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Chapter 877: The Gathering of Desires and the Sudden Demon
Chapter 877: The Gathering of Desires and the Sudden Demon
Several tall buildings stood around the square, each equipped with numerous firepower points, making it a necessary passage for external teams entering the town.
At this point, the town did not require outsiders to disarm, which often led to conflicts. The personnel above occasionally scanned the area below, and if any situation arose, they would not hesitate to open fire.
As Chen Chuan reached the central area of the square, many people noticed him, and their first impression was that he seemed out of place, as he stood in stark contrast to the surrounding pedestrians.
However, he was alone, with only a suitcase by his side, and no visible firearms. Moreover, he was standing in an open area, so the guards were not overly alert at first, merely giving him a second glance.
But when he raised his fist and a bright light blossomed from it, someone immediately noticed something amiss. Just as they were about to shout, a white, hazy light suddenly filled the air, making it hard to keep their eyes open. After a moment, a loud, muffled boom reverberated in their ears, causing their heads and internal organs to shake. Simultaneously, the ground undulated like waves, and they struggled to maintain their balance, grabbing onto nearby objects.
Once the commotion subsided, they shook their heads and stood up, their eyes fixated on the outside world, their gazes somewhat dazed.
They saw that many windows on both sides of the buildings had shattered, and the few pedestrians in the square had fallen to the ground. A massive cloud of dust and smoke rolled and rose into the sky, spreading and diffusing in all directions.
In the middle of the square stood a man in a cloak, and in front of him, a huge pit had formed, with faint strands of light emanating from within.
Chen Chuan stood at the edge of the pit, gazing downward. Below, a layer of milky white mist hovered, beneath which twisted and rotating branches could be seen, with flickers of light curling at the ends.
His eyes gleamed with intensity.
I've found you.
As the object revealed itself, he felt a wave of virtualization emanating from his second self, more intense than what he had experienced in the mimicry scene.
The people around him stared at him in horror. After a long while, one person finally reacted, shouting in a voice filled with extreme fear, "Fire!"
Another person, seemingly more knowledgeable, hastily said, "No..."
But his voice was quickly drowned out by a barrage of gunshots. Countless bullets rained towards Chen Chuan's location, but the next moment, the scene before their eyes stunned everyone. As the bullets approached within several dozen meters of his body, they suddenly slowed down, as if encountering immense resistance.
The bullets seemed to move in slow motion, leaving trails in the air, while more bullets continued to join from behind. After a full minute of continuous fire, everyone stood in shock, staring at the scene.
Countless bullets hovered in the air, mixed with shattered stones and dirt, surrounding the figure in the center.
Chen Chuan paid no attention to the previous attack, as he was now focused on what lay below.
On the True Form Tree, he could see the brains attached to the branches. In theory, these brains were still alive, though they were no longer complete humans, but they retained a minimal level of consciousness.
Before coming here, Chen Chuan had considered that if he found this tree, he would temporarily control it and then seek a way to dispose of it, as extinguishing these consciousnesses would be equivalent to killing these people completely.
However, he now realized that the situation was not that simple. As soon as he punched through the ground and before he could release his biomagnetic field, a raw malevolence emanated from the tree, seemingly craving his brain.
He asked, "Hongfu, can you discern the specific condition of those brain tissues?"
The red scarf around her neck fluttered, and Hongfu's voice sounded in his ear, "The active consciousnesses in the biological brains are rapidly moving according to predetermined guiding frequencies. Preliminary analysis shows that these consciousnesses are repeatedly reliving their entire lives from birth to death."
After a moment of silence, Chen Chuan said, "In other words, they are repeatedly experiencing everything they went through in their lives?"
"Yes, this kind of stimulation can provide a special spiritual nourishment for the tree, promoting its growth. The more emotionally rich and naturally talented individuals can provide more nourishment. Additionally, the number of biological brains hanging on the tree branches is one-third more than in the mimicry scene."
Chen Chuan stared at the heads hanging above, most of whom were people with some fanatical ideas who had gone up voluntarily. The majority were deceived or tricked, like Ling Assistant and others who had purchased these brains. Some were students who died in the arena, some were street people like Xia Man, and some were talented children who had been sold. Many were also among those initially accepted by Teacher Wu.
They lived out their lives there, and their pre-death suffering was repeatedly reenacted.
He asked, "Hongfu, is there any chance that Ling Jianxing's words will come true?"
"Unless the spiritual power of an active consciousness entity is used for correction, there's a slim chance of success, but only within the current life level."
Chen Chuan said coldly, "I understand."
He looked up at the tree canopy, where a powerful biomagnetic field emanated, and a strong aura was emitted, as if it were the main body of this tree.
Combining the previous situation, there was no doubt that it had already formed a new self, with its own will, and produced a strong desire similar to that of a human. It was no longer a purely symbiotic life form, but rather a demonic tree.
This process probably hadn't been going on for long, perhaps less than half a year, which meant it started after Ling Jianxing's elimination.
Perhaps Ling Jianxing's original plan wasn't like this, or perhaps there was a way to suppress it, but none of that mattered now. He couldn't let this thing continue to exist.
At this moment, a series of explosions were heard, followed by the sound of projectiles whizzing through the air. The town's gunners were firing at this place.
However, this didn't affect him either. After the projectiles entered the biomagnetic field, they slowed down as if they were underwater. Even when they exploded the next moment, the fragments expanded for an instant and then slowly spread outward, with only the occasional flicker of fire inside.
Moreover, these guns soon jammed, and the sound of gunfire was heard from a distance, indicating someone was sabotaging them. This should be the work of Bao Mi's mercenary team, coordinating their actions.
He put down the suitcase in his hand, took off his cloak, and raised the Snow Lady Sword.
The true form tree seemed to sense the danger at this moment and began to tremble. A powerful mental force enveloped him, seemingly trying to force him to change his mind.
However, although the scale of this mental force was not small, its quality was far inferior, just like using thin mist to shake a solid jade, with almost no effect due to the fundamental difference in levels.
Seeing that this was ineffective, the tree branches began to shake, followed by the sound of rustling. Under the branches and leaves, the large and small beetles that had been seen outside crawled out, flapping their wings and flying upwards.
Chen Chuan stood still, and a flash of light seemed to flicker in his eyes. In an instant, an invisible force spread out, like a gust of wind, and within a radius of over a thousand meters, everyone's eyes rolled back, and they fell to the ground.
The insects that had flown up suddenly lost their strength and fell from mid-air, some still fluttering, and some directly flipped over on the spot, with only their limbs twitching.
He took the Snow Lady Sword and swept it down, and the scabbard flew out, landing far below, and with a clang, it stuck into the muddy ground. He took a step forward and leaped down from the sky, landing directly on a thick branch below, his red scarf dragging out a red line.
After stabilizing himself, he looked towards the place where the mental fluctuations were most intense, and step by step, he walked towards it.
However, under the suppression of his field power, they had just raised their heads, but they lowered them again. As he walked forward, it seemed like an invisible hand was parting the entangled branches, which separated layer by layer on their own.
Soon, he arrived at the mental core, which revealed itself. It was a head-like thing formed by intertwining blood-red branches, and inside, a faint red light flickered.
This was the true essence of the tree's consciousness and essence, the true form tree in the truest sense. Even if the outer body was destroyed, as long as this thing survived and escaped, it could use this as a foundation and regrow.
It would constantly chase after the brains of all humans around it, seeking the nutrients to stimulate its growth and evolution.
As he arrived here, this thing trembled violently. At this moment, the heads entangled by the branches shook, and various sounds echoed around, as if countless people were cursing, pleading, or even blaming, and among them, a familiar voice seemed to be heard.
Chen Chuan was unmoved, and he lightly brushed the Snow Lady Sword's gleaming blade. A flash of light flickered on it, and he grasped the hilt with both hands, took a step forward, and stabbed it in!
(End of Chapter)
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