Everyone's playing hide-and-seek: This crazy beauty has maxed-out third eyes.

Lin Sui'an didn't pause for long.

Southwest direction.

There was only one ice tree over there. Compared to the cluster of trees flanking from behind, forcibly charging into this lone tree was the only way out.

Dirt flew everywhere, and the massive gray trunk smashed through the dead trees blocking its path.

Lydia, Lina, and Sergei were caught in mid-air, the wind whipping their faces.

Within the holographic perception network, the lone ice tree drew ever closer, its vision penetrating the last layer of shrubs.

It's Song Jinshu!

Four mangled human corpses still hung on its thick branches.

When Song Jinshu's heat sensor swept over, it didn't lock onto Lin Sui'an's tree trunk, but rather onto the three clumps of prey hanging on her branches.

The massive branch rose up and hovered in mid-air for two seconds.

Huh? What's going on? How come these three prey are still alive? Instead of being impaled on barbs, they are being protected by branches with their barbs concealed.

Song Jinshu was puzzled, Song Jinshu was confused, Song Jinshu was angry!

Lin Sui'an's roots slammed against the ground, forcefully breaking through from Song Jinshu's right side. In the instant the branches of the two trees intersected, she stretched out a branch, reaching for Song Jinshu's outermost side branch.

It snapped suddenly.

"Snap!"

The branch broke.

It's not one of its kind! It didn't kill its prey! It was saving its prey! Song Jinshu made the judgment.

As he broke through the encirclement, Lin Sui'an felt the bark on his body loosening.

They've been found out!

The gray bark began to peel off from her fingertips, and the roots retracted, turning into two human legs. She stumbled as she landed, and the branches detached at the same time, leaving the three of them on the ground.

The cold air seeped into her skin, which was no longer protected by tree bark, and she shivered.

"run!"

Behind them, Song Jinshu, who had recognized her, used her roots to charge straight at them.

The four of them took off running, their legs crunching through the fallen leaves, the sound of leaves rustling behind them.

"Lydia!" Lin Sui'an shouted to the side, "Book!"

Lydia took out a dark red book and opened its pages.

The three Chinese characters “Song Jinshu” glowed red.

"Order her to stop the remaining ice trees!"

Lina translated immediately, and Lydia held up the Book of True Names.

"Song".

"Jin".

"Book."

His pronunciation was clear and accurate.

The Chinese characters on the pages burst forth with red light, transforming into a tangible red line that shot towards the Songjin Book Tree that was pursuing them the most closely, the red line disappearing into the gray bark.

Lydia roared in her bear language, "Block all the strange trees behind us!"

Force the command to take effect.

The roots of the Songjinshu tree dug deep into the mud, its massive trunk stopped in place, turning to face the nine ice trees rushing towards it.

This is a head-on, doomed fight.

The first ice tree to rush up broke off a branch.

Song Jinshu raised two main branches.

"Bang."

Two trees collided.

The splinter shattered.

The third one crashed into us.

A large piece of bark was forcibly torn off the Songjinshu tree.

Gray liquid splattered on the soil.

It didn't retreat; its branches shot out into the air.

In the Dragon Kingdom's live stream, the camera switched to this final standoff.

After a brief pause of a few seconds, the barrage of comments burst forth.

An Shen's little fan: Song Shen...

momo: Does this mean that even though Song Shen is dead, he is still giving us a chance to live?

She's never eaten vegetables: Even after becoming a monster, she still protects us.

Never eaten meat: Although it was a forced order, knowing that it was Song Shen, I still couldn't help but want to cry.

Fragile Heart: I really can't bear to see this scene, one against nine, the branches are almost broken...

Koi fish: A tribute to the soldiers.

A native of Zu'an: Does this lousy game even have any bottom line?!

Go China! Wait a minute! Look at the screen!

An Shen yyds: There's something going on with those trees on the right!

In the center of the image.

Song Jinshu was outnumbered by nine, and its fighting strength was quickly exhausted, with several branches breaking off.

But soon, six of the nine ice trees that were attacking her started acting erratically.

Their branches, held high, hung suspended in mid-air, and the leaves ceased rubbing together.

An ice tree that was attacking Song Jinshu was about to pierce its trunk with its branches.

next second.

It stopped.

The massive root system circled halfway around in place, facing the ice tree that was stubbornly struggling beside it.

"Bang!"

The sluggish ice tree swung its branches in a wide arc, slamming them hard against the trunks of its kind.

The bark of the same type of tree that was hit cracked.

A chain reaction erupted.

The second ice tree is repelling water.

The fourth one.

The sixth tree.

These six ice trees completely abandoned the capture order and joined Song Jinshu's camp.

Seven against three.

The situation has reversed.

The three ice trees that were following the system's capture orders were driven back, leaving broken limbs and debris flying everywhere.

The live stream chat exploded again.

An Shen's little fan: There's infighting? They've turned against each other? Are these six trees good friends with Song Shen?

Don't talk to me: those six trees are the ones that create dreams by the pond.

momo: They really are those few trees that create dreams!

Ancestral Zu'an people: What kind of dreams did An Shen create for them?

An Shen yyds: Are the consciousnesses of players who die on the battlefield awakened by dreams?

Never eaten vegetables before: I don't know...

Go China! If their consciousness has truly been awakened, then even in death, they are still fighting for the country's hope for survival...

My fragile heart is crying even more now! /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

Another day has passed: So... will they be punished after the game ends?

In the command center, Jiang Lai stood in front of the main screen.

"Retrieve the video footage."

Chen Zheng typed on the keyboard.

"Analyze the behavioral nodes," Jiang Lai continued, "and record the triggering reactions of the dream-making props."

Chen Zheng lowered his head to take notes.

"Chief of Staff, data retrieval complete."

Jiang Lai looked at Song Jinshu on the screen; perhaps this was the last time she would see her comrade-in-arms.

Old Zhao spoke up from the corner: "Time's up."

in the forest.

Lin Sui'an and the other three ran a safe distance away, the sounds of fighting behind them being blocked by the heavy shadows of the trees.

[Countdown: Ten.]

【Nine.】

Lin Sui'an stopped in his tracks.

Lena leaned against the palm tree, gasping for breath; her lungs felt like they were about to burst.

Lydia closed the dark red book and stuffed it back into her pocket.

Sergei braced his hands on his knees, beads of sweat cascading onto the fallen leaves.

Now it's really not cold anymore.

【three. 】

【two. 】

【one.】

[Hunting time.]

[This round of hide-and-seek is over.]

The next second, the survivor was teleported to the dungeon entrance.

The system announcement continued to play.

[Surviving players: 7.]

[Dragon Kingdom player: Lin Sui'an, alive.]

[Lina, a player from the Southern Kingdom, is alive.]

[Russian player: Lydia, alive.]

[Belarusian player: Sergei, alive.]

[Batan player: Hardy, alive.]

[US player: Alex, alive.]

[British player: Ron, alive.]

After reading the list, Lin Sui'an glanced at everyone.

One of the players who was fighting her for the box was bleeding from half of his body and was sitting on the ground, panting heavily.

One of the players who survived the water collapsed to the ground, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

There was another one whose face was deathly pale, but whose condition was much better than the other two.

Congratulations to all players for clearing the Devil's Forest dungeon!

[Draw your game rewards now.]