The End of the Extreme Dao: I Planted a Sacred Tree and Gained Immortality

Chapter 40 Trap
The corpse ghost instinctively stretched out its sharp claws and grabbed Huo Ying's body.

Seeing that Huo Ying did not dodge, the corpse ghost's eyes showed a hint of joy.

Compared with humans, corpse ghosts are stronger and faster. Humans without Yang Stones fall into the illusions created by corpse ghosts. People with Yang Stones, once touched by corpse ghosts, will also be infected with the corpse ghost virus and become new corpse ghosts.

Although he was curious about Huo Ying's reaction, when he saw Huo Ying standing in front of him, the corpse ghost still felt that he had caught his prey.

The sharp claws scratched Huo Ying's wooden armor.

Create a trail of sparks.

Immediately afterwards, a purple electric light flashed, and the corpse ghost's already tattered body began to twitch wildly.

Large pieces of rotten skin were thrown everywhere, and black blood splattered on Huo Ying's wooden armor.

Wood Release: Mummy.

Huo Ying raised his hand and a wooden stick pierced into the corpse ghost's body, which then turned into a close-fitting wooden cage, trapping the corpse ghost so that it could not move.

"Much easier."

When he encountered the corpse ghost before, he needed the help of the red-roasted Yang Stone to get rid of the illusion. After the sacred tree was upgraded, his mental power also became stronger. Even without the Yang Stone, Huo Ying could see through the corpse ghost's tricks at a glance, and even responded to the corpse ghost without being pulled into the illusion.

In addition, the wooden armor integrated with the earth escape technique is impossible for the corpse ghosts to break through, and the electric current generated by the lightning escape technique can burn the viruses emitted by the corpse ghosts to death. When facing the corpse ghosts again, Huo Ying can crush them in all aspects.

When lighting a rocket, Huo Ying hesitated.

The birthmark has just disappeared. If the corpse ghost is killed completely, especially the phantom, once it is burned to death, he will suffer a mental shock and may attract monsters in the factory again.

Killing a zombie will only increase your progress by 0.1%. It is not worth taking the risk for such a small gain.

Huo Ying thought about it, and created another layer of wooden prison to completely trap the corpse ghosts, and then threw them into the nearest house. After thinking about it, Huo Ying made a mark next to the house with charcoal, preparing to accumulate more corpse ghosts and then kill them all at once to upgrade them.

Going further, the road became much safer. Huo Ying did not encounter any infected creatures or zombies. When Huo Ying passed through the residential area, he saw a huge abandoned fountain. The pool was still full of water, but unlike the clear stream water, the water here had turned dark green, and there was a thick layer of gray on the water surface.

Huo Ying tentatively tore off a thread from his clothes and threw it into the water.

The thread disappeared as it fell into the water, faster than it disappeared in the stream.

"I actually forgot what Zhang Yuqi said. Any resources in the doomsday have problems..." Huo Ying sighed. He thought that there would be no parasites and fungi in water with green algae. Now it seems that the dirtier the water, the stronger and more terrifying the bugs in it.

In front of the fountain pool, there are layers of steps, about one floor high, and going up to the civic center building is the next one.

Like the Blue Gene Factory, the Civic Center is also surrounded by walls with propaganda slogans painted on the walls. Even though they have faded, the outline of the words "Serve the People" can still be seen.

Unlike the Blue Gene Factory, the Civic Center uses an iron mesh door. Through the iron mesh, you can see the front of the Civic Center building. The sunlight shines on the floor tiles without any shadows, and the Civic Center looks very safe.

"Do Elsa and Luna really live here?"

Huo Ying looked at the building through the iron net. It was three stories high and each floor occupied a large area. It was larger than the teaching building of the school used for the assembly. There were no lights, and the building was dark even at noon.

Huo Ying walked to the iron gate, which was wrapped with circles of iron chains and an iron lock on the chains.

“Someone is definitely living there.”

Huo Ying saw that there was no rust on the keyhole, and the padlock was placed inside the iron door, which showed that someone had locked the door from the inside.

Wood Release: Growth.

A tender sprout was born from Huo Ying's fingertips, drilled into the keyhole, and then grew bigger, quickly filling the gap in the lock.

Earth escape: Hardening. The growing buds became extremely hard and became the key. Huo Ying turned it gently and the door lock opened with a snap.

After releasing the earth escape technique, Huo Ying pulled out the sprout and threw it away, hung the padlock on the door, and then passed through the gate.

The road inside the civic center was paved with huge bluestone slabs. Huo Ying stepped on them wearing wooden armor, and the sound of footsteps echoed in the silent civic center.

When they arrived at the lobby of the civic center, the door was still locked. Huo Ying did the same thing and then pushed the door open.

Light shone into the civic hall, tearing open a corner of the darkness.

Huo Ying saw a figure, and that person was standing in front of Huo Ying.

The next second, Huo Ying saw clearly that it was not a person. There was actually a mirror placed opposite the gate of the Civic Center. The mirror was a little dirty, and it could not reflect Huo Ying's appearance clearly. Only a vague outline could be seen.

Huo Ying silently released the hardening. His eyes twitched. This trap was really a bit of a bad taste. He admitted that he was frightened the moment he opened the door. If it were an ordinary person in the town, he would definitely run away as soon as he saw the reflective figure.

Huo Ying smiled bitterly and walked around the mirror.

Behind the mirror is the service hall on the first floor. There is no one there, only chairs piled up haphazardly.

Huo Ying observed for a while and concluded that the investigation team should have requisitioned the lobby on the first floor. Apart from the footprints on the floor, the chairs, although in a mess, were obviously arranged around the desk in the middle.

Huo Ying walked to the desk and flipped through it.

There were a lot of papers on the table, but they were all unused papers and there were no documents.

Then he flipped through the papers and found a pile of file bags under them. The bags were empty, but there were words printed on the covers.

Cabinet A on the second floor, Ailing Town Residents’ File, No. 0277.
"It seems that the files were taken out from the second floor. The information of the residents who left with the investigation team has been taken away. Those who did not leave should still be in the archive room on the second floor."

Huo Ying was wearing wooden armor, and his fingers were not very flexible, so he accidentally knocked the papers on the table to the ground.

The piece of paper on top floated down to the ground, slid forward for a distance, and finally fell into the sunlight.

Huo Ying's pupils suddenly shrank.

The sunlight shone on the paper, reflecting the indentations on it.

This is what the investigation team wrote on another piece of paper before, but they pressed the pen too hard, so although the ink didn't seep through, a dent was left.

There are no survivors among the employees of the Blue Gene Factory in Ailing Town.

Death list:

Bai Qianzhi

刘童
霍广
……

Huo Ying stared at the glass seriously. It was not a glass. There were faint marks inside it. It was the dent that had not completely penetrated.

The name written on the paper above should be: Huo Ying.

Huo Ying picked up the white paper and walked to the second floor with it.

As Huo Ying left, the mirror at the door moved.

If you stand in front of the mirror, you will find that the outline inside the mirror moves. It seems to dislike the mirror being too dirty, so it reaches out its hand inside the mirror and gently wipes the mirror surface.

(End of this chapter)