I squatted down and used a small stone on the ground to draw a line on the ground to record the direction of the stone finger.

Then, I picked up the stone finger and threw it high forward, thinking secretly in my heart.

If this is really a guide, then this stone finger will never break, no matter how high I fall.

Snap! The stone finger fell on the cobblestone, making a crisp sound. When the stone finger stopped, there was indeed no crack on it.

I stood there, looked at the mark I had made on the ground, and then looked at the stone finger that had fallen again.

Sure enough, even if I threw up the stone finger again, the direction it pointed to was still due south, exactly the same as the mark I had drawn before.

Seeing this, I got goosebumps all over my body. I picked up the stone finger again and threw it further to the right.

Ding! The stone finger landed farther away, still without any signs of breaking. Just like before, the fingertip pointed to the south again.

It's true, everything I saw when I lost consciousness was not an illusion.

Then... who is that guy? Who has the ability to do such a thing to my memory under the watchful eyes of that damned god?

As I was thinking, the corner of my eye twitched. Even though I was slow-witted, I finally remembered a character who seemed to have been forgotten by everyone from the beginning.

After all, a gambling game cannot be initiated by one party alone.

But all of us seem to subconsciously forget that in addition to the god who tortured me, there is also a guy who can gamble with the god.

Chapter 15 Guidance (II)

Anyone other than God?

I held the stone finger, hesitated for a moment, then walked in the direction it pointed and stepped into the dense forest.

There is no doubt that someone who can gamble with gods must be a being of the same level, a behemoth that I cannot imagine.

I am not sure whether the other party has good intentions towards me, nor do I know what the other party’s purpose is, but as I am stuck in the quagmire, I have no other choice.

But, by following that guy's instructions, can I really escape from this quagmire?

I also know that as long as that damn god still exists, this damn cycle will have countless ways to continue.

But what can I do? Kill the gods?

Don't joke, the other party is an unknown creature that can manipulate time and space, and can destroy the entire human civilization with just a thought.

My only weapon is the immortal body bestowed by the other party. How can I kill God?

I am just an ordinary mortal and cannot do such great things.

As time passed, the sun set in the west, dyeing the entire sky red, and some red light fell into the forest.

I followed the guidance of the stone finger and went deeper into the forest. The roars of the wild beasts around me became clearer and clearer.

In my memory, there is a village below the river, and there are indeed quite a few dense forests around it, but it doesn't seem so exaggerated.

Before I knew it, the sky was getting darker and darker. I didn’t know how long I had been walking in the forest, but it seemed like there was no end to the forest and I couldn’t see the boundary no matter how far I walked.

I kept using the stone finger to reconfirm my direction, but the further I walked, the less certain I became.

After a long time, the night ended. I don’t know if it was my illusion, but the dense forest suddenly grew much taller, with dense branches and leaves entangled with each other, completely blocking the entire sky.

The moonlight could not penetrate the branches of the dense forest, and there was only darkness in the entire forest. I pinched that finger and walked forward carefully. The roar of wild beasts in my ears was getting closer and closer, as if it was following behind me.

What’s even more terrible is that among the roars of those wild beasts, I seemed to hear the howls of wolves and the roars of tigers.

The existence of a forest in a place like this is already a very strange thing. How could there be wolves and tigers? Moreover, as I went deeper, the roars of wild beasts became more and more frequent, as if this dense forest hid all the animals in the world.

I was groping in the dark, and suddenly my feet felt empty. There seemed to be a slope in front of me. I didn't have time to react and my body rolled down.

The fishy smell of the earth and the sharp branches on the ground all hit me on the head. I quickly lost control of my body and let myself roll down in a dizziness.

About five minutes later, my body hit a hard rock and finally stopped.

After five minutes of tumbling, not only was my whole body sore, but I felt like my brains were being shaken all over. I collapsed to the ground, the world was spinning in my eyes, and I couldn't stand up at all.

I gasped for a long time before I finally returned to normal. There was still darkness in front of my eyes and I couldn't see anything. I rubbed my head and held on to the stone I had just hit in the dark, and barely stood up.

Just as I stood up, I suddenly heard the cry of a crow in my ears.

"Gah!"

The sound came suddenly and urgently, and it was followed by the sound of countless wings flapping. The next moment, moonlight sprinkled down and landed at my feet.

I was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked up, with my pupils shrinking uncontrollably.

I saw that the darkness that originally covered the sky was now gathered in one place, revealing its true face under the cold moonlight.

It was a spectacular flock of black crows, like a vast ocean.

I stared blankly at the terrifying number of crows, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses. With the help of the moonlight, I spread out my clenched hands, and saw that the stone finger that had never been broken turned into a ball of white powder in my hand.

It looks like this is it.

I turned my palm over, sprinkled the white powder on the ground, and turned to look at the stone behind me.

Sure enough, the stone that hit me was also a statue... No... this thing cannot be called a statue.

On the stone statue, a man with a hideous face pierces his chest with a long sword, which seems like a strange sacrificial ritual.

Coincidentally, there was a long sword made of stone left on one side of the stone statue.

Surprisingly, I knew what I should do next.

I sighed, squatted down, picked up the heavy stone sword, pointed it at my chest, and cursed under my breath.

"damn it."

"Why are there always such evil things?"

As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly exerted force with both hands, and pushed the stone sword in my hand towards my chest.

The stone sword slowly broke through the flesh on my chest, piercing in bit by bit. The piercing pain made my facial features begin to twist unconsciously.

The bright red blood flowed down the hilt of the stone sword and climbed to my wrist. It seemed as if the blood had a consciousness of its own. It ignored gravity and slowly outlined strange patterns on my body.

Finally, the stone sword pierced my chest, and at this moment, the weight of the stone sword suddenly increased, like a mountain, pressing me directly to the ground, unable to move.

It was at this moment that I, who was pinned to the ground by the stone sword, met the eyes of the flock of crows in the sky.

The next moment, a swarm of black crows swooped down like a black torrent, coming towards me with an unstoppable force.

At the same time, crazy roars rang in my ears. Those wild beasts that I had almost forgotten finally came out in full force at this moment.

I saw the crows swooping down and pecking at my internal organs, and countless wild beasts chewing my leg bones with their sharp teeth.

In severe pain, my body was pressed down by the stone sword. I couldn't move and could only let the beast gnaw at my body.

Crows that shouldn't exist, wild animals that don't belong here, and a dense forest that seems to have no end.

Is this... what is called guidance?

Gradually, the severe pain subsided, and was replaced by a burning sensation. It seemed that the blood in my body was turned into something different by some unknown force.

And it seemed that this was not just my illusion. I saw a burst of white hot air slowly rising from all parts of my body.

As my body became hotter and hotter, my consciousness also fell into complete darkness in this high temperature.

As my consciousness fell into darkness, it seemed as if someone whispered something in my ear.

“This is the first strength given to you.”

"Humanity."

……

When I regained consciousness, it was already noon of the next day. The dense forest of last night had disappeared, and the stone statues and crows seemed to be just my hallucinations.

I stood up with a dazed look on my face, looked around, and found myself still lying by the river where I woke up yesterday, but this time, there was no statue by the river.

"Is it a dream again?"

I whispered to myself and took a step forward. At that moment, a bird flew over my head. I subconsciously looked at the bird and my body jumped slightly involuntarily.

If only I could fly too.

The next moment, black fog surrounded me, and my figure rushed out of the black fog, turning into a black bird and flying into the sky.

Chapter 16 Magical Abilities

Black fog filled the air, and while I was still in a daze, my body had already moved on its own, my black wings vibrated slightly, and in the blink of an eye, I glided dozens of meters in the air.

I...turned into a black bird, circling above the sky.

The clouds dispersed in front of me, and the river on the ground became smaller and smaller, but even at this moment, I was still in shock.

Since long ago, human beings have longed for the sky, wanted to fly, wanted to grow wings. No matter where they are, according to the legends of the ancients, the sky is where the gods live.

This was not a dream. With just a thought, I transformed from a human into a black flying bird.

Birds' eyes are different from ours, they are located on the side, which is completely different from our vision, and this is the vision I am experiencing at this moment.

What is certain is that my body has become much smaller, as if I have turned into a black crow. Flying is like an instinct of my body, and I don’t need to think much about it.

In shock and bewilderment, I flapped my wings and fell back to the ground. When I was close to the ground, black mist appeared around my body again and enveloped me.

In just a moment, my body turned into a human form again and fell to the ground, like a Terminator, with my hands on my sides and kneeling on one knee.

I slowly stood up and looked at my palms, my expression becoming complicated and strange.

There is no doubt that all this is related to what happened last night. I seem to have gained new abilities from that mysterious existence.

I looked at my arm for a long time, and a bold guess came to my mind. My eyes focused and I suddenly ran forward.

The next moment, the black fog rose again, and my body passed through the black fog, turning into a black wolf and running into the forest.

All the surrounding scenery quickly moved away in my eyes, and countless strange smells came into my nostrils with every breath I took.

After running about two hundred meters, my body changed from a black wolf to a human again.

I stopped by the roadside, panting, and held onto a big tree with my hand, feeling excited but also a little confused.

I seem to have gained... the ability to transform into an animal.

Honestly, even I find it outrageous. Although the existence of gods has long been demonstrated, the abilities I have now are really too weird.

Generally speaking, my life before this could barely be described as a struggle after the apocalypse, but after gaining this outrageous ability, the stories that followed were more like a battle of superpowers.

To put it more simply, it is like when a book is halfway through being written and an author is changed. In "Journey to the West", when Taibai Jinxing just asked Sun Wukong to go to heaven to be the horse keeper, a monster jumped out, pushed Taibai Jinxing away, and shouted while holding a double axe.

"To offer amnesty, to offer amnesty, what amnesty is that?"

It could also be the scene in "Water Margin" where Pan Jinlian pushed the window open and a wooden pole hit Ximen Qing, who looked up and said foolishly.

"I have seen this sister before."

I stopped my random thoughts and took a deep breath, trying to figure out what benefits this ability could bring me.

Being able to transform into any animal at will may sound powerful, but in the face of bullets and Epiphyllums, how many minutes can the strongest animal survive?

This ability... shouldn't be that simple.

Following this line of thought, I began to think divergently. The current manifestation of this ability is to transform into a variety of beasts, but it is also possible that I just made a simple attempt.

First of all, following the idea of ​​transforming into a variety of animals, if my thoughts can determine what animal I transform into, then what I am thinking of is a beast that does not exist in reality or that does not conform to normal logic.

I decided to give it a try, so I stared at my arm and began to imagine it as something inhuman.

As the thought flashed through my mind, a black mist appeared on my right arm and the flesh on my arm began to wriggle and deform as if it had life.

After a while, the black fog dissipated, and my right arm completely changed its appearance.

I saw that on my right arm, there was a neat row of white bone blades arranged neatly. There was no palm or five fingers anymore. The whole arm was like a bone saw, and those bone blades could rotate quickly according to my thoughts.

Sure enough, this ability is even more perverted than I imagined.

I tried to use all my strength and swung the bone saw at the tree next to me. The rapidly rotating bone blade instantly broke the tree and neatly cut off a tree as thick as a bowl.

The power is good, but it is still not as powerful as my physical strength after it was strengthened.

I thought about it and decided not to try anymore. I restored my right arm to its original state under the cover of black mist.

After that mysterious guy gave me this ability, he never gave me any more guidance.

Perhaps the time has not come yet, or perhaps this is all his guidance is.

He just wanted me to have a better chance of winning this gamble.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like