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Chapter 433 Petting the Dog

Long before the current recorded history, the ancestors of mankind left the disaster city in the Dark Continent, hiding here and there, but finally had nowhere to escape and were forced to the edge of Lake Mobius.

There is an endless swamp ahead and bottomless darkness behind.

In the Dark Continent, everything is huge. Ants are as strong as calves, bulls are like a townhouse made of muscle, and there are countless incredible monsters that are as tall as mountain peaks.

The reason why there is the judgment that "everything is huge" is, of course, because human beings themselves are too small, and this is the result of using themselves as a reference.

In the Dark Continent, humans are the "ants" who have to worry every day about being stepped on and killed by passing creatures without knowing it.

The city built on the Dark Continent is their "ant nest".

The technology and civilization developed by mankind, in the eyes of the seemingly endless monsters and giants in the Dark Continent, are probably like the social habits of ants in the eyes of modern humans - interesting, but not worth mentioning.

Passing by and destroying a human city was just like accidentally stepping on an ant nest, and I didn't feel anything at all.

In such an environment, it is normal for the "ants" to be in danger of losing their future. Those who can successfully establish a city and develop a truly civilized society for ten to fifty years all rely on luck - and also thanks to the fact that the Dark Continent is indeed large enough.

Since it's luck, there will always be a day when it runs out.

When the time comes for extinction, the species can only move away. The "ants" who can still communicate with each other gather together to survive the endless sea of ​​suffering.

Lake Mobius is just a lake to the monsters in the Dark Continent, but to humans, it is an unknown and terrifying other side.

With the determination to never return, the remaining human ancestors entered Lake Möbius and embarked on a journey longer than the moon landing. Miraculously, they found the other side in the center of the lake.

But it’s not just humans that have landed on the six continents that will be considered the known human world from now on. There are also some things that have followed them, and some humans who have quietly mutated during their long journey...

The evil spirits that followed were buried in the center of the new world, deep in the continent. Some volunteers chose to stay in the evil spirit burial place and guard it forever.

Even those who were scattered all over the world, invariably buried all the secrets, including everything about the Dark Continent, deep in their hearts, and kept them secret from future generations. Sooner or later, these people went to the evil land, and buried themselves and their past together with their companions who had spared them.

The place where evil spirits were buried gradually became a place isolated from the world over a long period of time, and then gradually became the garbage dump of the whole world...

Listening to Lian Ke's story, Bisiji pondered and asked, "What do you mean by mutants? Are you referring to the current monster tribe?"

Lian Ke said: "I guess so."

Xiao Di asked, "Among those who stayed in the place where evil spirits were buried, there are also mutants, right? Are you saying that these people in Meteor Street actually have the blood of demon beasts?"

Lian Ke said: "For the first question, yes. For the second question, it depends on how you distinguish between humans and monsters." She looked at Jing Yang.

Jing Yang asked, "So they crossed Lake Mobius just like that? Was it really all luck? The human ancestors you mentioned are actually all 'Psychic users', right?"

Lian Ke said: "If you mean people who have mastered the ability of Nen like today, no. But if you mean... whether they have mastered some extraordinary and incredible power, or to be more specific, a power very similar to the one you have now... I think it is probably true."

Jing Yang understood, it was the natural energy that caused the body to mutate!

However, the ancient humans of the Dark Continent, who were of good origin, might have different physiques from today's people. Even without their own telekinesis, they could still withstand a little bit of natural energy entering their bodies... What would such people be called, shaman? Priest? Prophet?

Lian Ke said, "People living in Meteor Street occasionally have people who are born with awakened Nen abilities. I am one of them, and I am a special one." She touched Lian Erji's hat and looked at the huge ancient tree beside everyone. "At that time, I was so hungry that I walked here in a daze and saw this big tree. When I came to my senses, I had split into two halves. One half of me lived in seclusion in the Misty Valley outside, doing what I could in Meteor Street, including guiding those qualified children. The other half of me became her...staying here forever, accompanying this tree."

Lian Erji looked up at Lian Ke and was not surprised by what she said. It was obvious that she was not completely ignorant of her "background". She knew clearly where she came from and her current situation, and she didn't care.

"Accompany a tree?" Xiaodi was curious.

"Is this the place where the evil spirit was originally buried?" Jing Yang asked.

"Want to hear my guess?" Lian Ke said, "I guess the first mutants were eventually buried here. After so many years, their obsessions merged with the evil that had never completely dissipated, and eventually turned into an indescribable existence... Under this influence, this strange area was formed, and it also created me, the lingering ghost."

Jing Yang nodded: "So, you were turned into a ground-bound spirit by a tree?"

"..."

Lian Ke raised her hand, as if she was touching the tree from a distance, "I feel... I am more like a chosen gatekeeper, a guide who has been waiting until now, in order to tell you who have found this place about this tree and everything buried in the tree."

Jing Yang smiled and said, "Just talking?"

Lian Ke gestured sideways and said, "Reach out and touch this tree, and you can enter it."

"..."

Jing Yang looked at the towering, vigorous ancient tree. It seemed as if it had been bathed in sunshine for thousands of years, but deep inside it was buried an impenetrable, thick darkness.

Jingyang, Xiaodi and Bisiji stepped aside to discuss.

"What do you mean?" Jing Yang said, "It seems that Aunt Bi was randomly thrown into this tree by the dice."

Xiao Di said: "Then he was kicked out again soon after."

"My arm was kicked off, and I hid outside on Meteor Street. In the end, I didn't even know who the other person was or what he looked like..."

"That's enough for you two!" Bisiji was too lazy to pay attention to the young couple, and said with his fists on his hips, "What else can I say? I must go in and take a look, at least to see who they are and what they look like, right?"

Xiao Di said, "I'll go in too."

Jing Yang nodded without saying anything more.

Professional hunters are indifferent to life and death. The dark thing buried in this tree may be a dangerous forbidden area, but it may also be an opportunity.

Natural: 49%

Jing Yang glanced at the panel and thought, "Fortunately, I copied the Hextech Flying Gate that Xiaofen randomly found last time with my magic. Even if there is some unmanageable danger in this tree, at most I can just take Xiaodi and Aunt Bi and open the flying gate directly, and never come back to Shuangcheng! No matter how powerful the evil spirit is, can it still cause cross-dimensional pollution?"

Stop pretending, buddy, let’s play with the dog!

Just like that, Jingyang, Xiaodi, and Bisiji stretched out their hands towards the big tree at the same time. The moment their palms touched the rough trunk divided by the sunlight, the dry bark seemed to flow, swirling into whirlpools and sucking the three of them in.

(End of this chapter)