Human Shackles

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There was a heavy rain outside, and thunder sounded from time to time. The strong wind was wrapped in the heavy rain, whining, and the humidity made people feel itchy all over.

People in the small building gathered tightly around the bonfire, clinging to each other and falling asleep. On this stormy night, only the light of the fire could keep people warm.

Only Uncle Yan was very vigilant, always paying attention to adding firewood and keeping the bonfire strong. It is said that strange monsters are extremely afraid of fire. The time passed little by little with the crackling sound of burning firewood. Just when he was about to fall asleep, a sound next to his ears Suddenly I heard a faint sound of footsteps mixed in the rain, sometimes from the left, sometimes from the right, seeming to be walking around the small building.

He hurriedly cheered up, walked quietly to the door and looked out through a gap. He didn't know when there was a figure standing outside, only less than half a meter tall. His whole body was covered by a layer of long hair, which was extremely strange. A white human face slowly emerged from the hair, without facial features, like a piece of white paper.

He couldn't help but take a big step back in horror. He wouldn't be afraid of anyone with real swords and guns, but this kind of weird thing was too penetrating!

At this moment, a pair of warm hands held his shoulders, and gentle words came to his ears: "Don't be afraid."

The door was opened, and a shrill wailing sound like that of an old woman was faintly heard. Then the door was closed again, as if nothing had happened.

Uncle Yan was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, and the man with a somewhat gray complexion returned to his original position. He had been working with the business group since he was a child, and he was fairly well-informed. He knew in his heart that he had met a master, and he breathed a sigh of relief: " Thank you, what is that?"

The man pondered for a moment and replied: "An evil life form similar to a nightmare beast."

Uncle Yan was shocked: "Is it a ferocious beast?"

"So be it."

Uncle Yan returned to the campfire and sat down worriedly. The world is getting weirder and weirder now. The ferocious beasts that evolved from animals are still within the scope of human understanding, but where did these things come from?

"Old man, when did your disease appear?" It was the man who asked him.

Uncle Yan looked at the bark-like wrinkles that grew on his arms, and sighed: "About ten days ago, many old people and children developed this kind of thing. After this kind of thing grows, it will become smaller and smaller. Loss of touch, so people call it lignification.”

The man continued to ask: "Is it related to the heavy rain?"

Uncle Yan nodded and said: "Yes, the more humid and hot it is, the faster it grows. If it spreads to the internal organs, the person will die, and the final body will turn into rotten wood."

The man frowned, his face a little cold, and the temperature of the small building immediately dropped a lot. Uncle Yan couldn't help but leaned towards the bonfire, and asked cautiously: "Brother, where are you going?"

The man's expression softened and he said softly: "Just like you, I have nowhere to go, just wandering around."

Uncle Yan's heart moved. He was already very old. Aging would be accelerated after suffering from lignification. I'm afraid he didn't have much time left to live. He didn't care about the old guys in the small building, but the children no longer had anyone to take care of them. , although I didn’t have much contact with this person, I could see that he was not a bad person.

He was about to speak while thinking, but the man asked again: "Where is the largest gathering place of humans here?"

"Of course it's Wuchuan City. Nowadays, Wuchuan is the only city in Yunling that still accepts refugees and can also treat lignification."

"Old man, if you don't mind, I'll take you to Wuchuan in the next two days?"

Uncle Yan was stunned: "Are you sending us off?"

"Um."

Uncle Yan shook his head: "No, there is a flood now, there are swamps everywhere, and there is no way to go."

The man smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a solution."

Uncle Yan stood up gratefully: "Thank you very much."

"You are welcome."

The man was none other than Luo Kai. He had exhausted his mental energy and was seriously injured. He had lived in the forest for more than a month. He had no intention of coming out, but in the past few days, he discovered that a strange evil had spread in the jungle. The disease is what Uncle Yan calls lignification. All animals have a certain chance of suffering from this disease, including insects, birds, animals, and even individual ferocious beasts. After suffering from this disease, the body will gradually undergo a lignification reaction. The mysterious unknown energy will eat up their vitality bit by bit, making them not only unable to evolve, but their bodies will become weaker and weaker, and some will even turn into a weird combination of animals and plants.

After leaving the mountains and forests, he discovered that human society had undergone tremendous changes in just over a month. There was almost no place to live, and the bustling cities in the past had become isolated islands separated by dense forests.

What I had vaguely felt before has come true. In this era of great evolution, plants are the biggest winners. Earlier, star energy passed by the earth. Although it was only a few tens of seconds, the earth was like a sponge, absorbing a large amount of energy. The energy was released little by little in the following years, and the plants benefited the most.

If plants were still at the bottom of the food chain as before, they would definitely contribute the greatest benefit to the explosion of life, but no life would be willing to be at the bottom. Now plants have evolved ways to deal with other life forms. The mysterious lignification disease is caused by As a result, when the peaceful plant life turns to robbery and cruelty, it will be the biggest disaster for the entire world.

In addition, many strange life forms have appeared in human society, which are similar to nightmare beasts, but slightly different. They are more like a combination of dark creatures and nightmare beasts. They evolved from humans and lurk in the darkness during the day. In the shadows, it comes out at night. It has the powerful hypnotic ability of the nightmare beast. It is good at arousing negative emotions in the heart of life. It also has the bloodthirsty instinct and fighting power of dark creatures. It is called "abnormal", an evil created by humans. The forbidden technique finally harmed him.

Along the way, a small number of human gathering points have almost returned from industrial society to primitive society. Fierce beasts are glaring, unknown energy is lurking, and aliens are around. The scene of the end of mankind is vaguely visible.

Luo Kai closed his eyes, and his mental power came out of his body, and he carefully studied the unknown energy permeating the air. This thing that causes lignification seems to be a kind of chaotic energy. They have wisdom and will choose their own host.

Strong life is not their choice, but if you are sick or injured, you will be easily infected. In other words, the main route of transmission is blood, while the elderly and children with weak constitutions will be directly infected, and their vitality will continue to increase, but The power of consciousness is constantly declining, as if it is overdrafting the host's vitality.

With a gentle wave of his hand, the unknown energy in Suorao's small building continued to gather in his hand, and finally condensed into a faint materialized gray mist. His powerful mental power was like the most advanced microscope, trying to see through The true face of this mass of energy.

At this moment, the energy in his hand seemed to feel something, and it began to decay and dissipate rapidly, and soon turned into nothingness.

He frowned. As expected, this unknown energy possessed a terrifying collective wisdom, and it turned out that there were other beings studying them.