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Monsters transformed from dead bodies are similar to vampires to some extent. They suck blood and are afraid of sunlight...
Lian knew the concept of zombies, which refers to corpses that have died but have not yet transformed. In the past hundred years, the concept of zombies has changed from referring to a certain type of corpse to referring to a type of monster.
Lian didn't know how to evaluate such a change, but now, this concept emerged in her mind.
Xu Fu died of petrification, and his entire body was lifelike, like a sculpture carved by humans. In the original conception, using a huge amount of Qi to activate the last bit of vitality in the master's body could reverse life and death...
The idea was good, the principle was good, but when it came to practice, there were mistakes and omissions.
The gap between life and death is not so easy to cross.
She thought back to her previous actions.
The whole process of refining "Pangu" into an external pill was smooth, and the process of sending the external pill into Xu Fu's body was also smooth. The "qi" compressed to the extreme was sent into Xu Fu's body and suddenly burst out.
The powerful energy almost destroyed Xu Fu's body. Fortunately, Lian had already anticipated this and suppressed the energy through the power of the ritual. It was also through the ritual that Xu Fu was able to absorb the energy.
Everything had been completed smoothly up to this step, and Lian felt that she was only one step away from success.
But, just at this one-step distance... there was a deviation.
"Brother..."
The aftermath of the impact was nothing to the immortals, and they could easily resist it with magic. Even without magic, the immortals could easily deal with it with their powerful recovery ability.
Peony flew to Lian's side and said to her feminine brother.
After knowing Lian's true identity, the word "brother" sounded a little strange... As a celestial being, I don't see gender so clearly. In a certain Western country two or three hundred years later, there are dozens of genders that can be applied to a person.
Lian did not answer Mudan. Her expression was very strange and abstract, half like she was angry and half like she was crying. This was a literal expression.
The body of a celestial being can definitely produce such an effect.
What's more, in terms of the perception of Qi, Lian's current strength is like being freed from all the restraints, and is a level stronger than the immortals.
"Go find Li Mo." After a moment, a feminine voice sounded beside Mudan's ears. "What's coming next is not something you can participate in."
What is it that you and others cannot participate in?
The next second, Mudan knew the reason.
In the center of the explosion, a figure slowly rose up.
The extraordinary eyesight allowed the celestial beings to see the entire figure.
He wore a square hat, a gorgeous Taoist robe, a mature face, white hair and a long beard. The strings on his body still shone with the luster of wood.
That is the Grandmaster.
"Is this... successful?" Mudan asked.
Lian did not answer, but rushed forward, floating forward, and went to meet the master. She looked murderous, as if she was going to risk her life.
Mudan fell back into the crowd and told everyone else what Lian had said before.
Then, there was silence.
Everyone realized that the worst had already happened. Lian's attitude reflected everything.
If the Grandmaster was successfully resurrected, then Lian would not have such an expression.
There must be a deviation...
Mei said, "Let's not trouble Lian anymore and go to Mr. Li Mo."
The celestial beings usually followed Lian's orders. No one would question Lian, as this was a habit cultivated over hundreds of years.
At the moment of leaving, a battle broke out over there. Flames appeared out of nowhere and directly enveloped Xu Fu's body. Although his body was not equipped with magic, he instinctively used his Qi to resist under the urging of the desire to survive. For a moment, he was able to parry against Lian's attack.
Through the perspective of the witch, Li Mo watched everything that happened. The celestial beings were coming towards the pyramid. It didn't matter. The witch stood there and watched the battle between the two...
A moment later, Li Mo, who was far away in the pavilion outside the pyramid, confided: "Lian is still soft."
Lian is above the celestial being. It is not an exaggeration to call him a true celestial being. His strength is far stronger than that of a celestial being. Shihe, the third in the Yamada Asaemon family, is like Laplace's demon in Li Mo's eyes. He can sense the probabilities of various actions. He can leave the sea area of the island freely, and can use a wooden sword to easily kill the kitchen gods and gate gods in the outer area. He even seemed to be very relaxed when destroying the hibiscus that merged with "Pangu".
It was a monster like that. After facing the fully developed Lian, they knew that they could not defeat Lian no matter what. And the fact was that when the main characters of Huameiwan fought against Lian, they were completely suppressed. That was because Lian had to distract himself from protecting the hull and Xu Fu's remains...
Rather than being able to defeat Lian in the end, it would be more accurate to say that Lian gave up on herself and chose to commit suicide because of Huameiwan's momentary thought.
With such a terrifying strength, couldn't he easily suppress the resurrected corpse of Xu Fu? Of course he could.
The only explanation for the current situation is that Lian has let the water out. After all, it is Xu Fu's body.
After a pause, Li Mo listened to the words of the others around him for a moment. It was probably Yuigahama Yui who was asking and Hanasari who was answering. With her accumulation of mysticism, Hanasari was still enough to answer Yuigahama Yui.
"Yuigahama, Miss No. 2, Hikigaya, please follow Hanasari back to the interior of the pyramid... There will be a lot of noise coming. Hanasari, you should know how to monitor the outside, right?"
"Send your shikigami here."
"it is good."
Li Mo nodded, and his sight withdrew from the miko shikigami and turned to the earth. Under the ground, deep in the soil, the roots of the plants regained vitality, and the qi flowed again, causing the roots to expand rapidly.
This is the survival instinct of plants...
Chapter 690: Plants that Occupy the Entire Island
I don't want to die, I want to live. This is not a thought. It's an instinct. The first purpose of any life is to continue itself. Even for humans, biting the tongue to commit suicide is impossible. If you bite the tongue to commit suicide, your brain will be unconscious in advance.
The same is true for plants. If you have seen plants in the desert, you will know how strong the desire for survival is. Plants that appear short on the surface have roots that continue to grow, grow, and grow again under the ground. Their purpose is to collect more water, grow longer roots, and explore the depths of the ground. All of this is due to the desire for survival.
Yes, plants.
Under the entire island, the roots of "Pangu" are growing wildly, expanding from the Penglai area to the Fangzhang area, and can further expand to the Yingzhou area.
Lian, one step behind. She didn't even notice that Pangu's roots were expanding.
However, it is not surprising. If you don't pay special attention, you won't notice this fact. Looking up, you can see that the stem of Pangu is still bent, and the conspicuous flower on the top is still withered.
Li Mo knew how Lian refined "Pangu" into an external elixir. The principle was borrowed from the way plants breed fruits. Every time the right time comes, plants will provide nutrients and grow fruits. Of course, the fruit is not the focus of the plant, but the seeds contained in the fruit are the top priority.
With the help of animals and insects, the seeds are brought to other places to take root and sprout, continuing the growth of the species. This is the value of life.
There is nothing wrong with the idea of treating the external pill as a fruit and extracting the "qi" of "Pangu". However, Lian forgot that the fruit is also a new life of the plant. Sending the external pill as a fruit into Xu Fu's body is just changing the body...
If Xu Fu was still alive, everyone would be happy. But Xu Fu was dead, and his body was just a body, a well-preserved body, with no spirit or soul at all. Although plants only have instincts, the special nature of Qi preserves this instinct. Lian's method of refining external pills cannot erase the inner spirit and instinct. After all, "Qi" itself is a mixture of life and spirit.
Normally, immortals can use external pills without being affected because they are strong enough. When their bodies absorb the energy of the external pills, they will be shocked, but they will get over it quickly, probably just a moment of trance. But this is not the case with corpses.
So, after the plant "Pangu" entered Xu Fu's body, it resurrected.
When Lian discovered this, her first thought was to exclude Pangu's energy as an alien and preserve Xu Fu's body, even if he couldn't be resurrected now. But who knows what might happen in the future?
It is precisely this kind of mentality that makes him hostile. The corpse of Xu Fu has no ability to think, but has an instinctive desire to survive, so he will resist. But how does it explode? We need to watch carefully.
The shrine maiden shikigami did not evacuate with the celestial beings. Even if the battle between the two sides was fierce, it would not affect the shrine maiden shikigami. She represented Li Mo's eyes, and since it was an eye, it was natural to protect it.
Having promised the other party not to attack at this time, Li Mo was happy to see the fight between the two sides. I wonder when the woman will notice the true situation of Xu Fu's body?
It's just a pity that I can't study the process of resurrection and verify my theory. If I could study it... maybe I would have some research data on zombies.
The figures of the celestial beings appeared in his field of vision. Li Mo couldn't help but sigh, and then...he closed his eyes to rest.
He has already seen the ending. The resurrected Xu Fu is not the original Xu Fu. As far as the current development is concerned, the worst case scenario is that he will set himself on fire.
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The collision continued. When facing the flames, the revived Xu Fu showed obvious fear, just like a plant rolling up its leaves in fear. It instinctively used Qi to defend itself. It had to be admitted that the scale of this Qi was very large. It was even stronger than the scale of Qi possessed by Mudan and the others.
"Pangu" was originally a material that she carefully cultivated using Li Mo's endless energy. The energy contained in it was huge. If it weren't for such a huge "energy", how could it be able to bring the dead back to life?
She had even considered that Li Mo's aura contained his personal mark. In order not to be influenced by him, she deliberately erased his spiritual imprint when cultivating Pangu.
But what I didn't expect was that... as a plant, the Qi of "Pangu" itself possessed a kind of instinctive spirit. In the process of becoming an external elixir, this spirit had not been wiped out. After the external elixir was taken by my husband's corpse, it did activate that little bit of vitality, but it also allowed the spirit to move in, and act on instinct like now.
and……
Is the Qi growing stronger and stronger? Is the body giving birth to a new will?
Husband, is it really true that you can’t be resurrected?
For a moment, despair enveloped Lian's heart. She knew that the celestial beings felt oppressed by her control, but so what? She only asked them to listen to her, she did not ask them to die.
"so annoying!"
"I really don't want to..."
Lian knew that she could completely destroy the opponent. Showing this complete attitude, it was natural for her to crush him. But the problem was that she had no confidence at all to keep Xu Fu's body.
The inability to do what cannot be done.
The realization that the resurrection is a fantasy is hopeless.
The two intertwined, filling her heart with frustration. She was unable to make any useful judgments and could only maintain the current situation.
The most important thing is that Lian does not want to choose. If she regains her sanity, she will definitely choose to destroy Xu Fu's body because her husband cannot be resurrected no matter what.
But Lian didn't want to think about that outcome. So she avoided it, avoided it, as long as she didn't make a choice, she wouldn't have to face the cruel reality.
It's shameful to escape, but it's useful.
If nothing unexpected happened, she would rather escape like this for the rest of her life.
The world is always changing, and no strategy can be used for a lifetime. As time passed, things changed subtly. Under Lian's attention, the "Pangu" flower broke free from its withered state and regained its vitality. The flower, which was as big as a tall building, was blooming again on the stalk that supported the flower.
What followed was the emergence of roots, the soil was split apart, and the tree roots were exposed to the air. The ruins of Penglai were lifted up by the roots of the plants, and the forests of Yingzhou were replaced by the roots. In an instant, the sky was turned upside down, and except for the area covered by the storm barrier, the rest was occupied by plants.
In a short period of time, the roots of "Pangu" doubled, occupying the entire island and transforming into an unprecedented plant.
At the same time, a man's figure appeared beside Lian's ear: "Do you need me to help?"
Chapter 691 Levatin!!!
The celestial being can be a boy or a girl, so it is not uncommon to see a male voice on the island.
But this male voice did not belong to any celestial being, but to an outsider - Li Mo.
Lian did not answer, but chose to remain silent.
She could see that the ground beneath her feet was replaced by tree roots. Those were the roots of Pangu. For plants, the roots should be rooted under the ground, using the shelter of the soil to protect the roots.
However, "Pangu" is so abnormal, which goes against the instinct of plants.