I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1094 Layer Collapse
How did Mo Ling determine that after destroying these totems, the surrounding "scene" would begin to collapse?
Because he saw...

After the previous explorer destroyed the totem pattern on the sand, he noticed some changes in the jungle.

This change was very subtle, and it was impossible to tell it with the naked eye, but Mo Ling could keenly perceive it:

"The jungle has become lighter in color..."

"Not only that, the pores in the gravel became somewhat blurred, the cracks and geological lines on the pebbles became slightly 'faded', the water film wrapped around the soil became strangely turbid, and the tiny branches of the tree roots buried underground suddenly changed from 'rough' to 'soft'."

"It's like a picture has been 'sharpened'."

"But it's not just as simple as sharpening. The texture of the entire image has deteriorated. If reality is made up of countless layers, then after the totem was destroyed, one of the countless layers disappeared, causing something to be missing in the real scene."

It only took Mo Ling a moment to notice these changes.

The countless changing details in the field of vision formed a definite message and was sent to Moring's brain. His brain immediately responded: the world has changed.

Such a "reflection" would never occur before Moring acquired this vision.

He therefore determined that those totems were the reference points that constituted the layers of this world.

Just like the switch of a layer, once those totems are destroyed, the layers they are associated with will disappear completely, allowing this world painted by the layers to show its appearance before it was beautified.

"These layers, or these totems, are definitely hiding something..." Mo Ling made a quick judgment.

But it would take a long time to clear all the totems around, so Mo Ling made a prompt decision and asked everyone to concentrate on conquering one of the areas.

The layer has a "coverage range". As long as all the totems within this range are destroyed, the truth beneath the layer will be completely revealed.

And now, Mo Ling knew that he had succeeded.

This area is "collapse" and shedding its disguise at a very fast rate.

To his surprise, the way of collapse was closely related to the way of destroying the totem. All behaviors of destroying the totem were mapped into the scene. Even the stone totem thrown far away was mapped into the scene and became a scene of "the layer being thrown away".

Mo Ling couldn't figure out what the totems had to do with the scene, but when he saw the scene around him collapsing in various strange ways, he was still shocked and took a few steps back.

Fortunately, those collapse scenes didn't seem to cause him any harm.

They were like some kind of virtual images, gradually disappearing before my eyes. They were clearly visible and tangible entities before, but after the collapse, they simply became phantoms that did not exist in reality.

Everyone present gathered together and watched vigilantly.

What was happening was too incredible to be true: one area of ​​the jungle was "exploding" and transforming into something else.

As these phantoms gradually faded, the truth behind them finally emerged.

The world beneath the layer is not a lush jungle, but a wasteland.

There were crooked wooden fences placed on the wasteland, which seemed to be man-made. These fences were extremely low and seemed unable to block anything. However, the fences were covered with sticky black lumps, like traces left by dried blood, which looked extremely disgusting.

As the "truth" was revealed to everyone, a foul smell also wafted along with it.

"It stinks!"

Some people covered their noses on the spot.

The stench seemed to come from the fence in front of him, and it also seemed to be coming from other places in the "real" world. However, at this moment, other places were still under layers of illusion, and the stench could only leak out through this torn hole in reality.

"It's the smell of decay! And blood!"

The experienced explorers quickly realized that the marks on the fence did not "look like blood" but "were blood"!
The wafting stench was like an alarm bell, awakening every dazed explorer. They all picked up their weapons and looked towards the fence vigilantly.

"The loopholes are not enough, we have to continue destroying the totems!"

The "truth" that can be glimpsed is still too narrow. They must completely liberate the reality around them before they can make the right decisions about the current situation.

Everyone present realized this, and without waiting for Mo Ling's instructions, they all rushed directly towards the totems they were responsible for.

With previous experience, the explorers are no longer bound by means. As long as the totem can be destroyed or moved, the surrounding illusions will be affected.

Some explorers kicked the stone totems under their feet far away, some took up machetes and chopped down all the surrounding bushes, and some grabbed the trunk and pulled it out, and the totems on the leaves also lost their original effects...

Humans may not be good at other things, but they are definitely good at destruction. This is an innate talent of humans.

Before long, all the totems nearby were completely cleared out. Even if there were any that slipped through the net, they were immediately pointed out by Mo Ling. Without him having to do anything, a group of explorers immediately swarmed in, and all the objects around the totems were destroyed to pieces.

"Anything else? Anything else?"

“It seems like that side hasn’t collapsed yet!”

"Where? Never mind, just destroy them all!"

"Yes! Destroy everything you see!"

In the end, even Mo Ling's instructions were not needed. In an area that had returned to the truth, the remaining phantom seemed so out of place. Even if the specific location of the totem was unknown, after a while of messing around in the middle of the phantom, the totem was almost destroyed.

As the illusion collapsed, the real scene around it gradually emerged.

This is indeed a wasteland, but there are many wooden fences on the wasteland, and in some places tall spiked pillars are built, with the bones of creatures hung on the pillars. The flesh and blood of these creatures seem to have been hollowed out, and their bones are full of cracks, which is extremely miserable.

The wasteland was filled with a foul stench, not only the smell of blood and decay, but also some smell of excrement mixed in. These smells irritated the nerves of everyone present, and some well-prepared explorers had already put on gas masks.

"That's about it, everyone, don't disperse!"

Because everyone was expanding outward, the team began to become more and more scattered. Someone noticed this and quickly got everyone together again.

"Did you notice? These fences are not set up randomly. And those pillars..."

"Well, those fences are all facing inwards, and the pillars are blocking something."

"We are surrounded..."

"Yes, we have already fallen into the trap. Those totems are a means to confuse us and make us walk into this place 'willingly'."

"Someone wants to kill us..."

"No, it's not necessarily a 'person', it could be something else..."

"We can't do anything. We have to fight back. The best thing to do now is to gather together and move in one direction, destroying the totems as we move forward. The enemy is in the dark, so we can't move forward any further..."

"That's it for now. We'll take it one step at a time and protect that little brother. Once we get to the location, we can destroy the totem accurately."

"Don't talk too much, just act!"

"understand!"

"understand!"

(End of this chapter)