Chapter 1: The Tree of Life

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Zhuang Yan just graduated this year, and as a good student who has just entered the society, he is unexpectedly not very well in water.

Although he successfully joined a newly established start-up company and developed an application of QR codes in the Internet café industry, from R&D to operation, the company still announced its dissolution in less than three months.

Min Zhaoxi, the boss of the company, was full of sincerity and knelt down to promise that he would not be in arrears of wages, so that Zhuang Yan understood for the first time how hypocritical a person can be.

It was in this low state of mind of unemployment and disappointment that Solemn began to indulge in the world of online games every day, spending time, which seemed to him bleak.

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Before we get into the text, we have to talk about this island, although we won't see any more information about him for a long time to come.

I don't know who gave the name, but it was unexpectedly full of poetry _ Her name is Xuelang Sea, in the middle of the sea, there is a small island.

There are exactly 20 people living on the whole island, even numbered, symmetrical, and people can't help but have a feeling of being specially arranged, full of mystery.

Isolated from the rest of the world, no stranger has ever been here, the whole island is surrounded by an endless sea of snow waves, there is only night here, there is no day, there is a perennial snow on the sea, and the wind does not stop all year round, which is indeed very worthy of his name.

There was a plant in the middle of the island, with a trunk the thickness of a thumb, reaching into the sky, and no one knew what it was, no one knew when it appeared, or even how it came here.

For as long as everyone can remember, there is only one thing they know, and that is:

The idea that if this plant is lost, the world will be destroyed, and everyone will be buried with it, seems very naïve.

It is naïve to believe in a ridiculous curse for no reason.

But he is like being deeply implanted in everyone's brain, and people will never dare to disobey him.

So, later, he got a name, and everyone called it, the Tree of Life.

Around the perimeter of the Tree of Life is a clearing, and then on the periphery are twenty cavities lined up in sequence, which bear obvious traces of artificial excavation, enclosing the Tree of Life in the center.

These caves are where the islanders sleep, and there is nothing else on the island, except for the large stones that cover each cave, which can be moved.

People don't know that there is a distinction between day and night in this world, and when they are sleepy, they go into a hole in the ground to sleep, and when they wake up, they crawl out of the hole and continue to work.

They had nothing to do every day, and their only labor was to carry the sea water from the edge of the island to the center of the island with their hands and irrigate it to the tree of life.

The Tree of Life will glow with some golden light to illuminate the island or grow fruit for people to eat.

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He gently pushed the stone away, stretched out his head, and looked around carefully.

What you can see is a dark silence, the sky flashes from time to time, but you can't hear any sound, the surrounding atmosphere is very oppressive, as if someone has turned off the sound switch, people can't even breathe, a little hurried.

An inexplicable emotion uncontrollably began to spread, and that was fear!

Fear, infinitely spreading in this space that does not see the light of day, shuddered solemnly, he quickly shrank back into the hole, hugged his body tightly, and couldn't help scolding softly in his mouth.

"What the hell is going on, why am I in the pit??"

Filled with doubts, he shook his head, and after a long time, he calmed his mind and thought back carefully.

The last memory is that I am playing a game, and I am about to win the MVP!

Why is it that now, I am actually in a pit, could it be...

Sudden death???

In the solemn mind, such a blood-red news headline suddenly appeared:

Shocked! An unusually handsome unemployed young man, because he was not doing his job properly and was lazy to eat, suddenly died in the joy of winning while playing a game......

The black line on the solemn face.

Is this a hospital that didn't rescue me and buried me directly? Wouldn't this be too hasty!

Are you irresponsible? Don't you know how to protect the environment?

And looking at the situation outside, it is really lifeless, there is not even the sound of insects, what a desolate place is this?

This strange wilderness, with no sound around it, is really quiet and a little scary.

Just when he was at a loss, a faint light, like the hope that a drowning person saw in a trance, slowly floated overhead, as if trying to awaken the solemn mood of the moment, and began to grow and shine brighter and brighter.

solemnly grabbed the edge of the pit, quietly poked his head out, and secretly observed, he thought that someone was coming with a flashlight, but because he was a little scared, he didn't dare to ask directly.

After looking around, I saw a somewhat thin man, lying on the ground in front of him at the moment, not knowing what he was doing.

In fact, he was about a meter away from the other party, and all he saw was a huge butt pouting there, swaying from side to side with the other party's hard work, and it looked like he was digging something.

Not far from the other side of the solemnity, a thumb-sized plant reached into the sky, and the flickering light emanated from the veins and stems of this plant.

Around the plants, there are 20 holes in a circle like the place you are in, and there are no other than these.

In the faint light, it was a small island, and on the periphery of the island, the wind was gathering blizzard, as if it was in the center of a tornado.

It looks like a crazy blizzard, but you can't hear any manic sounds, which makes people unable to adapt for a while.

"Majestic!"

Hearing someone call his name, he responded solemnly and habitually, only to see that it was the man lying on the ground, who had turned his head and was looking at himself at some point.

The smile on his face made everyone who saw it feel equally happy. Coupled with a beautiful face, it makes people really feel kind.

"Now that you're awake, why don't you come out to irrigate the Tree of Life?"

As he said this, the man got up from the ground, came to a solemn front and crouched down and asked.

.........

Big brother, you can talk as you talk, what are you doing crouching down in front of me! Won't you be ashamed?

"The Tree of Life?"

Solemnly puzzled, he opened his mouth to ask, and after looking around, he pointed to the plant in the central area, and continued to ask:

"Is this the thing?"

The only thing that can be called a tree in this place is the plant in the middle of the island that reaches to the sky, because there is nothing else but it.

"How can you point your finger at the tree of life, this is a blasphemy against the tree of life. ”

The man spoke, but he didn't seem to dig deeper, and turned back to where he had been, where there was a small pit in the ground that he had just dug with his bare hands.

"Don't do this again! Come out, I'm starving. ”

From the pit, a handful of water seeped out, and the man held the water in both hands, walked up to the tree of life, and sprinkled it on the trunk.

A magical scene has appeared!

I saw a golden light from the base of the tree trunk, and in a few breaths, it suddenly accelerated, shooting upward, straight into the sky.

The beam of light did not spread out until it was far out of reach, like a huge golden firework that hit a semicircular protective cover, and after spreading in all directions, it spread out and spread all over the sky.

The intense light from the impact illuminates the entire sky.

The man glanced back at the solemn one, and saw that he was still in the pit, and had no intention of coming out, his straight eyebrows furrowed, and he asked with some displeasure:

"Why haven't you come out yet. ”

In his words, the dissatisfaction was fully expressed, and he just stood there staring solemnly.

The solemn was a little uncomfortable, so he had to temporarily suppress the shame in his heart and crawl out of the hole.

Shame is because he has no clothes, and his majesty is the same as that man, unclothed and bare-bottomed.

Bending down, following the man's example, he took the sea water out of the little pit that had just been dug and threw it into the tree of life.

The man's expression was changed, and the previous dissatisfaction disappeared in an instant, revealing the smile that made people happy at a glance.

"Dude, what are we going to do to irrigate this tree of life?"

Solemnly sprinkled water back and forth, pretending to be casual and asked.

"What for?"

The man did not stop the irrigation work, but asked solemnly, but did not answer, but leaked a puzzled face.

The light on the tree of life grew brighter and brighter, illuminating the entire island, and on the thumb-thick trunk, a tiny vine stretched out, producing a grain of light at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Around the light particles, small golden particles continue to emit out, and a powerful life force, as if across the space passage, suddenly rushed to the face, this sudden abnormal change, making people feel refreshed, and with a sense of comfort like space staggering.

"The whole tree is full of fruit before we can sleep, for no reason. ”

Seeing that the young man did not explain the meaning carefully, Zhuang Zheng did not continue to ask, he retracted his gaze, looked at the tree of life, after the light burned out, a branch actually produced a spherical fruit, some golden particles emitted a pale golden halo around the surroundings, flickering and dimming, very beautiful.

"Hey, it's bearing fruit."

Solemnly looking at the fruit, it was gray, and in the blink of an eye I saw a stream of blue water irrigating it, and then patches of green plants burrowed out of the surface of the ball, and life the size of ants began to take shape.

The whole process is fleeting, and the birth of a planet is presented naked and simple.

The process of creating life made the solemn heart have a feeling that he had never felt before, he only felt that the depths of his mind were clear, a magical power that could not be touched traveled all over the body, and all the pores seemed to open naturally because of the impact of this force, and the whole body was extremely comfortable.

"It's ready to eat."

As soon as Zhuang Zheng came back to his senses from that comfortable feeling, he saw that the man next to him had already grabbed the planet and threw it into his mouth.

Blue, green, mixed with a red liquid, flowed out of his mouth as he chewed.

He licked it with his tongue and sucked it all back.

With a beautiful expression, it looks like it's extremely enjoyable.

"It smells so good!"

Solemnity was a little stunned.

"Eat... Eat... Eat??"

This is a planet that is giving birth to life, and it has been eaten like this?

"What's wrong with you? solemnly, why are you a little weird today?"

As he spoke, he casually picked another fruit in his eyes and handed it to the solemn face with a friendly face.

"I don't eat, I don't eat"

Shaking his head solemnly, his face was full of resistance, joking, eating the planet, from the bottom of his heart, it was natural to resist, okay?

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When the young man saw the solemn movements, he suddenly became a little suspicious, and slowly, he looked at the solemn eyes and began to get excited.

He took a few steps back slowly, and his eyes gradually became a little deeper, full of wisdom, and even a light that could even be said to be leaking.

He looked at the solemnity like this, as if he were looking at some supreme treasure.

"Sure enough!"

The boy spoke, and in the surrounding potholes, the teenagers crawled out one after another as if they had received some orders.

On a small island less than ten meters in size, there were people standing on it, from shallow to deep, and obscure runes lit up one after another.

Solemnly surrounded by runes, unable to move, it seems that he has lost control of his body, and he has also lost the ability to speak, so he can only passively watch this scene happen in front of him.

Nineteen teenagers sat around with a tacit understanding, their hands raised above their heads, swaying wildly, and chanting words in their mouths.

Zhuang Zhuang felt a sense of dizziness fill his body, and even smelled bursts of strange fragrances, and then gradually lost consciousness.

Before falling unconscious, the last scene solemnly saw was a teenager walking up to him, putting his hand into his body, stirring.

The last thought in my mind was, it's a cult!

"Bala Bala Bala..."

The young man spoke, and his voice sounded sexy and calm, but it was completely inaudible.

After a flash of golden light, the twenty teenagers woke up like a dream, and one by one, they were stunned for a moment, and then immediately began another day's work.

No one seemed to remember, and no one noticed, that one of their companions was no longer the one they had been.

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