Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 191 The Truth
He pretended to be calm and glanced at Liu Ming beside him, but this guy was looking at Lu Yuning with horror.

"Brother, stop scaring me. Who are you talking to?!"

The expression on Liu Ming's face didn't seem fake, as the corners of his mouth were twitching slightly due to fear.

How is this going.

Judging from the current situation, Xu Qi cannot see Liu Ming's existence, and Liu Ming cannot hear Xu Qi speaking.

So is this a strange phenomenon, or is someone lying?

Lu Yuning was stunned, and for the first time, a sense of fear arose in his heart.

He was almost certain that he had been tricked, but he didn't know what this meant.

If Liu Ming is fake, then what's the point? Is he just accompanying me to break into this third level?

He made all the choices along the way by himself, and Liu Ming did not try to seduce him at all.

The only possibility is that this is not the third floor, but Liu Ming deliberately led himself here.

Judging from the performance and conversation of the members of Spark Group 7, the entrance at that time was definitely the one leading to the third floor.

So the fake one is Xu Qi?
It's not impossible, but what's the point of doing this? Do you want him and Liu Ming to kill each other?

It is possible that under the influence of fear, he did have the thought of killing him at that moment.

But this is totally unnecessary. Liu Ming doesn't even have any special abilities, so why would he induce me to kill him?

Lu Yuning couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried, and her mood became more and more anxious.

As his anxiety grew, the abyss before him had an inexplicable attraction, and he actually had an urge to jump into it.

With the emergence of a split consciousness in his mind, he suddenly woke up. At this time, one of his feet had actually been lifted up, and he was almost stepping into the abyss.

This trace of consciousness in my mind only appears at the critical moment, which means that I was in a very dangerous situation just now.

He suddenly understood that no matter who was real or fake, Xu Qi or Liu Ming, the manipulator behind the scenes at this moment just wanted his emotions to collapse.

This must be the other party's purpose.

After figuring it out, Lu Yuning's emotions stabilized instantly.

He was not afraid of being discovered by the other party, but was more worried that the other party would play dirty tricks on him.

At the moment when he calmed down, the scene in front of him suddenly began to shatter like a mirror, and the abyss in front and Liu Ming beside him disappeared.

"You can actually unravel the tree spirit's emotional illusion?" A familiar voice came.

The surrounding scenes disappeared, and the only thing left in the entire space was a circular fluorescent area under the feet. Everywhere else within sight was pitch black.

Lu Yuning rubbed his aching head, then looked in the direction of the voice.

"Is that you? Illusion"

What appeared in front of Lu Yuning was the illusion that he had seen twice before.

In addition to her, there was also Wu Dongxi who had previously fought with his clone. Lu Yuning did not recognize the remaining few people.

But I think they should be the people I met at the outpost.

"You are the first person with superpowers who can walk out of the tree spirit's illusion through his own consciousness. It's really a pity," Huanjing said softly.

"Pity?"

"When your emotions are taken away, it's like being devoured by the tree spirit. We might just be our own people in the future. What a shame!"

Lu Yuning remained silent, digesting Huan Jing's words.

"You don't really think we, the Starfire, are so useless that you could sneak into the headquarters all by yourself." "Although I'm a little surprised by your reaction, everything you've experienced since entering the base has been fake. It was just a trick created by the tree spirit to induce an emotional outburst."

Huanjing's words were shocking.

Lu Yuning pondered for a moment and continued, "So, you guys are acting out this whole thing just to devour my emotions?"

"Haha, that's only half right. It's not us, but it." Huanjing pointed to the ground.

"What happens to those who are devoured?"

“Just like us”

Lu Yuning was stunned and looked at the illusion in disbelief.

"You're right. We've been devoured. Or perhaps it's better to say we're coexisting."

"You and this thing, are one?"

".Yes."

"Everyone?"

Huan Jing shook his head and then sighed: "It all started with the ability of the president of Xinghuo. At the beginning of the apocalypse, he was the first to awaken his ability. His ability is very simple, symbiosis.

The function of the superpower is to select a certain creature and form a symbiotic relationship with it. The characteristics of the two creatures will together reflect a new life form.
However, unexpectedly, the president was bewitched by a mutated plant and became a symbiotic organism with it.

This mutated plant also has an ability, which you just witnessed, the deprivation of consciousness catalyzed by emotions.

However, after the two were combined, this ability to deprive consciousness became a symbiotic form.
In other words, through emotional catalysis, we can form a symbiotic relationship with each other, which is what we are like now.
Of course, this devouring was controllable at the beginning, and the main consciousness of the symbiote was the former president.
However, about a week ago, the main consciousness of the symbiote had gradually transformed into this mutated tree spirit.
And most of the people in Spark are gradually being devoured by it."

Lu Yuning listened quietly and finally understood the whole story.

According to Huanjing, this symbiote has become somewhat out of control.

"So you captured Xu Qi in order to allow her to form a bond with the symbiote and thus control it?"

Huan Jing nodded: "That's right, so although I feel a little sorry for you, I have no choice. Besides, if we can take this symbiote as a partner, it will benefit everyone, right?"

Lu Yuning was silent for a long time, then slowly said: "If that's the case, why don't you discuss it with us? There should be a better way to solve this problem."

Huan Jing smiled bitterly: "Do you think you will believe this if I tell you this, given our relationship? It is precisely because you have just experienced this yourself that I tell you this, so you may believe it. Otherwise, there is no point in saying anything."

Lu Yuning nodded slowly, then rubbed his forehead hard with a strange expression, and then said with some difficulty: "Okay, where is Xu Qi? Does she know about this? Take me to see her."

Huan Jing didn't notice his abnormality and quickly said, "Miss Xu Qi is already trying to communicate. Come with me."

After saying this, Huanjing took the lead and walked in one direction. The people behind her followed her without saying a word.

Lu Yuning followed them. As they walked, the fluorescent light on the ground gradually lit up. A beam of light extended from under their feet and eventually lit up a small building in the distance.

In the center of the building, Lu Yuning saw Xu Qi who was closing his eyes and seemed to be meditating.

Lu Yuning walked forward quickly and shouted loudly: "Xu Qi!"

Xu Qi in the building seemed startled and turned to look at Lu Yuning with some surprise.

Their eyes met, and Lu Yuning walked forward quickly, as if about to push the door open.

Huan Jing, who was leading the way, grinned strangely, then quickly adjusted himself.

At this moment, Lu Yuning suddenly squatted down, then jumped up and jumped towards somewhere in the air.

Huan Jing and Xu Qi in front of the building both showed similar panicked expressions. They both spoke at the same time, saying in unison: "How is it possible? How did you know that?"

(End of this chapter)