The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 373 Intelligence First
If you want to travel in the magnificent yet dangerous world of the beyond, strength is the highest level pass.

The secondary pass is labeled "harmless".

As far as Priest Luo knows, there is an intelligent race in this world who have built up a reputation of being "beneficial and harmless" over the years. They are the Halflings.

In terms of stature, halflings are shorter than dwarves, with an average height of one meter.

Compared to humans, halflings don't have well-proportioned limbs, but rather have short arms and legs and thick limbs and a strong body. Compared to dwarves, their horizontal development is not that great, so they look more pleasing to the eye.

Halflings are simple and peace-loving by nature. They don't like adventure and war, but they love and enjoy food very much. This hobby makes most halflings look fat and chubby, and there are many with beer bellies.

Halflings are naturally sentimental and affectionate, so it's no surprise that they have a very high fertility rate.

They prefer to use matrilineal inheritance, that is, to record family lineage through the female side.

When two halflings from different families marry, the child belongs to the maternal family and takes the mother's surname. There is also a custom of recording the inheritance of the family tree.

What Pastor Luo had his eyes on was the outliers among the halflings, the famous Bigfoot family.

Traveler, gourmet, survival expert and traveling businessman, these are the four well-known labels of the Bigfoot family. It is rumored that the concept of "backpacker" originated from this family.

Big Foot's reputation has spread far and wide, and he can even be said to be the external image spokesperson for the Halflings.

Even many super-intelligent creatures, such as gnolls and goblins, know that if they can catch a traveling Halfling, it would be a waste to eat him directly. It is a better choice to make him a private chef or a canteen chef.

Influenced by Robbo's temperament, Pastor Luo did not treat the big-foot halfling in a rough manner.

For example, parasitism takes over another's body.

As a false god, he now possesses many magical skills and abilities that seem magical in the eyes of extraordinary people, especially in the context of being bound to the Dark Moon.

Combining the technology of the Old Ones, he can allow targets with low control over their own bodies to begin the transformation into distortion and slavery simply by basking in the moonlight.

To put it simply, the Hades Moon can be understood as a divine artifact, and the moonlight can be understood as energy radiation. It induces cancer, causing the flesh and blood to mutate, and in the process, adds Old Branch information.

After Priest Luo was exiled to Alex, he used the power of darkness + the information about the Old Branch in his consciousness to cultivate Old Branch cells, then contacted the cult leader Robo and went online to become a member of the Old Branch network terminal headed by Black Robo.

The same routine can naturally be used in a monkey version by inflicting it on the target creature.

Therefore, as long as Priest Luo wanted, he could use practical actions to make his own pseudo-god persona very silver coin, and even set off a crisis that affected the entire main material plane.

But Father Luo did not do so.

He did not offend or harm any living being at will just for his own needs.

He chose a more covert and tactful way, which was to sleep under the moonlight.

Use the moonlight as a guide to pull them into the dream and obtain the information they want.

One important reason why this plan was implemented was that the Big Foot clan had the custom of worshiping the moon.

To be more precise, the Big Foot Clan believes in the principle of "the more courtesy, the less blame" plus superstition. They worship the sun, the moon, the mountains and the rivers. They believe that respecting heaven and earth will help to gain good luck.

Now that the prerequisite of sufficient moon-bathing time has been met, how do we build the dream?
It's also simple, and it's ready-made right in front of him. Pastor Luo believes that the dream blueprint he is currently in is very suitable.

Pastor Luo believes that dreams are plans and expectations for the future with a certain degree of fantasy. They are a collection of a series of imagined false and beautiful information like a dream.

It is like a painting, the framework and details can be continuously improved, hence the term 'blueprint'.

The dream blueprint dimension before us is the dream of the world’s will.

The creatures born in this world can also be understood as the children of the world. This connection makes the creatures in the world have a natural affinity with the dimension of dream blueprint.

In this way, using the dream blueprint as a dream can not only reduce the difficulty of implementing Priest Luo's Moon-dreaming technique, but also reduce the target's alert instinct.

To put it more bluntly, the dream blueprint is more down-to-earth and far more suitable for the indigenous people of this world than the so-called beautiful dream he wove.

Therefore, Priest Luo did not continue to be a butcher in the distorted and polluted dream blueprint area, but chose a direction and moved towards the uninfected area.

There is no need to rush into the fight with the Dark One. He should first select an area to turn into an alternative film and television studio, so as to deceive those who will be lured in by him in the future to bask in the moonlight and make them reveal the information he wants.

Of course, this alone is not enough, and Pastor Luo has set his sights on another group.

This group is not a certain race or clan, but rather intelligent creatures and secondary intelligent creatures with similar habits of worshiping the dark moon.

Some of these creatures are purely superstitious, while others have developed path dependence after tasting the sweetness. Regardless of which one they are, their attitudes towards worshipping the Dark Moon are almost the same.

The body of the pseudo-god that Priest Luo left in the Pure Land of Stars and Moon is able to sense the power of faith, which is one of the fundamental abilities of a god.

Compared to the devil's sound that Priest Luo suffered from in the polluted area of ​​the Dream Blueprint Dimension, the Moon Worshipers' prayers are much less harmful. As long as Priest Luo wants, he can block it and it will not cause harassment.

Originally, Pastor Luo was not going to pay attention to this group.

After all, the more deeply you interact with everything in the world, the deeper the ties become, and the more difficult it will be to escape in the future.

Especially the belief system, which can strengthen the soul, but also form an invisible causal line that entangles the soul. For Priest Luo, who regards the soul as the core and the body as a handy tool, this is an area where he will not make any compromises.

There is also no intention to establish a belief system to guide these moon worshippers' worship of "objects" to worship of "gods", but simply to use them.

It is said that one must be on guard against others. Now that the moon has its own self, it is also true that one must be on guard against the moon. However, these intelligent creatures still worship the moon as usual out of habit, so don't blame him for giving them another social lesson.

It depends on the person. For example, those who can be broadly defined as "bad species" exist.

It's not that bad guys have no human rights, but these guys basically won't do anything without profit. They were used to fleecing Mingyue in the past, and now even though Mingyue's power is monopolized by him, they still don't give up, hoping that the monopoly of Mingyue's power is just a temporary abnormality and can be restored.

Therefore, this group of people's interaction with Mingyue did not decrease, but even became more frequent, just like when someone loses contact, they call again and again to try.

Those who do not get up early without benefits often have tasted the sweetness in the past, which also means that they are all extraordinary professionals.

Moreover, the "bad seeds" basically all play with the power of darkness. From the perspective of compatibility, they are more compatible with the technology system of the Old Ones and are more easily infected and enslaved.

With such convenience, Pastor Luo would naturally not go far away. But he lacked accumulation and the ability to do a big job, so he could only choose carefully.

Therefore, exploring the world requires a multi-pronged approach.

A pilot soon began, targeting members of a cult on the other side of the world.

In this universe's main material world, this hemisphere is daytime, and the other side is night.

The dark moon was hanging high in the sky, and the cult once again held a large-scale ceremony, with singing, dancing, killing and blood sacrifices, sincerely hoping that the dark moon of the past could return.

Not long after, the cult members were overjoyed to find that although Mingyue had not fully recovered, it could indeed fleece the sheep again, and the effect was even better! Its power became stronger, and it even added some additional effects that had never existed before, such as the improvement of the basic attributes of the body.

The improvements in strength, agility and physique are very obvious.

There are many cult members who are very suspicious, and they are very cautious about this change.

But the Old Ones' methods were too deceptive, and at this stage, Chun Chun was just deepening the darkness, so no one could find out what was going on. Pastor Luo was not worried at all that the cult members could hold back.

Sure enough, before long, the so-called careful review became superficial.

The cult members couldn't wait to start absorbing energy, and soon became addicted. The feeling of rapid strengthening was so wonderful that they couldn't stop.

Father Luo smiled. He no longer needed to worry about the rest.

Once a critical point is reached, without his forcing, the person concerned will try to break through the bottleneck on his own, and for this purpose he will not hesitate to sign a contract to sell himself, thus voluntarily becoming a slave of the Old Branch...

This trick has a strong devilish flavor, but it has always worked. The key point is that it grasps the greed of human nature very well.

Pastor Luo also copied other people's homework and parroted other people's ideas. As long as he executed them well, he would reap considerable rewards without having to use too much brainpower.

This is still very important to him now.

After all, it's both construction and adventure, with multiple projects going on at the same time, it's hard to be distracted.

As they were about to leave the contaminated area, the Dark One sent a batch of cattle and horses as gifts.

This batch of ox gall and horse treasures was much more exquisite than the monsters that he minced into stuffing and then decomposed. At least it had an appearance that was easy to describe.

To put it simply, mountain spirits and monsters, rocks and trees have become spirits, but their art of humanization is not good enough, so they appear in human-like appearances, which is the image of this group of ox gall and horse treasures.

The means are also more diverse, including long-range, sour arrows, destructive rays, fel fireballs, and destructive bombs. That's basically it. In the eyes of Priest Luo, it's straightforward and cute.

If given a choice, what Priest Luo would least want to face is the unreasonable and extraordinary means that require brain-twisting thoughts, are blessed with the power of laws, and are beyond reason.

For example, a Transfiguration spell is cast on an enemy target, turning the enemy into a cockroach, and then stepping on it...

This technique itself is enough to make the coffins of a group of technological pioneers bang loudly. If the power of laws is added, it can instantly turn decayed things into divine weapons. If one is caught unprepared, he will definitely be seriously injured.

In comparison, things like destruction, death, disintegration, and devastation, which are blessed by the power of laws and manifested in the form of rays, although also overbearing, are not complicated to deal with. To put it simply, it is a head-on confrontation.

Of course, this kind of confrontation can also be a little more complicated, just like in the Harry Potter world, when Harry has a final battle with Voldemort, Voldemort uses the Melon Crusher, and Harry uses the Disarming Spell. If the disarmament is successful, it will directly cut off the cause of the Melon Crusher's launch, and the Melon Crusher will naturally be defeated.

Pastor Luo used two methods at this time. His right hand's field barrier was used to directly confront the enemy, to see which one was sharper, the spear or the shield, in order to block the concentrated fire. His left hand was used to counterattack against some relatively fierce attacks, to strike later but arrive first and directly silence the enemy.

Sometimes, you can even do something even more clever, like blocking the opponent's cannonball that is about to be fired into the barrel.

This is where Pastor Luo is better than this group of useless people. He has quick reactions, quick attacks, greater power, and his tactics are not bad.

But the number of Niuhuangmabao is also quite large. The second batch has already come up before the first batch has been killed.

Pastor Luo did not get entangled with it. Scarlet light surged on his body, and a huge cone of light was immediately formed. He hid inside the light cone and pushed it forward.

The originally transparent border of the contaminated area was suddenly cracked and torn. Before it could be mended, Pastor Luo took the opportunity to escape.

After escaping and looking back, he saw that the contaminated area was surrounded by thick fog. Even with his spiritual perception, he could only detect the slightest abnormality after being careful enough and sensing it repeatedly.

"Well, it's extremely deceptive. I'm afraid it has deceived many creatures who can enter this dimension." Pastor Luo now has a deeper understanding of the dream dimension (abbreviation), and thus understands that this dimension, like the shadow plane, can be entered through specific conditions.

However, under normal circumstances, one can only enter in the form of a spirit body, namely sleepwalking, mind wandering, and soul wandering. There are differences between the three, and sleepwalking is the lowest level because it is the most uncontrollable.

Trance is the entry of a prepared consciousness.

The highest level of soul wandering, entering as an independent spirit.

The pollution and distortion by the dark ones have created abnormal conditions, allowing matter to exist.

Because energy can also be considered as matter, the distortion of the Dark One is more conducive to controlling the continuous injection of corrosive force into the erosion.

Now, Pastor Luo felt the dream dimension's rejection of his body.

This was not a problem for him.

He was able to challenge the Dark One and fight back and forth, proving that his technical level was sufficient.

The Dark One can distort the laws in large areas, so it is natural that he cannot even support a small space to accommodate himself.

In this way, Priest Luo opened the domain barrier in the form of a light film to protect himself, and then began to tour.

As he had expected, the dream dimension was just like the shadow plane, and everything that existed in the main material world was available here.

But there are different degrees of distortion.

The Shadow Plane is a negative distortion because compared to the main material, the environment appears bleak, gloomy, dilapidated, old, and weird.

The dream dimension is a positive distortion. It is a beautiful fantasy, and coupled with the montage effect, it appears magnificent and like a fairyland.

It's the kind that even though it's just a small river, it's crystal clear and sparkling, and any waterfall is covered with white mist like clouds and water vapor rainbows.

In real life, even the best photographers cannot achieve such an effect without beauty filter.

This kind of beautiful scenery is indeed great, several times better than the natural scenery of Pandora in the Avatar universe.

But because it's too good, it seems fake and scary.

At least that’s how Pastor Luo feels.

Of course this is not the point. He did not come here to take pictures or collect folk songs, nor did he intend to live in this fantasy world for a long time. Even if it did not cost anything, or even if he was paid, he would not do it.

There is a poem from the ancients: The green trees and flowers are dizzying, and the drunkenness and wealth are all false.

If you indulge in an overly favorable environment for a long time, it is easy to wear away your ambitions and courage, and eventually sink into comfort and enjoyment.

Someone like him who has a strong desire for progress would naturally be wary of this kind of "soft knife".

It’s still the same saying: be moderate but too much is as bad as too little.

This is the wisdom passed down by the Orientals since ancient times. Even if it is light, it can be called light evil if it is too bright.

Precisely because Pastor Luo was more like Robo in this respect, he had a preconceived wariness towards the Light Seekers represented by the Kingdom's Great Cathedral from the very beginning.

There is nothing wrong with the light itself, but human hearts may not be able to stand the test.

Pastor Luo follows the lone wolf mode, which means he needs to constantly reflect on himself to avoid falling into a pit where there is no one to remind him, let alone rescue him.

As for the present, the focus is not on the beautiful scenery, but on the shape of the mountains.

After a careful scan, he realized that this place had the same mountain shape and terrain as somewhere in the Ash Mountains in reality, but its appearance had been changed by beautification such as vegetation and flowing springs.

He felt that this was actually quite good, as he could ignore the influence of living beings and personally measure the surface of the world in this dream dimension.

This can speed up his understanding of the entire world, and at the same time quickly find out which other areas have been contaminated by the dark ones.

With this idea in mind, Pastor Luo no longer carefully observed the route, but flew towards the depths of the dream dimension far away from the polluted area. He wanted to choose a suitable place, transform into thousands of incarnations, and launch multiple reconnaissance missions radially and simultaneously, so as to further speed up the pace of understanding the world.

Of course, in theory, it is more efficient to use Mingyue as the eye.

But now his godhood is not stable, his savings are not deep, and using the Moon Eye is very expensive, so he can only endure it.

(End of this chapter)