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Chapter 397 The Man Who Grows

Perhaps because he was too shocked to see the large corpses hanging from the tree roots in front of him, when Chen Ke turned his head to speak to Ji Han, the Hyakkimaru on his waist accidentally hit the human-shaped cage behind him that he saw first.

With a "snap", Song Qian had already hit the lighting stick just as she threw it, but the already dry tree root failed to withstand Chen Ke's impact and fell directly to the ground.

Afraid of disturbing the sacred tree, the four of them were startled.

However, the human-shaped cage fell to the ground with a click, like a large handful of dry branches falling to the ground.

Ji Han lowered his head and inspected:

"The roots of this part of the tree have long since dried up and died. The passage on the sacred tree over there is the only way to go up, so we still have to go there."

Eggplant gently kicked away the human-shaped cage and said:

"Everyone should prepare their weapons. If there is a problem with that tree, I don't want to be like this buddy."

Chen Ke joked:

"Don't worry Brother Egg, look at these human cages are very thin, if you are locked inside it will definitely bend the branches."

The human-shaped cage on the ground was kicked aside by Eggplant and turned over, and some human bones inside fell out. Song Qian dodged it and took a flashlight to say:

"Hey wait a minute, look here!"

I saw a wooden flower stalk the size of a basketball growing out from the back of the overturned cage, as if some huge fruit had grown underneath.

Ji Han said in surprise:

"This thing has actually produced fruit. It grows on the sacred tree and is nourished with human blood. If you eat it, it will definitely be a great tonic."

Chen Ke asked:

"Brother Ji, won't you really be right? What grows here is ginseng fruit? The kind that can live forever if you eat it?"

Eggplant snorted and said:

"Hmph, if it grows in this kind of deep underground, it can be called ginseng sweet potato at best."

Song Qian checked the cage again, but found no other clues, raised her head and said:

"Even if there are real ginseng and sweet potatoes, they will definitely not pick them up. The roots of these trees are all withered, so it shouldn't be a big threat."

After the four of them took out their melee weapons, they walked into the shadow of the human-shaped cage intertwined with tree roots one by one.

Although the surrounding human-shaped cages are relatively dense, but fortunately, the formed tree roots have withered, and they can be pushed away with hands.

Just because it is relatively narrow, Ji Han and the four can only walk in a vertical line.

Because he clearly knew that there were other bosses, Ji Han didn't want Song Qian to take risks, so he pulled Song Qian back and said:

"Song Qian, I'm in front this time."

"Brother Han..."

Song Qian thought that Ji Han was afraid that she would be in danger because she saw the human-shaped cage around her, and she wanted to persist, but was dragged directly behind by Ji Han.

"Obey the arrangement, I know it well."

Chen Ke shouted from behind:

"Hey, Brother Ji, your double standards are a bit too much? Before Pathfinder recommended me, but when you come to Song Qian, you replace yourself."

The last eggplant patted Chen Ke and said:

"Do you want you to come to my place? I'll go to the front for you?"

"Don't, don't, brother eggplant, I dare not take the last position, I'm always afraid of falling behind or being dragged away by monsters."

Ji Han turned back and said:

"Shh, keep quiet, the surroundings are blocked by these cages, and the line of sight is very bad. You should pay more attention to the surrounding situation."

...

For the next part of the road, none of the four of them spoke, they just checked each other's positions from time to time.

And the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, as if there was really nothing.

At the beginning, everyone was more cautious when playing with those human-shaped cages, but on the way, they became more and more powerful.

Ji Han, who was walking in the front, vigorously pushed aside the human-shaped cage in the middle of the road, and Song Qian quickly followed after grabbing the cage as it slid.

Chen Ke thought about grabbing the cage and pushing it to the side, but the cage just rotated to the back.

And on the back of this human-shaped cage, there is actually a whole corpse hanging. Although it is also highly decayed, the hideous face can still be vaguely seen.

At this time, the cage was sliding towards Chen Ke by inertia. Seeing the face of the person who suddenly appeared on the back of the cage hit him, Chen Ke couldn't help but yelled:

"Hey, shit!"

Originally, in normal times, there might not be such a big reaction, after all, everyone has experienced so many horrible things.

But after walking for a while among the tree roots and cages, he almost let go of his guard, and it was really unexpected to see a grimace suddenly.

Similarly, Ji Han, Song Qian, and the last eggplant who were walking in the front were almost adapting to the quiet environment around them. Chen Ke's voice almost scared everyone to death.

The bodies of Ji Han and the three were all shocked. Seeing that Chen Ke was standing there safe and sound, Qiezi cursed:

"Fuck, scare me! Why are you shouting so loudly? Are you stepping on shit?"

Chen Ke patted his chest and took a breath, pointed to the corpse hanging behind the cage and said:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I saw a corpse on the back of this cage, and I was taken aback by it."

Ji Han and Song Qian also heaved a sigh of relief and came over to examine it carefully.

As Chen Ke said, this human-shaped cage is different. Not only are there corpses inside, but there is also a corpse hanging on the back.

The corpse hanging on the back is also more rotten, but it is obviously better than the one in the cage, at least it is not falling apart. Another difference is that there are many branches growing outward on the corpse.

It looks similar to the ghost of Dizu Village that Ji Han and the other four faced up there, with many branches jumping out of their bodies.

At first, Ji Han thought it was a villager from Dizu Village who was also killed by a tree root, but when Song Qian shone a flashlight on the corpse's head, all four of them couldn't help but "huh?"

Because everyone can see that the top of the corpse's head is exactly the flower stalk the size of a basketball that was seen behind the cage when he just walked over.

Ji Han raised his hand and gently pulled it, confirming that the head of the corpse was connected to the flower base, and then said in surprise:

"There are no fruits growing behind this cage, but people! This is really a fucking adult ginseng fruit tree!"

Eggplant wondered:

"What's the matter? I don't understand, kill a person in a cage, and then grow another person?"

At this moment, Chen Ke also recovered from his shock, turned his head to look at Ji Han and said:

"Brother Ji, this seems to be different from what was written on the stone tablet on the previous floor."

Ji Hanxin said that the other boss couldn't be avoided anyway, so it's better to search for some information in advance, so that the information might be useful when he encounters it, so he nodded and said:

"That's right, let's check first."

Song Qian pointed to the sparsely populated human-shaped prison that Ji Han had just walked to and said:

"Then take down this cage and go to the front to check it. The view here is too poor, and it will be bad if it is raided."

Ji Han nodded and used the devil's tentacles to cut off the human-shaped cage, and took the cage and the corpse on its back to the open space in front.

Chapter 398 The so-called death

Even so, the corpse on the back of the human-shaped cage still did not fall off.

The corpse was still hanging tightly on the flower base.

Eggplant sat down on the open space, leaning against a stone and joked:

"Ji Han, just now you said it looks like a ginseng fruit tree, I didn't think so, but now I look at it, it's just that the fruit is not easy to eat."

Ji Han replied:

"Come on, this thing is definitely not for eating, Chen Ke, check the condition of the corpse."

Chen Ke skillfully put on his gloves and squatted down to check briefly:

"It looks like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old male. There is no skin trauma. The cause of death cannot be confirmed, but just like the ghost of Dizu Village I met before, there are many branches growing on his body. It should be a villager of Dizu Village."

Song Qian said in surprise:

"So the villagers of Dizu Village all grow on trees? Isn't this beyond common sense?"

Ji Han gently turned the human-shaped cage over and said:

"Even if this sacred tree can really kill people and rely on other people's blood to create new life, where did so many people get dedicated to this tree? In that era, this number was basically equivalent to killing one tribe."

Eggplant raised his hand and said:

"This shouldn't be a problem, because the time span may be relatively long. Some of the cages I just pushed down along the way are still very strong, and some are broken when touched. It is estimated that the time span is very long. This may be decades or even Accumulated over hundreds of years."

At this time, Chen Ke, who was squatting on the ground, took out a bone from the human cage and inspected it carefully.

Before Ji Han could ask, Chen Ke took the bone to compare it with the bones in the human-shaped cage hanging on the side, and took off his gloves and popped out a small instrument to test it.

Eggplant yelled:

"Chen Ke, it's almost done, and I'm not asking you to write an experiment report."

Saying that, Eggplant stretched back, but the stone behind him couldn't withstand his heavy blow from Roshan, and fell to the ground with a "slap", which shocked everyone.

Eggplant also sat up suddenly and said:

"It's all right, eh? Wait a minute, Ji Han, come over and take a look at this."

While talking, Eggplant blew off the dust on the stone he had just leaned on, revealing a strange figure from the stone.

Ji Han, Song Qian and Chen Ke who was holding the bone also gathered together.

The figure on the stone is a huge oval with several walking little people engraved on it.

Chen Ke asked:

"Is this the logo of their ancestral village? All the tribes at that time did this."

Trying to use the quantum fluctuation reading method to decipher, actually actually parsed two words:

Die.

Ji Han explained:

"This logo should roughly mean 'rebirth'."

Rebirth is a Buddhist term, which is the process of getting rid of the shackles of past bad karma and gaining new life, commonly known as death.

Eggplant grinned and said:

"Grass, I'm most annoyed by the way of Buddhism, deceiving people to suffer in this life, and to enjoy happiness in the next life."

Song Qian explained:

"This Dizu Village is estimated to be older than Sakyamuni, and the word 'rebirth' should be translated by Brother Han."

Ji Han pinched his chin and thought:

...

"But what does this place have to do with the past life?"

At this time, Chen Ke, who was holding two bones, suddenly bumped his bones together and shouted:

"Fuck, that's right!"

The startled eggplant scolded:

"Chen Ke! If you are surprised again next time, I'll give you a damn shot!"

"I'm sorry, I'm so excited, Brother Ji, I seem to understand, look at these two bones."

Ji Han took it over and examined it carefully, but found nothing:

"Is there something wrong with this bone?"

"One of these two pieces was just placed in the cage on the ground, and the other was taken from another cage. I also compared it with those in other cages. I found that the people in these cages have one thing in common: they are all It's an old man!"

"elder?"