Chapter 531

Ground.

He finally saw the ground.

"Huh..."

There was no water grass, and no aquatic life on the bottom of the lake.

The bottom of the lake, which had been invisible for more than ten minutes, suddenly appeared.

Gao Hai landed gently on the ground, his feet sank slightly, and then he stood firm.

"Huh... Huh..."

There were no corpses around.

After reaching the bottom of the [Water Ghost Lake], Gao Hai could not see any floating corpses. All he could see was the muddy, almost no undulating lake bottom. There was nothing else.

{I have reached the bottom. I am not sure if this thing is only this deep, or if I must first break through the previous loneliness erosion problem before I can reach the bottom. Next, I will move to the predetermined coordinates}

After the mental link and temporary mental link informed the teammates above the situation, Gao Hai took a step and moved forward on the muddy lake bottom.

Just a slight movement of the footsteps, the mud at the bottom of the lake was lifted up, forming a large floating particle like mist, which quickly spread around Gao Hai.

In the dead silence, Gao Hai's vision began to be affected. However, as he strengthened the power of the bloody field, these dust particles were all blown away, and the surroundings became clean all of a sudden.

At the same time, Gao Hai also saw the things buried under the silt piled up on the ground.

Is this... bones?

The fragmented and fused human bones were almost unrecognizable, buried in the silt and silent.

These bones are very strange.

Although the structural parts of human bones can be found if they are carefully identified, in general, the posture of these broken bones gathering together is really unnatural and very strange. In particular, some bones seem to grow together and fuse with each other. This phenomenon is very abnormal no matter how you look at it.

It's like those who were sunk to the bottom of the lake continued to live here for a while.

Although his body was twisted and deformed, even though it was buried in the mud, and his flesh and blood gradually merged with other sacrifices, he did live for a while longer.

He did not survive as a living person with thoughts and self, but... continued to live in the form of pure flesh...

Gao Hai did not know why he had such an idea, but he did not do anything to the bones, just continued to move forward, and even floated up a little to avoid stepping on the bones.

It was getting closer.

He could already feel the position indicated by the black watch. That thing, the thing that consumed Gao Hai's three-grid retracement slot to locate, and would definitely help him pass the level, was just in front.

"Huh..."

With a dull breathing sound, Gao Hai swam forward for another distance.

The floating mud particles around were lifted far away by the blood-colored field, leaving no trace.

The front of his sight became clear at this moment.

[Teacher, in your eyes, is this scene a sin? ]

The voice of the mountain god loaded with Alice's personality also sounded from Gao Hai's mind at this time.

New item: Diver's Mask

A fully enclosed black mask that completely covers the head, with thick transparent lenses for the eyes to observe the external environment. It is one of the three Dark Night-level obsessions paid for in the market

Item level: Dark Night

Item effect: isolates the wearer from gas exchange with the outside world and always obtains sufficient oxygen

Tendency to lose control: High

Performance of losing control: The wearer must maintain a stable breathing frequency. Once the breathing frequency changes significantly, the oxygen provided in the mask will all turn into carbon dioxide. When this loss of control occurs, once the mask is taken off, the user will be cursed immediately, and the lungs will be filled with seawater. The curse effect ignores the ability to regenerate flesh and blood

Chapter 93: The God's Object Hidden Deep in the Lake and the Core Obsession of Appearing

Stone.

Black stone with a blood-red glow.

The stone that is entangled with fragmented flesh and blood, twisting and merging, and turning into a deformed and terrifying posture.

Just like the statue that I had seen in Shirakawa Apartment, which was suspected to be the Goddess of Childbearing, it imitated the holy posture of gods and Buddhas, but if you look closely, you will find that it is actually not the same thing at all.

Corpses after corpses lay beside them, forming a circle around them, densely extending in all directions.

The dead were roaring, howling, crying, and solidifying in this silent darkness. And the statues that had been in it from beginning to end just stood there silently, and would never give any response to these deceased people.

That's it.

Gao Hai looked at the head of the fox lady with her eyes closed in silence.

So that's it.

Gao Hai looked at the black stone of the mountain god of Xiaoheishan, which was full of cracks and had been distorted beyond recognition.

This is where their remains are, at least part of the material components of their remains, and what the gods left in the real world.

The death of gods does not seem to be exactly the same as the death of humans. For example, even if the mountain gods lose themselves, they can continue to maintain their ability to move by establishing different personality templates. Simple death is very inaccurate for their existence. Even if they no longer have consciousness, they may be able to think under certain circumstances; even if they are fragmented, they can return to a complete state under special circumstances; even if they are shattered, they can still maintain part of their own power in the real and unreal worlds, and continue to leave something behind.

Gao Hai is not sure whether the fused stone and flesh sank to the bottom of the lake from the beginning, or fell here because of some accident.

But he already knows what happened here.

What exactly does [God] mean? In fact, Gao Hai still can't get a clear answer now. Whether it is the mountain god or the fox lady, he doesn't know whether they are the manifestation of a certain concept, the incarnation of people's beliefs, or simply born extraordinary creatures. But he knew the commonality of these gods, or at least the commonality of the native gods on this planet, which is the unrequited, simple love of life.

Or, God loves the world?

Without actually seeing the living mountain god and fox goddess, Gao Hai was not sure whether his speculation was correct. But at least from the death phenomenon of these sacrifices, he thought this statement should be reasonable.

These women and children who were sacrificed were not drowned, suffocated or starved to death.

They died after their mental collapse and consciousness died, and then their bodies lost their vitality.

It sounds outrageous, but Gao Hai can be sure of this after arriving at this place and truly feeling the power emanating from this twisted statue of flesh, blood and stone. Because at this moment, the power emanating from this statue is the power that can nourish all the life around it. After approaching this statue, Gao Hai doesn't even need to use a diver's mask to breathe, and it won't be affected even if he stays under it without eating or drinking. This magical statue gave Gao Hai, as a [living person], extremely strong vitality, enough for him to ignore all obstacles in the deep water and live smoothly here.

And the reason why this statue exudes such power, he thought, should be because... they heard the cries for help from the sacrifices.

Even if they are dead, the remaining things are still working. These almost instinctive feedbacks make the mountain god and the fox goddess begin to release strong vitality to ensure each other's survival after the sacrifices sink to them. Therefore, even if these sacrifices have their facial features sewn up, their hands and feet tied, and sink to the bottom of the deep water, they can still survive and continue to survive regardless of any obstacles.

This vitality is so strong that not only the victims of the sacrifices can survive, but the surrounding land will also gain some kind of radiation effect, making the soil more fertile and easier to harvest. At the same time, the vegetation in the surrounding woodlands also grows more lush, and the animals can get more abundant food, so that they form a community that exceeds the normal size.

In this case, it can finally explain the problem of too many animals that Xiao Ai found. This abnormality is essentially the effect of life force radiation.

For the victims who were sunk to the bottom of the lake, being able to continue to survive in such an extreme environment may be considered a miracle, right?

However, it only allows them to survive.

The gods can no longer clearly respond to the wishes of these victims. They just feel the pain of the dying and respond instinctively.

Therefore, these victims eventually died.

Trapped at the bottom of the deep water day and night, in a desperate cage where they can't see anything, hear anything, feel anything, and only the endless pressure of the deep water, the spirits of these sacrifices finally collapsed completely. Even if their bodies are still active, their minds are equivalent to death. After these victims lost their thinking fluctuations and could no longer call for help, the gods who could not feel the victims stopped supplying power and no longer released that powerful life force.

So, new sacrifices should be thrown down.

"Hu..."

Gao Hai's breathing couldn't help but become a little disordered at this moment.

After understanding what happened here, and realizing that the tragedy that had been repeated here for countless years and had accumulated to thousands of corpses, even he who had witnessed many tragedies could not help but feel a little confused.

He couldn't help but wonder, which villager first thought of this sacrificial ceremony and took action? It was really hard for him to believe that without anyone's guidance, these villagers deep in the mountains could think of such a way to use the power of the gods. However, he had to think about it, is it really necessary to find a mastermind? Can we really find a mastermind who can push all the tragedies and tragedies on him, a mastermind who is just right? What if it was really just accidental? What if it was really these ignorant, poor villagers who discovered this by chance?

After all, as long as someone is pushed into the lake, as long as someone is sunk alive in the lake, the crops will be harvested for at least a year. Is it really impossible for such a thing to be discovered by accident and used unintentionally?

Gao Hai was reluctant to imagine that possible opportunity.

But at this moment, facing the twisted statue mixed with flesh and stone, looking at the corpses on the ground, the bones accumulated year after year, he found that besides being silent, he seemed to have no words. There is nothing more to say.

No matter what, what has happened will not change again.

Even Takami, who successfully reversed time through the power of Eriko Asamoto, her teacher, and the abyss fragments, could only successfully reverse the tragedy by "adjusting" the past without changing what had already happened. Saved many innocent people. What has happened cannot be changed. Forcing changes will only lead to unpredictable and uncontrollable things. Although Gao Hai has not tried it so far, he can vaguely feel that it is a taboo that must not be tried.

{Mr. Gao, have you arrived at the coordinates? Did you find anything? }

Perhaps because Gao Hai had been silent for too long, Tangyuan's voice came from the temporary spiritual link.

{Mr. Gao, well... no matter what you do there, I think it's better for you to get up as soon as possible. I just calculated that you have a great chance of dying down there. And every second you stay at the bottom of the lake, your probability of dying will increase a lot. Now I calculate that you have a 98% chance of dying below}

The Taoist priest's voice also sounded from the temporary spiritual link. Unlike Tangyuan's calm voice, the Taoist priest didn't know what he saw, and his voice trembled a little as if he was frightened.

{Hey, what do you mean there is a 98% chance of death? You might as well say that Haijun is dead. What are you talking about? ! }

Zhen Fei's somewhat angry voice sounded through the temporary mental link. Although she was holding back at first, she had actually long ago had a problem with this guy who said "If you want to die, if I want to die, everyone will die together" in front of everyone every day. . Especially now that he said this to Gao Hai, who was still exploring underwater, she felt even more unhappy.

{What I said is true, it is 98%. Oh no, it is 99% now. Mr. Gao, you have been targeted by something very dangerous. You'd better come up quickly. Although I can't see clearly how you died, I can tell that your death was very painful. It was almost too painful to live...}

But since the Taoist priest has been able to stay in the Moyu Gang without being beaten to death and his personality has not changed, it is naturally impossible for him to change his tune just because of a few words from his teammates. Not only that, he also persuaded him more seriously. The voice didn't sound like Gao Hai was in danger, but like everyone was going to die together.

{Okay, okay, I understand. Now that I am here, I am naturally prepared to face danger. Now that I have reached the coordinates, I also see the key item that I need to take away. As long as we bring this thing with us and figure out what it can be used for, our chances of clearing this dungeon will be much greater. Huh... But to be honest, I didn't expect it to be such a big thing. I guess it might not be easy to move. Anyway, I'll just take action first}

Gao Hai casually replied a few words in the spiritual link, and then swam to the statue.

This bloodstone statue of the Fox Empress and the Mountain God is about 2.3 meters tall. The bottom of the statue forms a circular platform similar to a lotus platform. Of course, this is without careful observation. If you look carefully, you will find that this thing is a horrible thing composed of many twisted, deformed, skinless human hands and stones.

Gao Hai didn't feel anything about this. He grabbed the base of the statue with a calm face, slowly pulled it out of the mud at the bottom of the lake, and lifted up the thing that probably weighed several tons little by little. .

The surroundings seemed to be getting colder.

Although under normal circumstances, if the temperature in the water is below zero, it should freeze. But at this moment, in the flowing water, Gao Hai felt the biting temperature below zero, as if he had been thrown into a glacier in the polar night and experienced the strong wind.

What's going on?

He realized that as he moved the statue, some abnormal changes seemed to begin to occur at the bottom of the lake.

Something seemed to be awakened by him.

Something that had been sleeping quietly at the bottom of the lake was stimulated and awakened after the statue of the life-sustaining power was moved.

Wait, the statue that releases life force... By the way, from the moment I came down to touch this statue, it has been continuously releasing life force from beginning to end. Although this should be just the effect of some kind of automatic response mechanism of the god's residual power, since this mechanism can still function, it proves that it has an effective target from the beginning.

"call……"

Gao Hai was stunned.

Effective object from the beginning?

Thinking back carefully, when I first came into contact with Lijia Village in the first week, although the villagers smiled with hidden intentions, it was obvious during the reception that these people had no worries about food and clothing. The same goes for those farmlands. Although Gao Hai doesn't understand crops, he can still understand the lush and full state of various vegetables and plants in the fields. In other words, even if no sacrifices are made, Lijia Village should still be a fertile and wealthy village. In other words, the surrounding fields are always receiving the radiation of life force from the bottom of the lake.

However, during this period, Lijia Village could no longer perform the sacrificial rituals of the past. Although the cause and effect of this part has not been determined, after the curse in the still water erupted, the sacrifices of the past could never be performed again. In other words, these villagers could no longer obtain the vitality of the land through sacrifices, so why can the crops here still have a good harvest?

Unless the last sacrifice is still alive.

In other words, a sacrifice near the final stage survived for a very, very long time after being sunk to the bottom of the lake. So long that even if the villagers no longer perform the sacrificial rituals, the vitality radiating from the bottom of the lake is still vigorous, so that after the curse of the still water erupts, these villagers can continue to live their good lives.

"Huh..."

Is this possible?

Gao Hai knows how terrible it is to be locked in the dark. After experiencing 45 days of confinement in the Red Nut Ash Cave, he may not have much experience with other tortures and pains, but he can only feel the pain of this kind of imprisonment very deeply. From the ending of the girls who were sacrificed and died, we can see that humans cannot endure this kind of absolute confinement for a long time.

But what if someone really succeeded?

Even if they still died in the end, if there is such a special individual who persisted in the confinement at the bottom of the lake for a long enough time. Her pain can be integrated with the pain of countless dead people in the lake, her obsession can resonate with the dead people who are also imprisoned in the lake, and she can resonate with the despair that is immersed in the lake of death. Even if the final outcome is still inevitable, but under this continuous resonance, her power may still be able to resonate with the instinct of the gods, so that the power of the gods continues to radiate, continue to nourish her body, and continue to radiate the surrounding land, so that the vitality of the land around Xiaohei Mountain is greatly improved.

He remembered that among the core obsessions in this copy determined by the [Red Society], there is a female paper man in a red wedding dress.

It seems difficult to determine whether the paper man encountered by the Red Society at that time was the core obsession, but one thing is certain that one of the core obsessions in the copy of Infant Crying Village must be a female ghost wearing a wedding dress. After the environment in the copy changed dramatically, Gao Hai has not really encountered this ghost until now, and has not found its location.

Maybe, now he has finally found it?

Gurgle-Gurgle-Gurgle-

Bursts of bubbles floated in front of Gao Hai.

After the huge statue of the god was moved by him, it seemed that something that was originally hidden next to the statue was dragged out with it and exhaled, so that bubbles appeared at the bottom of the lake.

Death is approaching.

A strong chill swept through the whole body. Even if Gao Hai had not really seen the thing, he could already feel the horror.

Finally, it appeared, not a god, but a ghost incarnated by humans. There is no doubt that the Red Moon-level core obsession can only have this trembling breath.

"Huh..."

After another steady breath, Gao Hai took off his mask and put the obsession back into the black watch space.

It's not impossible to resist.