Chapter 64: Ancient Artifact
I looked at his back, and said that I was so excited to see something, and I didn't expect him to come and pull me, so I had to stand up and look at it with my teeth bared. If it weren't for the rays of sunlight shining from the treetops, it would have been pitch black. I stared at the boss, but I still couldn't see clearly, but I vaguely felt that there should be a few stone platforms there, the stone platform was not high, and the platform was close to the inside of the tree wall, if it was built in the center of this tree, I would definitely be reimbursed if I fell down so high.
I didn't think Zeng Mu's expression was teasing me, and he didn't have this reason, so he couldn't help but look closer, there was obviously something on the stone platform, there was no doubt about it, but this thing seemed to be long, square, and round, and you thought it was liquid, but it seemed to be a solid. What is this? I'm a little confused.
Zeng Mu encouraged me to touch it, and when I saw that it seemed to be alive, I was very resistant, "I want to touch you!"
Zeng Mu comforted me, "Master, this is an ancient artifact, called 'Great Disgust'. ”
"Isn't that a bird!" I was a little dismissive. The heart said how could there be an ancient artifact with such a disgusting appearance, and even the name was very arbitrary.
Zeng Mu explained to me, "This disgust is not the other goose. For the disgust of the country and the misanthropy. ”
I said in my heart that I only know a "Great Yan Kingdom", which was one of the vassal states of the Zhou royal family during the Zhou Dynasty, and where did this great disgust come from.
Zeng Mu sighed, "Master, you've only been in love lately, and you haven't studied seriously!" I smiled, slightly embarrassed. "The Great Disgust of the Country, a tribe in ancient times. This tribe is mysterious, nestled in the deep mountains and old forests full of mist and miasma. There is little contact with the outside world. However, this race has powerful spiritual power, and it is good at using spiritual power to create powerful artifacts. Only those who are destined can seek it. Because the artifacts they make seem to have their own minds and will choose their own masters. If the artifact is not inducted, others have obtained the artifact, and it is also a waste. Unexpectedly, there is one here. "I saw that Zeng Mu's eyes were about to erupt with sparks, and I said that this is thanks to an NPC, otherwise this posture seems to be the impulse to rule the earth if I get the artifact.
I looked at the big ball on the stone platform and didn't know how to describe it, I really couldn't associate it with an ancient artifact. It's more like a puddle of chemicals than a puddle of chemicals. It flows like mercury, but it seems to be a mollusk. It's kind of disgusting.
Zeng Mu still encouraged me to touch it, and although I was very resistant, I had no choice but to stretch out a finger and poke it. I thought it would be like water or mud, but when I touched it, I felt like a piece of meat! Actually, it was a warm piece of meat! It seemed that I was touching a person's body! I seemed to be feeling the pulse under the skin! My expression became more and more broken, and I stepped back with a bang! It was passing through Zengki's body.
Zeng Mu looked at me blankly, not knowing why I had such a big reaction. I looked at the finger I had just stretched out, and the feeling hadn't gone away.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Zeng Mu finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, "Master, don't be afraid, this artifact itself is alive. What you feel just now may just be a sign of life that it holds. ”
"It, it, it!" I still couldn't take it.
At this moment, the mass suddenly pulled out a thin thread, it lightly wrapped around Zeng Mu's body, as if knowing Zeng Mu's existence, I watched in amazement as this thin thread slowly wrapped around my wrist, but did not resist in the slightest. As soon as I realized that I might have been controlled by it, the silk thread suddenly tightened, and I saw that I threw a beautiful arc on Zeng Mu, and then I was tightly wrapped in it!
The thing flowed, devouring me at such a fast speed that I watched as Zeng Mu tried to return to my "little baby system", but was forcibly isolated from my body.
There was a chilling cold, and my body instantly stiffened. When my fingers touched it, it seemed to be a huge ice floe, and it gently slid my fingers away, leaving me staring at the gray-blue sky in a daze. Little by little, the water overflowed my body, and I seemed to be sinking. The sound of my heart beating seemed to be in my ears, and I moved my fingers, but fortunately, I was still alive. This feeling is very familiar, as if it has returned to the lake on the snow-capped mountains, the cold water. But now, the water seems even colder. I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn't.
"What is good and evil?" Suddenly, a voice rang in my ears, and it seemed to come from all directions. I panicked a little, and my body sank violently, and the chill under the water immediately pierced my whole body. I had to adjust my breathing again so that I could float as smoothly as possible.
"What is good and evil?" the voice said again.
This time, I was prepared, so I didn't panic. Just keep a flat lying position and try not to discourage yourself, "Why should I answer you?"
"What is good and evil?" the voice came for the third time, and I thought to myself, could this be another NPC? It seems that only by completing its questioning will it be possible to get out of here safely. So, what is good and evil? After a quick look at the education I have received over the years, this question is actually not difficult to answer, and after so many years of study, I still have the basic concept of good and evil, but is this the answer it wants to hear? In fact, it is my own set of views on good and evil in my heart. I've been afraid to say it, but I've been confirmed.
"What is good and evil?" the voice came again, and I bit my lip, "I think there is no absolute good or evil in the world. The so-called good and evil are actually a kind of interest. If the interests of this person are the same as those of the majority, then what he is doing is good. If, on the other hand, his interests tend only to a small number of people, then he is evil to the majority of people. Regardless of whether it is good or evil, it can only be called good if it stands on the side with more people. Because he keeps the interests of the majority of the people maximized. And the order is often made by this part. When I finished speaking, I took a big breath so that I didn't sink anymore. But suddenly my body heated, and I finally opened my eyes.
This place is really familiar to me, a small storeroom converted from a room, no door, only a small single bed, and you have to climb in and out through a small window at the head. For the first two years I slept here, I used to break down and cry all night, because it was like a cabinet when I was a kid and a coffin. But my aunt and uncle and cousin lived in the big warm and bright house in the courtyard next door, and they never paid attention to me once. I spent a few years in that "coffin" until I started school. I remember that day I was mopping my aunt's floor, and my cousin deliberately stepped on my hand. Outside the door came a couple of grandmothers wearing red armbands. They first pulled me up, a "poor child", and then took my aunt and uncle to the back room and talked for a long time. I still remember that night, my aunt gave me a hard slap in the face. I have heard the words she scolded me since I was a child, but I didn't cry. That night, I wanted to hack their family to death with a kitchen knife, but I had already walked to the door of their room with a knife, maybe cowardly, maybe kind, I gave up. That fall, I was sent to a boarding school. When I stepped in again, I was eighteen years old. My aunt and uncle sat across from me and showed me a large stack of my mother's hospital bills and my running account from childhood to adulthood. Then, with that hypocritical smile, I was asked to transfer the house to their name.
"Suppose you were given a chance to choose again. After that sound, I suddenly became a little girl, barefoot, with my hair scattered and tied in a ponytail, and the tie was still broken, which my aunt had thrown away, and I tied it again and tied it on my head. The kitchen knife in my hand is emitting a cold light at the moment, and it seems that it will frostbite my hands at any moment. Approaching, behind the door, my aunt and uncle were asleep. If I were given another chance to choose again, I would hold my breath and stand in the doorway.
However, instead of moving on, I returned the knife to the kitchen.
"What, are you scared?" the voice said, disappointed.
I lay in that cramped, suffocating space, "Death is too easy for people. Human beings are inherently fragile and have a short lifespan. But life is hard, and sometimes life is more painful than death. Instead of letting them reincarnate early, let them see how good I am in the future. This is a curse. Jealousy is the root of all evil!"
"What a heart!" the voice seemed appreciative.
This time, I was standing in front of a polished white jade table with a few slender jade sticks on the table. I'm starting to suspect that I'm wrong, because so far this thing seems to have only appeared in the Young Master's Mansion, and I remember her impatiently banging on the table urging me to extract it. Could it be that this jade stick is also a magic weapon made by this disgusting country?
Without thinking too much about it, the voice had already said, "Give up at least one of each round." The person chosen in each round will die, and every round may be the last, and only the person who is chosen in the last round will live to the end!"
My heart shook suddenly, and I found that my name, Chongming, Qingyu, Lingxiao, Zuo Liang, and He Shu were written on those jade sticks. My brow furrowed, how do you choose?
"I refuse!" I protested loudly. "Let me go back!"
Suddenly, a piece of jade stick on the table suddenly cracked with a crisp sound. I ran over in a panic and found that it was Zuo Liang's name! I instantly felt a pain in my chest, and the voice said faintly, "In every round, you must make a choice, if you abstain, I will help you choose." ”
I thought it was a little incredible, although I saw that the jade stick was broken, but this place was an illusion after all, and I clearly knew that what I saw and heard was fake. So, no one can force me to make such a meaningless choice! But suddenly the voice said, "If you don't make a choice, someone in the real world will die because of you." Please proceed to the next round of selection!"
I panicked instantly! Because this artifact can isolate Zeng Mu from returning to my spiritual world, I really can't say if it has the ability to kill people thousands of miles away, and I don't know if Zuo Liang is okay now.
I had no choice but to stretch out my trembling hand to the jade stick.