Chapter 53: The Devouring Tree
The place where the blue glow shines is like a sacred religious place, and the caravan is a devout pilgrim disciple, marching towards the light in the darkness.
After a nuclear war, mankind's fear of the night has penetrated into the bones of every human being, and it can even be said to have formed a heavenly surname. This has to be said to be a kind of sorrow for human beings, who were once the absolute hegemon of the earth and could ignore any living thing, but now they are afraid of the night, which has to be said to be an irony.
A hundred years have passed, and there are not many people left over from before the nuclear war, and there are not many people who are still alive, and it is difficult to recall what the dark night was like before the nuclear war.
Sometimes Zhang Jianyang always thinks, what was the life of human beings in the dark a hundred years ago?
In the books and some documents, it seems that the city a hundred years ago was a bustling city, the streets were full of neon lights, people had a rich nightlife, and there were red light districts, and young men and women fell into madness...... Zhang Jianyang was fortunate to see a satellite picture from a hundred years ago, which illuminated the surface of the earth in the dark night, cities like lamps, dotting the entire surface of the earth.
But now?
As soon as it gets dark, the city will impose a blackout order, and no lights will be allowed, for fear of attracting mutant beasts to attack.
I'm afraid that there are only a few cities in this world that can be full of lights as described in books, right?
Thinking about it, on the caravan, you can finally see what the blue halo is.
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Like the small half of the sun rising above the horizon, Chen Zhuangping, who was holding a telescope, found that what emitted a faint blue halo turned out to be a small canopy.
Plants that can emit light, Chen Zhuangping has also seen, in Sand City, some unique businessmen will issue orders for some magical plants to some adventurers, and adventurers will bring back some mutated and useless plants when they go out on adventures, some of which can emit the same light at night.
Merchants would make these glowing plants very beautifully and sell them on the market.
Chen Zhuangping couldn't afford to buy this kind of mutated ornamental surname plants, but he had seen them, and when these plants glowed, they always became crystal clear, and the branches and leaves emitted a soft pale light, which was pleasing to the eye.
However, the leaves on the canopy of the small patch of trees seen in front of me were different, and it could be said that it emitted a strong light, like a lighthouse in the desert, pointing out the direction to countless creatures in the darkness. And as the caravan approached, the canopy gradually appeared, turning into a half of the moon that had fallen to the horizon.
This vision made everyone in the caravan excited.
Now Chen Zhuangping can finally see clearly how huge the exposed half of the canopy is, with countless branches and leaves, horizontal and interlaced branches, thick as the trunk of the sky. Especially the leaves, like carved out of blue crystal, the leaf fibers inside give Chen Zhuangping a feeling that is so vivid and delicate.
"Oh my God, what is this?"
The team members, who did not have binoculars, finally found half of the canopy on the horizon, and it was hard to believe that in this desert land, not an oasis, but an open land, there was actually a tree growing on it. At night, the trees emit a charming blue light and give people a sense of shock.
But Zhang Jianyang knows that this is just the beginning.
It seemed like a tree canopy close in front of them, but everyone found it so far away.
The caravan had been heading towards the glowing canopy of huge trees, and Chen Zhuangping faintly felt that something was wrong.
After a long time, Chen Zhuangping suddenly discovered something, and the whole person fell into shock.
Chen Zhuangping found that the caravan had been moving in the direction of the canopy for so long, but it had been at least half an hour, and all he saw in front of him was the gradually growing canopy. It is impossible to imagine the large canopy, through the telescope, Chen Zhuangping visually measured it, and the thickness of the canopy that appeared in his eyes alone reached the height of a thirty or forty-story building, and looking at the shape of the canopy, it was only half.
Finally, Chen Zhuangping felt dizzy, and he was shocked.
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After more than an hour, the whole tree was completely presented in front of everyone, and the person standing under this tree felt so small.
It was a towering giant tree that emitted blue light throughout, and Chen Zhuangping couldn't be sure if his visual inspection was correct, but it was at least three or four hundred meters tall. Three or four hundred meters tall giant tree, what will this look like? Just refer to a 100-meter-high building, and when you stand at the top and look down, you will find a concept of what three or four hundred meters are.
The huge canopy, like an umbrella, covers an area that is jaw-dropping.
Amazingly, every leaf and bar of the giant tree is emitting blue light, giving people a magical feeling.
Sticks of wood grow from between the branches, crystal clear, with blue light hanging downward, the length varies from tens to hundreds of meters, the number is hundreds of millions to calculate, forming a waterfall-like effect.
There is no one who witnesses this without being amazed, yes, in front of the giant tree, you will have the feeling that you are a speck of dust. The giant tree that shocked the soul appeared in the desert, within a radius of dozens of kilometers, it was isolated here, and there was no other plant.
Zhang Jianyang leaned on the stool, smoking a cigarette quietly, his eyes looking at the giant tree, and his mind drifted far away.
Chen Zhuangping muttered: "It's amazing, I didn't expect that there would be this kind of tree in this world, it is really the most magical creator work in the world." ”
Everything beautiful in front of him made everyone quiet and quietly feel a trace of purity in their hearts.
Unconsciously, everyone wanted to get closer, closer.
And Zhang Jianyang flicked the cigarette butt down at this time, and slapped Chen Zhuangping suddenly, making him wake up from this shocking realm, he looked at Zhang Jianyang in confusion and said, "What's wrong?" Zhang Jianyang did not answer him, but gave instructions for the caravan to move forward according to his instructions, first leaving the road, and then after reaching a small sand dune, Zhang Jianyang suddenly shouted: "Stop!" ”
The caravan stopped, Zhang Jianyang jumped off the bull, and ordered: "Without my order, you must not move forward." ”
Zhang Jianyang climbed the small sand dune, observed it carefully, and then drew a line on the small sand dune, and checked it a few times before nodding back to the caravan with satisfaction, and said, "Now everyone can come down and rest and camp, well, we will camp here." Mind you, let me hear it all, no one is allowed to cross this dune without my consent. ”
Chen Zhuangping didn't know what Zhang Jianyang was doing, but he knew that Zhang Jianyang must have his purpose.
Thinking that from this position, they could also admire the giant tree, everyone had no opinion, and they got down from the cargo compartment one after another, and soon set up the tent.
Zhang Jianyang did not let them have dinner, but took them up to the sand dunes, pointed to the extremely large canopy area and said: "Now I invite you to watch a scene, it will have an effect on you." ”
At this moment, not far from the caravan, a purple fifth-order fox appeared, and it seemed to be lured by this giant tree. Confused, he ran as fast as he could, and soon rushed into the area covered by the canopy. The fifth-order purple fox didn't realize anything, it looked greedily at the giant tree, as if something was attracting it.
The purple fox that stepped into the canopy was still running, when the canopy above suddenly changed.
The fibrous roots of the trees that had just come down vertically, at this moment, were like angry arrow feathers, shooting down from the top of the tree trunk, as fast as lightning towards the sixth-order purple fox.
Standing at the angle of the small sand dunes, you can see countless fibrous roots, like waterfalls scattered in nine days, rushing down with a piece of blue light.
It's hard for you to imagine the scene of countless blue gleaming fibrous roots rushing vertically, like the starlight under the canopy, with millions of fireflies appearing, the light points flying, surrounding this fifth-order purple fox, and then in a blue starlight, the fibrous roots contracted, carrying the purple fox surrounded by fibrous roots, and finally disappeared among the lush leaves.
From beginning to end, this powerful fifth-order purple fox did not resist at all, and just disappeared, as if it had never come.
An amazing scene made Chen Zhuangping and the others suddenly understand why Zhang Jianyang would draw a line on the small sand dune, as long as you look closely, it is not difficult to find that after this line, it is the area covered by the canopy, as long as you step into this area, no matter what it is, you will be attacked by this giant tree.
Yes, this is the Devouring Tree, known as the World Tree King.
The blue light of the Devouring Tree has the ability to confuse and attract, and the animals will be lured unconsciously and gradually approach it, and finally be devoured and turned into a puddle of nutrients.
Those who know how to take advantage of this can safely stand next to the canopy of the Devouring Tree and take advantage of the animals' fear of the Devouring Tree without worrying about anything coming to disturb them.
In the world of animals, the area where the Devouring Tree is located is their death zone.
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