Hao Ren no longer cares much about the reality and illusion of the black pine forest, because he realizes that concepts such as reality and reality are meaningless here.
He knew that Laherien had experienced destruction and rebirth, but he could judge through speculation that the doomsday experienced by this planet was far more than that of 10,000 years ago—this is the dark field, a fragment of the universe, a once The only surviving fragment of a universe once destroyed by the Lord of Madness, all entities remaining in the Dark Realm have experienced another apocalypse.
It has been destroyed and reborn more than once, and any alienation on this planet has become a matter of course. Hao Ren speculates that the black pine forest may be the "focus of distortion" formed by this planet after the doomsday.
In this special place, all kinds of things are stacked together, including not only the old world, but also the possible future of this world. The history that has been erased because of the "God's Dream", the history that has never appeared but has emerged in the "God's Dream", and even some absurd world line fragments with only a one-ten-thousandth possibility.
Everything is stacked here to form a black pine forest.
However, it is impossible for ordinary people to observe the truth in the black pine forest. Their eyes cannot observe a world in multiple dimensions at the same time, so they can only enter the "most surface layer" of this forest, which is a dense jungle. With dens, monsters, traps, and even some relic-like things, those superficial things are enough to confuse travelers and make them think that they have successfully passed through this jungle, but deep in the mist, this forest is far from simple .
Because there was a god in the team—although it was only in the form of holographic projection—Hao Ren and his party were not affected by the surface forest at all, and went straight into the real interior of the forest.
What they saw should be the original historical record of the black pine forest, or part of its material foundation.
The city in front of me, which is a mixture of reality and reality, is the evidence.
Leah's eyes scanned the surroundings. Where she could see, the old illusions collapsed one after another, and restored to the real appearance of the city. The magnificent buildings turned into broken bricks and tiles on the ground, and the running soldiers turned into ghosts in the mud. A handful of dust, and more places can only see vines growing wildly. Those weird vines seem to be malicious from the dark cracks of history, entangled in this city full of mysteries.
But Leah didn't completely end the illusions here. In fact, she just cleared a short section of road in front of the convoy, and after the convoy passed by, she would restore those illusions—this was to give Hao Ren a chance to recover from the illusions. Record more clues in .
So there seems to be a small "true barrier" around the three cars. Outside the range of the barrier, the city still stands and is facing the invading enemies who don't know how many epochs ago, but around the convoy, Everything collapsed into the desolate truth after the destruction.
Evanna opened her eyes wide, looking at everything around her in amazement and a little uneasiness. Those silvery, advanced and elegant ancient forts were still firing continuously in front of one second, and became a few pieces on the ground in the next second. , and then returned to the original state in the next second. Soldiers continued to pass by the car, but their formation was intermittent. Whenever Lia glanced over, the soldiers would disappear, but when Lia looked away, the phantom appeared again. instead of real.
This will probably be the most unforgettable experience in the life of the princess.
"Can you still feel the smell of blood?" Hao Ren approached Vivian and asked in a low voice.
"Yes, and it's very obvious," Vivienne sniffled, "Not only can I feel it, but this time I can really smell it."
Lily also sniffled: "Yes, yes, I can smell it too! It's right in front..."
Illusions have no smell, and the smell of blood can only come from a real individual—who could it be, hiding in this ancient forest intertwined with reality and fiction
Hao Ren didn't think it was some kind of wild monster.
Three cars stopped.
There is no road ahead, although it looks like an open avenue, and there are various chariots driving on the road, but when Lia focused her sight on the front, the avenue was surrounded by a collapsed building wreckage and a section of landslides. The trunk of the black pine tree under the ground was replaced, and there was only a narrow gap between the wreckage to pass through. People could pass, but cars definitely couldn't.
Although it is possible to blast away the wreckage, or directly let the black-tech truck drive past, there will inevitably be some movement, and the bloody smell that Vivienne sensed is already within a thousand meters ahead, in order to avoid alarming the enemy. However, Hao Ren decided to leave the vehicle and go to check the situation.
"You can stay in the car," Vivian said, looking at Awenna and Charlemagne, "The car has a shield system and an emergency call device. You will be safer on it."
"Will we hold you back?" Charlemagne asked seriously.
"That's not possible." Hao Ren shrugged. He wasn't trying to comfort the other party, but he had confirmed the strength of the siblings in private. They still have more than enough protection in this world, and even if there is anything beyond the black pine forest Knowing the danger, Hao Ren and his little friends can easily cover the audience without being dragged down by the opponent at all.
"That's fine." Charlemagne touched the sword at his waist, "We are also curious."
"Then everyone get out of the car and follow," Hao Ren nodded, "but everyone should pay attention to concealment, take care of themselves, and not leave the team to act alone."
The team left the convoy and walked into the depths of the ruins under Vivienne's guidance. Hao Ren and his party took the lead, Ai Wenna and Charlemagne followed behind, and the soldiers brought by Charlemagne followed on both sides, acting as extra observation post.
The strength of these soldiers may not be worth mentioning to Hao Ren, but in this place, it is always good to have a few more pairs of eyes.
They passed through the ruins of the collapsed wreckage, and a square appeared in front of them, and in the center of the square stood a building that looked like a pyramid.
Half of the building is still intact, but the other half has been reduced to ruins. On the intact part, some gorgeous decorations of the past can still be seen.
Leah closed her eyes.
The entire square, pyramid, and surrounding scenes were instantly replaced by fragments of the past.
The edge of the square was full of soldiers in silver and white armor. They faced the outside of the square and formed a human wall side by side. Behind the human wall, there are neatly arranged ion impact cannons - this is Hao Ren's temporary name for this kind of artillery that uses plasma plasma clusters to attack.
In the further rear, there are armed civilians.
And that pyramid-like hall stands in the center of these flesh and blood bodies, it exudes brilliance like the sun, and a viscous energy flow that is almost substantive flows on the top of the tower, a surge of power—the essence of life. Power - is spreading from the pyramid to all around.
The enemy finally broke into the inner city.
The defensive turrets all over the city were firing wildly, but they still couldn't stop the enemies swarming from all directions (and in low-Earth orbit). Those mutated monsters destroyed the outer walls of the city and destroyed layers of defense nets. The buildings around the square collapsed like sand castles, and the ugly creatures shrouded in smoke finally appeared in the guards' sight.
The final battle begins.
Laser beams and plasma clusters pierced the air and fell into the black tide, followed by beam sabers and rotting flesh.
The power of corruption weakened the shield system, and the energy barrier began to flicker, and gaps appeared. Monsters took advantage of the gap and invaded the square like flowing mud. The flesh and blood of the guards were quickly blown away in the mud Consumed.
And the life force gushing out from the pyramid building quickly healed the wounded soldiers on the square, allowing them to stand up again and again to fight against the invading enemies.
Every time they stood up again, the bodies of those soldiers became more broken than before, and the silver-white armor became more tattered.
The soldiers finally had a gap, and the ion collider was destroyed next.
Now it's the turn of the armed civilians.
The life force escaping from the pyramid is getting stronger and stronger, even so strong... almost crazy.
Hao Ren heard the guards who were almost insane shouting loudly, some shouting was even frantic and disorganized, but some meaningful words could be heard clearly.
"Defend the hall!" "Defend the holy king!" "Buy time! It's about to start! It's about to start!" "Persist for two more moments, hold on for two more moments!!"
Evanna seemed to be frightened by this tragic and crazy scene, her face was pale, her lips trembled, and she followed closely behind Charlemagne—she couldn't understand why these people could do this, and they were fighting against The enemy, what exactly is it
She couldn't help thinking about her mission, and the associations made her lips even whiter.
Leah walked at the front of the line with her eyes closed, but she could clearly "see" everything that happened around her. When passing by the guards who kept falling, she couldn't help sighing softly: "The... power of mortals? …”
Everyone walked through these old illusions, and the gate of the pyramid hall was in front of them. A group of soldiers waited for the arrival of the enemy holding their weapons tightly in front of the gate.
Hao Ren passed through the human wall formed by these soldiers, and before entering the hall, he glanced back.
He saw that at the edge of the square, those warriors who had fallen at the beginning stood up again. Their bodies were so damaged that they could not maintain their human form. The armor on their bodies was even melted into their flesh and blood. They stretched out their hands vigorously, Withered and broken limbs were twisted and shriveled like charred wood.
The life force gushing out of the pyramid is still pouring into their bodies, making their bodies that can no longer be repaired forcefully stand upright, and those warriors maintain such an upright posture, their postures are getting taller and straighter, arms The more they stretched, their furious beards spread out, intertwined into layers of branches, their feet took root and penetrated into the ground, their skin shrank into bark, and gradually spread to the whole body.
They became black pine trees.