Chapter 1713 Black Pine

Hao Ren no longer cares much about the reality and illusion of the black pine forest, because he realizes that concepts such as reality and reality are meaningless here.

He knew that Lahirien had experienced destruction and rebirth once before, but he could judge through speculation that the doomsday experienced by this planet was far more than the one ten thousand years ago - this was the dark realm, a fragment of the universe, a The only remaining fragment of the universe that was once destroyed by the Lord of Madness, and all entities remaining in the dark realm have experienced another end of the world.

Destruction and rebirth more than once, any kind of alienation on this planet has become a matter of course. Hao Ren speculated that the black pine forest may be the "focus of distortion" formed by this planet after the end.

In this special place, all kinds of things are stacked together, including not only the old world, but also the possible future of this world. The originally possible future of the old world, the unrealized historical fragments, have been realized. The history that was erased due to the "God's Dream", the history that never appeared but emerged in the "God's Dream", and even some absurd world line fragments that are only one in 10,000 possibilities.

Everything is stacked here, creating a forest of black pine trees.

However, it is impossible for mortals to observe the truth inside the black pine forest. Their eyes cannot observe a world in multiple dimensions at the same time, so they can only enter the "most surface layer" of the forest, which is a dense jungle. There are beast dens, monsters, traps, and even some things that look like ruins. Those superficial things are enough to confuse travelers and make them think that they have successfully passed through this jungle. However, deep in the mist, this forest is far from that simple. .

Because there was a god in the team - even though it was only in the form of holographic projection - Hao Ren and his party were not affected by the surface forest at all and went straight into the real interior of the jungle.

What they saw should be the original historical record of the black pine forest, or the part that served as its material foundation.

The city in front of us, where reality and reality are intertwined and there is a physical presence, is the evidence.

Leah's eyes scanned the surroundings. Wherever she could see, the old illusions collapsed one after another, returning to the true appearance of the city. The magnificent buildings turned into bricks and rubble all over the ground, and the running warriors turned into ghosts in the soil. A handful of dust, and in more places, only vines can be seen. Those strange vines are like malice snaking out from the dark cracks of history, entangled in this mysterious city.

But Leah did not completely end the illusions here. In fact, she only cleared a short section of the road in front of the motorcade, and after the motorcade passed, she would restore those illusions - this was to give Hao Ren a chance to get rid of those illusions. More clues are recorded in the vision.

Therefore, a small "real barrier" seemed to be formed around the three vehicles. Outside the barrier, the city still stood and faced the invading enemies who did not know how many epochs ago. But around the convoy, Everything collapsed into the bleak truth after destruction.

Evana opened her eyes wide and looked at everything around her in amazement and a little uneasy. Those shining silver, advanced and elegant ancient forts were still firing continuously one second, and turned into a few fragments on the ground the next second. , but it returned to its original state the next second. Soldiers kept passing by the car, but their formation was intermittent. Whenever Leah glanced over, the soldiers would disappear, but when Leah looked away, the illusion would appear again. replaced reality.

This will probably be the most unforgettable experience in the life of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"Can you still feel the smell of blood?" Hao Ren leaned towards Vivian and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, and it's very obvious," Vivian sniffed. "Not only can I feel it, but I can actually smell it this time."

Lily also sniffed: "Yes, yes, I can smell it too! It's right in front..."

Illusions have no smell, and the bloody smell can only come from a real individual - who could it be, hiding in this ancient forest where reality and fiction are intertwined?

Hao Ren didn't think it was some wild monster.

Three cars stopped.

There is no road ahead. Although it looks like an open avenue, and there are various chariots driving on the road, when Leah focuses her eyes on the front, the avenue is covered with collapsed building debris and a section of debris. They were replaced by the trunks of black pine trees underneath. There was only a very narrow gap for passage between the wreckage. People could pass through, but cars certainly couldn't.

Although it is completely possible to blow away the wreckage, or directly let the black technology truck drive a way, there will definitely be some movement, and the bloody smell that Vivian sensed is already within a thousand meters ahead, in order to avoid alerting the snake. , Hao Ren decided to leave the vehicle and go to check the situation.

"You can stay in the car," Vivian said, looking at Evana and Charlemagne. "The car has a shield system and an emergency call device. You will be safer on it."

"Will we hold you back?" Charlemagne asked seriously.

"That's not the case." Hao Ren shrugged. He was not comforting the other party, but had privately confirmed the strength of the siblings. They were more than capable of protecting themselves in this world, and even if there was something beyond the black pine forest, Understand the danger, Hao Ren and his friends can easily cover the entire audience without being dragged down by the opponent at all.

"That's fine," Charlemagne touched the sword on his waist, "We are also curious."

"Then everyone should get out of the car and follow," Hao Ren nodded, "but everyone must stay hidden and take care of themselves. You cannot leave the team and act alone."

The team left the convoy and walked into the depths of the ruins under the guidance of Vivian. Hao Ren and his party took the lead, followed by Evana and Charlemagne, while the soldiers brought by Charlemagne followed on both sides to act as additional Observation post.

The strength of these soldiers may not be worth mentioning in Hao Ren's opinion, but in this place, it is always good to have a few more pairs of eyes.

They passed through the collapsed ruins, and a square appeared in front of them, and in the center of the square stood a building that looked like a pyramid.

Half of the building is still intact, but the other half has been reduced to ruins. On the intact parts, some of the gorgeous decorations of the past can still be seen.

Leah closed her eyes.

The entire square, pyramid and surrounding scenes were instantly replaced by fragments of the past.

The edge of the square was filled with soldiers wearing silver-white armor. They faced outside the square and formed human walls side by side. The energy shields in the hands of the soldiers were connected to each other, and after resonance, they turned into layers of protective barriers. Behind the human wall were neatly arranged ion impact cannons - this was Hao Ren's temporary name for this type of artillery that used plasma to attack.

Further back, there were armed civilians.

And the pyramid-like palace stands in the center of these flesh and blood bodies. It exudes brilliance like the sun. On the top of the tower is flowing a flow of energy that is so viscous that it is almost substantial, a surging force - life. The power is spreading from the pyramid to the surrounding areas.

The enemy finally broke into the inner city.

Defense forts all over the city were firing wildly, but they still couldn't stop the enemies swarming from all directions (and in low-Earth orbit). Those mutated monsters destroyed the city's outer walls and destroyed layers of defense networks. The buildings around the square collapsed like sand castles, and the ugly creatures shrouded in smoke finally appeared in the sight of the guards.

The final battle begins.

Laser beams and plasma blasts pierced the air and fell into the black tide, followed by a hand-to-hand encounter with beam sabers and rotting flesh.

The power of corruption weakened the shield system, and the energy barrier began to flicker, and gaps appeared. The monsters took advantage of the gap and invaded the square like flowing mud. The flesh and blood of the guards were quickly crushed in the mud. Consuming.

The life force pouring out from the pyramid building quickly healed the injured soldiers in the square, allowing them to stand up again and again to fight against the invading enemies.

Every time they stood up again, the bodies of those soldiers became more broken than before, and their silver-white armor became more tattered.

The soldiers finally had a gap, and the ion impactor was destroyed next.

Now it's the civilians' turn to take up arms.

The life force escaping from the pyramid became more and more powerful, even so powerful that it was... almost crazy.

Hao Ren heard the nearly crazy guards shouting loudly. Some of the shouts were even wild and chaotic, but some meaningful words could also be heard clearly.

"Defend the hall!" "Defend the Holy King!" "Buy time! It's about to start! It's about to start!" "Hold on for two more moments, hold on for two more moments!!"

Evana seemed to be frightened by this tragic and crazy scene. Her face was pale and her lips were trembling, and she followed Charlemagne. She couldn't understand why these people could do this, and they were doing it. What exactly is the enemy we are fighting against?

She couldn't help but think of her mission, and these associations made her lips turn even whiter.

Leah walked at the front of the team with her eyes closed, but she could clearly "see" everything happening around her. When passing by the guards who kept falling, she couldn't help but sigh softly: "The power of mortals... What..."

Everyone walked through these illusions of the past, and the gate of the pyramid palace was right in front of them. A group of soldiers clenched their weapons in front of the gate, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Hao Ren passed through the wall of soldiers and looked back before entering the hall.

He saw at the edge of the square that the soldiers who had fallen at first stood up again. Their bodies were so damaged that they could no longer maintain their human form, and the armor on their bodies even melted into their flesh and blood. They struggled to stretch their hands, The dry and broken limbs were as twisted and shriveled as burnt wood.

The life force pouring out from the pyramid is still pouring into their bodies, making their bodies that can no longer be repaired forcibly stand upright. And those warriors maintain such an upright posture, their postures become more and more upright, their arms As they stretched further, their raging beards and hair spread out and intertwined into layers of branches. Their feet took root and penetrated into the earth. Their skin shrank into bark and gradually spread throughout their bodies.

They turned into black pines.