Thousands of mutants poured out of a dozen minarets.

The streets and alleys are occupied by these creatures of all shapes and forms.

And as Tang Qiuya said, there are monsters with four arms inside, and there are monsters with squirming tentacles.

But no matter how ugly they looked, they didn't attack Chen Ye.

Instead, walk numbly down the road and follow the streets to the centre of town.

In the center of the town is a sunken circular plaza formed by a number of concentric stone steps.

I don't know what kind of material the black tower is made of, but it stands in the center of the circle.

Compared to the umbrella-shaped minaret like the king oyster mushroom, this black tower is even more imposing.

And there is an invisible, oppressive feeling that comes from the depths of the soul.

Chen Ye tried to use the identification function to analyze the situation of the black tower in front of him.

As the chime sounded, he was surprised by the instructions that appeared in front of him.

[Parsing failed, there is no relevant inclusion in the database]

What kind of existence is something that is not even included in the system?

It's getting dark.

Chen Ye took a closer look through the sunlight, but found that the surface of the black tower refracted some kind of silver shining metallic luster.

In addition, there are pipes of various thicknesses arranged in the gaps of the exterior wall.

The more Chen Ye looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

This hundred-meter-high black tower turned out to be some kind of scientific and technological product!

What is the origin of the ruins of a town hidden deep in the forest?

As he pondered, all the mutants had entered the plaza one by one.

However, as if they had been discussed, they reserved the innermost circle.

Then start with the second stone staircase and kneel in a row.

Thousands of mutants soon sat down on the stone steps, enclosing the square three levels inside and three levels outside.

At this time, in the direction of the north of the city, a group of humans of different skin colors appeared.

Judging by their physical features, they are not mutants, but living beings.

It's just that they all lined up with expressionless faces and entered the square one by one.

Chen Ye and the others couldn't control their bodies, joined the team of the living people, and walked towards the inner circle of the square.

The closer you get to the Black Tower, the stronger the sense of oppression becomes.

Chen Ye's eyes were blurry, and he even felt a strong feeling of dizziness, and he was nauseous and nauseous.

If it weren't for the uncontrollable body, he might have vomited on the spot.

Everyone knelt on the stone steps of the inner circle.

Then, the song faded from my head.

The surrounding mutants were also dead silent, as if they were welcoming the appearance of a certain big person.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, a strange noise came from underground.

The stone steps under Chen Ye also began to tremble incessantly.

In his blurred vision, he saw that the Black Tower was gradually covered with a layer of hoarfrost.

Isn't it already the fourth day, why hasn't the extreme cold weather passed?

He gathered his gaze to take a closer look, and his pupils fluttered.

The surface of the Black Tower is not hoarfrost at all, but gray-white filaments densely stacked together.

Is this mycelium?

Could it really be a super-large fungal community with intelligence?

The grayish-white hyphae clinging to the surface of the Black Tower and continue to spread upwards, leaving only the gap in the bottom gate.

When the black tower was completely enveloped, the gate at the bottom of the tower slowly opened with a "boom".

A humanoid creature appeared inside the door.

However, compared to humans, it is too large and strong, measuring three meters tall to the eye.

And what shocked Chen Ye even more was that that guy was actually wearing a rusty set of bronze power armor.

[Low-tier Warframe: Bronze Power Armor (Damaged)]

[A light power armor mainly made of copper-tin alloy, which uses life essence for energy, and has average mobility, but has excellent defense capabilities]

The humanoid creature stood on a platform made of mycelium, and slowly exited the Black Tower under the support of the platform.

When it came to the square, the mutants all bent down, as if in worship.

The humanoid creature seemed to enjoy the sensation and waited for a moment before raising its hand.

The mutants outside the inner circle stretched out their limbs one after another, and after holding each other, they sang strange ballads rhythmically, and their bodies also swayed from side to side.

As the song sounded, a circle of ripples rippled in the air around the Black Tower.

Like the stance aperture released by Lu Ze, it seems to be some kind of magnetic field.

At this moment, a white man kneeling opposite Chen Ye suddenly twitched violently, and then the Heavenly Spirit Gai directly drilled out a worm-like mycelium.

Accompanied by the eerie singing voices around her, the mycelium began to grow wildly.

The white man's skull was crushed on the spot, and half of his head was split in an instant.

But even so, the guy laughed.

Even though his brain was broken, he still said words like thanking the Lord and thanking God.

Soon, a terrible scream resounded through the square.

When Chen Ye looked at it again, the white man kneeling on the stone steps swelled uncontrollably.

In the next second, a large amount of mycelium erupted from the body, and the entire body was torn apart.

But he didn't die, and with the mending of the mycelium, the fragmented body was put back together.

He survived, but he had completely turned into an inhuman monster.

In addition to this white man, there are quite a few humans in the inner circle who have completed the "metamorphosis".

If I'm not mistaken, this must be creating a mutant, right?

Combined with all the previous encounters, Chen Ye finally understood at this moment.

They weren't bothered by illusions, dreams, or overlapping parallel spaces.

Rather, it is in a simple hallucination.

Those mysterious mycelium, taking advantage of the beliefs of intelligent beings, plunged them into hallucinations that they could not escape.

And then turn it into its own followers, the mutants you saw before.

With so many mutants in the town, I'm afraid most of them have been transformed in this way.

Previously, when Chen Ye and Li Ranran and others discussed the situation, the girl named Tang Qiuya had mentioned it.

There is a Lingtan temple near the high school.

These girls believe in Buddhism, so when they enter the town, they will see the ancient town and pagodas, as well as the strange Buddha statues.

On the other hand, Chen Ye has no faith.

So you can see the ruins of the town that are closer to the real thing.

And at this moment, except for some pain in the head, there is no mycelium breaking out of the body.

Lin Zimo and Lu Ze also have no faith, and they are still holding on.

Sensing that several humans had not yet completed their transformation, the humanoid creatures slowly moved along the inner circle.

Chen Ye couldn't move a bit, he could only watch as that guy came to him.

It leaned down and stared at Chen Ye for a while.

The bronze visor covering the face looks particularly strange at the moment.

Suddenly, there was a roar in Chen Ye's mind.

It was as if thousands of men and women were shouting at the same time: "Surrender! ”

Chen Ye had a splitting headache, and his brain seemed to be stirred up by a steel knife, and the pain made people twitch all over.

But he was still resisting the special forces pouring into his body and remained conscious.

He struggled to take back control of his body.

But after struggling for a long time, only the index finger of the left hand regained control.

Chen Ye's eyes widened, and he used all his strength to hook the mechanism inside the fist glove.

A powdery white oil mixed with cedar resin is poured into the spout at the top of the glove.

Just a collision with the top of the gloves can detonate the fuel.

Gradually, I was able to move my left arm.

Chen Ye slowly shook his fists.

I want to use the potential energy of the swing to make the shaking amplitude bigger and bigger.

The humanoid creature noticed Chen Ye's actions and quickly raised his hand to clasp his head.

The voice in Chen Ye's mind instantly increased several times.

Such a violent mental bombardment made him almost unconscious.

It was at this critical juncture that the gloves finally reached enough height.

As long as you can hit the stone steps, there will be a violent explosion, and you can get rid of the shackles when the time comes!

However, in the next second, the humanoid creature directly grabbed Chen Ye's left arm and forcibly pulled the fist gauntlet down.

Then, it tilted its head and let out a burst of oozing laughter.

It seems to be mocking the intelligent life form in front of him with well-developed limbs and a simple mind.

The gloves were thrown out at random.

Chen Ye was originally completely in despair, but seeing this scene, the anger of resistance was once again ignited in his heart.

The gloves tumbled in the air a few times, and under the action of gravity, the top spout filled with filler struck obliquely against the stone bricks not far away.

"Bang"

With a deafening loud bang, a crimson flame erupted in an instant, and turned into a slowly rising fireball.

The high-temperature shock wave directly shook the nearby mutants, breaking the square ring that formed the loop.

The song came to an abrupt end.