The villain's goal is to save the heroine

The current situation wasn't suitable for slowly guiding the other party. He could only hope that Lin En wouldn't do anything more extreme, otherwise he wouldn't know how to face his sister Mona.

Seeing Mona like this, Lin En's resentment really faded. Although he still felt uncomfortable looking at the stupid woman, he was not so petty. He just uttered a few words indifferently:

"Forget it, let's go."

Chapter 157 Screaming Tree!

Mona eventually returned to the team.

It's hard to say whether it was the inertia of the process that was at work, but after a brief rest, the four of them finally arrived at the location where Augustus disappeared.

Lower your head, but not too little, at least to 90 degrees with the ground.

Of course, depending on the terrain, it may not be the standard 90°. It may be smaller or larger. Anyway, as long as the position is locked, the amplitude can be adjusted.

At first glance, the ground has not changed much. The road is still an ordinary road, and the ground is still extremely hard.

But after taking a step forward while maintaining perspective, something immediately seemed wrong!

How to describe this feeling?

It's like when Lin En was little, he thought he lived inside the Earth. Only after growing up and learning more did he realize he was actually standing on the surface. But then he thought, since everyone is standing on the Earth's surface, and the Earth is round, if he were standing on top of the Earth, wouldn't the other side be like standing upside down? Wouldn't he fall off?

Since Augustus changed the game's controls and turned the "Forest of the Sacred Trees" upside down, this step Lin En took felt just like that.

There was a moment of confusion in the space. If you watch this process carefully, you will have a feeling that your vision is reversed and you are about to "fall", but if you take another step forward, it is just a trance and everything returns to normal.

His figure had disappeared from Siena's reality and came to the gap between the two spaces.

The ground under your feet is still covered with the typical gravel slabs of Siena, but the gravel slabs seem to have a kind of "transparent" beauty, and you can faintly see some leaves that jump out of the paper.

And if you take two more steps forward, the gravel slabs will gradually fade, and the broken leaves will gradually condense into reality. When you step on it, the ground is different from the hardness of stone, and has become an uneven surface that is rarely visited by people.

When I looked up, I found that the surrounding environment had become dark and my field of vision had been greatly reduced. I could only vaguely see some trees with strange shapes and shadows, which were spread out all around me with their fangs and claws bared.

"Forest of Sacred Trees"!

A different space that is independent of the real world and where no magic power flows!

The first debuff in this space is the extremely slow recovery of mana. Here, mana can only be produced and consumed by the user, unlike in the outside world where breathing alone can replenish it. This is why Lin En took a short break before taking action.

The second debuff is vision.

Not to mention that they entered at dusk. Even if they came in during the day, it wouldn't be a good place here. The world was gray, a bit like Silent Hill. The difference was that there was no dust floating around, but there were strange-shaped trees everywhere, which made it even more eerie.

Of course, this was all to be expected. After all, the game described the "Forest of the Sacred Trees" in great detail, and it wasn't anything special. If there was anything unexpected, it was that the temperature seemed a few degrees lower than outside. While not exactly freezing, it definitely had a chilling, eerie feeling that made one feel uneasy.

At this time, Lynn turned around and saw Eunice, Claire and Mona following behind him.

Unlike Lin En, they obviously did not expect this situation in the alien space, and were looking around with horror, astonishment and seriousness.

Claire and Mona's behavior was predictable, but Eunice, who was usually fearless, actually showed a frightened expression, which was a bit surprising.

"Hey, Eunice, are you okay?" In order to prevent unnecessary accidents, Lin En first confirmed the condition of the little Loli.

In any case, Eunice replaced Mullin and came to the "Forest of the Sacred Tree". He was familiar with Claire and Mona's performance, but the little Loli was obviously a "newbie", and he didn't know if there would be any variables in the process.

"Huh? Huh...!" The little girl reacted a little stiffly. "What...what are you talking about? How could anything happen to me?!"

"I suggest you be honest right now. This place doesn't look simple at first glance. If you keep talking tough, no one will be watching you later." Lin En emphasized.

This is not alarmist. After all, they are now entering someone else's territory. Even if he can foresee some information, it is impossible to completely avoid accidents.

"I said it's okay!" The little girl folded her hands in dissatisfaction, then turned her head away guiltily, muttering, "I'm just not used to these weird things..."

The little girl was probably referring to the surrounding trees.

Indeed, at this time, the "Forest of Sacred Trees" was much darker than the outside. Those strange-shaped trees were hidden in the darkness, and one could vaguely see some human figures that seemed to be screaming, twisting, and dancing. It was hard to say whether this was an optical illusion or not.

"Just ignore them."

As Lynn spoke, he turned his attention to Claire and Mona. Just as he was about to briefly explain the current situation to them, he saw Mona had already raised the giant sword and was about to chop it down in front of her!

Lin En was immediately shocked and shouted, "Stop!"

Mona shuddered when she heard that, and wanted to withdraw her hand reflexively, but she was a step too late. The strong wind had already blew out, and although it changed its trajectory, it still hit a strange and twisted tree, making a loud "bang"!

This stupid woman...!

Lin En was instantly furious upon seeing this. He took two steps to Mona, grabbed her by the collar, and lifted her up. "It's you again...! What are you doing? Who told you to move around?! I should have known not to let you come here. You have nothing else to do but hold us back, right?!"

Mona became terrified when she heard Lin En's angry shout. Her eyes trembled uncontrollably and her expression gradually became desperate. Her body also reacted. The wall of her heart, which was not high to begin with, collapsed in an instant!

"I'm... I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I'm sorry...! Don't scold me... Please... Don't scold me! Wuu... I... I just wanted to help everyone mark it... I didn't mean to hold them back... I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Please don't scold me... Wuu..."

As he spoke, tears began to fall involuntarily.

She was terrified, as if an invisible blade was placed on her neck. She was afraid that Lin En would use even more ruthless and violent language to completely destroy her existence!

This reaction is already a bit stressful.

But it makes people very angry!

"Apologize...! Apologize again! Is that all you can do now?" Lin En lifted up Mona, whose body had already collapsed. "What happens after the apology? Huh? Don't you understand that the apology isn't the goal, but reflection and correction after the apology?! Why are you still acting without thinking? Do you think you can just do whatever you want when you suddenly arrive in an unfamiliar environment?!!"

After saying that, he threw Mona to the ground!

too difficult!

He started to show some concern for the little girl, and his worries came true immediately!

This guy clearly didn't do anything like this in the game, so why is he acting so recklessly now? In such a strange and unfamiliar environment, how could someone just start a fight without saying anything?!

Yes, Lynn really didn't want this to happen.

But when Lin En saw the same problem happening to the same person again, he couldn't help but get angry.

Just like he wanted to strangle "Lynn" countless times when he was playing the game, he also wanted to strangle Mona countless times now.

However, the experiences of "Lynn" at that time and Mona now were completely different.

Although "Lynn" was also constantly being attacked, Mona's attacks were too limited. At most, they could only make "Lynn" furious and grit his teeth, but they could not affect anything at all.

But it's different now.

From the moment Mona annoyed Lin En, the aggression Lin En displayed was clearly far greater than Mona's defense! Moreover, it was the kind of attack that was impossible to refute, making people doubt life, themselves, and life itself!

The PUA along the way had already made Mona too humble. Her original intention was to give everyone some support with a flattering attitude, but she ended up causing trouble again!

This situation where everything she did was wrong and she was subjected to violent abuse made Mona completely collapse in an instant. Her body twitched uncontrollably, and then she fell to the ground and started vomiting!

"Sister Mona, are you okay?!"

Claire was horrified when she saw this and rushed forward to check, but Mona was kicking her legs and backing away as if she was in a state of stress:

"do not come!"

After shouting, he couldn't help but vomit, and his tone finally softened: "I... I'm fine... I'm sorry, I'm just a waste... Don't sympathize with me... I don't deserve it..."

Claire felt her heart break upon hearing this. She turned around and was about to settle the score with Lin En, but at this moment...

"Ahhhhhhh-"

Suddenly, a sharp, shrill, hysterical and creepy voice came from the forest, which did not belong to the four people!

Everyone subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound, only to find that the thing making the continuous screams was not some other thing, but the strange tree that was cut down by Mona's strong wind!

The frightened little girl couldn't help but throw out a "fire". When the light of the "fire" dispelled the darkness, everyone could see the scene in front of them more clearly!

Yes, it was an extremely strange blood tree! The spot where Mona had chopped it was bleeding. As blood continued to flow from its trunk, the bizarre tree seemed to come alive. Blurred human features emerged from its trunk, and then its entire trunk began to tremble and stretch, as if suddenly enduring unspeakable pain. Then, from its elongated mouth, a cry like a cuckoo's blood-curdling cry emanated!

This scene is really creepy.

Even though Lin En had experienced this game countless times, when he walked into the screen, the immersive feeling was like silver needles sharply stimulating his nerves. In just a moment, goose bumps appeared all over his body!

Chapter 158: Escape from the Horror Trees

"withdraw!"

Seeing the horrific scene in front of him, Lin En shouted without thinking.

In fact, he didn't need to shout, the current situation was already visibly bad!

When the blood oozing out of the first terrifying tree soaked into the nearby trees, the new strange tree began to "wake up"!

The oozing blood seemed to stimulate the "sleeping" old tree, and blurry facial features also emerged on the trunk, and then...

"Ahhhhhhh-"

Another strange tree screamed twistedly and hoarsely!

As it screamed, new blood oozed out from its blurred facial features, and then began to infect new strange trees nearby, and began to spread like a virus, as if awakening some unknown terrifying tribe!

This kind of scene can no longer be described in terms of danger or not. Just looking at it is enough to make people terrified. How can they dare to stay where they are?

Under Lynn's leadership, Eunice and Claire quickly moved away. However, just as they were about to run away, they suddenly realized that someone was missing...

Mona, who had the highest level, fell behind!

It’s hard to say whose fault it is. Anyway, after being insulted by Lin En again, Mona has not yet recovered from her collapse.

Her mentality had already collapsed, and her body twitched and vomited on the ground for several minutes. How could she move quickly now?

She insisted on running a few steps with the giant sword, but as luck would have it, she kicked a tree root that suddenly arched up from the ground, and immediately stumbled and fell back to the ground!

If it were Mona from before, no matter how miserable she was, she would have been fine. After all, she was at level 67, so even if she was weak, she wouldn't be completely defenseless.

But now Mona has completely accepted that she is a stupid, useless piece of trash.

Because her unintentional action had once again caused trouble for the team, her mentality was completely shattered! She felt that everything she did was wrong, that she was undoubtedly a drag, a worthless piece of trash. So even though she had the ability to resist, she took it for granted that she couldn't. She was trembling with fear and had almost given up struggling...!

This is the terrible impact of verbal violence.

Those who choose to commit suicide because they can't stand the online violence probably have a similar mentality to Mona at this moment. Although it may be difficult for ordinary people to imagine, it is undoubtedly bad and real.

And in just this short period of time, Mona was completely surrounded by the "Screaming Tree".

And it is an encirclement in the actual sense!

The roots of these "fear trees" have become active underground. They are no longer confined to one place, but have begun to move around in the "Forest of Sacred Trees" like reptiles, madly and hysterically, wanting to completely devour the invaders who broke in!

Mona was their first target.

Countless roots broke out of the soil, swaying and dancing, like a carnival, all swarming towards Mona!

"whispering sound!"

Looking at Mona's cowardly look, Lin En couldn't help but snort.

He skipped Mona's psychological condition and instead attributed it all to the mysterious force of inertia. Just because he was no longer useless, he could actually turn a level 67 knight into this state...!

But he couldn't just sit there and do nothing, so he could only turn around and urge "Senlu" to tie up the stupid woman and drag her out of the gap along with the giant sword!

In the game, it’s Mona who’s the one ... holding people back, and it’s “Lynn” who’s the one who’s the one who’s holding people back.

But in reality, it was Lin En who was the one who was being offensive, and Mona who was holding people back.

This kind of thing that seems like fate is really frustrating!

"Breakout!"

Lin En carried Mona like cargo and shouted to the two people not far away.

At this point, the terrifying screams were rising and falling like waves, unending and continuous! Even with limited vision, one could still clearly sense that more and more trees had been "awakened." It was as if one was in the vast ocean, with no sense of boundaries anymore!

The vision was blurry, and there were demons dancing all around. More and more "Screaming Trees" were able to move, and countless bloody roots were surging out from the ground. In just a few minutes, a desperate crisis had already arrived!

What's even worse is that Eunice seems to be particularly afraid of these strange things.

As those tentacle-like vines began to surround her from all sides, the little girl's mental pressure reached a threshold...

“Ahhhh! Don’t come over here! Get away from me!”

While shouting, he casually shot out several sharp wind blades at the roots.

then…

"puff!"

Strange blood spurted out from the rhizome like a fountain.

It was too late for Lin En to stop it, so he could only swing "Senlu" to tie the little Loli to his side, and then use his body to block some of the splattered blood!

"Damn... try not to attack those things! There's a curse in this blood, don't waste your magic power, just leave!" Lin En warned loudly.