It wasn't until they woke up that a large number of viewers flooded into the three people's live stream.
Upon seeing that the bodies buried in the ground were actually living people outside, some viewers even ran out of the live stream, unable to bear watching any longer.
The calmest person was still Lu Shi; he seemed to have already guessed the truth of the matter.
“They don’t seem to be going to attack us,” Lu Shi said, waving his hand in front of the corpses. They sniffed at them briefly but made no further move. “They don’t seem to see us.”
"Can't see?" Ye Bugui frowned. At this moment, he tried to greet the corpse in front of him, mimicking his landing movements.
The corpses still showed little reaction.
“They shouldn’t just be unable to see us,” Modi even boldly walked around the site filled with corpses unharmed, “but they simply don’t know we exist.”
"How did they suddenly pop out of the ground?" Ye Bugui asked, puzzled. He couldn't believe it until he could explain it. Who knew if the corpses were just putting on an act!
“It should just be an accident.” Lu Shi looked up at this moment and noticed that the light from the small white flowers on the corpse was regular.
Its changes in brightness are traceable. At first, a small spot of light appeared on the petal, and then the whole flower lit up, like a light bulb.
Once the flower's brightness reaches its limit, it will immediately lose its luster.
Although Lu Shi couldn't see what happened in between.
However, based on his years of experience and observations, he still managed to figure out the reason behind it.
So he raised his head and stared at the unremarkable ceiling, trying to find its secret.
At this moment, Ye Bugui had already arrived at Lu Shi's side. He had always known very well that Lu Shi was much better than him at decryption.
"Have you discovered some pattern?" Ye Bugui asked Lu Shi, placing his hand on Lu Shi's shoulder.
“Hmm.” In front of Modi, Lu Shi explained the pattern he had discovered: “So I guess that these lights are some kind of nourishment, supplied to the chairman. And everyone here is actually nourishment for the chairman.”
This statement is chilling, especially given the seemingly idyllic appearance of the Dream Come True Group.
Even Modi couldn't help but question, "Are you sure? You mean the whole group is actually fake, right?"
Before Lu Shi could answer Modi's question, Ye Bugui asked:
"You just mentioned everyone here, do you mean they're all still alive?"
“Of course,” Lu Shi said decisively. “Although I have lost my abilities and can’t even sense spiritual energy anymore, my sense of smell is still there.”
These words made Modi and Ye Bugui sniff their noses hard, but they couldn't smell anything at all, as if their noses were just props.
“Perhaps it’s because my sense of smell is more sensitive,” Lu Shi told them directly. “These people have the exact same smell as us.”
"Unless you think you're dead, they're still alive."
This conclusion is hard to think about in detail, otherwise their sanity would drop at an alarming rate.
Modi is a pragmatist. After hearing Lu Shi's words, he immediately jumped in front of a corpse and reached out to touch it.
This action still did not wake the corpse; it continued to carry out its "photosynthesis."
Yet it allowed Modi to feel the texture of a living person, as well as the body temperature and pulse that only a living person has.
He turned his head and said with a complicated expression, "You're right, they're all still alive. But have you noticed that some of their bodies are already half-fused with the soil?"
“So,” Ye Bugui quickly concluded, “when these people are completely integrated with the soil, it means they are going to die.”
The fact that none of the three of them were punished by the chairman for saying so many things that touched on the truth emboldened them.
“Perhaps we should figure out what the light gathered on these little white flowers is.” Modi even walked up to a little white flower, smelled it, but couldn’t smell a scent at all, just like an artificial flower.
“That’s easy to guess,” Ye Bugui answered quickly. When he noticed the obvious distrust in Modi’s eyes, Ye Bugui said swiftly, “Do you remember the first question we asked when we arrived here?”
Lu Shi and Mo Di nodded, already guessing the answer to the question before Ye Bugui could even reply.
Dreams, or rather, hopes.
“No wonder this place is called the Dream Come True Corporation.” Modi smiled. If such technology existed in reality, he would definitely create a similar one: “They’ve woven a utopian dream for us, but in reality, they’re treating us all as nourishment, no, livestock, growing us in the soil and harvesting our hopes.”
After Modi finished speaking, they suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet shaking violently.
"Oh no!" Ye Bugui immediately grabbed Lu Shi, who was much thinner than himself, to prevent him from falling to the ground due to the jolt: "The chairman must be angry."
Lu Shi found himself in the same position as Ye Bugui, which reminded him of that absurd wedding.
Well, the situation is urgent now, he should think about something else.
"If I were the chairman and the truth was exposed, I would also be angry."
This time, they finally saw clearly how these little white flowers worked.
It turned out that, in a place they couldn't see, there were actually countless dense brown tentacles hanging from the ceiling.
Whenever light gathers on the little white flower, the tentacles quickly descend, revealing a mouth on its head to devour the light.
Then the cycle repeats until that person's hope is exhausted, and they sink into the soil with a smile, finally finding peace.
Indeed, these people died in a blissful illusion.
This made Lu Shi think: if a person's life from birth to death is all lies and illusions, then for that person, is all of this real?
If this is true, their lives are so happy, perhaps it's not so pitiful. After all, in his world of cultivation, many people live far more miserable lives.
If they had a choice, most of them would probably choose to die here in their dreams.
Ye Bugui didn't let his mind wander. He just stared at the smiling corpse that had sunk into the soil, and then suddenly he had an inspiration.
This scene is so familiar.
Whether it's a smiling corpse or tentacles with mouths.
“Lu Shi,” Ye Bugui said, taking Lu Shi’s hand to bring him back to his senses. “Do you remember our last instance?”
Modi was not in a good mood at this time.
Putting aside the sudden earthquake, he had to struggle to maintain his balance to avoid being knocked over. And he also had to watch helplessly as the two people huddled together for warmth.
Modi couldn't even join their conversation, and he really felt he shouldn't be there.
When Lu Shi heard Ye Bugui ask this question, he immediately understood everything.
"Black Tai Sui!"
As soon as he shouted the name, the cage called Illusion shattered instantly.
They reappeared at the Dream Come True Group.
The houses are real, the lake is real, all the buildings are real, only the people are fake.
Every building, every inch of ground beneath your feet, is occupied by the ubiquitous tentacles of the Black Tai Sui.
A chilling and terrifying atmosphere permeated the surroundings, vividly demonstrating the vast difference between humans and evil gods.
Even though they saw through the truth, they were powerless against the true form of the Black Tai Sui.
"Our abilities have been restored." Modi bit his lip, as if he had finally found some good news.
Lu Shi hummed in agreement, also feeling the flow of spiritual energy within his body.
The problem is that most of his abilities are still sealed, and he has not returned to his peak condition.
Black Tai Sui, on the other hand, watched them calmly.
Yes, to Hei Tai Sui, the three of them were like three ants challenging his authority and acting arrogantly.
It's not even interested in taking action now; it'd rather watch what interesting performances these three ants can put on.
Ye Bugui raised his head and, relying on his enhanced physique from the dungeon, immediately spotted a lump of flesh without a nose or eyes hovering atop the 600th floor of the group's building.
That was the true form of the Black Tai Sui.
From this mass of flesh, countless tentacles extended from the center, covering the entire group.
If the followers of Black Tai Sui are simply cannibalizing people, then Black Tai Sui is much more elegant.
It feeds on people's hopes, on something far more advanced.
The three of them stared at Hei Tai Sui in near despair. How could they possibly win?
Chapter 68
☪ Dream Come True Group 14
"Modi, what are your abilities?!"
Ye Bugui was still holding Lu Shi's hand; they couldn't even find a place to settle down.
"Modi, what are your abilities?!"
Ye Bugui was still holding Lu Shi's hand. They couldn't even find a place to stand anymore because tentacles were growing wildly everywhere.
The only thing that makes them feel fortunate is that these tentacles don't seem to be aggressive towards them.
"Asking so directly is really impolite!" Modi gritted his teeth, knowing that the situation was urgent and this was not the time for him to hide anything. "My ability is [Liquidization]. I can turn my body into liquid."
"This ability," Ye Bugui said rather tactfully, "seems to be of little use against such a large monster."
Modi's ears turned red. Although he was unhappy, he knew that Ye Bugui was telling the truth.
When he uses this ability to deal with enemies of similar size to himself, it's almost a divine skill, making it impossible for them to even touch him.
But now they are facing the Black Tai Sui, a monster whose tentacles have spread throughout the entire group, who probably doesn't care whether his body will turn into water.
At this moment, Lu Shi raised an eyebrow, as if he had thought of something.
"My skill is [Insight]." Lu Shi finally revealed his ability in the live stream. Before this, most people thought that those strange spells and his ability to resurrect himself every time were the character cards he had drawn.
"It allows me to see through the truth, and when facing enemies, I can also see their weaknesses." At this moment, Lu Shi's pupils suddenly turned white.
He looked at the indescribable mass of flesh swirling in the air, a sight that would send chills down anyone's spine, and then suddenly he was thrown heavily to the ground.
This scene caught Ye Bugui off guard. He almost immediately ran to Lu Shi's side and hugged him tightly in his arms.
"What's wrong? Lu Shi, say something!"
"What's wrong with you!" Ye Bugui felt his sanity slipping away, his mental state plummeting. If Lu Shi didn't wake up like this, he might really go insane. "Why did you use this skill on an evil god!"
Modi wouldn't complain about the two men being too affectionate at this point; he was also worried that Lu Shi would just disappear like that.
After all, in his plan, Lu Shi was the key to their defeat of Hei Tai Sui.