"Why hire me?" Leo did not reject the web spinners because they were non-human. After all, when he was in the Earth Federation, he cooperated with aliens countless times, and most of them were

It's not a humanoid form. He is more curious about the other party's employment conditions than the other party's alien identity.

"Clean... straighten..." The web weaver said two words with great difficulty.

Although it was very simple, Leo already understood what the other party meant, but he still confirmed: "Do you want me to help you clean up the nearby gods' dependents?"

The web spinner nodded.

"What's in it for me?" Leo asked with interest.

"Friendship..." The web spinner gave an answer that surprised Leo.

If it were in the past, Leo would definitely refuse the employment without even thinking about it. In his opinion, the so-called friendship is too illusory compared to substantive items.

But now, Leo's mentality is different, and his perspective on things is different. The friendship of an ordinary person may not make his heart move, but the friendship of a mysterious existence like the Web Weaver is extraordinary and far from money.

Measurable.

Although the time spent with these web weavers was very short and there was very little communication, it is not difficult to see from some of the behavioral details of the web weavers before that these web weavers are more like a kind of artificial intelligence, and their behaviors are based on

It operates according to some rules and procedures. Even if it has wisdom, wisdom is only based on the most basic rules.

Therefore, Leo speculated that the employment condition proposed by the web spinner was their friendship, which was equivalent to establishing a new rule on top of the underlying rules. As long as he did not break this rule, this rule should be able to bring him trouble.

The benefit of less.

The reason why Leo made such an inference about the behavioral status of the web spinners is entirely because among the alien civilizations that the Earth Federation has made friends with, there is an alien race whose behavior pattern is similar to the web spinners. And this alien race

After signing an alliance treaty with the Earth Federation, no matter how great the dangers and disasters the Earth Federation encountered, they never abandoned the alliance treaty. It was not until the Earth Federation did some stupid things and broke the alliance treaty that it ended the peace treaty.

Alliance of the Earth Federation.

"Is it your friendship or the friendship of the web spinner?" Leo asked again without being in a hurry to answer.

The web weaver said slowly: "I...the one who weaves...the web...the one who weaves...the web...I..."

"Psychic symbiont!" Upon hearing this, a name immediately came to Leo's mind.

It is not difficult to hear from the words of the web weavers that all web weavers are a whole, without individuals. If Leo establishes a friendship with one web weaver, it is equivalent to establishing a friendship relationship with all web weavers.

This kind of situation where the individual is the whole and the whole is the individual can only be seen in psychic symbionts, but they are still psychic symbionts that have completed evolution and reached a higher life form.

Leo had never seen this kind of complete spiritual symbiosis when he was in the Earth Alliance, but he had heard rumors about this kind of symbiosis and knew that each child of this type of symbiosis exists independently.

They have the same intelligence and emotions as ordinary people, but they are a whole, just like the blood cells of the human body. What is even more amazing is that when the parent body of the psychic symbiote dies in battle or disaster, the countless daughter bodies

One of them will automatically evolve into the mother body, which allows the psychic symbiote to have as many chances of rebirth as there are daughter bodies it has.

But this also made Leo confused. In his opinion, the dangerous existence of those spying on the refugees should be easily solved by the web weavers. Just like the web weavers just approached the sons of the swamp, the sons of the swamp immediately fell into the desert.

And escaped. Whether it is relying on the strength of the web weavers in front of them, or letting some web weavers descend from the world web, the problem can be easily solved without hiring him.

This outsider.

But now the Web Weaver asked him for help very unexpectedly, and even at the expense of the Web Weaver's friendship, he hired him to clean up dangerous entities such as the Familia who were close to these refugees. This was really unreasonable.

"Unless they have restrictions?" Leo couldn't help but guess.

This was the only answer that Leo could think of. He remembered that it was recorded in an ancient religious book in Rembrandt's study that explained the ritual of divine descent. The coming of gods to the real world requires many cumbersome conditions, and will be restricted by the world itself. It cannot

Do things beyond the limits of the world.

Leo doesn't 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 spinner is really the psychic symbiote that Leo guessed, then hire him to clean up the surrounding threats.

This makes sense.

Because no matter how perfect the independent intelligence of the child body of the psychic symbiote is, it is still a part of the mother body, just like Leo's accessory brain is always a part of Leo no matter how high its intelligence is, so what is in front of us is

The web weaver can also be equated with the great being on the world's great web, and after such a great being 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 web weaver's face. Although his smile looked stiff under ordinary vision and ferocious under spiritual vision, Leo felt a kind of sincerity.

Inexplicable emotions.

Now that the employment agreement has been reached, Leo naturally has to fulfill his employment responsibilities. In the following time, he opened his mental net from time to time and sensed everything around him. Several times he found the unwilling son of the swamp trying to think of something.

To sneak into the camp from other places.

Although Leo discovered these children of the swamp in advance, there was no way to completely eliminate them, because these children of the swamp are very capable of hiding and escaping, and they are also very familiar with the surrounding terrain, coupled with their extremely cautious personalities, making

Just when Leo was about to get closer, he was immediately discovered, and then ran away, only to reappear from another place after a while.

This kind of harassment warfare may be useful to ordinary people, but it does not apply to Leo. Whether it is the combat skills from the biochemical period or the psychic powers he possesses now, they can help him stay in control for several days or even dozens of days.

Stay in combat mode and do not need to sleep to relieve mental and physical exhaustion.

At this moment, Leo missed his king and queen very much. If he had those two psychic weapons in his hands, there was no need for him to get up and get close. He could just find a resting place with a wide view and shoot.

Neither the refugees nor the hunters in the camp were aware of the dangers hidden in the darkness. They spent the night peacefully in uncomfortable tents and beside the campfire. When the sunlight cast down from the tops of the valley mountains, they continued to watch.

The wind and snow that had been falling for a long time also stopped, and the campground became noisy again.

The refugees got out of the tent one by one, constantly moving their bodies to relieve the cold. Then, under the command of the hunters, everyone began to pack up the tents and various items. Although it was a little confusing at first, it soon became clear.

Become orderly.

However, this busy and peaceful scene was quickly destroyed by bursts of noise. The crowds were seen gathering at several different camps. After a while, one or two bodies were carried out from each tent.

, placed in 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 peaceful. They obviously died in their sleep. The ups and downs of survival during this period, the hope of leaving Miria City, and the hardship of walking on the mountain road

Waiting for everything to come together at the first time, people with strong bodies will be fine, they will be affected but not fatal, but for those old people who have already reached their physical limits, the impact is enough to be fatal.

In fact, this situation had been anticipated before setting off yesterday. The leaders elected by Barak and other refugees had advised the elderly to stay in the village, but in the end they did not stop them from escaping.

Lea City's determination.

The old man's death made the atmosphere in the camp a little depressed, especially the remaining dozen old men who looked lifeless, completely different from when they set up camp yesterday.

Although some people died, this did not affect the progress of the team's preparation. Barak divided a few people to find a suitable place, piled the corpses of the old people together, and then covered them with a layer of stone, even if they built a simple

Joint burial tomb.

After all the luggage was packed and everyone was preparing to set off, I don’t know who started it first. Everyone picked up a small stone and placed it on the graves of the deceased old people, gradually thickening the graves of the old people.

Several copies.

Seeing this scene, Leo didn't have much emotion. After all, he had experienced too many wars in the Earth Federation and had become numb to all kinds of solemn funerals. But for those web weavers, the refugees'

The behavior was so novel that they also tried to pick up a stone and place it on the grave. However, this behavior did not bring them the expected feeling, making their eyes full of doubts.

As everyone focused on the road, the previous depressed atmosphere began to gradually dissipate. Because the wind and snow stopped, the team moved much faster than yesterday, and because there was no obstruction from the wind and snow, the mountains in the distance could not be blocked.

They could also see more clearly, and everyone could feel that the distance was shortening little by little with their steps, which also made them feel a lot more optimistic.

Compared with the refugees who were busy on their way, the hunters around them who were acting as escorts were obviously much busy and nervous. Because they found some very strange footprints in the snow more than once. These footprints were neither humans nor beasts.

These strange footprints that have never been seen before have made some strange stories about monsters in the Dibia Mountains emerge in many people's minds.

There are rumors about monsters living in the Dibia Mountains in almost all the villages around the mountains. Many people have even seen those monsters in the forests or deep mountains, and some lucky ones have even picked up some monsters left behind.

The items that came down include some weird stone statues that look like sculptures, as well as some monster bones. No matter what kind of items they are, they can cause a lot of commotion among the wealthy businessmen of Miria City, and they have become a favorite of these wealthy businessmen.

of collections.

Finding monster traces is only a good thing for adventurers and treasure hunters who hope to have good luck and make a fortune. For hunters who live in the Dibia Mountains all year round, the appearance of monster traces often represents

death and disappearance.

"Head, we should make some preparations. These footprints should be left by those cannibals." One of the old hunters who had encountered monsters more than once stood in front of some footprints and gestured at the size and shape of the footprints.

, said with a slight doubt to Barak standing beside him: "However, I don't understand. According to the character of these guys, they should have taken action last night?"

Barak also looked at the footprints in front of him with a serious face. He didn't know if it was due to luck. He had never encountered monsters in the Dibia Mountains since he was a child. He even climbed over the secret passage in the canyon alone.

In the Dibia Mountains, we did not encounter any objects that could be called monsters.

Although he has never seen a monster with his own eyes, it does not mean that he does not believe that monsters really exist in the Dibia Mountains. Just like most other mountain people and hunter villages in the Dibia Mountains, their villages are also the same.

They believe that there really are monsters in the mountains, and they are even more certain that these monsters are not all ferocious. Some of them are monsters that feed on humans, and some of them will give out treasured items to villagers in exchange for items.

The monsters that have left these footprints in the snow can be said to be frequent visitors to Balak Village, and they are also the monsters most hated by the hunters in the village. The hunters in the village have formed mountain search teams more than once to try to encircle and suppress these monsters, but in the end they all failed.

After returning from work, he was even attacked by monsters on one occasion, killing more than a dozen people.

However, these monsters have not appeared around the village in the past year or two. Barak has also entered the depths of the mountains alone many times, but he has also found no trace of any monsters, so he thought that these monsters have moved to other places.

But he didn't expect that these monsters would appear again now, and it seemed that they had already regarded their group as prey, which gave Barak a headache.

"Can you tell how many there are?" Barak asked the old hunter.

The old hunter replied very definitely: "There should be about seven or eight, no more than thirteen at most."

"That's all, that's okay." Barak couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this amount.

But the old hunter's words made him feel relieved again.

The old hunter said seriously: "I'm just worried that they are just outposts."

The surrounding atmosphere also became a little tense with these words, and other hunters also showed a little panic expression on their faces.

"What should we do now?" The old hunter felt that the atmosphere around him was not good, so he asked directly, hoping that Barak would come up with a countermeasure to stabilize everyone's emotions.

This was not the first time that Balak and the old hunter had cooperated. He easily understood what the other party meant, thought for a moment, and said: "Don't spread the news, strengthen the defense, no one is allowed to act alone, and the other few
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