It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 382 Old Hat
Huangfu Miaomiao's exclamation attracted the attention of everyone in the tree hole.

Infected people of all shapes and sizes looked over. Although they showed no hostility, just their stares created an unspoken sense of oppression.

Huangfu Miaomiao shrank subconsciously.

Then he remembered that Feng Ling was standing next to him, and he puffed out his chest again, pointed to the statue deep in the tree hole as if no one was around, and said, "Feng Ling, we don't have to look for the golden egg. We can leave here after we find the statue!"

Lin Pengpeng, Wang Xunmei and Zhang Lu all breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone has two goals in entering the maze, one is to find Li Yu, the other is to find the statue. Now that all the goals have been achieved, there is no need to go through the trouble of looking for the golden egg.

Feng Ling was in a very good mood when she saw the statue, but she still glanced around and asked loudly: "Who is Lao Mao?"

In the corner, a hunched figure staggered a few steps closer and answered hoarsely, "...I am."

As Li Yu said, the other party was wearing a large cloak, with the brim of the hat almost covering his entire face, and his dry hair and beard hanging outside, which made Feng Ling think of the forest monster he had killed.

——The genes of the infected are contaminated by the maze, and the state of their bodies will have some similarities with the creatures of the maze.

Feng Ling walked over calmly and asked, "I want to ask, do you know where I can find the golden egg? I heard that you have lived here for a long time, so you should be familiar with the environment in the maze, right?"

Huangfu Miaomiao, Lin Pengpeng and others followed Feng Ling closely. The further they went in, the stronger the smell of corruption became.

When he walked in front of Lao Mao, the smell was so strong that Huangfu Miaomiao couldn't help but cover her nose and whispered, "He stinks..."

The old man didn't get angry. He just laughed hoarsely and explained, "This is not a bad smell. It's the smell of fermentation and corruption. We are the fertilizer of this tree. When we are completely decomposed, that will be the end of our lives."

As he spoke, he raised his head slightly and looked at Feng Ling with cloudy eyes, "I'm sorry, our activities are limited to the vicinity of this tree, and we are not familiar with other parts of the maze. However, I will help you ask other people."

Feng Ling frowned slightly, "What does it mean to be completely decomposed? Why do we need to use it as fertilizer for the trees? Why don't we leave here?"

Lao Mao was silent for a moment, looked at the people sitting or lying in the tree hole, and sighed: "It's very good here, very good... We don't feel pain when we stay here. This big tree allows us to die peacefully and with dignity."

Feng Ling raised his head and looked upward.

She could see the sky, which was a dead tree with only a shell left in the middle. Since it was dead, it could not have the magical power to eliminate pain.

She silently stepped on the ground inside the tree hole again.

It was wetter and softer than the outside, and even after exerting force, some black water seeped out from the area where the footprints were pressed into the soil.

Like the color of a swamp.

The infected person cannot feel pain, perhaps due to other factors, such as -

Monster in the swamp.

This would make sense if Swamp Thing could paralyze creatures while draining their energy at the same time.

Do you want to tell the other party?

Feng Ling pondered.

She looked around at the infected people. Most of them were in the late stages of life, with severe limb deformities. Some had lost the ability to walk and could only lie quietly on the ground like corpses, but their expressions revealed an incredible peace.

If they wanted to use this dead tree as salvation, why should they reveal the truth?

Forget it.

Feng Ling gave up the idea of ​​telling the other party.

——Rest in the mysterious giant tree, compared to being digested by the monster, the latter is undoubtedly a nightmare. She looked at the old man in front of her again and said, "Thank you for helping me find out about the golden egg. You can also make requests to me. As long as I can do it, I will try my best to do it."

Lao Mao was stunned for a moment, then thought seriously.

Perhaps there was something he wanted Feng Ling to help him with, but when he thought about the fact that he had not much time left, he felt that everything was meaningless.

"No..." Old Man Mao smiled and shook his head, "I don't need you to do anything."

"Are you sure you don't need it?" Feng Ling frowned and asked in confusion, "The reason you were infected is because you don't have any cards in your body, right? I can go find some cards and let those who don't have serious symptoms absorb the cards. Maybe you don't have to wait here to turn into fertilizer."

Old Mao was shocked by Feng Ling's words, and his body trembled a little, "You, you mean, the card can heal the infected?! Are you sure?!"

Feng Ling replied: "Of course I'm not sure, but we can try. Don't you want to try?"

The old man responded eagerly: "Of course we want to..."

He paused again, and murmured in confusion: "No, no... Cards are such a precious resource that they should be provided to the Lorias army... Giving them to people like us is a waste..."

Feng Ling frowned slightly, "Whatever, I'm just offering an idea anyway."

She turned to Lin Pengpeng and others around her and said, "Let's go back to find Li Yu. I'll come back and use the statue later."

"Ah?" Huangfu Miaomiao pulled her anxiously, "Why?"

Feng Ling turned around and walked out, "Why are you in such a hurry? I'll go ask Li Yu to give me a lucky buff."

Huangfu Miaomiao immediately smiled, "Yes, yes, let him add the buff!"

The group quickly left the tree hole, leaving Lao Mao standing there in a daze, his mind full of Feng Ling's horrified remarks.

All along, everyone believed that the infected had no way out. Their contaminated genes could not be restored, their deformed limbs could not be treated, and the physical pain and mental trauma would continue to accompany them until they died.

But Feng Ling said, why not try cards?

……May I?

Cards are important weapons to fight against alien species and are the most precious and scarce resource. Are they, who have already half their lives buried in the ground, worthy of them?

"Old man." An old woman in a corner of the tree hole asked him in Lorias, "Who were those people just now? What did they say to you?"

Old Man in Hat hobbled over and replied, "The girl asked me if I knew where the golden egg was, and I was just about to go and ask for her."

"Golden eggs?" the old woman pondered. "The Siren bird does lay eggs, but they are not golden."

Old Hat hesitated for a moment and told the old woman: "The girl also said... uh, she said that if we help her find the whereabouts of the golden egg, she can help us get the card."

The old woman smiled when she heard this, "We are all dying, what do we need cards for? As long as we can help her, we are fighting against the aliens and the maze, and this can also be considered revenge for ourselves."

"I thought so too, but she also said..." Old Hat paused hesitantly.

"What else did you say? Why are you more hesitant than an old woman like me?" The old woman lectured him dissatisfiedly.

Old Hat leaned closer and lowered his voice, "She said, why don't we try absorbing the card?"

The old woman's reaction was exactly the same as his just now, she was stunned in disbelief.

In the past three to five days, the update time will be a bit unstable. I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year~haha