I made myself the protagonist

Chapter 324 Farmhouse
Obviously the woman in front of her was also a player, but her experience was more unfortunate than the two people who were sucked dry.

When he was conscious, he became the nutrient of the trees, and in the darkness, he could clearly feel his body being eaten away and digested bit by bit...

Just by imagining it, Ling Yun's stomach was filled with sour water, and he almost felt sick.

Anyone who knew that he was going to encounter such a misfortune would definitely choose to commit suicide in advance, but she can't do anything now.

The people who recovered from the shock hurriedly chiseled the trunk of the tree along the gap.

As if sensing the movement outside, the woman wriggled her throat with difficulty. Although she couldn't hear what she was saying, everyone knew that she was asking for help and asking everyone to help end her life.

Ling Yun silently picked up the dagger at his feet, and walked quickly to the tree hole.They can't save this woman now, the only thing they can do is to help her out immediately.

The blade aimed at the opponent's heart, Ling Yun wanted to end the woman's life without delay and let her go.But at the moment when the blade pierced the opponent's body, the woman's painful groan was like a heavy hammer, smashing his self-confident will.

After all, what is in front of him is not an enemy who wants to kill him, but an innocent victim who has never met before.

As if seeing Ling Yun's hesitation, a hand stretched out from behind and held the dagger.Ren Yao held Ling Yun's hand, exerted all his strength, and stabbed the dagger into the woman's heart.

Tang Yao lowered her head and refused to look at it, and the expressions of the others were not much better.

Black blood continued to slide down the blade like oil, and the middle-aged woman's body convulsed for a few seconds, and gradually lost her voice amidst the wailing.

"I will do it in the future. You are not good at this kind of thing, so don't do bad things with good intentions."

Ren Yao pulled out the dagger, held the blade between his elbows, wiped off the blood on it, and handed it back to Shen Tinglan.

Although it was an understatement, Ling Yun also knew that he was comforting himself, telling him that he was not killing people just now, but doing charity.

"Yes, the child has grown up."

Although there was a brief discomfort in his heart, Ling Yun quickly returned to normal.He patted Ren Yao's head in relief, only to find that before he knew it, the other person had grown to be almost as tall as himself.

The boy's facial contours are resolute, with sharp edges and corners, his pupils are black and bright, the corners of his eyes are thin and long, and his eyes are cold and energetic. Together, there is an indescribable specialness.

Compared with the first meeting a year ago, the facial features of the young and handsome boy have fully grown, the immaturity has faded, and there is maturity between the brows.

"I'm not a child anymore." Ren Yao looked away awkwardly, and stretched out his hand to tidy up the messy hair that was messed up by Ling Yun just now.

"Look, the chest of the corpse..." On the other side, Xiaolong made a new discovery.

Not long after the woman died, the purple flowers that bloomed in her body were withering at a speed visible to the naked eye.After the flowers withered, those red spores also turned into pus, exuding a disgusting smell.

Shen Tinglan signaled everyone to back away first, and the crowd waited until the plants and spores were completely dead, then Zhao Sicheng and the others, who were wearing a gas mask, stepped forward to cut down the trees, and it took more than an hour to move the female corpse out.

Everyone discovered that the weird tentacles stuck in the mouth of the female corpse were actually the roots of this human-mask tree.Seeing this scene, everyone suddenly realized with horror that this tree was also infected by poisonous mushrooms and mutated.

When the branch is damaged, a large amount of black blood will ooze from the fracture.But even so, the Human Face Tree did not launch an attack.

Three corpses freed from the entanglement of the trees were placed in the center of the flat ground.Under everyone's gaze, the corpse turned into light blue particles, floating in the air like fireflies, and then gradually dissipated.

Combined with the phenomenon that the monsters in the forest are particularly active at night, Su Li speculates that the principle of tree mutation is somewhat similar to that of Cordyceps sinensis.

After being parasitized by red poisonous mushrooms, its originally hard roots under the soil began to resemble arthropod insects. At night, it can move freely in the forest and catch prey; during the day, it will quietly cultivate in the form of plants.

Last night, the three fell prey to a trap.

The mutated tree root draws the flesh and blood from the other two players, pours these "nutrients" into the body of the prey in the form of transportation, and uses the flesh of the prey as a vessel to cultivate those spores.

When the tree dies and decays, mature spores will grow from the rotting hollow.

And this is the culprit that caused the forest to mutate: the true face of the red poisonous mushroom.

After learning the truth, everyone's faces were extremely ugly. They never expected that poisonous mushrooms would grow and reproduce in such a horrible and disgusting way.

"No wonder this tree grows so disgusting. Fortunately, not all the trees are infected, otherwise such a large forest would be enough."

Looking at the dead body in the tree, Zhao Sicheng felt his stomach churning, and his stomach that was growling just now was no longer hungry.

"Let's go. It's getting dark quickly now, and we haven't eaten since yesterday, so we need to find a shelter quickly and get some food by the way." Shen Tinglan looked at the time with her bag on her back: it's already noon At twelve o'clock, they must hurry up and set off.

For the next four hours, everyone accelerated their way through the forest.

Along the way, they avoided the poisonous mushrooms along the way and were not attacked much.

On the way to the village, the keen Wei Chongming smelled the smell of blood in the nearby air.The smell came from the nearby hidden bushes. He and Ling Yun went to check and found a blood-stained boot inside; and soon Lin Qing also found a backpack containing supplies behind a tree.

The nearby soil was covered with dense palm prints, and there were scratches from fingernails all around, as if someone had violently struggled.

Ling Yun walked along the trace for more than ten meters, and soon saw a large amount of sticky blood on a blade of grass that was overwhelmed.

The blood had already solidified and turned black, and many flies were circling around the grass. Except for a few pieces of clothing, some pieces of meat could be vaguely seen on the ground; and the previous handprints also turned into drag marks, extending all the way to the depths of the forest.

In addition to the traces of the victim, there were also many animal footprints of different shades left on the ground. Su Li judged that the person who attacked this person should be some kind of mutated carnivorous canid.

"Looking at the amount of bleeding, the person should be in danger." Hubert said: "The person was probably killed in the morning. It seems that the rookie team has already entered the village."

A gust of wind blew, and the leaves rustled, making the surrounding atmosphere even more tranquil.Snowflakes suddenly fell in the sky, and the sudden drop in temperature seemed to urge everyone to speed up the process.

"The sky is getting dark, so it's not suitable to stay here for a long time." Considering that someone was attacked by an unknown beast in this area, Shen Tinglan urged everyone.

"Brother Shen, does your back still hurt?" Ling Yun was a little worried about Shen Tinglan's injury.

"It's okay, Hubert's technique is very good, and the wound hasn't opened at all." Shen Tinglan smiled easily.

Su Li took out a bottle of water from his bag and handed it to Shen Tinglan, asking about the situation in a low voice.Shen Tinglan gently held Su Li's hand, saying that there was nothing wrong with her.

At this moment, everyone is extremely embarrassed. After a day of fighting and a long journey of more than 20 kilometers, everyone is exhausted and hungry.The forest is full of poisonous mushrooms and mutated animals and plants. They can only rely on water to maintain their physiological functions.

From entering the task until now, everyone has only slept for two or three hours, and has not eaten for a whole day.

It was very cold in the forest, but Shen Tinglan's hands were very warm and hot, even sweating.His body temperature is abnormally high, but the fever has not subsided yet.Suffering such a serious injury, he should have recuperated, but he dragged his sick body all the way.

Su Li looked at the other party's pale face and sweaty forehead, and knew very well that a temporary stay would not relieve Shen Tinglan's pain.

So she became ruthless and said to everyone: "Go on."

After walking another three or four kilometers, gradually, the sky darkened, and everyone had to keep moving forward with flashlights.As he walked, Ling Yun found that the vision in front of him was gradually widening, the small farmhouse was isolated in one corner, and there were several single-family wooden houses in the distance.

"It's finally here!" Zhao Si rubbed his frozen red nose and breathed out a cloud of mist.

At this moment, the snow was getting bigger and bigger, the ground and leaves were covered in white, and the wind was howling in the forest, making everyone shiver.

They thought it was just a deserted village, but they never thought that every wooden house was lit. If there were people living there, there would be at least five or six families.

And at the door of the farmhouse emitting orange flames, a crooked black figure appeared.

(End of this chapter)