The sun is high

At this moment, this shelter that existed in the dreamland was still extremely peaceful.

Xiuge stood quietly in the middle of the passage that he was very familiar with. His right hand maintained the action of holding the gun, while his left hand held a virtual grip. It seemed that all Xiuge's movements were stagnant. The moment of "preparation before war".

His eyes were dull, and although the expression on his face was solemn, it seemed extremely empty, and there was no protection of any kind on his body.

In fact, as early as the moment Xiuge offered the bodily fluids of the foul flying dragon as a sacrifice, he had already been dragged into a half-truth and half-false world - the changes in the "roots of destiny" before his eyes were extremely real. , they are indeed twisting their bodies now, and constantly trying to get closer to Shuge, but all the responses and preparations that Shuge made before were just illusions that flashed in his mind.

"Kaka...kaka..."

In the dim dream sanctuary, the weird sounds made by the "Roots of Destiny" kept ringing. This sound was mixed with the faint friction sound they made when twisting, making the psychedelic scene even more... It's scary and weird.

And when these "roots of destiny" began to further threaten Shuge's safety, at the other end of the shelter, the faceless chaotic humanoid was still slowly operating the computer in front of him. He was even in the mood to hum some strange song. minor tune.

It seemed that the god didn't care much about what Xiuge went through in the Dream Sanctuary.

Or maybe he actually felt that he didn't need to care at all?

Ugly and ferocious "roots of destiny" are constantly coiling in front of and around Xiuge. These ancient creatures, who are obviously highly intelligent, cunning and insidious, are constantly testing the attitude of the owner of this dream sanctuary.

Finally, with Theseus's "tacit approval", these strange existences made of yellow and green twisted colors could no longer hold back. They stretched out their strange limbs, and their disproportionate "palms" moved toward Xiuge. Slowly probing in, the mouthparts covered with spiral serrations began to turn outwards while rotating, and a disgusting long tongue came out of their cavity. This long tongue was covered with Prying into the eyeballs of prey.

Interfere with the spirit and thinking of the prey, causing it to fall into despair. After carefully savoring its emotions, it will then turn the prey into debris and liquid through slow and detailed gnawing and the corrosion of the terrifying acid...

This is how the "Roots of Destiny" hunt.

Through this process, they can not only make the most of the "nutrients" of their prey, but also store the power of the prey in their own organs to ensure the operation of the entire group and carry out specialized training for the remaining newborn individuals. nourish.

Yes, they not only possess a high degree of intelligence, but also possess the concepts of society and ethnicity.

Within the root group, which uses shared organs as the basic unit, they can share power, concepts, and knowledge, and they can even communicate and discuss with their own kindred through spirit at all times.

In that long-gone era, this kind of strange and powerful life once occupied many corners of the world. Their vigorous population could even completely occupy an entire swamp or lake, although they can indeed pass through each other. Mental communication, but when discussing the despair of the victims, they still choose to make that unique "click" sound, as if they are laughing collectively.

Now, they are making sounds of pleasure while probing their tongues with eyes everywhere. Although the owner of the shelter seems to have adopted a tacit attitude towards their actions, they do not intend to kill them just like this. prey.

Although the shelter allows these roots to avoid the fate of disappearing with the group, relying on the shelter to barely survive is no different from being imprisoned for these creatures with sufficient intelligence and emotions.

Therefore, facing this rare "delicious meal", they must enjoy it slowly.

At this moment, as the roots continue to release their power, Xiuge, who is in hallucination, begins to see more "branches of fate" based on his own experiences.

He saw that he was actually wearing the officer uniform of the Kingdom of Deland, with a River Valley-level mage certificate issued by the Legal Committee hanging on his chest. However, diagonally above him, an extremely huge Walter magic airship was slowly moving. After being crushed, the next moment, countless crystal cannons installed on the airship roared, and he and his position were annihilated on the spot by the devastating artillery fire.

But this death is not the end.

In a daze, Xiuge found himself standing in the middle of the dilapidated streets of Salem City. He looked up and saw tsunami-like black tides coming from all directions. It was daytime, but the sky seemed extremely dark and depressing. He He slowly raised his head and saw a huge black shadow hanging above his head. It was the black sun and the cold gaze cast from the palace of the dark abyss.

There was another change of color, and the dilapidated buildings and the groups of descendants of An Abyss disappeared, replaced by straight streets, floating snowflakes, and slowly moving crowds.

Shuge saw himself walking on foot with many people. Despite being in the background, the people in the team were all wearing thin clothes, and some of them had even been stripped of their shoes.

Everyone was bound by the Demonic Silver Shackles, including Xiuge himself. He could even see many familiar figures and faces beside him. Right in front of him, a figure who looked a little short and had some sparse hair was standing there. Hold your companion's arm and move forward resolutely.

Under the surveillance of countless armed soldiers, this silent team of prisoners was like a team of walking silent stone statues. They walked step by step towards the distance, which seemed to be the execution ground for executing prisoners.

The roots became more excited, and the individual with the obvious "leader" status felt Shuge's violently fluctuating and changing emotions. It felt happy and satisfied for this, so it swung its limbs rapidly, Drive away those of the same kind who can no longer hold back and want to bite Shuge's body with their spiral serrations.

They now need these intense emotions more than pure eating. Only this kind of despair and pain from intelligent creatures can truly make their tribe get abundant nourishment again.

After driving away those obstructive individuals, the thickest root protruded its long tongue from the cavity. The eyes on the long tongue converged, and then this disgusting tongue gently rested on Xiu On Ge's shoulders.

This is the right enjoyed by the leader of the group.

When the victim's despair reaches its peak, the leader of the roots will be spiritually connected to the victim. It will enter the other party's perspective and personally taste the other party's despair in order to obtain maximum enjoyment and satisfaction.

Soon, the root leader successfully obtained Shuge's "vision".

…

It was crowded.

Xiuge stood quietly on the edge of the crowd in the square.

He was already a little numb, and the series of desperate visions made Xiuge feel extremely tired. Although those fragments and pictures seemed fragmented, they all brought him the most direct negative emotions without exception.

They are so real, and they seem to be certain endings derived from the choices he made in his destiny. With a trace of his remaining thinking ability, Xiuge can even think of those desperate scenes. The real meaning behind it.

And now, the last scene he saw was more real than any before.

The huge black sun still hung in the sky, and it was clearer than in the previous scenes. When Xiuge raised his head to "look" at it, he could even see the light and shadow flowing inside the huge black celestial body.

This makes it look more like the eyes of some kind of gigantic existence.

However, the core theme of this illusion was obviously not in the sky. Xiuge lowered his gaze and looked at the gathered crowd again.

This is a small town. Judging from the architectural style, it seems to belong to a certain plateau principality slightly north. In the center of the square, there are two tall statues. One of them has been destroyed. Xiuge can only The two legs of the figure are seen remaining on the pedestal.

Next to it, the other stone statue is still relatively intact.

Xiuge stared blankly at the statue.

He recognized the face of this figure, but compared to the prototype, the statue was now shaped a bit too tall, and the face seemed to have become more majestic. This was not the same as the Frey Meyer in Shuge's impression. Not exactly the same.

Most of the people gathered in the square were wearing dark cloaks, and on the cloaks, there was a pattern similar to the black sun in the sky.

They were discussing something excitedly, but Shuge couldn't understand a word. Then, the crowd was separated, and a team came to the side of the statue. Shuge noticed that these people seemed to be carrying various tools. , hammers, chisels and even alchemy bombs used to mine stone.

"..."

He opened his mouth, but could not make any sound. He could only watch these people pick up their tools and began to smash the sculptures amidst the excited shouts of the onlookers. Not only the statue of Meyer, but also the only remaining The two-legged sculpture was also damaged at the same time.

But the quality of these sculptures was obviously very good. Those who had begun to believe in the Black Sun could not easily dismantle the sculptures, so they began to drive away the surrounding crowds of onlookers and began to fix the alchemical bombs they carried on the base of the sculptures. .

Xiuge followed the crowd to the distance and sighed silently.

For some reason, what happened in front of him did not bring much emotional impact to him. This ridiculous and familiar scene awakened more reason in Xiuge's heart, and a trace of anger transcended despair and pain at this moment. germination.

Under this change of mood, the sense of magic that had been isolated by the illusion was vaguely restored, so Xiuge slowly turned around and looked at a shadow standing silently behind him.

This person didn't look much different from the other people in the square, but he kept his head down and couldn't see his face clearly.

However, his intuition and the rapidly reviving magic perception in the spiritual world told him that this figure was the source of these painful illusions.

Shuge did not speak. He slowly raised his right hand. The touch of Charron, which had been forcibly isolated and weakened in the illusion, finally responded to Shuge's call. With the support of magic, a dark shadow surged in front of Shuge's palm. As he came out, sharp swords and jointed limbs of different styles struck the figure with strong magic power.

The invisible impact force destroyed the camouflage of the figure's clothes in an instant, and the twisted roots hidden underneath were instantly revealed. The turbid and weird yellow-green color twisted, accompanied by a horrifying scream. , the illusion that had been entangled in Xiuge's thinking finally began to collapse.

At the same moment, Shuge heard the sound of the alchemy bomb detonating in the center of the square behind him.

But he didn't look back.

For him now, such a picture doesn't mean anything.

So Xiuge, who was standing in the middle of the corridor of the shelter, opened his eyes. He quickly raised his left hand, and the black horn instantly covered his palm. The ferocious black claws directly grabbed the hand that he had not had time to withdraw. It had an ugly long tongue, and as the black claws were violently closed, the tongue with countless eyeballs was cut off into countless pieces on the spot.

The remaining Destiny Root individuals successfully shared the severe pain from their leader, so they immediately took action. At this moment, they actually broke away from the "tank" they relied on for survival, and their wings connected to their limbs quickly opened. , the long body flew directly into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the acid with a terrifying stench and the sharp claws protruding from their palms fell on Xiuge's body from different angles.

"A bunch of rubbish that managed to survive from the old era... It really gives you a shame."

The anger accumulated in Shuge's chest turned into a faint curse, and a large amount of Charron's Touch surged out, forming a strong fortress around Shuge. Then, extremely severe orders were poured directly into Shuge. In the head of the running rat, the figure of the giant rat immediately appeared. Three flexible and powerful long tails quickly rolled up and forcibly pulled down several roots of fate hovering in the air. Then Snicki jumped up with a grin on his face, using his own weight, crushing them on the spot.

The acid of the Roots of Destiny is obviously extraordinary, and the horny-covered Touch of Charron is also unable to withstand their direct corrosion, but the moment the tentacles responsible for protecting Shuge fell off, he had already summoned the hound again Fang, the roar of the palace hound has been faintly heard from the muzzle of the gun.

Xiuge aimed forward, where was the drinking fountain that had turned into the root "organ" of fate.

He looked at the circling twisted figures and said coldly: "Be obedient. Although your power can help me, it doesn't mean that I have to rely on you... Do you understand what I mean?"