.
For example, when the wine sac flower insect grows up, nectar wine will be secreted from the center of the flower, which is a natural winery.
For example, when the rice bag grass Gu grows up, fragrant rice will grow in the grass bag, realizing a one-stop service of planting and cooking.
Bear Strength Gu, can increase the strength of a bear, crane, porter.
The Straw Man Gu has a slight self-healing ability similar to plants and replaces medicine.
The copper-skin Gu will greatly increase the Gu Master's skin defense, allowing the Gu Master to withstand more damage without having to wear a bulletproof vest.
These are all first-level poisonous insects. From the second level onwards, they have even more powerful abilities.
The level of the Gu Master is exactly the opposite of the sequence evolution. The first level of the Gu Master corresponds to Sequence 9, and the ninth level corresponds to Sequence 1.
The one who fought against the old Heavenly Master was a fourth-level Gu Master who possessed all kinds of magical abilities.
For example, flying, or being able to block bullets with just the body.
He even used his physical body to withstand a thunderbolt from the old Taoist priest, then slashed out several extremely sharp sword lights out of thin air, breaking the old Taoist priest's arm, and finally jumped into the Lancang River, disappearing without a trace.
According to Otokogawa, this witchcraft civilization is a special bio-technological civilization.
Counting with fingers.
At this time, the powerful auxiliary ability of the "fortune teller" is demonstrated.
Finding clues from fate is something that technology cannot do.
Otoshi Ogawa drove the "Black Storm" directly across the Yangtze River and arrived at Chongming Island in the middle of the river.
After changing an energy crystal, he cautiously walked into the Chongming Xisha Wetland Park.
Xisha Wetland is different from Dongtan Wetland. The recurring tide is an important condition for the survival of Xisha Wetland. The rise and fall of tides have formed a rich topography here. The wetland has many branches and tributaries, and has different wetland forms such as lakes, mudflats, inland rivers, reed beds, swamps, etc. In addition, the rise and fall of tides also breeds diverse animals in the wetland, such as migratory birds and sand crabs that come with the tides.
In addition, before the spiritual energy was revived, in order to allow tourists to get closer to nature, the wetland management had built a 2-kilometer-long wooden trestle in the wetland, through which tourists can wander among the reeds and jungles.
There is no road beyond two kilometers.
The "Black Storm" stopped above the swamp, and radio, sonar, infrared, and various detection devices began to work. Eva also began to analyze the data, preparing to find the poison master.
"You are really haunting me! Native, since you want to die, I will send you to death..."
Strange noises were heard in swamps, reed marshes, and puddles. There was no doubt that the sounds were being transmitted through a special Gu.
For a moment, Eva couldn't lock on to her true location.
As for being called "natives", Otsuogawa felt it was a bit funny. He never expected that one day, the people on Earth would be called natives by another civilization.
Suddenly, infrared detection detected hundreds of small dots emerging from the bottom of the lake and rising up, like a school of fish swimming.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Their speed is comparable to that of sharp arrows. In a flash they fly out of the water and reveal their figures.
If observed with the naked eye, they look like black shadows because of their very fast speed.
The water surface seemed to be boiling under the high temperature.
The attack was launched by a group of fish with sharp teeth, sharper than those of sharks, glowing coldly, with a touch of bright red on their backs, which made them look particularly bleak and charming. Strictly speaking, they have the gills and scales of fish and the four legs of frogs. They should be amphibians, similar to mudskippers on Earth, but the sharp fangs in their mouths fully show that they are by no means harmless creatures.
There are absolutely no such creatures on Earth. Even if spiritual energy is revived and mutants appear, such a large number of mutants cannot occur naturally.
Take out a six-barreled Gatling gun from the "imaginary space".
Buzz buzz buzz…
With the buzzing sound of the motor, the six gun barrels rotated at high speed. In an instant, flames burst out of the barrels, and a metal storm like the whip of Vulcan shot towards the attacking creatures!
"Eva, haven't you found him yet?"
The target has the ability to shield its body temperature and is in a camouflaged state. The sound transmission is replaced by certain insects. There is no flaw for the time being!
Beep, beep, master, be careful, a large number of mutant creatures appear in the reeds!
The scan revealed that it was a special insect-like creature, Formicidae. Preliminary assessment showed that it was corrosive, with a medium hazard level. It could corrode the weak structures at the joints of the mecha.
Click!
Xiao Yi threw away the Gatling gun in his hand and took out the Zhurong flamethrower. Facing the swarm of flying insects, he swung the flamethrower left and right, and immediately covered a large number of mutant insects in the sea of fire.
"According to the old Taoist priest's analysis, there is a limit to the number of Gu worms that a Gu Master can refine. It is impossible for them to be endless. So, have I found the right place? This is... the base he established..."
"With the help of the special environment of the wetland, some mutant creatures have been cultivated. It is indeed worthy of being a biological technology civilization... However, it is definitely no match for technological civilization. Biology is just a branch of our civilization..."
"Calling the Dragon Team, calling the Dragon Team, fire at me, fire at me, cover the area within a thousand-meter radius with incendiary bombs."
"Right away, right now, speed..."
Hearing the whooshing sound coming from overhead, the "Black Storm" rose rapidly and stood steadily in the sky, overlooking the uninhabited wetlands with thousands of stars as the backdrop.
Then, a sea of fire appeared in the darkness, illuminating half of the Demon City.