Chapter two hundred and sixty-eight the hope and end of mankind
On the first continent, the boundless gasterozoans gathered into a sea of monsters. One after another roars resounded through the sky, and the boundless murderous aura made the air begin to solidify.
At this time, in front of the fortress of the human settlement, the roars of monsters and the cries of human beings were intertwined. A large number of gastrea animals and humans died every moment. The piled corpses would almost build a kilometer-high tower on the mountains.
The empty space in front of the fortress was filled.
Both sides of the battle stood on the corpses of their respective comrades. Splattered blood, broken limbs, and scenes of death continued to appear in the center of the battlefield, just like a real purgatory on earth.
Below the fortress, countless blood flows out from the mountain of corpses and gathers together. On top of the lake that is completely made up of blood, a 'Devil's Tree' whose whole body turns blood red takes root in it, with a ferocious devil's face on the trunk.
With a wanton smile.
He didn't care at all about the family members who were dying one after another, and even stared at the center of the battlefield not far away with malice. Every time a new life died, he would smile happily, as if he wished that all the lives in front of him would die in the next second.
Clean.
At this time, a muscular man in the center of the battlefield split open the hundreds of meters high gastrea in front of him with a sword, and a large amount of blood drenched the man's body like a downpour.
But at this time, he couldn't care about this. His eyes were full of solemnity as he looked at the continuous flow of gastrea animals around him like a tide. He was exhausted from the high-intensity fighting for several days.
"Hey! Arika, are you okay?"
A man with an ordinary face holding a knife in one hand walked up to Arika and looked at him worriedly. If they, the strongest people in the settlement, couldn't hold on, then the settlement would be far away from being breached by gastrea.
How long has it been.
"It's okay, but what happened to the 'Mother Tree' this time to actually issue such an order? The same goes for the gastrea animals, which are completely different from the previous one. They don't care about the losses at all. Are they all crazy?"
Arica looked at the dying gasteroids in front of her with confusion, because they actually had a considerable advantage in defending the home field. With the advantage of the fortress, every time the gastrula launched an attack, they often suffered heavy losses.
Even if all the gasterozoans that attack each time die here, the number of humans killed is often only one percent of the dead gasterozoans, but the gasterozoans seem to be completely unaware of this situation and still ignore it.
Attack everything.
And if this continues, even if the gasterozoans can successfully attack human gathering places and wipe them from the world with the help of tens of times more humans, most of these gasterozoans will be killed or injured, which is completely unreasonable!
You must know that those powerful gastrea animals once had intelligence comparable to humans, but now that they have gained the power of gods, their intelligence will definitely not degrade, but will become smarter.
"Do you think they are just like us?"
Suddenly, the man holding a long knife thought of a possibility. The 'mother tree' of the gasterozoa also issued an order to them to destroy each other at all costs, and if they disobeyed, they would be swallowed by the 'mother tree'.
In order to survive, gasterozoans will ignore casualties and even use the corpses of their companions as a way to forcibly attack human settlements.
"What does the 'Mother Tree' want to do? No, which god should it be? What does it want to do?"
After hearing her companion's words, Arika raised her head and stared at the tree crown above her head that completely covered the entire sky. Maybe some god was watching the two sides fighting below.
And the only god who can command both humans and the gasterozoa 'Mother Tree' is the god who created the 'Devil Tree'. Could it be that he wants to destroy humans and the gasterozoa family, but this is unreasonable!
After all, he is a god. If he really wants to destroy the two races, why should he use this method? It can be done with just a wave of his hand?
Just like humans don't go to great lengths to kill ants, they just crush them casually.
"Who knows, maybe the gods punished us for what we did to the Cursed Son. After all, who cares about the Cursed Son is well known."
The man holding the long knife looked behind him expressionlessly, and a hint of softness flashed in his sharp eyes. It was enough that at least his newborn child would survive even if the human gathering place was breached.
As for now, all he can do is kill the enemies in front of him with all his strength, not to protect the human settlement, but for the child who was sent to the "Loli's Fantasyland".
Let him use the last battle of his life to please some god, just so that his child can live a normal and healthy life in the 'Lori's Fantasyland'!
"here we go again!"
At this time, Arika looked at the gastrea animals that were coming up again, shouted, and rushed forward again.
"Come on, monsters!"
Seeing this, the man holding the long knife calmed down again, turned into a black shadow and rushed forward again.
At this time, at the edge of 'Loli's Fantasyland', the cries of countless babies and children kept ringing out. The little lolita were busy taking care of these children who suddenly appeared, and from time to time stretched out their little hands to tease the infants in front of them.
Young children playing around.
"Brother Qiming, where did these little guys come from?"
Li Zi hugged a little guy about three years old and curiously approached Lu Qiming. When they were playing here this morning, they suddenly discovered that one baby after another was being sent here by the bloody vines.
After discovering this situation, several little guys hurriedly ran back to inform others. Just when they were about to find Lu Qiming, he appeared here.
"They are children from the human settlements outside. Although their parents have committed unforgivable sins, they have nothing to do with these children."
Lu Qiming looked at the many children in front of him with a complex expression. The youngest among them was just born, and the oldest was about the same as Yanzhu and the others. They all had common characteristics.
I have never bullied or harmed the Cursed Child.
When the final battle came, Lu Qiming decided to save these children. Although he hated the rest of the human beings in this world, for these young but innocent children, Lu Qiming did not mind letting them live. As for their
Parents must pay the price for the mistakes they have made.
As for whether these children will be resentful or even want to seek revenge from Lu Qiming in the future when they know this, that is a matter of the future. Now they are just innocent children. If they really want to be enemies with Lu Qiming in the future, then he will not do it.
Show mercy.
Lu Qiming chose to follow his inner choice. As for the future, let's talk about the future. And he worked so hard to gain strength just to live according to his own ideas!
"Thank you, Qiming!"
At this time, Zhou Lizhi, who had just felt this, also noticed the many strange children in front of him. As the leader of the former settlement, he knew where these children came from at a glance, which was why he wanted to thank Lu Qiming.
After learning about the outside human settlements from Tendou and Kisara before, he had also thought about this kind of thing. Although the parents of these children did not know how to save them, these children were innocent.
In fact, the reason why he came late was because he had gone to Lu Qiming's residence before and planned to tell him about it, but Zhou Lizhi did not expect that Lu Qiming had already done it before he said it.
"Thank you. Although I am about to enter the realm of gods, I am still a human being, and the education I received before is similar to yours. At most, the world between us is different. How could I not have thought of the things you can think of?
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Lu Qiming looked at Zhou Lizhi, who looked solemn in front of him, smiled softly and helped him up. Now he was finally sure that after he left the dark bullet in the future, there would be no problem leaving the world to him.
"Um!"
Zhou Lizhi looked at Lu Qiming's smile and nodded heavily, a smile appearing on his serious and resolute face. At this moment, he felt even more that it was great to grow flowers.
Even in such a world, we can still meet our former compatriots. Everyone has the same thoughts and love. This is something that the world cannot stop!
"Okay, I'll leave the things here to you."
The next second, Lu Qiming blinked at Zhou Lizhi and disappeared in a flash, leaving Zhou Lizhi messy in the wind.
Slip away!
If he didn't run away, he would definitely be caught, and Zhou Lizhi would definitely handle the rest. Lu Qiming didn't need to worry at all. After all, these children were the hope of the future of the world, and I believe he wouldn't mind putting in more effort.
"Ah...this guy Qiming!"
Zhou Lizhi looked at the place where Lu Qiming disappeared and smiled helplessly, then turned to look at the many children behind him and the Cursed Sons who were teasing the children, with sweet smiles on their faces.
'It seems that we have to work harder in the future. These children are the last and greatest hope of the world!'
The next second, Zhou Lizhi strode towards that direction, and behind him many people from the flower-growing community gathered towards this side.
Suddenly, the chaotic scene began to become tight and orderly. Children were sent to the nursery that had just appeared in front of the Century Soup Lake. Someone specially recorded the names and physical conditions of these children, and arranged for professional staff.
to take care of them.
As for why I know the names of these children, it is because in their arms there are several photos of their parents holding them and a letter with the names of the children and their parents' blessings for them.
Zhou Lizhi also decided to hide the facts about their parents from these children until they were minors, and he would tell them everything when they became adults.
However, Zhou Lizhi believed that with their full training, these children would also understand Lu Qiming's approach...
At this time, at the top of the food tree, Lu Qiming sat on a leaf and looked at the battle between the gastrea animals and the human settlement below. Countless lives had been lost in a short period of time.
And every time a life dies, the 'Devil Tree' will take a bite of its life essence through the connection with the 'Devil Fruit' in their body. At this time, all the 'Devil Trees' begin to grow rapidly, and there is only one left on the canopy.
An illusory golden fruit.
That is the final fruit that condenses the entire world and contains enough energy for Lu Qiming to become a god.
And with the death of many 'Devil Trees' and their relatives, all the life essence will be condensed into the last surviving 'Devil Tree', but then the illusory fruits will condense into reality.
"Soon!"
Lu Qiming looked at the [Farmer] occupation on the panel, which had rapidly increased in experience. With the catalysis of the battle, many humans began to gradually nurture the 'Devil Fruit' in their bodies to maturity.
The dead life has become the nutrients of the "Devil Tree", which also makes the "Devil Tree" begin to rapidly move towards the maturity stage. All you have to do is wait...
"Hey! It seems that the situation of mankind is over!"
Suddenly, Lu Qiming lowered his head and looked at the Eighth Continent. He saw that the human settlements there had been invaded by a steady stream of gasterozoans, and the gasterozoans were pouring into the human settlements like a tide.
Along with the screams of the surviving humans, countless humans were pulled out of their hiding places and devoured by gasterozoans. Some humans tried their best to resist the gastrea animals that poured into the settlements. However, humans who lost the protection of the fortress faced the distant dangers.
The number of gastrea animals, which was dozens of times greater than that of humans, died in despair.
Although most of the exterminators used all their strength to self-destruct before dying, the gastrea killed by the self-destruction was a drop in the bucket for that huge number.
boom!
Suddenly, the gastrea animals that were devouring humans crazily stopped in place. In front of them, the 'Devil Tree' that had been devouring the dead on the battlefield slowly stood up, its body tens of thousands of meters high like a mountain.
The gravity of hundreds of millions of tons makes the earth scream with every step, and the huge body casts a large shadow like a demon that brings the end of the world. Even Cancer, one of the twelve constellations of gastrea kings, is in it
He was like an ant in front of me.
"Help!"
"It's the 'Mother Tree'! It finally took action!"
"We haven't lost yet! We still have the 'Mother Tree'!"
For a moment, the human race gathering place, which was like a purgatory on earth, seemed to be illuminated by the light of hope. Every human race desperately escaped from their hiding place and ran towards the 'Devil Tree'.
Under the threat of the 'Devil's Tree', many gasterozoans did not dare to move at all. They could only watch the delicacies running past them and congregating under the 'Devil's Tree' not far away.
In just a few dozen minutes, the tens of thousands of surviving humans all gathered under the 'Devil's Tree', their tiny bodies like ants compared to the 'Devil's Tree' around them.
It's just that at this time, humans don't care about it at all, and they even feel safe because of the huge body and unparalleled power of the 'Devil Tree'.
But no one noticed that the face of the demon on the tree trunk was full of a playful smile, and its huge pupils stared at the humans below, as if looking at the most delicious food.
"'Mother Tree' save us!"
"That's right! Kill all those guys quickly! Not a single one is left. I was almost eaten just now. If I hadn't pushed my good friend over..."
Noisy sounds continued to sound. This group of humans who were the first to flee in the frontline battle and suffered the collapse of the front line no longer had the fear, fear, and hysteria before. They all laughed arrogantly, full of confidence.
He looked at the many gasterozoans on the opposite side.
They believe that if the 'Mother Tree' takes action personally, these gastrea animals will definitely be vulnerable, and they will survive, and even live better. Compared with those idiots who fight desperately and die on the front line, they are the final winners!
"Humans, what makes you think you can order me?"
At this time, a malicious voice full of banter sounded above everyone's heads. The huge tree body of the 'Devil's Tree' slowly bent, and the devil's face looked at the group of so-called 'familiar' at his feet with a mocking look on his face.
"Why!"
"No, Master 'Mother Tree', what are you talking about?"
"We fought desperately for you and for the settlement before. Now you have to fight. Aren't you supposed to protect us?"
"Yes, yes! We usually serve you with all our heart, but it's time for you to protect us."
"Yes! If you don't protect us, Mother Tree, we will join the gastrea. Then don't blame us for not cherishing our old friendship!"
Below, tens of thousands of people looked at the mocking smiles above and felt scared at first, but as others around them shouted, they raised their fists and shouted upwards, and they even felt more and more that what they said was right.
Now they feel that if the 'Mother Tree' does not try its best to protect them, it will be a betrayal of them, so they might as well join the opposing gastrea and kill the 'Devil Tree' in turn.
"hehe!"
The mocking voice of the 'Devil Tree' sounded, and its eyes looked down with amusement and disgust. These humans will not forget whose settlement was attacked by the gastrea, and their life and death are completely in its hands.
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Where did these humans get the courage to talk to him like this?
"Gudu!"
Below, many humans also discovered that something was wrong at this time. Their threats had no impact on the 'Devil Tree' at all, and everyone who calmed down also remembered that their lives were actually not under their control at all.
"Don't kill me. I'll join your gastrea family. I can help you break into other human settlements. I can sneak in and blow up the fortress!"
Suddenly, the man who was the first to escape on the battlefield screamed and ran towards the gastrea in the distance. He had already seen the undisguised murderous intent in the eyes of the 'Devil Tree'. Now he just
Pray that the gastrea can help him escape from the control of the 'Devil Tree' and let him live!
Even if he betrays humanity for this, he will not hesitate!
As the first person ran out, many people who noticed something was wrong also ran after that person.
"You are really disgusting humans. No wonder the master hates you so much."
The 'Devil Tree' looked at the people who were escaping, with an expression of disgust on the face of the ferocious devil, but it still stood motionless and looked at the people who had escaped, even if it could kill them with just a thought.
But the 'Devil Tree' wants to see those human beings who are full of hope but fall into endless despair. That taste is more delicious.
'I survived!?'
And the man who ran near the Gastrea couldn't help but look back at the motionless 'Devil's Tree'. He couldn't help but feel ecstatic in his heart. At the same time, he also firmly decided to betray humans and join the Gastrea clan!
"My fellow gastral animals, I..."
Just when the man who was running wildly was about to compliment the gasterozoa in front of him to show his center, suddenly a big mouth full of fangs appeared in front of him, and then his vision went dark, and pain from the distance spread throughout his body.
"Ahhh! Why, why do you want to kill me? I can obviously help you attack other human gathering places!?"
The desperate wailing was full of unwillingness and desire for life. The man in the gastral animal's big mouth looked desperately at the slowly closing mouth. He had no idea that just now he would not attack him at all, and would pledge his allegiance to him.
The gastrula suddenly attacked him.
"Click, click, click, click."
Bones were broken and the sound of flesh being chewed was heard. A black wolf about the size of an elephant, with a black body and two heads, couldn't help but clicked its mouth and stretched out its tongue to lick the blood clean from the side of its mouth.
As for what the human being who suddenly came to the door shouted, it didn't care at all, but it instinctively took a bite of the food that was delivered to the door. However, at this time, the black wolf beast's eyes were full of doubts as he looked at the person in front of him.
The human being ran behind with a frightened face.
'What are these humans doing? And what was the one who was just eaten shouting? How can I, a wolf, understand humans?'
"Hahaha! It's really interesting. As a price for performing a great show to make me happy, I will give you death!"
The 'Devil's Tree' laughed loudly as it looked at the man who was being swallowed and the people running towards it, and the illusive golden fruit on the tree crown moved slightly.
The next second, the scattered humans fell to the ground in pain, looking forward desperately, their eyes full of desire to live, but everything was in vain.
Before they could struggle for a few seconds, their bodies became as dry as mummies, and a breeze blew away the dust that turned to the ground and floated into the distance.
"Alex, you are still so mean."
At this time, behind the army of gastrea, a "Devil's Tree" that was even larger than the "Devil's Tree" in the human settlement came over with steps that shook the earth.
The devil's face on the tree trunk, which looked more enchanting and charming compared to Alex's ferocious face, looked at it with disgust, and where it passed, gasterozoans died one after another like humans just now.
When it stood in front of Alex, all the gasterozoans were completely dead, even Scorpio, one of the twelve kings of gasterozoa, was no exception.
With the support of all gasterozoans and many previous humans, a small part of the golden fruit on this 'Devil's Tree' has condensed into substance. The endless energy in the golden fruit emits endless light.
Like a new, vibrant sun.
"Oliphis, aren't you the same? And you have absorbed all the Familia, why are you planning to give up? In that case, why don't you let me devour you here?"
Alex looked at Elifee who had devoured all the gasterozoans in displeasure and said, especially since part of the fruit had condensed on its crown, he became even more dissatisfied.
"Ha! After devouring you, they will no longer be of much use. And isn't it up to us to decide the final battle? What role do these Familia have besides providing nutrients?"
Orpheus looked at the thick dust at his feet with disdain. If Lu Qiming hadn't stipulated that they were not allowed to take action until one of the two tribes was completely wiped out, they would have swallowed them all when they developed.
"Come on! Let's see who of us can survive to the end and offer the final fruit to the master!"