Chapter 84: Strange Giant Tree (Part 1)
(It took you a lot more effort to stay sane this time.)
(You prepare yourself mentally and walk towards the direction of the sound.)
(In front of me is a hall the size of a basketball court.)
(The hall was brightly lit, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood.)
(There were nearly a hundred beds neatly arranged, with young women and children lying on them. Branches as thick as fingers were stuck into their heads, wriggling like worms. The wounds were festering and bleeding, and they looked extremely miserable.)
(The branches shoot straight up, entwining and twisting together until they become a giant root that pierces the ceiling.)
(If you take a closer look at these roots and branches, you will find that they are half bone and half flesh.)
(You hear a cry for help from nearby.)
(A little girl of seven or eight opens her eyes wide and reaches out her hand.)
(You hold it subconsciously.)
(Little girl: "Save me...")
(White liquid flows out of the little girl's nostrils , and there is a faint taste of almond water in her mouth.)
(The branches above her head are twitching and making sickening creaking sounds.)
(You are extremely angry.)
(You are losing your mind.)
(You pull out your knife uncontrollably and chop the branch.)
(The branches spurt out red and white liquid.)
(You are contaminated by those fluids.)
(You have completely lost your mind.)
(You are crazy.)
(You slashed your own throat.)
(Your eyes go dark.)
(you are dead.)
(The deduction is over!)
"Hey... This is the first time I unlock this way of death. It's a novel experience."
Gu Yi opened his eyes.
Because Gu Yi unlocked a spiritual talent, his resistance to mental erosion is higher than that of ordinary adventurers, so he has never committed suicide due to a mental breakdown.
The strange power in the breeding area is the most powerful place in the secret base. Even if Gu Yi's mental power has reached 90, he cannot always maintain mental stability in the breeding area.
The victims whose brains were sucked out should be the nutrients of the strange giant tree.
——It is obvious that the tree is what my sister looked like after she became unspeakable.
In the surface world, the parents and the cat-and-mouse couple are also trafficking women and children. They place these abducted children in breeding areas and use them as fertilizer for giant trees.
They feed the giant tree and use its mysterious power to achieve some ulterior motives.
I am getting closer and closer to the truth!
"Backtrack."
Gu Yi closed his eyes.
(Backtracking begins!)
(You are standing at a fork in the road.)
(You choose to explore the living quarters.)
(You walked through a short corridor and arrived at the staff dormitory.)
(Everyone was asleep, and a few were playing on their phones, so they didn't notice you at all.)
(You looked carefully for a while and found that these people were all members of the wedding procession.)
(You tiptoe down the corridor that leads to the staff cafeteria.)
(The staff cafeteria is closed, and the sign next to the gate indicates that the work area is ahead.)
(You continue to explore along the corridor.)
(The lights in the workroom are still on.)
(You lean on the door frame and look inside. The staff in the duty room are napping like chickens pecking at rice.)
(You quietly push open the door and slip into the workshop.)
(Although it was late at night, everyone in the workshop was busy.)
(These people all have rat heads and work very skillfully in the production workshop.)
(You sneak to the end of the assembly line and take a product out of the box while the employees are not paying attention.)
(Take a closer look.)
(This is a box of unlabeled almond water. You open the bottle cap and taste it. It tastes just like the almond water in the other world.)
(You feel a little dazed.)
(You see stars.)
(Various visions appeared before your eyes, and you closed your eyes and fell asleep.)
(When you open your eyes again, you find Mr. Rat standing in front of you.)
(Mr. Rat: "Young man, you seem to be very naughty. Do you know how much energy you have wasted on us?")
(You: “What do you guys do?”)
(Mr. Rat: "Humph, let's talk about it in the next life.")
(Mr. Rat snapped his fingers, and a white branch fell from the sky, pierced through your forehead, and sucked your brain.)
(Your eyes turn red.)
(you are dead.)
(The deduction is over!)
Gu Yi opened his eyes.
This death brought him new clues.
The almond water produced in the underground base has a strange power. It can make people fall asleep and have hallucinations.
The victims in the breeding areas also seemed to have the smell of almond water in their mouths. These people were fed almond water before becoming fertilizer.
Gu Yi re-entered the deduction.
(Backtracking begins!)
(You hide in the corner of the assembly line.)
(The factory machines are making a lot of noise, the workers are working overtime, and no one cares about you.)
(You come to the upper reaches of the assembly line and hide behind the shelves.)
(Mr. Rat was supervising the workers' work, writing and drawing in a notebook. After a round of inspection, Mr. Rat left through the side door.)
(You waited for a while and followed.)
(The noise here is a little quieter, this should be the office area.)
(The offices on both sides of the corridor had their doors and windows closed, and no one was inside.)
(You walk through the office area.)
(At the end of the corridor is Mr. Rat's office. You lean on the window and look inside.)
(There is a bottle of almond water on Mr. Mouse's table. Miss Cat is sitting next to him, looking at her phone. There is a plate of little white mice next to her, and she is chewing on them one by one as snacks.)
(Rat: "How's the tree?")
(Cat: "Sleeping soundly.")
(Rat: "Where is that brat who sneaked out of the dream?")
(Cat: "Don't worry, that guy can't get far.")
(Rat: "Can't you clear the blockage over there?")
(Cat: "It's already been cleared, do you still need me to tell you?")
(Rat: "Yeah, my wife is just that awesome.")
(Cat: "No.")
(The cat and mouse couple smiled at each other and hugged each other.)
(You quietly leave the corridor and continue walking somewhere else.)
(You've been thinking about the cat and mouse metaphor.)
(The cat does not catch the mouse, but marries the mouse. This is a metaphor for the collusion between officials and gangsters.)
(The cat and mouse couple trafficked in people on a large scale and even built such a huge factory underground. How could they have done it without a protective umbrella?)
(The cat and mouse couple can also use strange powers in the surface world, which should be influenced by the giant tree.)
(After sacrificing so many lives as food, they will definitely get something in return.)
(They 're probably holding on to you because you're an important sacrifice to the tree.)
(Ms. Cat needs to use strange power to scare you to death, and Mr. Mouse needs to use the branches of a giant tree to suck your brain. This means that you must use strange power to kill you in order to successfully complete the sacrifice ceremony.)
(You continue to explore the base, and you have to find a way to destroy the giant tree.)
