There is really no love without reason in this world. The devil exists because of the abyss, and the abyss also uses the devil.
So why did Arthur, the original creation dragon, give up himself to create this world
Zhao Xu could only sigh deeply at this time.
As he deepened his understanding and entered this layer of the abyss, the horror of the abyss he learned became more and more profound. It was like a strange oil painting that became more and more terrifying as he looked at it, full of countless secret symbols and religious imprints. .
"Then let's wait first and not go out." Zhao Xu said.
In a place like this where big bosses are rampant, even if Antinoya is around, out of confidentiality requirements, he feels there is no need to take excessive risks.
But at this moment, both Antinoya and Yoona looked at the corpse of the cowardly demon at their feet with a hint of disgust.
Zhao Xu could only express his helplessness towards the cowardly demon under his feet.
Everyone is a demon, they look tall and majestic, why do you look so vulgar
No wonder it is commonly known as "Little Devil" in the abyss, and the battle reports also mention characters such as battle casualties and cannon fodder.
The cowardly demon was covered in grey-green, with sickly and pale skin. It was considered a humanoid creature, with a hairless body and a low and bloated body. Its hands were so long and narrow that they almost hung down from the ground. Its slack mouth was full of alien shapes and was covered with tiny fangs.
Zhao Xu was really unfamiliar with this little pawn in the Tanar'ri Demon Army who was only 1.2 meters tall and weighed only 60 pounds.
Since he couldn't get out anyway, he simply squatted down and pulled the body of the cowardly demon with his staff.
"In Arthur's main plane, after these demons die, they either return to the bottomless abyss immediately or decay instantly. I have never had the opportunity to study such corpses."
For those mages who specialize in the undead faction, it can be said that every one of them is a master of playing with corpses. If they don't make themselves pale and the corners of their mouths turn blue, they will feel sorry for this role.
Zhao Xu has received the education of watching apprentices, and he also has the foundation in this area. Just like transformation or summoning, sometimes it is impossible to perfect a spell without fully understanding a creature.
Although this timid demon is low-level enough, it is also a rare research opportunity.
Antinoya also saw Zhao Xu's thoughts.
She pulled Yoona to squat down together, frowning slightly at the stench emitted by the demon's corpse, and said: "According to the theory of the abyss scholar Amu, the abyss creates the form of demons to complete specific tasks, which makes them create creatures. There is consistency, but this scholar has never had enough evidence, and one aspect is that it is difficult to have enough living demons as a chain of evidence."
"Fortunately, in the chaos, there is still a glimmer of hope left. It is possible for the lowest level demons like the Coward Demon to keep intact corpses for research, and we just took advantage of this opportunity."
"Let me tell you about the physiology of demons. This is especially important when walking in the abyss."
Antinoya looked at the two of them slightly, and then continued after seeing both parties nodding.
"From us humans to giants, dragons, mind flayers, elves, orcs, they all need to eat and breathe. This is the basic commonality. What about demons?"
Zhao Xu, who had this kind of basic knowledge, still understood, and immediately answered, "The devil doesn't need any of this."
"Yes, but demons can devour large amounts of food of any kind. Sometimes we can even see this from some living sacrifice rituals about demons, but this is just a kind of fun, to appreciate the dripping blood."
Zhao Xu asked, "Even if you eat a ton of food, it will have no effect?"
"That's right." Antinoya explained.
This damn devil.
At this time, Zhao Xu remembered how those evil demons devoured living people in the demon sealing battle in his previous life, and he became violent for a moment. At that time, I thought these demons had great digestive abilities.
While animals kill to survive, demons who have no need for food kill just for fun.
The murderers with destructive personalities on earth are essentially not much different from the demons in the abyss.
Zheng Xinyun asked with questions, "Then where did the food that was eaten and entered the demon's stomach go?"
"Who knows." Antinoya waved her hand, "Maybe it's possible to enter the bottomless abyss."
After some basic knowledge of psychology, the two of them gained a deeper understanding of demons.
Demons, for example, do not need sleep unless forced into a sleep-like state by a powerful being.
Because the demon has not digested, it naturally does not excrete anything. However, the demon can choose to excrete it by vomiting or letting mud seep into the pores before the food disappears.
But this doesn’t make any sense, as it will pollute the environment.
As for the issue of reproduction, only demons with "capital" in this area can proceed.
However, real demons are made from the Invincible Abyss, so the actions of demons can only create "half-purgatory creatures". Of course, these can also be created with spells or curses, so it is not a big problem in life.
At first glance, the devil seems to be a high-end being that has solved the vast majority of low-level interests.
"After knowing these basics, the rest is up to you." After saying that, Antinoya handed over a short sword, "No, your tool."
"Huh?" Zheng Xinyun didn't understand.
"Dissect it." Zhao Xu pointed out, and at the same time he looked at Yoona with a smile, "You do the surgery, I will assist."
"ah?"
Yoona's whole body trembled.
She didn't expect that this "important task" would fall on her, and she immediately said with a grimace, "Brother Zhongxia, sister Antinoya, medical students have to start with dissection of frogs and rabbits, so you can give me a simple one first. Let’s do the task.”
It makes you feel so happy that you really are here to travel
Zhao Xu thought with bad taste, but the dagger in his hand did not stop at all. He just handed it over and stuffed it into Yun'er's arms, "It's okay, take it. This coward is at the lowest level among the demons, isn't it? Are you more interested in the Soul Seizing Demon that day? That’s not impossible.”
"The main thing is that when you actually fight this kind of demon, you will still face the bloody scene, so you should adapt in advance."
Yoona felt like she had stuffed a Big Mac in one mouthful, feeling uncomfortable as if she couldn't swallow it. She opened her mouth slightly and looked at the body of the cowardly demon, unable to do anything for a moment.
"I might… "
"Don't worry, I will give you a bunch of craft (anatomy) skills now." Zhao Xu immediately plugged the loophole and directly raised his hand to tap the dagger in Yoona's hand.
Skill enhancement!
In an instant, this spell provides the holder of the dagger with an 18-level environmental bonus for the corresponding skill!
After seeing that he had no excuse at all, Zheng Xinyun also took a deep breath, then raised his sword and lowered it, slicing open the body of the timid demon in front of him.
Really experiencing the dissection of a cowardly demon's body is an experience that many nine-ring mages may not have had.
It is almost impossible to capture a cowardly demon alive outside the bottomless abyss, which has no ability to teleport at all.
It's like smuggling to customs. It must be smuggling high-value goods.
An abyss lord is really confused and would not choose to use the rare opportunity of teleporting Arthur on a low-end timid demon.
The "cowardly demons" that most people can see are essentially summoned projections that disappear as soon as they die.
And even if there are physical demons called to Arthur, it will be even more difficult if the bodies of these demons do not dissipate after death.
This complete corpse of a cowardly demon is not easy to encounter in the abyss, which is why Zhao Xu cherishes this opportunity so much.
"The deformed upper limb actually has such strong muscles." Yoona said in surprise after slicing the tendon of the demon.
It clearly looks like a demon's arm that is slender than a human's.
"I have seen the grip strength of a timid demon. It is not difficult to crush trees, but it is completely incompatible with this kind of muscle level. It seems that the demon's ability comes not only from the physiological structure, but also from supernatural factors."
Zhao Xu also analyzed and concluded.
At this time, Yoona still cut along the forearm muscles of the demon to the hand position, but after she tapped the finger, she found that the finger bones were directly broken, which was completely opposite to the bones of the demon that were as hard as boulders when he was alive.
"Did you see it?" Antinoya asked.
"Yeah." Zhao Xu nodded.
"After we humans die, our bones should be as hard as they should be. This coward's bones also become brittle too quickly. Is this because the power of the abyss is gradually stripped away from its body?"
Zhao Xu seemed to have caught another key chain of evidence about the creation of the abyss.
Just as Zhao Xu and Antinoya were exchanging opinions, Zheng Xinyun, who was sweating slightly on his forehead, happened to cut open the coward's abdomen.
Instantly, the cowardly demon's abdominal cavity spurted out extremely foul-smelling black liquid that was so unpleasant that it made people mad. The liquid was still active in the early stage, and it instantly sprayed towards Yoona.
"Wings of Sanctuary!"
It's just that Zhao Xu reacted faster and directly opened the protective spell. The transparent dragon wings directly blocked the attack for her.
At the same time, Antinoya instinctively reached out and covered Yoona's mouth to prevent her from screaming and attracting attention.
After these black liquids emerged, they quickly lost their activity, immediately evaporated automatically, took off most of the water, and then concentrated little by little into the kind of asphalt residue that presses the road, even with a little bit of it. Organs.
"Unexpectedly, an esophagus is connected to the stomach, without any intestines or excretory digestive organs." Looking at this body structure, Yoona couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"It's a pity. Things like processed pig intestines are also delicious." Zhao Xu thought of Yoona's hobbies in his previous life and said deliberately.
Suddenly, Yoon'er almost covered her mouth, but she remembered that her hands might be splashed with the devil's blood, so she resisted the urge. She looked at Zhao Xu angrily, "Zhongxia, I will never eat that kind of food again. "
That's just right.
Zhao Xu secretly laughed in his heart, this was exactly what he wanted to achieve.
The next anatomy of the brain position still surprised everyone, because it looked very similar to humans or mammals, but it looked darker and purple.
Especially after the incision this time, the stench in the skull cavity was as if a deep pool of vomit had accumulated and was deliberately stifled for several days.
In the end, Zhao Xu and Yoona silently took out the notes in their hands and recorded what they saw and heard during the dissection as confirmation materials for the next time.
YoonA, who has a talent for painting, even spent time composing a picture for this.
"Brother Zhongxia, do you think there is such a thing as reincarnation among these demons?" For some reason, she knew that the cowardly demon in front of her was full of evil, and she only dissected him after he died, but after doing this, Yoona finally I still felt a sense of emptiness.
"Oh? Who are you from the life and death of the devil, right?" Zhao Xu said.
"But I have read many religious scriptures, and they all say that evil people will be thrown into the bottomless abyss or nine hells by the gods as a long-term punishment after death. Then these evil souls will accept eternal torture under the orders of the dark power. "
Yoona looked with doubts in her eyes, "The teachings we were taught at that time also said that some souls will be promoted to devils or servants of devils under extremely accidental circumstances. Is this true?"
"Not necessarily." Zhao Xu retorted, "According to the view of abyssal creation we just heard, there should be very little chance of a soul becoming a demon."
"Not necessarily." Antinoya suddenly added.
"For example, among the undead creatures, there are several undead creatures that are transformed after the death of designated evil people. Some demonic classics record a view. They list several kinds of demons that are specifically transformed from the souls of evil dead people."
"As far as I know, there was once a Nine Ring Mage who signed a contract with Demogorgon, in exchange for loyalty during his lifetime and being reborn as a powerful demon after death."
After hearing this, Zhao Xu had no choice but to complain, "You are really out of your mind. You can't let the great Arthur live here. Doesn't it look like it's not a good place to live in the abyss?"
"Even if it's better to become a lich by killing, it's better than becoming a demon. In addition to the weakness of being an undead creature, the lich also gets a lot of immune states for free, as well as the resurrection ability of the phylactery."
As he spoke, Zhao Xu looked at the body of the Cowardly Demon that had been dismantled into parts with disgust, "Demons themselves don't make promises. If they were turned into the lowest evil creature like the original demon, they wouldn't even be able to cry." ”
Zhao Xu also recalled that it seemed that the original demons were really transformed from the souls of evil people. They were also the demons at the bottom of the abyss, like raw materials.
"midsummer."
Suddenly Antinoya looked at Zhao Xu with interest, "Theoretically, all demons who die in the outer plane will return to the blood pool, wait for the power to continue, and then be reborn as demons."
"Only demon princes can transcend this order, which is why they can act as masters."
"No wonder these abyss lords all regard Arthur as their hometown and have always wanted to come." Zhao Xu shook his head silently, his feelings were like those that Tiexin can be resurrected when he comes, and there is no loss.
"Zhongxia, if you had the chance, you could raise an army in the abyss, what would you do?" Antinoya suddenly asked.
(End of chapter)