After successfully swindling a powerful bodyguard and guide, Li Liang decided to let Liya stay at the visitor center to take care of Lao Yang.
On the one hand, Leah is just a robot after all, and her role in a place like Makosik is limited. In addition, judging from the information revealed by Bond, the Pombotan team led by Siexie may be in the alliance. Although various signs indicate that it is unlikely to act under instructions, it is not worthy of complete trust.
Before setting off, he was originally going to leave the communicator given by Bond, but Teemo opened his backpack, took out a bunch of second-hand communicators, picked one at random and threw it to Leah.
When the backpack was open, Li Liang saw a Suoshan chrysalis holding a rolled up leaf and chewing on it.
This...is called professionalism.
The communication problem was solved. His number was recorded in the second-hand communicator. After meeting Lao Yang, Liya could contact him directly.
Saying goodbye to Leah, Li Liang and Teemo embarked on the journey to the Hidden Tower.
According to Teemo's memory, the temple of Bahbada-Lai, the main god who represents the essence of penance, is located at the junction of the carbon-based bioregion and the silicon-based bioregion.
Since the Carbon Zone occupies a vast area, the visitor center is quite far away from the Hidden Tower, and Makosik prohibits the use of aircraft, rapid transportation, space magic, and flying Taoism. Therefore, their first stop is the "Servant Recruitment" run by the indigenous people. point".
When he witnessed the scale of the "recruitment point" and the "huge crowds" with his own eyes, Li Liang couldn't help but suspect that the reason why Makosik, with Harlan Potter in charge, prohibited all creatures from moving quickly was not for safety reasons. In order to allow the indigenous people to monopolize the transportation business within the city.
Because those native species that are clearly mounts or means of transportation are actually recognized as the servant civilization of the aboriginal people, the so-called recruitment is just another way of saying "leasing".
What's even more outrageous is that Li Liang clearly remembers how arrogant and majestic the demon mount he saw when he first got off the spaceship was so powerful that it shook the earth when it ran. However, the "civilian version" was horribly undersized, and most of them looked slow. of small creatures.
Finally, they rented the largest mount, a "Cyclops", from a cunning male succubus of Sayad at an outrageous price.
The only thing that pleased Li Liang was that Teemo paid for the beads, and the explorer didn't even frown when he paid, which showed that his family was rich.
The "Cyclops" is three meters tall, has rough skin, and is extremely strong, especially its shoulders and back, which are disproportionately wide. There is a purple eye without eyelids on the sarcoma that can barely be called a head.
Three sets of saddles were set up on its head and shoulders respectively. Among them, the saddle on the head was equipped with a long pole with a string of wriggling chrysalis hanging from the front end.
Teemo swung the long pole skillfully, and the giant stared at the chrysalis with one eye, and walked forward with two thick arms swinging.
Li Liang, who was sitting on the left shoulder of the giant, saw this scene and had only one feeling. The intelligence of this servant creature called "Son of Goron" was really terrible.
While walking on the streets of the Carbon Zone, Li Liang noticed that a large number of non-carbon-based organisms lived here. The architectural styles on both sides of the streets were all kinds of strange. There were no very high floors, and they did not look like strict planning. They basically squeezed in every possible opportunity. Together, only some dark alleys of varying widths are left.
As far as the eye can see, countless creatures are crowded around each other, and the rental transportation tools have their own characteristics, showing that different civilizations have completely different understandings of "mounts". Relatively speaking, "Son of Goron" is already relatively fast, but Li Liang still It feels too slow.
Makosik's outdoor space also has "topological" characteristics, and the field of view will change as you move, but because it is too vast, it is not as obvious as indoors. The location of the hidden tower pointed out by Teemo "hangs" in the hazy sky, as if it is far away. and.
After walking along the wide street for half an hour, the location of the Hidden Tower seemed to have only "moved down" a little.
Li Liang clutched the armrest of the saddle and frowned.
It's hard to say how long Cain can hold Macchisas's magic talisman array in place, and it's even more unknown when the Terransal Legion will start a war with the goblins. He can only rush forward as much as possible, but even if everything goes well, it will still take a day to return to Earth.
It was really frustrating not being able to rely on the portal to move. He raised his head and looked at the entire space. Not to mention the orange fire of space magic, there were no traces of other magic casts. It can be seen that there are very few magicians who dare to challenge Makosik's rules.
"You are very anxious, Li Liang," Timo said casually, swaying from side to side as the giant walked.
Li Liang remained silent.
"How long have you not slept?" Timo shook his head, "You are not a Sayad demon, you need to rest."
"It's okay," Li Liang pinched his eyebrows and leaned on the back of the saddle.
He had almost forgotten the last time he slept. His nerves were always tense. He was confused for a while while drinking with Lao Yang on the Pangbotan spaceship, but he didn't know whether he fell asleep or not.
"Horcruxes or Taoism will affect your perception of physical conditions. Didn't your teacher teach you?"
Li Liang was worried that Timo would follow the trend to ask about Chawu Realm and Emperor Haotian, so he changed the subject and said: "I have always had a question, why is the spiritual world not sure of unified timekeeping methods and weights and measures."
Timo snorted: "There is no organization in the spiritual world that can do this, and there won't be one in the future."
"Council of Law and Order?"
"Hmm, the Parliament was created in 'Twilight of the Gods' and had a high status in the era just after the war, but now..." Teemo sneered, "The unified currency is already the result of its best efforts. Without Makosik With Du Yujing’s support, the parliament has long been in vain.”
"That Du Yujing and Makosik..."
"Hey!" Timo waved his piccolo to drive away a group of cubs of some kind of creature that were crawling under the giant's crotch, and then used the piccolo as an itch to scratch his back. "Li Liang, do humans have nationalities, skin colors, or castes?" Such a distinction?”
"have."
"There are also Yodels, the Bandel Tribe, the Valoran Tribe, etc. In the long history of the Yodel civilization, peace is always fleeting and war is never out of date, but no matter what, we are all Yodels, we Understand each other’s positions and understand each other’s culture better.”
Li Liang nodded, human history is similar.
"Actually, the history of most civilizations is like this," Timo changed the subject, "But in the spiritual world, the differences in life forms are an insurmountable gap. Different civilizations can never truly understand each other, and humans cannot understand According to the yordle aesthetics, yordles only find human bare skin very disgusting. In my hometown, shaving one’s hair is the heaviest punishment.”
Li Liang glanced at Teemo's furry face. In the eyes of humans, raccoons are still very cute.
"Look at this kind of communicator," Teemo weighed the in-ear cochlear device with his hand. "To use it, you at least need to have ears, and have you noticed that its function and operation method are very ancient."
"Um."
"Because many civilizations do not have writing and language, in order to maximize the scope of application, the equipment can only be as simple as possible. Most of the public facilities you see in the spiritual world follow this principle."
Li Liang understood what Teemo meant.
The equipment is not yet universally applicable, let alone other "settings" that are closely related to cultural background. Even if they are all carbon-based organisms, different civilizations have very different understandings of the world.
"I know why you have such an idea, unification or something," Timo sneered, showing a fang, "A lot of things look familiar, right? Business, entertainment, currency... hmm, this kind of thing Communicator, screen, and some easy-to-understand terms.”
Li Liang was stunned for a moment, thinking that he did feel this way.
"The 'Awakening' plan was formulated when the Terransan people founded the Holy Carbon-based Alliance. Later, with the support of Du Yujing, countless carbon-based biological control organizations jointly promoted it, and it lasted for nearly an era until now," Teemo said Piccolo flashed around, "That's a detailed plan about 'cultural invasion'."
Cultural Invasion, “Awakening” Project.
Hearing this, the image of Allen jumped into his mind, and Li Liang remembered that KCB employee who claimed to be a fluid creature liked to watch goblins dance.
The appearance of a female goblin is obviously not the aesthetic that a fluid creature should have, but it fits the definition of "sexy" for a "humanoid" carbon-based creature.
Cultural invasions are sometimes more terrifying than bloody wars.
However, Yodels are also carbon-based creatures, and for some reason, he felt that Teemo was quite angry when he talked about such things.
"The yordles didn't join the Alliance?"
"Of course not," Timo said angrily, "The Terransa Alliance is expanding crazily, constantly plundering the basic world of non-carbon-based civilizations, and squeezing the living space of the indigenous people. Sooner or later, their arrogance and greed will summon all carbon-based creatures. Come disaster.”
Looking at the aggrieved Teemo, Li Liang didn't know what to say.
Judging from the experience during this period, carbon-based organisms do enjoy many privileges. Bond also said that the Alliance does not care about the ban of the Council of Law and Order, and more than a dozen spiritual core mines are still producing spiritual cores continuously.
In the final analysis, power comes from comprehensive strength. Whether Teemo's worries are far-sighted or groundless depends on whether the Terransal Army and the Emperor Haotian can always stand firm.
But one thing is for sure, things will inevitably turn against each other. However, there are some sober people among the people of Terence, such as the Prince of Mass.
When Li Liang was distracted, Timo's slow voice came to his ears: "Li Liang, how many spiritual cores do you think the goblin is willing to pay to kill you?"
"Huh?" Li Liang sat upright instantly.
In Ling's field of vision, I don't know when, there were dozens of Horcruxes around, scattered in the dark alleys on both sides of the street, and they moved quickly following the pace of the "Cyclops".
"Oh, I also saw a lot of old friends," Teemo smiled darkly.
