The upgrade of copying skills indeed brought great convenience to Jiang Yue.
If before the copying skill upgrade, they could only copy humans, then this journey deep into the earth would make it difficult for them to move forward.
Now, they can be copied very easily into ordinary static objects, a tuft of grass, a rock.
Of course, the three of them are also extremely cautious. Even if they are copied into a static object, they must choose a relatively hidden and inaccessible area, rather than choosing a roadside.
Even if it becomes a static item, safety issues must be considered. Being static does not mean becoming immortal.
Once the transformed objects are destroyed, they will also suffer huge harm, and even their lives may be threatened.
At this moment, the three of them were hiding in the corner, listening to the approaching noise from ahead.
Soon, in the sight of the three people, a group of creatures really approached. Judging from the situation, these creatures should be just passing by, and their scale is not large.
There were no more than fifteen people in total.
However, it is indeed a bit far-fetched to say that they are human beings. These creatures are about one meter to one meter two. They are more like giant mushrooms than people.
Of course, compared with the mushroom's single leg, this "mushroom" has two legs and two arms. These limbs are quite similar to humans.
However, this is the only similarity. The head of this "mushroom" is actually a mushroom umbrella. If I have to say that they are related, it must be those spots on the top of the mushroom umbrella.
If we have to say that they are human beings, the name mushroom people is obviously more suitable for them.
Another notable feature of this mushroom man is that there are two antennae-like tentacles on both sides of the mushroom umbrella. They are not thick, not much thicker than a toothpick. Slightly curved, leaning towards the middle. The part that reaches the top is rolled into a ball.
These two tentacles make this mushroom man a little more cute, especially the funny way they walk, which makes them look quite funny.
Of course, these mushroom people obviously didn't notice anything unusual, and passed through Jiang Yue's area without stopping.
However, this group of mushroom people obviously didn't stop chattering along the way, making strange noises, obviously communicating something.
What's even more amazing is that Jiang Yue can actually understand what they are saying.
Although Jiang Yue was surprised, he also guessed that this should be a bonus provided by Zhiling. It may also be related to the upgrade of copy skills.
After all, they can be copied into the creatures of the Earth Center Clan, and naturally they have to integrate their languages. Otherwise, how can they pretend to be the creatures of the Earth Center Clan?
The topic that these mushroom people were discussing was actually related to the strange tree. It's just that they passed by for a short time, and Jiang Yue could only get some sporadic information from a few words.
After the group of mushroom people walked away, Jiang Yue and the other three returned to their human form. Jiang Qiao and Er Gou were also surprised when they looked at the direction in which the weird mushroom people were going.
"Second brother, I actually understood what they were saying just now. Do you think it's magical or not?"
Jiang Qiao was also surprised and said: "Sangou, do you understand it too?"
Sangou was also very surprised: "Second uncle, don't you understand it too?"
The two of them looked at Jiang Yue. Since they both understood it, it stands to reason that Jiang Yue must also have understood it.
Jiang Yue smiled bitterly and said, "What did you all hear?"
Sangou said: "They are discussing the strange tree."
Jiang Qiao added: "They are a patrol team. They are going to check the situation of the strange tree at the end of the passage, and they are acting on orders."
When Jiang Yue heard what they said, he knew that they really understood. Because the information he heard was almost the same.
After the exchange between the three of them, they were all pleasantly surprised.
Jiang Qiao exclaimed: "Xiao Yue, it's amazing that we can understand the language of the Earth Center Clan. Do you think this is the inherited skill of our Lao Jiang family, or..."
To be honest, Jiang Yue really couldn't draw a conclusion. However, he guessed that this had nothing to do with the blood inheritance of the Lao Jiang family, because he had never heard his grandfather mention this before.
If Jiang Yue really had such a miraculous bloodline ability, he wouldn't have been helpless when faced with the inscription patterns of the Earth Center Clan before.
Jiang Yue guessed that it was probably related to the upgraded copying skills. Otherwise, even if he is taken care of by Zhiling, his father and Sangou will understand without any reason.
And just now Jiang Yue sent them the blessing of mutual encouragement, which was this copying skill.
Of course, Jiang Yue didn't intend to delve into the reason. Anyway, this is a good thing.
If they can understand the language of the Earth Center creatures, they can naturally simulate and communicate with them, which will definitely be of great help to their next actions.
However, Jiang Yue was not too excited, because the information he got from the group of mushroom people just now contained another important detail.
That is, the Earth Center Clan headquarters dispatched a large army, and this army is less than 200 miles away. The team of mushroom men patrolling just now was just a scout team of the army.
Moreover, there are many such scout teams. If the three of them continue to move forward, they will encounter more scout teams.
The scout team went all the way up the passage, obviously to check the condition of the strange tree and find out what happened to this stronghold.
There is no doubt that the Weird Tree communicates with the Earth Core Tribe through formations. However, Jiang Yue was unable to know the details of how this communication would be carried out.
But now that the formation is destroyed, Kunmen, the communication channel with the Earth Center Clan's home base, is closed, and the Earth Center Clan headquarters has lost the news of the strange tree. It is also appropriate to send a team to check the situation.
If the Earth Center Clan completely ignored them, Jiang Yue would feel strange.
Therefore, Jiang Yue was not surprised to see the Geocentric Clan here, but instead took it for granted.
Seeing the creatures of the Earth Core Clan did not surprise Jiang Yue, but it was enough to make Jiang Yue wary. Judging from the tone of those mushroom people, this Earth Core Tribe’s army should be quite large. And most of them came to support the Weird Tree.
It was difficult for Jiang Yue to know what their next move would be.
Could it be that they can directly break out of the Geocentric Clan's territory and enter the surface world? Based on Jiang Yue's inherent understanding of the Geocentric Clan, this possibility should not exist.
There is no doubt that the Inner Earth Tribe is currently unable to adapt to the environment of the surface world.
No matter how large the team of the Earth Core Tribe is, without the full transformation of the surface world by the strange tree, it is impossible for them to break into the surface world. Unless they want to die.
Since it is impossible for them to break into the surface world, what is the purpose of gathering this army?
"Second brother, how about we kill those mushroom people and then impersonate them..." Seeing Jiang Yue's silence, Sangou took the initiative to put forward his suggestion.
Naturally, this method was not thought up by Sangou, but a trick that Jiang Yue had used many times during his fight with the Weird Tree.
Sangou just copied it. He felt that although this trick was simple and crude, it was very easy to use.
Jiang Qiao objected: "No. We have just entered the territory of the Earth Center Clan. There is no need to fight directly with the opponent at the moment, and it is not very easy to defeat the Earth Center Clan's camp. I think we should explore more, observe more, and take a look at the Earth Center Clan. It’s not too late to take action if we find out the details. Besides, there are more than a dozen people in that mushroom team.”
Sangou chuckled and said, "Second uncle, although these dozen mushroom monsters are more numerous than us, I am confident that I can kill them all in one go."
It is obviously unrealistic to say how powerful a patrol team is in combat. Sangou said that he could destroy them all, and Jiang Qiao and Jiang Yue were not very doubtful.
But killing these dozen mushroom people doesn't mean it's over once and for all.
"If a dozen mushroom people are killed in one go, even if we can copy their appearance, there are only three of us after all, and we don't know the details of these mushroom people at all. If only three of them return to the team, it is likely to arouse suspicion. . If we are questioned by the superiors and we don’t know the answer to the question, it will be easy for us to reveal our faults. I think it is not the right time now.”
Jiang Qiao still insisted on his point of view.
Sangou obviously didn't think about the problem so carefully. After listening to what his second uncle said, and thinking about it carefully, he found that he was a bit too arrogant and oversimplified the problem.
"Hey, second uncle, second brother, you tell me what to do, I'll listen to you." In front of Jiang Qiao and Jiang Yue, San Gou will always be a younger brother and has no baggage.
Jiang Yue thought for a while and said: "Ignore this team for now. Even if we destroy this team, they will continue to send other teams to check. The situation above must not be concealed. The Earth Center Clan will definitely know this. The information that the stronghold has been completely eliminated is just a matter of time. If we start killing people now, we may alert the snakes and let them know that someone has infiltrated the human camp. On the contrary, it will increase the risk of our trip."
Jiang Qiao agreed: "Looking at this posture, the Geocentric Clan's communication ability is not as strong as we imagined. It stands to reason that it has been some time since the Weird Tree was defeated. Their reaction speed, to be honest, is not as strong as imagined. . Moreover, as a stronghold, shouldn’t a large number of forces be deployed here?”
Jiang Yue pondered: "This shows that the situation of the Geocentric Clan may really be bad. At least they cannot invest a lot of resources into this stronghold. What's more, they need to support twenty-eight strongholds."
"But the breakthrough achieved in this stronghold is the biggest. It shouldn't be like this, right? The strength in this area is not so weak?" Jiang Qiao was still a little confused.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
Jiang Yue and the others can't figure out the reason now, but there must be a reason.
"Let's not think about it for now. Let's move on and see if we can find more."
The appearance of these mushroom people did not put much pressure on them. On the contrary, he felt that it was natural. If no creature from the Earth Center Clan appeared along the way, Jiang Yue would feel creepy. He couldn't help but wonder if the Earth Center Clan was playing some conspiracy and setting up a big chess game.
The three of them have basically walked out of the passage area and entered the wider inner earth world.
It is said that it is the inner earth world, but in fact it is not as dark and cramped as imagined, and not all sites are caves and tunnels.
On the contrary, as they walked into the open area, what they saw and heard became more and more surprising. They even saw canyons, waterfalls, mountains, hills, flat ground, and gurgling streams. This was an environment almost indistinguishable from the surface world.
Except for the gloomy darkness and the oppressive feeling that there seems to be no dawn, they can hardly feel that this is the inner world of the earth. It is easy to think that this is the surface world, just before dawn.
Of course, this gloomy and dark atmosphere does make people who are accustomed to life in the surface world inevitably feel depressed.
I always feel like this is the end of the world, a desolate and abandoned place.
If it weren't for the occasional buzzing of insects and the activities of some low-level creatures, which made them feel that this world was still alive, they would have almost suspected that this was not the inner earth world, but the underworld.
But the desolation is unmistakable.
The area that the three of them walked was at least twenty or thirty miles long. There were no villages, no living areas, and no signs of any intelligent biological activity.
So much so that the three dogs were suspicious: "Second brother, these bugs, earthworms, toads, etc., could they also be the informants of the Earth Center Clan?"
Jiang Yue smiled bitterly and said: "What are you thinking about? The Earth Center Tribe is also a civilized creature of the same era, and they are also intelligent creatures. Maybe they are different from humans in form and thinking, but no matter what, they are also intelligent. Creatures, what kind of insects and earthworms..."
Sangou was dissatisfied: "The mushrooms can move around like people, what can't earthworms and toads do?"
"They just look like mushrooms, not real mushrooms. If you see earthworms and toads showing enough intelligence and mobility, it's not impossible to doubt them."
Of course Jiang Yue would not be so suspicious. These bugs and earthworms had no intelligence at all. Even in the animal world, they were the lowest existence.
If we say that these things are intelligent, this is obviously inconsistent with the law of evolution.
No matter how weird the weird era is, it can't be so abnormal and bizarre.
Moreover, if these things are really intelligent creatures of the Earth Center Clan, they should have been exposed when they met those mushroom people just now.
After all, there are also these low-level creatures in that place. When the mushroom people passed by, they didn't see any communication with these low-level creatures, nor did they see any low-level creatures making reports.
As the three of them were talking, they came to a mountain col ahead. They turned around and glanced inside, only to find an open area that turned out to be a village-like place.
However, the layout of this village is so unique that it cannot be described in words.
It can only be said that this is a village that is completely different from human civilization. You cannot compare this village with villages from any era of human civilization.
The houses in this village are actually built around huge trees.
It stands to reason that this is a bit like the tree nest of primitive human society.
But this house is much more exquisite than the tree nests in primitive society, and the exquisiteness of the building is more like a beautiful castle. Based on this forest, the trees and the entire terrain are combined very cleverly to create a A dreamlike fairy tale world.
Yes, Jiang Yue felt that the fairy tale world was more suitable to describe the village he saw.
(End of chapter)
