What's going on?

High in the sky.

Chengsheng is in an 'out-of-body' state, floating aimlessly in mid-air.

He skimmed over the forest, flew over the meadows, and finally hovered at the entrance to the underground cavern of the human settlement.

More than three months have passed, and at this moment, the entrance of the underground cave is already covered with millions of purple-black mushrooms.

They were tightly huddled together, layer on top of each other, like ocean waves, and the entire hole was completely blocked in a dense manner.

Although there are many mushrooms, they cannot stop the survival of the 'out-of-body' state.

With this state, Chengsheng easily passed through the mushroom at the entrance of the cave and entered the interior of the settlement.

But in the entire settlement, countless survivors who have died or are in a semi-comatose state are buried in the ground at this moment.

They are either half-cut or have a head exposed.

The survivors also had countless purple-black mushrooms on their bodies, and those mushrooms had roots that were buried deep in the ground, connecting the survivors to the earth.

Seeing this scene, Chengsheng suddenly realized:

The indescribable creatures on planet 021 'bacteria' infect plants, animals, and even humans with the ultimate goal of assimilating all life into a whole.

The source of the pollution, the 'dark spores', and the purple-black mushrooms derived from them, are the medium used by the 'bacteria' to assimilate other life.

It's not hard to understand:

Plants such as flowers and trees need to take root in the earth and draw nutrients from the soil.

The underground of planet 021 is full of 'dark spores', a derivative of 'fungus', and purple-black mushrooms derived from 'dark spores', and there is no element of 'soil' at all.

As a result, the roots of the plant can only take root in the 'dark spores' and purple-black mushrooms, and draw nutrients from these derivatives.

Over time, the plants of the entire planet were naturally assimilated by the 'dark spores' and purple-black mushrooms.

After the plants are polluted, the animals that feed on the plants are naturally also contaminated by the 'fungus'.

And so the whole planet fell.

This is the whole process of Planet 021's contamination.

As for the human race

After all, human beings are intelligent creatures who know how to distinguish between what foods can be eaten and which foods cannot be eaten.

Since the outbreak of the disaster and the spread of pollution, the survivors have been feeding on uncontaminated food such as mushrooms, mushrooms and mosses, and they have survived to this day.

It wasn't until the arrival of the survivors that the native unspeakable creatures 'bacteria' became more active, which led to increased pollution on Planet 021.

And so humanity perished completely.

Wrong.

To be precise, the humans on planet 021 did not really perish, but were dragged into an eternal illusion after being parasitized by purple-black mushrooms.

These humans will constantly experience various horror scenarios in the illusion world, and like batteries, emit 'fear feelings' for the unspeakable creatures 'bacteria' to eat.

Forever

Want to wait until your life runs out and you die of old age? And then put an end to the pain?

Inexistent.

Just like the 'Blissful' on the Xuanwu Star, the 'Evil Creatures' on the Evil Sorcerer's Planet, and the 'Spirit Roots' on the White Autumn Star.

The source of the power of the polluted humans is unspeakable creatures.

And the power of unspeakable creatures is endless.

All polluted human beings have near-eternal life.

On Planet 021, as long as the indescribable creatures 'bacteria' do not die, then these polluted humans will be immortal.

If unspeakable creatures are compared to humans, then humans are like cattle and sheep in pastures.

In terms of individuals alone, cattle and sheep will die.

But they are a group of cattle and sheep that can reproduce and exist forever, and they will be kept in captivity by humans for eternity and provide meat for humans forever.

Similarly.

The humans on planet 021 will also be kept in captivity by unnamed creatures for eternity, and provide 'fear emotions' for unnamed creatures forever.

…

Inside an underground settlement.

Floating in a soul state, he soon came to the secret room where he had been retreating.

He saw Diao Zhiming, the Buddha, and the Mother of Pain, who had been dragged into the illusion by the mushrooms, all over his body.

I don't know what kind of illusion these three people are experiencing.

Thinking like this, under the curiosity in his heart, Chengsheng carefully released a trace of divine consciousness and probed into the sea of Diao Zhiming's consciousness in it.

The next second.

Suddenly appeared, in a simple house made of sand.

There is a man and a woman in this mud house.

It is not surprising that the woman among them is holding a baby in her arms, and this baby is Diao Zhiming, who has been dragged into the illusion.

This scene made Chengsheng feel a little inexplicable.

This illusion doesn't seem to be terrifying, right? ?

Diao Zhiming entered the fantasy world, although the technology is relatively backward, but at least his parents are alive and there is a house to live in.

Isn't that blissful?

Time in the illusion flows extremely fast.

With doubts in his heart, Chengsheng silently observed Diao Zhiming's life in the illusion from the perspective of a bystander.

Diao Zhiming's fantasy world is a slave society, and the entire society is ruled by the 'Pharaoh'.

Since Diao Zhiming's parents were both slaves of the Pharaoh, and the descendants of the slaves will always be slaves, Diao Zhiming also became a slave of the Pharaoh after he grew up in the illusion.

There is a saying in this fantasy world that anyone who can have a pyramid of their own can ascend to the divine realm after death.

So in order to ascend to the divine realm after death, the pharaoh ordered his slaves to build pyramids for himself day and night.

At the same time, in order to motivate his slaves, the pharaoh promised that if the slaves worked hard enough, he would build their own pyramids for them in the future.

So all the slaves, including Diao Zhiming, kept moving bricks and tiles, just to become the most diligent of all people.

"As long as I work hard, one day I will have my own pyramid!"

"If 10 hours a day is not enough, then 12 hours, and if 12 hours is not enough, then 20 hours!"

When Diao Zhiming worked for the Pharaoh, he always kept the word diligence in mind.

However, the pyramid is just a lie.

Diao Zhiming worked hard for the pharaoh all his life, and he never had his own pyramid until he died.

This world is a fantasy after all.

After his death, Diao Zhiming's soul did not dissipate, but floated beside his corpse, with endless remorse in his eyes.

This scene made Chengsheng even more puzzled.

After all, the indescribable creatures on planet 021, 'bacteria', feed on human fears.

But Diao Zhiming spent his whole life in the illusion, and almost the slightest fear of the star was not generated, so what is the meaning of the existence of this illusion?

Survive and continue to observe.

Time in the illusion flows extremely fast, and Diao Zhiming has experienced another life in a flash.

Diao Zhiming is a monk in the transformation period in the end.

In this life, he finally broke through the mystery in the womb and awakened his past memories.

With the memories of his previous life, Diao Zhiming became a scientist in the fantasy world.

He invented and innovated, benefited the human beings in the fantasy world, and even single-handedly pushed the world from a slave society to a feudal era.

However, due to his humble background, although Diao Zhiming has made many contributions, he has not even been remembered by the world after his death.

His achievements were stolen by the family and the bureaucracy.

He eventually died destitute.

But Diao Zhiming is a monk in the Transformation Stage after all, and his firmness of will is far more comparable.

After his death, Diao Zhiming remained optimistic.

"It doesn't matter, although there is no transcendent power in the illusion world and I can't practice, as long as I work hard to change this world and continue to develop science and technology, then one day all mankind will be liberated! Even in the future, I will be able to realize a machine ascension! ”

"As long as the technology is developed to the extreme, it may not be comparable to the immortal cultivator!"

Time passes.

III.

IV.

Although Diao Zhiming was born extremely poor and humble every time he was reincarnated, he has always been committed to transforming the whole world and constantly striving for the liberation of all mankind.

From the feudal era, to the steam age, to the electrical age, to the information technology age, and finally to the artificial intelligence age.

Diao Zhiming has gone through countless reincarnations, and finally single-handedly made the technology of the whole world climb to the point where human beings can support themselves even if they don't have to work.

But the class division of the human world still exists!

And no matter how far the productivity has progressed, this phenomenon has always existed!

As a cultivator in the incarnation period, Diao Zhiming also wanted to practice in the past, but this world was just an illusion, and there was a huge gap between it and the real world.

There is no transcendent power in the world of illusion, and humans in this world cannot cultivate.

As for escapism, do nothing?

Then they will starve to death, and before starving to death, they will suffer greatly because they refuse to work, resulting in poverty.

I don't know how long it took.

Diao Zhiming, who has been tortured for countless years, once again failed when trying to change his life.

At this moment, Diao Zhiming is already completely desperate.

"Yes, it's human nature to suppress your kind."

"After all, human beings in ancient times could only gain reproductive advantages by suppressing their own kind, and only by robbing the resources of their own kind, so that their own genes could be more easily continued."

"This gene has evolved over millions of years, or even hundreds of millions of years, and it is nature, and it cannot be changed."

"So no matter how advanced the technology is, the top of the human race will always suppress the bottom."

After understanding this fact, in an instant, a sense of fear that was difficult to describe in Diao Zhiming's heart surged in words.

This fear is also mixed with a variety of emotions such as despair and pain.

But it's mostly about fear.

As long as Diao Zhiming thought that there would be countless reincarnations waiting for him after that, and that he could only be reincarnated as the bottom in the illusion for eternity, no matter how advanced the technology was, he would never be able to turn over, and he immediately felt endless fear.

At this moment, Diao Zhiming's 'fear emotion' is so strong that it is rare to live a lifetime.

What kind of despair does it take to brew so much fear?

I can't imagine it, and I don't want to think about it.

"I don't want to be reincarnated!"

I don't know why.

At this moment, Diao Zhiming suddenly saw the survival that he had been watching from the sidelines.

Maybe it's because I've gone through too many reincarnations.

Diao Zhiming looked at Chengsheng, and was stunned for a long time before he reacted: "Chengsheng??" You're a lifelong friend, right? How did you get to my fantasy world? Can you take me out? You've broken through to the merger period, haven't you? ”

Chengsheng couldn't bear it: "I haven't been able to break through to the merger period, and now I can't even protect myself." ”

"I just came to your fantasy world in the form of a soul by chance."

"As for me taking you out of the fantasy world, you have to completely remove your heavily contaminated body from the real world."

"But here's the thing."

Cheng Sheng said helplessly: "In the real world, I can't even control my body, how can I help you get rid of the pollution in your body?" ”

"You can't protect yourself?"

Diao Zhiming was stunned when he heard this.

He didn't delve into why Chengsheng was able to enter his world, but just begged: "Then you can always kill me, right?" ”

"After all, Daoyou is a cultivator in the Transformation Period, although he can't control his body, but he can still control his divine sense."

"In the fantasy world, the strength of my divine consciousness is only equivalent to that of an ordinary mortal."

"Daoist friends, let's do it!"

"With the strength of my current divine sense, Daoist friends should be able to kill me without much effort!"

In the world of illusions.

Diao Zhiming bowed with his soul state and said, "Fellow Daoist, let me be free!" ”

"This fantasy world is outrageous."

"How can there be such a world in reality? If you can't practice, it doesn't matter, how can there be a low-level person who lives forever, and every reincarnation is something that the low-level person can't turn over, which is too outrageous, right? ”

Diao Zhiming had a hint of pleading in his tone, and rushed to Chenghuo and said: "Chengdaoyou, kill me, let me be free, count me as begging you!" ”

There was a trace of unbearability in Chengsheng's eyes.

He closed his eyes and said, "Maybe, I can save you, I may be able to find a way to save you from the illusion"

"I can't wait."

Diao Zhiming has already made a determination to die: "If I'm not mistaken, the speed of time flow between the fantasy world and the real world should be different, right?" Maybe by the time fellow Daoists find a way, I've spent 10,000 or even hundreds of thousands of years in the fantasy world! ”

"As a monk in the incarnation period, the old man has enjoyed countless glory and wealth in his life, and he travels with stars and moons, but he didn't expect to end up like this: as an ordinary person in the illusion, he has gone through countless reincarnations."

"It's worse than killing me."

"All I want now is liberation!"

In the illusion, Diao Zhiming's consciousness was only equivalent to the strength of a mortal.

Killing Diao Zhiming's consciousness is just a gesture of survival.

In the illusion.

Seeing that Diao Zhiming only wanted to die, Chengsheng sighed helplessly: "Although there are no unspeakable creatures raging in this fantasy world, and even wars rarely occur, in my opinion, it is far more terrifying than the real world tens of thousands of times!" ”

"Ordinary people can't cultivate, and they don't have extraordinary power, which means that the bottom can really only be the bottom forever."

"Okay, then I'll help Daoyou get rid as soon as possible!"

After speaking, Chengsheng raised his hand and pointed at Diao Zhiming.

In the next second, under the strangulation of the living divine consciousness, Diao Zhiming's entire soul was wiped out and no longer existed.

(End of chapter)