"I will lead the invaders to the Forest of Tranquility..."
The voice is like that of the dying Professor Nuno Alexandrovich.
His curse seems to originate from here.
rustle
The big tree shook its crown in response.
"This is the pioneer's instruction..."
The wind brings whispers.
The big tree bowed its crown obediently.
The figure in the corner of the branch walked up to Lu Li: "Invaders, come with me..."
It turned and walked deeper into the forest.
The danger seemed to be over, Lu Li climbed up from the soil and brushed away the fallen leaves around him.
"My legs..."
A cry of grievance sounded from behind the twisted mask on the eldest sister's head.
"Can you recover?" Lu Li picked up the eldest sister's head.
"cannot……"
"I'll sew it up for you when this is over." Lu Li put it in the hood behind him and looked around.
Thousands of forest shadows surrounded him. The trees standing in the fertile soil were full of vitality. If necessary, they would turn into powerful warriors in an instant.
There is no way to escape.
The roar of the model mother never stopped, but she was almost exhausted, and the sound of falling trees disappeared for a long time. It won't be long before she will be subdued by this forest and become nourishment.
Averting his gaze, Lu Li followed the figure walking away from the corner of the branch.
swish swish swish
It stepped on the thick soil of fallen leaves and led the way indifferently.
The deeper you go, the thicker and taller the trees become, covering the sky like a primeval forest. The accumulated fallen leaves cover your legs, and the rustling sound they make when they fall in is the only sound in the dark and quiet forest.
I wonder if they, like the surrounding trees, will become warriors to protect their homes due to foreign enemies.
The eldest sister clutched her hood tightly, and Lu Li followed quietly.
After a while, a naturally growing tree house appeared deep in the shadow of the forest.
The branches naturally form the outline of the tree house, and the dark green leaves embellish the shape of the tree house.
Many vegetative beings who look like the figure at the corner of the branch, with branches growing from their bodies, live here. They wear broken cloaks, and branches grow from the gaps. They are all young people and children.
Those older vegetative people took root at the edge of the clearing. Some were still in human form, while some had half of their bodies transformed into trees, or had completely become members of the forest.
The scene deep in the forest has a strange tranquility and tranquility.
Sensing the outsiders, they looked here curiously.
In the middle of the clearing, a giant tree stands. Its trunk is thicker and its crown is higher. It protects this habitat just like the giant tree that protects Midnight City.
"The Pioneers are waiting for you..."
The figure at the corner of the branch stopped and turned to look at Lu Li.
Lu Li looked at the giant tree that vaguely outlined an old face, and walked towards it.
"Can we escape?"
The eldest sister stopped screaming and whispered in Lu Li's ear.
"If you could fly." Lu Li said, walking under the canopy of the giant tree.
The face in the wrinkled bark slowly opened one eye.
"I feel...your breath...I remember you..."
Amidst the trembling "rustling" of the branches, a whisper of reminiscence sounded.
"Exorcist...Lu Li."
"Who are you."
Lu Li observed the face, trying to detect something from the old face covered in the bark of the ravine trees.
The pioneer answered Lu Li slowly.
"Twenty-four years ago...Luo Lei Castle...little Linna...do you remember it?"
The tree bark face in front of me gradually overlapped with that of the little girl from Luo Lei Fort who was infected with the plant plague and was blinded in one eye.
Lu Li nodded lightly.
"Glad to see you're still here..."
Little Lina...or Lina's tree gently swayed its crown to express its joy.
"But why did your smell... become lighter... I almost didn't recognize it..."
"Something happened." Lu Li answered briefly.
The eldest sister's head came out of the hood: "Do you know each other?"
"Twenty-four years ago." Lu Li said, looking around: "Are you their leader?"
The crown of the tree rustled and swayed.
"I am not their leader, I am His people."
"Him?"
A branch hangs down, gently pointing to the deeper part of the forest: "Living in the center of the forest, our Lord, the spirit of the ancestors."
While Lu Li was looking quietly, the Linna Tree called to him a figure on the branch in the distance.
"Pioneer..."
The figure in the corner of the branch lowered his head in respect.
"Lu Li... will be our... guide..." Lina's Tree said slowly.
"I... don't understand..." The figure at the corner of the branch raised its head: "I've heard of him... he cut off our branches to keep us ugly... not allowed to grow..."
"No... child..." Linna's tree looked at it kindly: "Pruning makes the trees more lush... Lu Li is our gardener..."
This time, the figure at the corner of the branch lowered his head again and said to Lu Li: "Guide..."
In any case, the crisis is over, and Lu Li and Sister Tou will no longer be used as fertilizer and buried underground.
Linna's Tree asked Lu Li where he was going next.
"Cape of Storms." Lu Li replied.
The plant habitat is still some distance away from Storm Point, and how to get there safely is still a troublesome matter.
"Please rest here...it's getting dark..." Linna Tree advised him.
There are less than two hours until night.
Linna's Tree asked the residents of the gathering place to vacate the tree house closest to it for Lu Li, and provided him with branches and blades of grass so that he could make a fire to escape the darkness.
The plant people who were curious about Lu Li stayed away from the tree house because they didn't like flames.
The firelight lit up in the treehouse, dispelling the darkness that filled the quiet forest.
He is not alone. There are people around him
And amidst the "cracking" sound of burning, the face of Lina's tree suddenly appeared on the wall of the tree house.
"Can we talk..." The old man looked like a little girl and asked with hope.
Lu Li did have some questions to ask: "Is the leader dead?"
"Not yet..." The answer from the Lina Tree revealed how tenacious and difficult a leader is to deal with. "The children are consuming its power..."
Lu Li asked again about the cursed bloodline of Professor Nuno Alexandrovich, and Lina's Tree replied that he could not remember the name or the story about him.
"We have no intention of trespassing...but the wind will carry away the seeds..."
Plant habitats have little contact with the outside world and do not invade and attack people wantonly, just like trees.
"Do I have seeds on my body?" Lu Li asked.
"I have already picked it off..." Lina's tree said.
The seed is a blessing to His people, but a curse to all mankind.
It is a pity that if Professor Nuno is still alive, his curse will be removed...
"Mr. Lu Li... what do you think... of this place..."
That old face suddenly looked like a child who had finished his work and was looking forward to the approval of an adult.
Lu Li looked at the dark and quiet open space and forest outside the tree hole, and shook his head gently.