Chapter 171
"Before we turned into insects, that flesh eyeball released a large amount of light, it was probably that light that caused our senses to go haywire" Chang Xia recalled the scene from before. The eyeball that was floating in the air released a large amount of light that struck the ground, by the time they woke up from that light, they had already turned into insects.
"Let's move towards the edge first, maybe once we get out of that eyeball's range, our senses will return to normal" Fang Ze said in a low voice: "Let's help Zhang Zi Jie"
Originally, this patch of grass was created by Fang Ze using He Qiao's ability to conceal himself, but he didn't expect it to cause them to get lost instead.
The few of them wriggled to the side, but all they saw were weeds and bugs. They had all kinds of faces and were greedily eating the grass. Fang Ze and the others tried to communicate with the bugs and ask for directions, but the bugs were extremely stiff and only knew how to say things that didn't make sense.
"The price of meat has increased again, we won't be able to eat meat anymore, we'll have to eat grass" an insect with the face of an aunty continuously ate grass while muttering something incomprehensible.
"You can only become stronger by eating grass, those who eat meat are heresy!" An insect with a bald face explained to a group of smaller insects, then started eating grass again. The insects' soft and weak bodies were now showing signs of muscle on his body.
"Let me tell you, all of you are actually living on top of my head, I am the God of Creation, the God of the Great Grassland" A green insect with an unfortunate face was holding a withered yellow stalk of grass in his mouth, shouting in a frenzy at everyone: "This is the Kang Shuai Fu Convenience Grass that I'm endorsing, do you want to try it?"
"Oh, a world with no monsters, plenty of food, and no conflicts. How nice." An old insect sighed and said, "This is heaven."
Insects of all shapes and sizes filled this absurd world, Fang Ze's group of insects that didn't eat grass seemed completely out of place here.
Even after this grass was eaten, a large amount of grass would grow back, so Fang Ze's group couldn't escape from this place.
If there was no other way, Fang Ze could rely on his sense of the past to use his Authority to summon a meteor. The impact of the meteor should be enough to break through the illusion around them.
It was just that in a situation where all their senses were in a mess, the size of the summoned meteor was uncertain, and the specific trajectory was uncertain. Without any calculations, it was very likely that this meteor would kill them.
The same was true for using Disasforce. If you recklessly unleashed your Disasforce on a large scale, you might end up killing your own people.
Fang Ze shook his fat head. The insect's senses had been interfering with him, but after a period of adaptation, he had become independent from this chaotic sensory system.
After all, he had already released the second stage of his [Origin], and if he had grasped the corresponding Mysticism knowledge, this kind of illusion would not have been able to trouble him at all. Alas, everything had happened too quickly for him. His usage of soul force might not even be as good as a Sorcerer-Apprentice's, but the essence of the second stage of release was still there.
Therefore, Fang Ze soon discovered some differences. Some of the surrounding scenes in his eyes had become different.
Those were the thoughts of individual people, and when these thoughts were combined together, they formed the current seemingly absurd insect world.
"I understand now. If we want to get rid of the illusion, we need to create a problem with the structure of this world. It is these ideas that make up this world. We need to change these ideas." Fang Ze shared his discovery with everyone and quickly came up with a solution.
"Deny his thoughts?" looking at the countless insects around him, he had no choice but to try and convince them.
"Weeds aren't tasty, you want to eat meat, but you don't have the financial means to do so. Running away isn't a solution, you can work hard and increase your salary. Also, please believe in the government, social welfare will only get better and better, no one will be unable to afford meat" Fang Ze told the middle-aged insect.
But the middle-aged insect was still mumbling the same words: 'Meat is too expensive, I can't afford meat, I can only eat weeds'.
Fang Ze wiggled his insect body, touched the insect, and seemed to be able to vaguely see such a scene.
In the chaotic city, order had been completely broken, those who had released their [Origin] had taken over the city's resources. Infected people like them had already been abandoned by the government, they treated jewelry and gold as hard currency, and of course, the zombie germs that could be used to create Biomass Gear were even more precious.
Citizens like the middle-aged woman who were lucky enough to survive didn't dare to go out and fight, and without beauty, she couldn't even buy her own body. In these survivor bases, the only thing she could do was eat weeds to survive.
"Don't worry, we will definitely defeat the source of all this, end the Cataclysm, and return the world to normal!" Fang Ze solemnly transmitted his thoughts. Only then did the middle-aged insect truly disappear.
Everyone could also sense the changes in their surroundings, as if some sort of restriction had been loosened. They could already faintly sense their powers as humans, able to do things that insects couldn't.
The insects no longer needed to wiggle bit by bit, they could simply jump to another location, using various methods to convince these insects to give up on their illusions.
The bald muscular insect was weak, so he was constantly bullied by others as a plaything during the Apocalypse. He wanted to become stronger, but didn't have a way to do so, so he came up with the idea of eating weeds to become stronger.
The frowning insect didn't eat weeds every day, but he didn't dare to go out and fight, so he could only hide inside the base. Everything he ate and wore was bought by his wife who sold her body. This made him feel ashamed and resentful, but he couldn't overcome his fear of monsters, nor could he give up on the better things to eat weeds.
The old man who ate weeds was no longer cared about. His legs were inconvenient, and the people of the Apocalypse weren't that kind to care about an old man, so he could only wait for his death.
Aside from them, there were also many other people's thoughts here. Due to their various circumstances, they came up with ideas related to the Worm Grass, and these thoughts and information formed a part of this [Absurd Illusion] domain.
Fang Ze's group could only use their own thoughts to change these thoughts and encourage them to change themselves. As these insects were freed, Fang Ze's group was able to wield more and more power.
Fang Ze was trying to persuade a cowardly young insect to be a bit more courageous. Just as he was about to get some results, he noticed that the insect was trembling non-stop and quickly lowered its head to eat the grass, ignoring Fang Ze's words.
As he turned around, he saw a giant spider appear in his field of vision. The spider's upper body looked like Negri, as soon as it appeared, Fang Ze immediately knew who it was, as well as what it represented in this illusion.
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