Chapter 54: Revelation Section 10
The undetectable fog of the future is just shattered by a strong wind in front of him in the blink of an eye! I, Zhang Jiaming, the leader of the Southern Forces, are like Dante in the Divine Comedy, reaffirming the existence of hell!
The narrow entrance hall is not very difficult to pass through, which makes Zhang Jiaming unacceptable, and the breeze on his face carries a dangerous aura that makes his back hair almost stand upside down - the smell of zombies! Such a strong blood, more violent and swift than a hurricane, and such a vigilant sense of urgency, once made Zhang Jiaming believe that he had entered the pit of hell. From the beginning when he used a tattered wood knife to bring down the first zombie, and from the countless corpses in the sea of blood, he fought his way out of the countless corpses and won the first big victory, and the lingering disgusting smell was deeply imprinted in the body of his beast, which was the smell of the enemy, and the unique aura emitted by the nightmare of countless creatures trembling for it!
Staring at the entrance of the tunnel like a beast's den, Zhang Jiaming hesitated for a while, responding to his inquiring gaze, Zhou Hua nodded very firmly. Soon, the three of them disappeared at the entrance of the tunnel, and the stone door behind them was quietly closed, and the entire hall returned to calm.
"Cousin, you don't know how much effort the Great Grandmaster and I have put in to create this hidden place, and at the same time for the development and growth of the Holy Sect! Watch your step, it's damp here. Almost like the endless staircase, since there is no electricity to support it, you can only walk in the underground cave: "Fortunately, most of the caves here are naturally formed, which saves a lot of trouble, you don't have to worry about the Great Grandmaster, his body is much stronger than ten young people!" Along the way, except for the lubricated stairs and the hollow sound of dripping, the rest was his cousin's patient explanation, if there was anything else, it was the smell of zombies getting stronger and stronger.
More than ten minutes is not very far, after rotating through multiple forks in the road, according to Zhang Jiaming's estimate, at least when he has walked into a place at least three hundred meters from the ground, the last staircase is already close in front of him, and at the end of this tortuous staircase, there is a closed iron door, the rust-colored appearance shows the vicissitudes of this imprisonment, and the sturdy shape shows how the Holy Cult Army spares no expense to build--two huge figures appeared almost silently on both sides of the gate, at the same time, accompanied by "cluck." The sound of the bow being pulled apart, and dozens of shiny sharp objects representing warnings were aimed at the three comers!
Zhang Jiaming used his ability, and he clearly sensed that there were at least thirty or more Holy Sect Army guards nearby, and each of these guys wearing strange dark red masks had a bloody killing aura inside, and they were definitely first-class masters of long-range and hand-to-hand combat! The two beasts were covered in hard prickly hair, and their muscles were growing unbridled in an almost twisted and explosive way, and the towering shoulders full of power were already showing their terrifying ability to pounce on all creatures, coupled with the four terrifying front teeth that opened and closed, it was enough to deter any malicious intruder!
"Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, welcome to my underworld, brother, I know you are full of doubts, come, soon, I will reveal the answer you want!" However, with a crisp snap of his fingers, the guards of these underground worlds quickly disappeared, if it weren't for Zhou Hua deliberately leaving a groundhog guard with a body as big as two tendon oxen to guard, Zhang Jiaming couldn't believe that his cousin had such a strong capital, first organized a huge army on the ground, and then could dig underground and build an underground base that people couldn't investigate in detail - his cousin was not a mortal after all: "Little baby, follow us, this is a guest, don't be rude!" It seemed to be a very casual order, and the Groundhog Gatekeeper, who was still dancing with his teeth and claws just now, restrained his murderous side, and was actually like a big dog, obediently accompanying the Grand Master, and moving his seemingly clumsy body with incredible agility, silently and low-key to keep up with their pace, Zhang Jiaming secretly glanced back, and couldn't help but feel a little envious of the pets collected by this cousin.
After constantly passing through the low cave passage, and walking through several more guarded gates, the last wooden iron-clad gate finally opened, different from the front, the guards here have been strengthened more than ten times, and there are more than fifty of the groundhog mutant beasts alone, and the absolute heavily guarded lineup! This also means that Zhang Jiaming has come to the core area of the Holy Sect Army.
Pushing open the door, the first one, Zhang Jiaming walked in, and the first thing that caught his eye made him gasp! He has long been accustomed to the scene of zombies besieging the city, bloody battles, and corpses everywhere, but the strange scene in front of him made him really surprised.
First of all, it was nothing else that occupied his attention, but a giant underground ancient banyan tree that was so strong that people couldn't help but cover their mouths! The entire deliberately protected cave is more than 100 meters high just by visual inspection, and there is no edge visible around the wide cave, plus there is no excessive lighting, only dozens of oil lamps that barely provide lighting, even if Zhang Jiaming's night vision ability is strong, it can only be estimated - this cave can be fully accommodated even by an army of 100,000! The periphery of the ancient banyan tree has to be fifty meters away, and the towering canopy is deep into the endless darkness, except for the trunk of the tree, you can vaguely see a lot of figures on the scaffolding built on it, you can't see the superfluous at all, and the thick roots of the ancient banyan are like the tentacles of an octopus, extending infinitely, as if you don't stop if you don't occupy this vast underground world, the same, because of the darkness and the large area you occupy, Zhang Jiaming can only see part of it within his limited perspective.
"The Sacred Tree!" Zhou Hua proudly took a step forward and raised his hands high, just like showing his beloved toys that he was reluctant to share with others but willing to share with his eldest brother, he told his most beloved brother of his proudest discovery: "You see clearly, the roots of the tree, take a closer look!" ”
There is also a need for his younger brother to remind him that Zhang Jiaming has already seen a scene that shocked him - countless zombies with amputated limbs were firmly fixed around the roots of the tree with iron shackles or strong objects, and those dark ancient banyan roots were like living creatures, as long as they touched the limbs of the zombies, they were immediately tightly wound like leeches, but in a few minutes, these terrible roots firmly wrapped these unfortunate victims, Despite the fact that these zombies seem to already know the gloomy fate they are about to face - die again! Drag them step by step to the base of the tree and disappear! The ones who dragged these zombies and sent them into the roots of the trees were the calf-sized groundhogs! The strange thing is that the root root seems to have no interest in real living creatures, and even if he occasionally entangles those chubby mutant groundhogs, he will not deliberately make things difficult for them, but will take the initiative to let go, and let these servants who serve him leave safely! It's one of the most shocking symbiotic relationships of living organisms, as if ants dig wide burrows in their burrows to feed the "ant cow" – an aphid that provides them with milk fat nutrients similar to human milk. It's just that the idea of ants engaging in agriculture and animal husbandry to generate income for themselves is understandable, so what do the Fat Nuonuo's groundhogs want to get from the big trees when they sacrifice a large number of zombies?
Zhou Hua seemed to see through Zhang Jiaming's doubts, and continued to walk down the steps with his cousin, answering for him: "As you can see, cousin, I have obtained the divine oracle in the most difficult moment, and under the guidance of our Lord Christ Jesus, I have found this ..... with miraculous power The Tree of Life! ”
Zhang Jiaming secretly slandered in his heart: This Nima's is obviously the old demon tree of Montenegro! You didn't see that those poor zombies were tortured half to death by you, and they were given to this guy by you like a sacrifice to gnaw wildly, and they didn't even spit out the bones! Look at the "Nie Xiaoqian" under you, the old demon tree of Black Mountain, they are all fat..... Lao Tzu is not Ning Caichen..... Zhang Jiaming stopped thinking and returned his attention to the tree, after all, the secret here had not yet been clarified.
"The Great Grandmaster and I have worked hard to preserve this sacred tree and let it play its due role to purify these abominable ogre-eaters for the Holy Sect!" Approaching a large stone platform that had been specially prepared, a group of knights in armor had been waiting silently, and in front of the stone platform was a thin figure half-kneeling - an ordinary human who was waiting. Grand Master Zhou Hua lifted the cloth on the stone table, revealing a silver plate, under the light of the dark red torch, Zhang Jiaming saw clearly, in the middle of the plate were several things with the same color as dragon fruit! But it wasn't dragon fruit, the rough skin, the barbed bands, and the kind of red that didn't belong to nature made Zhang Jiaming confused about this strange fruit again.
"This is the divine fruit, the miracle that the sacred tree brings to us!" Grabbing one of the strange fruits, Zhou Hua turned his face to look at the person who had been waiting for a long time and was kneeling on the ground.
Something happened to Zhang Jiaming's surprise, Zhou Hua let the short guy get up and praised loudly: "Chosen warrior, you have passed many tests, both your body and mind, have transcended the ordinary, and now, you are about to rank above mortals and become the real Chosen One, I ask you for the last time: Are you willing to fight for my lord with all your heart?" Fighting for your Grand Master? And swear to fight for my rightful heir? ”
"I do!" The questioned, the thin mortal raised his head and responded to the Grand Master in an extremely firm tone.
"The Lord has heard your vows! And all the members of the Knights of Ashes present will be your witnesses! Rise! Under Zhang Jiaming's gaze like a toad's eyes, Zhou Hua pulled out a shining dagger, grabbed the oath maker in front of him with one hand, and shouted at the row of ash knights in front of him: "In the name of my lord, I would like to give the oath the right and ability that the oath taker deserves, and may your power become the power of the Holy Religion, eternal and eternal!" Amen! All the Knights of the Ashes drew their weapons and praised in unison: "We have testified, may Christ our Lord give him strength and victory in all battles!" Amen! ”
Zhou Hua was almost forced, viciously slashing at the oath-taker's arm with a swift knife, a blood mark quickly appeared on the thin oath-taker's arm, and a slight painful snort sounded, but he didn't hesitate too much, and stared at the Grand Master he trusted with a stronger expression! The blood, dripping silently, but they were not wasted in the slightest, and a portrait caught them!
"As my lord has seen, you will swear that you will not fear strong enemies, nor will you fear death, and you will go forward! My Lord is your shield and armor! And you, who will swear allegiance to my lord, the Holy Servant Grand Master and his rightful heir! This time, without waiting for the oath-taker to respond, Zhou Hua stuffed the "dragon fruit" into his throat at once, and after a burst of coughing sounds that seemed to cough out of his lungs, the short ordinary human suddenly screamed miserably! The terrible howl didn't last long in the wide, hollow crypt, and the short oath bearer began to change noticeably! First, the head changed violently, and the swearer's hair fell out in an instant, replaced by a dark-faced, dead-eyed, colorless pair of strange eyes! At the same time, there have also been strange changes in his body, the muscles are like weeds that coincide with the spring rain after a long drought, growing and spreading wildly, first from his shoulders, and then constantly spreading to the limbs and hundreds of bones under the condition of the naked eye, a series of muscles like full grapes burst out, that feeling, just like the advertisement blowing 88,000 acres of gold and horses! Everything happened in less than five minutes, and a brand-new, muscular man completed the sharp transformation from a weak chicken to a muscular man!
After a while, the oath-taker, who had stopped wailing, clenched his fists and gave a steady chest salute to the Grand Master in a standard upright posture!
Nodding in satisfaction to the man with the new body, the grateful newcomer departed with his companion.
Zhang Jiaming was stunned for a long time, but he couldn't say half a sentence! This Nima's is more awesome than eating eggs* and muscle injections, at least other fitness enthusiasts have to continue to exercise step by step, you dog said directly engage in bioengineering! Wholesale muscular men? Still engaging in such complicated religious ceremonies, fooling people and fooling people to get in place? Don't talk about fooling people home, will all the lives of this family really be handed over to the organization in the future? With so many small abacus in his heart, Zhang Jiaming's mind is active, in the future, this point has to be written down, damn it, Lao Tzu has to set up a corresponding organization when he goes back, yes, yes, yes, for example, the iron hand jury that my father helped me set up is good!
Seeing that the people around him were gone, leaving only the Great Grandmaster and Zhang Jiaming, Zhou Hua turned his head and motioned for them to continue to follow.
"It's this sacred tree, it's it, in order to bear the sacred fruit....." Before he could continue to explain, Zhang Jiaming immediately grabbed the conversation: "I know, this tree can essence the virus of zombies, and then condense it into another evolutionary food, and then change the human physique!" Right? ”
"It's a sacred tree!" Zhou Hua shouted in annoyance.
"Alright, Sacred Tree." Since childhood, the two have fought and quarreled a lot, most of them are Zhang Jiaming letting his younger brother, and this time is no exception.
Zhou Hua's face looked a little better, but the words that followed were not so pleasant.
"I'm proud of you for using the so-called purification fruits to produce warriors for yourself in batches, and to go into war, expand your territory, and at the same time, save a lot of humanity." The sharp edge in Zhang Jiaming's words was not very sharp, but there was already a lot of disrespect in it, and Zhou Hua's face became cautious again. "But, my brother, you didn't tell me why these people are so hateful in appearance? Tell me why their eyeballs are that weird look! Also, a single religious brainwashing can't keep a person loyal, especially among highly intelligent yellow people, you can't make everyone listen to you! Zhang Jiaming asked sharply on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was annoyed that he controlled the often rebellious behavior of his subordinates - he was obviously the big leader who saved the people, but a group of Diao people who were saved by his own hands always liked to stab themselves in the back!
"Good question, very good! My brother, you got to the point of the matter! As if he had been prepared, Zhou Hua took small steps and walked to the side of the great grandmaster, while the old man respectfully bent down and handed over the mysterious and mysterious iron book that he had been holding tightly. Zhang Jiaming's pupils shrank instantly, and he once again faintly sensed a trace of ominous premonition, although it was very faint, but that premonition was so obvious, just like the smell of corpses. On the other hand, his younger brother did not have the kind of consciousness that the murderer was found by the police and buried in the backyard, so he continued to smile and took the book that was big enough to be used as a murder weapon to smash people: "You asked well, why can I control a large group of fierce soldiers to serve me, why, I can make them die against me and never rebel!" Look, my dear brother, look closely, after I was chased by zombies, fell into an underground ditch, dragged a stump leg, crawled for a long time, and under the instructions of the Holy Lord, together with the great master who found and rescued me, and together killed that damned hell demon, I was blessed by our lord with the magical ability! ”
The excited and high-pitched voice echoed in the hole, and Zhou Hua's face, which gradually began to become distorted by fanaticism, also began to become blurry and unfamiliar in the eyes of Zhang Jiaming, who was familiar with him: a voice began to appear in the heart of the protagonist - this is not my brother! He was completely controlled by the power he was obsessed with!
The thick book was violently pulled open by Zhou Hua, and as expected, this book simply did not have the ability it should have - to be read! Instead, a square hole was carved out of the middle of it, a crooked, swarthy object, lying quietly in the middle of the book!