After splitting a patch of thorns, a narrow road appeared in front of the five players. The mountain walls on both sides suddenly closed here, leaving only a gorge a few meters wide. And at this only intersection, there happened to be a
A tree of mockery.
The trunk of this tree is very thick, just enough to seal the mouth of the gorge; there are only a few gaps on both sides of the trunk, barely enough to fit an arm in. The height of this tree is also amazing, and its crown is like a scattered sea.
The sunflower clings to the high mountain wall. If players try to bypass it from above, they will inevitably enter the range of the poisonous mist.
"Hmm...it seems like it will take a lot of time to cut down this tree..." Tianma Xingkong thought while looking at the big tree.
"I said...if we fail to get this ax..." Atobe continued, "Is it stuck here?"
"That's not necessarily the case." Feng Bujue said, "There are at least two ways to pass."
The good-for-nothing uncle continued: "Yes, we can forcefully cross over from above, and then detoxify." He paused, and his eyes under the sunglasses changed slightly, "Or... use a certain angle and force to destroy the mountains on both sides.
, to create a passage.â
Feng Bujue took over the conversation and continued: "It's just that both methods have certain risks and require a certain amount of consumption."
"And now...as long as I work hard by myself, that's fine, right?" Atobe continued in a helpless tone.
"Haha... thank you for your hard work." Uncle Good-for-nothing smiled and comforted him.
"Alas... who made me an admirer of Idente?" Atobe said, already carrying the ax and walking forward.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.
"Uh..." A low groan led to a strange scene. The bark of the "Giant Mockery Tree" began to squirm, and a cross-shaped outline gradually protruded from the trunk. Players thought that it was emerging.
It would be the "giant face" of a mocking tree, but as the outline gradually became clearer, they discovered... it was clearly the shape of a whole "person".
About twenty seconds later, the giant tree stopped changing, and a raised human-shaped bump appeared on its bark. The "person" was like a living creature wrapped in the bark, and its body was still moving slightly.
With.
"Human..." The voice came from the head of the human form, "... actually managed to come here..." When he said this, his head turned a little, because this [Man in the Tree]
]'s appearance only has a basic outline and no details, so its expression and eyes are unclear, and players can only guess... that he is moving his eyes.
"You..." the man in the tree said to Atobe, "do you want to chop down this tree with what you have?"
"Uh..." Atobe hesitated for a few seconds and replied wittily, "It depends on the situation..."
"If you can let us pass..." Feng Bujue took a few steps forward and said, "Of course we can give up violence..."
"No, please make sure..." the man in the tree interrupted, "cut this tree down."
"Oh?" Something flashed through Feng Bujue's mind, "Aren't you and this tree...one?"
"A long time ago, no." The man in the tree said, "But now... I just want to die."
"Hmm..." Feng Bujue touched his chin thoughtfully.
"Is that so..." Atobe turned around and said, "Anyway, we had this plan, otherwise...we would make it happen for him?"
"Wait a minute." Feng Bujue waved his hand and walked around to Abu. He looked up at the man in the tree and said, "Can I ask first, how did you become like this?"
"Is this important?" the man in the tree asked.
"Just curious." Feng Bujue's expression looked very leisurely, as if the three-hour mission time limit did not exist at all. He did not wait for the other party to respond. He immediately continued, "Did a certain god do it? Or was it a pervert?
A murderer? Or...a bunch of Sadducees?"
"What is he talking about?" Hearing this, Tianma Xingkong quietly asked Honghu and Uncle Good-for-nothing beside him.
Honghu replied: "He deliberately put forward several unreliable assumptions. He wanted to induce the other party to tell the truth."
"Uh... I just want to ask... who exactly is he talking about?" Brother Ma continued.
"Huh?" Honghu was stunned, "This... I don't know either."
"The Sadducees were a sect of ancient Judaism." Uncle Huai Chai explained at this time, "This sect denies the resurrection of the dead, the existence of the soul, and the concepts of 'afterlife' and 'angels'. In addition, they participated in judgments
, the execution of Jesus.â
"Did it turn out to be a weakness..." Honghu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Uncle Chai, "By the way...Brother Chai, you actually know this kind of religious joke?"
"Uh-" Uncle Good-for-nothing took out a puff of smoke, "When I was in college, in order to pick up girls... I joined a club that specialized in studying ancient religions." He looked up at the sky and blew out a smoke ring, "Haha... funny.
What's wrong is that this club is full of atheists. In our opinion, the Sadducees are the wisest group of people in the Old Testament. Contrary to the Pharisees, they are keen on power, money, fame, and religious feelings.
Indifference...fâ" he took another breath, "...is basically equivalent to an ancient atheist."
At this point, the good-for-nothing uncle stopped his cool forty-five-degree look at the sky, and turned his head to glance at Tianma Xingkong and Honghu. He originally thought that these two people would look at him with unknown admiration.
But the reality is... they have already stood a few meters away and turned their attention to Feng Bujue.
"Hey! You're not listening at all!" The good-for-nothing uncle vomited in his heart depressedly and threw the cigarette butt on the ground.
On the other side, Feng Bujue was still asking questions nonstop: "Hannibal? Charles Manson? John Hinckley? Chuck Norris? Jason?"
(The names listed above refer to: a cannibal in the novel, a notorious hippie killer, a "psychopath" who assassinated Reagan, a pure man, and a virtual humanoid monster.)
"That's enough!" The man in the tree who had a peaceful attitude finally couldn't bear it any longer. He shouted loudly and interrupted Brother Jue's nonsense attack, "It's the 'Xing Master'... He's the one who made me like this.
..." The voice of the man in the tree trembled slightly, "This is the answer, are you satisfied?"
"Ah~Actually, I'm just asking casually." Feng Bujue replied with a shrug.
"Who believes it!" Atobe yelled instinctively.
"Okay..." Brother Jue ignored the traces and continued to say to the man in the tree, "Then... let's talk about the terms." He crossed his hands on his chest and put on an arrogant face, "As for hacking to death,
What kind of reward are you prepared to provide for this matter?"
"Hey...what's going on..." Atobu didn't dare to say it out loud this time, but just thought in his mind, "Where in the world can there be such a deal!"
"Don't worry..." the man in the tree replied, "cut along my waist. When the tree is completely broken, you will get your 'reward'..."
Atobu was shocked: "It really does exist!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
