The so-called wicker people, the prototype of the Celtic sacrifice ceremony held at the beginning of summer to pray for a good harvest, at first it was just a large cage in the shape of an animal woven out of wicker, and then the animal to be sacrificed was put into it, lit with fire, and offered to the gods.

Soon, however, they gave the ritual a more bloody meaning, erecting huge idols, either wooden or grass-tyed, placing captives, slaves, or prisoners in them, and finally setting fire to the colossus and burning them together. The ancient Celts believed that the more people who were sacrificed, the more food the land would produce.

And now, after the forcible plundering of the sacrifices, the colossus of plants is about to complete the ritual of human sacrifice in the flames.

Li Wu held the sword in both hands and plunged it vertically into the bottom of the cage where he was.

"You are a mechanism for human sacrifice, a giant woven by plants!"

He uttered aloud the spirit that activated the sword of Kurigara.

In response to the nature of the enemy, the black dragon's entwined blade lit up slightly, and cyan flames flowed to the bottom of the cage, assimilating the contaminated flames used to burn the sacrifices, and then quickly crawled out of the cage, spreading down the legs of various plants.

If the intelligent consciousness that controls the wicker person has read a certain classical book of gods and demons by Donghua, then it will definitely understand the truth that you can't stuff things into your body.

But now it can only be like an ordinary person who has kicked his thumb to the foot of the bed, spasms in the green flames, and even the movement of raising his right hand to release the corn missile is sluggish.

And the abnormal pause between this attack wave will not be easily let go by any opponent.

In the air, Hoshikawa Aoi sped up violently, like a flying scalpel, swept past the peas and watermelon corn kernels beside him, cutting them into pieces of various sizes, and bursting into the head of the wicker man, which was made up of a large mushroom.

She laid Guillotan flat on the left side of her body, and the high-speed frictional air flow violently through the axe's face, producing a sharp whistling sound and a thin layer of water vapor.

The central axis between the axe blades lit up with white blazing light, clinging to the blades at both ends like electricity, and looking up from the ground like a ball of lightning.

The magical girl staggered past the giant without slowing down.

Most of the huge mushroom head burst open abruptly, and a large amount of purple pus evaporated in mid-air before the blue flames that had eroded to the upper half of the body evaporated in midair, leaving behind a terrifying wound ravaged by the giant axe and wind pressure.

"I'm going to ...... Destroy you...... Angrily. ”

An intermittent sound came from the mushroom's head, and the wound wriggled in an attempt to repair itself, but the "sacrifice" inside it would not sit idly by.

Li Wu drew his sword and slashed through the rattan that had been trying to reach into the cage and grab him from the beginning, and inserted the Kuligara sword back into the position he had just placed with his backhand.

He followed the tactics he had used against the white dragon, constantly thrashing and propelling the sword deeper, each blow causing a turquoise ring of fire.

In the end, the wicker man's two legs could not be supported, and the first step was bent and broken in the scorching flames, and the entire colossus collapsed like a pile of dead branches and rotten trees, kicking up smoke and dust that filled the entire botanical garden, and the strong shock almost made Li Wu think that the ground on this layer was about to be crushed.

But in the end, it simply fell silently on the ground that was no longer grass and trees, and turned into a huge fire.

In the center of the fire, a blast of wind erupted from the bottom up, carrying the broken stems and leaves of the plants.

Li Wu grabbed the edge of the hollow that he blasted open and jumped out of the wicker man's body.

"Mr. Zombie has run back to the first floor, are you going to look for him?"

Hoshikawa Aoi retracted the light wings behind him and landed next to him and asked.

"It's all here, let's go to the third floor first."

Li Wu made a decision after a little thought.

Although he was also a little concerned about how Goro Akamatsu would react after learning the truth, after all, the main purpose of coming this time was because of the rumors that Azure Pharmaceutical Company was involved in superpower development technology.

So they walked around the botanical garden, which had been completely destroyed and had a burning corpse in the center, and finally found a passage to the third floor in the upper left corner.

I don't know what the reason for the construction of this shelter is, and there are no elevators between the floors, so you can only go up and down on two legs.

If the first floor is designed for habitation, the second floor resembles a giant greenhouse, then the third floor gives the impression of a complex factory.

When you come out of the gate connecting the second floor, it turns out to be a steel structure corridor built in the air.

Through the floor-to-ceiling glass on both sides, you can overlook the vertical and horizontal pipes and track-like facilities below.

Next to the belt of the transport plane, there are water tanks about ten cubic meters in size, all of which contain liquids of unknown composition, which flicker slightly to reflect the green light above, rendering the whole space in a strange tone.

In the sink, you can still see glass jars placed side by side, most of them empty, a few of them can be seen with the remains of plants, and a small part of ...... Li Wu personally thinks that it is the human body.

The twin sunflowers in the flower pot that Xiaobai had been holding made a small cry, but it was not affected by the battle just now, and it did not join its own kind.

"I don't want to know what it's for."

Hoshikawa Aoi announced.

"Judging from the image of the big mushroom displayed earlier, I think it was used for human cloning or something...... The Yakuza replicants I met before may have been shipped here. ”

Li Wu carefully analyzed, attracting "Hey! A protest.

A frisbee-shaped building was connected to the front of the hallway, and they stepped into it.

In the center of the room is the room that occupies the largest space with the door number of the director's office, and various functional compartments are arranged on either side of it.

Some of them are clearly used for archival storage or experimentation, but some of the cubicles are incomprehensible.

For example, on the right side of the director's office, the walls of a room second only to it were made transparent, and Li Wu could see that there was a soft carpet and plush toys inside, and even a baby cot.

Because this style was so eye-catching that he couldn't help but push open the door of this room first.

The moment the two of them entered the door, the TV hanging in the upper right corner of the house automatically turned on, and a cheerful melody poured out of it.

"Here...... Is it an idol program for early education? ”

Hoshikawa Aoi half-tilted her head and said incredulously.

What was shown on the TV was the song and dance show of the idol group watched by the zombies, and Li Wu could see the girl known as Xiao Yangzi approaching the camera with a sweet and lovely smile.

It's really a gifted education.

I just don't know who this house is for.

Aside from the fact that the TV sets automatically play as someone comes in, there's not much else to notice here.

So they drove straight into the director's office, which was decorated not like an office but like a church for the prayer of the devout Catholic, with a palatial ceiling covered with portraits of religious figures, and walls on all four sides decorated with the coat of arms of the cross and oil paintings depicting the miracle of the resurrection after death.

Li Wu thought of the cross and theological texts he had seen when he first entered the place, and then thought of the identity of Abu Hatak, and a strange sense of dislocation emerged.

"The computers here are still working on."

There was no information in the office, and Li Wu opened the desktop computer on the long wooden table without much hope, and the screen lit up unexpectedly.

And there is no password.

However, the reason is obvious, most of the memory in the machine has been cleaned, and the rest of the documents in the name of the experiment log are basically unrelated to the experiment, but when he sees the letter A of the suffix, his eyes still shine.

The so-called deceased is gone, and Brother Abu was unfortunately eaten by the dragon, but his secret should not be gone with him.

Completely forgetting who fed the vampire's head to the dragon, the crumbs quickly skimmed through the contents of the document.

"The plants are almost ripe, and it's time for Project Anthem to experiment."

The first sentence popped up with a name that had never been heard before.

Combined with the information gathered earlier, could this Anthem Project refer to the plan he found to develop superpowers?

But the follow-up is a large number of blank spaces, and the content jumps out of what you eat every day and scolds Party A.

Li Wu endured Abkhatak's complaints, and finally saw the informative content again.

"Subject 032 is obsessed with looking at human idols, and it's an interesting change. I brought in a batch of resources, and one said it was okay. ”

What followed was a series of comments on the major idol girl groups at that time.

Li Wu viciously cursed the vampire who might have turned into minced flesh to rot and stink, and then continued to look down.

Again, we're at the end of the document when we mention the Anthem Project.

"Almost all of the 666 test subjects have been destroyed, but 032 has escaped, what a bunch of useless rice buckets."

Li Wu thought of the experimental accident that led to the collapse of the Azure Pharmaceutical Company, and he may be referring to the "defection" of the experimental subject.

He also understood who the room he had seen earlier was for.

The vampire's record seems to end there, and then at the end of the report is somehow attached:

"Traces of Subject 032 have been confirmed, and after escaping, he was hiding in the sewer system of the sub-street of Hanaya-cho, and was found dead at the time of his discovery, and the remains showed signs of being devoured by wild beasts, and the remainder has been recovered - the information of the chant should not be leaked."

Li Wu turned off the monitor, and the pitch-black screen reflected two equally puzzled faces.

"Those test subjects...... Is it for superpower development? ”

The magical girl clenched her fists, "It's too much. ”

"Judging from the few words here, this subject 032 has at least resisted, and caused them a lot of trouble."

Although the final outcome is still death.

After learning about the events that had taken place here, a gloomy atmosphere suddenly entangled every inch of space here, making people so depressed that they couldn't help but want to smash something.

After leaving the director's office, they searched the frisbee-shaped building again, and found classrooms presumably used for educational subjects, a reading room with empty shelves, and other facilities.

If the 666 subjects were humanoid and of a suitable age for the facility they saw, it would probably be a busy nursery.

It's a pity it's just a bad hell joke to talk about now.

As he walked down the corridor on the way back, Li Wu threw a fireball downward, and the flames exploded right next to one of the sinks, exploding half of the slots, and the viscous liquid was ignited by the flames of wrath as soon as it poured out of the gap, turning the entire sink into a bonfire.

"Li Wu, are you angry?"

The sound of the girl's footsteps walking in front echoed through the empty three floors, and then suddenly stopped.

Hoshikawa Aoi asked back.

"It's an exaggeration to say that you're angry."

Li Wu extinguished the flame in his hand, "It's just a little uncomfortable." ”

After stepping into the extraordinary world, the concentration of "malice" he encountered was not high.

Yu Uehara didn't appear suddenly until the end, and he was defeated without much effort, during which he just ran around and fought against youkai.

The battle that ensued with Arissa's father was essentially just a family conflict, and as for Abkhatak and his men, who were inhuman, he also treated them with the same attitude towards youkai.

But during this time, although there are also aliens such as mermaids and vampires, they are soaked in the malice of the same race unique to human beings as a whole.

For example, the murder of a mermaid who still doesn't know who the murderer is, Makoto Hirata, who pinned his hopes on his relatives in the company but was transformed into zombies, and various ...... in this shelter

Just as his thoughts were wandering out of nowhere, he felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Don't think about it so much, just open your gun and shoot at the enemy in front of you and you're done—that's what one of my seniors said to me."

The magical girl tried to say the big truth seriously, "So don't get entangled, Li Wu, let's explode!" ”

"Hmm, thank you."

Although she felt that something was wrong, she still received her comfort.

After being interrupted like this, Li Wu thought that there was still an incident that had not been resolved: "Go and see how the zombies on the first floor are doing." ”

The key to the zombie survival rule is not to get headshot.

So the former boss of the corpse club who was lying in front of Li Wu and them obviously couldn't stand up forever.

Old Borg's head was pulped by peas, and the new boss sat at the bar pouring horsepower drink after cup - after a sudden outburst to kill the former, the new boss announced that everyone could drink happily for three days, and with the weapon deterrent removed from the plant's head, this crude seizure of power was done.

"Which play is this playing?"

Li Wu asked as he sat next to Goro Akamatsu, and Aoi Hoshikawa leaned against the door, looking at the situation in the room.

"Death of a Fool and The Reign of Lies?"

The latter replied after a real thought.

"Don't you want to take them out when you know it's okay in the outside world?"

Faced with this slightly pointed question, the zombie lowered his head, and then calmly turned his head to look at him: "Before I went upstairs, did I tell you that I want to see the real thing?" ”

He did not expect an answer, but continued with a deep sense of exhaustion: "Now I regret it. I'd rather continue to live in lies, believing that there is already a radiant wasteland out there, and that this is the only safe place to call home. ”

"I'm not going to take you out, it's the price we have to pay if we survive, the patients who have been hurt more deeply, the people whose minds have been destroyed in the inhumane experiments, the people here are not the victims, they are also part of the perpetrators."

Li Wu looked at him for a while, and put the sunflower pot that Xiaobai was holding on the bar: "At least add some green?" ”

The twin sunflowers spread their leaves and turned the two flower discs curiously.

"It's cute."

Akamatsu Goro touched its head, "In the case of the botanical garden being demolished by you, it's time for everyone to start getting familiar with the plants." ”

After placing the sunflowers that led them to discover the place, Li Wu asked Akamatsu who had recovered his memory if he had any memories related to the Song Project, and after getting the answer, he took his leave.

Before leaving, he heard the singing of the idol group where Xiao Yoko stood in the C position again from the club.

Akamatsu, who got the real answer, held the microphone and stood under the TV to support the loudest.

"The outside world is ruined!"

Zombies say so.

(End of chapter)