Three days later, the octopus "Twelve Arms" escaped from a school of giant octopuses with wounds all over its body.
Its mind was filled with all the memories from the past three days.
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Three days ago, after it woke up, it carried the weapon that knocked it out and swam desperately to find the original school of octopuses.
When it saw Leader Heracles, it said proudly, "Look, I was also beaten up by that mysterious man for stealing the jar. The weapon was this bag that he left behind. He knocked me out in one hit, and I even have this huge bump on my head."
As it spoke, it used one of its limbs to lift the heavy, dark bag, then used its other limb to point at the huge bump on its head …
The octopus leader, Heracles, stretched out one of its limbs and carefully touched the bump on its head.
At first, it even made a "ka ka" sound and said to the other octopuses, "That's right, it's caused by that human's unique power. It's very recognizable, it's the Eastern vital energy that Mr. Tom mentioned."
However, in the end, it suddenly turned hostile and used one of its limbs to hit "Twelve Arms".
It then scolded, "You really are a spy sent by the human!! When he hit you, he obviously held back a lot of his strength. The scars are completely different from when he hit me! "
When the octopuses heard that, they all stretched out their limbs and fought to touch the bump. They realized that the scars were exactly the same as what their leader said.
If it was an ordinary person, it would be difficult to notice this. However, for the octopuses that were extremely intelligent and had the assistance of eight AIs, the scars caused by a forceful hit or a controlled hit were completely different. Under their perception, it was as easy as looking at the lines on the palm.
They all opened their mouths to agree, "Leader is wise. It must be Twelve Arms. After we exposed its identity, it went to find that human and put on a show. It wants to come back and gain our trust. "
"That's right, I often go ashore to watch movies about humans. I remember there was a movie about a fire burning a river, there was a similar plot. I think it's called a trick?"
After hearing that, the octopuses all felt that this scene was familiar. One by one, they thought hard about it. Countless limbs danced around in the air.
"This is called suffering to gain the confidence of others!! Sir Tom specially taught me the tricks that humans often use to prevent us from being tricked by them! "The Heracles Octopus Leader revealed the mystery proudly.
"Yes, yes, that's it. Leader is indeed the smartest and strongest octopus on the planet!" A group of smaller octopuses complimented it desperately.
"Twelve Arms" stroked its round head with one of its limbs. There was a new bump on its head. Its two big black eyes rolled around innocently. It wanted to cry but had no tears.
Originally, it was just a "twelve-limbed octopus that doesn't know how to steal jars." Although everyone mocked it, they wouldn't do anything to it.
Now, it had become a "human spy who used the ruse of self-injury to sneak back into the octopuses' ranks" …
This was a serious crime.
"Burn it to death!!" One of the octopuses shouted this terrifying slogan.
"Let's burn this human spy to death!"
"Tie it to the highest bow of the ship and let it dry. Right, we need to steal a ship first …"
"And there must be a lot of jars on the ship."
"It doesn't matter if there's no jars. There are many rooms on the ship, and they'll be big jars."
The octopuses excitedly talked about stealing the jar again, as if they had already forgotten about the important matter of dealing with the spy …
The Heracles Leader was helpless. It hesitated for a moment. Ever since the Octopus Tribe was established, it had never executed other octopuses internally, so its prestige was not high.
The last time it was knocked unconscious and thrown into the sea, the other octopuses in the tribe immediately ignored its order to wait. They all rushed to land and did their own thing.
Thinking of this, it gritted its teeth and said, "All of you, shut up. That's the barbaric practice of stupid humans in the Middle Ages. We're noble and intelligent octopuses, we can't go back to their ways. "
"Then what should we do?"
"Are we just going to let this human spy go like this? It's definitely trying to hide among us to overthrow our future Giant Octopus Empire. "The group of octopuses under it began to complain.
The Heracles Leader said proudly, "We're going to use clean, sanitary, and bloodless' water torture '!! To prove that from the beginning, we, the Giant Octopus Tribe, are far superior to humans! "
"Leader is wise!!" The other octopuses immediately understood their leader's meaning.
"Then we'll have to steal a ship first. Normal jars are too small, they can't hold much fresh water." A group of octopuses still did not forget to change the topic.
When Twelve Arms heard this, its originally grayish-brown head turned green in fear.
It was an octopus that lived in the ocean. If it was soaked in fresh water, it could survive for a long time, but in the end, it would still die.
This feeling of slowly waiting for death was not much better than being burnt to death by the sun. It was just that it did not look bloody, and it was clean and sanitary …
It immediately began to escape. It could not be helped. No matter how stupid it was, it knew that if it did not escape now, it would really die.
Thus, a huge internal conflict among the octopuses began …
It had twelve claws, and its body was bigger and stronger than the Heracles Leader. If it was not for its four extra legs, it would be the leader that decided the fate of the other octopuses …
The battle began. Large groups of octopuses took turns to pounce on it, blocking its escape route.
Twelve Arms ran like a wolf, but there was no way to turn things around. It was about to be exhausted.
At this moment, it suddenly realized that a shiny golden object flew out of the dark black backpack that one of its limbs was tightly gripping, and knocked out an octopus that it had been beating.
Originally, it could not do it so ruthlessly, it only whipped away the octopuses that were blocking its way. That was why it could not rush out, because there were no octopuses that were afraid of it.
It was not until this shiny golden object made its move and knocked out the octopuses one by one, that the number of opponents decreased, and the number of fearful octopuses began to shrink at the back. Only then did it have the chance to rush out, and finally escape in a sorry state.
Of course, it did not know that when it was fighting for the last hit, the precious game book did not need anyone to worship or chant incantations …
It did not need its master to instruct it, it had long been taught by System Daddy, and it was already an instinct that was ingrained in its bones.
However, this way, Twelve Arms' crime of being a "human spy" was completely confirmed.
"Damn it, how dare it use a human's talisman to beat us octopuses, it really is a spy." Leader Haris lost its prestige, and flew into a rage out of humiliation. It immediately sent a telegram to all the large octopuses in the ocean, informing them of this news.
Because it was a plain-code telegram, Twelve Arms also received the telegram. It knew that it had nowhere to go, and could only obediently be a stray octopus, wandering the ocean for the rest of its life.
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At this moment, its mind was filled with thoughts of being wronged …
"Why, why can't octopuses trust each other a little more?
"Why, why does everyone have to suspect each other? Just because I was born with four extra legs, should I be rejected by other octopuses?
"I didn't steal the jar, I didn't get beaten, so I'm not an octopus?
"I stole the jar, I got beaten, and now you say that I'm suffering to gain confidence?
"What kind of dark octopus world is this?"
It subconsciously turned these thoughts into Morse code, and sent them everywhere …
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Twelve Arms did not know that in the sky above it, Vigilante A, who had beaten it up before, was staring at it expressionlessly.
Fang Ning was listening to Anderson's real-time translation in the System Space, and praised, "I can't believe an octopus can think about such a profound philosophical question, how rare …"
The System said, "How boring … If it had the time to think about all this nonsense, why didn't it catch a few fish to nourish its body, and that stupid book could take the opportunity to steal more experience points."
Fang Ning was speechless, "You really don't understand the big picture, you only know how to stare at the little things in front of you. If it could walk on a new path through this problem, then the precious game book wouldn't have to worry about its experience points anymore. "
The System said, "I don't understand, but you definitely do, Mr. Rich Boss. Why don't you enlighten it?"
Fang Ning smiled proudly, "The time is not right."
The System said, "I don't understand, can you be more clear?"
Fang Ning chuckled. "You don't have to understand. Just do as I say."
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Twelve Arms, the octopus, was thinking about profound philosophical questions, drifting along with the flow.
Not long after, it saw two giant dolphins fighting in the distance.
One of them was eight meters long and completely black, while the other was nine meters long and completely white.
None of them were inferior to Twelve Arms in terms of size, but with their developed muscles, they were much stronger than Twelve Arms.
The black and white dolphins were banging their heads against each other, not giving way to each other. The collision was so intense that their brains were about to come out.
After all, it was a mollusk, and the other was a vertebrate with bones, so it was at a natural disadvantage in terms of strength.
"I found this stupid octopus first, I want to eat it first."
"I found it first, I want to eat it first."
In the past, Twelve Arms, the octopus, would definitely hide as far away as possible when it saw its natural enemy, but now it was depressed and lonely.
It was rare to meet a marine creature that could talk, so it swam forward to talk.
It used spiritual telepathy to speak, "Mr. Dolphins, what are you arguing about?"
The nine-meter white dolphin turned to look at it and replied telepathically, "Oh, we were arguing about who should eat you first … According to our tribe's rules, whoever found the prey first has the right to eat first. We all said that we found you first, and no one admitted that we saw you later."
"Oh, I see. Then wouldn't it be fine if we just told the truth? Why would we lie just because of a prey? There must be only one Mr. Dolphin that found me first. " Twelve Arms shook its head and tried to persuade them, but then it looked confused, "Wait, the octopus you want to eat, is it me?"
"Yeah, why are you so surprised? Isn't it natural for dolphins to eat octopuses? Also, you're really an idiot. You didn't run far away, but you took the initiative to come to me. I've never seen prey like you. It would be great if the others were like you, "said the eight-meter-long black dolphin happily.
Twelve Arms wanted to cry but no tears came out. It said carefully, "But I heard the humans say that talking animals can't be eaten once they've gained sapience."
The white dolphin was confused, "Is that true? You're not lying to us, are you? "
"I never lie, really, I can swear to the heavens." Twelve Arms raised its twelve tentacles and swore to the sky.
"Eh, it has twelve tentacles, it doesn't look like a normal octopus." The black dolphin noticed this fact.
"Oh, now I remember, I saved a sailor before, he told me that humans do have a rule against eating talking animals. It should be telling the truth, let's let it go … "The white dolphin said to the black dolphin.
The black dolphin nodded, "That's true, I think it's stupid, it probably hasn't learned to lie yet."
What they said made Twelve Arms rejoice.
At this moment, it was exhausted. It really couldn't defeat these two natural enemies. At most, it could take one of them down with it.
"Thank you, I didn't expect you to believe me when my clansmen don't believe me."
The white dolphin said proudly, "That's because we're dolphins that symbolize love and peace …"
…
Vigilante A watched the scene from above.
Fang Ning said confidently, "The time has come."
Twelve Arms and the two dolphins that believed it went to the fish farm together and decided to split the work according to the work.
In the middle of the night, its two partners fell asleep. Because it said it had twelve legs, it could take turns to be on duty, so it volunteered to take over all the guard duties.
It looked around vigilantly while its imagination ran wild.
Its twelve tentacles had the ability to work automatically, so it did not need its brain to keep an eye on them. This gave it enough time to think.
"Why are my natural enemies willing to believe what I say, but my own kind don't?"
"Why is that?"
When it sent these thoughts into Morse code, the golden object in the black backpack that it was holding with one of its limbs suddenly appeared again and floated in the air.
It looked at it in confusion, and after a while, it realized that the golden object looked very similar to a human book.
It suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Thank you, golden book, you saved my life, or else I wouldn't have been able to escape."
It used Morse code.
The book suddenly flapped its pages and made a "puff puff" sound, as if it was responding to it.
It listened carefully for a while and was suddenly overjoyed.
Because it could understand what it was saying, it was also a type of Morse code.
"Young twelve-limbed octopus, the wheel of your destiny has begun to turn. Let go of the prejudice between races and build an honest ocean world. Let those who are jealous of others and slander others have no place to live, so that your descendants will never repeat your past experience … "
As it listened, its eyes, which had been filled with confusion and bewilderment, slowly became filled with an inexplicable sense of determination.
'That's right, this is the reason why I have four extra tentacles. It's the heavens that chose me and made me different …
'Those of my kind have been jealous of my strength since I was young. I have more tentacles, so I'm more powerful.
'When they grow up, they find a chance to slander me and reject me.
'No matter what I say, even if it's the truth, they won't believe me.
'As for the two dolphins that are my natural enemies, the number of tentacles means nothing to them. That's why they only consider the truth of my words and will not misinterpret them.
'I want everyone in the sea to know that only being jealous and slandering others will not make you strong.
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