After leaving the vicinity of the strange tree, Lu Qing planned to return to the village first.
At this time, there was still a long period of time before dark, which made Lu Qing somewhat relieved. It seemed that he could return home without much urgency.
As for the strange tree, Lu Qing planned to wait for a while. She would not go there again before she thought of a solution.
The whisper of that strange tree is too strong for mental pollution. Once you hear it, it will be difficult to break free.
Judging from the secondary target of the dream message, that tree should be the tree with thousands of hands and thousands of faces on the secondary target. Although Lu Qing feels that thousands of hands and thousands of faces are a bit too exaggerated, there are still hundreds of hands.
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Rushing all the way back to the village, Lu Qing came to the old man's home and found that the old man had woken up and was packing the items in the room.
"My child, are you back?"
When the old man saw Lu Qing, he put his huge backpack on his back and said, "It's just the right time, old man, I'm ready to leave here."
"leave?"
Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, then realized. After all, it was normal for the old man to want to leave after such a thing happened.
"Have you ever thought about where you want to go?" she asked.
"I haven't thought about it yet, but it's better than being in this cannibal village." The old man said, taking out a somewhat worn map from his pocket and saying:
"I have some ideas in my mind, such as the factory in the south, the farmhouse in the west, and if that doesn't work, the home of the doctor who was kicked out can also be considered."
"Do you want to come to my house?" After listening to the old man's words, Lu Qing expressed her thoughts.
She had actually thought about this idea when she first met the old man. The reason was because the doctor's house where she lived at that time had many broken things that needed to be repaired.
In addition, windows, doors and other places need to be reinforced, but unfortunately, Lu Qing does not know these skills.
If she were asked to reinforce it, she would probably just nail the boards to the wall randomly.
"Go to your place?" When the old man heard Lu Qing's words, he smiled, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't cause you any trouble."
He thought Lu Qing invited him because she was worried about him. Although in fact there was some such factor in it, it was not entirely the case.
Lu Qing could also guess what the old man was thinking, so he said: "It's not what you think. I'm living in the former doctor's house in the village. Many things there have been damaged to the point of being unusable. I hope you can come over.
Help me fix them, and besides..."
After a pause, Lu Qing looked at the tool bag hanging on the old man's waist and said, "I hope you can teach me the skills of a carpenter."
"Oh, do you want to learn?"
When the old man heard Lu Qing's last words, the expression on his face immediately became a little excited. It was obvious that he was very willing to teach Lu Qing about the carpenter's craft.
"I'm just asking you because I want to learn." Seeing this, Lu Qing smiled and said.
"Okay, then I won't bother you." The old man said with a happy smile on his face.
Finally, after so many years, there are still people willing to learn his craft. He thought that his carpentry craft would be discontinued in this generation.
"Although it's not a powerful thing, if you want to learn it, I will definitely try my best to teach you well." The old man looked at Lu Qing and said.
"Okay." Lu Qing replied with a smile, then looked at the backpack behind the old man and said, "In that case, let me get your backpack, so that you can walk faster."
"Can."
The old man thought for a while and felt that what Lu Qing said made sense, so he handed her the backpack behind him.
Don't tell me, this thing is quite heavy. For ordinary people, it will definitely not be able to walk for a long time carrying this kind of thing. You can't tell, although the old man is very old, his body bones are very strong.
Lu Qing carried her backpack behind her back, and then walked towards her home with the old man.
At the same time, while walking, Lu Qing introduced several members of his family and the elderly.
Although the old man was very surprised by this, he didn't say much. After all, the world was already like this. What's so strange about the appearance of a talking crow and an invisible ghost?
Coupled with the wolf spirit that protected him before, the old man felt that he would not be surprised if he saw the legendary god now.
"By the way, do you know the strange tree that the Tree God Sect worships?" Lu Qing suddenly asked the old man while walking on the road.
"You mean that weird tree covered with human bodies?"
"Yes." Nodding, Lu Qing said: "The priest from the Tree God Sect ran to the strange tree before, and then turned into a tree root and entangled itself on the tree, becoming a part of the strange tree.
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"I know what you mean."
The old man's eyes flashed with memories, and he said: "I have quietly seen before that when the believers of the Tree God Sect perform sacrifices, they will brutally kill the sacrifices and then let the strange tree swallow them up."
"The process of devouring is horrifying. Countless tree roots will surge out from the ground and devour the sacrifices. Then the face of the devoured person will form on the tree."
"After the strange tree swallows the sacrifices, it will 'gift' the person who gave the sacrifice according to the number of sacrifices it swallowed. The tree will use its roots to wrap around the human being, and then wrap it into a cocoon.
When that person comes out of the cocoon, he will become a strange creature."
"They are not human beings, they just have the appearance before being transformed. Their bodies have been occupied by tree roots, but what they have gained is a body that will never get sick and does not need to eat or drink. In addition, they
It seems that he also has the ability to hide in the body of that strange tree, but the price is that he cannot get down for three days."
"To be honest, I have always had some doubts..." The old man's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said: "Were those so-called official members of the Tree God Sect also swallowed by that strange tree?
Well, is the creature that comes out of the cocoon the person it was before, or is it a monster that has the memory of the person it devoured?"
"..."
Lu Qing did not answer the old man's question, and the old man stopped talking after finishing this sentence, and the two of them fell into silence.
After a while, Lu Qing asked again: "Do you know any way to kill that strange tree?"
"You want to kill it?" The old man glanced at Lu Qing and asked.
"Yeah." Lu Qing nodded, but didn't say anything else.
"Use fire." The old man thought for a while and said.
"Won't it be extinguished by the secreted liquid?" Lu Qing asked.
"Use gasoline, so that it won't be doused. If you just burn the strange tree to death, it's still okay." After a pause, the old man continued:
"There is a lot of gasoline in the factory to the west, but it has been occupied by a group of mutated wild dogs."
"But just having gasoline is not enough. I have seen ordinary villagers get close to that tree before, and they would fall into unconsciousness if they came close."
"My suggestion is that there is an entrance to a mine near the factory, which is not far from the location of the strange tree. There may be a road leading to the roots of the strange tree. If you can find it, start from
If the roots of the tree start to burn, that should solve the problem."
"But these are all theoretical. No one knows the specifics. Are you sure you want to do it?" The old man looked at Lu Qing and asked seriously.
"Well, I must kill that strange tree." Lu Qing said seriously.
This is not only to complete the secondary goal of the dream, but also for the souls imprisoned in the strange tree.
Even now, she can't forget the scenes she witnessed before, those miserable and wailing souls, the resentment and pain of those who died before they died...
ps: Let me add here, I forgot to write the previous chapter.
After upgrading to the Extraordinary Sequence Nightmare, Lu Qing's attributes have been increased.