Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

Obviously, the monsters nearby were not cleared away manually, but most of them were attracted here by the mermaid girl.

After they approached, no monsters attacked them, which only meant that the monsters were under the control of the mermaid girl. Being able to charm so many monsters at the same time, the title of "Mermaid Princess" was really not false at all.

After diving to the bottom, I was carried into a big hole, passed through the big hole, and then passed through a section of undercurrent waterway, until I entered an area where the water flow became stable, and then I finally began to float up.

Soon, Su Mo, led by the mermaid girl, surfaced and entered a dark cave.

As she was about to go ashore, the mermaid's tail suddenly turned into feet.

The two walked ashore side by side. The mermaid girl raised her hand and waved gently, and the river water separated from Su Mo's body, and his whole body immediately became dry again.

"Come on, I'll take you to meet everyone."

Being pulled forward by the mermaid girl and passing through a dark passage, the light of the magic stone lamp appeared in front of him.

After walking along the path lit by the magic stone lamp for a few minutes, the two entered a large bright cave room.

There were many figures in the cave, but it was quite quiet, with only pairs of eyes looking straight ahead.

While the other party was looking at him, Su Mo's gaze quickly swept across the entire cave and took a quick look at the heretics.

The number of heretics here is approaching fifty. His magic vision tells him that there are five heretics above the first level, if Mali is counted.

Many of the heretics who were not large in stature were wearing special protective gear or combat uniforms. Among them, there were also quite a few heretics who wore ordinary clothes, even unnecessary items such as red hats and scarves.

This is obviously not a simple imitation, but an imitation of the human race.

A monster with intelligence, a monster that imitates humans, is rejected and targeted by monsters, and is not accepted by humans. The name "heretic" is indeed very appropriate and well-deserved.

"Su Mo, right..."

After the two sides looked at each other briefly, a lizardman wearing protective gear walked towards Su Mo.

"My name is Reed. As you can see, I am a lizard man, and I can be considered the leader of a heretic."

"Yes, my name is Su Mo."

Sharp fangs, claws, lots of scales, bright yellow eyes, and an appearance that can only be considered ugly from a human aesthetic point of view. Standing in front of such a lizard man, Su Mo's gaze did not avoid or show any disgust.

"I've heard Mary talk about you, too, Mr. Reed."

"..."

The cave room fell into silence in an instant, but that was not because of Su Mo's words, but because of his hand that was raised as he spoke.

Shaking hands is a very common courtesy.

This is the best way to show friendliness to unfamiliar people.

Almost all intelligent creatures can easily discern the meaning of this action.

This is a kind greeting and a friendly courtesy, but at this moment, this courtesy seems to have some other meanings.

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Chapter 207 Coexistence?

The cave was extremely quiet, as if even movement and breathing had stopped for a moment.

When meeting someone for the first time, etiquette is the most basic respect. In Su Mo's view, this is just a very common behavior, but in the eyes of the heretics, this is an unexpected event that is completely beyond imagination.

A human, a human with the blood of a superior immortal, a hero candidate, after seeing them, not only did he not show the slightest fear or worry, nor did he have any rejection or disgust, he didn't even have much of a defensive intention, he just casually and frankly extended his hand to them first.

There was no enthusiasm, nor was there any contempt, but at this moment, this casualness and frankness were the most valuable to them.

They not only felt kindness, but also felt equal respect.

Under the gazes of many heretics, Reed, who represented the heretics, finally raised his hand slowly.

One hand was covered in scarlet scales and steel gauntlets, with sharp claws on the fingertips; the other hand was slender and powerful, yet delicate as jade, with no flaws to be found. When the two hands appeared in the same place at the same time, a strong contrast was created for a moment.

When the two hands are held together, they appear extremely asymmetrical.

But at this moment, none of this matters at all.

The next moment when the hands were held together, there was thunderous cheers!

The cave, which was extremely quiet the moment before, suddenly became boiling and was suddenly filled with loud cheers.

The mermaids were singing, the earth spirit with a red hat was clapping, the half-human, half-bird girl landed on the ground in joy, the beastmen raised their hands in slow motion, the unicorn was jumping around... the cheers and applause were endless.

In their opinion, this was undoubtedly a memorable scene, but seeing this scene, Su Mo, who had already realized why the other party was cheering, had to lower his composure.

"Mr. Reed, if you regard me as a representative of humanity, then you will probably be disappointed in the future, because at best I am just a special case like Fels, and I cannot represent the human race."

Hearing this, Reed, who had let go of his hand, bared his teeth, showing a lizardman smile, and finally even laughed out loud.

"We know it."

The songbird Lei Yi came closer and took over the conversation with a smile, "Even we understand that you are more like a fairy than a human. But whether you have gained the friendship of a human or a holy fairy, it is something worth celebrating, isn't it?"

"And the latter is undoubtedly a more rare thing."

Su Mo shook his head slightly, "I'm not sacred."

“It doesn’t make much difference to us.”

Reed said, waving his hand, "Bring up the food and wine to welcome our guests!"

With Reed taking the lead in shouting, the atmosphere in the cave suddenly became more jubilant, and some heretics even let out roars that shook the cave.

Seeing this, Su Mo, who was unable to explain his own situation, did not dare to spoil the fun by explaining any more. He could only take off the medicine package on his back and hand it to Reed.

"what is this?"

"A little gift, a welcome present for the guests."

"Then we'll take it."

Hearing that it was a gift, Reed's smile widened and he took the package.

"Go sit over there first... By the way, my name is Lei Yi."

The singing bird greeted and introduced himself at the same time.

"Hello, Rei!"

"My name is Fei'er..."

After the singing bird, more heretics gathered around.

Through self-introduction or introductions by Mali, Su Mo got to know every heretic here.

Not all heretics can speak, like the unicorn who wears a baggy blue combat suit and has a broken pocket watch hanging around his neck.

Facing the pair of red eyes that were very similar to Bell's, Su Mo bent down, pointed at the pocket watch on the unicorn and said, "Yalulu, can you show it to me?"

Yalulu is the name of this unicorn rabbit, and from the name you can tell that it is a girl.

“Pull…”

The unicorn shook its long ears and immediately took out the pocket watch and handed it to Su Mo.

Su Mo carefully took the pocket watch and held it in his hand. The next moment, the pocket watch began to emit a platinum light.

He was not a watchmaker and had never repaired a watch, but he did not even need to open a metal product to see what was wrong.

After a few breaths, as the platinum light disappeared, the entire clock, except for the scratches on the glass surface, was restored to its original state. The hands began to move again. "Okay, but I don't know the exact time now. You still have to adjust it yourself."

As Su Mo spoke, he put the pocket watch back on the unicorn's neck.

The unicorn rabbit held up the pocket watch with both hands and looked at it, and immediately made a joyful sound.

As if to show her gratitude, she jumped onto Su Mo's shoulders the next moment.

"The feast is about to begin!"

Drinks and food were served one by one, and Su Mo was welcomed to the center by the heretics.

The heretics' food is mostly fruits, tree berries, herbs, and mushrooms found in the dungeon. As for wine, the barrels engraved with the word "Rivera" and the wooden wine glasses that are no different from those on the surface clearly explain where they come from.

What surprised Su Mo was that he actually saw convenience pots here, large, medium, small, all kinds of them.

Noticing Su Mo's gaze, Reed immediately explained: "These are the gifts that Fels brought us when he came down last time. They seem to be invented by you, little Su Mo, right?"

"It's our clan's flagship product. Is it still useful?"

After staying in the Dusk Pavilion for a while, Su Mo got used to people adding the word "xiao" before their names.

"It's useful. After having it, we eat cooked food more often. Before, most of the cooked food we ate was baked by Xiao Hei."

Hearing this, Su Mo's eyes couldn't help but look at the hellhound that was spitting fire from its mouth and roasting mushrooms with the help of earth spirits, unicorn rabbits and other small monsters.

"Come on, drink!"

Facing the beer handed over by Reed, Su Mo waved his hand, "Although it is a bit rude, I really don't drink."

"It's not that I'm being rude. If you don't like drinking this, then eat more fruits. These should be relatively rare on the surface."

“It’s very rare.”

Su Mo picked up a palm-sized red fruit and said, "A fruit like this is worth enough to buy a barrel of beer."

"If you like, we'll give you some later."

Su Mo shook his head, "These are enough."

A cooperative relationship cannot be established all at once. The timing is not right. Since the other party has no intention of exchanging, he does not want to appear mercenary at this time.

"You're welcome. We..."

"That's enough, Reid!"

A cold voice suddenly interrupted their conversation, "There's no need to talk about such boring things at this time."

Looking in the direction of the voice, Su Mo met Shi Long's cold gaze that was totally out of place with the current atmosphere.

"Boy, do you really think it's possible for us to coexist with humans?"

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Chapter 208 Help?

"If by 'we' you mean the heretics here now, I don't think that's possible."

Without any hesitation, Su Mo asserted this.

Even though he was a stranger who had only arrived in this world a short time ago, and even though he only knew a tiny part of this world, he could still see such a clear situation.

At least for a few generations, it will be impossible for humans and monsters to coexist.

Monsters are the public enemy of the human race. Humans kill monsters, monsters kill people. The hatred that has lasted for thousands of years has long been engraved into instincts and souls. Both humans and monsters have a strong disgust and rejection of each other, and have long reached the point where they are incompatible.

Su Mo didn't know how deep this hatred was, but he knew one thing - even if he had not experienced that period personally, he would remember the accounts of their daily life for the rest of his life.

He was like this, let alone this blood feud that was almost linked to the entire history of the human race. Unless the entire world was forcibly reshaped, even if the human race and the monsters were to decide the winner immediately, such hatred would still be difficult to resolve in a short period of time.

In order to survive, struggle is inevitable.

It can be said that ever since many monsters overflowed from the big hole, some destinies have been determined.

The people in the underworld have long been destined to be irreconcilable with the monsters. The two are destined to fight forever until the winner is decided, until one side is no longer a threat. Only then will they be qualified to talk about resolving the hatred.

"I mean, of course, the whole heresy."

Shilong said clearly.

"Then I can only say that even the gods would find it difficult to give you an accurate answer to such a question. Unless you can absolutely guarantee that the heretics of the future will be the same as you are now."

"..."

Stone Dragon——Gulus was silent.

The future, how can he guarantee such a future when he can't even see the future.

"What if future heretics can be like us?"

Reid asked in a deep voice.

"There is nothing unchanging in this world. Being rigid and unchangeable is the way to self-destruction. But if your will can really be passed on..."

Su Mo put down the fruit, sorted out his thoughts, then raised his hand and spread out his five fingers, and continued: "If you want to achieve coexistence, just preliminary coexistence, I can think of five things you must do now."

"One: Get rid of meaningless fantasies and make long-term plans of at least 100 years. Before making any important decision, it is best to think about the worst-case scenario. Taking it for granted is not suitable for you."