Dead vines and old trees, dusk ended, steamers carrying a boatload of people, driving in the ancient road, the west wind blowing on the face, like a knife.

Zhang Ming lit the stove in the conservatory and beckoned everyone to come in to keep warm.

And he himself stayed on deck, scouting the surroundings himself.

"What happens if you lose these willow branches?" Shi Mama worried, "If you keep letting it suck, the dolls in the village will be sucked to death, and you won't have the face to go back to the village by then." ”

It itself was wrapped in willow branches like a rice dumpling, and even Xiaobai was being sucked by life force, and his face was sick.

Zhang Ming smiled: "You see, this ghost place is simply a dry grave, and only this strange willow tree can survive." ”

"We may not have survived by pretending to be a big willow tree and drilling a loophole."

"This bit of vitality, even if you pay the road fare, don't complain, you can't die."

Although Shi Mama is bold, he is not stupid and knows this truth.

It cursed in its mouth: "This is the territory of the Negative Mountain Divine Turtle, how can this kind of thing happen?" I have to laugh at it, it's a gross dereliction of duty. ”

"That old turtle is too busy to take care of himself, he can't hold it anymore, where can he manage too much." Zhang Ming said helplessly, "We must join in with fresh blood to make this world better." ”

"One Zhong Shan, one Lan, even if these two become immortals and are willing to come here, there are only two of them, I'm afraid it's still not enough......"

Shi Mama said: "Why didn't the roaring sun come?" ”

"Because of the suppression of many demon gods, there is no turning back, and this day is very hard...... If you want me to play, I guess I don't want to. Zhang Ming thinks that he does not have such a good moral character.

Think about it, you finally achieved immortality, but you have to stay in this place where birds don't, and play games with invincible enemies. It was a miserable day, and few people could really hold on.

Shi Mama is also silent, even if it pretends to be forced, it can't say "I will never regret it".

In this group of people, only Miss Hulu does not need a willow branch to protect herself, but she is very timid, and she has been shrinking and hiding in Zhang Ming's coat pocket, which looks like a gourd pendant, the kind that can be hung around her neck.

The temperature is a bit cold, estimated to be only 3-5 degrees Celsius, and the exhaled air forms a thick white fog.

Finally, just as it was getting dark, the steamer arrived at the next perch.

"Uncle Yu, there is a village ahead...... But it seems that no one! ”

A young man on the mast, holding a telescope, exclaimed in a low voice: "There are some bones and fur at the village gate, I don't know if they are animal or human." ”

Zhang Ming fixed his eyes and saw that the vitality of these corpses had all been drained, and they fell at the gate of the village like mummies.

Some were left over from livestock such as pigs, cows, sheep, and others, and some were the corpses of intelligent beings, all of whom wore willow branches on their heads.

This scene made everyone gasp.

Whether there is anyone in the village or not, in fact, it is easy to screen, under normal circumstances, the normal village will arrange a night watchman.

Seeing such a big ship as them, they would have welcomed them a long time ago.

Now that the village gate is lifeless, coupled with so many dried corpses, there are obviously no living people.

But it's already dark, and no matter how dangerous it is, you can only survive here for the night and set off tomorrow morning.

Yu Dazhu jumped out of the boat, carried the sundries at the village gate, and beckoned the young people to pile the corpses together and burn them clean.

"Dust to dust, dust to dust."

Yu Dazhu folded his hands together and made a simple ritual.

"Return to dust in this life, reincarnate a good baby in the next life, and go all the way ......"

The young people behind them face this kind of funeral, and at first there are some mood swings, and they will show sad emotions.

Now it is gradually adapting, or rather, numb.

They suddenly found that the Qingshi Village where they lived was already a good place, at least they had enough to eat, dress warmly, and there were neighboring villages to walk around.

Most of the people in the village are quite harmonious, although there are many trivial things, but generally speaking, they are quite warm.

The outside world is different, and the scenes seem to be a piece of mourning.

The background color of the world is black, and the more you know, the more numb you become.

The meaning of life is really just a continuation.

As for some of the profound mysteries in the funeral world, don't pursue them, because it is useless to pursue them, and they will only plunge themselves into deep despair.

Even a big man like Mr. Zhang can't change anything, and no matter how much the little person knows, what can he do? It's just asking for trouble.

After reading the eulogy, Yu Dazhu patted his head again and said, "I remember!" It seems to be called Daliu Town, and it is quite famous...... In the middle of the village there is a large willow tree that has become a fine spirit! ”

"That willow tree shelters the world, and it is a sacred relic of this town...... Let's go see what happened to the big willow tree. ”

"You've been here before, old man? Daliu Town? Town? The new black and white bear asked.

"Haven't been here, just heard of it. I thought, only if the population is large enough can a town be formed. ”

"Isn't it strange that a big willow tree can become a sacred relic in the town? And it shows that its shelter ability is excellent, and it has developed from a village to a town. ”

Yu Dazhu recalled the past: "So this place is quite famous, and it is a rare population gathering place within a radius of 100 miles. At most, there may be 70,000 or 80,000 people! ”

"Don't pick the willow branches on your head yet, be careful."

After a while, people saw a large willow tree in the middle of the town.

One by one, they stood there in a daze.

Look carefully.

The big willow tree was dying, but its appearance was extremely hideous, and the protrusions on the surface of the bark were like evil ghosts.

Its height is only about 50 meters, and the branches of the trees are extremely luxuriant, and the willow sticks hang down, like long writhing earthworms, revealing decay and a strange purple red.

And under the shriveled willow branches, there are fruits that resemble heads, some are similar to human heads, there are cow heads, horse heads, monkey heads, and heads of various shapes!

As if sensing the breath of the creature, the fruits opened their "eyes" and stared in the direction of the group of travelers, revealing expressions that seemed to be smiling rather than smiling.

The scene of thousands of human heads staring at them was really weird, and the young people were all terrified.

I originally wanted to worship, but now I don't get scared and urine, and I can already be considered a good psychological quality.

"What should I do, do you want to escape?"

Fortunately, these strange human head fruits did not attack, and the big willow tree just stood there quietly, facing the breeze, and the willow branches fluttered in all directions.

"Brother Yu, is the big willow like this? Didn't you say that the big willow tree shelters the world? How does it feel like it's eating people? "The black and white bear has hair in its heart, and its furry body is attached to Shi Mama.

He now felt that Shi Mama, who was powerful in battle, was very reliable, and even if he received a few scoldings, it was worth it.

"How do I know......" Yu Dazhu grinned and said with a wry smile, "No way, Brother Xiong, when you go out, you will definitely experience these strange things." That's how the burial world is. ”

"As long as it doesn't attack us, with its protection, there shouldn't be any monsters running over and attacking at night, just one night."

"We have to leave tomorrow, we have been absorbed into the vitality, and in the long run, we can't support it."

Zhang Ming studied curiously for a while, and found that this strange big willow tree seemed to have a subtle consciousness, "rustling" trembling, and the willow branches kept extending to their side.

However, the length of the willow branches is limited, and it is impossible to reach them, so they have evolved into the current appearance of fluttering in the wind.

"If you dare to attack at night, I will slaughter you and burn you as firewood!" Zhang Ming threatened with spiritual language.

The big willow tree was still trembling.

For the sake of safety, he simply put the broken wood given by the deer head man in the bedroom of everyone.

The broken wood sensed the popularity and emitted a dim light.

He also felt that it was not safe enough, and arranged several invisible two-dimensional cutting lines in the air.

"You stay here at night, and don't go out even if there's any movement. Otherwise, the head falls to the ground. ”

Zhang Ming casually took a stone and threw it into the air, and in a silent moment, a bright light flashed, and the stone was cut in half by the "two-dimensional line segment".

After getting along for so many days, Yu Dazhu and the others were about to be immune to these magical methods, so they just nodded busily.

"Understood!"

On the contrary, it was the bear duo who had just joined, and their mouths were wide open, and they didn't close for a long time.

The glasses on the bridge of their noses "dripping" rattle.

Their unique technology, the power detector, has not detected anything!

No way, it's just a few two-dimensional lines across space, with almost no area, and it really can't be detected in a conventional way.

The bears also crowded into the villagers' rooms, found a place to lie down, and said to themselves: "This place is weird, let's not venture to explore, if we find something, we will scare ourselves to death." ”

The more you know about the rules of the funeral world, the greater the risk.

Before you know it, the bears have slowly come to terms with the rules.

…

After making some preparations, Zhang Ming felt that it was almost over, so he returned to his room and closed his eyes to recuperate.

He had a lot of thoughts going through his head.

"This village may have had powerful guardians in the past, just like the Negative Mountain Turtle."

"Time has passed, and that one Guardian may have fallen, which is why this mutation has occurred."

"Or maybe the big willow tree is the guardian, but it's been completely corroded."

[Don't be too stressed, after all, there are many things that can't be solved by one person. The little secretary comforted, "Or, be happy? 】

"I've been wondering, is it possible to plan soft rice?" Zhang Ming suddenly laughed and said, "Tricking the [Long-cherished Wish] into killing you and cultivating you into the ultimate demon god, can you solve a lot of things?" The gold content of the ultimate demon god is really high. ”

Hulu couldn't help laughing: [Uh...... Seems like a little bit of a possibility? But how can you kill the Wish? With the conditions at hand, there is simply no chance. 】

"I can't kill it in my dreams."

At this moment, the communicator located in the captain's room suddenly rang, "Dididi!" ”

Zhang Ming hurriedly opened it to see that Jia Jinjin's sharp-beaked monkey cheeks appeared in front of him, and he said, "Brother Zhang, my leaders agreed...... Buy an Immortal spot first for the price of 100,000 units of the Source of the World! You hurry to the Great Mother City, and we will make a deal. Or where are you now? ”

Zhang Ming's heart skipped a heavy beat, can you agree to such an expensive price? Those big dogs are really rich!

He glanced at Miss Hulu, you see, isn't this a little bit of money?

Jia Jinjin said again: "But can you be cheaper for the follow-up places?" After all, 100,000 is really too expensive, the first fruit can be bought at this price, and the subsequent fruit is really too expensive to buy......"

"100,000 goods is good to say, 100,000 world sources are really a lot!"

Zhang Ming said: "What's the use of asking for 100,000 goods, don't bargain first, let's talk about the first deal." ”

This is also true, Jia Jinjin sighed lightly and said excitedly: "This time it really shocked the world!" Let me tell you, there are many powerful civilizations, and I have really seen a lot. ”

He began to wrench his fingers and boast about what he had seen: "Including the civilization of the ten thousand seas, the civilization of wisdom, and all kinds of strange civilizations......"

Zhang Ming was stunned for a moment, it turned out that these powerful civilizations had been in contact with each other for a long time.

It's normal to think about it carefully, just like the rice country and the Great Xia country on the earth, wishing that the other party would disappear overnight, but when it was time to cooperate, they wouldn't cooperate?

The shrewd merchant sighed excitedly as soon as they met: "However, although the Sea of Demon God is large, the powerful civilization is still limited...... Each civilization has its own selfish desires, and there are many things that make it difficult to unite and make people have a lot less illusions. ”

Zhang Ming was a little confused, what does this have to do with your fantasies? It's strange to be united.

This crazy businessman sighed with emotion: "It means that the world we live in is limited, and the sea of demon gods, the number of civilizations, and the total population are all limited. ”

"No matter how big my business is, there is a limit, so I feel very boring when I think about it."

"On the contrary, the universe on the side of the demon god seems to be infinite...... How I want an infinite world. ”

Zhang Ming secretly said in his heart, you must be crazy, and you actually started to think about philosophical questions.

Jia Jinjin said on the screen: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." ”

"You'd better have to get to some special spatial node locations to be able to deliver...... After all, there are not too many space-time tunnels to the burial world. ”

"The nearest one is the Great Mother City, my old-timer, Jia Yushi should still be there...... He will come and meet you then. ”

"You're not going to rob, are you?" Zhang Ming suddenly asked.

"Of course... Well, no, we still want to do business for the long term. Jia Jinjin laughed dryly, "And brother, isn't it easy for you to escape?" You don't control that ...... It's hard to catch you. ”

Zhang Ming's expression moved slightly, and sure enough, his identity was still exposed.

Still, he wasn't afraid of anything.

Jia Jinjin said again: "We also sent some people to meet you, the caravan dressed in gray. It's just that over there is danger everywhere, and you can't use an airplane to fly around, so it's two to say when we can find you......"

Jia Jinjin was halfway through speaking, when he suddenly stopped.

Because he saw a round of golden sun, rising from the window next to Zhang Ming.

Under the illumination of the sun, patches of flush red appeared on the skin on Zhang Ming's body, and even black smoke appeared.

"Go on, don't stop. What caravans, are there any unique signs? ”

The golden sun became more and more distorted and weird, and the terrifying and silent whispers poured into Jia Jinjin's mind like mercury.

After a screen, Jia Jinjin didn't know what was going on over there at all.

"Brother Zhang, where are you? How did I see a monster running through the window!! You seem to have mutated, didn't you notice it yourself? ”

"I'm fine......" Zhang Ming was suspicious.

Jia Jinjin's scalp was numb, and in his perspective, Zhang Ming was turning into a fiery red little red man under the illumination of the golden sun.

He hurriedly activated a protective device and rubbed his eyes, there was indeed a mysterious power that penetrated through the screen

Suddenly, the screen clicked and was forced to close.

A majestic voice spoke in the contact, and hurriedly said, "Zhang Ming, you have met the [Dusk] Demon God, it is a spiritual Demon God. It's tampering with your mind! ”

"To outsiders, you are trapped in an eternal twilight."

"By the time you really realize it, you've been manipulated by it and will never wake up again."

"Quickly close the curtains and find a place to hide...... I hope you get through this! ”

This voice seemed a little anxious, Lao Zhang's guy ran to some kind of place, and was actually attacked by the demon god, in case this guy hangs up, the whole 10,000-year plan will be in vain!

"Burning Sun...... I'll trust you for once. Zhang Ming frowned, in his cognition, the outside world was still pitch black.

He closed the curtains, stretched out a hand, and threw the sleeping villagers, two bears, and a turtle into the space gourd.

He asked again, "Is the Demon God [Dusk] the culprit of the Demon God's Sea and the Mistruth?" ”

"Maybe it's ......"

Yan Yang's voice was nervous: "You must not provoke it, when this transaction is completed, the 100,000 World Origin will be able to jump the entire human world to a safe place!" ”

Zhang Ming recalled the miserable days in the past, and there was a faint sense of melancholy.

I always feel that running away directly is not my style.

He first asked his big backer, Miss Hulu: "What should I do, [Long-cherished Wish] didn't come to the door, but the old rival [Dusk] came to the door." ”

【Have you recovered?】 】

"It's about seven or eight percent recovered."

Hulu said very domineeringly: [A spirit demon god who has been at war, what can it do to you? Are you still worried that you're going crazy? I'll help you keep the memory library, just like it was a long, long time ago, we have a clear division of labor! 】

Zhang Ming nodded seriously and boasted unashamedly: "If it dares to descend on its body, buddy will dare to cut it open." ”

Shi Mama didn't know when he rolled over, and shouted, "Why is the sun rising?" Isn't this sun wonderful, tsk, it's cool, and it gives goosebumps all over your body. ”

Zhang Ming said meaningfully: "Will you go crazy, only crazy people can see the dusk, do you want to hide?" ”

"I'm crazy, idiot!" Shi Mama was disdainful.

Zhang Ming reopened the curtains: "In that case, I want to see, what does the shit [Dusk] want to do?" ”

The golden sunlight shone on his face, warm and pleasant, and the thousands of willow branches of the big willow tree in the center of the town spread out in all directions, and the willow branches were like purple-red blood vessels.

One by one, the human head fruits, their eyes widened, looking at the bright sky.

The golden sun seemed to freeze over the willow trees.

……

Jia Jinjin's scalp on the other side of the video call was numb, he could hear the sound, but there was no specific picture, how could he feel that Lao Zhang was crazy?!

"Lord Yanyang, he was attacked by the Demon God, and ...... We probably won't be able to get that thing! ”

Yan Yang was also a little confused, this immortal who had lived for thousands of years, there were not many opportunities to contact the demon god in person......

In his mind, being attacked head-on by the demon god, it is difficult for even an immortal to get out.

That's a frontal attack from the Demon God!

As for what will happen to this kid who walks the way of the demon god, he doesn't know...... Unless the rules of the Demon God you control are spiritual, you may have the ability to resist.

Otherwise, because the rules are different, it is equivalent to you hitting yours and I hitting mine, and there will be no resistance at all.

"I've already reported the situation and waited for the superiors to decide, but we don't even know where he is, and we can't support him......"

"Alas...... Next, we can only wait. ”

……

The demon god [dusk], the word is as its name, the western sky is a remnant of the sun, the darkness is like a chrysalis out of the hole to bite the remaining golden light, the sky with sharp teeth and broken neck spews out black blood, and the dry branches are filled with a fishy smell.

Under the lonely sky, the whole world seems to have only a round of twilight that never sets, and a big willow tree with a dying breath.

Wordless emotions brew in my heart, it is eternal loneliness and loneliness, it is the cold frost that can assimilate everything.

The silent dusk stretches infinitely in the air, infinitely extending to the dark and dreary world like a valley and a ravine.

In it, any life will be assimilated and slowly withered.

At first, Shimama was extremely fanatical, shouting strange sentences such as "Nuke attack [Dusk]", "Shimma violently beat [Dusk]", and "Time and Space Worm hit [Dusk]".

But soon he fell into a state of gibberish, and finally did not speak.

Its spiritual will was crushed at an extremely rapid pace.

"Brother, you're in a shame this time."

There was no way, Zhang Ming could only throw the black stone into a space prop, saving this guy from really dying.

He sighed slightly, as the enemy continued to strengthen, even this old brother who had been accompanying him was a little unable to keep up with this berserk power level.

As for why Zhang Ming is fine?

On the one hand, there is this mental state similar to dishonesty, which he has experienced and has a fairly high immunity.

Whether it's a dream control technique or a spirit black hole, it can unload a large part of the demon god attack.

On the other hand, he has a big backer, and while Miss Hulu provides strong mental power, she also guards the "memory library", which contains all his memory backups.

As long as the memory library is not breached, his psychological problems are not big.

"Hey, who are you? Caretaker here? The demon gods have escaped, can you hear me? Zhang Ming looked at the big willow tree.

At this moment, the big willow tree seems to have regained a trace of vitality, and the willow branches, like bright red, wriggling small intestines, are constantly absorbing the life force of the surrounding area.

Zhang Ming saw the demon god anchored around the big willow tree, like a slender spider silk, densely packed, at first glance there may be tens of thousands!

A trace of melancholy, a few traces of sadness.

At sunset, the big willow tree slowly uttered a syllable: "You...... Kill me, kill me! ”

The voice was calm, and it seemed to have exhausted all the strength of the whole body.

"It turns out that this sun is not here to attack me, but to attack the ...... of this big willow tree," Zhang Ming muttered in his heart, "I just said, how can there be such good luck." ”

He asked aloud, "Do you want me to help you remove the Demon God Anchor?" ”

"It's useless...... Behead me...... Please! The big willow stumbled and said.

Zhang Ming pondered for a moment, and casually waved out a few two-dimensional cutting line segments, touching those cold anchor lines.

Suddenly, a stream of cold power was transmitted to his mind.

The power was so obscure that his mind froze, and his thoughts became frozen and dull.

Everything around him became blurry and inconsequential, only the warm feeling inside the body was still palpable.

In this cold silence, Zhang Ming forgot everything.

But in the next moment, the backup of memories from the memory library made him slightly stunned and regained consciousness.

There was a soft "snap", and an anchor line was cut.

[You need to be a little faster, it's strong...... After all, I'm not a spiritual demon god, and I'm not an opponent in the confrontation between the rules. The gourd urged in his mind.

Zhang Ming sighed in his heart that he had indeed improved a lot, and he could do more and more.

In the past, he could only break free from the anchor line by stripping his own soul, but now, he can easily cut the anchor line of the Dusk Demon God.

The Demon God represents the ultimate in a certain field.

No matter how strong the power of Dusk is, it is only a spiritual demon god, and the use of spatial ability cannot be compared to the time and space worm.

As the anchor lines were quickly cut off, the sun in the sky became visibly dimmed.

At the same time, [Dusk] increased the intensity of the psychic attack.

Zhang Ming's vision appeared in a large area of darkness, and the babbling whispers, like forbidden whispers, made his body distorted.

The big willow tree trembled, and seemed to be a little more relaxed: "Kill me...... It's useless. ”

"You cut me, get out of here!"

Zhang Ming just sped up his movements and dealt with those anchor lines on his own.

(End of chapter)