Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

However, one of the high-ranking bee-men, Vayne, raised her hand to stop her companion from launching a possible attack.

She stepped forward, her voice urgent, yet she tried her best to remain restrained:

"Centaur! You...you came from the Misty Valley?"

Liu Nian slowly nodded and said, "Yes."

Vanessa's eyes lit up: "Did you see anything suspicious?"

The other bees held their breath, staring intently at Liu Nian.

Liu Nian looked puzzled and thoughtful: "Suspicious figures..." He didn't know what had happened, so he kept it a secret, saying, "There are too many suspicious figures in the fog, I don't know what you mean?"

"Mist People! They're humanoid creatures that look like mist!" Another bee-like being stepped forward. "Their name is Mistborn!"

Liu Nian was slightly shocked.

He had indeed seen the Fogborn, and even killed one of them...

Did these bee-people also encounter the Fogfolk?

Liu Nian was pondering the pros and cons; he didn't know whether he should admit it...

Vayne was very anxious, but no matter how anxious she was, she couldn't possibly tell a centaur that their queen had been captured!

Seeing that Liu Nian looked both wary and clueless, she had no time to waste and immediately led her people into the fog.

Looking at their hurried figures, Liu Nian realized that something serious must have happened to the Abe Bees!

"The Fogborn..." Liu Nian muttered, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

He thought of a possibility.

That strange tree!

The time I encountered that Fogborn player was near that tree.

Moreover, one of his goblin coordinate locators was swallowed by the tree...

Is it possible that the Fogfolk, as these bee-people say, are targeting that tree?

Liu Nian had been wondering how high-level players entered this place. Now that he thought about it, could it be through that strange tree?

So, let's make a bold guess and carefully verify it: Could that tree be the key for the Fogborn to enter and exit this region?

Thinking of this, Liu Nian was no longer in a hurry to go to the Abe Bees' fortress. They must have encountered something serious right now, and if he went to talk to them about moving at this time, he would most likely fail.

So why not find out what happened to them? Maybe he can help in some way and maybe even improve their relationship with him?

With that in mind, Liu Nian took out another magical goblin coordinate locator, hid it somewhere, and then returned to the floating city.

After obtaining the [Heart of Deception] from the original body, a moment later, [LV135 Nigellas] appeared in the secret room.

Liu Nian didn't intend to deceive the other Mistfolk by relying on his body, because he thought the other party was a player, and once Nigellas died, his companions would definitely know.

He transformed into a Fogborn because he thought the other party entered as a Fogborn, which might be one of the conditions for entry and exit, since he had received a system notification when he was hanging from a tree, saying that the target type was not compatible.

However, he didn't know that this was a lucky accident, because the three assassins of the Mistweavers were greatly weakened after entering here through their avatars. One of the reasons was that the avatars were not actually real players. Their real bodies were still outside, and their consciousness was attached to the avatars, just like wild monsters. They couldn't use most of the system functions, including the chat function, so naturally they had no idea that Nigellas was already dead!

The two of them were still cursing Nigellas for running off somewhere to slack off...

In the Misty Valley, a dark red, withered tree stands silently in the mist like a deformed giant.

Nigellas appeared under the tree; Liu Nian had teleported back again.

He cautiously scanned his surroundings; there was no one else there.

I looked up at the tree canopy again, and it was still completely empty.

Liu Nian felt that the other party probably hadn't arrived yet.

With that thought in mind, he took a deep breath and began to climb up the tree trunk while holding onto it.

He always felt there was something strange about it.

The Fogborn was very light-footed, and Liu climbed up with ease.

Just as I rose to the middle of the tree canopy, I suddenly felt a strange power coming from it, and my body seemed to begin to solidify.

A withered tree branch, winding like a snake, suddenly "came to life" and wrapped around his neck!

Liu Nian was startled, quickly broke free, and jumped down from the tree.

Sure enough, there's something wrong with this tree!

He dared not let the tree entangle him easily. What if he was teleported somewhere? Who knew who was on the other side or what the situation was?

What if the other side is some super power, like the headquarters of the Eternal Darkness Council? If he rashly goes in and encounters a group of high-level players who are hundreds of levels high, wouldn't he be walking into a trap?

Wait a minute, the Council of Eternal Darkness... Lake of Eternal Darkness... Is it a coincidence? Is there any connection between the two?

As Liu Nian was pondering this, a sharp rebuke came from behind him: "Niezellas! You piece of trash, what are you still doing here at Boundary Tree?"

Liu Nian was startled and turned around to see two hazy figures standing behind him.

One is [Level 145 Mistborn Samuelas]

One is [Level 139 Mistborn Kayarath].

It was Samuels who spoke.

"You've gotten lost again, haven't you?" Kaiaras scoffed.

Liu Nian was taken aback by the other party's reaction.

What's going on?

They didn't recognize me?

Samuels gave him a disgusted look, and seeing his surprised expression, ignored him completely, letting out a cold snort: "Follow me! Hmph, I'll settle the score with you when we get back!"

Kaiaras scoffed, "Someone's about to be 'punished'~"

After saying that, he climbed up the tree as well.

Liu Nian's eyes darted around, and he immediately and secretly took out the [Shadow Spider Queen's Gift] and drank it down.

He and the two climbed the tree again. Just as Samuelas was about to pull on the trunk, Kaiaras suddenly said, "Sister, he didn't do anything this time either. He can't just get credit for nothing, can he? Teleportation requires permanent attribute consumption, especially now that we have to pay for the Queen Bee's share... I think we should let him be responsible for bringing the Queen Bee back!"

Samuelas thought about it and agreed. This guy was getting more and more arrogant because his brother was a high-ranking member of the Eternal Darkness Council. He was always thinking about taking advantage of others without contributing anything.

If you're traveling back through the Boundary Tree alone, the cost isn't significant. However, if you're carrying items (such as weapons, equipment, or fragments of the Hyperion's Heart), you'll incur a price, basically permanently losing some of your attributes. Bringing living creatures back will result in an even greater cost.

Samuellas was already angry with Nigellas, and the thought that she had put in so much effort only to have to sacrifice her own attributes so that this guy could benefit from it all made her even more unhappy. So when Kayalas said that, she immediately agreed.

She looked at Liu Nian and said, "Although you received the mission from the Gorgon Insect King, you didn't contribute anything else! You'll be responsible for taking this queen bee back to report!" Without waiting for Liu Nian's reaction, she immediately emerged from the queen bee's head.

Liu Nian was digesting the information in the other party's words, such as the World Wood, the Queen Bee, and the Gorgon Insect King.

Seeing the other party suddenly and bizarrely transform into a bee-man, and then emerge from the bee-man's head, they were completely baffled...

"What are you waiting for? Get inside her and don't let her wake up!" Kaiaras said.

Liu Nian: Enter her body? What the hell?! I don't know how either!