Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 192 Spark President
Huan Jing and Xu Qi spoke at the same time, two different voices saying the same sentence in unison, which sounded quite strange.

Then the figures of the two people disappeared, and the fluorescence on the ground also disappeared.

When Lu Yuning woke up from the illusion, the first moment he saw the illusion, his consciousness was in pain.

So he roughly understood what was going on. Everything before his eyes was probably still an illusion of that strange tree.

But what Huan Jing said was most likely true. It was not easy to make up such an experience. Obviously, the other party told the truth, and his purpose was still to mobilize his own emotions.

He has now roughly figured out the purpose of this illusion. Combined with what the illusion said just now, this tree spirit should be relying on the resonance of certain emotions to make itself his symbiont.

The first time is fear, or anxiety. When your emotions develop in the direction that the other person wants to control, emotional resonance is successful.

The second time was about trust. Huanjing explained the facts of the past truthfully and used Xu Qi to let herself relax her guard, so as to create a sense of trust in Huanjing.

In this way, when you fall into the other party's trap, you may become symbiotic.

Apparently, this was a new ability created by the symbiont between President Spark and the mutated plant.

But unexpectedly, there was a split consciousness in Lu Yuning's mind, and this illusion had no effect on it.

Lu Yuning had actually seen through all the scenes before him a long time ago. The reason why he still cooperated with the other party was that he had discovered Xu Qi's location the moment the illusion was shattered.

Although the fluorescent light around him had disappeared, Lu Yuning was sure that Xu Qi was right where he was.

He stretched out his hand and could touch Xu Qi's hand. Before the fluorescence disappeared, he could see that she was sitting on a chair.

There are layers of stairs in front, and the real scene here looks like a palace.

The place where Xu Qi sat looked more like a throne.

After Lu Yuning found Xu Qi's location, the surroundings became extremely quiet.

At this time, the consciousness in his mind did not give any more prompts, which meant that everything before his eyes should be the real scene.

Lu Yuning reached out and shook Xu Qi, but she didn't respond at all.

What he is most worried about now is that Xu Qi will be transformed into a symbiotic entity. This will be troublesome. Judging from the various situations he has experienced, this possibility is very high.

According to Huan Jing, Xu Qi should have been called here to form a bond with the tree spirit, but the tree spirit seemed to have lost control and would autonomously attack the psychics.

Lu Yuning frowned in the dark, then gritted his teeth.

Never mind, just take it out first.

Lu Yuning thought to herself, then reached out and picked up Xu Qi horizontally.

The reason he hesitated was mainly because he was worried that if Xu Qi had already been infected by the symbiosis, taking her out directly would have some impact on her.

But considering that Huanjing and others were able to walk around freely outside before, I think it shouldn't be a big problem.

In that case, let’s go out first.

After he picked up Xu Qi, the entire space suddenly lit up again with him as the center.

Although I was surprised at what the tree spirit was doing, since my decomposition consciousness didn't give me any warning, I just ignored it.

The fluorescent light illuminates the place. The third floor looks quite spectacular, with a grand platform and a throne with carved railings and jade pillars. However... it always gives people a strong sense of loneliness.

He could already see the stairs he had come up.

As for Liu Ming, who was kidnapped by him all the way, he had disappeared long ago.

I don’t know if he was sent back or if this person was fake from the beginning.

The former is fine, but if it is the latter, doesn’t it mean that the seeds he got before that can be transported from the tree are also fake?

Thinking of this, he quickly reached into his arms and felt around, then breathed a sigh of relief. The seed was still there.

As for whether this transportation mechanism can still be used, Lu Yuning is not particularly worried.

Current signs indicate that although this underground base was created by the symbiote, it cannot control the facilities within the base at will.

Simply put, this thing can create doors and keys, but it cannot make the door open and close automatically, so there is a "seed" as a key.

The growth and decay of plants occur slowly. Even as a mutated species, it is impossible for it to change its form instantly.

This is the disadvantage of being a mutated plant creature. Otherwise, there would be no need for this tree spirit to go through so much trouble to achieve symbiosis through numerous illusions. It could just extend a few tree trunks to tie itself up.

This is probably the reason why it takes some time to transport people back from the outpost.

However, this is just Lu Yuning's guess. In fact, he is still a little nervous. If he can't get out of here, it will be very troublesome.

Without hesitation, he took out two seeds from his arms and placed them directly on the fluorescent steps.

This thing should also be made of that kind of symbiotic material.

However, what embarrassed him was that the two seeds fell firmly on the ground, but there was no reaction.

"You...go out..., the seeds...will wither" a series of intermittent voices were heard.

But this voice was not the illusion just now, but a man's voice.

Lu Yuning was stunned for a moment and thought of a possibility.

This intermittent voice might be from the president of Spark. The sudden extinction of the fluorescence just now was probably a change of consciousness of the symbiote.

President Xinghuo, the main consciousness, seemed to have woken up.

"Are you President Spark?"

Right now, asking directly is the easiest way to verify.

“You…are…not…wrong.”

What the other person said was probably what you guessed correctly, but it was intermittent and it sounded like his consciousness was not very stable.

Seeing that Lu Yuning didn't say anything, the other party continued to speak, but his tone gradually became more coherent: "She's fine, it's just... her supernatural powers are a little overdrawn."

The "she" that President Xinghuo was referring to must be Xu Qi.

Lu Yuning was silent for a moment, then said, "Aren't you guys in the same group?"

"...Technically speaking, I'm also your enemy, but it doesn't matter. I don't have much time left."

Lu Yuning was stunned: "No time? My consciousness is about to be devoured by the symbiote?"

"You're very clever. I originally wanted to use Xu Qi's special abilities to forcibly bind the tree spirit's consciousness, thus preventing it from losing control. However, Xu Qi's abilities were limited, and I ultimately failed."

At this time, Lu Yuning's split consciousness had no reaction, and the situation before him should not be an illusion.

Lu Yuning finally figured out the whole story. The abnormal situation that had been rumored within Xinghuo should be that the consciousness of the Xinghuo president was gradually unable to suppress the consciousness of the tree spirit, causing it to instinctively begin to erode the consciousness of other psychics and begin to strengthen its own abilities.

So the leader of Xinghuo kidnapped Xu Qi when he was awake, wanting to make a final attempt, but it seemed to have failed in the end.

Both of them were silent for a while.

Lu Yuning was the first to speak and asked curiously, "Have Huanjing and the others been assimilated?"

"That's right." "No wonder she told me that. But they look pretty normal."

"Those who have been assimilated still have their own consciousness for the time being. Many don't even know they've been assimilated. However, these people are like slaves, their life and death are only at the discretion of the tree spirit. Moreover, as time goes by, their consciousness will be gradually devoured, just like mine. Ultimately, the symbiont will only have one consciousness."

The two fell silent again. This was a very delicate situation.

The two sides should have been in a hostile relationship, but now they can only turn hostility into friendship. Xinghuo's president's consciousness is about to dissipate, and there is no point in doing more. Lu Yuning inexplicably feels that he is a little pitiful.

After a period of silence, it was Guild Leader Xinghuo who spoke first. "Although I have temporarily regained your consciousness, the tree spirit cannot prevent you from leaving. However, before it fell asleep, it withered the seed in your hand. I'm afraid you can't leave now."

Lu Yuning sighed inwardly, it turned out that it wasn't that easy to leave.

"Is there another way?"

"no"

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Lu Yuning raised his hand and held the seeds in front of his eyes, observing them carefully.

Sure enough, the crystal clear seeds had lost their luster and their surface had become dry.

It is impossible to get more seeds now. When he left, he remembered that there were only these few left in the breeding room.

"It takes at least five days for these seeds to grow a batch, so even if I help you cultivate them again, it will be too late. In half an hour at most, the tree spirit will regain control of your consciousness."

Lu Yuning really wanted him to say something useful, but it was obvious that the president of Xinghuo really had no other choice.

He was trapped here now, and even if the tree spirit regained consciousness, he would still be dead. He would probably face the siege of all the psychics of Starfire.

Lu Yuning had a terrible headache.

At this moment, the split consciousness in his mind moved again, and then his other supernatural power finally recovered after being dormant for a while.

The hint was obvious, and the consciousness seemed to be reminding itself to use this second supernatural power.

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that this ability seemed to be related to time, but he had never had enough ability to control it before. He could only freeze time within a certain range, and only for a short period of time.

Now let him use this ability to go back in time?
Besides, this seed came here with me. If I turn back time, wouldn't it return to its original place along a certain trajectory?

However, his ability was only to control time within a certain range, and did not directly act on objects, so as long as the seed left this area, the time effect would immediately become ineffective.

The manipulation of time itself is an ability that is prone to paradoxes. If the objects within the range only change their state and do not move, it is relatively simple. However, when it comes to displacement changes, the situation becomes much more complicated.

Lu Yuning was suddenly stunned when he thought of this.

"Wait a minute, status. I understand."

Lu Yuning showed a happy expression, as if he had thought of a solution. Then he carried Xu Qi and ran quickly down the stairs.

Then he ran non-stop towards the platform leading to the second floor. He had to go to the breeding room.

Since the time ability cannot control objects that have moved, all you have to do is let the plant go back in time to before you took the seeds away.

Although I don’t know if I can turn back time, I can’t care about that now. I can only give it a try.

He quickly walked to the platform, and then he felt a familiar feeling, a slight squeezing sensation in his body, and then his body relaxed. When he opened his eyes again, he was already on the platform on the second floor.

Ding Cheng's body can still be seen here, which means that no one has been here yet.

Lu Yuning didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly ran towards the breeding room.

After turning the corner, the corridor was still empty, and Lu Yuning couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Before I could be happy, a person suddenly appeared at the fork in the road ahead.

The man was yawning, and when he heard some movement in the direction where Lu Yuning was running, he turned his head casually to look over there.

This sight immediately scared him.

"How is it possible! It's you?"

This person was Wu Dongxi, whom he had met once.

Without thinking, Lu Yuning threw the remaining plastic material on his body towards him.

The situation happened suddenly. Wu Dongxi was shocked by the scene in front of him and stood there in a daze. Then, when he was about to react, he felt something put on his body.

After trapping him, Lu Yuning wanted to take out Hong Yu and kill him quickly, but the other party finally reacted.

He exerted force with his feet and jumped straight towards Lu Yuning's head, then he roared.

"Someone!!!"

The sound was like a tiger's roar. It was hard to imagine that a shrunken human could make such a loud noise.

Oops.

Lu Yuning shouted in his heart, even if the buildings of Xinghuo were soundproof, this roar of the tiger would definitely be heard at such a close distance.

There is no need to think about it. In a dozen seconds or so, there will definitely be other people here.

At this time, Wu Dongxi had already fallen heavily to the ground, but Lu Yuning had no time to deal with him.

I could only speed up and run towards the cultivation room.

As he ran along the corridor, a door behind him slowly opened.

"Damn, who is it, not sleeping in the middle of the night?"

Everyone was obviously woken up. Lu Yuning didn't dare to care about him. He finally rushed into the breeding room just before the other party discovered him.

He held Xu Qi in his arms, then reached out and pressed his hand on the strange plant, muttering, "Brother, don't play tricks on me, you must succeed."

Lu Yuning's mind moved slightly, and he unleashed his time ability within the range of this plant.

At this moment, the consciousness hidden in his brain suddenly emerged, and Lu Yuning suddenly had an indescribable feeling.

The familiar image of the marquee reappeared in his mind. With the help of the split consciousness, time seemed to really start to go backwards within the range of supernatural powers in front of him.

Just then, there was a noise outside the door.

"This guy has entered the breeding room, hurry up"

Lu Yuning was extremely anxious. The enemy was already chasing them, but it was obviously too late to go back in time.

However, if I give up now and go out to fight the enemy, by the time my ability recovers, it will probably be too late.

Lu Yuning's brain was working rapidly, but he couldn't think of a way to have the best of both worlds.

"I can help you, but you have to do something for me."

A familiar voice rang out in the incubation room. It was the voice of President Xinghuo that I had met on the third floor before.

(End of this chapter)