He had seen quite a few monsters, including filthy creatures like scavengers and dung monsters that fed on the rotten corpses and excrement of other creatures.
But compared with the giant heart-stealing insect in front of him, it is nothing.
Because the heart-stealing giant worm brings not only physical disgust, but also mental discomfort that cannot be described in words.
Especially the spiritual energy that fills the surrounding environment, like extremely sharp needles.
When someone approaches, you will immediately feel as if your brain is being poked by thousands of needles.
The intense pain was even more unbearable than any torture inflicted on the body.
Even the unconscious release of psychic powers can cause such a result. It is conceivable how terrible it would be if the giant mind-stealing worm used this power to attack.
Ordinary people can't even feel the pain, and will lose consciousness and thinking in an instant and become an idiot.
In addition, the mucus covering the surface of the giant insect's skin also emits a pungent stench.
Although it is not poisonous, it can cause vomiting if it gets on the face or body.
"It seems that the attack of the Githyanki has caused these mind flayers to have a strong sense of crisis, and they have to resort to this forbidden method to fight back.
If nothing unexpected happens, they train more giant heart-stealing insects to throw them to the upper level to create chaos, minimize the number of Githyanki, and prevent them from raising and training their offspring with peace of mind.
In a confined and narrow space, the damage caused by a giant heart-stealing insect is far more terrifying than that of a dragon.
Be careful, once the battle begins, the giant insects' psionic attacks could alert other mind flayers on this floor at any time."
Zuo Si reminded everyone in the team in a serious tone.
Although he himself has not met a powerful psychic user so far, he is not sure how psychic power developed to its extreme is different from magic and divine arts.
But what is certain is that the leader of this group of mind flayers, Isemiten, is absolutely a true master of the mind.
It is even possible that he is a top-notch mind-destroying demon that can transform himself into a mastermind.
Facing such an enemy, one can never be too cautious.
"Even if we wear the mind protection necklace, can't we resist the psychic attack of this giant insect?" asked the spotted cat man Abara in an uncertain tone.
Zuo Si shook his head gently: "Sorry, no. The main function of the mind protection necklace is to protect your mind and consciousness from mental invasion, and it cannot completely immunize you from mental attacks such as mind piercing and psychic crushing.
In fact, whether it is magic or divine arts, there are no good special targeted protective spells against mental attacks.
If any of you are attacked by Mind Piercing or Psychic Suppression later, please be sure to retreat and drink the healing potion immediately.
That is the only way to avoid death.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you die accidentally, I will revive you after the battle."
"Hahahaha! This sounds really reassuring." Korgan couldn't help but grin.
Because this allowed him to fight without worrying about death, his bloodthirstiness reached an unprecedented level.
As for Alena, the planeswalker's follower, she showed no fear at all and was ready to unleash her powerful fire magic.
Seeing that everyone was ready, Zuo Si made an attack gesture to the Undead Lieutenant beside him without saying a word.
Following the latter's order, a large number of goblin werewolf zombies first raised their crossbows and javelins, aimed at the giant heart-stealing insects not far away and launched a round of long-range attacks.
moment!
Countless arrows and javelins covered the area where the giant insect was lurking like raindrops.
Although most of them were unable to cause any effective damage due to the mucus covering their bodies and their tough skin.
But a small part of it still managed to penetrate the muscle, and blood gushed out along the bloodletting trough.
Since undead creatures are completely immune to all telepathy, the multi-hearted giant worm, which has no organs such as eyes, has no idea who is attacking it.
The intense pain made it furious and crazy on the spot. It raised its head and released a ball of psychic energy.
boom!!!!!!
Accompanied by an invisible force that could not be seen by the naked eye, all the undead within a radius of dozens of meters centered on the giant insect suddenly flew up in an instant, and then were torn to pieces in mid-air.
Obviously, in front of creatures of this level, numbers have long lost any meaning.
But the low-level undead without intelligence had no idea what fear was. They still rushed forward like a tide under the command of the undead lieutenant, waving their weapons to cut the skin, or using their claws and teeth to bite.
After a while, they were densely crawling all over the body of the giant multi-hearted insect.
Although compared with the giant insects, they are like tiny ants gnawing on elephants, and at best they can only cause minor skin injuries.
But the accumulation of so many skin injuries also made the heart-stealing giant insect become more and more violent.
It twisted its body wildly, and with its incredibly terrifying power, it crushed or threw out the undead hanging on its body one by one.
Often, a single powerful blow can kill dozens of goblin werewolf zombies.
In less than five minutes, the summoned undead army was reduced by more than half at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this scene, Zuo Si immediately realized that he could not wait any longer, otherwise these cannon fodder would be wiped out by the heart-stealing giant insects in a short time.
So he decisively began to concentrate and chant the spell in a low voice.
After a while, a huge hand made of force field appeared out of thin air, grabbed the giant insect's head, pressed it hard to the ground and squeezed it.
No matter how the giant insect struggled and shook its body, it could not break free.
Obviously, this is the [Bigbai Crushing Palm] with the strongest control among the Nine Rings Arcane.
Not only can it provide cover for the caster, but it can also push or squeeze the caster's enemies. It is a kind of magic that combines offense and defense.
Even if it is a giant or a dragon, once it is captured by [Bigbai Crushing Palm], there is absolutely no possibility of breaking free.
After all, the essence of this spell is a force field, and the friction will not be reduced because of the smooth mucus on the surface of the Heart-stealing Giant Worm.
In other words, the force field and the object are not affected by friction at all.
"Now! Go! Kill it!"
Zuo Si gave the order to attack without hesitation.
The pyromancer Alena, who had been unable to contain herself any longer, raised her hand and created a wall of fire, covering most of the giant insect's body in the barbecue area.
For creatures of huge size, large-scale killing spells such as Fire Wall can often cause very shocking damage.
Immediately afterwards, she cast the sixth-ring transmutation magic [Fire Spider], instantly creating a large number of small fire elements that pounced on the giant insect.
Obviously, compared with the mild skin injuries caused by the goblins, werewolves and zombies before, the pain brought by this high-temperature flame is definitely more than ten times that of the former.
Therefore, the giant heart-stealing worm immediately locked onto the caster and suddenly released a mind-piercing attack.
Before anyone could react to what was happening, Alena screamed and fell on her back, clutching her hair with both hands, and her eyeballs seemed to be about to pop out of their sockets.
A lot of blood was flowing from the corners of the eyes, ears, nose and mouth, which looked very scary.
"Quick! Drink this!"
The half-orc Rhett quickly took out a bottle of powerful healing potion, pried open his mouth and fed it to the pyromancer, barely saving his life.
However, it is not difficult to tell from her slow reaction that she has completely lost her fighting ability.
It is impossible to enter a state of concentration on casting a spell, at least for a few hours or even a few days.
"Damn it! This thing's mental attack is too terrifying."
Korgan, who was about to rush forward with an ax for hand-to-hand combat, saw what happened to Alena and an expression of lingering fear suddenly appeared on his face.
This is because mental attacks are too covert. They do not have the bright, dazzling light of magic, nor can they be defended against by parrying or blocking like swords.
By the time a person realizes that they are being attacked by psychic powers, it is often too late.
Fortunately, everyone in the team is now wearing a targeted protective necklace, otherwise they might all become slaves controlled by the heart-stealing giant worm, or its next meal.
Zuo Si didn't care too much about the soldiers' hesitation.
He understood that it would be a bit difficult for Korgan, Rhett and Abara to deal with a huge monster that was thirty or forty meters long and could easily knock a person into the air when it rolled.
Not to mention the mind-stealing giant worm's elusive mind-piercing and psychic crushing.
So after the effect of [Bigbai Crushing Palm] ended, Zuo Si decisively added an eight-ring [Burning Cloud Technique].
As the red high-temperature flames enveloped the giant insect's huge body like a storm, the air soon filled with the aroma of meat mixed with the stench of meat.
“Ss...
Since the Heart-Stealing Giant Worm has no organs, even if it is in pain, it can only make slight noises through the friction of its teeth and hands.
When it realized who was the enemy that posed the greatest threat to it, it immediately locked onto Zuo Si's location through its psychic abilities.
The next second...
Zuo Si felt a powerful force impacting his brain and thoughts, as if it was going to erase all his memories and personality.
There is no doubt that this is another special ability of the giant insect - [Psychic Crush].
If the target being crushed does not have a strong enough willpower, he will become a vegetable in a matter of minutes and fall to the unconscious ground.
Apart from the wishing spell, no other magic or divine art could heal such terrible and strange injuries.
However, Zuo Si was protected by divine power and sparks, so [Psychic Crush] only made him feel extremely nauseous. He couldn't help but vomit out all the remaining food and bile in his stomach with a "wow".
“Fuck!”
Although he had long anticipated that the psychic powers of the heart-stealing giant worm would be very difficult to deal with, he never expected that even he would not be immune to it.
You have to know that he has divine power in his body! The most typical feature of divine power is that it can provide the owner with a series of immune properties and strong spell resistance.
But even so, they would still be affected by the giant insect's powerful psychic ability.
No wonder the Mind Flayer has such a huge force even in the entire multiverse.
Compared to magic and divine arts, psionic powers, an extremely idealistic power, are really too weird, and mental damage is completely different from energy damage, physical damage, and soul damage.
Just as Zuo Si was vomiting, the giant heart-stealing insect quickly cut a path through the undead army and rushed over from a distance at an extremely fast speed, obviously intending to attack the enemy that posed the greatest threat to it first.
Seeing this, Rhett didn't hesitate for even a second. He immediately rushed forward, wielding the heavy and sharp two-handed axe, and leaped high, chopping it hard at the giant insect's head.
Unfortunately, before he started to fall, a shocking mental shock hit him directly in the chest.
Boom! The Orc warrior didn't even get close to him. He flew out sideways and hit the wall behind him heavily.
However, while the giant insect was attacking Rhett, Korgan and Abara took advantage of the gap to get close.
The latter first threw a sharp enchanted javelin, which penetrated deeply into the giant insect near its head. Then, like a ferocious big cat, he jumped up and grabbed the javelin, twisting it with all his strength, trying to enlarge the wound as much as possible and cause severe bleeding.
Based on this move alone, it is not difficult to judge that the spotted cat man has hunted wild beasts or monsters that are much larger than himself more than once before. He knows that it is impossible to kill such a huge creature with one blow, so he decisively chose the bloodletting tactic.
In contrast, old Korgan was as simple and brutal as ever, wielding two one-handed axes and activating his violent ability. His whole body was like a meat grinder, tearing open the giant insect's tough skin in just a few seconds, revealing large pieces of dark purple flesh and blood inside.
If it were an ordinary monster, it would have been seriously injured even if it didn't die under the joint attack of these two elite warriors.
But unfortunately, the heart-stealing giant worm is not an ordinary monster.
It is essentially a mind flayer tadpole that has broken through its own physiological limits. Its body structure is very primitive and simple, almost no different from an earthworm.
Even if it is cut in half from the middle, it will not die. Instead, it may split into two giant insects.
“Ah…
Seeing that the giant insect's body had been chopped into pieces but it still showed no sign of dying, old Korgan went completely mad. His eyes were instantly bloodshot, and his short and strong arms were swung like a windmill.
But just a second later, a mind-piercing blow hit him.
In the blink of an eye, the old dwarf fell to the ground with a scream, even dropping the ax in his hand, and banging his head on the ground frantically to vent his pain.
Fortunately, the helmet blocked most of the damage, otherwise my head would have been smashed.
Realizing the danger, the spotted cat man Abara immediately let go of the javelin in his hand, jumped deep into the rocks next to him and hid.
Since the [Thor Stone Walking Technique] on its body has not yet expired, it can still move freely in the rocks.
However, the giant heart-stealing insect obviously did not care about a mere warrior, but focused all its attention on Zuo Si, and pounced on him with its bloody mouth wide open.
But soon, the behemoth realized what a mistake it had made.
When the big, foul-smelling mouth came closer, a dazzling silver light suddenly emerged from Zuo Si's body.
There is no doubt that this is the silver fire bestowed by the Goddess of Magic on her chosen people. It is not only the embodiment of her divine power, but also the most essential and fundamental energy in the depths of the magic network.
As for the flame, it is merely an external manifestation.
Although the giant heart-stealing insect had no eyes, it undoubtedly sensed the dangerous aura through telepathy. It immediately stopped and tried to use the tentacles near its mouth to explore what was going on ahead.
When the tentacles collided with the silver fire, terrifying energy exploded instantly, burning all the tentacles into charred black, and at the same time, a crackling sound like lightning was emitted.
You should know that the tentacles of the mind flayer and the mind flayer tadpoles are the most important organs they use to perceive the outside world, without a doubt.
Therefore, it is densely covered with sensitive nerves.
The pain caused by this immediately made the giant insect twist its body wildly and uncontrollably, releasing a fierce mind-piercing attack.
Relying on his strong physical attributes, Zuo Si endured the blow.
Then he formed the silver fire into the shape of a long spear, aimed at the giant insect's big mouth and stabbed it at lightning speed.
I saw a dazzling silver-white flame flashing in the darkness, and then the entire giant heart-stealing worm emitted a violent psychic impact in all directions with itself as the center, crushing the last remaining undead.
The violent silver fire completely cooked the huge monster in less than a second.
"Huh - finally done."
Looking at the insect corpse so close at hand, Zuo Si cleared the blood around his mouth and nose, and quickly released two healing spells on himself.
Although the giant heart-stealing worm is strictly speaking far from threatening his life, it is still somewhat dangerous.
After all, just based on its huge size and the spiritual energy accumulated from long-term feeding of the brains of intelligent creatures, it is itself a very difficult monster to deal with.
"You...you actually killed a giant heart-stealing insect?!"
Asasra, who had not participated in the battle the whole time and was hiding in an inconspicuous corner, finally came out and exclaimed in a slightly trembling voice.
She simply couldn't believe that there was someone in this world who could actually kill this horrible monster that only existed in legends.
Not to mention killing it! Even those adventurers who have seen the Heart Flayer and survived are rare, and can brag about this experience in taverns and inns in various ways and regard it as an honor.
"Yeah, I put a lot of effort into it."
Zuo Si put away the silver fire and walked closer, raised his wand and cut open the giant insect's body, observing its internal structure with interest, especially the brain that could generate mental energy.
Contrary to what most people think, this thing's brain is not very large. Instead, it looks no different from an ordinary mind flayer.
The only difference is that its density is very high, presenting undulating spiral hills and valleys.
Assasara felt his scalp tingling as he watched Zuo Si skillfully dissect the corpse of a giant insect and take out key organs one after another.
She felt that she must have been petrified for too long, so she began to be unable to keep up with the changes in the world today.
After roughly understanding the physiological structure of the giant heart-stealing worm, Zuo Si immediately pulled up several of his subordinates and teammates who had fallen to the ground one by one, and treated the injured with divine magic.
However, judging from the reactions of Alena, Cogan and Rhett, it would be impossible for them to regain consciousness in a short time.
After all, mental attacks are more dangerous than charm control spells, and the damage they cause to the brain and nerves is more serious. At the very least, you will have to lie down for several hours or even days.
Just as Zuo Si was considering whether to return to the star port first and then open the portal to send the three people back to the Mage Tower to rest, several portals suddenly appeared out of thin air.
Not long after, a dozen Mind Flayers came out from the other side, along with a Mind Destroyer that was taller and stronger than the former.
Without asking, we know that they all felt the mental power released by the giant heart-stealing insect in the previous battle, so they rushed over to see what happened.
After all, the Hearthworm is a secret weapon specially developed to deal with the Githyanki.
When the leading Heartbreaker saw the giant insect being chopped into pieces and turned into "parts", he immediately became furious and roared through the mind connection: "You are dead, human! I will dig out your brain and taste it."
"If you can do it, then give it a try."
Zuo Si pursed his lips and revealed a chilling smile.
There was no nonsense between the two sides, and there was no need for any communication. From the moment they confirmed that they were enemies, they had decided to fight to the death.
As the mind flayers took the lead in throwing out mind blasts collectively, another fierce battle began.
However, compared to the giant insects, the mind flayer is obviously not that difficult to deal with.
At least in Zuo Si's eyes, there is no essential difference between killing an ordinary mind flayer and crushing an ant.
Often, a killing curse or a compound spell of one's own invention can kill these extremely uncomfortable octopus heads.
If some guys have cast protective spells on themselves or have high magic resistance and survive, then shoot them again.
Since there was no need to chant spells or cast spells, Zuo Si had already successfully killed six ordinary mind flayers by the time the leading mind flayer had just begun to distort reality through his psychic powers.
The cat-man who had been hiding in the rock wall suddenly jumped out and attacked from behind, successfully killing two of them.
One of them had his throat cut by sharp claws, and the other had a sharp spear pierce his head and died on the spot.
As for Asasra, the dragonborn, he was mind-controlled by the opponent at the first sight and joined the ranks of attacking Zuo Si.
There's nothing we can do about it! It's normal for something like this to happen when fighting creatures that have charm spells and psionic powers.
The only thing to be thankful for was that all of Asasra's original equipment had been looted by Korgan, so she only had an ordinary longsword on her, which could not cause any effective damage.
Zuo Si simply used the [Bigbai Flying Palm] to pin the man against the wall, making him unable to move.
A warrior who has lost his powerful magical weapons and equipment is so pitiful that he cannot pose even the slightest threat to a high-level spellcaster.
Zuo Si was even too lazy to help the dragonborn get out of his controlled state, and directly teamed up with the spotted cat people to clear out the ordinary mind flayers as quickly as possible.
Since he is completely immune to mind intrusion and charm control, most low-level mind flayers who only rely on their natural abilities to make a living have no good way to deal with him.
They were all dead in about a few minutes.
But the Heart-Destroying Demon in the lead is obviously not so easy to deal with.
This guy is obviously a very high-level psychic. He can even achieve the effect of unexpected sneak attacks by speeding up his own time.
In addition, he tried more than once to occupy Zuo Si's body and replace him.
This is a very advanced psychic power that only the most powerful psychics can achieve.
By constantly replacing young bodies, psions can even achieve immortality and eternal life.
Unfortunately, Zuo Si has divine protection in his body, so this attempt is doomed to fail.
The Heart Destroyer soon discovered this and quickly changed his tactical thinking, starting to use some force fields, energy, or temporary damaging spells to attack, or trying to pull Zuo Si's consciousness closer to the illusion he created and lock him up.
With his powerful psychic powers, he finally seized an opportunity and instantly dragged his consciousness into a virtual world maintained entirely by the mind.
Zuo Si himself didn't even notice anything. He just felt dazed for a moment, and then his eyes went dark and he lost all sense of the outside world.
However, at the last moment, he still managed to release the silver fire to wrap his body.
I don’t know how long it took, maybe a few seconds, maybe a few minutes, maybe a few hours…
Anyway, when I regained consciousness, I found that the surrounding environment had changed from the seventeenth floor of the Underworld to the Yawning Gate Tavern in Waterdeep.
"Ah! You finally woke up!" The tavern owner, Dunan, came over from a distance and greeted him with a smile. "You are such a lucky guy. You know, it's the first time in my life that someone can come back alive after being injured so badly."
"Injuried?"
Zuo Si frowned subconsciously and immediately realized that something was wrong.
Because his memory is different from that of ordinary people. He can remember every moment and detail he has experienced, and he knows very well that at the last moment he was fighting with a powerful heart-destroying demon leader.
"Yes! Not only you, but also your teammates. I have hired a pastor for you."
As he spoke, Du Nan cast his gaze towards the crowded bar hall.
The dwarf Korgan was seen sitting at the bar, drinking the most expensive liquor and bragging about his adventuring career to other adventurers.
Sitting next to him was the half-orc Rhett, who was tearing into the golden roasted leg of lamb with great enthusiasm.
Alena was still addicted to alcohol, and from time to time she would use magic tricks to create bright and dazzling fireworks, making a group of halflings and dwarves laugh.
Abara, the tabby cat man, sat alone in an inconspicuous corner, enjoying his favorite fresh meat and fish.
Everything seems so warm and beautiful.
But Zuo Si keenly discovered that the scene he saw was very unreal.
The most obvious flaw is Alena.
As a summoned creature and follower of the Planeswalker, she herself is an absolute "funny" and "entertaining person".
But like other summoned creatures, they are loyal and will never indulge themselves when their masters lose consciousness. Instead, they will stay by the side until the masters wake up.
Thinking of this, Zuo Si slowly got up from the bed and walked out without saying a word.
Du Nan did not stop him. Instead, he returned to the bar, poured a glass of wine and placed it in front of him. He said with a smile, "This one's on me. Cheers to the hero who has returned from the underground city."
"Thanks……"
Staring at the amber alcoholic drink in front of him, Zuo Si's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible sneer, and he was instantly sure that the Du Nan in front of him was definitely a fake.
Because the real owner of the Yawning Gate Tavern knew that he would never drink any alcohol and would only provide clean water or a cup of boiled hot milk.
However, Zuo Si did not rush to expose the other party, but started to wander around the tavern and communicate with different people.
After about ten minutes, he discovered that although this place was exactly the same as the real Yawning Gate Tavern in Waterdeep in terms of smell, atmosphere, and feeling, it still had many hidden loopholes.
For example, some of the often overlooked decorations and furnishings on the door and windows are different from those in the real Yawning Gate Tavern;
For example, almost one-third of those guys dressed as adventurers were in similar situations to himself. They also lost consciousness inexplicably during the battle with the mind flayer, and when they woke up, they found themselves back in the tavern.
The last and most fatal point is that those books placed on the bookshelf for guests' entertainment are completely blank except for the cover, without even a single word or symbol.
And every time Zuo Si approached the gate and wanted to go out, he would either be interrupted by other adventurers who suddenly came over, or the weather outside would become very bad.
If this happens once or twice it is understandable, but if it happens seven or eight times in a row, you can almost conclude that there is definitely a problem.
In addition, Zuo Si also discovered that he was not the only one who encountered a similar situation, but the explanations given privately by the tavern owner Du Nan were different. Sometimes he said it was because the whole city was under blockade, and sometimes he said it was because they were celebrating a certain festival.
If someone wants to go into the underground shaft and continue exploring the maze city on the ground, he will claim that the mad wizard Halaster Black Robe has sealed the dungeon with magic.
Anyway, there is only one motive behind all these lies, and that is to keep everyone firmly under control inside the tavern.
"A virtual world created by powerful mental power? Interesting..."
A meaningful expression appeared on Zuo Si's face.
He had seen a book in the library of Candlekeep before, which recorded that the mind flayer's main brain could create a virtual world composed of spirits and pull the consciousness of all slaves into it.
Although in the real world, they have to work hard every day, and might even become food for some mind flayer.
But in the virtual world, enslaved creatures often live the life they have always dreamed of, and can even have different encounters with beautiful people of the opposite sex every day and have unspeakable things happen to them.
There is no doubt that the mind flayers use this method to undermine the resistance consciousness of slaves.
What Zuo Si didn't expect was that the Heart-Destroying Demon Leader could actually do this on his own.
This just proves that he must be the kind of psychic master who has the ability to transform himself into a mastermind.
The establishment of every mind flayer community or city means that a mind flayer standing at the pinnacle of the race's evolution has given up his body and contributed his brain.
Then, after a series of complex psychic rituals and technological transformations, this brain will become the original core of the master brain.
Soon after, more than twenty mind flayers will give up their lives and contribute their brains, eventually forming an extremely powerful main brain.
After finding out the truth, Zuo Si did not pause for a second, and began to question the authenticity of his surroundings with his firm will.
In just a few minutes or so, he successfully broke free from the constraints of the environment and returned his consciousness to his body.
When he opened his eyes again, he was still standing on the seventeenth level of the dark and humid underground maze - the deep sea. Not far away was the giant heart-stealing worm that had been killed and dissected.
But the leader of the Heart-Destroying Demon disappeared.
Obviously, at the moment Zuo Si broke free from control, he chose to escape without hesitation.
Not only that, when this guy left, he did not forget to take away captives such as Korgan, Alena, Rhett, Asasra, and Abara.
In addition, the heads of all the dead mind flayers were pried open and their brains were taken out.
"Let me see what secrets you octopus heads have hidden on this floor."
After muttering something quietly, Zuo Si quickly cast a small amount of protective spells on himself, then quickly headed deeper into the cave.
He understood that the mind flayers took the captives away for two purposes: one was to use them to parasitize adult tadpoles and thus transform into more mind flayers, and the other was to use them as hostages.
Following the increasingly narrow passage, Zuo Si soon arrived at the location of the psychic turbine generator.
As expected, the mind flayers used slaves and psychic energy to build a dam at a higher water level, using the force of the water flow to drive psychic machinery to generate the energy necessary to maintain the entire community.
Keep going forward and you will see many vertical psychic storages.
Out of curiosity, he carefully opened several of them and found that lying inside were basically either captured Githyanki or adventurers who had gone deep into the maze of the underground.
Some of them have obviously been parasitized by tadpoles, and their bodies are undergoing drastic changes, looking creepy.
However, Zuo Si, who knew nothing about psychic power, did not rashly wake up these poor guys, nor did he touch the pipes connecting the surrounding psychic warehouse.
Because he knew that the mind flayers' psychic technology was very advanced.
If the prisoner is roughly pulled out of the cabin and awakened by "physical" means, the most likely possibility is that this guy will go completely crazy or become an unconscious vegetable.
By the same token, directly pulling out the tube will result in the same result.
In this way, Zuo Si moved forward all the way without encountering any enemies or resistance. He reached the center of the entire seventeenth floor effortlessly, and then saw a spiral-shell ship floating in the air.
However, this snail-shell ship obviously looked like it had experienced a great battle, with marks of cuts, smashes and burns all over it, most likely caused by the battle with the Githyanki magic ship.
Below the ship, two brass dragons that were obviously controlled and enslaved were roaring deafeningly at him, the intruder.
Just as Zuo Si was about to take action to deal with the two brass dragons first, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Human! Stop it. I admit that you are powerful, much more powerful than any adventurer I have encountered before. So why don't we sit down and talk?"
Without asking, one would know that the owner of this voice was the leader of the Heart-Destroying Demon that they had just encountered.
"Ha! You kidnapped all my subordinates and companions, and now you say you want to talk?" Zuo Si's tone was filled with naked and undisguised mockery.
But the Heart Destroyer was not angry. Instead, he said calmly, "I assure you that they are safe now and have not suffered any harm. As long as you can reach a consensus with me, I can return them to you at any time."
"In that case, then tell me your conditions."
Zuo Si did not rush to launch an attack, but wanted to see what this guy was planning to do.
After all, the mad wizard Halaster Blackrobed has banned all teleportation in the Underworld City, so even if the enemy has a conch shell ship, don't expect to escape.
Moreover, if he couldn't initiate astral teleportation, such a huge target would be nothing more than a large target in his eyes.
"My conditions are simple. First, we must reach a reconciliation and no longer engage in hostilities. Second, you and your companions must help us destroy the Githyanki on the sixteenth floor of the Crystalline Labyrinth, as well as their hatching base at the starport. In return, I can provide you with a lot of gold, gems, and magic items in return."
The Heart-Destroying Demon calmly stated his conditions.
Without the giant heart-stealing insect that he had cultivated with great difficulty, he had lost his secret weapon to deal with his mortal enemy, the Githyanki, so he had to rely on outside forces.
As for the two enslaved brass dragons, they must serve as guards of the Snail Shell at all times.
Otherwise, if there is a surprise attack here, all ambitions and plans will be meaningless.
"Help you deal with the Githyanki? You are dreaming!" Zuo Si pretended to be disdainful and said sarcastically. "Not only are the Githyanki well-equipped, but they also have a large number of golems as guards, and they also have the help of red dragon allies. Why should I offend another more powerful enemy for the sake of one enemy?"
moment!
The Heartbreaker fell silent.
If possible, he now particularly wants to use psychic invasion to perceive the other party's thoughts, find out what this human in front of him is thinking, and how to make him agree to cooperate with him.
But unfortunately, the barrier formed by divine power blocks all mind-detecting spells.
Just as the Heart-Destroying Demon leader was thinking about how to persuade Zuo Si, the Furu cub that he had taken in before flew down from the Snail Shell Ship silently.
Due to its small size, it did not attract the attention of the Heart-Destroying Demon. It secretly hid behind Zuo Si and transmitted and shared everything it saw and heard through telepathy.
After a while, Zuo Si figured out the situation inside the conch shell ship.
Especially the huge brain pool that had been built at the core of the ship, which made him completely understand the Heart Destroyer's plan.
There is no doubt that this guy is actively planning to transform himself into a mastermind.
However, the constant attacks from the Githyanki on the 16th floor made it impossible for him to put his plan into action.
After all, the transformation takes time, and during this period he will be in a very weak state and will not be able to lead other mind flayers to resist attacks from their mortal enemies.
If there is another fierce attack like the one not long ago, then everything that has been built with great difficulty will be wiped out, and I might even die.
No Githyanki would pass up the merit and honor that comes with destroying an elder brain.
They can even return to the star realm with such merits and receive honors personally from Her Majesty the Queen in their old nest.
Likewise, Zuo Si also figured out the internal structure of the Conch Shell and the location of the command room. There was no need to continue to play along with the Heart Destroying Demon leader...
(End of this chapter)
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