"Ugh!" Xu Le rarely makes this kind of roar-like sound.
Although he is usually quite oily, most of the time, Xu Le will maintain an optimistic attitude when facing difficulties and pain. In addition, he is proud of his status as the factory director, so he can endure the bumps and bruises.
I couldn't help making such a sound this time.
It hurts, it hurts so much!
"Does it hurt?" Yan Luo squatted aside and stared at Xu Le, looking a little curious.
"It doesn't hurt at all. Look, I didn't even blink." Someone blinked many times, and tears came out...
"What's going on?"
"Yeah, what's going on?"
The physical and mental pain overlapped, causing Xu Le to be in a state that he could not bear. His attempt to split the Tree of Souls was only halfway done before Xu Le had to forcibly stop.
"This won't work. We'll be dead before we succeed."
After stopping the movement of his hands, Xu Le began to merge his will with the Soul Tree.
Since the Branch of Reality is an extension of the Tree of Souls and I can control it, is it possible to break it with my will
"Separation." No response.
"Broken." Still no response.
"Can you please stay away from me? You're disturbing my performance by standing there." Xu Le said to Yan Luo who was standing beside him with his eyes wide open.
"He's anxious. He's anxious." Yan Luo waved his hand and walked aside.
Although he expressed disdain for Xu Le's useless behavior, Yan Luo also knew that Xu Le really needed a more stable state now, so he still walked aside obediently.
"Okay, it's far enough away for you to continue."
Xu Le: …
It was still very uncomfortable, but no one was staring at him closely anymore, so Xu Le's psychological burden was slightly reduced.
He began to touch the Tree of Souls with his own will, a slow and clumsy process.
However, the feeling of the will coming into contact with the Soul Tree was very wonderful, giving Xu Le a very relaxed and pleasant feeling, as if his spirit had returned to a world where he would not be rejected.
Without expressing it verbally, Xu Le used his will to express his desire to separate the ancient sound branch.
And this action was gradually recognized by the Soul Tree.
In other words, the Soul Tree had never denied him, but it just couldn't understand what Xu Le meant.
The branches of reality extending from the back grew a little longer. These branches no longer resisted or defended themselves, but gradually separated from the mother body of the Tree of Souls in Xu Le's hands.
The tearing feeling is still there, but it is definitely not as strong as before.
But the branch that had just been separated showed a strong sense of weakness, and Xu Le felt that it seemed like it would die at any time.
He quickly looked at Yan Luo:
"Hey, what should we do now? Why do I feel like the branch is about to fail?"
"It's really getting old. You're not wrong."
"What should we do then?"
"I don't have a mother tree, so how can I know what to do? You should figure it out quickly. If my master dies, I will send you down to meet it."
Xu Le: …
After getting this answer, Xu Le suddenly felt that it would be better not to ask, because separating the branches requires energy.
Given the current situation, the branch would probably wither and die before he could insert it into the moonstone.
It needs spiritual nourishment.
Now without psychic powers, Xu Le can only rely on himself.
"Come on, my spiritual energy is still good enough."
Xu Le gripped the branch tightly, the spiritual energy in his body surged, and Gu Yinduo's iconic blue light began to spread over his body, gradually dissipating to the surroundings.
The spread of this spiritual energy is getting bigger and bigger, and wider and wider.
The steel gate could not stop the spiritual energy from escaping. Ai Li, Wang Shu, and even Xia Libo who were standing at the door all felt something was wrong.
"Gu Yinduo?" A sorcerer at the door suddenly said. He looked at Xia Libo, but Xia Libo was not moved at all.
He used to be very jealous of ancient music, but now there was even a look of worry on his face.
Feeling that these warlocks were all looking at him, Xia Libo, who was usually calm, suddenly frowned.
"Why are you all looking at me? Don't you have to work?"
"But Old Xia, there is a lot of ancient sound energy here. It's too strong. The blue color is overflowing."
"The paint is just evaporating." Xia Libo said calmly.
The corners of the mouths of several other warlocks twitched when they heard this reason. Is this the effect of paint evaporation
Can you be more serious when finding excuses
"The work is done."
"Just shut up when you're done. Zion Progressives has spent a lot of money, resources, manpower and material resources here. Don't blame me for being blunt. Whoever leaks it will die."
Xia Libo's words made the other warlocks bow their heads. As builders, they knew that this project was a furnace, not the so-called Bright Soap Factory.
But no one has yet specifically explained what the furnace is.
No one has ever mentioned what the core of the furnace is.
In fact, it's not just them, even the chief designer Xia Libo still doesn't know what the core of the furnace is.
Xu Le simply told him that he was going to plant a tree at the core of the furnace.
In such a huge project, find a large area and plant a tree.
This may sound far-fetched, but in the Dark Ages, there was one kind of tree that deserved to be treated this way.
The ancient sound tree!
"Could it be that one?"
Ai Li, Wang Shu and the others didn't say anything, they just waited quietly.
As for Xu Le in the room, the situation was not too optimistic either. The spiritual energy pool had been constantly being drained. If he was not the type who could easily consume a lot, he would have died long ago, and would have been sucked away by this branch without leaving anything behind.
The branch had already separated from the Tree of Souls, but it was still wrapped around Xu Le's arm to absorb spiritual energy.
Xu Le did not refuse the absorption of the branch.
He knew that if the supply of spiritual energy was cut off at this time, the branch would most likely die in the air.
"Slowly, slowly..."
Xu Le's movements were very gentle. He slowly lowered the branch, gradually placing it close to the ground, allowing the branch and the moonstone in the center to gradually touch each other.
The moment the branch touched the moonstone.
The branch instantly absorbed a large amount of Xu Le's spiritual energy, and then several branches like rhizomes grew again from the broken part of the branch.
The rhizomes pierced into the moonstone and then gradually took root inside this huge moonstone.
It didn't sprout, but it was growing.
With the supply of moonstone energy, the extraction of Xu Le's spiritual energy by the Ancient Sound Branch gradually decreased.
This made Xu Le breathe a sigh of relief.
If he allowed the branches to continue absorbing energy like this, he would either die suddenly or give up this plan.
Both outcomes are unacceptable.
But fortunately, the current situation is good.
When Xu Le thought that this was all, the huge moonstone actually began to vibrate.
"What's wrong?"
boom!
With a loud bang, the moonstone shattered.
Xu Le thought this was a failure, but what happened next was beyond his imagination.
The roots of the branches penetrated into the earth and had begun to take root in the core of the furnace, while the broken moonstones were rolled up and absorbed by the branches.
After absorbing all the spiritual energy, it turned into an ordinary transparent stone and was ruthlessly thrown away by the branches.
Such behavior is like a plunder hidden in the room, the plunder of the Red Moon by the Ancient Yinduo Tree.
"A little Guyinduo tree, eating a little moon?"
Xu Le immediately put away this somewhat dangerous idea. This was not something he needed to consider now. All he needed to consider was whether the furnace was successful.
The surging power and life erupted from the ancient Yinduo tree before them.
After absorbing all the 200 kilograms of moonstone on the ground, a real ancient Yinduo tree appeared in front of Xu Le.
What surprised Xu Le was that the tree was not as small as he had imagined.
For example, it may become a small sapling, or something like a small apple tree.
But the tree now has touched the roof.
After sensing the existence of the roof, it did not continue to grow upwards and destroy the wall, but began to develop around it, filling every corner of the room.
But this is not the end. Later, some ancient Yinduo branches actually dismantled the ventilation ducts and energy ducts.
Extend slender branches into it.
Especially the branches of the energy conduits, the Ancient Yinduo Tree actually took the initiative to smooth out the original curse patterns, and then changed the shape of its branches to replace these curses.
Xu Le watched all this silently until the tree was completely completed.
He slowly walked towards the Ancient Yinduo Tree. The faint spiritual perception he had before did not become dull because of the separation. Perhaps it was because this branch turned into a tree, Xu Le's perception became clearer.
When Xu Le walked in front of the Ancient Yinduo Tree, the branches extended down on their own.
It wrapped around Xu Le's fingers, and a sense of energy connection also emerged.
However, although the two were connected, Xu Le did not receive any spiritual energy feedback, as the growth of the Ancient Yinduo Tree had consumed all the spiritual energy.
Both parties are still in a loss-making state now. It will probably take some time if they want to absorb or make a profit.
"The core of the furnace has finally succeeded."
Yan Luo, who had been observing silently, also came over at this time. He slowly crawled on the ground and knelt down to worship the Guyinduo Tree as usual.
But the kneeling posture looks a bit crooked, and I don’t know if it was done on purpose.
Xu Le let go of his hand, and the Ancient Yinduo Tree also obediently let go of his hand.
"It seems like everything is ready, what do you think?"
"What do I feel?" Yan Luo curled his lips, as if there were only trees in his world and nothing else.
There's no point asking about things it's not interested in.
Xu Le took a look at the ancient Yinduo tree in front of him, pondered for a while, and then began to form seals using his limited spiritual energy.
"Ritual - Forbidden Summoning Array."
The white smoke dissipated, and a zombie appeared next to Xu Le. Xu Le and the Ancient Yinduo Tree gradually communicated with each other.
Then he took a step back.
Phew!
The branch instantly pierced into the zombie's body!
…
About 20 minutes later, Xu Le quietly walked out of the room.
When they saw him come out, Ai Li, Xia Libo and others were all stunned.
"Xu Le, are you okay?" Ai Li walked forward and checked Xu Le's body, touching him up and down to see if there were any wounds, of course avoiding some key locations.
Xu Le felt very comfortable being touched, and he would hum from time to time.
"What are you humming? Be serious."
Ai Li seldom used such a scolding tone, and it seemed that he was really worried this time.
Xu Le finally nodded and opened his arms in a hugging gesture.
"Yes, I'm fine."
However, he did not get a hug from Gouzi. When Gouzi saw him reaching out his hand, he also reached out his hand and high-fived Xu Le.
Xu Le: ? High five? The two of them still have no tacit understanding!
But is there really no tacit understanding? Xu Le looked at the dog with suspicion, but the dog's gaze had already shifted away.
Xia Libo quickly interrupted the two of them:
"Hey, hey, hey, that's enough, you guys are almost done, are you just going to come out like this?"
"What's wrong?"
"Where's the stuff?"
"What?"
"That... the furnace core."
"It's done." Xu Le said as a matter of course.
But this time, Xia Libo's empty eye sockets opened!
Done? It doesn't seem grand enough. Is it missing a little bit of a sense of ceremony
"Is that it, ready?"
"Yeah, all right."
"There's nothing else, like a casting ceremony, and..." Xia Libo scratched his head, but couldn't come up with any new explanation.
"None of that nonsense."
Xu Le turned around and walked to the door, knocked gently, and said in a low voice:
"Project Furnace - Completed."
Ding!
A piece of object the size of a fingernail was pushed out from the crack in the door. Xia Libo had no eyes, so he couldn't see clearly what pushed out the small square.
But in his perceptual world, he felt that the other party was a red creature.
"What is that?" Xia Libo asked.
"What is what?" Xu Le asked knowingly.
"I mean, what was that creature just now?"
"It's just a warehouse manager, no big deal."
"Warehouse manager?"
"Warehouse manager, there should be many similar positions in Zion Progressive, right? Well, you don't need to care about those insignificant things. The truly valuable thing is this..."
Xu Le waved his hand and raised the small cube the size of a fingernail.
Yan Luo will stay here as the last layer of insurance for the core of the furnace.
Maybe Xu Le will add more insurance here in the future, but he doesn’t have such abundant resources now.
Xia Libo knew that Xu Le wanted to change the subject, so he didn't continue asking.
After Xu Le held up the small cube, he pinched it with a puzzled look on his face.
When pinching the cube, Xia Libo felt the pure and natural energy inside.
"I can feel it. It's blue. It must be beautiful, right?"
Xu Le didn't say anything, but looked at Ai Li and Wang Shu. Ai Li and Wang Shu, who were also staring at the blue square, looked at each other and nodded:
"It is indeed blue, just like a naturally glowing gemstone. It is very beautiful."
"Pure ancient sound energy, without any weird tyrannical aura, it's like a gift from nature to us. This thing is simply a work of art... What is it made of?"
"Isn't it beautiful? It's made of zombies." Xu Le felt very satisfied when he heard Xia Libo praising the energy block, so he didn't hide his intention from Xia Libo.
Ahem…
When Xia Libo heard that this thing was made by zombies, he staggered.
Because it is really difficult to connect this beautiful and pure energy substance with zombies.
"It's actually such an ugly thing as a zombie..."
"Zombies are ugly? I advise you to think about it carefully."
Hearing Xu Le say this, Xia Libo thought of some other kinds of weirdness, twisted and deformed species? The weird offspring completely corrupted by Gu Yinduo? The ghost species of various horrible incarnations
Or maybe the wrath demon, night demon, succubus, and other monsters that only belong to the sons of Gu Yinduo
"Well, zombies aren't actually that ugly."
"That's right."
He could ignore the denigration of other monsters, but Xu Le disagreed with the denigration of zombies.
What are zombies? Zombies are the fuel of the future, the core of Zion, and may even become the labor force of Zion one day... But that's a long way off, the technology is not yet perfect, let's wait a little longer.
"Xu Le, what should we do now?"
Xia Libo, who has always been very opinionated, was actually a little at a loss at this moment.
As one of the founders of the furnace, after the core of the furnace was built, he suddenly felt like he didn't know what he should do.
I felt uncomfortable and lost my direction all of a sudden.
"Don't be so confused. We still have a lot of things to do. The guidance area is not completed, and the power conversion is very superficial. There are many things to be changed. Why are you so confused?"
"That's right, that's right, then shall we continue to build?"
"Tsk, the core is out, don't you want to try it?"
Why does it feel like the devil's temptation... Xia Libo thought to himself, but let's try the furnace!
"Think, how do you do it?"
"We will open the city gates at night, and then arrange mental energy guidance to attract the monsters in. We will also notify the city defense department and interrupt some of the close defenses."
Although this step had already been included in the plan, Xia Libo still felt a little nervous when it came time to implement it.
"If we fail to release the monsters in, we will all be beheaded and become eternal sinners. Even our graves will be stepped on a few times."
"Are you sure we will still have a grave if we fail?" Xu Le raised his finger.
"All right."
Xia Libo nodded, but he still agreed with Xu Le's idea and opened the door to release the monster.
Although this move is extremely risky, it is the only way for them to go.
"Come on, tonight is the moment to witness history..."
Afterwards, Xia Libo and Xu Le jointly reported to Li Wen, informing Li Wen about the completion of the furnace core and the request to open the city gates and city defenses at night.
"Just rest assured and carry out the mission. I will personally handle the city defense."
After getting Li Wen's approval, Xu Le and Xia Libo held another factory mobilization meeting and informed them of the situation tonight.
Many researchers are also curious about what will happen after the furnace core is turned on. They do not have a clear concept of the concept of refining weirdness.
Everything has to wait until the furnace is in progress at night.
…
Time passed by minute by minute, and the area of Zion's 3-1 goal was a little different tonight.
According to the requirements of the Zion Council, Gate 3-1 must remain open tonight, and the Council has notified the city defense to confirm that there will be some strange flows to Area 3 tonight, which is where the Bright Soap Factory is located.
The city defense guards here have repeatedly confirmed the news with their superiors, law enforcers, the guard department, the military, and even the parliament.
Only after receiving unanimous approval did they give up the move to close the city gates.
They knew that this was an experiment involving Zion Progressives, but they still didn't understand what these experimenters were going to do.
The specific content of the experiment was not disclosed.
However, the message was also given that if the situation could not be stabilized or a distress signal was sent out, the city gates would be closed immediately and a mopping-up operation would be carried out.
This also shows that this experiment has certain risks.
Therefore, the guards here were on high alert, although of course some private criticism was unavoidable.
"You said the city defenses were fine, but how come the gates were attracting monsters?"
"I don't know. Those who do research are all crazy."
"Let me be honest. Without these psychopaths, there would be no progress in Zion technology."
Debates about technology arise in every era.
However, Zion's scientific research atmosphere is generally good. At least there is no criticism of technology as gimmicky tricks.
At night, it was around 8 o'clock.
Xu Le hung a fruit of fear on the Ancient Yinduo Tree at the core of the furnace.
Although there are more lust fruits, what happens tonight is too important, so it is safer to use the fear fruit.
After all, fear attracts all that is weird.
Xu Le gently stroked the Ancient Yinduo Tree in front of him and whispered:
“Although I don’t know what this means to you, tonight is probably your first battle.
Well, maybe fighting is not appropriate, labor seems to be more appropriate? Labor is the most glorious, come on."
The branches of the Ancient Yinduo Tree swayed, as if responding to Xu Le, indicating that it could do well.
Xu Le nodded and gently touched the fruit of fear with his fingers.
The spiritual energy from the fingertips instantly pierced the fruit, and the spiritual energy of fear instantly dissipated.
…
Not far from the city gate, some wandering monsters seemed to sense some fatal temptation and began to rush towards the gate of Area 3.
Without the obstruction of the city gate, some monsters directly passed through the 3-1 gate and came to the underground passage dug in advance by the Guangming Soap Factory.
The underground passage is not spacious, it can even be said to be a bit narrow.
The reason for doing this is to restrict the range of movement of the monsters. The entire passage is made of enchanted steel.
It can be said that this is all money...
When a monster rushed out of the tunnel and appeared in the furnace factory, the hearts of all the researchers standing on the second floor tightened.
It's a deformed species.
“It’s finally here!”
According to the original design, the monster followed the guide tunnel and began to run towards the core of the furnace in a circular manner.
In the process of strange running, the transfer of kinetic energy will be guided. This is the first step, and then... there is nothing else.
This freak was not converting kinetic and potential energy the way they were originally designed.
As it ran, the spell engraved on the guiding circle released some golden lightning.
These golden lightnings like silk threads passed through the monster's body, and then the monster quickly became weak. After running a few steps, it knelt on the ground and began to vomit blood.
Its life and energy were brought into the furnace by the golden current, and gradually dissipated in the guiding circle, becoming a torrent of energy, leaving nothing behind...
"It seems... successful?" A researcher looked at his companion.
"It feels a little weird? It's not the same as I expected?" The person being asked also had a look of doubt on his face.
The weirdness didn’t go far, did it
What is the Golden Current
What's going on
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