Zhen Jin, who was in a desperate situation, was still full of doubts.
"They don't have a core, but they do. Why? What exactly caused it?"
"What is the reason for the formation of the heart core? Is it poisoning? Is it because the injury is more serious and there is a lot of fire poison in the body? Is it luck, will? Or is it a combination of strength, luck and injury."
In addition to doubts, Zhen Jin also had many fears in his heart: "Will one day I turn into a beast like this? I fell into complete rage and madness, without any sense, even
Will all my companions kill?"
"Is my character really not affected by the core of my heart?"
As Zhen Jin continued to reflect, the fear in his heart became deeper and deeper.
"No, I'm afraid I'm deeply affected!"
"I used to be so worried and afraid of the core, but due to the situation and using it more times, I began to accept it unconsciously. Now, I have become deeply dependent on it. If I hadn't kept introspection in the middle, I'm afraid
Already obsessed with it.”
"Whenever I use my core to transform into a monster, my temperament seems to become arrogant, and I despise all life that is weaker than me from the bottom of my heart. It absorbs and transforms. I have been immersed in this power, and gradually I can't control myself."
"My behavior and my thoughts have actually gradually deviated from the path of the Templars!"
"I seem to...be...becoming...depraved?!"
"O God, my Lord, the great Holy Emperor. Please give me a response, please have mercy on me, and please save me. Here is your lost lamb..."
Zhenjin once again knelt half-kneeling on the deck, facing the direction of Shengming Continent, bowing his head in prayer.
Like all previous prayers, there was still no answer.
And the prayer this time is different from the night prayers of recent times.
Zhen Jin could no longer find any peace or comfort in her heart.
Because he was aware of his own depravity, and also realized a possibility - the reason why Emperor Shengming didn't respond to him was because he had already degenerated?
"Could it be that I am a despised fallen knight?"
"What on earth should I do?"
"Should I confess? Tell my companions that I am also a mutated person. In fact, I am also...a beast-turned-monster?"
"No, I can't do that."
As the leader, Zhen Jin is very clear that the current situation of the team is very dangerous, and collapse is likely to happen at a moment's notice. Before, there was hope of launching a new ship into the sea, but now everyone is in a desperate situation.
"Even if I have fallen and am no longer a Templar, even if I am actually a beast-turned-transformed Warcraft, I should still play the role of the leader."
They need leaders, they need Templars, they need support, they need new hope.
Even Zhenjin himself has no support and no hope.
This is the burden that leaders should bear!
Zhen Jin gradually felt out of breath.
After experiencing various hardships, his state of mind has changed many times, and it is no longer what it used to be. However, this heavy feeling that made him unable to breathe came back again.
Once again he realized his naivety.
His fear does not only come from the surrounding environment, but also for his own future, and he is not only worried about the safety of his companions.
Now...he is still afraid of himself!
"What if at some point, I completely transform into a beast, lose my mind, and hurt other people?"
"I might even kill Cang Xu, Cyanobacteria or even Zidi with my own hands. What should I do if such a thing happens?"
"Can I control all the changes?"
"In a short period of time, it seems so. It seems that I have a heart core. The core core should allow me to perfectly control mutations... right?"
There was no way for Zhenjin to skyrocket, and he couldn't even determine how the core of the heart was formed.
Perhaps, he is not far away from completely turning into a violent beast, and is not far away from being completely crazy. Maybe in a few days, it will be the next time?
"Perhaps I'm not the only one with such hidden dangers."
"There are others too! These companions who turned into beasts and died violently are just the first batch. Next, there will be a second batch, a third batch... and even the last survivors, who will become what we see on this island. One of the monsters. They will hate all outsiders and only regard themselves as a monster, with no humanity left and no memory."
This picture of the future is so cruel that it makes Zhen Jin feel cold every time he thinks about it.
He suddenly thought: "Wait a minute, could it be because of my amnesia?"
"Why did the beast-turned-companion fall into madness? Perhaps it was the intense conflict and contradiction between the inherent memory and his own life form that was unacceptable, so he became crazy."
"Why am I the only one who can control the mutation? I am the only one who has the core? Perhaps amnesia is the main factor."
"It is precisely because I lost my memory, but I persisted in my faith and the way of chivalry, that I was not violently conflicted between the two and retained my humanity to the greatest extent."
"How did the Lord of the Island turn people into beasts? Perhaps the environment he transformed was to make people lose their humanity continuously. If we stay here for a long time, our humanity will be eroded by beastliness and gradually be swallowed up. The higher the degree of dehumanization. , the deeper the animal nature becomes. In the end, it completely loses its humanity, is fully covered by the animal nature, and becomes completely crazy?”
"And every time, I stick to my principles and bottom line, it is the victory of human nature over animal nature. The accumulation of these victories has given me a core, allowing me to control mutations rationally, but others cannot. .”
"If this guess is true, then if I use my mind to absorb the beast-turned-companions, will it absorb their animal nature and restore their sanity?"
"No, my heart core absorbs blood. The companions who transformed into beasts are a mixture of Warcraft blood and human blood. I will absorb all these bloods!"
"I actually have those monster bloodlines now. But I don't have human bloodlines. Will adding these bloodlines stabilize my human nature? Will it prolong the time before I can go completely crazy?"
Thinking of this, Zhen Jin's body trembled suddenly and his face turned pale.
"Damn it!"
"What happened to me?"
"I actually want to attack my companions and humans?!"
However, another voice sounded in Zhen Jin's heart.
"Stop restricting your actions. You should be more bold. We are now in a desperate situation. If we let ourselves be restrained again, it will be too late when death finally comes! You can't do it again, can you?"
"Besides, I'm not asking you to kill living people with your own hands. It's just asking you to absorb those dead companions. They will be buried anyway. They have no other value at all and are completely used as waste!"
"Hurry up and take action. It will be too late if you don't take action. These people have just died. If you absorb the transformation now, you will gain far more than doing so later!"
"Don't forget your family. You are also thinking about other people. If it weren't for these people, you could have mutated and escaped from the island by yourself."
"It's because of them that you're here, isn't it?"
"Don't stick to unnecessary things carelessly. Think carefully, how many times have you regretted it? What did you think when you were almost killed by the Gun Scorpion? Didn't you regret it just now?"
"Do you want another tragedy to happen again?"
"This time it's the old shipwright, what about next time? Blue algae? Cang Xu? Or Zidi!?"
"No, stop talking! Stop talking!!" Zhen Jin was in so much pain that he changed from half-kneeling to kneeling on both knees. He lowered his head deeply and buried his face in his two palms.
His thoughts were so flooded that he suspected that he had fallen, and most of the self-confidence that had always supported him was gone.
He couldn't tell the difference at first.
He couldn't tell which of the thoughts he was thinking were rational advice and which were depraved temptations!
Zhenjin fell into an unprecedented wavering and chaos.
The next moment, I was really shaken.
Rumble!
Amid the huge roar, the heaven and earth shook.
Once again, the earth shook!
The sleeping survivors all screamed in terror and desperately ran out of the cabin.
The earthquake came again, and the scale was even bigger than the last time!
Right before people's eyes, the ground suddenly cracked.
As the island moved, the cracks became larger and larger, extending from the direction of the volcano, directly splitting the beach and forming an entrance to the sea.
The sea water poured in, and the waves were turbulent.
It lasted for more than twenty breaths before the earthquake slowly subsided.
A brand new river appeared in front of everyone's eyes. People looked at the spacious river and were shocked and speechless.
After a long time, the people who were still in shock gradually came to their senses.
Que Fan knelt directly on the ground and cried softly: "Can we really hold on? Can we really escape from here?"
No one could answer her question, even Zhenjin was silent.
"Even if we can persevere, I'm afraid this island won't be able to persevere for long!" Heimaran sighed.
Everyone was in despair, and there was a sense of gloom among the survivors.
"Perhaps, I have another solution here." Zi Di suddenly said.
These words immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Zidi's face showed hesitation.
"Speak quickly, why are you hesitating at this time?" Heijuan urged.
Zidi took a deep breath and suddenly pointed at the volcano: "We can go to the center, where there may be hope of survival!"
Almost everyone stared, suspecting that they heard wrongly.
Cang Xu, Zhen Jin, and Zong Ge were stunned for a moment, then they all came to their senses and fell silent.
Zidi continued: "Do you still remember what we analyzed? This island has an owner, and he must be a powerful person! He transformed the island, transformed the monsters, and even controlled the weather. He is here
It seems that biological weapons are being cultivated here, but whether it is a magic-forbidden environment, controlling the weather or forcing teleportation, a magic circle is needed."
"On this island, there must be the center of the magic circle, or simply a mage tower."
"As long as we capture the center, there is hope of escape."
"Please, how can we be the opponent of the Lord of the Island?" As soon as Xiaosuo finished shouting, he was stunned. He stared blankly at the cracked river, then at the erupting volcano in the distance, and then at the dark and heavy volcano above his head.
cloud.
Xiao Suo suddenly shouted: "I'm afraid something happened to the Lord of the Island! The magic circle was obviously out of control, the volcano erupted, and the earth was cracked! No, wait, when we just returned to the beach, the weather became very bad.
It was abnormal, either heavy rain or continuous rain, which we have never encountered before. It was probably out of control at that time."
"Perhaps a little earlier." Zhen Jin said, "When we first encountered Blue Dog Fox Wolf, these monsters were all sent out alone. But when we encountered them in the forest, monsters had already formed around them.
Legion.”
"Controlling the Warcraft Legion is a heavy burden for the Blue Dog Foxwolf. Creating a strange fragrance requires the consumption of magic power. The Blue Dog Foxwolf controls the Warcraft Legion for a long time, and must devour other Magical Beasts to replenish its own magic energy and continue to create strange fragrances.
"
Cang Xu nodded and added: "The larger the scale of the Warcraft Legion, the greater the burden on the surrounding ecological environment. These Warcraft all need to eat! Therefore, the Blue Dogs and Foxwolves are entangled with the Warcraft Legion, and it is very difficult for them to do so.
It's obviously not the norm."
"We stayed in the small valley, and the Warcraft Legion took the initiative to attack and continued to reinforce. This posture is obviously to wipe out the enemy. Let's make a bold guess. It is very likely that the Lord of the Island sent an order to control the blue dogs and jackals to let them destroy everything.
Outsiders.”
"If he is in good condition, he may just be able to destroy us just by blowing his breath, and he will not make the island so unstable."
"But he didn't do that. He left the island alone and only ordered these Warcraft legions to take action against us."
"This just shows that he is very weak and can only let the blue dogs and foxes fight. He is also afraid that we will escape and expose this place."
"It's even possible that he's dead."
"Or, he was tied up for some reason outside and couldn't come back in time!"
Zong Ge nodded: "That's true. Now is the best time for us to attack the center! Delaying it will only lead to a dead end."
Everyone was stunned for a while.
Kurojuan swallowed: "Then why do we rush to the center? The volcano is erupting there. Are you sure the center is there?"
Cang Xu took out the map from his arms: "According to the map we are exploring so far, the center area is a volcanic landform. Basically, the center of the magic circle, or the magic tower, is in the center area."
Zidi added: "The operation of the magic circle requires a huge amount of energy. The island lord may extract the surrounding elements, or he may use the mana pool in the mage tower. After a problem occurs, the most serious turmoil is likely to be the center or
The location of the mage tower."
Kurojuan frowned: "This is all speculation, you have no evidence!"
Zong Ge nodded and smiled: "Without evidence, who can come up with it? But this is enough to take a gamble. Is there any other way we can go?"
Everyone was silent again.
"No." Heijuan said, "We can wait for rescue. It would be crazy to attack the center of the island! There is a volcano erupting there, and there are legions of Warcraft along the way. We may even die on the way."
"No, we'll use a boat." Zhen Jin's voice came, "This will save us a lot of travel and time."
Kurojuan was stunned.
Xinsuo's eyes shone brightly and he shouted: "Yes, we can repair the ship. Although we can't sail, there is an inland river in front of us, and there are no wind and waves. The volcanic clouds cover the sky above us, and we can't even sail."
rain!"
Zhen Jin continued: "In fact, even if we wait for rescue, we will still leave hidden dangers. Don't forget, those companions who died in beast form. We may also have been eroded by the environment and fell into the hands of the island lord.
Can his powerful means be easily resolved? Can a priest be found at random and be purified?"
"Also, for arbitrarily toying with us and humiliating us arbitrarily, is this revenge settled?"
"Just now, Emperor Shengming conveyed a revelation to me!" Zhen Jin pointed at the river.
Everyone was stunned again.
"Could it be said that this river was created by Emperor Shengming?"
"No wonder none of us died."
"The will of the gods cannot be fathomed!"
"Knight of the Gods..." Cangxu bowed deeply to Zhenjin and sighed, "This may be your heroic path. My Lord Zhenjin!"
Almost everyone present felt a little numb.
They seemed to feel like they were witnessing history!
If heroic epics are sung in the future, will we also have a role to play?
Zhen Jin looked around and determined that people's hearts had changed. He ordered loudly and firmly: "That's it. We will do our best to repair the ship, cremate our companions, and collect as much food, water, weapons, etc. as possible. We will set sail, we will