"So, this is really the 'Garden of Eden'!"
When Lin Sanjiu finally recognized the environment she was in, her skin began to tremble as she muttered those words under her breath.
As she was too shocked, her eyes were glazed over. She stared blankly at the scene in front of her. Unbeknownst to her, a large figure had appeared behind her and cast a huge shadow over her.
She felt something strange behind her and turned around to look. She couldn't help cursing softly.
"What the hell?"
Half an hour ago, Lin Sanjiu was still sitting in the capsule, drifting uncontrollably in the mucus.
Her prediction of the "Convergence of Tree Roots" was correct. As the flow of the mucus gradually increased, the current became more violent. From other directions, a large number of black figures were swept into the "river" she was in. Soon, the capsule was filled with all kinds of corpses.
Wave after wave of turbulence surrounded the corpses and hit the capsule, causing it to sway and spin non-stop. For a moment, Lin Sanjiu felt dizzy and her vision blurred. She couldn't see anything clearly. All she could feel was that the flow had suddenly accelerated and she was falling rapidly.
Some of the parts in the capsule were knocked off by the violent waves. As the capsule spun upside down, the parts hit the wall of the capsule repeatedly. Lin Sanjiu's face was almost disfigured a few times. She was in the middle of a three-hundred and sixty degree rotation. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! The parts hit the wall of the capsule one after another.
While Lin Sanjiu was in a panic and couldn't even take care of herself, she only realized that the capsule was being attacked after a minute.
The capsule was designed to imprison female posthumans, so it was impossible to open it from the inside. On the other hand, it was not difficult to destroy it from the outside. Just when Lin Sanjiu was on the alert, an indistinct figure rushed through the flow of mucus and struck the capsule door. The joint between the capsule door and the wall of the capsule shook violently.
Lin Sanjiu was shocked. She wanted to pull the door, but there was no place for her to use her strength in the capsule. She cursed, but the black figure rushed forward again. This time, he managed to grab the handle of the door and shook it vigorously.
This time, she also saw clearly that the person outside the door was a very muscular man. His clothes were torn and tattered, revealing the pale wounds all over his body. Only the mask on his head remained intact. A pair of long and narrow eyes were staring at Lin Sanjiu through the mask.
— This person wanted to come in!
Lin Sanjiu finally understood what was going on. In this strange tree root, all the creatures that were sucked into it had to rely on their physical bodies, abilities, or maybe one or two Special Items to survive. But no matter what method he used. The corrosive mucus and thin tentacles were enough to make people suffer unspeakably. Most of them couldn't even hold on and had long since become a broken corpse.
In this case, a capsule that could accommodate and protect people like a boat became an extremely coveted item.
The man outside must have reached his limit. He could tell that Lin Sanjiu couldn't hold the door open from the inside, so he kicked and kicked with all his might. If he couldn't get in, he would perish together with Lin Sanjiu.
Lin Sanjiu felt that the capsule was on the verge of falling apart after a few of his attacks. She had a burning desire in her heart, so she quickly summoned her sword. Once the door opened, she would stab it.
Suddenly, a long saber appeared from inside, pointing straight at the crack of the door. Only then did the man stop his hand, a pair of slender eyes looking back and forth.
"Bastard, if you dare to come in, I will cut you with my sword!" Lin Sanjiu cursed even though she knew that the person outside couldn't hear her. "If you know what's good for you, get lost!"
The turbulence became more intense. Even though the man had grabbed the door handle, his body was still swaying. He couldn't even keep his balance, so it was almost impossible for him to dodge the sword.
After staring at Lin Sanjiu with his bloodshot eyes for a while, the man finally gave up. He let go of the door handle and swam away with great difficulty.
Lin Sanjiu gripped her sword tightly. She didn't dare to relax until the man disappeared from her sight. She finally heaved a sigh of relief.
However, before she could even catch her breath, she felt a strong force coming from behind the capsule. Lin Sanjiu was caught off guard and knocked her head against the wall of the capsule. If she hadn't turned her sword into a card, she would have been the first one to be cut.
Before she could stabilize her body, another kick came from the same direction. She was kicked again in the same direction. The pair of slender eyes that had appeared behind her seemed to be a little surprised that Lin Sanjiu was still alive. The moment he regained his strength, he began to swim and dig his way toward the capsule.
"Since you want to die, I will grant you your wish!"
Lin Sanjiu's heart was filled with murderous intent. She quickly kept the capsule and soaked herself in the mucus. She felt a slight prickling pain on her skin. However, before she could summon her sword, the man suddenly swam upward in a panic. Lin Sanjiu was stunned. Then, a tsunami-like turbulence came crashing toward her.
In an instant, all five of her senses lost their function. Her vision turned black, her body ached, and her nose was filled with acid. In the messy feeling, her body was pushed far away by the turbulence and crashed into a hard surface.
"Is this the corpse of some creature?"
Just as this thought emerged from Lin Sanjiu's chaotic mind, she suddenly felt an emptiness behind her. That hard, wall-like thing was gone. A thin tendril pushed her waist, and she was pushed away.
The hard skin of the rhizome had opened.
This "nutritionless" creature happened to be next to the hard skin, and the rhizome almost couldn't wait to squeeze her out. The man in the turbulence in the distance watched this scene with his mouth agape. Then, he frantically used both his hands and feet, but in the end, he couldn't get close to the hard skin before it closed.
Outside, the ground was thousands of meters deep.
"I'm really going to die this time …"
Lin Sanjiu closed her eyes and waited for the rock layer to crush her to death. Suddenly, she felt her body lighten and was enveloped by a sense of weightlessness. Lin Sanjiu closed her eyes and waited for the rock layer to crush her.
She opened her eyes when she heard the howling wind. This time, she was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her chest. She was falling from a high place, and the wind slapped against her body. The stinging pain made her tear up. However, at this moment, nothing could beat the fear of falling to her death. Lin Sanjiu quickly summoned her sword and stabbed it into something beside her.
That thing might be a cliff wall. But unexpectedly, the saber was inserted smoothly, and the momentum of its descent immediately slowed down. Even though her body was still falling rapidly, at the very least, she wouldn't die from the fall. Lin Sanjiu gripped the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands. She saw that the sword was drawing sparks along the way, and the edge of the sword was curling up. The black shadow that represented the ground was getting closer and closer, so she decided to let go of the sword. She leaped.
Lin Sanjiu's body slammed into the ground. She tasted something sweet in her throat and quickly rolled to the side to lessen the impact of her fall.
Fortunately, the ground she landed on was soft and elastic. She touched her body and found that other than some bruises on the surface of her skin, she didn't even break a single bone.
Lin Sanjiu's heavy breathing took a long time to calm down.
"What … What's going on …" Her mind was a jumbled mess. "Aren't we almost at the center of the planet? Why … did I fall from such a high place? "
The sparks went out, and her surroundings were pitch-black. She couldn't see anything.
Lin Sanjiu had seen many dark places, but she had never seen a place as dark as this.
Everyone had experienced this before. Even in the darkest place, there would always be a sliver of light. No matter how faint it was, after the eyes adjusted to the light for a while, they would be able to see something. For posthumans, they would be able to see more clearly.
However, there was only pure darkness in this place. There was no light at all. If it weren't for the sparks created by the sword, Lin Sanjiu would have thought that she had gone blind. Lin Sanjiu probably thought that she had suddenly gone blind.
"Huh?"
Lin Sanjiu suddenly shuddered. She felt a drop of cold sweat trickle down her forehead.
She subconsciously put the fragmented clues together.
The tree roots were under a shallow layer of soil. The deeper she dug. The thicker the tree roots were.
After going down for tens of thousands of meters, all the things in the tree roots converged...
She was supposed to be at the center of the planet, but she had fallen from such a high place.
There was no light here. It was like a dead room...
Compared to Nvywa, Lin Sanjiu's intelligence was indeed lacking. However, when the facts were laid out clearly in front of her, she couldn't help it. She couldn't help shuddering because she had finally figured out the mystery of the tree roots.
Lin Sanjiu called out the [Ability Polishing Agent] with a trembling voice. The silver light immediately illuminated the space around her. However, as its owner's hand was trembling, the light seemed to be trembling as well.
She didn't have the time to look around. She quickly raised the [Ability Polishing Agent] and looked above her.
There was only darkness that seemed to devour everything. There was nothing else.
Clang! The [Ability Polishing Agent] fell and rolled on the ground, illuminating a small area around it.
"This is indeed the center of the planet," Lin Sanjiu said softly. She felt that every word she said was illogical. "However, the center of this planet is … empty."
This world was more like a ball that had its center hollowed out. Hence, when one reached the center of the planet, they would arrive at a void. After being pushed out by the slime, it was only natural that they would fall.
No wonder the tree roots grew under the shallow layer of soil. The tree roots were on the outermost layer. They absorbed a large amount of nutrients from living things, penetrated the crust, and transferred the nutrients to the trunk and crown. The latter two were growing in the empty center of the planet.
The place where she fell from must be the "tree" that she couldn't find anywhere.
However, when Lin Sanjiu looked around, she didn't see the tree. There were many tall plants around her, but they looked more like some kind of tall herbaceous plants. She had landed on the leaves of those plants.
Lin Sanjiu picked up the [Ability Polishing Agent] and squinted her eyes. She could vaguely see a round, black shadow at the end of the silver light. From this distance, it was about the size of a truck.
"… What is it this time?"
Lin Sanjiu stared at the thing for a long time, but it didn't move. It didn't seem to be a living thing. "Since it's not a living thing, it's much less dangerous …" Lin Sanjiu mumbled to herself as she cautiously walked toward the black shadow.
As she got closer, the light also dyed the object more and more clearly.
It was an apple that was taller than her by half.
It had the unique shape of an apple. It formed a reflective line in the silver light. Even though Lin Sanjiu couldn't see its color or its full appearance, even though the apple was at least twice the size of a truck —
Lin Sanjiu's jaw dropped. She couldn't believe her eyes for a long time. After a long time, she finally managed to mutter a few words.
"So, this is really … the Garden of Eden …"
While Lin Sanjiu was still in shock, a black shadow that was a few times bigger than the apple appeared from the silver light of the [Ability Polishing Agent]. It approached Lin Sanjiu stealthily. (To be continued.)
PS:
Thank you, Telent.
Thank you, Peach Blossom Fan! You gave me two gifts in a row. I almost missed it. I was so happy when I saw it clearly ~ ~
I feel that yesterday's chapter was a bit boring … (There are a lot of bugs, but I have already modified it. You can only see the modified version on the mobile version later.) However, if I didn't read yesterday's chapter, today's chapter might be a little confusing.
I couldn't fall asleep last night because I was thinking about this setting, so I slept very late!
As to apples, there were only four left in the bag of peaches I had bought last time (it doesn't matter what). They were spoiled as I had hoped, and I was glad to throw them away.
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