After finishing the interrogation of Stein, the ghost guy, Song Ziyu turned his attention to Wu Yao again.
Compared to the secrets of Stein, Song Ziyu was more interested in Wu Yao.
In this post-apocalyptic wasteland, many things are beyond the scope of human understanding. For example, Stein is like a zombie. As long as he is not fatally injured, even after being hit by dozens of bullets, he is still alive and well.
But Stein's mutation is still within the acceptable range.
In contrast, Wu Yao's state was somewhat unacceptable to Song Ziyu.
This guy is not so much a completely human being as he is half human and half plant.
Song Ziyu thought of the grafted plants he saw at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, especially the peaches grafted on plum trees, which looked nondescript and very similar to Wu Yao.
Song Ziyu tried to communicate with Wu Yao, but this guy was very tight-lipped, unlike Stein who was willing to cooperate and explain everything.
In the end, Song Ziyu, who found nothing, could only turn his attention to Li Xia first, intending to find a breakthrough from Li Xia.
After experiencing this life-and-death battle, Li Xia's spirit collapsed and it seemed that he had not recovered yet.
After hearing Song Ziyu's question, Li Xia thought about it for a while before explaining: "The sacred tree under Wensong settlement has existed for a long time...at least it can be traced back to before the catastrophe. As for how long it has existed, this matter There are no records and we don’t know, so I can only tell you what I know.”
Now Li Xia started talking and told everything he knew.
It turns out that Wensong settlement was a settlement established by the ancestors of Wu Yao and Wu Xiaoqing.
This settlement has been in the hands of the Wu family for a long time, and Li Xia's own family is Wensong who later fled.
"Our family didn't know what the Wu family was doing at first, but they seemed very mysterious." Li Xia recalled: "I didn't know until Wu Xiaoqing and I got married that they had been carrying out a great project handed down by their ancestors. Research."
"Great? What greatness?" Song Ziyu's heart was pounding. Do these people call this great?
But no matter what, Song Ziyu felt that he was about to find out the secret of Wensong settlement.
"What are they studying?" Song Ziyu asked.
Li Xia looked at the baby in his arms and said, "Don't get me wrong, they didn't do anything harmful... They just wanted to purify this wasteland."
Song Ziyu couldn't help being stunned.
It's no secret that the wasteland is polluted, but it's probably not easy to purify it.
Li Xia continued to explain: "The tree you saw in Wensong is not actually like this. After several generations of improvement by the Wu family, the habit of the holy tree has been very mild. Using the purification ability of the holy tree, we have A patch of soil was cleared for farming.”
"It is precisely because of the existence of this pure land that Wensong has its current reputation and development foundation."
When Li Xia said this, a sneer came from the trunk of the motorcycle.
"You just pick up nice things, but what's the price? What's the price of purifying the soil?" Wu Yao's voice was full of ridicule.
Li Xia's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, and he yelled at the trunk: "You traitor, you have the nerve to tell me the price... The mistake you made is greater than the total price paid by the settlement over the years! The settlement has been destroyed, The sacred tree was also destroyed!”
Wu Yao scolded coldly: "You crazy people actually have faith in a tree that eats people. It's really despicable! Li Xia, you weakling, have you forgotten that your mother was sacrificed to Is it from this tree?”
Li Xia's face was extremely pale, and Wu Yao's curse became louder: "Every time that evil thing purifies an inch of land, it has to eat a person as nutrients. This is the price! And the purification is not permanent, and maintenance requires sacrifices. !”
As soon as he said this, Tang Jian, who was driving, accidentally shook his hand and stalled the motorcycle.
"I got out of the car to smoke a cigarette. I need to pee." Tang Jian said gloomily and jumped out of the car. Song Ziyu could clearly feel that the old hunter's hands were shaking.
Song Ziyu opened the trunk, took Wu Yao out of the tarpaulin, and then asked, "What did you just say? Speak clearly."
Wu Yao said with a ferocious expression: "Can I make it clear or not? That tree can indeed purify the soil, but the range it can maintain is also limited. In order to ensure the vitality and purity of the limited soil, continuous treatment is needed. Feed that tree! My mother, the former leader of Wensong settlement, voluntarily showed up to be eaten by that tree! And Li Xia, your mother, your aunt, and your grandma are all Eaten by that tree!”
These words were so powerful that Li Xia was speechless and even a little ashamed.
When Song Ziyu, an "outsider", heard these words, he couldn't help but curse: "The people in your settlement are all fucking crazy!"
At this time, Wu Yao obviously became more energetic and continued to roar: "I left Wensong settlement because I saw through the nature of this settlement. You are just a group of animals fed by that tree... It's ridiculous that you still treat that evil Things become beliefs.”
Wu Yao's curses attracted a large number of survivors from the Wensong settlement. These survivors were still ignorant at first, and they were completely ignorant of the truth.
But after hearing Wu Yao's words, many people reacted.
"I was just wondering why my wife disappeared inexplicably. I thought she eloped with Mr. Wang next door..." A survivor suddenly burst into tears.
Another survivor also exclaimed: "And my mother, who fetched water from the well many years ago and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Could it be that she was eaten by the sacred tree?"
Many Wensong survivors reacted.
Everyone has discovered that their relatives and friends have more or less disappeared over the years.
Now everyone finally woke up, and their attitude towards Li Xia instantly became very bad.
Some survivors with bad tempers even want to hit people...
Fortunately, Song Ziyu is in charge!
Song Ziyu held a gun and fired bullets into the sky.
The violent gunshots calmed everyone.
Song Ziyu ordered his men to disperse the survivors, while he stared at Li Xia and Wu Yao in front of him, feeling that there were no truly good people among these guys!
well.
In the adult world, there is no real right or wrong.
…
Finally, the motorcade continued to move forward slowly. Song Ziyu looked at the baby in Li Xia's arms and couldn't help but ask: "Tell me, what's going on with this baby?"
This is the last secret that Song Ziyu cares about.
Not only Song Ziyu, but also Wu Yao in the trunk straightened up his ears.
Hearing this, Li Xia knew that there was no way to deal with it, so he could only sigh and said: "Actually, it is not just Wu Yao who is an outsider who feels unyielding to his fate. We are also trying to find ways to get rid of the enslavement of the Holy Tree to us... It's just that we took another path."
Li Xia said: "After more than twenty years of research, Xiaoqing finally succeeded in extracting the core active cells of the Holy Tree, and then implanted these active cells into the embryo, and then completed fertilization, and he was born."
While speaking, Li Xia looked at the child in her arms dotingly.
