The branches of the dead tree are squirming and stretching in the direction where the players are. Its movement is not like a precursor to attack, but more like the struggle of a dying person when he sees hope.

"Search and rescue? Save? Come and save me, save me..."

Facing the branches like snakes and the messy facial features and limbs on the trunk, Lin Qiushuang was not panicked: "Don't be anxious. Please explain your situation first, so we will know how to save you."

The dead tree, wrong, the missing person Cui Chengjie seemed to be convinced: "Explanation? From, where to explain?"

"Let me first talk about why you fell off the cliff."

The eyes on the dead tree turned disorderly, as if they were thinking. After a while, the other party spoke again in that hoarse and vague tone.

“My girlfriend and Wenle, and I visited the sacred tree.

"We listened to the villagers' instructions and instructions, and picked the fruits.

"One person eats half of it. One person eats half of it.

"But the fruit is wrong, strange, very strange, I didn't, didn't eat it. I just took it with me.

"At rest, I won't eat, Wenle is angry, we quarrel.

"Half of the fruit fell. Wenle picked it up, and when it fell, I pulled her.

"We fell, fell. It hurts... It hurts...

"The fruit comes over, I've eaten it. It doesn't hurt anymore.

"Wenle changed, turned into, a monster. I ran away, she fell in the river, but she didn't catch up. I hid here, hid, save me, save me..."

The words of the dead tree are broken and not sentences, but they are still enough to understand what is going on.

According to him, this monsterization phenomenon seems to be related to eating fruits. However, so many tourists have eaten fruits before, but they did not immediately turn into monsters. The difference is...seriously injured? The fruit is equivalent to a certain parasite. When the host's life is in danger, it occurred in advance in order to maintain the host's life?

However, did he realize that he had become a monster? Did he realize it or was he deceived himself and pretended not to recognize this fact?

Moreover, there is actually a contradiction between his statement and the facts. The blood on the railings of the observation deck, now recall that smell is...

Yu Yueming was thinking about the cause and effect relationship between the incident, while Lin Qiushuang had already started a conversation again.

"We want to help you too." Her words sounded sincere, "but we must find Wenle. Only by finding her can we have a way to save you."

She didn't even make up her words, but Cui Chengjie, who could not even say the complete words, seemed to believe this.

"She flowed along the river. She turned into a monster. She was like a tree. Black, tree. It grew from flesh. "

"Is there any other clue?" Lin Qiushuang asked.

The eyes on the dead tree turned faster, and the vines were swaying and swinging rapidly, as if humans were waving their hands in a hurry.

"I can't, can't say anything more. She will hear it. She will come!"

The tone of the dead tree was filled with fear and quickly ended the conversation. The mouth and eyes on the trunk closed, the organs and limbs disappeared, the vines fell, and they returned to the appearance of an ordinary tree.

Lin Qiushuang turned around the trees and looked at the other two: "Do you have anything else to do?"

I still feel like I want to tear the tree. Yu Yueming thought silently, but still shook his head in great cooperation.

It is enough to have someone to commit suicide, and he is afraid that this senior will really want to hit someone.

Seeing that neither of them had anything to do, Lin Qiushuang said, "Go and meet those two people first."

After leaving the dead tree for a distance, she asked, "If it were you, what are you going to do next?"

Yu Yueming thought for a moment: "Let's explore downstream along the river first. The previous search and rescue team must have searched with human traces as clues, so they can't find people. Since we already know that the target has become a tree-like monster, we can find corresponding clues on the river bank. If the other party grows similar to the dead tree just now, if it is carefully searched, it should be able to distinguish it from ordinary trees. If it really doesn't work, I can also track it with my sense of smell."

Qi Yuanze touched his chin: "I recorded the process of the tree mutating just now, and just showed it to the remaining two, so that they were also a little mentally prepared."

Yu Yueming:???

It's better to just say it directly? He looked at the two people who didn't look like they had strong psychological acceptance, so he was afraid that they would be scared crazy.

It's confirmed that Qi Yuanze should be the type of person who is the type who will pull others over and get San together after seeing the corpse San in the running group game. Yu Yueming walked away silently a little again.

Lin Qiushuang did not refute any of them, but added: "In the situation just now, if you have confidence in your own force, it is actually okay to just use a knife to cut it, but it is better to try the conversation first. However, for novices, that was a normal reaction just now. After all, most people will not think about talking to the tree. Next time they encounter such situations, they can deal with it more flexibly."

She then looked at Yu Yueming and reminded: "You can look at the panel, the task should be updated."

Yu Yueming immediately did it and found that the original task description had the word "(1/2)" added. Does it mean that he had found one of the missing persons?

"This is also a small trick in the dungeon. Those NPCs may not necessarily tell the truth, so at critical moments, we can refer to the task prompts. Now the task shows that we have found a missing person, which means that the tree just now is indeed one of the missing persons, not the monster's disguise and deception. Although this technique can only help make some small judgments, it is very practical, so you can remember it."

In this classroom-like atmosphere, the three of them returned to the river and completed their reunion.

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"Are you sure you want to go back to the village?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After listening to the three of them talking about their previous exploration experience and the evidence from the video, the couple seemed to have finally broken the last string in their minds. Among them, Wang Ruihao made a very determined request to return to the village.

Facing Lin Qiushuang's question, Wang Ruihao replied without hesitation: "Our mission is enough to stay here until tomorrow. We don't have the ability to do that. Wouldn't we be able to return it to you?"

"The village may not be safer than here." Lin Qiushuang reminded calmly, "In my opinion, there is more dangerous there. If you don't follow us, I suggest you stay in the campsite, which should be safer."

Considering that the monster-like dead tree was right next to the forest, the other party clearly showed resistance to the proposal of "staying in the campsite" and still firmly demanded to return to the village.

Perhaps, in his opinion, there are at least similar people in the village. Although Yu Yueming said that he had seen strange children on the village chief, in his opinion, as long as he could avoid the village chief's residence, there would be no big problem. Moreover, he did not see those children with his own eyes, maybe Yu Yueming had misread it. In comparison, the monsters with video testimony were even more terrifying.

Lin Qiushuang sighed softly and looked at Xu Ya who had not spoken much.

"What about your opinion? You have always followed the crowd and followed the people around you. There is no problem with this, but this decision is related to your destiny. It is better to make your own decision?"

The woman who was named looked at her hesitantly, then looked at her boyfriend. After repeated several times, she shook her head and rejected Lin Qiushuang's proposal.

"Okay, finally, I would like to remind you that you must be vigilant when you return to the village, but you must never show any abnormalities on the surface, just act like an ordinary tourist. Remember to adapt to the situation when encountering things, and wish you good luck."

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Watching the two left, Qi Yuanze suddenly asked, "You actually want to help them, so you asked them several times, right? Since that's the case, wouldn't it be better to ask them to stay directly? They are not stupid enough to not listen to the orders of veterans, right?"

"They have made a decision. In the copy, every decision is important. I cannot help them make a decision. Moreover, if they do not cooperate sincerely, they will most likely not obey the instructions at critical moments. Staying with me will be more dangerous."

Lin Qiushuang said this and took a step forward.
Chapter completed!