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Chapter 240 The Lair
As a game player, Zhou Ning doesn't like to have his lair taken out, even if it's a branch base, but he likes to take out other people's lair, so what should we do?Naturally, he arranged enough arrangements in his old nest.

The undead tree is one of them.

In fact, it should be called Earth Shathorn.

It is a variant of thorns produced by thorns.

At the same time, it is also a product of extraordinary rituals.

The brutal killing of the six Transcendents was the main body of the ceremony.

The possession of the ritual includes planting, etc.

Zhou Ning himself didn't want to be bound by the undead tree, so he gave the 'welfare' to the townspeople.

"Planting a tree is an ancient consciousness with extraordinary significance. The undead tree can protect the people who plant it, and the number does not exceed five, so you can discuss and share this benefit.

Of course there is a price.

The price is that the place where the undead tree is planted is the true hometown of the planter.

No matter where you die, your soul will return to your hometown. "

This is a rather poetic statement.To put it bluntly, the meat is rotten in the pot, even if it is dead, the body will return by itself.It is not so much a blessing as a curse.

Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, that's it.

Giselle, Dakalai and others all participated in the planting of the undead tree.

From their point of view, with Zhou Ning's strength, there was no need to play tricks to trick them.

Well, that's probably really a benefit.

Indeed, for a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, sending a note to someone across the street can earn 20 yuan, which is a benefit.

The protection given by the undead tree is real, including the ability to recover from injuries, as well as the recognition of the wilderness, the poison immunity of the vegetation system, and the avoidance of hallucinations... There are quite a lot of benefits.

Conversely, the spirit and flesh are eroded and become a part of the undead tree.

Unknowingly, they will love the undead tree that shelters them more than they love themselves.

Of course, this process will be very slow, after all, trees have a different concept of time from people.Especially extraordinary trees.

The growth rate of the undead tree even exceeded Zhou Ning's expectations.

In just three days, the diameter exceeded one meter.

Four days later, the diameter exceeded three meters, and it was already called a towering ancient tree with a crown like a cloud cover, thus becoming one of the symbols of the intersection.

On the tenth day, when the diameter exceeded five meters, Zhou Ning couldn't sit still.

"There are indeed some unusual things here..."

Zhou Ning knew the working mechanism of the Undead Tree. Even if he found five monks who transformed into gods, such as Bone Bodhisattva, Wu Shihuai, Gu Changgeng, etc., as tree slaves, it would not be possible to grow so crazily.

There must be some special nutrients.

And this substance must also have extraordinary attributes.

The first thing that came to his mind was 'Azerite'.

It is also the amniotic fluid of the star god Azeroth, who is known as the most potential in the universe and invincible after birth in the World of Warcraft universe.

It is this super strong nutritious substance that can give birth to the strongest star god.

Zhou Ning was thinking, is it because the undead tree can grow so wildly because there is the origin of the world that he is thinking about underground?

He certainly wasn't carrying a shovel for answers.

Even if it is really the origin of the world, it is impossible to exist underground in a conventional mode, for example, like groundwater.

This is a transcendent concept involving dimensions.

So he went to ask the system.

Tree species come from the system, and the system has always been very good at its products.

The system said that it has indeed touched the small tail of the origin of the world, and the undead tree is an experiment related to it.But it failed, and the growth was too rapid, which is precisely the proof of failure.

The origin of the world, played a trick of tail-docking survival + Li Daitao stiff, using cheap growth elements to satisfy the plant instinct of the undead tree, so that the more precious deity escaped.

Only then did Zhou Ning know that the origin of the Dare to Feel the World is a living creature with the same consciousness as Gaia in the legend, with the wisdom of survival.It's not just a dream-level panacea.

Zhou Ning's related curiosity was satisfied, and he stopped there.

He is not the kind of person who is very curious and likes to break the casserole and ask the bottom line.

That is to say, he lacks the basic character traits to be a researcher.

What kind of person is he then?

He has been asking himself this question all the time.

He has realized that the improvement of spiritual realm is actually a process of self-analysis and return to sincerity.

Blackening is neither the goal nor the result, but more like a means that happens to be used.

This method exposed the real side of his personality, the animal side, the dark side.Tear off the skin of Game Life, the cruelty, tyranny, etc. in his human nature, to be honest, it's a bit unbearable.

He hopes that a considerable part of this is due to the backlash caused by the long backlog. When the dredging is completed, it will be better.

But even if he couldn't get better, he admitted it.This is him, he doesn't want to stand and stand again.This is like the desugaring process of wine. Compared with whether it is good enough, he now cares more about whether it is true enough.

Juveniles are relatively innocent, but the first thing after birth is to learn to cheat.

They will smile at strangers, not because they think they like it, but because they are afraid of being hurt, and instinctively make body language to please them, but if you force them again, they will not be able to hold back anymore, crying loudly for protection...

So, at the end of the day, it’s about power.

Without power, it is like having no money in modern society. Money in modern society is the deformed embodiment of power. Without it, there is no mating right.

On the contrary, now that he has it, he must take back all the innocence that he had when he was born.

Even if this kind of innocence hurts others, it is even a kind of evil for them.

This is Zhou Ning's idea, a vision.

He is verifying the correctness of this idea, including finding a new breaking point for a rapid increase in mood level.

Now, he's basically proven, it's not 'hey hey'.

For a moment he thought it would be this.

After all, when he thought back to the past, he also used to have a brain, seeing a woman who couldn't walk, there was no such thing as love at first sight, it was clearly coveted beauty.

So he thought, another explosion point, could it be this one?
Although he had lived a nearly abstinent life before, he didn't feel much discomfort.But that doesn't prove he doesn't love this.Maybe it's just because I'm used to it, and I have strong enough self-control and busy affairs, so I don't want to, but in fact, I long for it deep down in my heart.

Unfortunately, after getting bored with Aurora for a while, he began to deny this assumption.

Apparently it's not this one.

Just like in the wasteland world, hunger did not become a flash point for a rapid increase in mood.

Although the need to survive and the desire to reproduce belong to the life instinct, it seems that these are more focused on the body than the soul.

Life corresponds to the body, and it is not quite accurate to use life to correspond to the soul.

Although for the vast majority of people the life disappears, so does the conscious personality.

But for extraordinary people, this relationship chain is not inevitable.

Therefore, trying to find the breaking point from the instinctive desire of partial life seems to be trying to find a fish.

Aurora was acutely aware of his fading enthusiasm for 'sexing'.

In addition, Aurora doesn't seem to be able to accept his brutality.

He could feel that Aurora was afraid of him, just like Little Red Riding Hood was afraid of the big bad wolf.

Combined, he and Aurora didn't have much of a good-founded relationship, and it seemed to be deteriorating.

Through a good communication, he temporarily coaxed Aurora.

But he knew it wasn't a long-term solution.

He had a premonition that he would become more and more impatient to do this kind of coaxing girls.

And Aurora will gradually develop antibodies to his rhetoric.When his performance did not meet Aurora's psychological expectations, Aurora would most likely be linked to what he said when coaxing his sister, and think that he did not do it.

Then the relationship between the two gradually deteriorated.

To put it bluntly, without a good foundation, without going through the test of time and events, but just a momentary pleasure, love and adultery are passionate, and it is difficult to have a good result.

Just like the line in {Lord of War}: Many times, the relationship between a man and a woman begins with a lie and ends with a lie.

In the afternoon, Zhou Ning and Aurora came out from the ice and snow of their own house to enjoy the warm winter sun outside.

The town at the crossroads is indeed a bit small, but the Undead Tree is really a bit big.

Its characteristic crown of thorns is now connected to each other, forming two half-rings, like two slightly empty hands that are about to close, leaving two gaps, one south and one north.

The rest of the edge areas are covered by green shade, and even under the covered shade, a new plant ecology is formed.It is like an oasis in the desert, in stark contrast to the outside world.

Anyone who has a good impression of natural beauty will not hate this derivative green space.

Not to mention the tree slaves.They will become gardeners spontaneously and learn gardening without a teacher.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhou Ning and Aurora took a walk and saw them tending flowers and plants.

Even Giselle was able to walk in the sun thanks to the protection of the undead tree.

She even has a sharper photosynthetic ability than other tree slaves, and she doesn't know if it's because of a better supernatural base, or because her black skin is better at absorbing sunlight.

Walking in the town, the townspeople greeted the two of them one after another.

As a big family, this is normal, but to them, especially Zhou Ning, it is obviously more humble.

Strength is always respected.In particular, this power can also significantly bring benefits to everyone.

The plant ecosystem with the undead tree as the core is already producing a kind of cranberry, a special-grade food material, which is very delicious and abundant. It almost ripens overnight and two days. While the townspeople have an additional daily fruit, , is already planning to produce special berry wine.

In addition, a fruit similar to apple pears is also growing and ripening. It seems that the yield is not bad, and many people are already looking forward to tasting its delicacy.

On the other hand, the tree slaves added some internal organs and bones of livestock to the purchase list.

This was proposed by the tree slaves such as Giselle, who could sense what the Undead Tree needed.They will regularly step into the designated place under the big tree for the undead tree to absorb.

To this end, they also plan to build a cold warehouse south of the town.

Because with the crazy growth of the undead tree, more legends spread, making it more and more difficult for anyone to come to this town full of freaks.

However, the circus is still doing brisk business every weekend.

According to legend, ghosts also like to have fun, so the day when the circus starts is safe, provided that you leave the intersection before the circus closes at midnight.

Zhou Ning felt that even if the people in the big town were idle, it would be difficult to make up such a well-known legend, let alone such a fast and wide spread.

Obviously, it is the official who uses this method to persuade ordinary people not to die.

Because of the undead tree, or the power he revealed, these people were also frightened.

With the Undead Tree, the entire intersection is now a pan-sanctuary.

There are no longer undead and other filth wandering around, and the extraordinary power has also been reconciled here, which is more balanced and stable, instead of one after another and full of changes like an undercurrent.

The center of the intersection has become the area with the most intense sunlight. Against the backdrop of the shade of trees covering the sky, it looks like a natural altar of the sun.

In the past few days, Zhou Ning would complete a simple walk around the town almost every day, and then come to the top of the tavern, drink tea in the rocking chair, and look at the center of the road where there are no people at all.

The top of the tavern was originally private and not open to the public.

But Zhou Ning got preferential treatment, he is as comfortable here as Boss Tang in {Fast and Furious} enjoys top Barbie Q.

No one knew why he fell in love with this seemingly divine thing, and no one asked, thinking it was an offense.

Everyone agrees that it is normal for people like Zhou Ning to do things that seem strange to ordinary people.

In fact, there is no deep meaning, just happy, lazy, and waiting.

Waiting for Katie's reply, waiting for the mood to reach a certain state, or waiting for the avenger to come to the door after the young one comes to the old one.

Of course, he will also take the opportunity to pay attention to the situation in the monster universe like playing a strategy game.

Zhou Mo and his D4 team are still fighting with the Guanghui Group.

However, Zhou Mo's current opponent is no longer his little fellow Gu Yuqing.

The queen of crisis public relations, Gu Yuqing, whom Zhou Ning called "King Ada", has already lost in several rounds of competition, and staged a scene where she lost her wife and lost her army.

The story flow is not complicated.

It was Zhou Ning who tried his best to create an image of taking advantage of the fire after being betrayed by his boss, but who was filled with righteous indignation, but improvised, and still had certain naive illusions about the government (such as keeping promises).

Out of arrogance, Gu Yuqing thought it was reasonable for Zhou Ning and his gang to behave like this.

After all, the D4 team has always been a handy 'gun' that has been successfully brainwashed before, and their life cognition is all added to the military field. Talking about inconsistency, shamelessness, and not Bilian, how can they be opponents of politicians?Habits of thought are not so easy to change.

As a result, Gu Yuqing pretended to be helpless and accepted Zhou Ning's threat, and sent all the family members of the D4 team one by one, watching them go their separate ways with 'considerable' wealth.

In fact, there is a positioning chip on the person, the money is also tampered with, and there is a special action team watching secretly. With one order, they can be shot six times in the back, commit suicide, or get drunk in an accident. The mine driver drives a dump truck to crush and drag...

However, just when Gu Yuqing thought he had successfully taken back the sand station and planned to order the silence, the action team sent reports one after another, and the person was lost...

Gu Yuqing only has an action team, but Zhou Ning has Skynet + Ultron, who is better?Not to mention that Gu Yuqing is still arrogant and conceited, thinking that relying on some technological means can defeat the opponent, as everyone knows, the last thing to use is technological means, the most primitive way of the whole point, the system may use up some energy to crack , now, hehe...

Frank, Lena and others, as well as their families, underwent plastic surgery in a black clinic.

This operation is systematically involved. Not only will there be no relevant medical traces, but it also has even more awesome technical support. With the general technological equipment in this era, it is impossible to find out the income from plastic surgery.

And those advanced technologies can be detected, but does the Guanghui Group have the financial resources to carry out the highest level of screening?The answer is obviously no.

And when Frank and the others changed their faces and prepared to restart their lives.

The system is playing a {Hawkeye} game.

Directed by D.J. Caruso, starring Shia LaBeouf, the movie {Eagle Eye}, released in 2008, shows an artificial intelligence that is in charge of the most powerful surveillance system in the country, and even the world. beep.

This artificial intelligence can make almost any ordinary person a tool that can be used just by coercion and lure.

Through the comparison of big data, AI has mastered people's preferences and personalities, including people's black history and the people and things they care about most.

Then AI turns into the most awesome series plan organizer, turning everyone who can be used into a link in the entire plan chain.

For this link, which is the person, the price is very low, just follow the instructions and don't ask why.

For example, at a certain time, you will receive a call, and someone will send you a metal plate. Using your own ability and work convenience, you will make eyes on certain positions of the metal plate, and then wait for someone to pick it up, or hand it over to the designated position. Someone in recognizable attire will suffice.

Zhou Ning wants to use the system to let these people who rely on technological means taste the despair of being bullied by technological means.

Carlos, the head of the Brilliant Group, was stolen out without anyone noticing.

Then in the black laboratory of the system, the head replacement operation was completed.

Carlos' skin has become a slave to the system.

The real Carlos needs to perform a series of miracles like {Slumdog Millionaire} before he can return to the upper class.

Then, the slave Carlos fired Gu Yuqing with the crazy stone-like reason of '100 million acquisition case, you negotiated it to 1000 million'.

Then there is a series of whole-person plans. With Carlos, the top-ranking boy, the negotiation with Zhou Ning is completely a trap. Whoever enters the pit will be unlucky. The system has also completed a series of personnel adjustments.

Correspondingly, Carlos has entered the most brilliant period in his personal history. He has shown his excellence in many fields, defeated his opponents in negotiations, dug out the moths of the group, and solved several long-standing problems. The problem also makes the group's stock performance very good...

To be honest, Zhou Ning himself was not impressed.

His contribution is too limited, it is really like a strategy game, the implementation depends on the system, and even the plan is just a choice among the existing excellent plans.

So he is waiting, waiting for the system to use the shell of the Guanghui Group to integrate a corporate army and kill the Quartet.At that time, he might be able to live the addiction of leading a general like commanding an army in the {Three Kingdoms} series.

The dry and earthy Gobi wind, after passing through the immortal tree ecosystem, becomes tame and fresh, with swaying branches and whirling shadows, and the feeling of old age rushes to the face.

But Zhou Ning didn't feel drowsy. His soul is very abnormal now, and his head is always full of energy. If he wants to, he won't feel sleepy if he doesn't close his eyes for a few days and nights.

He put down his wine glass, and from an old box, he took out a map that was identified as being made of human skin.

A certain unlucky guy had the map tattooed on his back, and then his skin was peeled off.

This may be a gimmick in other horror-themed films, but at this moment, Zhou Ning has no interest in the clues it may lead to.

This map was found by the pawnshop owner Dakalai from the antiques when he heard that he was interested in the past of the crossroads during the dinner party.

And he already knew that the origin of the world that really interested him was in another dimension.

Therefore, he actually didn't expect any information worthy of his attention on this map.

But the Death Sect made him more or less interested.

The Death Sect is the organization to which the six people who were transformed into undead trees by him in a cruel way belong.

The organization believes that at the crossroads, a magic weapon belonging to the god of death is buried, which is why the crossroads are so special.

And they visited that night, hoping to take away the townspeople at a crossroads, cooperate with their ceremony, and look for magic artifacts.

Giselle and the others have dealt with the Death Sect several times, and know that they act cruelly and evilly. The so-called cooperation is actually a sacrifice, which is often either dead or maimed.

If Giselle and the others agree to the request of the Death Sect, then the hearts of the people at the crossroads will be scattered.

But if you don't agree, the death sect can't afford it.

This is the reason for the standoff.

As a result, Zhou Ning's performance was not the cruelest, only more brutal.

Now the townspeople feel that the villain still needs to be tortured by the villain. With Zhou Ning around, I am afraid that the Death Sect is really a younger brother.

"A bunch of Yegongs who love dragons. I doubt they really understand what the concept of death is!" Zhou Ning looked at this very Indian-style map with the attitude of appreciating artwork.

The west, ancient civilizations, treasures, terrible curses...

The only thing that seems to be lacking is Indiana Jones.

Zhou Ning felt that if he was really bored, he might as well play a cowboy-style treasure hunter.

In his mind, the most classic western cowboy image is neither the cowboys in {Red Dead Redemption}, nor the cowboys in {The Brave Seven Dragons} or {Yellowstone Park}, but {Soul Chariot 1 } in the old cowboy, I feel particularly tasteful.

The more he thought about it, the more interesting he found it. He asked the system to help him prepare, not only the professional-grade revolver, Dacha, saddle, and biochemical war horse, but also the professional-grade knowledge system. He can now accept the "empowerment" knowledge mastery , the premise is that it cannot be too complicated and huge.

The western cowboy system is in line with the standard. After all, to put it bluntly, it is just some armed pioneer herdsmen in the gunpowder era.

And he himself has an excellent foundation in firearms shooting, and his equestrian skills are not bad. At the same time, the horses required by the system are far from normal horses. The professional field of cowboys only requires understanding, not needing to be skilled. How much knowledge and information...

This evening, as always, a dinner party.

The essence of a dinner party is to exchange views and opinions with each other.

And tonight, Mark brought back some news that made the townspeople somewhat resentful and uneasy.

He went to Dazhen to do errands during the day, but he heard that outsiders were murdered one after another in Dazhen recently.

According to the analysis of the relics of the deceased, these victims seemed to be extraordinary beings who came from afar.

Zhou Ning, who was playing with the wine glass, sat up straight.

"I seem to smell some conspiracy. Someone is preventing the supernatural from coming to the crossroads, and they are very successful. They have excellent eyes and ears, and extraordinary persuasion. After all, it is less than three miles from the big town."

Giselle said coldly: "The police in the big town are probably involved."

Zhou Ning nodded: "I think so too. The most reasonable way to keep people is to stop and check."...

(End of this chapter)