Indescribable cyberpunk

The raindrops fell on the tan skin, making dents.

Holding back the pain of being hit by the rain all over his body, he shrank his body as much as possible, hoping to reduce his pain in this way.

Both sides of the road began to collapse, and countless rubbles fell towards the lower community. He lowered his head at a height of tens of meters, hoping to see the light source on the street of another community, but unfortunately all he could see in the end was endless darkness. abyss.

The faint whispers of Xisuo still tried to lead him to the edge of the cliff.

"Messenger, how far do we have to go?"

Looking at the cracks that had spread to his feet, panic prompted him to ask the three envoys in front of him.

He was afraid that he would not be able to hold on to the moment of prayer.

"The time has come. Your sins can only be forgiven if you repent sincerely."

The messenger holding the lantern turned sideways and raised the lamp in his hand, illuminating the road ahead with what seemed to him an extremely warm light.

There were abyss on both sides, but there was a stone path in the center that he could pass through alone. When his eyes followed this stone path into the distance, tears fell uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes.

At the end of the stone path is a huge platform.

A green ancient tree was standing there. In this world full of darkness and despair, the color that represented vitality made him take steps forward almost as soon as he reacted, rushing towards that place desperately. place.

All the negative emotions of depression, depression, and depression dissipated without a trace the moment he came to the platform where the ancient tree was.

I looked up at the lush tree canopy. The wind and rain all around me fell on it, and only crystal dewdrops fell down. I stretched out my hand to take one and put it to my mouth. It's so sweet!

This is my place of salvation!

He thought so.

So he knelt down on the ground, kissed the ground of the platform over and over again, and uttered words of repentance, as if he wanted to reveal all the mistakes he had made in the past.

Until the wooden vine fell in front of him, he suddenly realized what he really should do.

He stood up, grabbed it, and wrapped it around his neck. It was not as cold and hard as he imagined. The soft touch made him sigh in relief. It might be his best choice to find rest in this way.

Looking back at the way he came, the three envoys were looking at him. Somehow, he felt that their faces must be full of approval.

Let go.

His feet were still on the ground, but his consciousness fell into permanent darkness.

"I didn't expect there would be bone trees here."

The three of them followed to the center of the intersection. The first thing Zhu Jue noticed was the uncomfortable and gnarled tree covered with tentacles!

Only this time it doesn't have a contaminated area or a guard of infected people.

It is entangled in the center of the street. The bare and gray-white tree roots are staggered on the street. The dry branches extend unbridled to all parts of the street. This makes it like an evil beast dormant in the darkness, stretching out. Minions, waiting for prey to come to you.

No, what it is waiting for is for the servants to actively dedicate their prey to it!

"He committed suicide?"

Gu Yinxing murmured blankly when she saw the man moving forward past the three men in black robes, grabbing a tentacle and hanging himself.

Perhaps seeing that the prey was dead, the man in black robe who sent him here turned to another street and soon disappeared in the heavy rain.

Taking this opportunity, Zhu Jue began to approach the bone tree: "To be precise, I was bewitched. I saw a similar scene in Community No. 37. They thought this was not death, but redemption or something else. I have to rely on Go over and take a look.”

Even though he was getting close, Zhu Jue didn't really go under the bone tree. It was an existence cultivated by Gadamon's sub-body. It was guaranteed to be monitored by Mi Ge. He hid all the way. He didn't want to be rash because of a expose themselves through actions.

Why did the Ouroboros organization create bone trees in Gadamon's illusion?

Standing more than ten meters away from the bone tree, he could barely see its full picture. After looking at it for a while, Zhu Jue found that it was different from the bone trees he saw in Community No. 37 and Community No. 40 except for the size. There is no difference.

This made Zhu Jue couldn't help but think.

In his impression, the Ouroboros organization used Gadamon bodies to create contaminated areas with bone trees in low-level communities. One of the purposes was to infect people to provide fruits that could transform infected people.

Of course, this behavior also caused widespread panic and brought a lot of trouble to the Qianfan City government.

But this is Gadamon's illusion, a complete spiritual world. Even if they create fruits in this way, they cannot take them out, and they will not have any impact on the real world.

But they are still continuing to do this, which means there must be some kind of secret hidden in it.

"Can you see anything?"

Gu Yinxing stared at Zhu Jue's face, hoping that he would find something.

The discomfort in her mind gradually developed into a feeling of vomiting as she approached the bone tree, and the whispers in her ears made her even more horrified.

"How do you feel now? Can you still hold on?"

Realizing that something was wrong with Gu Yingxing's expression, Zhu Jue asked instead of answering her question.

"Although I would like to hold on for a little longer, I'm afraid reality doesn't allow it."

"I understand. Then you can wait for me here. It won't take long."

Zhu Jue was ready to take two steps forward. He chose the former between leaving with nothing to gain or taking some risks.

Try to stabilize your mental state as much as possible, take a few steps forward, keep a certain distance from the bone tree and continue to observe the corpse. It is the only thing Zhu Jue can observe now.

Not to mention, as the distance got closer, Zhu Jue discovered that the body had actually changed slightly compared to before, and it was becoming transparent!

This state is somewhat like "blurring" in some video production software. The human form does not change, but the various parts of the body appear translucent, as if the tentacles entangled around its neck are absorbing and maintaining its existence. energy of

Wait, energy?

The divergence of thinking made Zhu Jue suddenly think of a key clue that he had ignored.

The corpse in front of you is not a real corpse, it is just the dead soul of someone!

The bone tree in Community No. 37 produces fruits by absorbing infected people. So what will this bone tree produce after absorbing souls?

Zhu Jue looked back at Gu Yingxing, who gave a thumbs up in the rain, indicating that he could still withstand it.

Looking back again, my eyes began to wander among the branches.

However, until the corpse disappeared completely, Zhu Jue didn't notice anything growing on the bone tree. The branches were still bare, with nothing but tentacles.

Where did the absorbed soul go?

Just when Zhu Jue was confused, his eyes unconsciously moved down and landed on the "passers-by" who were still unaware.

His vision suddenly froze!

He immediately opened his eyes wide and carefully observed the posture of the "passerby".

The Adam's apple floated up and down, and in the end he could only spit out one syllable: "Gan!"