I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 29 Counterfeit Faith
  "Is it really right for me to do this?"

Leader Huashu sat on the ground blankly, asking himself.

"I deceived everyone, created a totem, fabricated a belief, and used everyone. In fact, it was just to satisfy my own goals, right?"

Mo Ling listened to the few words of confession from the leader of the transformed tree, and gradually outlined the life of the transformed tree.

……

The leader is different from other transformed trees.

Since his birth, he has not been in a state of unconsciousness like other transformed trees.

While other transformed trees were still moving towards the big tree hole in a daze, he was already able to avoid the attacking beasts.

The price of consciousness is to bear the pain caused by consciousness.

He watched his compatriots being devoured by wild beasts without any defense, and felt angry in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

A large number of transformed trees are born, and even if most of them are eaten, some can still reach the big tree cave unharmed.

This is a delicate balance.

But the leader couldn't bear it anymore. He woke up an ignorant compatriot and told him that their mission was to save the transformed tree in dire straits.

The power of the two transformed trees was still too limited, so the leader continued to expand his team.

He found a safe area next to the woods where the tree was born, and established a tribe.

He also made up a square totem at random. He wanted the transformed trees to become angular and know how to resist.

Slowly, the Qifang tribe was established.

The Huashus spontaneously woke up their new-born compatriots and told them about the disaster the Huashus were suffering.

The groups of transformed trees finally had the strength to resist.

They used traps and tools to kill some weak natural enemies, which inspired the leader.

But the good times did not last long. The huge gap in combat power caused heavy casualties in every resistance.

Looking at the constant death of his compatriots, the leader began to be afraid, and he regretted why he took this path.

He didn't know whether more compatriots chose to resist and died, or whether more compatriots died in ignorance.

Resistance has a price.

The leader found that these simple compatriots did not doubt him and believed everything he said.

Let them fight to the death with their natural enemies, and they will die.

Let them form a wall with their bodies, and they will stand firmly in front.

Simple-minded, yet very pure.

The Huashu people originally only wanted to go to the big tree cave, but the leader told them that what they are doing now is for the sake of future generations.

Hearing the vision that all the new bio-trees could reach the big tree cave without any worries, this group of transformed trees put aside their desire for the big tree cave and chose to pursue the leader without hesitation.

The leader is always thinking about whether what he is doing is right and often doubts his actions.

"Holy object, are you really here?"

He turned his head and stroked the cube.

The arrival of the cube was unexpected. He thought it was just a similar-looking object and that carrying the cube would boost his morale.

I didn’t expect that I could actually save the tribe!
  Listening to the leader's confession, Mo Ling gradually understood why he felt it was such a coincidence.

It turns out that the leader has been deceiving everyone. The totems and sacred objects are just lies. He has been using squares to cover his lies.

Mo Ling also felt the leader's helplessness.

If you keep deceiving your compatriots with lies, you must be suffering inside, right?
  "Holy object, why did you come so late?"

The leader took out a strange spine from the backpack behind him.

He took the spine in his hand and said to himself, "I thought I was going to use this thing."

Li Li looked at the spine, full of doubts.

What is this?
  "Change."

The leader suddenly said these three words.

Mo Ling was shocked and couldn't believe what he heard. The voice of God?

Although Mo Ling had not heard it, he clearly remembered what Li Luo said.

The voice of God she heard in the hole of the big tree said these three words.

Then the voice of God comes from the leader?

Is this another coincidence? It was difficult for Mo Lin to connect the terrifying sound with the weak transformed tree in front of him.

The leader murmured: "Holy object, Huashu's ability is too weak. I have learned one thing from my short career. The more you resist, the more you will find that Huashu's ability has limits, unless, Become another species."

The leader held up the spine in his hand, his eyes filled with light, and then looked at the cube again, slowly feeling relieved.

"But compared to holy objects, this is just a heretical power."

He carefully placed the spine on the altar in front of the cube.

"No matter where you come from, in my heart you are the sacred object of the Qifang tribe."

The leader kowtowed to the square a few times, and when he stood up again, he had returned to his previous fighting spirit.

He slowly walked down the altar and disappeared from Mo Ling's sight.

The guards gathered around again as if nothing had happened.

The leader's soliloquy kept echoing in Mo Ling's mind.

But no matter how hard he thought, Mo Ling still couldn't come up with an answer.

"We still know too little information."

The fire flickered on the altar, and the block fell in the center, motionless.

"It's better to worry about yourself."

Now Mo Ling can't even figure out his own situation.

"I wonder how Li Luo is doing now."

Mo Ling felt aggrieved. At least he and Li Luo could communicate with each other, but now there was really no one to talk to.

Transferring the spine that was placed on the altar, Mo Ling played with it carefully for a while, but didn't find anything special about it.

But judging from the performance of the leader of Huashu, it seems that this is a relic?
  I don’t know if it has something to do with God’s voice.

This day's battle made Mo Ling very tired. He put his spine aside and fell into a deep sleep amidst the crackling sound of fire.

……

Early the next morning, when Mo Ling woke up, he was carried to the tribal podium by a group of transformed trees.

The leader is mobilizing with the Huashu people before the war.

"As long as the last natural enemy is eliminated, our mission will be accomplished!"

"The Cave Demon is the most harmful creature to us. It lurks in the holes of big trees and constantly hunts and kills our newborn compatriots."

"It has defiled our sacred tree hole!"

"The arrival of the holy object indicates to us that it is time to destroy it!"

The leader looked at the cube with confidence, and the transformed trees also cheered.

After the mobilization was completed, the Huishu people were ready to go, carrying the cubes and walking towards the big tree hole.

Since all the creatures blocking the road were killed by Mo Ling, the tribe's road to the big tree cave was smooth.

The Huishu people were originally on guard against their surroundings, but when they realized that all their natural enemies had been eliminated, they became no longer cautious.

"Praise the Holy Relic!"

After arriving at the big tree hole, all the faces of the transformed trees were filled with yearning for the big tree hole.

However, a roar made all the transformed trees alert.

Hearing this familiar howl, Mo Ling was also startled.

That was the creature that made him fall deep into the cave of the big tree!

(End of this chapter)