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

Zhuang Zimo walked to the edge of the divine tree and watched from a distance.

Such as the scene that An Yizhen had seen, the weathered and blurred statues covered by plants surrounded the huge sacred tree. It is different from all the trees in the forest, not just taller and thicker. Its whole body is like a human blood vessel attached to it. The bark is dark and difficult to distinguish for a while, but there is a surging liquid in the blood vessel, which emits a red light.

Except for the root system buried deep in the soil, the rest of the ground, the trunk and branches of this sacred tree have exceeded the scope of existing plants. They can be commanded to move and move so fast that the average person may not be able to see its movements.

There is no living thing around it. There were no traces of small creatures such as mosquitoes within the range of the statue.

In fact, with the divine tree as the center, a faint fragrance lingers within a kilometer radius, attracting humans to move forward, but keeping the rest of the creatures away.

Zhuang Zimo found that the pain could make him awake, and he would not fall asleep for the time being, so he did not deal with the wound that An Yizhen had pricked his heart before. He also deliberately attracted some mutated bugs to see how the divine tree would react. .

As a result, those worms seemed to feel a strong crisis when they approached the divine tree, and all of them ran away.

The divine tree began to glow, trying to communicate spiritually with Zhuang Zimo. Zhuangzi Momo used his mind to refuse direct communication from the divine tree.

The divine tree can only summon a helper with branches.

Zhuang Zimo discovered that the branches of the divine tree were not only the ones he could see connected to the branches of the divine tree. In fact, there were many trees in the surrounding area that had already surrendered to the divine tree's rule. The branches of the divine tree were parasitic on those ordinary trees to absorb nutrients. , extended to a greater distance, and can be controlled by the divine tree when necessary. They are the eyes and ears of the Divine Tree and its minions. Perhaps the entire mountain forest has been alienated and is perceived and controlled by the Divine Tree.

This alienation is not alienation of viral infection. Viruses are invaders to the divine tree, they destroy the old logic, and let the creatures who originally surrendered to the divine tree escape their control. The divine tree wants to eliminate the virus and eradicate alienation, which is what it must do.

"Human, are you ready to make a deal with me?" The woman's voice came from the tree.

That creature had the face of a human woman, but had wings and feathers, and was petite, like an owl.

Zhuang Zimo confirmed that this was the monster that once hid in the woods to peep at them. This monster should have strong mental power and also hypnotize. On the way to the outpost, An Yizhen fell asleep briefly and dreamed of the collapse caused by the monster. Could it be she who gave a hint?

Zhuang Zimo had seen this woman's face, screensaver and background picture on Liang Shuang's mobile phone. It was her and Liang Shuang's loving appearance. So he smiled and said, "Are you Liang Shuang's fiancee Dong Wenwen?"

"She used to be." The woman's mind was obviously completely controlled by the divine tree, "If you have any questions, just ask."

"Even without my request, you have to clean up these alienated products and take back your control of the mountains. You are just helping us by the way." Zhuang Zimo pointedly pointed out, "So, you are begging us."

The divine tree is still the original rhetoric: "I am about to die, you and that woman can sense my spiritual power, this is fate. Your energy is much higher than everyone here, I did want to swallow you to prolong life. But now I have changed my mind, and I solemnly beg you to help me."

"Why help you?"

"You don't want these alienated products to run out and harm more of the same kind, right? We each take what we need, and we can naturally trade." The tree has reason and reason, "I'm telling the truth, the things in your hand are burning. It hurts my nerves, I dare not deceive. I don't want the energy of both of you, then give me more human flesh and blood. The blood of those smart scientists can make me stronger and destroy these mutant creatures in time. To everyone It's all right, isn't it?"

Zhuang Zimo glanced at An Yizhen's location. The team of scientists she was protecting was still within the range of this mountain forest and could not escape the "eyes" of the divine tree. They drove, and the road was not short, at least two hours. If there are monsters blocking the road, there is probably no need to worry too much, An Yizhen can handle it in minutes. What I am afraid of is the obstruction of human beings, the copy rules do not allow killing.

Zhuang Zimo must chat with the divine tree for a while, divert its energy, delay time, and let the experts go further: "There are some people in the AZ laboratory, you can use them at will. The quality is not good, the quantity is always enough. ."

He is now very suspicious that the food that the Divine Tree likes to eat is high intelligence. The higher the human intelligence, the higher the brain energy, the easier it is to be perceived by the Divine Tree? He asked curiously: "Aren't these half-human, half-beasts delicious? Do you eat the zombies?"

"The virus-infected thing is just fertilizer and cannot support the growth of my spiritual power." Shenshu replied seemingly sincerely, "I also told you before that those human-beast chimeras are defective, and they used incomplete secret techniques. , catalyzed by viruses, but similar in appearance. But at least they are my loyal guards, and they can move more freely. Unless absolutely necessary, I will not hurt them. Compared with humans, they are more like my kindred. "

"You were also human back then." Zhuang Zimo nodded.

"I was ashamed of me as a human being. I fled to the mountains and forests a thousand years ago, and was persecuted by the same kind. They coveted the artifact and technology in my hands, and they threatened me with the lives of my relatives to make them the elixir of longevity. I poisoned to death. For them, they all deserve to die, they don't deserve it at all!"

"Is it loneliness for a longevity like you? A human-beast chimera can't be separated from here, and so can you. But we can take your seeds to farther places, build a spaceship that leaves the planet, and send you to the freedom you yearn for. world."

Zhuang Zimo continued to bargain, "What you are asking us to do is difficult, it takes more people and more time to achieve, you have to give me some benefits. For example, tell me where the people who carry the artifact came from in the first place. Came to Pingshan?"

"I'm not a pure-blooded Protoss, I just know some Protoss skills. I don't know the earlier origin." The Divine Tree's tone was dejected, "However, the Protoss has a secret technique to cultivate, and they have a long lifespan, so they must still be alive here. The world. Aren't you descendants of the God Race? Otherwise, how can there be so many strange things?"

Zhuang Zimo shook his head, thinking about the so-called Protoss. This word was mentioned on the jades of the Pingshan civilization earlier, but no written records have been found since. If there is a Protoss, then after the Yu Kingdom destroys Pingshan, the ruler will definitely eliminate the evidence of the Protoss on purpose, in order to consolidate the orthodoxy of the king and not let theocracy take precedence.

If there is a long-lived Protoss in the world, why would they helplessly watch the decline of the Pingshan civilization, and watch the former citizens become displaced, flee to such a remote place, and use the tree body to send their souls?

Perhaps as An Yizhen guessed, the so-called Protoss is just a more advanced human civilization from elsewhere. What is longevity? Yuanwu Continent's enlightenment soared and became a high-level energy body, can he no longer communicate directly with future generations?

"There are still many things that I won't tell you unless I ask you. Then help me clean up these disgusting mutant bugs in the woods, and we'll talk about it later." Zhuang Zimo showed the spiritual whipping artifact in his hand.

The human-faced owl and the divine tree were trembling for a while, not daring to slack off, and began to work hard.

The fragrance in the air suddenly changed, and it changed to a different smell, more like the smell of blood, and the mutant mosquitoes were attracted.

Even if Zhuang Zimo was wearing protective clothing, he couldn't hold back the overwhelming tide of mutant insects.

The sacred tree said, "Come to my side, or you will be eaten by passing bugs."

Zhuang Zimo landed on the tall trunk of the divine tree, and the mental whipping device in his hand was inserted into the tree as a fulcrum for hanging. Intuitively, he didn't want his limbs to have too much contact with the divine tree. Once he felt the branches approaching him, he would use mental whipping to deter him.

The mutant mosquitoes fell one after another when they approached the stone statue, as if they were intoxicated by some kind of drug.

Zhuang Zimo looked down at the insect wall that was nearly two meters tall, and asked, "Did the fire burn?"

"..." The human-faced owl somehow flew to a small tree branch beside Zhuang Zimo, and replied, "No, this is the fertilizer of the divine tree."

"Oh? Dong Wenwen, have you regained consciousness?" Zhuang Zimo took a closer look and said in a positive tone, "Only if the branches of the divine tree touch you, will you be dominated by the upper body of the divine tree?"

"It's possible, but I can't leave this mountain forest. If I fly to the border, I will be unconscious. Besides, people outside will treat us as monsters. Even Liang Shuang will faint when they see me."

Now Shenshu is concentrating on dealing with those mutant bugs, and she has no time to care about the human-faced owl. Her expression is much fresher than before: "I saw you rescue Liang Shuang and send them to the evacuation car with the experts."

"In order to save you, he kidnapped a lot of people. He will be punished by the law." Zhuang Zimo thought about it and deliberately mentioned it.

Sure enough, Dong Wenwen's voice became excited: "Liang Shuang didn't do it voluntarily, it was all done by me to hypnotize Hu Lihua. He was just used and threatened by Hu Lihua. If you can leave this forest alive, I hope you can intercede for Liang Shuang. He is Human, I don't want him to be abandoned by human society."

Zhuang Zimo replied in a deep voice: "I will try my best to do what you ask. You are actually very brave and special. I originally thought that you would not retain so much humanity."

"Maybe I forget those things when I was a human being, and I will be happier than now?" Dong Wenwen's tone was a little hesitant and unconfident.

Zhuang Zimo enlightened: "Perhaps it is because of your love for him that you insist on keeping yourself. Liang Shuang may not really just be coerced, he never gave up looking for you. His mobile screen saver and background are still the same. Pictures from when I was with you."

Tears flashed in Dong Wenwen's eyes: "I used to see him like this, but he was terrified. I had to make him think he had a nightmare, and hypnotized him so that he could see me in his dreams. I told him not to come to me again, I was dead. But he didn't believe it. That Hu Lihua went to him, made up nonsense and said that I was still alive and asked him to help, but he was so stupid that he believed it. So many innocent people. If I hadn't insisted on hiking in this ghost place, all the tragedies might not have happened."

Several branches approached Dong Wenwen with bad intentions, and Zhuang Zimo took out a dagger and cut off those branches directly. The branches were too frightened to approach.

The limbs of the mutant mosquitoes piled up under the tree fell into the soil little by little. If you look closely, you can find clues. There are black roots winding out under the ground. Those mutant mosquitoes are like nutrients from the sky, digested by the liquid secreted by the roots.

However, Zhuang Zimo was a little worried: "The mutated mosquito carries a virus, will the divine tree mutate after eating too much of this kind of thing?"

"Actually, there is also a laboratory in this mountain that specializes in viruses, and the virus has already leaked. But the sacred tree will not be infested by mutation. It seems to be able to secrete a substance to digest those viruses. Scientists also use this as a raw material for research on reversal catalysts. ."

"Then have you ever thought about returning to human form? According to the secret technique provided by the divine tree, the reversal catalyst has been successfully developed just now, and theoretically it can eliminate the beast genes in your body."

"Reversal catalyst... I've been like this for many years. It's been too long, and I've been infected with viruses one after another. I'm afraid it won't be effective." Dong Wenwen sighed quietly, "The **** tree won't let me go. It Women are needed as breeders."

Zhuang Zimo was still thinking about the meaning of Dong Wenwen's last sentence, when suddenly his eyes turned dark.

When he opened his eyes again, he was carving a stone statue under the tree. The body is not his own, the biochemical suit is gone, and the bullet screen player on the right wrist is gone.

He was wearing coarse clothes, and his long, scribbled hair was tied with straw ropes.

His master took a dozen of their apprentices, each of whom carved a statue. The tools in their hands are just ordinary iron tools, but their master holds a small thing like a hand-held electric drill. The end of that thing was not a drill, and it was shining brightly.

No wonder the Hirayama civilization can achieve micro-sculpture, they have such advanced laser tools.

Zhuang Zimo looked at the stone statue he carved again, it was very similar to the invisible monster, with thick scales and tail, but human hands, feet and head. It's really a bit of a coincidence.

That night was the night of the full moon, and the master's wife came to deliver meals.

Zhuang Zimo's current body is ordinary and ordinary, but he retains his alertness, and the pain in his heart always reminds him that he is dreaming.

He didn't eat those meals.

The rest of the disciples ate the food and fell asleep.

The master and his wife moved the sleeping disciples to the corresponding statues.

The wife handed her husband a bottle of water to moisten his throat. After watching him finish drinking, he asked, "Dong Gui, do you want to come with them too?"

"This is the will of the Son of God. We are all willing. We just gave up the human body and became the guardian spirit of the divine tree."

"Can you really gain eternal life like the Son of God by sacrificing your life?"

"I don't know." Dong Gui's eyes were blank, and his body fell limply.

The wife said, "Then let me take your place, okay?"

She moved Dong Gui to a farther place, and the artifact and dry food that could emit lasers were hidden in Dong Gui's baggage. She cut open the wrists of the disciples one by one, allowing the bright red blood to flow through the holes at the top of the stone carvings. In the end, she slit her wrists and lay down beside the statue of a human-faced owl.

Zhuang Zimo endured the pain in his wrist and pretended to be asleep.

He saw a milky white glow from these stone statues. The psychedelic aroma was exuded, the vision gradually blurred, and the child of the gods came from a distance.

Kamiko wears an ornate robe with repeated embroidery, a golden mask, and loose white hair. Only his eyes were exposed on the mask, his eyes were old and indifferent.

Shenzi looked at the woman lying under the stone sculpture and sighed softly.

Dong Gui woke up abruptly, crawled at the feet of the Son of God, crying that his wife was greedy for longevity, so she grabbed the opportunity to sacrifice. He will redo the statue, offering sacrifices with his own blood, begging the Son of God for forgiveness.

For some unknown reason, Zhuang Zimo could hear the voice of the Son of God: That woman is not greedy, but reluctant to let you die, offering sacrifices with her life, promising immortality, but it's just a lie to deceive you and send you to death; it's a pity that the energy level of the people here is too low , unable to breed more advanced offspring, and can only wait for the right time to spread the seeds to more places.

The Son of God waved his hand, a light flashed across, and Dong Gui died silently. The artifact he used to carve was also buried under the roots of the tree by the Son of God.

Zhuang Zimo's wrist was very painful, and the pain in his heart was even worse.

"Wake up!" The familiar woman's voice seemed to be in his ear.

With a sharp pain in his heart, he suddenly opened his eyes.

An Yizhen quickly fed the Da Huan Dan (defective) into Zhuang Zimo's mouth, and the long needle in his hand pulled away from his body, cutting off the dark red branch wrapped around him.

"Any time later, you'll be sucked into a mummified corpse." An Yizhen complained worriedly, "Fortunately, your physique is strong, and I can run fast."

After Da Huan Dan's blood was instantly restored, Zhuang Zimo was completely awake. He shook off the branches all over his body and found that his biochemical suit was riddled with holes. No wonder his wrist was so painful. In fact, while he was in a drowsiness, the divine tree attacked him and sucked his blood.

He looked up and looked higher, the human-faced owl was wrapped in branches like a silkworm cocoon.

"The mental whipping device doesn't seem to work for this tree. The divine tree sucked your blood, and the ability to endure pain has increased." An Yizhen was half-joking and half-serious.

Zhuang Zimo said solemnly, "This divine tree has absorbed my energy, and it may be making a breeder that holds seeds."

"So when the divine tree fooled me, in addition to wanting to **** my blood, but also want me to help it breed seeds?" An Yizhen couldn't help laughing, "It's really dangerous to be a woman. You continue, I'll run first."

Before leaving, An Yizhen left half of the medicine in the bag for Zhuang Zimo. An Yi is really fast, coming and going in a hurry, probably still worried about the team full of experts.

Zhuang Zimo didn't dare to delay here in the divine tree. Seeing that the mutant mosquitoes gathered less and less, he flew up to the top of the cocoon and cut a slit with his dagger.

Inside the gap, the human-faced owl looked in pain, but did not struggle. There are tiny red threads attached to its body that draw its blood.

No, instead of drawing blood, countless bright red liquids poured into its petite body.

The human-faced owl suddenly said in Dong Wenwen's voice: "Kill me, you can't let the divine tree leave, it produces tens of thousands of seeds, parasitic on human beings."

Zhuang Zimo suddenly figured it out. No wonder the voice of the Son of God in the dream was like that. It turned out that the divine tree needed higher-level energy to complete the new form transformation. Its seed is not one, but thousands. More flesh and blood is needed, and human body parasitism is needed to complete the transformation of free walking.

It is very likely that because of sucking his blood and those mutated viruses, the divine tree has obtained enough energy. Before the seed is formed, before the disaster occurs, he must stop all this!

Holding a dagger, Zhuang Zimo instantly cut off the red threads in the cocoon, and smashed the tree body with several punches. In the contactor, he said to An Yizhen: "There are small missiles on the car, and they are still within range. Shoot quickly with the sacred tree as the core."

An Yizhen had just caught up with the two cars where the experts were travelling at full speed. Hearing Zhuang Zimo's instructions, he quickly found the small missile and ran back. Fortunately, I learned a lot of weapons in Zhuang Zimo's field. This kind of small missiles operated by fools is almost one-click setting, locking on the target and automatically attacking until the ammunition runs out.

"10 bursts, I set it up and I have to go back to the car. There are armed forces approaching. If it is a human being, it will be troublesome."

"You can't keep the sacred tree, you may struggle when you are dying, keep away from the trees on the road, be careful yourself." Zhuang Zimo stared at one sentence and ran away quickly.

10 small missiles fell in a row, not only the tree trunk itself, the cocoon, and even the surrounding stone statue was blown into a huge deep pit.

Rao is Zhuang Zimo's speed, running a kilometer in the blink of an eye, he can still feel the hot breath. The fire was soaring into the sky, and the divine tree sent out a strong and mournful mental wave, which could not be seen or touched, but penetrated directly into the human brain.

"Stupid human, what have you done!"

Why does the divine tree still have spiritual power? The trunks are all blown up! No, those roots are still deep into the soil, and the countless controlled plants are still the carriers of the divine tree's spiritual power.

More than a dozen human-beast chimeras ran from all directions, and they rushed towards Zhuang Zimo frantically.

Zhuang Zimo killed them with a dagger. However, countless black roots emerged from the soil, which soon engulfed those corpses, and more trees around them mutated, growing strange branches, and the smell of blood permeated all around.

"I won't die, you all stay and be buried with me!" Shenshu declared frantically.

An Yizhen's side was not too bad, except for the sudden appearance of a large army of heavily armed mercenaries, the vegetation around the car was not quite right.

The originally narrow and rugged mountain dirt road has become more uneven, with black roots suddenly emerging, and countless branches stretched out to block their way.

Fortunately, the two drivers who were driving were both hypnotized by An Yizhen. They just drove the car in their minds and didn't think about anything else. They turned a blind eye to the strange phenomenon in front of them.

Suddenly, a series of guns and bullets rained down, and the mercenaries in ambush opened fire.

An Yizhen took a few daggers and flew towards the wave of mercenaries. You can't kill people, that's trouble. She didn't have the precise technique of severing the spine like Zhuang Zimo, she could only sever the tendons of these people's hands and feet. If they can't stand and can't hold weapons, they can always stop for a while, which is a little time-consuming and laborious.

The firepower attack just now, accompanied by the crazy entanglement of the plants, still caused half of the experts in the car to die, and all the living ones died. Both of their original cars were badly damaged, but fortunately these mercenaries came by car.

An Yizhen sighed with emotion. Do you want to thank these people for sending cars and equipment in time? The mercenaries brought not only ordinary guns, but also flamethrowers.

An Yizhen mobilized a few experts who can use this thing, and asked them to breathe fire to burn out the plants that came up to block them, and to help the car continue to move forward. To avoid encountering an ambush again, she ran faster to explore the path ahead.

Fortunately, the NSA response force finally arrived. They had helicopter warnings of road opening, off-road armored vehicles were running on the ground, and the soldiers were fully equipped with live ammunition and biochemical suits. It was obvious that they had received her news and were fully prepared.

After handing over these experts and confirming that they will transport the experts to the "Temporary Management and Control Center for Major Disasters", An Yizhen returned to the forest again and followed Zhuang Zimo's signal.

On the road just now, An Yizhen had heard the broadcasts one after another. Zhuang Zimo had killed a lot of monsters and had accumulated 9 C-level treasure chests and 4 B-level treasure chests, but the attributes did not increase, perhaps compared to the difficulty of this dungeon. The energy level of those monsters is not high enough to generate more attribute bonuses, or it may be because of nightmare difficulty, which is more similar to punishment, and the rewards are not so rich?

"The spiritual body of the divine tree is still there, and it is moving." Zhuang Zimo saw An Yizhen, and solemnly talked about the danger of the divine tree seeds before, and asked, "Hot weapons can't kill it, you can deal with it. Is it?"

"We have to find it first." The swallowing system is still dormant, so it is difficult for the naked eye to determine where the spiritual body of the divine tree is, but An Yi really has a stupid way, and her speed is relatively fast, it is a big deal to touch every suspected tree. , "Does the divine tree really want to eat you now?"

Zhuang Zimo felt a little crisis.

An Yizhen had already used lightning speed to tie Zhuang Zimo to a thick tree trunk, and said with a smile, "I use you as bait, take a break and don't move."

"The divine tree is not that stupid." Zhuang Zimo tried to struggle.

An Yizhen said: "This is a conspiracy, it needs more energy."

An Yizhen didn't know how many trees he touched in the forest, and suddenly a pleasant reminder sounded in his ears:

[20 experts successfully arrived at the Minsu County Major Disaster Temporary Management and Control Center, and the nightmare copy was cleared. The number of surviving experts is doubled, and the number of rewards is X2.

The physique attribute of all citizens of the Dragon Kingdom is +2. A 24-hour rest period for in-field players to receive additional rewards. There will be no live broadcast during the break. The Dragon Kingdom team will enter the next dungeon after 24 hours, and the live broadcast will be started again at that time. Please pay attention to the rest of the audience.

The rest of the rewards are as follows: All surviving players in the field +2; free allocation of attribute points +2. 】

An Yi's heart sank.

The reward is slightly shabby compared to the previous dungeon, which is X2 times, but it doesn't matter if the nightmare dungeon is like this. The problem is that she has never touched the real body of the tree. The spiritual body of the crazy tree is still there, and it may still be the scourge of that time and space.

She regretted it extremely, she should not have covetted the benefits of that tree to purify mutant creatures, she should have accepted it earlier. If a dungeon triggers clues and props and enters the follow-up plot of the same world, will you encounter the end-of-the-world scene where the divine tree is rampant with virus mutant creatures?