Rebirth: I can easily control the end-of-the-world game

Chapter 461 [Tree Heart] 30

No one could answer Feng Lan's guess now. Perhaps she could find out through the game after the dungeon was over. But now, except for the moment of fluctuation when Yucheng was saved, the banyan tree spirit's silent heart was still as unresponsive as before.

A week later, Feng Lan and Liu Qi left Yucheng.

When they came, they did not attract anyone's attention, leaving only the faint image of two down-and-out Taoist priests. Perhaps the impression they left in people's memory was not as profound as the paper donkey they were leading.

No one paid much attention when they left. The guard at the gate had been replaced. It was unclear whether the previous soldier was injured and resting, or had died in the siege a few days ago. The inspection was still not very friendly. After roughly searching Feng Lan and Liu Qi, confirming that they had no guns or grenades and did not look like spies or soldiers, they casually waved them away.

Everything went smoothly with the clone, and the Fenglan Banyan tree itself also received the dream of Jade City that she had dreamed of.

With a photographic memory, Feng Lan can replay the dream in the memory palace in his mind at any time.

There is no doubt that at the end of the dream, the leader of Yucheng, Du Zhongzi, was able to crawl out covered in blood, drenched in rain and yelling even though Yucheng had been bombed into ruins. He was definitely no longer alive.

Even if Marshal Du has the face of a descendant of Zhong Kui and has Zhong Kui's blood, he cannot survive.

Marshal Du's final condition was that of a walking corpse controlled by those poisonous insects, but it was not exactly the same. It was more like he had taken the initiative. With his roar, he was even able to summon the dead bodies trapped under the ruins.

Feng Lan immediately thought of the middle-aged guide who was buried near her. He was very cowardly and seemed to have no ability when he was alive, but on the first night after his death, he was able to transform into a corpse. He even followed his intuition and the smell to track her to the tree. He also learned to use the resentment in his body to create illusions.

He's a very talented guy.

Of course, the most important thing is that the heart of the banyan tree also fluctuated for a moment at that time.

[People’s hearts change, sometimes they love, sometimes they hate... It’s so painful, I want to continue to be a tree]

Feng Lan remembered the words at the beginning of the copy. When she heard it, she thought it was "changeable" and thought it might be a typo in the game. Now she thinks that maybe it is not wrong.

"The change... is it the power of the heart?"

The leader's resentment was supported by the hatred in his heart. The hatred dominated him and also caused the dead body to undergo strange changes.

What was Du Zhongzi's intention? Was it a leader's desire for control over Yucheng? Responsibility? Fellowship? Or some other complex emotion?

Feng Lan is not Du Zhongzi, so she doesn't know what the other person is thinking. People in different situations will make different choices because of a sudden idea. It is possible that the noble will despise, the inferior will sacrifice, the moralists will break the rules, and the playboys will be loyal.

After sorting out her thoughts, Feng Lan took out a children's picture book from the space, and used the aerial roots of the banyan tree to wrap this small object, which was very delicate for her current body. After opening it, the blank picture book paused for a while, and rows of handwriting gradually emerged, sometimes accompanied by illustrations.

The background of the story is indeed the Republic of China. There are warlords fighting for power inside, the old court is on the verge of collapse, several major empires are jointly invading and dividing the country, and all kinds of ghosts, gods and monsters are born and enter the world, causing chaos in the world. It can be said that it is the worst and most suitable era for fishing in troubled waters.

The protagonist is a farmer named Dong, gifted with intelligence, high IQ and EQ, and a pair of yin-yang eyes that can see through the weaknesses of ghosts and gods. After a series of ups and downs, he ultimately wipes out foreign enemies, quells internal troubles, and establishes a brand new kingdom. (Don't discuss! Don't discuss! Don't discuss! Spare my life, ORz)

As for where the banyan tree spirit is, Feng Lan flipped through the pages several times and finally found a villain who looked like the banyan tree spirit in a corner.

This character has hardly been mentioned and can even be said to be a background board.

In the main storyline, Du Zhongzi and the resentful corpse (a middle-aged herbalist) have more roles than the banyan tree spirit. The protagonist traveled all the way from south to north, and when he arrived at Yucheng, it was already a ruin. He encountered a wandering army of the dead in the ruins. The leader of the army was Du Zhongzi. Because the protagonist had a noble attitude towards the general who died defending the city, he let him go.

After that, the second time I met him was outside Huicheng. Huicheng had been occupied by the Jiaoben Kingdom, but their lives were not easy either, because there was always a resentful corpse wandering outside Huicheng. The ability of this resentful corpse was not at the level of the newborn that Feng Lan dealt with. It was also a boss guarding the gate that the protagonist encountered on the road.

As for the banyan tree spirit's role, the banyan tree, while symbolic of wealth and protection, can also harbor spirits and ghosts. The resentful corpse inhabits the banyan tree, influencing it. The tree, under the resentful corpse's influence, transforms from a tree of blessing and wishing into a ghostly banyan tree, brimming with spooky aura. Du Zhongzi is also drawn to the ghostly banyan tree, finding himself nearly as powerful as the resentful corpse.

In short, the protagonist cleverly discovered that Du Zhongzi and Yuanshi shared the ghost banyan tree, and took advantage of the conflict between the two to successfully create a misunderstanding and intensify the conflict between the two sides. After Yuanshi and Du Zhongzi were both injured, he took the opportunity to eliminate them.

In the end, because the banyan tree was contaminated by the resentful corpses and Du Zhongzi, it had become a ghost banyan tree. If it was left here without being dealt with, it would attract other ghosts. In the end, the protagonist dug up the ghost banyan tree and burned everything with fire.

As for the life of the banyan tree spirit, whether he was conscious, whether he had become a spirit, and what he was like before, there is no description at all.

How did it become a ghost banyan tree? Was it voluntary or was it contaminated by a resentful corpse? Who knows?

Feng Lan also noticed that the main plot was only recorded from the perspective of the protagonist. He dug out the roots of the banyan tree, cut off the trunk, set fire to most of it, leaving only a few embers, and left after confirming that it would not cause a forest fire. Whether the banyan tree spirit was dead or not was not concluded in the text.

However, based on the nature of survival games, the name of this copy, and the fact that the outside of the copy was mostly entangled with vines, Feng Lan was ninety-nine percent sure that the banyan tree spirit was not dead.

[People’s hearts change, sometimes they love, sometimes they hate... It’s so painful, I want to continue to be a tree]

Perhaps, the banyan tree spirit that lost its trunk has also lost the last bit of its sanity due to the erosion of human hearts.

【Ah】

"Am I wrong?"

Faced with the voice that suddenly emerged from the bottom of his heart, Feng Lan was not surprised at all. Instead, he seized the opportunity to ask the other party.

"Or perhaps," Feng Lan stretched out her words and put away the picture book, "you were actually the one who was contaminated and turned into a ghost banyan tree, accepting all the pain and torture, and are happy with it all?"

[You guessed it, player? Provocation won't work on me. No matter what, I won't accept this.]