As time went by, the purple-black mushrooms continued to spread in the settlement, growing more and more.
Nearly 90% of the crystalline mushrooms originally planted in underground caves have been replaced by purple-black mushrooms.
The pollution continues to spread in the settlement, and the number of deaths is becoming more and more.
In order to preserve as many mortal bodies as possible, the five survivors simply moved all the remaining survivors in the settlement to the secret room.
There are lead alloy plates in the secret room, which can isolate pollution to a certain extent, which allows mortals to barely survive.
Another month or so passed like this.
At this point, it has been more than two months since the pollution broke out and purple-black mushrooms spread in the settlement.
…
Underground settlement, lead alloy chamber.
Looking at the last two survivors huddled in the corner with dull expressions on their faces, Diao Zhiming said with a look of despair: "We only have these last two bodies left. Wait until these two bodies are consumed, and then we will be destroyed again." When you have a purple-black mushroom infection, it’s really unavoidable.”
"The only way to break the situation right now is to fuse with the giant monk statue in my settlement and force a breakthrough to the integration stage."
As he spoke, Diao Zhiming glanced at Chenghuo, Lei Lei, Buddha and the Mother of Pain.
He looked extremely calm: "Among the five of us, Taoist Brother Lei Lei and Taoist Pain, we all borrowed other people's totems to break through to the God Transformation Stage. This will cause the two Taoists to break through from God Transformation to the Fusion Stage. , the difficulty is doubled.”
"So among the five of us, you two have the slimmest hope of breaking through."
"There's only one giant monk statue, so there's no need for you two to try it."
In the secret room.
Thunderbolt and Mother of Pain both nodded in agreement when they heard what Diao Zhiming said.
The two had no objections.
——Monks who follow the path of "transforming gods into gods" need to choose a unique thing as their own totem. Only in this way can they break through.
However, the unique things in the universe are limited after all.
Therefore, there is an upper limit to the total number of 'totems' in the universe.
Therefore, the more monks who take the path of "transforming gods into gods", the fewer "totems" there are to choose from.
Therefore, monks of the younger generation, such as Thunderbolt and Mother of Pain, had to borrow totems from others before they could break through.
This breakthrough has flaws.
That is, when breaking through the integration period in the future, the difficulty will double.
It may even cause them to stay in the stage of becoming gods for the rest of their lives.
Diao Zhiming turned to look at Chenghuo and continued: "Although I have not used other people's totems to break through, I can see that I am not following the path of 'turning gods into gods'."
"The breakthrough method of integrating the true spirit of the statue can only be performed by monks who follow the path of 'transforming gods into gods'."
"For monks who follow sideways, there is also little hope of breakthrough."
"So there is no need to try it as a fellow Taoist."
After Diao Zhiming said this, Chengshuo nodded in the same way.
In this way, the only candidates left for breakthrough are Buddha and Diao Zhiming himself
Diao Zhiming said to Buddha: "Friends, Buddhists and Taoists, are you interested in giving it a try? This is a rare opportunity. As long as you can save my life after breaking through, I don't recommend giving the statue to you."
"It's better to go first, Fellow Daoist Diao."
After all, Buddha is an old monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years.
Although most of the time is spent in deep sleep, as people live for a long time, their mentality will always undergo some subtle changes.
Just like fear of death
Both Buddha and Diao Zhiming are currently in the middle stage of spiritual transformation.
However, if you try to forcibly fuse the true spirit of the statue with your mid-level cultivation, you will suffer backlash if you fail, and you may even be in danger of your life.
The Buddha did not want to die, so he said frankly: "Fellow Daoist Diao, I am afraid of death. I am the kind of person who would rather save my life than fight for the opportunity to make a breakthrough. So when it comes to breakthroughs, it is better for Friend Diao to do it first!"
"Ah,"
Diao Zhiming chuckled lightly, showing a fearless expression: "I don't care about life and death. After all, I have been trapped on planet 021 for nearly twenty years. During these twenty years, I have already I accepted the status quo and took life and death lightly.”
"I have already realized something."
While talking and laughing, the fearlessness in Diao Zhiming's eyes soon turned into a look of determination.
He took a deep breath and said: "Since Buddhist and Taoist friends take the initiative to be humble, I will take the first step."
After saying that, he sat cross-legged on the floor of the secret room in front of Chenghuo and others.
Diao Zhiming knew that there was little hope for a breakthrough, so before trying, he took out a jade slip from the storage bag on his waist and placed it in front of him.
Diao Zhiming said: "The addresses of my tribe are engraved on these jade slips, as well as their faces and names. If after my death, any fellow Taoist among you happens to succeed in breaking through, then help me take care of my tribe. Diao Thank you very much."
Chengshuo and others didn't say anything, but they all nodded to Diao Zhiming in agreement.
Seeing this scene, Diao Zhiming no longer had any worries.
He waved his hand and used a force to shatter the alloy wall in the secret room that could isolate his spiritual consciousness. Then he released his spiritual consciousness and tried to connect with the giant monk statue in the settlement square.
Since the nameless creatures on Planet 021 are extremely active, the moment Diao Zhiming released his spiritual consciousness, he was immediately targeted by the local nameless creatures 'bacteria'.
A terrifying aura that was difficult to describe in words swallowed up Diao Zhiming like a mountain and a tsunami at this moment.
'puff'!
Affected by this, Diao Zhiming vomited blood.
The four people around him, including Chengshuo and Leiting, all took a few steps back in unison, and Yu Diao Zhiming kept a certain distance.
As the saying goes, there is no turning back after starting work.
Although Diao Zhiming, who had released his spiritual consciousness in his body, was attacked by the unnameable local creature 'bacteria', he was seriously injured.
But at this moment, the breakthrough has begun, and the true spirit of the statue is already being integrated.
There is no turning back for Diao Zhiming.
He could either succeed in breaking through in one fell swoop, and then use his cultivation in the integration stage to lead the others away before being killed by the nameless creature 'bacteria'.
Or, the breakthrough fails, and the body dies under the double attack of the statue's true spirit and the indescribable biological 'bacteria'.
…
Time passes little by little.
Perhaps it was because the alloy lead plate in the chamber was damaged.
While Diao Zhiming was trying to break through, the two remaining mortal bodies were successively infected by purple-black mushrooms and pulled into the illusion by the mushrooms.
"I"
Not long after the two mortals died, Diao Zhiming, who was trying to break through, suddenly let out a roar.
He vomited blood, his eyes widened, and looked at Chenghuo and others: "I failed. Four fellow Taoists, take care!"
After saying that, he rolled his eyes and fell straight to the ground.
"Fellow Daoist Diao!" Seeing Diao Zhiming fainting and passing away, the Buddha immediately felt a sense of sorrow for the death of a rabbit or a fox.
Buddha originally wanted to step forward to test Diao Zhiming's aura and confirm his life or death.
But before he could take action, countless purple-black mushrooms covered Diao Zhiming's entire body in an instant.
A few seconds later, a strong and extremely strong 'emotion of fear' began to spread from Diao Zhiming's body.
"broken,"
Seeing this situation, Buddha looked desperate and said: "It seems that Fellow Daoist Diao was pulled into the illusion by those mushrooms."
"He has become nourishment for unspeakable creatures."
"And soon it will be our turn."
Although the Buddha was afraid of death, he was really forced to have no choice now.
There wasn't much time for him to struggle and hesitate.
Not long after Diao Zhiming died, Buddha followed suit and sat cross-legged on the ground. He released his spiritual consciousness and tried to reach the statue of the monk in the square where they lived together.
It took about a quarter of an hour to touch
'puff! '
Same as Diao Zhiming.
Buddha, who failed to break through, also vomited blood.
The injuries inside his body exploded, coupled with the pressure brought by the unspeakable creature, he fainted on the spot before he could even say a word.
So there were only three people left in the secret room: Thunder, Mother of Pain, and Survivor.
The Mother of Pain immediately made a decision: "When Fellow Taoist Diao and Fellow Buddha broke through, they had already introduced the breath of the indescribable creature into the secret room."
"Now we are afraid that we have been targeted by unspeakable creatures."
"There is not much time left for us, let's try to break through together! This is our last chance."
"Yes." Lei Lei nodded without any nonsense. He decisively released his spiritual consciousness and tried to connect with the monk statue in the square.
The mother of pain, survival follows closely behind.
…
Time passes minute by minute.
Accompanied by a moan, the Mother of Pain's body surface cracked inexplicably when she tried to communicate with the statue.
Blood oozed from the cracked wound, but the blood in the wound was replaced by countless purple-black mushrooms before it flowed for long.
The mother of pain, fallen.
Next came the Thunder.
Although Lei Lei has a low EQ, his IQ is very high, and he has always been a little clever.
He knew that there was no hope of breaking through, so he simply did not try to break through. Instead, he swallowed the meat ball derived from the indescribable creature 'Wu Si' that he had always carried with him.
And it's not just 'whining'.
The Buddha statue derived from the 'Buddha' on Xuanwu Planet, as well as the derivatives he collected on different planets when he invaded other planets. They are like tentacles that are constantly squirming like living creatures, and Oversized eyeballs covered with countless bloodshot eyes, he stuffed all these weird things into his mouth and swallowed them with all his strength.
"Well"
Due to swallowing too many indescribable derivatives, Thunder's body has now turned into a battlefield where indescribable creatures clash.
The impact of different forces caused Lei Lei to faint on the spot.
this.
Is Thunder planning to use the power of indescribable creatures to fight against indescribable creatures? ? To fight against the pollution from Planet 021?
This is not a bad idea.
Cheng Sheng was deeply inspired by the way the Thunder responded to critical moments.
Using the last bit of time left, thousands of thoughts flashed through Chenghuo's mind and he quickly analyzed the situation at hand:
The success rate of the breakthrough method of integrating the true spirit proposed by Diao Zhiming is too low.
It can even be said that he will die.
As for Lei Lei's idea of swallowing a large number of derivatives and using the power of indescribable creatures to fight against indescribable creatures, the result is full of unknowns.
Attempts to break through almost always fail, and the consequences of devouring tokens are unknown.
Don't want to use it.
If you want to survive, you must choose the latter.
Although the latter is also a fight before death, the probability of success is higher than the breakthrough, and there is still a glimmer of hope.
With this in mind, Chengsheng no longer dwells on breakthroughs.
He followed Lei Lei's approach and used the meat balls derived from the "Woo" on the Xuanwu Star, the Buddha statues derived from the "Buddha", the "thorn balls" derived from the White Qiu Star, and the weird chicken nuggets obtained from the Fried Chicken Star. Son, even the half of the tentacle that Lei Lei threw on the ground before he had time to finish eating, and even the dark spore extract on Planet 021.
All these derivatives and sources of pollution were absorbed into the body at the last moment, either through swallowing or injection.
'boom'!
At this moment, countless forces belonging to different indescribable creatures collided and merged together in the living body and even in the sea of consciousness, like surging sea water.
Finally, countless strands of power exploded with a bang in the living body and the sea of consciousness.
Chengshuo's eyes went dark, and he completely fainted.
…
fear,
depressed,
despair.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
In a daze, Chengshuo found that his whole body was rapidly rising into the sky.
He instinctively wanted to lower his head and look down at the earth, but found that he seemed to have lost his body.
——He now seems to be suspended high in the sky on Planet 021 in a state similar to an 'out-of-body experience'.
I guess so.
Chengshuo, who was flying in the air, didn't understand what all this was about.
But since he had lost his body and could not lower his head to observe the situation on the ground, Chengshuo released his own consciousness.
Fortunately, spiritual consciousness is available.
And I don’t know why.
Survival in this delicate state, when releasing the spiritual consciousness in the body, was not blocked by the native indescribable creatures on the 021 planet.
So after he invaded Planet 021, he was finally able to use his spiritual consciousness to spy on the planet's appearance:
At this moment, Cheng Sheng discovered that the so-called 'those creatures' that were neither visible nor touchable wandering in the forest actually did not exist at all.
Yes, there have been no 'those creatures' on this planet since the beginning.
The reason why humans such as Cheng Sheng and others can feel the sense of "fear" is because when they were in the forest, they were monitored by the unnameable biological "bacteria" on the planet.
The reason why the 'bacteria' can do this is because the 'dark spores' derived from it have already spread and covered the entire planet.
The 'dark spores' that Chengsheng discovered in the forest before growing out of the surface were actually only a small part of the planet 021.
In fact, deep underground on Planet 021.
The basic element 'soil' that originally constituted the planet has long been replaced by 'dark spores'.
This planet is not made of stone and soil at all.
Its interior is composed of fungi, that is, countless 'dark spores'.
The planet itself has essentially become a 'derivative aggregate' composed of countless derivatives.
And the consciousness that is living at this moment is floating on the surface of this derivative polymer.
(End of chapter)
