Don’t Be Afraid, the Last Meal Has Not Been Digested

On the night of the full moon, different from the quietness of the past, the light of the torches meandered out of the house and headed for the deep mountains.

This is the day of the sacred tree festival.

Such a grand ceremony is not held every year.

An Yizhen quietly observed the clothes of the people around her. She was wearing a dyed blue sackcloth like her, and holding an overly simple torch. She is a small child, following the end of the crowd, she can see the stockade made of bamboo and wood when she turns back, without any trace of modernization.

With the previous experience of sleeping, she can quickly tell that she is in a dream.

The surrounding villagers were talking about the sacred tree sacrifice, and she speculated that she might be a scene from a certain era thousands of years ago.

The people in the stockade were all dressed up, and the first one was an unmarried girl wearing silver ornaments. Their expressions were completely different from the fanatic clansmen who drove them behind them, and they were somewhat sad and nervous.

An Yizhen realized that his body was very ordinary, and his speed and strength were within the normal range of a child. Wasn't she dreaming with her own body this time? So what does this dream have to do with the main line?

I don't know how long I walked, but An Yizhen saw the tree. Around the sacred tree, the low shrubs and weeds have been cleaned up by the clansmen, leaving an empty space, highlighting the greatness of the sacred tree, as if it were independent from the world.

But the tree was not the same as the one she had seen before the dream.

The trunk of the divine tree is not as thick as she remembered, and it still looks very young. The color is very green, not tan, and there is no dark red halo. In the moonlight, it looked like an ordinary tree, at best a little plumper than the surrounding trees, with more vines hanging from its branches.

A circle of stone statues surrounds the sacred tree, and their images are clear, like the guardian of the sacred tree. An Yizhen looked at the statues carefully.

Not surprisingly, each statue is half-human and half-beast. The villagers put torches next to them, and the firelight reflects the rich colors and patterns on the statues. The statue has a smooth area with small characters engraved on it. With the eyesight of An Yizhen's children at this time, even if there is firelight, they cannot see the content of the characters. However, she has seen Pingshan pottery slips, and the shapes and carving techniques on the statues are similar to them.

In the escape copy, she and Zhuang Zimo discovered the origin of the Pingshan civilization on the Pingshan pottery slips. The meaning of those words translated is more like a huge spaceship landed in Pingshan, and the immortal brought various technologies. However, it also mentioned Inhumans and corpses. I don't know what kind of alien.

These half-human, half-beast images also reminded An Yizhen of the half-human, half-beast demons he had seen in Yuanwu Continent, such as bear demons, horse monsters, fish demons... They and the new species of tentacle monsters in the island copy Genetic chimera monsters don't seem to be of the same kind. But in the escape copy, the people of the Shelfis Group combined a variety of methods to create more chimeric monsters.

Those monsters eventually got out of hand.

I don't know if there is a way to control monsters in the orthodox inheritance of the Pingshan civilization.

According to the legend of the Dragon Kingdom recounted by Zhuang Zimo, the descendants of the Pingshan people came to the mountains of Minsu County, imparted advanced technology and gained prestige, and became a sacred tree after death. In addition to making exquisite utensils and intricately carved characters, the technology he brought also includes the production of certain potions that can allow humans and non-human species to combine and coexist?

Half-man, half-beast can gain some of the advantages of beasts, but plants can live longer than animals with limited lifespans. If you choose the right tree species and cultivate a group of loyal human believers to protect them from generation to generation, it will not be a problem for the divine tree to live for 10,000 years, which is already close to immortality.

An Yizhen could see sacrifices scattered around every statue.

There are exquisite pottery and woven decorations, which are common offerings offered by villagers during festivals. Around the sacred tree, within the stone carvings, where the roots are raised, there are various bones scattered, which are the offerings of fresh goods.

An Yi can really recognize it, and there are human skulls among them.

The other villagers completely ignored such terrifying scenes and sang and danced. Sacrificing with human beings is more pious, and the replacement of great witches has always been the case.

After the big sacrifice, a new witch was born, blessed by the **** tree, the weather was good, and there were no beasts around the stockade. Whenever there is a disaster, the great witch will be able to predict and guide the tribe to seek good luck and avoid evil.

The unmarried adult girls in the clan were sent to the surrounding of the sacred tree, and the old witch read a spell and baked these stone statues with torches.

The clansmen incited the fan and let the fire burn around the stone statues. It didn't take long for the stone statues to change!

Different from the dim yellow color of the torch, milky white smoke emanated from the inside of the stone statue, and the clansmen worked even harder to fan the smoke towards the divine tree. Lying around the sacred tree, the girls in the stone statue circle quickly fell asleep.

An Yizhen knew that when these stone statues were heated, they would produce some kind of medicine, which would speed up the hypnosis of human beings, or could awaken some kind of spiritual power of the divine tree.

The great witch said that the selected girl will become the bride of the sacred tree, and will enjoy the same long life as the sacred tree, and will be sacrificed by future generations. Among the blood relatives of that lucky girl, there will be one person who can listen to the guidance of the divine tree and become the successor of the great witch. After tonight, everything will be revealed.

Did the divine tree select and "eat" the bride in order to obtain specific new genes, so as to establish a more stable spiritual connection with the blood relatives of the "bride"? So what criteria does the divine tree use to select brides? When she was lured to the side of the divine tree, why did she attract the divine tree?

This night, the people of the clan all sat around here and did not return to the village. When the torches burned out, the girls in the statue woke up one after another and returned to their families. They are either happy or disappointed, with different expressions.

Only one girl did not wake up.

An Yizhen saw the branches of the divine tree entangling her and pulling it to the trunk. The emerald green trunk glowed red in the morning light, the branches pierced into the girl's body, and bright red blood flowed out. The surrounding of the sacred tree was full of red light, and the girl's body was embedded in the branches of the sacred tree.

This "bride" has always closed her eyes, unable to see pain, sorrow and joy, and may have long been controlled by spiritual power and lost herself.

The **** tree spoke. The young child in An Yizhen's body could clearly hear the voice of the divine tree, but the mother of the body held her and only let her brother go out according to the guidance of the divine tree.

A new great witch was born in the stockade, Zheng Qing, the one who became the bride was his sister, and the girl An Yizhen took was his younger sister.

An Yizhen suddenly understood that among the blood relatives of the bride of the divine tree, there may be many people who can sense spiritual power. However, the great witch has always been held by men, and women will eventually marry outside.

At this time, Zheng Qing, who had just grown up, said with a bleak voice: "The war outside the mountains is about to invade the mountains, and our homes will be destroyed. We need more helpers to defend against foreign enemies."

As soon as his words fell, the flaming arrows and arrows fell from the sky like rain, and a raging fire ignited in the village. Fortunately, all the people in the village were dispatched and came to the sacred tree, and there were no casualties.

An Yizhen didn't know where those enemies came from. They were wearing armor, holding swords and sticks, and carrying bows and crossbows, aggressively beheading the living creatures in the mountains. They were not the only villagers who had been slaughtered. The surrounding villages were all destroyed.

These intruders were chanting to find the divine tree and obtain the law of longevity.

Longevity? Is it a longevity fixed here like a divine tree? How do outsiders know the secrets here? What era is this? Or it is just a dream in parallel time and space, and there is no such historical record in the real Dragon Kingdom.

The shadow of death shrouded the clansmen, but according to the instructions of the divine tree, Zheng Qing quickly refined a magical medicine, which would turn a living person into a corpse. These corpses were painless and unconscious, and obeyed Zheng Qing's instructions.

Under the bewitchment of Zheng Qing, the old people and even the disabled people in the stockade "voluntarily" drank this magical medicine and became the first batch of corpses.

An Yizhen witnessed everything as the big witch sister and participated in the production of the first batch of corpses. She followed the clan to pick up the moss and roots around the sacred tree and boil those strange medicines. The pungent smell makes people dizzy.

An Yizhen didn't know whether Zheng Qing, the spokesperson of the divine tree, still had his own will. Is he controlling the corpse, or is the tree of God controlling everything.

Time flashed again, Zheng Qing drove these "undead" corpses to fight invincible. Not only did they drive away foreign enemies, but they also took over the surrounding stockades, but those who refused would be made into new corpses.

Suddenly one day, a new oracle came down from the divine tree, saying that the corpse could not stay for a long time, and that the corpse must be burned in time for more than one year.

An Yi can really hear these warnings, and Zheng Qing can also hear them. But Zheng Qing's rights are based on the corpse, how can he be willing to destroy his tools?

The mother discovered the clue, quietly packed her luggage, and entrusted the youngest son to the girl An Yizhen was staying with, telling her that if something happened, no one would care, and the farther she went with her brother, the better.

Only then did she realize that perhaps the mother of this body could also hear the divine tree's warning.

Zheng Qing really went against the wishes of the divine tree and did not destroy the original corpse. She saw with her own eyes that the corpses became more and more bloodthirsty until they completely lost control and no longer obeyed Zheng Qing's orders.

The same is true of purgatory on earth. The corpse not only bites the living, but also bites the same kind, until there are no more immobile creatures around.

Fortunately, she fled first with her brother.

Although she was far away from those terrifying scenes, she dreamed every night, about the divine tree in her homeland, and about the terrifying death destination of the clansmen.

The corpses surrounded the surviving villagers, and the villagers hid around the sacred tree. They lit the torches in fear and fanned the smoke from the stone carvings, as if forming a magical barrier, and the corpse did not dare to set foot in it.

The lush branches swept away the corpses, sucked them dry and discarded them, and the corpses retreated. More people fled to this place, but that circle could not hold so many people at all, and the ugliness of human nature was infinitely magnified. The old and weak, women and children are pushed out of the circle, and everyone wants to gain a foothold in the circle.

The "bride" on the tree trunk has been immortal for so many years, as if immortalized like a young girl, but at this time, she is rapidly aging, and her flesh and blood are dry.

The defensive action of the branches of the gods is also getting slower and slower, and the corpse that has been bitten by the corpse becomes a new corpse, attracted by the flesh and blood to continue to kill. The "bride" of the divine tree turned withered, and finally fell under the tree. The green branches were soaked in blood and began to indiscriminately attack all moving things that approached.

There was no more white fog coming out of the statue, and everything was out of control.

For more than ten years in the dream, I was haunted by nightmares every night. She can't tell who she really is, only her younger brother grows up and takes care of herself. She hid those secrets, and vague memories of her people shattered over time.

After entering such a **** nightmare again, An Yizhen felt a sharp pain in her chest. She was in a trance for a while, as if possessed by the "bride" of the divine tree, and returned to the original full moon night, clearly feeling the thorns of the branches. Pain in the heart.

Who is she and where is she? She is clearly dreaming, why does she still feel pain?

Her face also hurt, An Yizhen opened her eyes suddenly, and saw Zhuang Zimo patted her face with one hand, and pulled out the needle from her heart with the other hand.

So hanging! Almost lost in a dream. The ten years in the dream were wasted and the life without any supernatural powers made her gradually forget who she was. The nightmare in the dream repeated over and over again. .

"How long has it been?" An Yizhen asked, and reluctantly swallowed a second-grade Jinchuang medicine to nourish blood and brain, and slow down.

"You slept for more than ten hours. In another half an hour, the five comatose people will not be under our control." Zhuang Zimo was sure that An Yizhen was awake, and said quickly, "The reversal catalyst also has eyes, Shenshu is willing to Help, it should come soon."

"God tree? Did you take the initiative to contact it?" The **** tree is definitely An Yizhen's nightmare.

Zhuang Zimo pointed to the fat man who was sitting in a daze: "That Zheng Xianli, like Zheng Mifu, can be controlled by the divine tree. I talked to the divine tree, and maybe a fair deal can be reached. In addition, you can take it out from the parcel bar. The stuff is pretty good too.”

An Yizhen saw the two things she took out to make up the parcel bar. 5 Grade B treasure chests and 1 Grade A treasure chest, this is something she is not willing to give up in the main **** space. Could it be that Zhuang Zimo came up with something good from it that could make the divine tree that has lived for a thousand years be moved, and what kind of deal did they negotiate?

When the treasure chest was opened in the dungeon, it was not broadcast uniformly. She was asleep just now and didn't know what to open.

Zhuang Zimo said: "Of the 5 B-level treasure chests, two of them open the second-level golden revitalizing medicine, and the other 3 open the star gate driving energy stone. The A-level treasure chest opens the spirit whipping device, which is bound to fixed."

Stargate and power stone, An Yizhen has read the relevant information in the copy of the beast. In the interstellar era, interstellar voyages used a stack jump mode. The anchor point was determined through the star gate. In the past, it was necessary to travel the distance at the speed of light for decades. As long as there are star gates at the starting point and the destination, it is almost possible to "open the door." to" effect. However, the data specifically stated that the energy demand for star gate drive is very large, and even if the existing energy system of LL star can create a star gate, it cannot be activated at all.

This kind of energy stone is definitely a good thing that can make LL star enter the interstellar era in one fell swoop!

An Yizhen emptied the two spaces where the zombie biochemical guard protective clothing and design principles were placed. These things have already been embodied in the real world. Next, the energy stone was thrown in to occupy one space, and another space was left for spare, waiting to be collected. Some things that are not easy to take or need to be realized in reality.

[An Yizhen, a player in the logistics group, collects 3 Stargate Power Stones, which will manifest X100 times where she disappeared in the real world. 】

The barrage in the Longguo live room cheered:

[Although the last copy embodied a lot of high-tech theories, it took at least several generations of efforts from the theory to the creation of the finished product. Now it seems that space travel is not a dream in one's lifetime. ]

[My son has been enlisted in the Space Force Reserve. ]

[Our country originally had a manned landing plan for the LL star near the planet. If the star gate can be built and activated, it will be there as soon as the door is opened to the next planet. ]

[Upstairs, take a long-term view, the universe is so big, haven't you heard people say that LL star is just a remote place? It is necessary to move closer to the first-class civilization galaxy as soon as possible, and strive to get rid of any second-class citizenship. ]

[Longguo people wake up, is it great to have power stones? You are also only the third country to successfully land on the moon. If you really want to explore space, without the technical accumulation of Xiong Guo and the United States and the United States, it is simply a dream! ]

[Whether you are dreaming, you will wait and see. Now there is only our Dragon Kingdom's space station in the sky. ]

[The space dream is still too far away, and the virus on the ground has spread from the Mu Yi Empire. ]

[Haven't they closed the island and cut off sailing? ]

[Remember the main player Yumi Mitsuyoshi who returned to reality from the otherworld proving ground? She quickly gained real power after entering politics, and has been cooperating deeply with relevant departments of the United States and the United States. Some people say that she is obviously trying to revive their other main player, Yamazaki Masaburo, to get some high-speed rail design materials. In fact, she has been engaged in the weaponization of viruses, and even cooperating with the research and development of vaccines is pretending. ]

[Is your source upstairs reliable? If it is reliable, report it to the state as soon as possible to take precautions. ]

[The country has long known that our vaccine is already in the clinical stage, but it is only suitable for people with high physical attributes of the dragon nationality. ]

Zhuang Zimo glanced at the barrage and the topic was farther and farther away, and then turned his energy back to his eyes: "There is a crack in the concrete in this AZ laboratory, which has been penetrated by the roots of the divine tree. The effect of the species is excellent, and the sacred tree will also hurt."

"Does it finally hurt after eating too many people's trees?" An Yizhen didn't need to ask, and knew that most of Zhuang Zimo's methods were to use the mental whipping device to cooperate with the divine tree. She succinctly told Zhuang Zimo the scene she saw in her dream. She did not make subjective judgments, but only described some details accurately, so that Zhuang Zimo, who was more familiar with the history of LL Star and Longguo, could think about the truth.

"So the younger brother in your dream should be the ancestor of these people surnamed Zheng. Their spiritual power is very close to the divine tree. After a hundred years, the descendants can still sense it."

Zhuang Zimo sighed and shared the main points of his negotiation, "A divine tree with a long lifespan, even if it is close to immortality, can only grow in this place, and the range that can be sensed and controlled is very limited. If the monster of the beast leaves the range of the Divine Tree, its lifespan will decline, or it will be completely out of control. So, is the method of free movement more attractive to the Divine Tree?"

"Yeah, you and I have seen the free-moving tree clan with our own eyes." An Yizhen understood the key in seconds, and further affirmed his statement.

Zhuang Zimo said: "I let the divine tree see the glowing tree clan that you and I have seen before, as well as those inhuman races, the wider starry universe, and the higher-level civilization, that's what it yearns for. "

Human beings have a short lifespan, and longevity already has a strong appeal, which has made countless emperors and nations pursue it. So what is their ultimate yearning for intelligent creatures with long lifespans? Stroll freely in the universe, or find more partners to comfort the lonely soul?

Witnessing so many ugly human beings killing each other, it is easy to understand that the divine tree wants to leave and break away from the shackles of the planet.

An Yizhen asked again: "We have a way to create a star gate, and a power stone to open the star gate. So what is the divine tree in exchange for? Does it have a way to deal with those mutated mosquitoes or leaked viruses? If it can't handle those , I'm afraid it's not just that the humans around here are dead, and there is no way to make the equipment it wants."

"Of course it has a way, but it requires a high price.

The divine tree said it was about to die. That was not a lie. Uncontrolled mutant creatures and unknown virus leaks were eroding its current life. But if the current branch body is abandoned, it can solve the alienated creatures outside, including mosquitoes infected by viruses. It can use mental power to compress memory into a single seed. This seed can be kept for a long time and can be taken to a more suitable place to re-root and germinate. "

"Then it fooled me to go to it before, was it using me to replenish energy?" An Yizhen was puzzled.

"It admits that it needs to use humans to supplement its energy. Now it finds that there are more people in the mountains and forests, and the quality is not enough. The quantity is still enough. If I promise to take its seeds away and send them to a more suitable place in the universe, Then it will help me with our problems now."

An Yizhen couldn't help but question: "It trusts us so much? A seed is not a divine tree, how can it protect itself? Besides, how does it prove that it has the ability to destroy mutated creatures and viruses?"

"You're right. We don't have that high trust in each other, so I asked for a method to reverse the catalyst first. In its memory, there is a set of secret techniques of the Hirayama civilization, and various patchwork techniques mastered by the laboratory. The difference is that the secret technique is older but more effective. We are now using that secret technique to make a reversal catalyst, and if it is done, it will prove its sincerity.”

"Are all those monsters controlled by it? The **** tree fooled me into saying that the invisible monster and the hypnotizing monster have their own consciousness and don't obey it." An Yizhen directly asked the idea.

Zhuang Zimo nodded: "Those half-human, half-beast monsters have joined the mutated limbs of the divine tree during the manufacturing process, and they cannot resist the spiritual service of the divine tree, let alone leave this forest for a long time, otherwise they will die. They retain more of their humanity and make them fear death. The monsters made by the labs here with incomplete occult techniques and imitation utensils have flaws in one way or another."

"Do Liang Shuang and Hu Lihua also obey the divine tree? Since the divine tree is not taboo for men and women, why let them collect men?"

"The sacred tree needs more guards, and the guards are more likely to succeed if they are based on men. The sacred tree is just using the laboratory's manpower in disguise. The murals I saw in the tomb at the bottom of the lake before, depicting the scene, when the gods come to the world, It not only brought miracles and superb technology, but also brought some inhuman guards. Now the circle of stone statues around the sacred tree may also reproduce the scene at that time. "

An Yizhen's mind was wide open: "Do you think that the people on the Yuanwu Continent finally tamed the demons and took them out of the inner world, and when they looked at the surface, the aliens and monsters had long since died, the remains of mankind. Still, it's just civilization degradation. So they help these people rebuild civilization?"

Zhuang Zimo said with a smile, "I think if you can really return to the real world in the future, you don't have to go to the slaughterhouse. You have a lot of potential to be a writer."