Chapter 653 True and False Thunder Sword
——Teyvat
Liyue, the Chasm of Rocks, underground mining area, deep battlefield.
Except for those who were in poor condition and stayed where they were to recuperate, the rest of the people all stepped into the passage blasted out by Yidou.
In this new secret place, everyone's memories are read and transformed into images.
Then a cat monster with a replaced identity will appear and attack everyone.
After everyone dealt with a group of cat monsters, they found their nest nearby. After discussion, everyone walked in.
Cats collect.
This is Jun Bai’s introduction to Cat Monster.
People didn't understand what this meant at first.
Until you step into the nest.
How would you describe the scene in the lair?
The cat monster's lair is located in a secret place.
In the secret realm, there is a forest.
The forest is filled with a depressing and mysterious atmosphere.
Skeletons dressed in Qianyan Army uniforms lay scattered on the fallen leaves and humus. The uniforms had lost their original color and luster under the erosion of time and were now a dark yellow of decay.
The vines were like green pythons, wrapping around the corpses maliciously and binding them tightly, as if they wanted to trap the dry bones in the forest forever.
The breeze blew gently, bringing with it the rustling sound of leaves, as if it were the low sighs of those unknown soldiers.
The sunlight shines through the dense branches, forming irregular spots of light that fall on the dry bones, giving them a unique and eerie beauty.
The surrounding trees are like silent guardians, witnessing the bloodiness and cruelty that once occurred here.
The silence in the forest was extremely heavy. Time seemed to have stopped here, and the corpses of the Thousand Rock Army lay there quietly.
[This scene is so sad...]
[These...are the Qianyan troops from that great battle. ]
[The atmosphere was very heavy at this time.]
[Collection... So this is what it means? ]
Everyone subconsciously held their breath.
"This is……"
Paimon gasped.
Jun Lie looked solemn: "Qianyan Army..."
"Here are... the bodies of the Qianyan Army..."
Ye Lan murmured to herself, "Cats collect...collections, are these the Thousand Rocks Army?"
"Wait, could it be that these Qianyan soldiers were the ones whose identities were replaced by monsters in that great war?"
"And cats collect..."
"It means that cat-like monsters will collect people whose identities have been replaced as collectibles. This is... cats collect!"
Paimon just felt creepy: "This habit is so weird."
"Abyss monsters that only know how to kill actually have this habit. If we were replaced, wouldn't we also appear here?"
"It's terrible, luckily we haven't been replaced."
Ying frowned, Paimon was right.
In theory, the monsters from the abyss only kill, but do they really have habits similar to those of living creatures?
Yiya looked at the corpse and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He said:
"Mido!" (It is immortal!)
A thunderbolt fell from Ying's mind, her fist fell on her palm, and she suddenly said: "So that's it!"
Ying now understands the truth behind this habit.
"It is the immortal body! So this is what Jun Bai meant!"
"This kind of monster will replace the identity of humans, and as long as the humans whose identities are replaced are still alive, they will have immortality!"
"So in order to ensure the existence of immortality, these monsters will be brought together to one place to ensure the safety of their original bodies!"
“This act of collecting is actually an act of protection.”
[These monsters are pretty nice...]
[How could there be such a buggy ability? ]
[Immortality? Is it true or not?]
[We killed a bunch of them in front of us, and you told me you are immortal...]
[But if not, there is no way to explain these monsters' collection behavior. This makes sense. ]
"Immortality? Is that true?"
Paimon exclaimed, "When we encountered those monsters before, weren't they easily dealt with?"
"because……"
Jun Lie leaned over, looked at his former comrade who had his eyes closed, and said, "These 'collections' are already dead."
"If what Ying said is true, then these monsters will undoubtedly be difficult to deal with. It's no surprise that the Marshal asked us to be careful."
Ye Lan followed this idea and said:
"But because the copy object is dead, it no longer has immortality, so we can easily deal with those monsters."
“But there are still doubts.”
"Why didn't these Thousand Rocks soldiers... turn into dry bones?"
This is a puzzling thing.
As far as the human body is concerned, after 500 years, it would have been just a pile of bones and it would be impossible to still have a complete body.
But the corpse that appeared in front of everyone at this time, although looking very old, looked like it was sleeping, and was definitely not a corpse.
The new ones don't look like the ones from 500 years ago.
Mizusawa, who was examining the corpse, suddenly spoke:
"Vine, symbiosis."
Everyone looked at Xie Yun.
Xie Yun stood up and explained, "The vines wrapped around these corpses have formed a symbiotic relationship with them."
"If I'm not mistaken..."
"These vines will provide nutrients to the original body and ensure the body's vital functions. In this way, the monsters that replace these Thousand Rocks Army identities will be able to move freely outside."
Paimon trembled: "That sounds scary..."
Xie Yun sighed slightly and said:
"But even if the human body can always obtain energy to maintain body functions, it still has its limits."
“Like food in the refrigerator.”
"A refrigerator can only delay the spoilage of food, but it cannot prevent it from spoiling."
"So despite the reduction in life activities, there is always energy to replenish, but these Thousand Rocks soldiers still died."
"and……"
Xie Yun raised his hand to Jun Lie: "Brother Lie, come here."
Jun Lie walked over and looked at Xie Yun.
Xie Yun gestured for him to look at the corpse at his feet.
Jun Lie was puzzled, but he still looked at it.
This corpse looked familiar at first glance, and the more I looked at it, the more familiar it seemed, as if I had seen it somewhere before...
Suddenly, Jun Lie had an idea and looked at Xie Yun with wide eyes:
"This, this is..."
Xie Yun nodded calmly: "Yes, it's exactly what you thought."
"This body is exactly one of the Thousand Rocks soldiers who disappeared 500 years ago. An eyewitness said that he entered the battlefield with my eldest brother."
Hearing this, Jun Lie began to check the situation of the surrounding Qianyan Army.
Although not everyone knew Jun Lie over the past 500 years, his identity could still be seen from the nameplate on his waist.
These are the Thousand Rocks who disappeared 500 years ago.
The truth came out.
The one that Lei Jian killed was not Qianyan’s army, but the abyss monster that replaced Qianyan-kun. This was the reason for the previous dispute.
"Big brother."
Jun Lie clenched his fists and said unconsciously.
Tears flowed slowly.
It’s great that my brother didn’t betray me.
The next moment, Jun Lie wiped away his tears and his eyes were firm.
He did not forget that there was a thunder sword in this space, and that was the guy who had once attacked them.
Now I know that Lei Jian did not betray me.
At the same time, there are monsters in this space that can replace the identities of others, so the identity of Lei Jian becomes intriguing.