War … War has never changed.
My species, every creature that I know, has been constantly fighting since birth. Occasionally, we will face creatures of different species, but usually, we fight our own kind.
Our species has formed many different groups, and these groups will fight with each other. After finishing off one group … they will go on to finish off another, and continue to grow stronger.
When the group becomes too large, it will split into many smaller groups, and then continue to fight with each other.
What is the meaning of this kind of battle? I don't understand … My group isn't that big right now. Maybe soon … maybe after this battle, we'll be annihilated.
How many times have I been on the battlefield? Every time before I go on the battlefield, I will make a little note, and then put on equipment that I don't know where it came from, and step onto the battlefield that may be my last battle …
It doesn't matter whether I win or lose the battle, I just want to know … what is the meaning of all this.
…
"Their record is actually like this …"
In the Connecting World, in the dense, strange jungle, the Scholar, the Hero, and their companions, the Gnomes and the Cryopteris, were staring at a … region in front of them.
This region was more than a hundred meters in diameter, and it was very different from the surrounding jungle ground that was filled with various colors, such as moss or other plants.
Nothing grew in the entire region, and it looked like an ordinary rocky land, and there were a lot of gravel.
Therefore, this region was also like a huge forest clearing, and this region was filled with creatures. Their bodies were generally half a centimeter to one centimeter, and they looked like Voidfolk, a kind of six-limbed creature.
They moved with four legs, and the remaining two limbs could grab things. This kind of creature seemed to be the first that the Scholar had encountered here … A creature that could decipher languages.
The characteristic of this kind of creature was … war.
They would not leave this region with a diameter of a hundred meters, perhaps because the edge of this region was a 'cliff' that was more than a meter high.
To them, it was indeed a cliff, and then these creatures had been living in this place, and they were constantly fighting.
They were usually in groups of dozens or hundreds. They occupied some gravel as a base, and then attacked nearby groups of the same kind.
They would wear some equipment, and they would also use gun-like weapons, and many of them were equipped with melee weapons to fight. They continued to fight like this. After they won, they would eat the corpses and absorb the surrendered enemies. They would then strengthen their group and attack other groups.
Generally, after a group had won a few times, they would snowball and become bigger and bigger. They could easily destroy all nearby groups, but when they grew to a certain extent, they would split into many smaller groups and continue to fight each other.
What was the point of a battle that would never end?
Even the creatures themselves raised this question … but they did not end the battle.
That was what the scholars discovered in the course of their research. The 'personalities' of these creatures were quite obvious, and the scholars found that they often had the behavior of keeping a diary.
After the scholars discovered this behavior, they began to try to decipher their diaries. The way they kept their diaries was to use some … dye to write 'words' on stones or the ground.
Compared to the creatures they had encountered before, the language of these creatures was clearly the easiest for Scholars to understand.
Therefore, the scholar tried to understand their words and was surprised to find that they were indeed easy to understand.
Scholars and Cryopteris then translated some of the words of these creatures. Recently, they also translated some complete diaries.
It was obvious. These creatures also had many doubts about their own situation.
What exactly were they fighting for?
It was certainly not for themselves.
Although they used all kinds of equipment in the battle, they did not know how to make equipment. These equipment were all … they just appeared out of nowhere.
It was mentioned in some other diaries. All equipment and weapons were the same. They would be constantly replenished, and those that were damaged would disappear.
The amazing thing was, they did not study the idea of making equipment. Instead, they kept using these equipment to fight.
The scholars found that many creatures had doubts about this continuous battle. But these were the individuals who had doubts. They were all at the edge of the group.
The commander of the group did not seem to have any doubts. Instead, he kept directing the group to fight … If any member did not want to fight, he would be killed directly.
The scholars also found another thing. If there were foreign creatures invading their territory. No matter how fierce the fight was, these creatures would immediately stop and attack the foreign creatures together.
At the same time, the foreign creatures were their main source of food. Although they would eat each other's corpses, obviously this method … could not sustain the entire race.
The scholars also tried to communicate with them, but they completely ignored all communication … even if the scholars wrote their words in front of them. They did not care. They just attacked directly.
However, the scholars noticed that some individuals showed doubts and tried to contact the scholars. Of course, they quickly gave up on this behavior because they were all at the edge of the group.
Because of this, the scholars did not stop them from fighting. The hero wanted to try to forcibly stop them and see what would happen.
But …
"Okay, we have confirmed the next destination." The scholar stood up and pointed into the distance. "I have now detected that the other creatures that sent the equipment and weapons to these war creatures came from that direction. They might be controlling the creatures here."
"Then before we go there …" The hero lowered his head. He would enter the area with one more step. There, two groups of creatures were fighting.
They were fighting fiercely. The hero picked up the sword on his back and slowly extended it between the two groups of creatures …
Suddenly, they all changed their target and began to madly attack the hero's sword. At the same time, many creatures climbed up the sword.
They knew that this was the hero's sword, so they wanted to climb up and attack the main body. However, the hero only needed to shake the sword slightly, and all the creatures would fall down.
They looked weak, but they could actually chase away most of the creatures that approached. Almost the entire area belonged to them.
Bang! The hero raised the sword and slammed it heavily on the ground. Instantly, a crack appeared where it was hit.
The crack also separated the creatures that were fighting. When the hero pulled out his sword, the creatures continued to fight as if nothing had happened.
"These creatures are really strange." The hero put the sword on his back and said, "Then let's go. I don't have much interest in doing anything to them."
"Hmm …" The scholar seemed to be thinking about something. After the hero spoke, she reacted and said, "Then … let's go."
"What are you thinking about?" the hero asked. "I have a lot of questions."
"I'm mainly thinking about the creatures we've encountered along the way," the scholar said. The Scholar said, "From the first Earth Mirror to the current … 'war creatures', they all have one thing in common. They are not big, but they are quite intelligent and have developed a civilization. Although the war creatures here should be a civilization of enslavement."
"What's the purpose of their enslaved people?" The scholar asked. "And the creatures here. What do they have in common? What do they have in common?"
"Or maybe they don't mean anything," the hero said. The hero said, "Similar creatures can be found everywhere, not just here. Let's keep going."
"You're right …"
After that, the scholar and the hero left the place, leaving behind the creatures that were still fighting.
However, some of the creatures did not fight wildly. They looked in the direction that the scholar and the hero left as if they were thinking about something.
However, in the next second, they once again entered the battle. Their commander looked at them … They could not stop this battle that they thought was meaningless.
…
"It's just ahead …"
The scholar and the hero moved quickly through the forest. They stopped when they heard a strange noise under their feet.
"Seems like we've arrived at an interesting place."
They were now standing on a rock, and the rock was surrounded by a swamp. Large bubbles kept rising from the turbid liquid, and then they would explode with a pop, releasing a smell that many scholars and heroes found very … fragrant.
"This place looks like a swamp," the hero said. "Where do you think the creatures that give out the equipment are?"
"According to the tracking of the signal …" The Scholar looked around and finally locked her eyes on a bubble that was constantly expanding from the swamp in front of her.
"Maybe they're hiding under this," the scholar said.
"Are we going to jump down?" As soon as the hero said that, the dwarf screamed and climbed up to the scholar's head. It was obvious that he did not want to go down.
"They use something like a 'transport' to distribute the equipment," the scholar said. "Let's wait here. Maybe we'll see it."
"Is that so? Then … "
Before the Hero could finish his sentence, a series of bubbling noises came from the swamp in front of them. As the noises grew louder and louder, a huge black shadow appeared in the swamp.
"Something scary is about to appear." The hero tightened his grip on his sword. "I've been looking forward to … a battle like this!"
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