I'm sprouting again

Bai Xiao was taken aback, the situation the child experienced was too similar to what he had experienced.

They were chosen inexplicably, judged inexplicably, endowed with new powers and functions inexplicably.

The child also seemed to know that Bai Xiao was similar to him - even though Bai Xiao didn't say anything.

The child asked Bai Xiao, "What did you see at that time?"

Bai Xiao knew when the child was asking.

Bai Xiao replied: "I saw a giant beast with big eyes. It also questioned me, but it showed me some of the past. I know the process of forming a bond."

In the process of forming a bond that Bai Xiao saw, one belonged to the royal family and the other belonged to himself.

After that contract, the royal family gained the power to rule Kester, and Bai Xiao got a new life.

Although this contract seems to be a gift and salvation for them, it is undeniable that whether it is the contract of the royal family or the contract of Bai Xiao as a "seed", it is a unilateral mandatory contract of the tree of life without their consent.

Bai Xiao believes that the child's "violation of the contract" is also a similar situation.

The child listened to Bai Xiao's talk about the process of forming a bond, and he nodded: "I also know the process of forming a bond, but I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I directly had an extra memory in my mind-of course, it is equivalent to I see."

"A long time ago, there was no language that can be traced back. At that time, it was different from now. Now the gods only exist in the tree of life, and only the royal family can communicate with the tree of life.

But at that time, the gods were everywhere, and everyone could pray to the gods, and then exchange their favorite things for the power of the gods—some used their own dolls, some used a bouquet of flowers, and some used One's own eyes, some with other people's lives..."

"But without exception, as long as it is something you love, the gods will respond to you."

Bai Xiao was taken aback, this method of "concluding a contract" was different from his.

But thinking about it again, if the time the child said can be traced back so far, it might be the era when the tree of life had not yet chosen a "king" for this planet, and it was also the era when Kester fought the most intensely.

Then, such a "contract" method is also understandable.

And Bai Xiao also noticed that this way of forming a contract is very similar to the current model where outsiders who want to enter the "City of Machinery" have to pay a "ticket" that satisfies the core of the City of Machinery .

Is it because the child is affected by that memory?

The child continued, "But depending on what you sacrifice to the gods, the gods will respond differently. For example, it will respond to you with a word, a flower, or a box of jewelry, a weapon, or even whatever you want. What you pray to it for."

"This rule was soon discovered. People became crazy. Every tribe and every year will hold grand sacrificial activities to sacrifice their most beloved things to the gods to satisfy their inner wishes."

Bai Xiao frowned when he heard this. Although the child didn't say anything, he was still able to draw such a picture.What step can the human race, whether it is a human or a Kester, do for power?I'm afraid there will never be a limit.

The child's face was also a little miserable, he closed his eyes gently, and pulled back his thoughts.

"The ancestors of the people in this small village also made a wish to the gods."

"At that time, there was still a tribe here, a very small tribe, with only more than 30 people left. They faced attacks from neighboring tribes. If they didn't get a response from the gods, they would all be killed the next day."

"So, they thought hard, and finally thought of what is the most beloved and precious thing for them who are so poor."

"That's their souls. The remaining [-] or so people held a sacrifice at the cost of their own and their descendants' souls. They prayed to the gods to give them great power. When they no longer need this power, they will Will sacrifice his soul to the gods."

Speaking of this, the child snorted and said: "Although they are at the end of their way, they are still a little smart. They will fulfill their promises and become sacrifices if they say 'no need for this power'. But this 'no need' ' is very ambiguous. It is a pity that they were clever but were mistaken by their cleverness."

"The gods were very satisfied with their sacrificial gifts and responded to their request. Overnight, they all became powerful, invulnerable, and almost immortal. In that era when weapons were not yet dominant, they were Gods of War .”

"The tribe that came to exterminate them did not succeed, but they counter-exterminated them."

"Since then, the people of this tribe have been invincible in the war. In just over a year, they wiped out all the nearby tribes, seized all the treasures and slaves, and even dominated this area, establishing a Unprecedented large tribe."

As the child said, he stretched out his hand and drew a circle towards the small town outside the window, probably meaning that this place was the location of the big tribe back then.

The child looked at the small town outside the window and smiled: "Although it looks like this small town is not big now, the environment at that time was different - the jungle was more dense, and there were more monsters. It is already very good to be able to open up such a place. It could even be called a country."

Bai Xiao nodded, he still understood this.

The child looked back and laughed again: "However, they forgot the agreement with the gods."

"They became overlords, began to enjoy themselves, and established city-states. They were all young and strong, and they had great strength. No one dared to resist them. So their tribe became impenetrable, and they were kings behind this wall. They Enjoyed for three years, married wives and had children, countless wives and concubines."

"Then, the gods came to collect the rewards. Because the gods think that now is the time for them to 'don't need this power'."

"In the beginning, their children began to die. Young babies, toddlers, one by one, died in the tender arms of their mothers, in cheerful games with their companions, in the broad arms of their fathers. inside the bend."

"The dead children did not suffer any trauma, nor were they poisoned. They just fell asleep, and then when someone touched them, their skins collapsed into ashes like fragile paper that lost its support."

"This phenomenon is really abnormal, and people can easily think of the gods. Some people think that this is the punishment of the gods for these brutal rulers, because all the children who died were the rulers' children. But those rulers know that this is not Punishment is just a reward from the gods."

"But, they only fought for one year, and enjoyed it for three years. They are used to this kind of life of prosperity and wealth, and they are not willing to lose this kind of life. They are in their prime, hold great power, and their future is bright flat."

"They don't want to die."

"So they began to think of a way to find priests from other tribes in the tribe, and wanted to get a way to terminate the contract. But no one could give an answer."

"The rulers were so angry, they said that if they died, everyone in the tribe would be buried with them."

"In the end, two priests finally came up with a solution. One way is to let them increase as many offspring as possible, and the other way is to let them not stop using their power."

When the child said this, all the expressions on his face were collected, as if frozen by a layer of ice.Chilling and cold.

Bai Xiao had a bad premonition in his heart. When a person with great power and absolute power wanted to survive, he would do whatever it took.What's more, there was not just one such person in that tribe, but more than thirty.

What the child said next confirmed Bai Xiao's guess.

The child said: "These two methods are not difficult to achieve, so the rulers soon took action."

"They first left the tribe by themselves and went outside to hunt high-level monsters. The more life-threatening, the more they had to hunt. This method was effective. From that day on, their children did not die again."

"But one of them lost an arm because of it. They finally saw the phantom of death and knew that they were not the real God of War. So they didn't want to continue this kind of hunting."

"Then they thought of a way. They ordered the slaves in the tribe to leave the tribe and go outside to establish a new tribe. They provided the strongest weapons and treasures to those slaves, just to let them build their tribe stronger .

The slaves were very happy. They thought that the punishment of the gods had finally taught these brutal rulers to be merciful.But they don't know that they are just seeds sown by these people. When the time comes, they will harvest them to continue their lives. "

"But the hunting will continue. They keep experimenting, and finally understand where the boundary of 'no need for power' is. They have more rest time, and they don't need to go out to hunt every time."

"So, they began to gather all the women in the tribe. As long as they were not hunting, they would get into the room where the women were locked up to give birth to their offspring—those poor little scapegoats."

"In this way, they survived safely until they were very old."

Bai Xiao took a deep breath to dissipate the depression in his heart after hearing this story.he asks.

"Are they dead?"

The child suddenly laughed when he heard the words: "Bad people, especially smart and ruthless ones, can always live for a long time."

"They died, but their souls were not taken away by the gods, but they lived in peace and happiness until the last moment of their lives, dying of old age."