The rest time is always short. They have been walking for a little while now and have now reached the edge of the poplar forest.
This poplar forest is so vast that if you look up, you can't see the edge. In this cold winter, these poplar trees are still full of green. Occasionally, the northwest wind blows, making a rustling sound.
"Hey, this is too abnormal. The leaves haven't fallen yet. Can we take a detour?"
Lu Feiyu looked at the mysterious leaves with some trepidation.
"I asked a few people with powers before I came here. This is really weird, but they said there is no danger if we leave from here. We can't just leave." Li Yi scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"The detour will probably take another two or three days. My mother-in-law will be worried to death." This person obviously didn't want to take the detour.
"Okay, everyone else is fine, so we should be fine too." Lu Feiyu rubbed his hands, trying to get rid of the coldness on his hands.
Before they entered the poplar forest, they saw a dozen people walking out. The three in front had straight backs, rosy complexions, and clean and tidy clothes. They looked like people with superpowers. Eight or nine ragged refugees followed closely behind the three of them, and no one wanted to be the person at the back of the line.
The three leaders immediately became alert when they saw them.
"Brother, we are going to Base 55. Are you from there?" Li Yi's honest face and honest voice always make the other party lower their guard.
"Yes." The leading man nodded, looked at Yang Lulu who was being protected by a group of people in the middle, then took off his guard, and asked knowingly: "You are also on a mission?"
"Yes, it's a small mission. Are there any dangers on the way?" Li Yi inquired with a smile.
Randomly and without any trace, he took a step back and got closer to Yang Lulu.
"There's no danger. Just one or two monsters pop up occasionally, and we, the superpowers, have all taken care of them," the man replied.
"That's fine. It's almost the same when we come here, with a few monsters here and there." Li Yi said loudly, patting the ax hanging on his waist vigorously as he spoke.
Both sides are testing each other and showing their strength to the other side.
"Then let's go, the mission is urgent," the other party nodded and replied.
"OK"
With that said, both parties walked towards their respective destinations.
When the two parties walked to the same level, Su Qiqi could feel that the alertness of both parties reached its highest point.
As the other side got farther and farther away, everyone gradually relaxed.
"In places far away from the base, it is better to be more vigilant. It is not uncommon for people to commit murder and steal goods."
Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the other party's figure getting further and further away, then took the lead and walked towards the endless Ye Woods with a huge ax in hand.
When everyone saw him entering, they followed him one after another.
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Two hours later, they were almost out of the woods without taking a break, and they still had about half an hour to go.
There were no monsters along the way.
"No, why are there no monsters at all?" Li Yi asked in surprise. This is not close to the nearest base, and the monsters here will not be cleared by the base.
"Yeah, you can see one or two just before entering the woods, but as you go deeper, you won't see them again," one of the people in the team agreed.
"Why are you thinking so much? Maybe we happened to be walking on the same road that the team just walked, and the monsters have been cleared by them. It's normal to have no monsters, right?" Lu Feiyu said with a clear look.
"Then why aren't there even any birdsong, and not a single animal was seen?" Su Qiqi said, holding her chest.
There seemed to be only one kind of creature like poplar trees in this area, which was very abnormal. Su Qiqi always felt that there was a huge danger waiting for them ahead.
Before they could figure out why this happened, several of them smelled the strong smell of blood.
Su Qiqi suddenly looked up. There were some particularly thick poplar trees not far away from them. What was terrifying was that there were several refugees who seemed to have just died hanging on those trees. The refugees were covered with poplar trees. The branches are greedily sucking the blood of refugees.
The scene in front of them shocked everyone. Unexpectedly, the poplar tree here also mutated into a monster.
"We were tricked by that team. These people looked like they hadn't been dead for a long time. They should be from that team. Obviously he didn't tell us the truth." Su Qiqi said in a deep voice.
"We haven't alerted him yet. Let's be careful and go around these trees and don't let them find us." Su Qiqi glanced at the poplar tree, which was still immersed in eating, and said to everyone.
Li Yi held her ax tightly, feeling that Su Qiqi's method was feasible, and then nodded in approval.
Except for Yang Lulu, the rest of the people seemed to be more cautious. The others' legs were swaying unconsciously, and their walking posture always made it feel like they would fall to the ground in the next step.
Everyone didn't dare to take a breath, and stepped back slowly.
Tick tock…
Tick tock…
Drops of blood overflowed from the gaps in the blood-sucking branches and fell on the ground covered with fallen leaves, making different crisp sounds.
The sound of ticking poured into everyone's ears, torturing the fragile nerves.
Suddenly, a drop of water fell from the leaves above and landed on Lu Feiyu's face.
Lu Feiyu trembled all over and screamed uncontrollably. He raised his hand to wipe his cheek and found that it was not blood, but a drop of water.
Seeing everyone looking at him, he smiled and pointed at the water mark on his face.
Fortunately, Yang Shu did not notice the movement here.
Li Yi glanced at Lu Feiyu with a look of disdain.
Tick tock…
Another drop of water fell on Su Qiqi's face.
It hasn't rained these days. Why is there so much water on the leaves?
Su Qiqi looked up strangely.
They saw the branches of the poplar tree nearby quietly approaching them, without making any sound among the dense leaves.
There was a mutated poplar tree on the way they came here. Could these drops of water be the saliva of this poplar tree?
Why didn't it attack them before? This poplar tree seemed to know that they would return here again after seeing the scene in front of them?
Su Qiqi was startled by her own thoughts. This Yang Shu had awakened his self-awareness!
"Spread out and run!" Su Qiqi shouted to everyone. If they were gathered together, they would easily be killed by this poplar tree. It was better to run apart and have a greater chance of escaping.
Except for Su Qiqi who discovered the mutated poplar tree, the others didn't know what happened. Seeing Su Qiqi running to the east, they looked around with some confusion and found that the branches of the poplar tree next to them had reached their side.
Everyone was so frightened that they ran away. Except for Li Yi and Yang Lulu, everyone else's nervousness filled their heads, making them unable to think.
The two of them followed Su Qiqi's figure a little further away, while the remaining two followed Li Yi closely. Yang Lulu still kept a clear head under the circumstances and ran in different directions.
