I Can’t Play This Game Anymore

"Chen Ke, do you think it could be the world left behind after the 'Matrix Restart'?"

Chen Ke nodded and said:

"Brother Ji, I also think this is possible."

Eggplant didn't understand what Ji Han and the others were doing, so he asked:

"What 'Matrix Reboot'?"

Ji Han materialized the consciousness world of Dizu that he just thought about, and then let the people of Dizu Village live here. Later, this place was deposed for some reason, and he created the consciousness world that the four people had just been trapped in. He told Qiezi and Song Qian about his conjecture.

This is like in "The Matrix", because the created world is not perfect enough and causes collapse, it will restart again to create a new world.

Song Qian suddenly realized:

"If this is the case, there is really no guarantee that there are other such abandoned villages here."

Eggplant frowned and said:

"Ji Han, isn't this too mysterious? How about creating layers of worlds and playing "Inception"?"

"Xuan? You have to know that they may really be able to live longer in that kind of consciousness world, and they don't have to work. For them, it is simply a life of gods. But I am just guessing. After all, there are indeed things like this and the above. Similar buildings.”

Song Qian continued:

"But the people in this ancestral village can't live forever like this. After all, their bodies can't truly last forever, which means life has become simpler and more ideal. Okay, Chen Ke, it's better for us to leave here as soon as possible. .”

"Okay, here we come."

With that said, Chen Ke also walked out of the ruins of the stone house, and the four of them moved towards the position directly under the sacred tree.

Although the rocks above our heads have fallen, they will basically not pose any threat to everyone.

But the tree roots above the head were entangled with each other, which made people feel uncomfortable. Except for Ji Han, he was used to seeing spiders in the demon forest every day.

However, many tree roots were connected to the ground, which slowed down the progress of Ji Han and the others.

Eggplant scolded:

"Grass, it feels like walking in a rain forest."

Chen Ke explained:

"Normally, the Earth Ancestor can control these tree roots. It should be that he controlled these tree roots to stabilize the rocks above. After he died, these tree roots were unable to support and fell down."

Ji Han reminded:

"Try not to damage these tree roots, because we don't know if the mucus inside will affect us. Also, look for any wounds on your body. Don't forget that this sacred tree is bloodthirsty, especially the wounds on your hands, Chen Ke. "

Chen Ke raised his hand and said:

"Don't worry, Brother Ji, I've been cured with the potion you gave me."

It was not convenient for drones to fly in this place, so Song Qian continued to throw the lighting rod forward.

But this time the lighting rod hit something before it hit the ground. As the light shook, Song Qian saw a figure.

"Someone!"

The flashlights of Ji Han and the others immediately followed.

A corpse hanging from a huge tree root appeared in front of Ji Han and the others. Although the corpse looked completely decayed, the tiny tree roots that tied him still formed a human-shaped cage around the person.

The entire cage was slightly shaken by Song Qian's flashlight.

Eggplant frowned and said:

"I'm talking about Chen Ke, is it normal to have corpses hanging on trees like this?"

Chen Ke smiled bitterly and said:

"I don't understand this."

There were ruins of stone houses on both sides. It was unrealistic to get through. Ji Han whispered:

"Shh, let's go take a look first."

The four of them crouched and carefully approached the corpse. When they got closer, they felt that the human-shaped tree root cage was like a torture device.

The tree roots that trapped people came down from the thick roots above and hung half a meter above the ground.

The body of the person inside had rotted away, leaving only mottled bones, but the bones in various parts of the body were still basically in place. You can imagine how tightly the tree roots wrapped around it were.

Eggplant took a flashlight and shined a light on the inside of the human-shaped tree root cage, and said in surprise:

"I'm going to choke you up, this fucking iron maiden is you!"

Ji Han didn't react either, thinking it was another eggplant dirty joke:

"What iron maiden?"

Unexpectedly, Eggplant pointed to the inside of the cage and said:

Strong sacrifice reads sacrifice. "See for yourselves."

When he got closer, he could see that the inside of the human-shaped cage was full of sharp small tree roots, and they were all facing inward. It was obvious that these thorns had pierced the body of the person in the cage.

If you look closely, there are still small pits on the remaining bones of the man. You can imagine how deep the roots of these small trees were at that time.

The Iron Maiden that Eggplant refers to is a similar torture instrument and execution device used for execution, torture or punishment in medieval Europe, like a human-shaped iron cabinet.

The prisoner is tied between them, and then the two sides are closed. Many protruding spikes on the frame will be driven into the victim's body. The sharp front end of the nail slowly penetrated the body, first the wrist, then the feet and other parts, and then the eyes, shoulders and buttocks. The torture process is extremely painful, but it does not kill the victim immediately.

During this period, they kept making pitiful screams, sometimes wailing for several days before dying of excessive blood loss.

Ji Han couldn't help but wonder:

"Holy crap, does this thing really grow on tree roots?"

Chen Ke frowned and said:

"I don't know if it grew naturally or was made by man. Maybe it was a torture instrument of their time. Don't they worship this sacred tree very much? It is very possible to offer sacrifices in this way."

Eggplant looked at the area in front that was not illuminated by the lighting rod, and seemed to have discovered something by relying on his superior vision.

He frowned and threw out another lighting rod. This time, the lighting rod illuminated a farther place.

I saw that in front of me, hanging on the ground more than half a meter above the ground, were human cages.

High and low, well-proportioned, the cages are as dense as fruits hanging on a tree.

If you ignore the environment here, then the scene in front of you must be described as if it is a group version of "Self-hanging Southeast Branch".

At this time, Chapter 1 is complete. Ji Han and the four others looked up in horror, but no one spoke for a while.

It was the eggplant that broke the silence first:

"If this is a sacrifice, it would be too big, right? Are there so many people in their village?"

Chen Ke also nodded and said:

"Yes, this is definitely not a sacrifice. Damn it, it's too bloody."

Song Qian reminded:

"Be careful. You see, these cages are made of tree roots. Maybe they were formed by the bloodthirsty murderers of the sacred tree."

Ji Han also has an airway:

Control the big one and control the owl. "When I first saw the words Dizu Village, I was joking that this might be Zhen Yuanzi's territory? Now looking at these corpses hanging on the trees, they look like another version of the ginseng fruit tree."

Chen Ke frowned and said:

"Brother Ji, now is not the time to use your imagination. What should we do next?"