What is it like to be a saint?

Chapter 603 Myth

At eight o'clock in the evening, Xu Ji walked silently in the twilight jungle thorns.

Wherever he walked, whether it was mosquitoes or snakes, they retreated one after another.

His feet, stepping on the fallen leaves and decaying plants, surprisingly did not make any sound.

Not even the slightest vibration.

Go on like this until you are out of the woods.

Ahead is the rushing Khmer River!
The moonlight is beautiful tonight, the pure white moonlight shines on the river, sparkling.

However, such a beautiful night is not peaceful.

Across the river, tracer shells pierced the night, weaving a barrage of bullets through the air.

The machine gun on the pickup truck rattled and fired into the depths of the woods.

Multiple cannons fired continuously, suppressing the firepower points in the woods.

This is Xu Ji's seventh fight tonight.

It's no surprise.

So, Xu Ji just shook his head and continued on the road.

He broke off a branch casually, threw it into the Khmer River, and then stepped on the branch lightly.

Just like the legendary Bodhidharma crossing the river with a reed, he stepped on the branches and crossed the river silently.

On the other side, Xu Ji escaped into an economic forest on the river beach.

Then go around the flank of the battlefield.

On the way, he saw several dead people who had been beaten to death in the bushes.

These dead were all wearing military uniforms, apparently armed by local warlords.

Their corpses were hit by large-caliber bullets and shells, and they were torn apart. It was horrible!
Xu Ji shook his head, and with a wave of his hand, he cut down the bushes, avoiding the fate of exposing their remains to the wilderness.

But no amount of Xu Ji will be easy to do.

Because Xu Ji is not very clear about the religious beliefs and customs of these people.

If Xu Ji dug a hole and buried her in the traditional tradition of cremation, water burial or even sky burial, wouldn't that be sacrilege?
Bypassing the battlefield, Xu Ji continued to move forward.

Slowly, there is no more gunpowder and noise ahead, and all fighting and killings have begun to disappear.

So Xu Ji knew that he had already approached the territory of the ghost tree.

Ghosts and ghost trees all have a strong sense of territory.

According to Gui Ling's information, they will attack all creatures that enter their territory indiscriminately.

Therefore, within a hundred miles around each ghost tree, even a single mosquito is rarely seen!

……

The door of the underground hangar was slowly opened by the switch.

The ordnance sealed here came into view.

The two officers who had already taken the benefits, smiled and said to Fujitano: "Sir, you can choose whatever you like here!"

Fujitano nodded, and then thanked Vincent who accompanied him: "Thanks to you this time!"

"You're welcome!" Vincent maintained his reserve as a superior.

Fujita walked into the hangar and looked at the sealed fighter planes covered by canvas.

There are twelve in total, with the toughness and recklessness of the last century.

These twelve Warthogs are, even today, the most feared can openers on the battlefield.

The cannons they add are enough to shred the top armor of any active tank.

The only problem is, they are just too old.

It has been sealed for so many years, and its usability is worrying.

However, it doesn't matter.

As long as you have money, anything can be solved!
Fujita looked behind him, and said to a strong man who was following him, "Mr. Mark, I'll leave it to you here!"

This is a fighter maintenance and modification expert hired by him with a high salary.

The strong man named Mark took off his sunglasses and nodded: "Leave it all to me!"

He put on his gloves and greeted his team to enter the arena: "Mr. Fujita, at least three of these planes can take off tomorrow morning!"

"You just need to prepare the pilot, fuel, ammunition..."

Fujita said happily: "These are all ready!"

"As long as you can fix it and ensure that they can take off and fight, then everything will be fine!"

The retired fighter pilots of Qiguo employed at least a hundred of them in Fujita Industries!

Two dozen of them have Warthog flight records.

Fujita Industries also hired a lot of related ground staff.

The canvas began to be uncovered, revealing the fighter planes kept in this hangar.

Fujita's eyes were immediately attracted by the seven-barreled Gatling cannon installed under the belly of these fighters.

Even though they have been sealed for decades, due to timely maintenance, these cannons, at least on the outside, are still radiant.

Looking at them, Fujitano's eyes finally revealed the light of hope.

With them... as long as they have them... the probability of success of the Sakura Project can be increased by at least [-]%!
Fujitano couldn't help trembling!
……

A heavy truck ran over a bridge on the border of Siam.

Cruy answered the phone, and while listening to the report on the phone, he drove the heavy truck steadily on the rough dirt road.

"Very good!" he said softly, "Give them all the help you can give them!"

"Also!" He emphasized: "Be careful, provide intelligence services for them!"

"I don't want any rumors of the Dongpu people's actions to reach Thomas' ears!"

After finishing speaking, Cruy hung up the call, and a murderous look gradually appeared in his eyes.

Those old stubborn people in the country have gone crazy now.

Because of Li Xiaofeng, after receiving the treatment from that 'immortal', he became hard in the afternoon!
The old men are collectively crazy!

Because, before that, one of the side effects of taking the ghost drug was ED!

The reason cannot be ascertained, nor can the principle be known.

Almost half of the people developed irreversible ED after taking the life-extending drugs of ghosts.

Moreover, the more times you take the medicine, the higher the probability of ED!

This has always been an unspeakable pain point for those old guys.

Now, after less than an hour of treatment, Lee Hyo-bong is no longer in ED.

Where can the old men still sit still?

As a result, the words on the phone call to him became more and more impatient.

The warning is gradually escalating, and the smell of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger!

The patience of the old men is losing.

Cruy understood that this was something he had to face!

"I have to come up with the means as soon as possible!" he told himself: "I don't have much time!"

If Li Xiaofeng's physical condition continues to improve, there may even be a 'miracle'.

Well, Cruy knew that the old men would not give him any more chances!
They will ensure the absolute safety of each other at all costs.

He didn't even hesitate to use all his strength for that 'immortal'.

Including, kill yourself, this possible threat, directly!

This is the old man!
People who are already getting old, with half a foot in the coffin, will sell everything for their lives and their health!
But it is precisely because of this that Cruy's determination is extremely firm!

Because he knows that as long as he succeeds.

Then the old men will also prostrate at his feet.

The entire Blue Star will become his private sanctuary.

From then on, no one can hold him back.

He can do whatever he wants.

He can mobilize all the power and resources of the entire planet to serve him.

"Immortal?" Cruy turned to look at the carriage behind him.

"Then let's see, are the 'immortals' from the east more powerful, or the 'saints' who have received the gift of the 'god' and have the power bestowed by the 'god' are more powerful?"

Baldwin IV, with one title: Saint.

This is both a symbol of his status and an explanation for the source of his strength.

……

Xu Ji walked through a river bend with strange rocks, and the canyon where the Naga ghost tree was located came into view.

Xu Ji quietly lurked in a bush and looked into the canyon.

It's not obvious from a helicopter during the day.

Observing it closely now, the weirdness and gloom of this canyon are fully exposed.

Xu Ji's eyes slowly filled with golden sun flames.

Under the eyes of the eyes, everything in this canyon is fully exposed.

From Xu Ji's point of view, this seemingly peaceful and quiet canyon, with only a hundred zombie-like corpses wandering under the Naga ghost tree, is actually extremely noisy.

Thousands of 'ghosts' shuttled around the ghost tree.

These 'ghosts' are tiny and tiny.

It was only about twice the size of the suspected 'ghost larva' that Xu Ji pulled out from Li Xiaofeng's body in the morning.

It can be clearly seen that these 'ghosts' are regularly revolving around the trunk of the ghost tree.

Soon Xu Ji found out why these 'ghosts' were spinning like this?

Because, the leaves of this 'Naga ghost tree' seem to be secreting a milky white liquid.

As soon as the liquid was secreted, it immediately gasified and turned into a little bit of milky white debris.

The 'ghosts' are like fish, competing for these debris.

"So..." Xu Ji thought: "This 'Naga Ghost Tree' is actually a donor?"

He quietly took out the bottle that sealed the 'ghost larva' extracted from Li Xiaofeng's body from his pocket.

He tried to carefully open the corner of the bottle cap.

The sealed cub immediately reacted violently.

It seemed extremely eager to get close to that ghost tree!

Like a starving child who wants to be fed by his mother!
Xu Ji immediately put the cap on the bottle, and the cub in the bottle calmed down.

"So, it shouldn't be called a ghost tree!" Xu Ji stared at the towering giant tree: "It should be a mother tree!"

"Nursing ghosts and giving birth to the mother tree of ghosts!"

He remembered the introduction in Gui Ling's information.

According to the research and analysis of Blue Star countries, ghosts generally appear irregularly.

However, in areas with ghost trees and their vicinity, the probability of ghosts appearing is much higher than in places without ghost trees!

Therefore, all countries are strictly guarding against the ghost trees within their borders.

Discover and destroy!
However, many big countries, not only do not destroy the ghost trees growing outside their country, but they also block those organizations or people who want to eradicate these ghost trees.

They have even raised the big stick of sanctions repeatedly to threaten them.

This is also the reason why this Naga ghost tree can survive to this day.

The weak Siam and Khmer did not dare to take the risk of being sanctioned, and invited forces from the Central Plains to assist them in disposing of this ghost tree.

But around the ghost tree, why is there a huge increase in the probability of ghosts appearing.

People are inconclusive.

Because there is no evidence at all!
Now, Xu Ji knew that the little goblins might have grown up with the nurturing of the ghost tree.

But the question is: what did the little ghost evolve from?

This secret may also be hidden in the ghost tree.

Xu Ji turned his gaze to look under the canopy.

What he saw was even more spectacular than on a helicopter during the day!

Countless hyphae emerged from the soil around the ghost tree.

Just like a coral, it opened its thin snout to accept the debris that fell from the tree crown and was not eaten by the goblins.

Seeing this, Xu Ji had a question in his heart: "Where does the milky white liquid secreted by those leaves come from?"

Blue Star is a physical world.

Although ghosts do not need to obey any laws of physics.

But there is one thing they should not be able to defy: energy conservation!
In other words, there must be some kind of energy source that can make this ghost tree continuously obtain nutrients.

Well, the problem is coming.

What does the ghost tree feed on?

Xu Ji remembered some research on ghosts that Gui Ling had given.

According to research, demons and ghosts mainly feed on humans.

Human beings seem to be a great supplement to them.

However, what they eat is not flesh and blood in the physical sense.

According to research, the majority of ghost attack victims usually remain physically intact.

In only a few cases, there will be evidence of the victim's body being eaten.

According to research, most of the ghosts encountered by the victims in these cases were in human form.

According to speculation, they only eat the flesh and blood of their victims, probably to maintain the parasitic body.

Therefore, experts suspected a long time ago that ghosts feed on human souls!
However, no one has been able to find evidence of the existence of the soul.

This speculation can only be speculation.

"So, is the ghost tree also feeding on human souls?" Xu Ji thought.

But the problem is that the ghost tree basically doesn't move.

Just like this Naga ghost tree in this canyon, it has basically not moved in the past 20 years.

Its impact and coverage are also limited.

A ghost tree that cannot move, how to hunt?
"It is estimated that only when the old god comes, knocks down this ghost tree, and then digs out its roots, can he know this secret!" Xu Ji said softly.

The ground part of the ghost tree is just a growth, even if it is blown up or burned, it will take a month at least, or a year at most, and an identical ghost tree will grow on the spot.

Its real core and main body are [-] meters underground.

This was discovered after the bombing of ghosts by various countries, and it is also one of the few people in Blue Star who know about ghost trees so far.

When Xu Ji said this, suddenly, there was movement at the entrance on the other side of the canyon.

Xu Ji looked over immediately, but saw two ragged figures walking in slowly dragging several corpses.

With just one glance, Xu Ji could tell the difference.

They are goblins!
Humanoid ghost!

As for the corpses dragged in by them, after careful inspection, they found that they were not corpses, but several corpse-like objects.

The proof is that when Xu Ji closed his Dharma eyes, all he saw were two ghosts walking towards the ghost tree aimlessly, and there was nothing behind them!

Seeing the behavior of those two ghosts, Xu Ji suddenly had a strange idea in his heart.

"Worker bees!"

"They're worker bees!"

Xu Ji swallowed, and then looked at the ghosts under the ghost tree, the hyphae on the ground, and the ghosts all over the canyon.

Everything seems to have suddenly become clear.

Here is a true social ecology of a hive structure.

The ghost tree acts like a beehive.

The ghosts in the canyon are soldier bees!
Ghosts are bugs.

So where is the queen bee?
Xu Ji looked to the ground.

But what the hell are those mycelium wriggling out of the ground?

Everything in the hive system performs its duties.

What does the existence of these hyphae indicate?
Xu Ji quietly watched the behavior of the two humanoid ghosts.

Watching them dragging the 'corpse' slowly, they walked under the ghost tree.

The corpse had just been dragged near the ghost tree, and the hyphae immediately wound up like crazy.

At this moment, Xu Ji saw that the hyphae penetrated into the body of the 'corpse'. These corpses, which were originally like 'dead people', immediately struggled violently, as if they were alive.

But soon all struggles subsided into silence.

There was nothing left on the ground, only the hyphae were still wriggling irregularly.

"No... No!" Seeing this, Xu Ji had a flash of inspiration in his mind.

In the world of mythology, the monster bees in Huaguo are not structured like this.

In the beehives of the Golden Ring Sage and the Hornet Sage, after the worker bees go out to hunt, the food they bring back will be fed to the young bees immediately!

But in this canyon, the corpses brought back by the ghosts feed on those mycelia.

Therefore, the ghost tree in this canyon and the ecology built around it are not beehive ecology!
But...

Ant colony ecology!
To be precise, it should be an ecology similar to termites!
The ghost tree is like a giant ant nest.

Ghosts are ants!

And mycelium is a fungus that lives in symbiosis with ant colonies, similar to the fungi that specialize in decomposing wood in termite nests!

Then the problem is coming.

Who taught these ghosts to build such an ecology?

Ghosts are by no means a true social form like termites.

The information provided by relevant parties has clearly proved this point!
Those ghosts wandering outside have never shown any social behavior.

Some ghosts will even devour and kill each other.

Therefore, the ghost under the ghost tree showed such a form.

Not quite like termites.

On the contrary, it is like a behavior of being parasitized by parasitic wasps.

Xu Ji watched, observed and thought.

None of this seems like natural behavior.

Full of thick man-made traces!
Plus the old fairy's extraordinary attention to the 'ghost tree'.

Xu Ji had to consider a possibility.

"Could it be that all of this was designed by someone a long time ago?"

"The so-called 'ghosts' are actually designed and created by someone to serve these ghost trees?"

"If so..."

"What was the purpose of that person creating the ghost tree?"

Xu Ji was lost in thought.

No one would put in so much effort and come up with such a complicated system for no reason, just for entertainment or other boring things.

He must have something in mind!
But what is he plotting?
Xu Ji thought of the demon cub that he had found from various meridians and acupoints when he gave Li Xiaofeng physiotherapy during the day.

According to Li Xiaofeng, in places occupied by demons and ghosts, some miraculous accompanying creatures can often be found.

Can treat cancer, Alzheimer's disease, az, stroke...

Almost all human diseases can be cured!
Although there are some side effects, its effect is beyond doubt.

Xu Ji also thought of it. When he wiped out the hybrid giant ghost, all the things he found from the place where it was entrenched were finally used by the old gods and became the raw materials for his foundation-building elixir.

"Will it be..."

"Is there a possibility..."

"A long time ago, there was a person who wanted to cultivate, but Blue Star didn't have aura..."

"He uses such a method to create spiritual energy out of thin air!"

Thinking of this, Xu Ji shook his head: "How is this possible?"

"Even if the humans on the blue star want to cultivate, where can they get this knowledge?"

However, the existence of the old god made Xu Ji stunned.

If Blue Star doesn't have it, the Mythical World doesn't necessarily exist.

If it is a visitor from the world of mythology, moreover, it is not a lowly fairy character.

For example, characters like Jin Xian and Da Luo also came to Blue Star like the old gods.

But he is not like the old god, he can be converted back.

He is trapped in Blue Star.

Just like a fish out of water comes to land.

According to historical records, before 2000, there were no ghosts or martial arts masters in Blue Star.

Everything is normal.

But from a certain time point 2000 years ago, ghosts and martial arts suddenly appeared.

In other words, on Blue Star 2000 years ago, there was a giant from the mythical world?

In order to be able to practice, he created a ghost tree?

Then use the ghost tree to generate aura or something similar to aura to assist in cultivation?
If such a person really existed.

Where is he now?

Are you still at Blue Star?
Or is it dead?
Xu Ji didn't know, and couldn't figure it out.

He could only write down these questions, intending to find a place, record them with his mobile phone, and wait for the old god to answer them.

……

The road ahead can no longer accommodate large trucks.

Cruy stopped the car and pulled out the key.

Jump out of the cab, then go to the back of the car and open the door.

Inside is an ultra-low temperature cold storage. In the crystal coffin in the cold storage, the king's corpse soaked in mercury seems to feel angry.

The frost on the surface of his body began to dissolve, and he began to recover.

Cruy looked at the corpse in the crystal coffin and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be so anxious!"

"Just like you, I am a chosen one who has received the gift of God!"

"It's just that you can't find the Garden of Eden, and you can't alleviate the deterioration of your body. You can only seal yourself after death!"

"But I'm different!"

"I have the power of science, and I can find a solution through continuous experimentation!"

"Look!" Cruy said, his face began to twist, hyphae emerged from the skin, and his mouth began to deform and twist.

The tongue wriggled, like a snake letter without forks, and also like the tentacles of an octopus in the deep sea.

hiss!
There was a low growl in the vocal cords.

His two hands were also twisted and deformed, turning into two deformed giant hands covered with sarcomas.

In the exposed sarcoma on the arm, there seemed to be eyes looking in all directions.

His chest also swelled suddenly.

At this moment, the body size has increased by more than three times!
"Look, I can already switch between 'angel' and 'mortal'!"

"Of course, you may not understand me anymore!"

"But I believe that if you are alive, you will definitely cheer for me!"

He lowered his head and looked at the sarcoma all over his body.

The essence of these tumors is hyphae.

Find something from the core of the ghost tree!
When Cruy transplanted this thing into his body through the secret method, and after living with him, he had the ability to devour ghosts and seize the power of ghosts for his own use!

In this form, he is almost invincible.

Even if you are hit by a 155-caliber shell at close range, you will not be injured!
The only thing he is afraid of is one.

Nuclear bomb!

However, Cruy understands that everything he owns now is only based on illusion.

He still has a huge flaw.

His 'angel' form is also very different from the legendary 'angels'.

In addition to a little more eyes, the body is a little more misshapen.

He and Angel have almost no similarities.

He must find Eden!

Eden holds the ultimate secret!

This is also the legend recorded in the tomb of Baldwin IV.

The king spent his life searching for the Garden of Eden.

It's a pity that I didn't find it until I died.

I can only die with regret.

Cruy is confident that he will be able to find it.

Because times have changed, satellites are scanning every corner of Blue Star day and night.

Includes Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets.

As long as there is enough time, as long as the Garden of Eden still exists in Blue Star.

Cruy believed that he would be able to find it!

Even if you can't find it, it doesn't seem to matter.

That 'fairy'!
Characters in oriental mythology!

He must have the power and secrets similar to 'God'!
Find him and catch him!
Cruy roared, completely dismantling the entire truck compartment.

Also release this king who has been sealed all this time!
(End of this chapter)